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November 2012 Greetings Design Fans, After a tumultuous two weeks, we're back to business as usual here at Core77 HQ in New York City. Thanks to all the friends who sent well-wishes our way. While we're doing well in our offices, there are plenty of people on the Eastern seaboard that could use a helping hand. Core77's editors sent Dispatches from the Dark during the recovery and for those outside the tri-state area here's some resources for how to help those affected by the hurricane. Elsewhere around the globe, our writers are sharing design insights and inspiration from Kampala to Beijing, Chicago to British Columbia. And of course, we've been filing live reporting from Design Festivals around the world. See full coverage of Tokyo (which wrapped up this week) and highlights from Vienna, Beijing and London! Happy Hunting, LinYee Yuan Executive Editor |
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DISPATCHES FROM THE EAST: THE BUSINESS OF OPENING CEREMONIES The grandeur of the 2008 Olympic ceremony in Beijing was very much in line with the Chinese inclination for creating a buzz about a new launch, or a new product, through impressive crowd-pleasing productions. It reflects the importance of—and respect for—ceremony. Roland Boal, head of Priestman Goode China, reflects on the business of opening ceremonies in the country.
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DESIGN OBSERVATIONS IN UGANDA An Xiao Mina has been living in Kampala, Uganda, for the past month now, and it's been a treasure trove for design observations. From the city's many tech incubation hubs to the wide variety of formal and informal solutions to everyday challenges, creativity can be found everywhere. In the spirit of Tricia Wang's Instagram ethnography, she shares a few field shots, with some notes added for context.
A RAW MATERIALS NIGHTMARE: THE BLUE PINE DISASTER With millions of acres of pine decimated by a plague of mountain pine beetles, how is the industry responding to the influx of raw materials? Core77 editor Rain Noe takes a closer look at the raw materials disaster and shares the challenges and triumphs of the design and manufacturing industries.
IIT's DESIGN RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2012 Reporting from this year's Design Research Conference in Chicago, Ciara Taylor takes a look at the actual design of the conference, its interactive sessions, and the future of design research and strategy.
PHOTO GALLERY: BEIJING DESIGN WEEK 2012 We were back in Beijing for the 2nd annual Beijing Design Week festivities. It was exciting to engage in the conversations surrounding the future of design and craft in a country with over 5000 years of craft history and a reputation of being the manufacturing capital for the world. Here's a roundup of our favorite projects and designers!
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY: HOW YOU CAN HELP POST-SANDY Whether you buy a T-Shirt or contribute to relief efforts through time or donations, we take a look at how some of our friends are giving aid to people and organizations in need.
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Product Development and Product Design Designer Senior Footwear Designer Art Director (Digital) |
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Featured Competition: VISUALIZED The Battery Conservancy Americas Design Competition modeLab Fall 2012 Webniar Series Optional Features: Selections from Woodbury San Diego |
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Walter Tschinkel's Aluminum Casts of Ant Colonies Reveals Insect Architecture Must-See Video: How a Woman With No Arms Dresses Herself. What Assistance Can Design Provide? Thonet Concept Bike Raises the Suspension-of-Disbelief Question Once Again How Johannes Langeder Constructed His Pedal-Powered Porsche & Ferrari U.S. Soldiers' Combat Invention Inspired by "Predator" Movie |
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Nest Thermostat 2.0 Looks sweet. Just ordered one (they didn't ship to Canada previously, but seem to do so now) on a whim.
Anyone actually see this thing in person and use it?"
Need a New Ride, Budget Edition
Good Design You Love to Have
For me, it's the Kindle. Before I got it, the only books I'd bought in the last 5+ years were design books. The reasons were partially because I was a student and didn't want to fill up my temporary apartments with books, but also because I didn't think I had time to read anymore. But then I stumbled on a number of non-fiction book tips and stopped being a student, so I grabbed a Kindle before I left the UK..."
How Capitalism Can Save Art
'The vulnerability of students and faculty alike to factitious theory about the arts is in large part due to the bourgeois drift of the last half century. Our woefully shrunken industrial base means that today's college-bound young people rarely have direct contact any longer with the manual trades, which share skills, methods and materials with artistic workmanship.'..."
Major Change to Industrial Design / Student Loans
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