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Life on Mars?
2007-11-18 20:56:00 This David Bowie video with Life on Mars ? from 1973 is just fantastic. David Bowie was my big music hero when I was young. Out of an conceptual perspective I’m still amazed by all the different identities he lined up during the seventies; Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke on so on. Here ... More About: Lifestyle , Branding , Life On Mars
Seiko Power Design Project
2007-11-16 10:06:00 The Seiko Power Design Project made an interesting exhibition at the recent Tokyo Design Week. Seiko Power Design Project is a workshop that approaches a new style of watches with product designer, Mr. Naoto Fukasawa, as the project director. The proposals for 2007 were on display in the show called “Seiko Standard 2″. Some words ... More About: Events , Future
We can?t afford to buy CHEAP things
2007-11-14 23:11:00 Here follows a text from designer and cultural nomad Satyendra Pakhale about his exhibition called “We can’t afford to buy CHEAP things”. Having been invited by Ms. Nicolette Naumann to curate and design the Personal Shopper exhibition at Tendence Lifestyle 2007, I feel it?s indeed high time for us to review our way of living ... More About: Design , Trends , Sustainability , Social responsibility , Things
She said it!
2007-11-13 09:06:00 This legendary speech by twelwe years old Severn Suzuki at the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro in 1992 has been floating around in the bloggosphere for a while. Severn started the Environmental Children’s Organization when she was nine and it is somewhat frightening to see that not much has changed. Actually it has just ... More About: Sustainability , Social responsibility
Peter Andersson at 20ltd
2007-11-12 18:14:00 Swedish designer Peter Andersson has recently launched a new piece of furniture at the luxury internet shopping site 20ltd (which I have reported about earlier here and here). The arm chair has an humorous twist as it from the front looks really solid and classic but from the back reveals a wooden structure in waxed ... More About: Design , Products
David Report at Facebook
2007-11-09 11:54:00 I have created an application for David Report at Facebook . So, if you are into this social network, be sure to install the David Report Facebook application and be regularly updated about what’s going on in the world concerning trends in the intersection of design, culture and business life. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : facebook social network ...
Luxury redefined
2007-11-08 17:09:00 Spring 2008 will see the launch of a new joint-branded John Smedley/Better Thinking Luxury Redefined t-shirt. Made in Derbyshire from organic, fairtrade, extra-long staple Peruvian cotton with an exceptionally low water footprint ? the Luxury Redefined concept takes sustainable design and communication to a new level. Supported by a product brochure and web site that ... More About: Design , Fashion , Sustainability , Social responsibility
Designers that want to be artists 4
2007-11-07 13:03:00 No 4 in my series “Design ers that want to be artists” is probably the most obvious of them all, Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job. They are certainly one of the main riders of the media acclaimed design-art or Vulgarism trend. If you have the possibility to get hold of the last issue ... More About: Products , Trends , Artists , Designers
Lisn to Finland
2007-11-06 16:24:00 The exhibition Lisn to Finland was a nice experience at Axis gallery during the Tokyo Design Week. The exhibition showed the modern face of traditional Japanese incense in a meeting with the vanguard of Finnish design. According to Tomoki Kusakabe, who once again kindly helped me with images and also information about Japanese incense, it ... More About: Lifestyle , Events , Competitions
More Tokyo design
2007-11-05 00:00:00 Here follows another post about exhibitions going on during Design Tide and 100% design Tokyo . Just as in the earlier posts it is the David Report friend Tomoki Kusakabe who is selecting the best shows and delivering all the nice images. First out is anarchy mackintosh by Koichiro Kimura in the Tokyo Hipsters club building (designed ... More About: Products , Events , Architecture
Another DesignTide post
2007-11-02 15:32:00 Today I report about some more activities in Tokyo during the Design Tide event. As in the earlier posts about DesignTide 2007 (here and here) I’m helped by the David Report friends Tomoki Kusakabe reporting directly from Tokyo. The first project is Esquire who presents “Tokujin Yoshioka - Panna chair by Moroso”. The show is a ... More About: Events , Trends , Post , Competitions
More DesignTide shows
2007-11-01 08:51:00 The David Report friend Tomoki Kusakabe continues his stroll in Tokyo along the different Design Tide exhibitions. Today you will get some fresh pictures directly from the Clear Gallery in Aoyama and the opening exhibition with work by Shiro Kuramata. You will also find some images from the Claesson Koivisto Rune book release (from Birkhäuser) in ... More About: Products , Events , Trends , Competitions
Some words about Designboost
2007-10-31 14:38:00 Jennifer Leonard was one of the boosters at the recent Design boost event in Malmö. Jennifer is also one of the writers of the blog of the social design network Design 21. The other day she posted an informative and interesting post about her own participation of Designboost. Here is a short excerpt: Designboost was a ... More About: Events , Words , Competitions , Sustainability
DesignTide opening party
2007-10-30 22:47:00 The funky Tokyo based event Design Tide starts tomorrow October 31st and will run until Sunday November 4th. The Japanese David Report friend Tomoki Kusakabe reports directly from the DesignTide opening party with a set of images that you can check out below. Thanks Tomoki! Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : designtide tokyo japan design opening party Andra bloggar om: ... More About: Events , Party , Competitions , Opening
Boost show opening
2007-10-29 17:09:00 The Designboost Boost show opened little more a week ago with an inaugural speech by Ewa Kumlin, the general manager of Svensk Form. The Boost show is built on an imaginary “sustainable wheel” with seven “spokes”. They are: environmental influence, innovation, emotional connection, aesthetics, quality, authenticity and compatibility. Our idea is that you have to ... More About: Events , Future , Show , Competitions , Opening
Designers that want to be artists 3
