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What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today? On occasion of the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group, challenge you to design a new residence for the world’s most powerful individual. … Continue reading “‘White House Redux’ Competition”
The variations are a popular exercise in all forms of art, visual as much as musical. In the field of design, the clocks by George Nelson and the designers from his studio are one of the rare examples of a line of products that seems infinite.Some brilliant hunters in our Forum decided to gather a … Continue reading “Nelson Clocks – Theme and variations”
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has installed a modern tea house in the garden of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt. Kengo Kuma develops the traditional teahouse architecture further, while at the same time venturing onto entirely unexplored territory with regard to his design. In search of flexible buildings – Kuma uses the term “weak architecture” … Continue reading “Kengo Kuma’s inflatable tea house”
Another new product that we can’t live without! Those who have followed the thread in our forum about the film offering the vision of the future by General Motors in the Fifties will be delighted to see that eccentric projects still exist in the 21st century. Who knows, for those who are not afraid of … Continue reading “Nubrella”
Hardcore New Finnish Design showcased 25 individual design projects andconcepts from Finland presented in collaboration with major Finnish design companies. The exhibition was the centerpiece of Meatpacking District Design Week May 2008 in New York. ‘Tiger Electric Shoe’ by Janne Kyttänen The Hardcore exhibition combined a curated selection of innovative concepts and projects realized by … Continue reading “Hardcore New Finnish Design”
Planted panels in the ‘closed’ positionMaterials & Applications (M&A) is a research and exhibition center dedicated to pushing new and underused ideas in art, architecture and landscape into view. Its outdoor exhibit site is open free to the public. ‘Growing Structures’ is a site/environmental specific installation using the relationship between the natural and mechanical notions … Continue reading “Growing Structures”
To celebrate the ending of his ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour, Nooka gave 15 Zub watches in a special glow-in-the dark finish to rap artist Kanye West. There will also be a limited edition of the glow version available for purchase in August.Nooka is the brainchild of artist and designer, Matthew Waldman. Initially licensed to … Continue reading “Nooka glow-in-the-dark for Kanye West”
INDEX: AWARD acknowledges designs that contribute to improve life for people. The event is presented every two years in Copenhagen. An award is given in five categories, and INDEX: awards the winner in each category with a prize of €100 000.The organisation accepts nominations from all design disciplines, including industrial design, service design, architecture and … Continue reading “Call for nominations for INDEX: AWARD 2009”
3XN’s proposal for a construction on Marmormolen in Copenhagen is both: a town gate and a bridge that links Marmormolen with Langeliniekaj, creating a new coherent area in Copenhagen Harbor. A bridge spanning a body of deep water, providing the only dry connection between two stretches of land, is one of the most powerful architectural … Continue reading “Town Gate Bridge in Copenhagen Harbor”
A smile for this thanksgiving day. When we received the info about this product our first reaction was ‘how silly and useless this is!’. But after having visited their site, we thought that this is not the worst sculpture we have seen and at least this one made us smile.Laikingland is a creative collaboration based … Continue reading “Applause Machine”
The theme of MUJI AWARD 03 was ‘Found MUJI’: learn from the wisdom accumulated by our predecessors all over the world, find good points in such long-established merchandise, and convert them into a design that fits our modern life.The competition was open to applicants for two months. Some 1,986 entries from 35 countries were received. … Continue reading “MUJI Awards 03”
Kjellgren Kaminsky and Studioseek present ‘Silent City’, a project for the Tangshan 1976 earthquake memorial park in China. They propose a monument that is omnipresent throughout the whole park constituting one of its many layers. Juxtaposed to greenery, paths and daily life, remembrance becomes a natural part of the park. The monument consists of message … Continue reading “Earthquake memorial park in China”
The jury of the Extraordinary, Every Day Travel Contest has selected the winners of the competition launched by Alcantara® LAB during the last edition of the Milan Furniture Fair 2008.The contest was focused on “daily nomadism”: the everyday journeys, the short or long moves during which we feel the need to carry with us objects … Continue reading “Every Day Travel Contest winners”
Over the last decade city cycling has increased year on year. Increasesin cycle use have meant increases in cycle theft, the greatest deterrent to cycling after fears about road safety. However, in recent years a multi-agency address to this problem has helped catalyse a secure cycling revolution. Figures from Transport for London for the period … Continue reading “Putting the brakes on bike theft”
At the beginning of the year 2008, we decided to make a surprise to our visitors on the occasion of Design Addict’s 10th anniversary. Today, after one year’s work, we are delighted to present a new home page and a new section called the Design Radar.What could we offer you? What would you expect from … Continue reading “Design Addict is launching the Radar!”
