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A glass for all occasions by Matti Klenell for Iittala
2012-01-06 12:13:00
“Lempi” is a new drinking glass designed by Matti Klenell for Iittala. It is designed for the modern kitchen which often has limited storage space. This stackable glass not only saves space but also looks great on an open shelf: the round shape invites you to take hold of it. Lempi glass works for every occasion, whether you pour in a refreshing drink of juice or a relaxing glass of red wine. The round form of the goblet accentuates the possibilities of the material; the thin upper rim of the blown bowl and the sturdier stem make it comfortable to hold and luxurious to drink from. This is the first time I design a drinking glass. Great fun since I am something of a glass nerd that regularly scan local flea markets for interesting design. I am familiar with the material though and has worked with it a lot in a more artistic, craft oriented way but this was quite different and I took on the assignment with great humility, says Matti Klenell. The stackability really adds so...
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Are you interested to be a guest blogger at David Report?
2012-01-04 15:56:00
A new year with new stories to be told. We are looking for guest bloggers from around the world that are interested to share their knowledge here at David Report . As a contributor you share our interest and curiosity about trends in the intersection of design, culture and business. It may be everything from art, architecture, culture, design and fashion to food, innovation, music, sustainability and travel. Always with social relevance and a humanistic and holistic perspective. Please drop us a mail at info{at}davidreport{dot}com or write a comment below if you are interested to contribute with relevant content. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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High-performance in-car charger for iPhone, iPad and other USB-powered devi
2012-01-04 13:00:00
Just Mobile has just launched High way, a Good Design awarded high-performance in-car charger for iPhone, iPad and other USB-powered devices. Highway plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter socket, revealing its diamond-tread aluminum head with subtle power light. It as a built-in fuse to protect them from power surges Highway comes supplied with an Apple-certified coiled charging cable.  
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Plant a seed of form and function
2011-12-22 12:39:00
The new collection from Almedahls finds inspiration in colour tinges and mix of materials. Textiles with botanical silhouettes in fruity colours and carpets with influences from nature and its toning colour effects. This year Almedahls design studio has worked in collaboration with the designers Anna Kraitz, Iris Maschek and Pia Holm. Our focus is working with textiles in rooms. The point is to add the qualities of the textiles to the room, such as patterns, screening, sound damping, comfort and colours, the trio at Almedahls Design studio says.

Bruce Nussbaum talks about his new book
2011-12-21 14:27:00
Bruce Nussbaum, author and Professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons, talked about his new book at the Designboost ? Design Beyond Design event which took place at Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. In this video you will see Bruce Nussbaum talk about his thinking around the book, among other things new ways to frame design contexts and the importance of talking about failure. The event was a collaboration between Designboost, Cooper-Hewitt as the location host, Material ConneXion, the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, and Prime PR.
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Wish You Were Here by Veuve Clicquot
2011-12-20 18:03:00
Today Veuve Clicquot launched its multimedia, crowd-sourced platform called Wish You Were Here. This platform is part of Veuve Clicquot?s expanded effort to centralize and showcase its 100+ global programs, events and initiatives. “Wish You Were Here.” visually captures the most inspiring moments from around the world and celebrates the spirit and lifestyle of Veuve Clicquot through travel, fashion, food, sport and design, via photos and videos submitted by the brand, official contributors and the public. Wish You Were Here is about connecting one’s experiences, through snapshots that serve as Veuve Clicquot enthusiasts’ postcards from all around the world, says Stéphane Gerschel, head of global communications for Veuve Clicquot. Visitors can submit a photo or short video by emailing the content from a mobile device or computer to submit@clicquotworld.com

4 S
2011-12-19 08:30:00
Not just smart   4 S;  It is not the speed, but all about the society . Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it is really how it works. Most people may respond that is about functions. But again, that could be far beyond the technical specifications. When you get something, you have to really grok what it is all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, do not just quickly swallow it. A personal assistant built into the latest iphone is wowing owners with its ability to answer odd questions. The new Siri feature was designed to respond to spoken requests for information such as the location of the nearest cinema. But gadget-lovers have discovered that its range of expertise is actually far wider. This voice-recognition app brings human responses and sometimes a touch of humor to any question the user might have. When one user asked about life’s meaning, he was informed: “All ev...

