DIY Kyoto design competition
Posted by Fabio 15 March 2010
DIY Kyoto, the team of Royal College of Art graduates behind the multi award-winning energy monitor wattson, that The Guardian has described as ‘the closest we’ve come yet to an iPod of smart meters – something cool and desirable’ are launching a student design competition, inviting aspiring designers to create a new graphic design for the exterior of the wattson. See full details here.
Chanel A/W 2010 Show
Posted by Fabio 11 March 2010
For Chanel’s recent show in Grand Palais during Paris Fashion Week creative director Karl Lagerfeld orchestrated 35 ice sculptors to build an icescape out of 240 tonnes of frozen snow ice, reaching 8.5 meter at its highest point it was a rather impressive sight and achievement for a runway.
Jolene et al
Posted by Fabio 23 February 2010
Jolene et al it’s a series of shop window installations commissioned by french fashion label Sessun and currently exposed in Paris, Marseilles and Aix en Provence. read more
Ron Arad
Posted by Fabio 22 February 2010
18 February 2010 – 16 May 2010
Barbican Art Gallery
Barbican Centre, Silk Street London, EC2Y 8DS
Free Radicals
Posted by Fabio 16 February 2010
“Jess Baines looks back at London’s printmaking workshops of the 1960s and 70s, DIY sites of political and community activism that rejected the role of the artist to participate in a network of campaign groups, radical publishers and distributors”. Read full article here on Afterall.
TED
Posted by Fabio 9 February 2010
If you happen to be around Long Beach, California from today to the 13 February 2010 and have paid $6,000 then you are most probably attending the TED Conference. For us who haven’t been “lucky” enough to get a ticket, all the talks will be posted in 6 months time on TED’s website. Here is a list of the full line up. Can’t wait to see one of my favorite designers/illustrators Marion Bantjes.
Hans J. Wegner
Posted by Fabio 3 February 2010
This year its 60 years ago since the iconic Wishbone Chair was designed by Danish furniture designer Hans J. Wegner. The anniversary is celebrated with a series of four new blue shades of the chair.
Design Real
Posted by Fabio 22 January 2010
The Serpentine Gallery is developing its commitment to design by inviting influential German product designer Konstantin Grcic to curate Design Real, a groundbreaking presentation of contemporary design. Exhibition runs until 7 February 2010 at the Serpentine Gallery.
Visit Design Real for further information.
Features
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Christina Nicodema's paintings explore the schisms of the food chain that all life participates in. They challenge the impossibility of reconciling the opposing notions of violence and empathy.. -
citylikeyou: Interview with Tom Uferas - Paris-based creative director and graphic designer Tom Uferas spoke to us about design, creativity, and living and working in Paris. Plus a selection of his favourite places. -
"A woman is locked in her home with an egg" - A film by Italian film director and artist, Martina Scarpelli. -
citylikeyou: Interview with Paris based illustrators and graphic designers Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orson, founders of the design studio, Violaine & Jérémy.