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Business Week Innovation and Design - For Successful Innovation, Sell Imperfect Products
Many companies waste millions on R&D, while early-stage marketing can prove a more cost-effective way of developing new products
Metropolis POV - Greening Landmark Buildings in NYC
“The greenest building is… one that’s already built.” We have heard this before. It’s often spoken in response to the argument for shiny new buildings with LEED plaques in their lobbies.
For those who advocate the reuse of buildings, especially those of historic significance, there is soon to be a ‘how-to’ guide, sponsored by the ...
Spoon and Tamago - Sohei Yoshino’s Diorama Map Cityscapes
“Diorama Map Tokyo” (March – July 2004) | click to enlarge
Big cities can be an isolating, coldhearted sort of place where loneliness engulfs you like dry heat. But not for 29-year old photographer Sohei Yoshino, whose work is currently on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography...
Design Spotter - Gymbot - social robot personal trainer
Gymbot is a concept of social robot presented to ICSR 2011 award.The aim of Gymbot is to increase your physical and psicological health, teaching you ..
TreeHugger - Modular Hydroponics System Works in Any Indoor Space
This modular design, inspired by vertical gardens, allows for extra green space in small apartments and offices.Designboom - jean denant: world map
the massive map is created by a slow chipping away at an existing surface covering a wall of a gallery space and is captured on video here.
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Design in Central and Eastern Europe - Forest Stories by Michaela Tomíšková
“Forest stories” is a project by Czech designer Michaela Tomíšková, it is a collection of footprints of forest atmosphere made for Vyrobeno Lesem brand.
Dexigner Design Portal - Pixomondo Creates Aerial Acrobatics for Lucasfilm's Red Tails
Pixomondo completed 546 shots on Red Tails, about a third of the film's 1524 total VFX shots.
A passion project of executive producer George Lucas more than 20 years in the making, the tale of World War II Tuskegee Airmen features explosive VFX work from five of Pixomondo's eleven global facilities, a network of companies located across the US, UK, Germany, Canada and China. ...
Designboom - coleman-davis pagan arquitectos: casa mar
buffering from the adjacent frequented beach, the habitable spaces of this residential building are interconnected with a centralized linear staircase, focusing attention to the ocean.
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Arch Daily - Alma Hotel Residence / Coz Polidura Volante Arquitectos
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The main idea of the proposal for the Alma Hotel Residence by Coz Polidura Volante Architects takes us back to archaic structural typologies inherent to the Atacama culture, easily distinguishable in areas like Turi ruins, Lasana or Pucara de Quitor in San Pedro de ...
PicoCool - Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Modified By Prindivill
Lamborghini is one of top ranked sports car, not only because of its performance but also its killer look. When it comes to looks, Prindiville Design is master in catching the ideas and bring them into reality. This time Prindiville Design is offering their service to Lamborghini Aventador owners. Well if you’ve some extra money then you can get your Lamborghini Aventador customized, whether its exterior, interior or any technical modification...
Dezeen - Flight Assembled Architecture by Gramazio & Kohler and Raffaello d’Andrea
Imagine if our cities were built by fleets of flying robots. A group of robot helicopters were programmed to lift and stack 1500 polystyrene bricks into a six metre-high tower at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France. Watch the movie » (more…)
Arch Daily - ‘Polikatoikea’ / Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares
Courtesy of Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares
Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares shared with us their first prize winning proposal in the open ideas competition organized by Origami Competitions. The competition focused on an empty plot in Oporto, Portugal, where they were asked to develop a fresh and contemporary residential proposal that could be spread through the city. ‘Polikatoikea’ does just that in seeking a compromise between a greek rule (polikatoika) and a swedish philosophy (ikea). More images and architects’ description after the break...
Design Spotter - Easy Table Lamp
The Easy table lamp wants to go to the basics of a lamp (from this comes the name), made up of only two parts: an arm with the light source and a base..
NotCot.org - The Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel...
The Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is located within the heart of Tel Aviv. This is a freestanding concrete and glass building that has been designed by Preston Scott Cohen. ...
Designboom - solar decathlon: astonyshine solar house
this collaborative proposal for a high energy efficiency prototypical home explores the classical aesthetic of stone masonry, reintroducing the material for its low technology thermal benefits.
