The Buckminster Fuller Challenge Deadline: Nov. 7, 2008
Vienna Design Week
Oct. 2-12, 2008
Vienna, Austria
PSFK Conference Asia
Oct. 10, 2008
Singapore
Istanbul Design Week
Oct. 16-20 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
Now in its sixth year, The London Design Festival offers an amazing array of design and celebration.213 images
FREEDESIGNDOM 2008
FreeDesigndom 2008 is the inaugural design and fashion event in the Netherlands.100 images
ManufRactured EXHIBITION
ManufRactured is a collection of art and design objects created from re-purposed manufactured goods. 40 images
VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM SUMMER WORKSHOPS
Participants live & work for 1 week w/ renowned designers, architects and artists at the Domaine de Boisbuchet.70 images
BICYCLE
A 100-day Dutch event anchored by an exhibition at the Designhuis in Eindhoven.100 images
FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW 2008
The greatest display of aircraft on the planet. In Hampshire, UK.194 images
CERAMICS AND SOUND EXHIBITION
The works of artists and designers recently at the European Ceramic Workcenter (.ekwc).55 images
100 PERCENT DESIGN SHANGHAI
Designers Richard Hutten, Michael Young & Patrick Jouin join creative directors Tobias Wong & Aric Chen.61 images
HAMBURG HARLEY DAYS 2008
Bill Davidson and some 75,000 (custom) motorbikes.80 images
BERLIN DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
"The Sky Is Not The Limit" at the Berlin Design Festival.64 images
NEW YORK DESIGN WEEK 2008
A hearty collection of the best the Design World has to offer.224 images
MAKER FAIRE 2008
A wonderland of populist & homespun tech, courtesy of Make Mag. In San Mateo, CA.48 images
During an eight month-long international escapade, Doug Wilson documented the "rainbow" of hand dryers he came across in public restrooms from Sydney to Beijing, Cairo to Vienna.
This is a study in the banal. The boring. The completely uninteresting. The things we see everyday. The utilitarian objects that become invisible. Its fascinating that the absolute banality of the objects is what makes them all so unique and interesting.
London Design Festival 2008
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Stepmothers of Invention:
Branding Firms Enter the Industrial Design Fray, by Carl Alviani
FreeDesigndom
View images from Amsterdam's inaugural design and fashion event
Deserve Your Dream:
Design Education and Advocacy, by Mariana Amatullo
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Comments
It's incredibly hard to design something that will be 'seen everyday yet invisible' (no joke intended). The finest designs fit into our lives seamlessly, allowing us to focus on our virtues and failings rather than on our possessions. Maybe that's why we currently like overdesigned geegaws - we can focus on those objects rather than on ourselves. Yes, material culture is important, but it is cultural only to the extent that is embedded into our subconscious minds, not by jumping out and saying 'look at how -designed- I am'
Though I still find a Porsche noticeable and utterly gorgeous. What can I say...
strange how the drying element is always on the left. stranger still that many are not hardwired and most of the cords are on the left of the unit but the units are placed to the left of the socket.
this is what you call a hand dryer - 400mph's worth!
http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2006/10/21/dyson-airblade-the-400mph-hand-dryer.aspx