Design Compendium is Seeking a Designer in Brooklyn, NY
Project Manager / Visual Merchandiser / Designer Design CompendiumBrooklyn, NY We are a multidisciplinary design/build firm located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, specializing in custom fabrication,...
View ArticleAutodesk University 2010 coverage: This conference has got a lot of class(es)
It's called Autodesk University, and a large part of the experience are the classes. Once you register for the conference, you gain access to an online catalog of dozens of courses all designed to...
View ArticleAutodesk University 2010 coverage: Tron Legacy sneak peek
As sophisticated software is increasingly used in hi-tech filmmaking for rendering, pre-visualization and so on, an interesting side effect has emerged from the special effects: Autodesk has enough...
View ArticleNew Contexts/New Practices: Six Views of the AIGA Design Educators Conference
Held October 8-10, 2010, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, the AIGA Design Educators Conference "New Contexts/New Practices" offered a panoramic view of a transforming profession. By...
View ArticleUnexpected collaboration: Cappellini, Disney & Dror do the Tron Armchair
Speaking of Tron, an unusual collaboration between Disney and Cappellini has yielded the Tron Armchair, designed by NYC-based Dror Benshetrit. The chair will make its official public debut in just a...
View Article"Blinput" smartphone concept for the visually impaired
"Blinput" is a concept intended to make the lives of the visually impaired that little bit easier. Bearing something of a resemblance to Gordon Bell's legendary, lifelog pendant-cam, this concept...
View ArticleLenovo is Seeking a Staff Designer in Beijing, China
Staff Designer LenovoBeijing, China As part of the team, you'll explore different scenarios and innovative themes to support the company design strategy and roadmap. You develop and/or manage concepts...
View ArticleCore77's Hand-Eye Curiosity Club presents Zach Lieberman, New York, December 9th
Core77's Hand-Eye Curiosity Club is coming to New York next week with special guest Zach Lieberman presenting new work, and works in progress at the Dunderdon store on December 9th. Zach Lieberman is...
View ArticleThe Incredible Shrinking Man
When we heard about The Incredible Shrinking Man we thought this would reveal a little brother of The Incredible Hulk. We were almost right... Arne Hendriks, one of the crew members of our favorite...
View ArticleHouse Industries Pop-Up Holiday Show Photos - New York
Andy Cruz and Rick Roat from House Industries were in town today to present their Holiday Pop-Up Show at Partners & Spade with live screen printing by Awesome Dudes. It's no secret we're huge...
View Article"Hermaphrodite" chair by Didier Fiuza Faustino
Fashioned from a single sheet of aluminium, architect Didier Fiuza Faustino's "Hermaphrodite" is a stool concept that reflects the shape of the pelvis. Drawing heavily on saddle making tradition,...
View ArticleBook: "Aircraft" by Le Corbusier
It was 1997, I was 20 years old, wandering around random Milan back streets when I stumbled into a little architecture bookstore and picked up the only book on the front table in english, "Aircraft"...
View ArticleKMCA is Seeking an Advanced Model Maker in New Haven, CT
Model Maker KMCANew Haven, CT We are looking for an individual(s) to fulfill an advanced model making position. If you are the type of person who is eager to learn, is a problem solver, able to work...
View ArticleAU 2010 Exhibition: The experimental Mixed Reality Interface table
A glimpse inside the Autodesk skunkworks: Here Senior Manager Jason Medal-Katz demonstrates an experimental interface design, the MRI (Mixed Reality Interface). As he explains, the technology used for...
View ArticleAU 2010 Exhibition: An industrial designer's dream set-up for sketching to CAD
Here Autodesk's Matt Ratliff, Applications Engineer, demonstrates the industrial designer's dream software/hardware set-up: Alias Sketch on a Wacom Cintiq monitor. Imagine being able to draw...
View ArticleAutodesk University 2010 coverage: Chris Cheung on the different Sketch programs
Chris Cheung is the man responsible for Autodesk's entire Sketch line of products: SketchBook Mobile (cell phones), SketchBook Pro (tablets and desktops) and the new SketchBook Designer 2011...
View ArticleKyle Runciman's Sketch demos
You've gotta have some good hands to get your work on the cover of an Autodesk product, and Kyle Runciman's got good hands. You might recognize his art, above, from the box that Alias Sketch comes in....
View Article"Clock for an Architect"by Daniel Weil
Perhaps best known for the critical dismantling and reassembling of transistor radios in the early 80's, Daniel Weil has rediscovered his fascination for reducing objects to their component parts,...
View Article"Clock for an Architect" by Daniel Weil
Perhaps best known for the critical dismantling and reassembling of transistor radios in the early 80's, Daniel Weil has rediscovered his fascination for reducing objects to their component parts,...
View ArticleIt's Small-Time: Fisheye and Macro Lenses for Cell Phones
If you have even semi-regular access to a computer, you've likely seen an influx of pseudo-art filtered images on Facebook, Flickr and the like. You know which ones I mean - the pictures of children...
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