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NotCot.org - Hybrid Design creates a unified experience for...
Hybrid Design creates a unified experience for all Nike Inc. worldwide brands, consolidating all corporate and media pages into a single web portal.
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Greener Design - At Davos, Debating the Myth or Reality of Green Growth
Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But although the rhetoric about the need for innovation and resource-constrained growth is steady, progress by any measure is falling short.
NotCot.org - We've reduced out fat intake, but obesity is...
We've reduced out fat intake, but obesity is still thriving. The verdict is that it's not fat's fault. The culprit storing fat on our bodies is really carbohydrates. Check out this infographic from Massive Health. ...
NotCot.org - Yosemite HD was a collaboration between Sheldon...
Yosemite HD was a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. This particular series of time-lapse clips is strikingly beautiful.
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Arch Daily - Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees
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The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali, a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan. More images and architects’ descriptions after the break...
NotCot.org - Tadashi Kawamata has a new installation 'Under...
Tadashi Kawamata has a new installation 'Under the Water' at the Kamel Mennour gallery in Paris.
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LA Times Home & Garden - Foundry chef Eric Greenspan's home kitchen
Chef Eric Greenspan and his fiancée, Jamie Molever, share the kitchen of the future.
More accurately, the kitchen of their future. In the present, it gets used just about never.
“This was the first apartment that I even looked at the kitchen,” says Greenspan, the chef at the ...
PicoCool - Stay On Coasters For Wine Glasses
A great idea. Cute felt coasters that slip onto the bottom of your wine glass and stay on. Available in three modern designs, two sizes and several colors. Sold in sets that can be mixed and matched.
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Arch Daily - Seaside House / A2 Architects
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Architect: A2 Architects
Location: East Coast of Ireland
Project Area: 150 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of A2 Architetcs
NotCot.org - Rebecca Ing captures the beautiful collision of...
Rebecca Ing captures the beautiful collision of two liquid jets of sugar syrup at a low rate of flow (left) and high rate of flow (right).
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Dezeen - One year ago…
This time last year an orchestral academy designed by Frank Gehry opened in Florida, while architects Scott Brownrigg completed the London offices for internet giant Google.
Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am was appointed director of creative innovation at technology company Intel, OMA published a report claiming the world could be free from fossil fuels by 2050...
Furniture Fashion - Squeaky Clean: 10 Stunning Modern Bathroom Tile Designs
There’s something sublime about a glistening, gleaming powder room that’s nearly clinical in its coolness. Today’s roundup of modern bathroom tile designs presents a range of colors — mostly cool, with an emphasis on turquoise, blue, green and white, with a few updated black-and-white classics thrown in as well. The only exception to the collection of stark sea-inspired cleanliness is a design brought to us by Bed & Breakfast that looks quite a bit like what it must be like to stand inside an enormous treasure chest, with corrugations of gold, amber and other earth tones. Each and every one of the designs in today’s series, though, is sleek, smooth and clean as a whistle, just the way it should be...
Dwell - In The Modern World » Bridges We Love
by Tim Newcomb
Cables and abutments went fancy for a distinct purpose: to convey passersby—not folks whizzing past on vehicles—with personality. Here’s a selection of bridges that are anything but pedestrian.
Inhabitat - Tim Cook Outraged Over New York Times Accusations That Apple Abuses Worker’s Rights in Chinese Factories
Today a leaked internal email from Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed outrage over the New York Times‘ scathing exposé revealing the harsh working conditions of Apple’s many Chinese suppliers. Cook insisted that Apple has done and will continue to do everything they can to improve worker conditions, and he even ...
Cool Hunting - Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Kitchen Tools
The world's top chefs talk about their favorite kitchen tools
We were recently invited down to check out the Cayman Cookout taking place at the Ritz-Carlton in Grand Cayman, and we jumped at the chance to talk to some of the world's top chefs. In our latest video we learn a little bit about what makes a good kitchen tool and why. We chatted with Eric Ripert of ...
Inhabitat - Villa Escudero’s Waterfall Restaurant Serves Philippine Cuisine at the Foot of the Falls
Inhabitat - PHOTOS: San Francisco’s Southern Pacific Brewing is a Tree-Filled Beer Sanctuary in a Renovated Warehouse
NotCot.org - The Flutter collection from Loveramics,...
