Ars Electronica
Sept. 4-9, 2008
Linz, Austria
London Design Festival
Sept. 13-23, 2008
London, UK
Polar Opposites Conference
Sept. 10-13, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
Neubauism
Sept. 5-Oct. 5, 2008
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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
Via Lifehacker, Charlotte Friis's Paper Chair is rated for the long run: 500 meters, which means that the paper can be changed twice a week for 5 years. Probably good for design students, too. (Thanks to TorTor for the link!)
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Comments
I've seen this one floating around lots of blogs. Cute concept, terrible design.
Look at the picture. How is that girl going to draw sitting that close to the paper with the paper at her belly-button level. You know why she's looking off into space? It's too hard to look at the drawing area.
And, when the roll isn't big enough to sit on? The kid's going to have to stand up and lean over a big honking cardboard roll. Yeah, that'll be comfortable.
Beyond the ergonomics, the underlying conceit is one that only the childless could embrace. When a kid is finished drawing a picture on an easel, she doesn't want it subsumed into a big roll, she wants to rip the drawing off the roll and hang it up somewhere. Ideally, the supportive parent wants to encourage same.
Probably good for design students? A very pessimistic view of the value of a design education. Presumably, there's an audience for a student's drawings. Carrying around a roll of paper is not the best way to manage a portfolio.
I could go on.
Design for kids should be taken seriously. This isn't a good design on any level.
I think that children would rather unroll 500 meters of paper all over the house, than make drawings on it.
True that, dad.
And being paper *with kids involved*, it would probably get spilled on with juice, and ripped through, before they get halfway through the roll.
It would be horrible for design students too, on hindsight.