The best design products 2007
The winners of the red dot award, one of the largest and most renowned international design competitions, have been chosen. From the absolute record number of 2,548 submitted products, which had been sent to Essen for assessment by the experts, a total of 43 top products have received the ‘red dot: best of the best’ [...]
Architecture and Cuisine
As an architect and amateur cook/baker, this article got my attention right away. You can also visit my blog that is dedicated to cooking and baking here. Architects often design the accessories of eating – dishware, glasses, cutlery, dining tables and chairs – so perhaps it was inevitable that they would eventually take on the [...]
The open architecture network launched
At 8:00 am this morning Architecture for Humanity launched the beta version of the Open Architecture Network, which I have been watching closely. It will be a gathering place for community designers and all those interested in improving the built environment.
Turkish Designs on Display at Salone del Mobile
During Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2007, which will be held April 18-23 in Milan, Turkish furniture company Nurus will bring together innovative Turkish designers with “Ilk in Milano” a collaborative effort featuring unique designs and products. The exhibition aims to provide an experience with “the Turkish touch in design.” It will be accompanied by a [...]
Skin + Bones
Yesterday I went to the “Skin + Bones: parallel practices in fashion and architecture” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, California. For more information about the exhibit see below. The photo is Shigeru Ban’s Curtain Wall House by Shigeru Ban Architects in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan 1995. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai.
Amazing New Billboard Concepts
This is an innovative idea from Ian Hart for a Mustang billboard campaign. According to Hart the billboards are “constructed from GE Lexan EXL semi-transparent resin, the billboard accurately blurs the scene behind it regardless of day, weather or season.”
Architectural Digest Home Design Show
The sixth annual Architectural Digest Home Design Show, returning to New York City’s Pier 94 March 8-11, 2007, will feature the best in home products from nearly 300 companies. The annual four-day Show open to the public Friday to Sunday with an interior design trade and VIP consumer preview on Thursday comprises more than 110,000 [...]
Autonomous Transportation System
Photo: A computer rendered image of the S.A.T. Project running through an airport lounge. According to the UN, by 2030 about 5 billion people are expected to live in cities. Together China, India, and Brazil are projected to have as many urban inhabitants as the entire developed world (Hinrichsen, 2002).
Objects in mirror are wider than they appear
This is an interesting story. It shows one more time how we design spaces affect people’s behavior. Robert Kilroy-Silk (on the photo) currently an independent MEP, has raised the issue in the European Parliament of intentionally distorting mirrors in clothes stores, specifically Marks & Spencer.
