Category: Designers
Posted by Lorenza on 2/14/2008 11:25:00 AM
Design Lab 2008 challenge: Design Home Appliances for the Internet generation
Electrolux Design Lab, established in 2003, is an annual global design competition open to undergraduate and graduate industrial design students who are invited to present innovative, daring ideas and solutions for home appliances.
Visit Electrolux Design Lab for more information.
Entry Deadline: 30 May 2008
Finalists Announced: End of June 2008
Finals in Zurich: 08 and 09 October 2008
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Category: Designers
Posted by James on 9/10/2007 8:38:00 PM
Designing human experiences
 Being in the "experience design" world professionally myself these days, I was very interested to check out the work of Tel-Aviv, Israel based designers Roy Roth Yaal Tevet. They say:
We explore all design disciplines, creating exciting, multi-sensual experiences for the public domain, telling a new story each and every time. We are always looking for new boundaries to cross.
Their work covers a broad range of disciplines for a broad range of clients, including exhibitions, public spaces, cafés, bars, restaurants, clubs and products.
What I appreciate about their work is that they are able to skillfully navigate multiple disciplines and genres, creating environments which work emotionally as well as intellectually. And that really is the key to the idiosyncratic world of experience design. You must be adept at designing from a variety of perspectives, not just from your own aesthetic.
Link: Roth \ Tevet
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Category: Designers
Posted by Anthony on 9/1/2007 4:09:00 PM
For the lollygagger in you.
 
Thanks to a comment from Matt in our post below, we were clued-in to Loll Design, the firm behind the Room & Board Adirondack chairs. Turns out they've got quite an assortment of products, from chairs and stools to benches and tables, all made from 100% post-consumer high-density polyethylene. They also work close with designers and architects, collaborating on numerous projects, including The Octagon in NYC (above right) and designing benches for the St. Louis County Courthouse.
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Category: Designers
Posted by Lorenza on 3/29/2007 10:34:00 AM
The itenerant exhibition held at the City Art Gallery in Manchester offered an insight into the creative and eccentric mind of the renowned Italian designer Joe Colombo
 I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition "Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future", held at the Manchester City Galleries from the 2 December 2006-25 February 2007, which provided a fascinating journey into Joe Colombo's style and creativity.
Early sketches and prototypes of his objects and furniture opened a time window into the Milanese 1960s where ideologies of future living and compact design merged producing flamboyant results worthy of a museum display.
DesignBoom is truly a worthwhile visit for further images and reading of this colourful exhibition. Also have a look at the Milan Triennale website.
Link: Joe Colombo Studio
Link: Joe Colombo: Inventing the Future
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Category: Designers
Posted by James on 3/22/2007 9:41:00 AM
Architectural Film Fest at the Silver Lake Film Festival
 As part of this year's Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles, BLDGBLOG and Materials & Applications, have teamed up to curate an architectural film fest on Tuesday, May 8th, from 8-10pm at the Art Center College of Design Wind Tunnel in Pasadena.
What is fascinating, and very much an area for further research, is the close relationship between radical architectural design and the cinema. Much of the best of modern architecture, combining digital and three-dimensional design processes, is cinematic in scope and feeling.
The fest will be an evening of talks and presentations about film, science fiction, space, landscape, and architecture featuring feature four of the most innovative concept artists working in film today: Ryan Church, James Clyne, Mark Goerner, and Ben Procter.
Link: BLDGBLOG - Architectural Film Fest: Science Fiction and the City
Link: Silver Lake Film Festival
Images: Gallery of Film Fest artists
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Category: Designers
Posted by Adriean on 1/29/2007 9:43:00 AM
ART + DESIGN movement
Being a collector of gig posters I just had to post this Death Cab For Cutie piece from designer Jeremy Pruitt (aka THINKMULE).
Be sure to swing by his site for more goodies.
Link: THINKMULE
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Category: Designers
Posted by Adriean on 1/26/2007 9:47:00 AM
steeped in popular and material culture
Take a moment and check out The Little Friends of Printmaking (aka husband and wife duo JW and Melissa Buchanan). The Wisconsin couple has a great portfolio of gig posters for acts such as Guided By Voices, Blonde Redhead and many many more.
via : Juxtapoz
Link: The Little Friends of Printmaking
Link: Juxtapoz
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Category: Designers
Posted by Adriean on 1/26/2007 9:05:00 AM
One-Man Army of Design
A self proclaimed one-man army of design, illustrator Jan Willem (aka Stinger) has put together a full pallette of work ranging from t-shirts, posters, logos, button badges and books. His Netherlands based studio Zeptonn has contributed work to design sites Threadless, Blik, TeeTonic and SplitTheAtom, among others.
Jan recently launched a line of skateboards and adhesive art through popcling. The decks (3 in total) are being produced and sold in a limited edition of 100 each and are complete with a nifty certificate of authenticity and artist bio. As for the adhesive art, the high quality vinyl sets are being produced in a limited run of 250.
Link: Zeptonn
Link: popcling
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Category: Designers
Posted by Adriean on 11/14/2006 1:15:00 PM
Update
Designer Charlie Davidson was kind enough to send us a pick of his Black-Light's recent appearance at Tokyo Design Tide that took place the other week (31st October - 5th November).
For those of you considering one of these sinister chaps, Charlie is currently selling them in England for £400.
Link: Charlie Davidson
Link: Tokyo Design Tide
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Category: Designers
Posted by Adriean on 10/27/2006 9:12:00 AM
Good on the first take
Swedish design group FRONT are continuing their fine form with their latest project Sketch Furniture.
Is it possible to let a first sketch become an object, to design directly onto space?
The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two advanced techniques are combined.
Pen strokes made in the air are recorded with Motion Capture and become 3D digital files; these are then materialised through Rapid Prototyping into real pieces of furniture.
The ladies of FRONT will be doing a live demonstration of this process over at Tokyo Design Week (October 31st to November 5th).
More images and video after the jump.
Link: FRONT
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