The new “OLED Design Contest – CombOLED Edition” is now ready to giveyou the opportunity to rule your lighting future shaping applications using unique low-cost transparent OLED devices. This contest is opened to everybody from students to professionals with the aim to help you express your revolutionary vision of light. You’ll have the chance to … Continue reading “OLED Design competition”
‘Zipshape’ is a universal method that makes it possible to construct single curved panels from any plain material without molds. It consists of two individually slotted panels that interlock when bent to the predefined curvature. Swiss studio schindlersalmerón has continued research with a group of students at the Fachschule für Holztechnik Hamburg (Hamburg school for … Continue reading “ZipRocker at imm Cologne”
‘Contemporary Light Design’ explores over 20 different innovative lampscreated within the last five years by 18 designers and architects from Denmark and Finland.
Toyota has set up a design challenge to students of the Royal College of Art. The brief was to create a household item that represents intelligent urban living.After a brisk three months of hard work the winners of the iQ competition were announced in a celebration of young designers’ work at the Royal College of … Continue reading “Toyota RCA Design Competition winners”
The Daewoo Consortium and the municipality of Gwanggyo announced the MVRDV concept design for a dense city centre winner of the competition for the future new town of Gwanggyo, located 35km south of the Korean capital Seoul. The plan consists of a series of overgrown hill shaped buildings with great programmatic diversity, aiming for high … Continue reading “MVRDV wins Gwanggyo Power Centre Competition”
You love the feel of a full size bike. But you need a folding bike; easy to carry around, folds into small places… Why not have the best of both? SwissBike combines performance and portability to give you the most versatile folding bike possible. All SwissBikes are performance oriented bikes that fold. They can take … Continue reading “The SwissBike”
Taking the question of mutations for its main theme, this exhibitionaims to present the work of designers who are the pioneers of different movements in a new generation of Parisian design. Cellule DesignEDF / R&Dcoupe-veille © G. Belley François Brument #44 vase © F. Brument Mathieu Lehanneur – Carte Blanche VIA dB (Decibel) © V. … Continue reading “Paris/ Design in Mutation”
Last October, we had posted about a bike design competition, the “commuter bike for the masses” competition. We wanted to let you know that the winner has been announced. Torkel Dohmer’s ‘This Way’ concept has been chosen as the winning entry. ‘This Way’ by Torkel Dohmers: A pedal powered comfortable bicycle with weather protection. … Continue reading “Bicycle design competition winner”
The magazine focuses on the international trends in the Neocraft movement. Following the revival of craft, the magazine deals with the latest news in illustration, graphic design, textile art, ceramics, glass and book art. The initiators, Katja Kleiss and Pascal Johanssen, intended to launch a magazine which presents and discusses international trends in new craft. … Continue reading “Illustrative launches ‘Objects – The Journal of applied Arts’”
Welcome to the Spark 2009 Competition, Designers! The Spark Awards arethe new competition created to promote great design and designers and encourage people to explore their creativity. Sparks invites everyone to participate–designers, art directors, architects, design firms, manufacturers, institutions, ad agencies, students and non-professionals may enter. Graphics, product design, transportation and architecture are just a … Continue reading “Spark Design Awards”
Ania, Jacob, Lena and Ramon are designers at ‘llot llov’, a product and interior design studio based in Berlin.Here are some of their products.
Core77 and Greener Gadgets invited designers to explore the concept of ‘Greener Gadgets. The top 50 entries are published online for voting and commenting, and from these the judges will pick the Top 10 to be judged live at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City on February 27th. Voting ends February 20th. Click, … Continue reading “Vote now for your favorite greener gadget!”
Open is more (freedom is in the details)The “HYPER ACTIF” (HYPER ACTIVE) exhibition is a progression and an explicit illustration of the project matali crasset has been developing since 1991. “HYPER ACTIF” shows how objects try to be more than what they are supposed to be, how they fight constraints, automatisms and confinement to specific … Continue reading “‘Hyper Actif – New Territories’ exhibition”
The Royal Institute of British Architects and Cassina present the exhibition ‘Le Corbusier’s Cabanon 1952/2006 – The Interior 1:1’ in the Florence Hall of the RIBA. Le Corbusier Roquebrune-Cap-Martin : Cabanon © FLC/SIAE L3[5]5 The exhibition features the reconstruction of the actual interior of the Cabanon that Le Corbusier planned and built in 1952 for … Continue reading “Le Corbusier’s Cabanon at the RIBA”
DESIGN 21 announces winners of ‘Languages Matter!’, a contest to design the official poster for International Mother Language Day and promote multilingualism. They received over 1,100 submissions from 82 countries!! After reviewing all of the entries based on creativity, cultural sensitivity and technical ability, UNESCO has picked the overall winner: Anna Notara Koutroumpaki, a … Continue reading “DESIGN 21 announces winners of ‘Languages Matter!’”