The Flutter collection from Loveramics, designed by Peter Ting, features the surreal introduction of flowers within the silhouette of hummingbirds, having them fly across plates and feeding from flowers.
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Inhabitat - Irish Artist Builds the World’s First 1.4 Billion Euro Home From Shredded Bills
What makes a home worth a million dollars? How about a billion dollars? Irish artist Frank Buckley has taken this question to its logical extreme by building his very own home made from 1.4 billion Euro notes! Graced with very strict permission from the Central Bank of Ireland...
Cool Hunting - Studio Visit: Ouattara Watts
The acclaimed artist offers us a rare glimpse inside his Brooklyn studio ahead of his upcoming mini retrospective
While we all like to tap into an artist's brain, find out exactly what goes on in their mind to make them create what they do, sometimes there isn't really more behind a work of art than simply a vision that a person is unable to explain through words. The different approaches to making art—from pragmatic to utterly emotional—is part of what keeps the field perpetually intriguing. ...
Dwell - Event Spotlight » Dwell Lounge at Sundance
by Aaron Britt
Dwell brought its modern design prowess to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, last weekend by kitting out a happening lounge at 427 Main Street. With the help of San Francisco interior designer David Mast and the good offices of Brent Jespersen and Ryan Church of Jespersen Design and Poliform SLC, we transformed an old restaurant into one of the hottest hangouts in town. The space was done in conjunction with the Gansevoort Group and the One Group and over the course of the weekend it held premiere parties, star-studded dinners, and a conversation with the Oscar-nominated director Mark Kitchell who came to talk about his new documentary on the environmental movement, "A Fierce Green Fire." The design of the space was a big hit—Ethel Kennedy stopped in and praised it—and it was great fun being in the thick of all the Sundance action. Check out the slideshow to see more...
Arch Daily - Remodeling On Apartment Of New York / INNOCAD Architektur ZT GmbH
© Thomas Schauer
Architect: INNOCAD Architektur ZT GmbH
Location: 459 West 18th Street, 10011, New York, USA
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 250 sqm
Photographs: Thomas Schauer
Architect's Newspaper - SHFT+ALT+DEL: January 27
Stephen Cassell, principal of Architecture Research Office, has been elected Chair of the Van Alen Institute Board of Trustees. Cassell takes the reins from Abby Hamlin, president of the real estate development company Hamlin Ventures. Gretchen Bank, who currently serves as the Marketing & PR Committee Co-Chair at AIA New York, steps into the position [...]...
NotCot.org - Schematics : A Love Story, by Julian Hibbard,...
Schematics : A Love Story, by Julian Hibbard, "a sparse, meditative, and enigmatic narrative embroidered with found schematic diagrams".
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The Guardian Life and Style Homes - Let's move to: Headingley, Leeds
It's a smashing place to live (yes, even with all those students)
What's going for it? Rule 456 of successful property buying: go to university. University districts might be full of smelly students, but they are also full of smelly lecturers and academics and people who think they're academics and have money to spend and like bookshops and cafes and nice places to live in; and they're usually a safe bet for investment ...
Inhabitat - Shwood and HUF Make Cool Sunglasses from Recycled Skateboards
Shades brand Shwood teamed up with HUF owner and professional skateboarder Keith Hufnagel to have some fun skating across the LA’s streets and making some cool sunglasses. Made from recycled broken skateboards, these stripy shades are unique and handmade at Shwood’s Portland workshop. By gluing the wooden pieces together and using a vacuum sealer instead of clamps, Shwood and HUF’s unique shades are too cool for school!...
NotCot.org - The recent solar flare made for some amazing...
The recent solar flare made for some amazing Auroras. Check out this collection of photos from the recent phenomenon.
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Inhabitat - First Solar-Powered Electric Car Charging Stations Open in Sofia, Bulgaria
This month, A1 Co., Ltd. and BIES Ltd. opened the first set of solar-powered electric car charging stations across Sofia, Bulgaria. Built as simple structures, each station simply uses solar panels to collect solar energy and a special module for electric cars to connect to the batteries. While the number of electric cars in Bulgaria are still very few, according to experts, a boom in the purchase of electric vehicles is expected this year — particularly due special incentives that will be given by the Bulgarian government...
