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DRC x 2011: Trust and Balance in Design Research
Images and Reporting by Ciara Taylor Last Wednesday, at the Design Research Conference held at the Spertus Institute in Chicago, a number of presentations centered on the theme of executing design...
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Design Tide Tokyo 2011: "Bloctool" by Toshitsugu Fujiwara
As a toy designer who focuses on high-quality and often hand-carved toys (for his company Kiko+), Toshitsugu Fujiwara was inspired to create the modular "BLOCTOOL" units, when he decided to experiment...
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Dutch Design Week 2011: Looks Cool, But What Does It Actually... Look Like?
What could all of these people possibly be staring at? It's a bird... it's a plane... it's—(more...)
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Manoteca Found Object Furniture
Manoteca is a line of one-off furniture from a Bologna, Italy-based designer known only as Elisa. Her collection of repurposed found objects, left in their original conditions as closely as possible,...
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MTV Networks US is seeking a Creative Director in New York, New York
Creative Director MTV Networks USNew York, New York The Creative Director at MTV Networks, US, is responsible for developing original creative design concepts and approaches, overseeing multiple...
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The Messy Art of Saving the World: Three Things Every Designer Should Know...
This is the first post in a 7-part series from Panthea Lee of service design consultancy, Reboot. Lee will explore the role of design in international development, The Messy Art of Saving the World...
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Method Still Keeping Clean Green
From the invention of paper cups to Kleenex, hygiene has had a long love affair with disposability. But in this age of choking sea turtles and overflowing landfills, environmental considerations have...
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Urbanized: A Conversation with Gary Hustwit
First, Helvetica. Then, Objectified. Now, Urbanized. You might think Gary Hustwit, director of the recently completed trilogy of films on design had a deep involvement with the design world prior to...
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C3 Technologies' 3D Mapping Looks Freaking Amazing
What could be better than Google Maps? C3 Technologies' stunning 3D city displays, which let you rotate, zoom and pan through the city as if you'd modeled it all on your computer. The technology,...
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Things That Look Like Other Things: "Eyrie" Chair by Floris Wubben
Things that earn the (coveted?) "Things That Look Like Other Things" designation are nearly always designed expressly to look like the aforementioned "other thing," and Floris Wubben's "Eyrie" Chair...
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A Mindbender for Craftspeople, 2: Giant Pom Pom Machine
I love seeing the various jigs, fixtures and contraptions that craftspeople invent to speed their creative tasks, and one great thing about the internet is people aren't shy about sharing them. But...
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Design Tide Tokyo 2011: "Souvenir" by Kobe Design University's Design Soil
What do you do if you come across a great piece of furniture when traveling? What do you do if the piece of furniture can be brought home on an airplane? Design Soil is a group project formed within...
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BMW Group Designworks USA is seeking a Senior Industrial Designer in Munich,...
Senior Industrial Designer BMW Group Designworks USAMunich, Germany BMW Group DesignworksUSA is a global design consultancy that specializes in design strategy and research, design development and...
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PlugBug: A Simple USB Power Solution by Twelve South
South Carolina-based Mac accessory company Twelve South recently unveiled their latest design, the "Plugbug," an iPad/iPhone travel charger that piggybacks on a MacBook Power Adapter. The design is...
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Rip Curl & Time-Slice Camera Array Collaboration Lets You Perceive Surfing as...
Surf gear company Rip Curl and Time-Slice Films, the visual effects house behind the "bullet time" visuals first seen in The Matrix, have partnered up to take digital camera arrays where they've never...
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Knoll x Core77 Secret to Your Success Final Generation Chair Winner!
Over the past few months, Core77 and Knoll have asked you to share the Secret to Your Success—ideas on how you get the most out of your workday and how you measure success in your business and in your...
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Artek White Collection: Interview with Ville Kokkonen
Last week, Artek Design Director Ville Kokkonen was in town to introduce the new White collection, Artek's first lighting collection since Alvar Aalto's classic forms were put into production in the...
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Bad Weather Gear: Uberhood Umbrella for Bikes
"There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear" ...or so the saying goes. Bike Snob NYC recently brought my attention to a new-ish cycling accessory that is perhaps more an example of the latter...
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One Bottle Yields Dozens of Objects: Sarah Bottger's Juuri Glassware
Germany-based designer Sarah Bottger keeps it modular with her nifty Juuri series of glassware. By taking one basic bottle shape, making dozens of them and making cuts at eight different locations,...
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Smell-O-Vision, or Something Like It: "Olly" Turns Web Notifications into...
Mint Foundry, a research team at the London office of Mint Digital, have been making a stink (in a manner of speaking) about a new peripheral called "Olly." Given the brief to "make something...
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