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Up against it
2007-09-13 15:18:00 Would you like your personal piece of art on the wall above? Send your entries to the competition Up against it which is a public art competition. The wall with a size bigger than 60 m2 is situated in Deptford, London and can be seen by more than 2000 commuters a day. Deadline for entering ... More About: Events , Creativity
Lego work by Bjarke Ingels
2007-09-13 09:54:00 The video shows the work by Bjarke Ingels group when they constructed a Lego tower of more than 250.000 pieces. The work took five weeks and will be presented at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. You can see part of the final result below. I will soon post some further images ... More About: Design , Work , Creativity
What is an environmental friendly car?
2007-09-12 11:58:00 The car industry is preparing for the big “environmental friendly” fight at this years car show in Frankfurt. The one thousand exhibitors expect almost a million visitors to the stands. It’s good that the car industry finally would like to be environmental friendly (because of the ongoing ecological trend I suppose…). Their efforts are ... More About: Design , Events , Environmental , Innovation , Sustainability
Me talking about Designboost
2007-09-11 13:35:00 Here is a short video about the event Design boost which I’m organising together with my associate Peer Eriksson. Designboost takes place in Malmö October 17th ? November 17th and consists of workshops, lectures/debates and an exhibition. The lectures and debates on the 18th plus exhibition which starts on the 19th are open for the public. ... More About: Events , Future , Sustainability , Talking
Responsible design from Mater
2007-09-09 23:51:00 Mater is a completely new design brand from Denmark that are launching their first collection at the Maison et Objet fair in Paris this week. On top of their great products Mater acts with social responsibility deep in its genes from the start. They have started a foundation that funds social and environmental initiatives conducted ... More About: Design , Products , Sustainability , Social responsibility
Cable management
2007-09-08 12:45:00 New York-based designer Andrea Ruggiero has created Sombrero, a patent-pending cable management solution for hardware manufacturer Doug Mockett & Company, which thoroughly addresses the common problem of cable containment. Design ed to be mounted to the underside of any worksurface, this sombrero-shaped spool reins in unruly cable by winding it around its core and firmly anchoring the ... More About: Products , Management , Innovation , Cable
Designers that want to be artists
2007-09-08 11:07:00 As I wrote about the current design-art trend in my latest David Report bulletin called Vulgarism, a lot of designers suddenly want to be artists. Are they manipulated by the market or is it the other way round? It’s a growing phenomena and I will do a small series called “Design ers that want to be ... More About: Future , Artists , Designers , Artis
New event called Designboost
2007-09-06 14:16:00 Designboost is a new event in Malmö which I’m organising together with Peer Eriksson. The City of Malmö and Region Skåne are involved as interested persons. Designboost is a completely novel concept on the Swedish design market. It will be annual, different, international and will penetrate questions of current interest on design in a broad ... More About: Design , Events , Event , Future , Innovation
Brand new iPods
2007-09-05 23:40:00 Steve Jobs and Apple launched three new iPods earlier today. Gizmodo already made a good review and you can read it by clicking here. Below is another picture of the complete range of iPods, inclusive the iPhone. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : ipod apple gadget products technology steve jobs ipod touch Andra bloggar om: apple, ipod, steve+jobs, ipod ... More About: Design , Products , Brand , Ipods
Luxury fashion by KR LT STUDIO from Lithuania
2007-09-05 09:18:00 KR LT STUDIO is a brand new Lithuanian luxury fashion brand that recently has launched a collection of handmade linen lounging robes, introducing a new style of dressing for the home. KR LT STUDIO uses the culture, traditions and beauty of their homeland as inspiration to create items and spaces for modern day living. ... More About: Lifestyle , Fashion , Luxury , Trends , Studio
A new design-art spectacle
2007-09-04 08:21:00 As I reported in my latest bulletin called Vulgarism the Frieze Art Fair is starting a “design-art” sister show this year. Originally it was called Design London but the fair showed its real face recently when they announced a new name; DesignArt London. Here are some words which I cut out from their press release: The ... More About: Events
Nice barn style architecture
2007-09-02 23:12:00 This Porch house by Archteam in Semily, Czech Republic is really nice. I like the simple barn-style architecture a lot. The total metal cladding of roof and walls is simple and gives a distinct look. The house would fit perfectly in my neighborhood in Sweden (and probably at a lot of other different places as ... More About: Design , Architecture , Style , Barn , Nice
Absolut Disco
2007-09-01 11:31:00 Absolut Disc o is a brand new packaging for the Absolut bottles and is a follow-up to the Bling-Bling and Second Skin. Absolut Disco is just pre-released at Selfridges at Oxford street in London this week and will soon be available all over the world, inclusive the US. The price will not exceed the price of ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Absolut
Diane von Furstenberg designing business cards
2007-08-31 09:01:00 A week ago New York-based fashion icon Diane von Furst enberg together with internet based design company JohnLook.com launched a collection of limited edition of personal business cards and correspondence cards, exclusively for Sweden. The design is based on Diane von Furstenberg?s classic vintage print from the 70?s called ?Diamond Cubes?. The cards can be seen ... More About: Business , Design , Designing , Cards
Galerie Nordenhake by Erik Andersson
2007-08-30 08:26:00 Art space specialist Erik Andersson has just designed another premium gallery in Stockholm. The new Galerie Nordenhake provides a suite of three large rooms, surpassing the gallery?s previous capacity and enabling exhibitions of the scale and ambition for which Nordenhake?s Berlin and Stockholm galleries are well known. The ground floor of 300 square metres is ... More About: Design , Erie