New York Times Art & Design - Eiko Ishioka, Costumer of the Surreal, Dies at 73
Ms. Ishioka, who won a 1992 Academy Award in costume design for “Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’” came to be known as one of Japan’s, then the world’s, foremost art directors.
New York Times The Moment - Chic in Review | Taylor Swift's Songs for Jake
All the fashion news of the week that's fit to reprint.
Dwell - Dwellings » Builder's Special
by Heather Wagner
A resourceful sound mixer sources some local design talent, rolls up his sleeves, and builds small, green, and affordable in Bozeman, Montana.
Dwell - Dwellings » True Value
by Aaron Britt
The budget was nearly as tight as the space in this cheerful renovation of a 516-square-foot flat in Bratislava.
Inhabitat - Rodrigo Alonso’s N+ew Seats Are Cool Electronic Time Capsules Full of E-Waste
Technology’s fast pace has left in its path mountains of electronic waste, but it has also given way to a new medium for eco-designers to work with. Made from unloved CDs, qwerty keyboards, multi-colored cables and motherboards suspended in an admittedly not-so-eco epoxy resin environment, these trashy looking seats by ...
NotCot.org - The Tipsy glasses by Loris&Livia make you feel...
The Tipsy glasses by Loris&Livia make you feel as if you've had one too many before you've even had one.
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2Modern Design Talk - 2M Collective Weekly Sale – Stig Hansen!
This week’s 2M Collective Modern Décor Sale includes the gorgeous modern hanging light fixtures of sleek design brand Stig Hansen. You’ll love the kind of geometry these fixtures will bring to your home, and we could see them being placed in a number of different rooms! Believe us when we say you’re going to want to click on this week’s sale to see how much off these lights are — it’s quite a deal!...
Arch Daily - Revitalization Of The Crucifix Bastion / MCA atelier
Courtesy of MCA atelier
Architects: MCA atelier
Location: Horská ulice, Prague, Czech Republic
Cooperation: Mgr. art. Peter Buš, Ing. Pavel Košťálek
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 1,870 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of MCA atelier
Designboom - maison et objet 2012: creator of the year - humberto + fernando campana
as part of their recognition, the brazilian design duo created an installation featuring a small grove of trees and intricate ceiling decor made from cardboard.
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NotCot.org - A look inside the B&H conveyor system, the...
A look inside the B&H conveyor system, the efficient NYC system that takes items you pick up in one part of the store directly to the checkout for you. Awesome to see where all our camera goodies come from. ...
Arch Daily - AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part LVIII
Photo by Piotr Krajewski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotrkrajewski/
ArchDaily’s Flickr Pool has now over 68,000 photos, and this week’s Round Up has 5 great selections including a wonderful photo of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue National Gallery. As always, remember you can submit your own photo here...
2Modern Design Talk - 2 B&W DIY projects from Wit & Whistle
Wit & Whistle is run by Amanda Wright, a design nerd and designer who started the company to “offer witty greeting cards and whistle worthy paper goods. All products are designed and illustrated by me and printed locally on recycled paper. Wit & Whistle is based in Cary, North Carolina.” We love a lot of the stuff she does and sells, but we also like a lot of her DIY projects, especially two recent ones that feature the dramatic contrast of black and white colors as well as the ability to do them in a weekend!...
LA Times Home & Garden - Solar Decathlon will move to Orange County in 2013
"We wanted to find a way to extend the competition’s reach beyond D.C. and showcase energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies across the country," DOE spokeswoman Jen Stutsman said. By moving it to Orange County Great Park, in Irvine, "we’ll be able to reach millions of Southern Californians and demonstrate for a new audience the benefits that come with energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies."...
Cool Hunting - Cool Hunting's Hibernating Playlist
Our latest favorite music for avoiding the outdoors
As winter sputters along in New York, we're finding plenty of reasons to be homebodies —an activity that calls for the appropriate soundtrack. Like Atlas Sounds' opener "The Shakes," some of the best music for the season seems engineered for playing on vinyl, a choice that helps conjure warmth on even the coldest, darkest nights. We also included some cheerful songs, perfect for the intimacy of always being indoors, and a few rebellious shouts ("Yella Diamonds" by Ricky Rozay, Waka Flocka and Ludacris on "Rich and Flexin'") to get you amped for work when you'd rather be snuggling. Remember, you have to be ready to be reborn come spring...
