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Camper store in Milan by Jaime Hayondezeen

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 1:48am PDT by admin

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Shoe brand Camper has opened a new store in Via Montenapoleone in Milan - the fourth to be designed by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. (more??�)

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Les Yeux Ouverts in Shanghaib l o g . F A B R I C A

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 1:48am PDT by (author unknown)

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The Centre Pompidou??�s Fabrica: les yeux ouverts exhibition goes to China following an invitation by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

The exhibition will be open until November 11 at the Shanghai Art Museum as part of the Shanghai eArts Festival.
To find more information, click here.

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Mixa USB Cassette TapeReubenMiller

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 11:45pm PDT by Reuben Miller

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I love retro stuff. That why when I spotted this USB storage tape by Magnetic North, I had to share it.
It's called Mixa and can store up to 1GB. As an added bonus you can actually design the label yourself.

Check it out at Magnetic North.

[via RetroToGo]

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Paper toysArchitectradure

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:59pm PDT by cati

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Awesome paper toys to download and assemble. You also have the choice with a different style of paper toys!

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living wallpaperDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:17pm PDT by (author unknown)

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graphic designer, shi yuan has created a project entitled 'design with life' to explore how print design can evolve
over time, coming to life. the project includes this wallpaper design that contains heat-sensitive ink. when heat is
applied, for instance from a radiator, the vine pattern blooms colourful flowers.
via neatorama

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???PORTALI??? collection by Andrea Branzi for SuperegoCubeMe

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 2:52pm PDT by Hans

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???PORTALI??? is a collection made of 18 really creative vases by Andrea Branzi for SUPEREGO.
Superego editions were among the participants at the Designboom??�s ???handled with care??� ceramic exhibition during the London design festival 2007.

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this clock has only handsDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 10:56am PDT by (author unknown)

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?� 'vice versa' design by yiran qian from china, shortlisted entry of designboom's competition brightLED
currently on display at the gwangju design biennale in korea. see current local times around the world ?� ?� ?�

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cal laneDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:37am PDT by (author unknown)

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cal lane is a canadian artist who now lives in new york 'her steel sculptures lighten industrial product with a lacy touch, burning dainty, intricate designs into heavy metal. the artist's signature steel doilies and monumental, 'crocheted' I-beams elegantly perforate traditionally masculine realms of art and architecture with feminine craft.' via cool hunting

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designers in residence, london design festivalDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:36am PDT by (author unknown)

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designers in residence, at the design museum, london
from: currently showing until 14 october

'a new annual exhibition, in which emerging product and furniture designers are invited to transform areas of the
museum with their work, it aims to provide a springboard into the design world. the 2007 designers in residence are:
sarah van gameren, chris o??�shea, tom??s alonso, richard sweeney and finn magee.'.

'exploring issues of mass production, consumption and accidental aesthetics within design, sarah van gameren??�s
big dipper (above) is installed in the riverside hall, mechanically creates 24 candle wax chandeliers by dipping
strings of wick in heated wax and allowing a frame to build up over a period of 12 hours, inviting the viewer to
witness the birth of a product.

'big dipper' by sarah van gameren

'big dipper' by sarah van gameren

finn magee??�s 'flat life' project will recreate the atmosphere of a designer??�s studio. the work, drawing from
the museum??�s collection, will question our interaction with images and response to design classics.

'home greenroom' by tom??s alonso.

influenced by complex geometries, richard sweeney uses simple materials to explore both the handmade and machine manufactured multiple. in the design museum tank, sweeney??�s exquisite paper forms (pictured above)
become a series of dramatic lights by night.

above, is a piece by interactive media designer chris o??�shea created especially for the show. the installation allows
visitors to see into areas of the design museum normally hidden from view.

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new moves at aram store, london design festivalDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:36am PDT by (author unknown)

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the iconic anglepoise-type task lamp is under the spotlight during london design festival. 'new moves'
is a representation of 70 prototypes of works designed by students of the of the art and design
department, at the RCA royal college directed by famed professor ron arad and tutor daniel charny
in collaboration with the italian company artemide.

the experimental designs sit alongside commercial lighting products, and historic lamps. from the
original 1930??�s icon and its offspring through to best sellers such as the 'tizio', 'tolomeo' and 'archimoon',
from lighting companies flos, luceplan, lumina, luxo, anglepoise and artemide among others.

the quirky pieces surely highlight the poise-lamp's iconic staus, however the image shown above of the red lamp did
remind us somewhat of an installation we saw a couple of years ago...