Copenhagen Ceramics
2011-12-17 15:48:00
Danish Ceramics have long enjoyed international attention and respect . With the opening of the gallery Copenhagen Ceramics, you will yet again be able to experience the best of contemporary Danish Ceramics in the Danish capital. The originators behind the gallery are Bente Skjøttgaard, Steen Ipsen and Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl and their ambition with the project is to show the current developments on the Danish ceramics scene, rendering visible the diversity and high quality, that characterize the work presently being made. The new exhibition venue opens its doors on January 5th 2012. Address is Smallegade 46 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The project span the generations and by coupling the artists in unexpected ways we are setting the scene for surprises from even the more well-known artists, explain the originators. Our curatorial approach will be reflecting what we as professionals find exciting and boundary-exploring right at this moment, says the founders of Copenhagen Ceramics.

Exhibition setting by Fabio Novembre for Steve McCurry at MACRO museum
2011-12-16 10:12:00
Italian designer Fabio Novembre has created an exhibition setting for the solo exhibition dedicated to Steve McCurry at the MACRO Museum in Rome, Italy. The setting is inspired by the nomads’ village with structures that merge with the aim to restore that sense of solidarity that you can breathe in McCurry’s photos. The exhibition setting project comes along with the curatorship activity that Fabio carried on according not to a criteria of space-time but of similarity of subject matter and emotions, seeking out the common threads and unimaginable ties that link people and places, even of different latitudes.
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Outdoor fridge Frigo
2010-10-25 12:12:00
Frigo by Goncalo Prudencio is a step towards the development of an outdoors fridge, which is aimed at finding an alternative way to refrigerate a container space to store domestic eatable goods, having the sun as the only energy source needed for making it work. The principle used is called Cooling by Evaporation, and along ...
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David Report finalist in the Digital Magazine Awards
2010-10-21 14:09:00
David Report has been made a finalist in the Digital Magazine Awards 2010 for Specialist Magazine of the Year. The Digital Magazine Awards 2010, in association with Quark Inc., are a global awards to showcase the best digital magazines and recognise the most influential people in digital publishing today. Winners will be announced on Wednesday ...
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The invisible airbag bicycle helmet Hövding
2010-10-19 22:13:00
After several years of research and development a bicycle helmet unlike anything available on the market was launched yesterday. It?s bicycle helmet called Hövding (chieftain) that does not even sit on your head. The founders and inventors Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin showed up world news at the Technical Fair in Stockholm. - We wanted ...
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A dream home in the Stockholm archipelago
2010-10-19 18:15:00
Villa Överby by John Robert Nilsson is a cottage with very high requirements in terms of design and precision of execution. Simple shapes, clean lines are consistently pursued. It is a technology-intensive house, like a piece of civilized life and order placed on a rock in natural areas in the Stockholm archipelago. Clean rooms with ...
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Fabio Novembre and Superheroes at Moscow Design Week
2010-10-19 13:55:00
The first edition of the Moscow Design Week , that took place from the 5th to the 9th October, born from the encounter between Alexander Fedotov, president of the organization committee, and Fabio Novembre who has been commissioned the art direction of the whole initiative, has just ended with a complete success of public and critics. ...