NotCot.org - Plumber bookshelves : Great industrial and...
Plumber bookshelves : Great industrial and adaptive design by Stella Bleu design.
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SwissMiss - Inside B&H conveyor system…
If you are a photo buff then you most probably know about the mothership of all photo stores, B&H, here in NYC. The most fascinating part of B&H has always been their conveyor system. Let’s say you decided to buy a new lens, you’re on the third floor, they’ll put that lens into a basket that then is being transported down to the register at the exit, silently ‘floating’ through the store. ...
Dwell - Week in Review » Friday Finds 01.27.12
by Diana Budds
If you've been itching to find out what's piqued our interest this week, you're in luck. This week in Friday Finds, a letterpress documentary, people who make themselves at home in Ikea's vignettes, and the answer to why TNG's Wesley Crusher always sports sparkly vests.
Cool Hunting - Book Chargers
Secret phone charger for the literary aficionado
The dummy book motif has appeared on accessories from handbags to desktop boxes, only partially satisfying true literary geeks because, after all, they're only just replicating the covers. Book Chargers by Rich Neeley Designs...
New York Times Art & Design - Art Review: ‘The Loving Story’ at International Center of Photography
“The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet” portrays the Lovings, a Virginia couple at the center of a storm about interracial marriage, as accidental heroes.
Design Observer - Debbie Millman: Malcolm Gladwell on Design Matters with Debbie Millman
A live episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman discussing the launch of Malcolm Gladwell's illustrated collection of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers. Guests included artist and illustrator Brian Rea, designer Paul Sahre, Josh Liberson and DeeDee Gordon.
New York Times Art & Design - Art Review: ‘Jubilation/Rumination’ at American Folk Art Museum
The American Museum of Folk Art is back at its old quarters in Lincoln Square with a wonderful exhibition of works from the permanent collection.
New York Times Art & Design - Art In Review: JORDAN WOLFSON
“Animation, masks,” a 12-minute 29-second film by Jordon Wolfson, has the hallmarks of a classic work.
New York Times Art & Design - Art In Review: JAMES NARES: ‘1976: Movies, Photographs and Related Works on Paper’
New York Times Art & Design - Art Review: Fu Baoshi, China’s Master Modernist, at Metropolitan Museum
This exhibition of brush-and-ink works by Fu Baoshi is the first full-dress retrospective of a 20th-century Chinese artist to be seen at the Met.
New York Times Art & Design - Art In Review: Doug Wheeler’s Futuristic Installation at David Zwirner
Doug Wheeler’s futuristically titled installation “SA MI 75 DZ NY 12” can feel like being in a giant marshmallow.
New York Times Art & Design - Inside Art: Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ to Visit Frick in 2013
Vermeer’s portrait “Girl With a Pearl Earring” will visit the Frick Collection in late 2013, on loan from Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague.
New York Times Art & Design - Exhibition Review: Smithsonian and Monticello Exhibitions on Jefferson’s Slaves
Two exhibitions, one at the National Museum of American History and the other at Monticello, explore Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with slavery.
New York Times Art & Design - Art Review: Portraits From 16th Century and Sculpture at Sperone Westwater
Expansive shows at Sperone Westwater feature portraits from as far back as the 16th century and marble sculptures from 350 B.C. to the present.
New York Times Art & Design - Art In Review: Joyce Pensato’s ‘Batman Returns’ at Friedrich Petzel
Perky cartoon characters go over to the dark side in Joyce Pensato’s work at Friedrich Petzel.
New York Times Art & Design - Antiques: Antiques Auction Shows on Television
About a half-dozen new television shows about antiques auctions have appeared, but they have little resemblance to how the trade really works.
New York Times The Moment - Checking In | Public Chicago
Ian Schrager's latest venture, a re-do of a landmark hotel, is surprisingly elegant and refreshingly down-to-earth.
