August 13th, 2008
August 12th, 2008
The Bubble Calendar, from Brooklyn
The Bubble Calendar is a fun and innovative handmade calendar that comes out of Brooklyn, NY.
It’s a big (122cm x 46cm) poster calendar that has all days of the week with all major (US) holidays marked; weekends are also bolded for quick reference. But the best part is there’s a bubble to pop every day. MORE…
August 11th, 2008
Apple Wireless Keyboard, ID Design Distinction Award 2008
Apple’s wireless keyboard has been awarded Design Distinction 2008, Consumer Products, in ID magazine’s recent Annual Design Review.
Apple’s wireless keyboard is a wafer of anodized aluminum with slivers of white keys, features Bluetooth with a 33-foot range and a battery charge that lasts for nine months of normal usage (it takes AAA batteries). According to one jury member, “it’s a highly evolved keyboard.”
Design: Apple Industrial Design Team (Cupertino, CA)
August 6th, 2008
Tertulia Folding Chair, by Efrain Velez
Tertulia is a folding chair inspired by the idea of its name, the Spanish word for gathering, a conversational get together. Tertulias happen spontaneously, so a folding chair seemed the most natural departing point-typology, says Austin, Texas-based designer Efrain Velez, for this project. MORE…
August 5th, 2008
August 1st, 2008
August 1st, 2008
Tesla Motors Begins Regular Production of 2008 Tesla Roadster
Regular production of the 2008 Tesla Roadster commenced this past spring, marking an historical milestone for Tesla Motors and a watershed in the development of clean, zero-emissions vehicles.
The revolutionary Tesla Roadster – a high performance car that generates zero-emissions and burns no oil – was first unveiled as a prototype in July, 2006. MORE…
August 1st, 2008
Shiro salon by 1980/Takuya Hosokai + Hiromasa Mori
Shiro is a hair and beauty salon in Fukui, Japan, built back in 2006 but never before published, by architects 1980/Takuya Hosokai + Hiromasa Mori. Shiro means white in Japanese, in contrast to Kuro, which means black and which is also the name of another house by the same architects. The steel-frame building has a footprint of 78 m2 and a total floor area of 194 m2.
July 31st, 2008
Apple iPhone: ID Best of Category 2008
Not surprisingly, the Apple iPhone was selected Best of Category 2008, Consumer Products, in ID magazine’s recent Annual Design Review. The iPhone combines three products in one — a phone, a widescreen iPod, and a unique Internet device with rich HTML email and a web browser. MORE…
July 31st, 2008
Brix Fragments, by architect Claudio Silvestrin
I Frammenti (The Fragments) by Brix is a porcelain micro-mosaic (or cube-tile) created by architect Claudio Silvestrin. Each mosaic is made of 5mm cubes with the space between equally proportioned. The mosaics are available in eight non-glazed colors, six intense glazed colors and four mixes.
July 30th, 2008
Key modular storage system by Housefish
Key is a new highly modular storage system designed and produced by Housefish that ships flat and assembles easily – the only tool you need is a hammer. The parts are cleverly joined into an exceptionally strong structure by machined aluminum tenon keys. The wood used is sustainably harvested, FSC certified maple plywood, finished with a zero VOC finish. Available with optional sliding powdercoated metal doors in a variety of colors. MORE…
July 25th, 2008
International Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno
The main exhibition of the 2008 International Biennial of Graphic Design in Brno, Czech Republic, designed by Radim Babak and Ondrej Tobola of Hippos design, consists of 600 works by 162 designers, arranged using chairs so that visitors can browse the magazines and books on show. MORE…
July 24th, 2008
Veloheld by neongrau.id
German designers neongrau.id have created Veloheld, a pared-down bicycle for cycling in the city. With narrow handlebars and one gear, the bicycles come in black or white.
A limited edition of 100 bikes will be produced this year. The company also supplies the Veloheld frames for those who want to build their own bike. MORE…
July 18th, 2008
Phillip Lim boutique by Jamo Associates
Japanese designers Jamo Associates have completed a boutique in Tokyo for New York fashion designer Phillip Lim. The store, Lim’s first outside New York, is in Tokyo’s Aoyama district.
While an underwater story could easily play out through familiar and obvious design tropes, Jamo interprets ‘in the water’ subtly through both structural elements and decorative details. MORE…
July 17th, 2008
Door handles by Frank Gehry
Architect Frank Gehry has designed new door handles for Italian manufacturers Valli & Valli. The new designs are additions to Gehry’s Arrowheads and FOG collection, created for the brand last year.
Designed by renowned architect and designer Frank Gehry, the Arrowhead series is characterized by a dynamic twisting design created by planes that seem to spiral around a central axis. The Arrowhead door lever (H 5021 – second image) was introduced in 2007 and won that year’s Interior Design magazine Best of Year award in the hardware category. MORE…
July 16th, 2008
adaval & Solà-Morales, at Fundación ICO in Madrid
Spanish/Mexican architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales have designed an exhibition of works by artist Susana Solano at Fundación ICO in Madrid, made almost entirely of recycled materials. The exhibition, displaying models of Solano’s public artworks, ran from October last year until January this year. MORE…
July 14th, 2008
Wouldn’t it be nice… at Somerset House
An exhibition entitled Wouldn’t it be nice… exploring the common ground between art and design, including work by Jurgen Bey, Dunne & Raby, Martino Gamper and Martí Guixé, opens at the Embankment Galleries at Somerset House in London this September.
The exhibition will feature new and recent work from ten practitioners and will be accompanied by performances, installations and talks. MORE…
July 10th, 2008
Tableware by Kathryn Hinton
Designer Kathryn Hinton displayed her tableware at the Royal College of Art Show One in London early in June this year. Pieces include lettering on the prongs of forks that correspond with words imprinted in bowls and the Exhausted range (below), where cutlery follows the shape of objects it appears to collapse onto.
“The tableware I make is inspired by components and interconnecting units. My research currently looks at the role of cutlery in different table settings with emphasis on their function as connecting elements. MORE…
July 9th, 2008
Qing Zuo! / Judith van den Boom
Designer Judith van den Boom created a collection of stools with ceramic seats called Qing Zuo! in collaboration with local crafts workers during a three-month visit to China. She showed the stools at at the Royal College of Art Show One in London earlier this month. MORE…
July 3rd, 2008
Bernard Chair /Jonas Lindvall
Swedish designer Jonas Lindvall designed the Bernard chair as a tribute to traditional skills. The chair is produced by hand and is available in walnut, oak and ash. MORE…
