Product Design, Technology and Innovation.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
sugamo shinkin bank’ by emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design, tokyo, japan (h)
Stay Connected by Broadcasting Color The LightSync is a device designed to reinforce connections between remote team members working on the same project. Instead of bombarding each other with emails and phone calls, simply roll the LightSync to broadcast a color – symbiotic of how you feel. The ambiguous nature of LightSync creates a general connection to the team rather than the individual. (via LightSync by Philip Gordon » Yanko Design)
I love this observation about taste and creative work from Ira Glass:
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.
(Source: kottke.org)
This month’s Destination Design is Alemanys 5, a brand new vacation rental located in a not-so-new building. The structure, which dates back to the 16th century, is located in the medieval quarter of Girona, Spain. (via Destination Design: Alemanys 5 | Design Milk)
talian furniture company sawaya & moroni presents ‘z-chair’ by london-based architect zaha hadid
as part of milan design week 2011.
(zdesignboom)
london-based practice tamir addadi architecture has finished an extension and alteration to a private victorian house in islington. with the main purpose of creating a sense of unity between the exterior garden and the house, the project extends and opens up the basement level to the backyard space. (tamir addadi architecture)
‘zero’ by snøhetta by night image © designboom (via snøhetta: zero)
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~prabal/projects/hijack/Hijacking power and bandwidth from the mobile phone’s audio interface.
Creating a cubic-inch peripheral sensor ecosystem for the mobile phone.
Frank Chimero - Classroom Rules
3. Question everything, propose answers. Everything is an investigation. There are no nevers. Valued phrases: “Maybe if…” and “I’m not sure, but…”
“Wolfgang Schmittel joined the Braun design department as a freelancer in August of 1952. Upon his arrival, he revised the Braun logo and also gave it a reduced, constructively comprehensible form.” (ainclaridge.net)
The Vivienda 19 house is a beautiful house in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid and was designed by A-cero Architects. The garage is located in the basement of the house, while the more important areas of the house such as the living and dining rooms are located on the first floor. All of the bedrooms and private rooms are on the third floor. (via WANKEN - The Blog of Shelby White » Vivienda 19 House)
Bradford Teasdale works with concrete creating custom installations, mosaics, furniture and fine art. I got to see his work in person at the Architectural Digest Home Show. It’s even more exquisite when you get to touch it (which I totally did without asking and he was OK with it!) (Design Milk)
‘my lounge chair’ for knoll amsterdam-based architectural firm UNstudio present three new seating designs during milan design week 2011. the prototype for his ‘new amsterdam chair’ and the final designs for ‘sittable’ are on show as part of ‘the tortonas’ exhibition at via tortona (UNstudio)