Arch Daily - Pavapuri Guest House / Matharoo Associates
Courtesy of Matharoo Associates
Architects: Matharoo Associates
Location: Pavapuri, Rajasthan, India
Principal in Charge: Gurjit Singh Matharoo
Project Team: Ramesh Patel (Architect), Janmay Mehta (Trainee)
Clients: K.P Sangvi charitable trust, Shri pavapuri tirth dham jeev maitri dham
Structural Engineer: Matharoo associates – R.S Matharoo, Ritesh Chauhan...
3rings - Emeco’s Sezz Chair
The wonderful world of aluminum – it’s cool to the touch and visually modern. One of my favorites has always been the Navy chair by Emeco, as well as so many of their handcrafted aluminum chairs. So, I was delighted to see new additions to this well-known family - the ...
AIGA - The Weekly Wraparound: January 27
Top stories this week: redesigns, Facebook’s IPO, IxDA People’s Choice Award, a dearth of critical discourse on design, Design Envy picks from Jonnie Hallman and more.
Architect's Newspaper - Eight Emerging Voices Honored by the Architectural League
Eight up-and-coming architecture firms from across North America have been distinguished as Emerging Voices by the Architectural League. The prestigious award is bestowed annually on a group of firms that have established a distinct design voice in their work and have “the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism.” This year’s [...]...
Architecture for Humanity - Maria Auxiliadora School receives 2012 SEED Award
The design team for MAS was notified today that the school received the SEED Award for Excellence in Public Interest Design.
Following is a summary of the decision, from the Jury:
"The award winners and honorable mentions were outstanding examples of design in the public’s interest from diverse communities across the globe...
Design Milk - Rememberings
Bravo Company, an independent design studio based in Singapore, has recently launched a clever new product called Rememberings™. These stretchable silicon rings, similar to those yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets, have inscriptions on them that remind us of little, yet important things, such as Take pills; Call mum; Pay bills; Return books; Buy gift, etc, that always seem to slip our minds. The bright colors are sure to catch anybody’s eye, which thus fulfills its purpose of reminding! It works well as an accessory or a gift for a forgetful friend...
Arch Daily - Video: David Chipperfield and Paolo Baratta discuss the Venice Biennale 2012
This video reveals the first statement by director David Chipperfield and president Paolo Baratta regarding the 13th International Venice Biennale. With “Common Ground” as the underlying theme, Chipperfield encourages participants not to promote themselves, as if in a theater, but rather promote a dialogue that will begin the “chemical process” that will ultimately lead to finding connections between “things, people and influences”. Chipperfield highlights that the Venice Biennale is about “what is not private, but what is common.”...
New York Times The Moment - The Get | Aesa Cuff
Aesa's new bracelet was inspired by the dreams of an ill-fated queen.
Design*Sponge - weekly wrap up + atelier de troupe
The rain has finally stopped in Brooklyn so I think it’s time to stretch my legs and leave the couch I’ve been slowly sinking into. Before I call it a day, I wanted to wrap up this week with some lights I’ve been crushing on all day, courtesy of Amy...
Inhabitat - Cradle is a Flat Pack Chair Designed Specifically for Autistic People
The thoughtfully designed Cradle is a sustainable rocking chair created by a collaborative effort to aid people with autism and Rhythmic Movement Disorder (RMD). Developed by Richard Clarkson, Grace Emmanual, Kalivia Russel, Eamon Moore, Brodie Cambell, Jeremy Brooker and Joya Boerrigter within the Victoria University of Wellington, this cocoon-like seat is made from cold-bent plywood. Because rocking is one of the calming activities that is ...
New York Times Art & Design - Critic’s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales
Penn South, a housing development in Chelsea, and the ill-fated Pruitt-Igoe project in St. Louis shared a type of housing stock but little else.
Dezeen - Jameson House by Foster + Partners
Architects Foster + Partners have attached a 35-storey tower onto the side of two renovated 1920s buildings in Vancouver’s financial district. (more…)
Design Within Reach Design Notes - A Weekend in Toronto for IDS.
With the Interior Design Show starting tomorrow, design lovers will be flocking to Toronto for a weekend of exhibitions, lectures and special events. Since 1999, the show has brought the best of architecture and design to Canada, putting Toronto on the map as a capital of creativity. Although there are many activities throughout the four days of the show, the city of Toronto has much to offer on its own...
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