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"Turnstyle": Turntable Reinterpretation by R.D. Silva
Stripping products down to bare essentials can become something of an obsession for modern day designers. Only last month we saw legendary product reinterpreter Daniel Weil's "Clock for an Architect,"...
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Apple's custom screw hullabaloo, hollow-ground bits, and why a vintage sewing...
As CNET reports, Apple users including iFixit's CEO are up in arms about Apple's tamper-resistant "pentalobe" screws, which have been popping up in their MacBooks and now iPhones. The non-standard...
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Arms & Armor exhibit shows you the Tibetans you don't want to mess with
We know the Tibetans as a peaceful, Buddhist peoples, which is why the title of this current exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art caught me off-guard: "Tibetan Arms and Armor." What, they had...
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Tokujin Yoshioka - A&W Designer of the Year
In case you missed it, Tokujin Yoshioka was honored as Designer of the Year 2011 by German design and interiors magazineA&W Architektur & Wohnen. He was honored at this year's imm cologne fair...
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Compostmodern 2011: Ready, Set, Go
Compostmodern 2011 has just begun. The Herbst Theatre in San Francisco is now packed with designers and design thinkers eager for inspiration in the realms of systems design, collaboration and the...
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Compostmodern 2011: "We all have a place in this conversation."
As Alissa Walker so eloquently put it, conversations this morning at Compostmodern started with compostable underwear and ended with pee pots. As elementary as that sounds, maybe that's the point. A...
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Compostmodern 2011: Overheard This Morning.
"The job of the designer is to annoy the rigid." Yves Behar of fuseproject. "I don't have slides. I don't have an accent. So, sorry for both of those." Christopher Simmons of MINE on following Yves...
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Compostmodern 2011: What is Your Sustainability Story?
Daniel PInk's A Whole New Mind states that one of the six essential aptitudes necessary to differentiate one's business (or presentation!) is that of story. Having to deal with a post-lunch audience...
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Compostmodern 2011: Overheard Yesterday Afternoon.
"It's not about the world of design. It's about the design of the world." Bruce Mau, Bruce Mau Design "We need to transcend the stuff and move on to systems." Alissa Walker, Compostmodern Moderator...
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"Warning signs" Tees visualise the effects of pollution
Designers Nien Lam and Susan Ngo have collaborated to warn us of the risks of our pollution-heavy urban lifestyles on our bodily organs through fashion. In the presence of carbon monoxide, the "Warning...
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Bas van der Veer's "Raindrop" water collector now in miniature
Interesting update form Studio Bas van der Veer; the charming rainwater harvester and plant watering concept (on Core77 here) has now gone into production in miniature—on sale in garden stores across...
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adidas AG is seeking a Senior Designer in Germany
Senior Designer adidas AGGermany adidas is seeking a functional senior designer for the adidas innovation team in Germany. Purpose: Develop creative concepts, design market leading products and...
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Compostmodern 2011: We are all "setting on ready."
Day 1 of Compostmodern ended with a whirlwind of thought-provoking presentations. The day started by affirming that we all have a role in sustainability and then offering us the tools necessary to...
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A look at Duluth Trading Co., Part 1: The origin story, and how hiding an...
A lot of tool catalogs cross my desk, and there's none I enjoy reading more than that of the Duluth Trading Co., a Wisconsin-based work-gear company that epitomizes the notion of "Yankee ingenuity."...
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Calendar Boys :: The Men of Smart Design
Happy Monday! We have a special treat to help you jumpstart your week. Even with the arctic temperatures outside, this exclusive download guarantees to heat things up. Smart Design took some time at...
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A look at Duluth Trading Co., Part 2: Innovative products whether built or...
In the years since being founded, Duluth Trading Co. has continued to release irreverent and innovative products that workers have a need for. DTC looks at simple but overlooked ergonomic needs, like...
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Jack Johnson supports the Plastic Pollution Coalition campaign
Jack Johnson has become the latest celebrity to endorse the PlasticPollutionCoalition cause, offering up a charming little jingle to remind us all to "REFUSE disposable plastics". The...
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A look at Duluth Trading Co., Part 3: Using fire hose canvas to make...well,...
The thing on Duluth's website/catalog that draws the most attention from me is their copious use of fire hose canvas. Recognizing that this is a particularly tough yet pliable material, DTC makes...
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"Sensational Circus Spectacular" branding by Nathan Godding
What ever happened to the innocent delights of circus? Colourful Big-Top tents do, of course, still manage to pop up every now and again, but the thrill of fire-breathers and tight-rope walkers has...
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imm cologne 2011 :: Kartoffel and Kolsh at Magazin - Prost!
In the heart of the city's Belgian Quarter, Magazin launches its 2011 collection at its usual venue on Venloer Strasse. The amazing old music hall is furnished with only a few key products (Feldmark...
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