Tactile and sensorial design
2007-08-28 22:42:00 I think that tactile and sensorial experiences are important parts of good design. It adds an universal understanding to products and objects. One designer that recently made some experiments in this vein is Timo Wong. His cellular phone Cells is a good example. The key pad is inspired by regular fruit trays used for stacking. ... More About: Design , Innovation , Creativity
House Alta by Johannes Norlander
2007-08-27 09:27:00 Johannes Norlander is according to me one of the most interesting architects/designers in Sweden at the moment. One of his latest house projects is called House Alta . The house is 160 square meters and built in a town called Älta just outside of Stockholm. Johannes Norlander has not only designed the house but also ... More About: Design , Lander , Johannes
Clean cuts from Les Couleurs Nationales
2007-08-25 10:56:00 Les Couleurs Nationales womens wear recently presented its SS08 collection under the tagline ?if it’s not risky, it’s boring?. Les Couleurs Nationales is based in the charming fishing village of Simrishamn in southern Sweden. The designer Maxjenny Forslund explains that the idea behind the new collection of Les Couleurs Nationales is to put things ... More About: Fashion , Clean , Creativity , Cuts
The greenwashing trend
2007-08-24 09:31:00 The greenwashing trend is unfortunately flourishing. Greenwashing is when companies (or governments) spend more money or time advertising being green, than on investing in environmentally sound practices. Marketers and business executives suddenly understand that green is selling. But sustainability is not about marketing. Sustainability is about design. It means that designers around the world have ... More About: Design , Trends , Social responsibility , Trend
Stajl by Malmö
2007-08-23 16:51:00 Stajl by Malm ö is a design bazaar that takes place on August 26 and offers the best of local fashion design from the town of Malmö (in the southernmost part of Sweden). With Stajl by Malmö the organizers would like to stimulate creativity and fulfil the dreams of creators with various background. The event works ... More About: Fashion
Harry Allen retail design for UNION
2007-08-21 22:39:00 The second store by New York designer Harry Allen for prestigious streetwear retailer, UNION, is one part archeological dig and two parts humble masterpiece. Located two doors down from the site of the original UNION store on Spring Street in Manhattan, the new space incorporates some of the elements we developed for its counterpart ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Fashion , Union , Retail
Smart products from Muuto
2007-08-20 23:40:00 Muuto, a new Danish design company, strives to add fresh perspectives to Scandinavian design and thereby put the region back in the lead on the international design scene. That is why they chose the name Muuto - inspired by the Finnish word ?Muutos?, meaning change or fresh perspective. Muuto is firmly rooted in Scandinavian ... More About: Design , Products , Smart , Creativity
Richard Avedon retrospective
2007-08-19 13:09:00 The first retrospective exhibition of the work of photographer Richard Avedon since his death three years ago will open at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark next Friday on August 24. Richard Avedon was one of the iconic star photographers and his rough and unveiling style stands out as brilliant. The exhibition at ... More About: Events , Retrospective , Char
The skyscrapers of Wulingyuan
2007-08-18 08:55:00 Simon Winchester at the New York Times recently reported from the magic skyscrapers of Wulingyuan in China. A remote part of the country until 50 years ago barely even settled. Read the full story here. The images from Wulingyuan speak for themselves. I would like to go there! Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : wulingyuan china travel skyscrapers ... More About: Lifestyle , Skyscrapers , Scrapers
Moss in Los Angeles - Moss Angeles
2007-08-17 11:12:00 The New York supreme design store Moss has just opened a second store in Los Angeles . 3500 square feet of cool optic white space bifurcated by a ten ton steel beam running straight from the door to the sales station. The “Moss Angeles” store is situated at Melrose Avenue near the mouth of Melrose Place ... More About: Design
New collection from Acne Jeans
2007-08-16 18:17:00 The new collection for autumn/winter 2007 from Acne Jeans , one of my favourite Swedish fashion brands, is now available at selected retailers. Below is a description of the collection: Imagine the defiant and fearless gaze of Patti Smith coupled with the energetic bedlam of Emir Kusturica’s portrayal of the Eastern European gyspy, and you have the ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Fashion
Likemind coffee morning August 17
2007-08-16 11:33:00 The summer vacations are more or less over in Sweden and it?s time for a new Likemind coffee morning tomorrow Friday August 17. As earlier Likemind coffee mornings I?m hosting the Malmö branch together with Björn from Good Old and we will meet at 9 am at Solde Kaffebar, Regementsgatan 2. Coffee kindly paid for ... More About: Lifestyle , Morning
New life into beaten down bikes
2007-08-15 10:23:00 In the latest edition of my conversation with Satyendra Pakhale here at the David Report blog we were discussing sustainable design. Then I came across British company Specialbike which is refurbishing old bikes with precision craftsmanship and high-end parts. They take a bike that has seen better days, strip it down to the frame, blast ... More About: Life , Trends , Bikes , Sustainability , New Life
O2 Cocoon mobile phone
2007-08-14 13:15:00 The O2 Cocoon mobile phone designed by Swedish agency Syntes Studio is a stylish black and white clam shell with smooth lines that is full of functionality. The front of this handset has a hidden LED display that will not only tell you who is calling but will also tell you the time and turn ... More About: Marketing , Design , Mobile , Products , Phone
New iMac from Apple
More articles from this author:2007-08-12 09:43:00 The new iMac from Apple was release a few days ago. The major change from the previous iMac is the beautiful new thin design with an anodised aluminum frame and the glossy widescreen display. Because it?s made from a single sheet of aluminum, you won?t see any seams or screws except for a single compartment ... More About: Design , Products , Innovation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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