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June 2009 Greetings Design Fans, With New York Design Week behind us, we were ready to kick back a bit for the start of summer. But no such luck—we've got a slew of projects lined up for the months ahead. For June, check out our massive galleries from the ICFF and beyond, two new feature articles by Ann Thorpe and Carla Diana, and books reviews from Robert Blinn. We've just unleashed the results of our Wave Sport Kayak Design Competition, so be sure to vote for your favorite designs, and get ready for our snowboard design competition launching this month. And finally, we've got a sneak peek at Core77's upcoming limited-edition Dutch Master bicycle, the ultimate blend of street and cruiser riding. Planes, trains, and automobiles indeed!! Allan Chochinov |
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New York Design Week was busier than expected this year, with plenty to see at both the International Contemporary Furniture Fair and off-site events throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. The local design presence was especially strong, represented by exhibits like Indisposed, McMasterpieces, Model Citizens NYC, NY Local, Purpose & Worth, and The Future Perfect Editions. Check out our massive gallery of over 400 images of the best from ICFF, satellite shows, parties and more!
Wave Sport Kayak Hull Graphics Competition Gallery is Up! The designers have submitted their entries and the judges have chosen their favorites. Now it's time for YOU to pick the Grand Prize Winner! The Top 5 designs will be displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Show in Salt Lake City in July 2009, and will also receive a kayak with their own design. The Grand Prize winner receives an additional $2500, so vote for your favorite today!
Coroflot's Creative Employment Confab Join us on Thursday, June 11th, for the Portland edition of the Coroflot Creative Confab, a networking and knowledge-sharing afternoon for creative recruiters and professionals. The event will run for three hours, feature ample opportunity for networking with local creative professionals and recruiters, and center on an engaging panel discussion with some of Portland's top designers and design recruiters.
Core77's Dutch Master Bicycle: Sneak Peek We're putting the final touches on our limited-edition Dutch Master bicycle, the ultimate blend of street and cruiser riding. Designed and hand-built in New York, It will hit the pavement later this month so we can't give too much away yet - but rest assured, this will be one super smooth summer ride!
The Context of 'Low Product': How designers can help articulate a new social language, by Ann Thorpe "The bottom line is that designers need to see and understand the economy before they can grapple with how to organize their own work. Unfortunately most discussions of sustainable design gloss over the workings of the economy. Designers alone can't bring about a steady state economy, but we can begin to use the economy for sustainable ends, rather than letting the economy use us solely for economic growth..."
Book Review: I Miss My Pencil, by Martin Bone and Kara Johnson "Martin Bone is one of us. The opening pages of his collaboration with Kara Johnson, I Miss My Pencil, include fetishistic shots of everyday objects like kitchen knives and attache cases that the authors know and love. In the short blurbs of text that accompany the beautiful product shots, Johnson explains a part of the product lifecycle that designers too often ignore. Recounting the effect of a ding on her experience as a car owner, she explains, "My previously flawless car now registered a dent above the back rear wheel. But my love did not waver. In fact, perhaps surprisingly, it grew: I love my car even more now with this little dent," that now serves to remind her of a weekend snowboarding..."
Atoms For Bits: Designing physical embodiments for virtual content "Though it may often seem like the industrial designer's job is to create a "black box" around circuit boards, the ability to take the complex nature of data and translate it into meaningful form is more important than ever before. More than mere shells for electronic components, they play a totemic role in the home and act as the threshold for rich, emotionally-laden content and timely personal communication..."
Book Review: Rethinking Sitting, by Peter Opsvik "Peter Opsvik, a Norwegian designer, has been working on improving the human working posture for over forty years, with a single-mindedness that makes his whole career look like one extended project. Rethinking Sitting showcases Opsvik's career with a variety of chairs that make Bill Stumpf's Aeron seem downright anachronistic..."
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James Dyson Award LED - Emotionalize your light NeoCon Sappi Ideas that Matter North America |
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Product re-placement, taking back advertising space for art The painful process of corporate product development App that makes the iPhone invisible (well, sort of) Bklyn Designs 2009: TMRnyc's wired table Unusual design collaboration: The Kitchen of the Future, brought to you by James Dyson and the Borg |
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