2007-10-25 18:49:00 Next in line in my series “Design ers that want to be artists” is Belgian designer Arne Quinze, most famous for his participation in the Burning man project. Below you will see some of his objects in the intersection of design and art. I started this series as a follow up to my latest bulletin called ... More About: Trends , Artists , Designers , Artis
More paper art by Jen Stark
2007-10-24 16:22:00 Jen Stark makes beautiful paper art out of multi-coloured construction paper. Below you can see some assorted images of her latest work. Earlier post about the paper art by Jen Stark here and here. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : jen stark paper art creativity Andra bloggar om: konst, jen stark, art, kultur More About: Design , Paper
Designboost - day two
2007-10-22 16:58:00 Day two of my event Design boost took place at Europaporten conference center. During the day 25 different boosters talked about sustainable design from many different angles. The audience (there were approximate 500 of them) got the chance to listen to everything from designers, architects and ethnographers to trend researchers, professors and ice cream makers. The ... More About: Events , Trends , Future , Competitions
Designboost - day one
2007-10-20 17:28:00 Designboost started with Boost meetings in Turning Torso (designed by Santiago Calatrava). The approximate 75 boosters interacted in 29 unique boost meetings concerning participants and themes. It was a great success. Not only were the different topics discussed lively, a lot of friendships were created as well! According the the participating boosters there were an ... More About: Events , Trends , Future , Competitions , Sustainability
Designboost lectures on Thursday
2007-10-16 10:59:00 Tomorrow Wednesday October 17th will be the last day for registration for the Design boost Boost chats. The Boost chats take place on Thursday October 18th at Europaporten in Malmö. During the day you will be able to listen to 25 interesting speakers. The list includes Jennifer Leonard, Stephen Burks, Kristina Dryza, Thomas Sandell, Satyendra Pakhale, ... More About: Events , Trends , Future , Lectures
Right vs. left brain
2007-10-14 00:21:00 Which way do you see the dancer turn? If you see her turn clockwise, then you use more of your right side of your brain, and vice versa you use the left side of your brain (the text information in the beginning of the film is wrong…) However, most people will see the dancer turning ... More About: Lifestyle , Left , Brain
Designboost agenda announced
2007-10-12 14:29:00 The agenda for the Design boost lectures on October 18th is launched. As you can see below it is an interesting mix of designers, architects, ethnographers, futurists, entrepreneurs and sustainable experts. I’m quite sure it will be an interesting day. There are still some tickets available at the registration page. Below is the agenda for the Boost ... More About: Events , Trends , Future , Competitions
Cheapest store concept in Sweden
2007-10-11 18:32:00 Afro Art was founded 1967 by Jytte Bonnier and have since that time been working with fair trade products and projects from the third world. In 2003, Afro Art changed hands. Six textile designers took over the business and infused new ideas and their own design into the organization. At this year, 2007, when ... More About: Design , Architecture , Sweden , Store , Sustainability
Olafur Eliasson exhibition
2007-10-10 15:36:00 This exhibition by Olaf ur Eliasson in Malmö actually took place one and a half year ago. I found the pictures when I browsed through my iPhoto catalogue the other day. The exhibition took place in Malmö Konsthall (public Art Gallery) from 1971 by Swedish architect Klas Anshelm. It was a great experience and I would ... More About: Events , Competitions , Exhibition , Exhibit
Complete speaker list for Designboost
2007-10-09 21:19:00 Today we have announced the last ten speakers for the Design boost lectures on October 18th. The ten speakers are: Jody Turner Culture of Future provides visually flavorful conversation, inspirational POV and leading edge trend language encompassing tech to retail, generations to culture and design to sustainability. Founder and CEO, Jody Turner, is a ?Trend Hunter? or ... More About: Events , Architecture , Speaker
MarbleWood by Mater
2007-10-08 20:23:00 Brand new Danish design company Mater has recently presented its first collection at this years Maison et Objet in Paris. I would like to follow up my first presentation of Mater with some pictures of a really cool series of products called MarbleWood. Its designed by Todd Bracher and the materials are black and ... More About: Design , Products , Sustainability , Social responsibility
Smart cartoons from the New Yorker
2007-10-06 12:10:00 Robert Mankoff is the cartoon editor of The New Yorke r magazine. Over the years he has also been doing some great cartoons. I think that the one above is the best of them all. Try to use the phrase next time an unpleasant sales person calls you! You will find this and a lot of other ... More About: Lifestyle , Cartoons , Smart
Last day for ?early bird? offer
2007-10-04 21:09:00 Friday October 5th is the last day for the “early bird” offer for the lectures during the event Design boost which I’m organising in Malmö 18th of October. The overall theme this year is sustainable design and the speaker list includes Stephen Burks, Satyendra Pakhale, Jennifer Leonard, Eero Koivisto, Kristina Dryza, Brent Richards, Mathilda Tham, Ilkka ... More About: Events , Trends , Future , Competitions
Yoo Denmark by Philippe Starck
2007-10-04 11:19:00 Yoo is a design-focused property development company enhancing quality and adding value through design, branding and marketing expertise to development project across the world. The mission of Yoo is to add a new approach to contemporary living by bringing good design into homes and make it more accessible. Among the persons behind Yoo you will ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Architecture , Denmark , Hili
Some different artworks in wood
More articles from this author:2007-10-03 14:24:00 Belgian designer Arne Quinze has recently finalised a new piece of timber art in Brussels. It’s called Cityscape (see first picture below). Where I live, in the southern part of Sweden, we have our own version of timber artwork (rest of the pictures below). It’s called Nimis (lat. “too much”) and according to the ... More About: Design , Wood , Artworks , Some , Diff 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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