The Royal Café goes to Tokyo
2010-10-15 10:57:00
Danish café concept The Royal Café has recently opened a new branch in Tokyo . It?s situated in the department store Mitsukoshi in the Ginza district. The Royal Café has 90 seats and will be the first café/restaurant in Ginza with outdoor seating. The Royal Café is the first Danish café to open in Japan. The ...
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Artek presents Alchemy of the Third Millennium
2010-10-13 14:50:00
Artek celebrates its 75th anniversary this week. In the spirit of the farsighted founders, Artek wants to emphasize the role of cross-disciplinary thinking between science, art, architecture and design. As a statement for the future and for the celebration of its 75th anniversary, Artek will organize an international symposium. Entitled ?Alchemy of the Third Millennium?, ...
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Sofa with an architectural reference
2010-10-11 16:30:00
KiBiSi has designed the Brick series for Versus. The series consists of a pouf, a chair, a two and three seater. KiBiSi set out to make a sofa with strong architectural references since KiBiSi partner Bjarke Ingels couldn?t really find the right architect?s sofa for his apartment. The point of departure was a classic brick ...
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New glass and silver by Claesson Koivisto Rune
2010-10-06 17:40:00
Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune have recently completed work on a special collection of objects that combine the expertise of the fine quality glassmaker Lobmeyr and the exclusive metalworks of Wiener Silber Manufactur. The collection, called Vindobona, is currently on show at Liechtenstein Museum arranged as an installation in the special exhibition gallery. ...
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The Level vodka tunnel
2008-06-08 22:06:00
Level Vodka invited star fashion designer and artist Hussein Chalayan to create a pioneering work of art with a focus on taste. He was given completely free rein. The result is The Level Tunnel ? a 15 meters long and 5 meters high travelling installation that captures the essence of Level Vodka. But the road ...
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Aesop by Studioilse
2008-06-06 23:47:00
Studioilse’s design of the Aesop shop translates the company values through a loving restoration of the historic fabric, paired with modern and clean interventions. As in all her work Ilse Crawford with her Studioilse has added a lot of emotions to the interior. Simple and modern design. A central ceramic sink to emphasise the ritual of ...
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Jurlique rebrands
2008-06-04 20:43:00
Jurlique rebrands to focus on its biodynamic farming principles. This is post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : jurlique biodynamic branding sustainability Andra bloggar om: ekologisk, ekologiskt, mat, livsmedel, design, varumärken, varumärke, förpackningar
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Whitecapri bags
2008-06-02 09:42:00
Whitecapri is a new label for bags and accessories from Berlin. The first collection Matchpoint is an homage to the great movie “Match Point”. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : whitecapri berlin bags accessories Andra bloggar om: väskor, accessoarer, mode
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The Ace Hotel Portland
2008-06-01 14:31:00
The Ace hotel Portland: what a boutique hotel should look and feel like. This is post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : portland oregon ace hotel boutique hotel Andra bloggar om: hotell, resa, foto, design, inredning, portland
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Falafel soap
2008-05-27 22:26:00
APOCALYPSE is a new company founded by industrial designers Petra Lilja and Jenny Nordberg. Based in Malmö, Sweden, they are designing sustainable products and services. The first product, The Soap is made from recycled cooking oil from the numerous Falafel stands around Malmö. ?We look at waste as materials with a history and with a potential ...
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Inspiration, people, products
2008-05-20 00:01:00
OPENnetwork is a tool for the creative industry by Danish Lynfbrikken. It’s all about inspiration, people and products. It’s a Panel-based rendering engine allowing mixing and comparison of multi-section content side-by-side as the basic information architecture - keeping the “let me quickly see what’s here” functionality from the old site, but greatly enhancing it’s potential. ...
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To consume or not
2008-05-14 15:44:00
I just read some comments to the latest David Report bulletin called “I shop therefore I am” in “The Marketer Who Went Off Consumption”. It’s a year-long book-as-a-blog experiment in why we choose to consume, or not, written by India based Gaurav Mishra. In a very clear and comprehensible way he is putting together a couple of important trends that in one way or another describes how our consumption pattern are about to change: - From conspicuous consumption to conscious consumption. - From brand-consciousness to background-consciousness. - From synthetic to organic. - From mass-produced to hand-crafted. - From global to local. - From short-term to sustainable. - From fashionable to durable. - From valuing things to valuing insights. - From fitting in/ standing out to being. - From buying more to buying less. - From doing more to doing less. - From multi-tasking to down-shifting. - From buying to sharing/ exchanging. - From owning to experiencing. - F...

Shots on Brave New Worlds
2008-05-13 16:08:00
Shots on Brave New Worlds is the first collaboration by Designfilmpool, created by Mats Theselius and Oliver Vogt. 144 creative persons have been invited to interpret one side each of the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxleys in a 30 seconds film. If you happen to be in Stockholm on May 15, the film is played non-stop 6pm to 9pm at Research and Development, Kvarngatan 14. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : Aldous Huxley brave new world mats theselius film Andra bloggar om: aldous huxley, mats theselius, film, konst, litteratur
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Relax with Thomas Bernstrand
2008-05-09 15:43:00
Swedish designer Thomas Bernstrand got an assignment from the city of Stockholm to design an outdoor area in the Rosenlund park. His proposal is called “stranden” which means “the beach” and is designed with sunny days by the sea in mind. And most important, to offer Stockholm people that relaxed summer feeling also during dark ...
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Textile design by Sari Syväluoma
2008-05-06 22:26:00
Since Finnish designer Sari Syväluoma moved to Norway in 1994, the Norwegian textile scene has changed forever. Despite its long history of colourful embroideries and elaborate folk costumes, Norway had never had a tradition of printed textiles that reflected contemporary sensibilities. When she accepted the role of textile designer at Sellgrens Veveri (known as Gundbrandsdalens ...
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Milan Design Week part four
2008-05-01 22:40:00
My last report from the Milan Design Week 2008 concentrates on the Konstantin Grcic Myto chair exhibition at the Triannale. As always Konstantin presented a really serious show where the visitors could follow the design process behind the chair. Quite a different and interesting exhibition compared to a lot of “just the ordinary stuff” shows ...
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