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
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is trying to make inroads in Japan by advertising in one of that country's high-traffic areas: train interiors. The Kobe Portliner Monorail will serve as a rolling Ikea catalog until May 6th; click here to check out the pictures.
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London Design Festival 2008
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Stepmothers of Invention:
Branding Firms Enter the Industrial Design Fray, by Carl Alviani
FreeDesigndom
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Deserve Your Dream:
Design Education and Advocacy, by Mariana Amatullo
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Comments
Well, IKEA certainly needs all the help they can get in Japan. It's their second try now to get into the local market, and they're making all the same mistakes as the first time - a bit of marketing isn't going to cure the fundamental problems with their attempts to sell in Japan.
I'm no furniture marketing expert but it seems pretty obvious to me that IKEA is failing (again) in Japan because:
1. City dwelling Japanese have no room for bulky, unnecessary furniture
2. IKEA shops are huge and very distant from the city centers
3. Few Japanese own cars, especially cars large enough to carry anything from IKEA
4. Japanese refuse, point blank, to pay for delivery, which every Japanese shop builds into the price - IKEA refuses to drop their delivery fee
etc etc, I could go on but you get the picture.
awesome now bums can sleep in style!! :)