'h()me' by the renown italian artist loris cecchini, an exhibition in 2001 at the giorgio armani store
in milan where he showed his 'soft lamp', 'soft chair' and 'soft office'. see more

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lamp/lamp at 100% design londonDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:35am PDT by (author unknown)

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we already featured these simple, humorous lights in our report of last year's tokyo design week
the design is by hironao tsuboi of japanese brand 100% inc.

'lamp' lamp by hironao tsuboi

'lamp' lamp by hironao tsuboi

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takumi at 100% design londonDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:35am PDT by (author unknown)

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'music mug' by masato tukuno

the japanese brand takumi presented their designs at the idea stand.
again, some of the stuff we have already featured in our report on tokyo designers week in 2006?� and 2005.

'plugpin' by hideo kanbara

'DNA' cd rack by kaichiro yamada

'hairglasses' headbands

'kiri' watch with soft milky glass and silicone strap by masayuki kurokawa

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livalike at 100% design londonDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:35am PDT by (author unknown)

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'rosetta' made in concrete

whimsical designs of socket outlets by german studio livalike founded by claudia santiago areal and phoebe helmbold.

'fly on the wall' turns your socket outlet into a notepad

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sylvain willenz at 100% design londonDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:35am PDT by (author unknown)

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new design proposals by belgian design team james carrigan and sylvain willenz were presented at 100% design.
shown above is 'coated' the particularity of coated is the simplicity of its elements and how they are put together.
assembled only from three wooden poles inserted into a moulded plastic three-way tube structure, this holds
everything together.

'slide' mirrors with 3D effect.

'torch'

'torch' is a lamp with an inserted diffuser in diamond-shaped textured sheet polycarbonate.
it comes in 2 shapes, conical and rounded.

'inner tube'

another design willenz presented was the soft and flexible rubber shade 'inner tube', which maintains its shape by
the light source itself. the black shade is stretched around the circle glass tube, creating an unusual void in its
center, while diffusing a large contrasting white aura of light. contact between the two elements is also made
possible as the tube remains warm.

'dr.bamboozle'

another resourceful peice 'dr.bamboozle' sees bamboo dipped into yellow rubber, rubber acts as bonding agent
and held the structure of these stools and benches together.

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lost values at designersblock, londonDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:34am PDT by (author unknown)

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elena corchero of lostvalues has developed new aesthetics for solar wearable technologies, inspired by spanish
tradition and antique embellishment techniques.'we will become silhouettes' is a collection of fashion accessories
that explores delicate ways of incorporating organic solar cells into textiles in which technology meets tradition.

the pieces are charged while used outdoors during the day. when brought indoors in the evening they transform
into a decorative ambient light display for the home, powered only by energy stored earlier. electronic components

like solar cells, resistors, and LEDs are integrated directly into the textile and wired together into working circuits
using conductive thread.

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pizza-cobra by ron aradDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:34am PDT by (author unknown)

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at times it resembles a pizza

'pizza-cobra' by ron arad is a new table light designed for i guzzini.

at times a cobra!

an unstructured, flexible object.

chrome-plated spiral where light is captured and reflected between the hinges and incorporates 6 white 1W LEDs

the switch with standby sensor is placed on the light-emitting head.
the lamp can be switched on and off with a simple touch.

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knittaDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:32am PDT by (author unknown)

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knitta is a tag crew of knitters, bombing the inner city with vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around
everything from beer bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more ambitious outings.

their unique form of public art adds a lighthearted touch to the everyday by adding a warmth to otherwise cold,
urban environments.

via elmanco

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sit up and [re]design at 100% futuresDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:32am PDT by (author unknown)

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sit up at 100% futures presented sixteen seats born from and embracing their sustainable origins. the exhibition
attempted to illustrate a vision for design practice, reaching beyond the field of seating, where sustainability is not
seen as a hinderance or restrictive requirement but an opportunity for inspiration. here are designboom's pictures
of a selection of the seats on show.

(above) 'poly-morph' designed by lou rota
rota salvages abundant, redundant polypropylene chairs and through the technique of decoupage transforms an
accepted utilitarian tool into a 'covetable object'.

'rocky the sheep' designed my sam murat
a fun rocking seat that promotes the use of sheepskin, a sustainable yet luxurious locally available resource. the
rocking legs are also made from locally sourced ash offcuts.

'once a door' designed by claire heather-danthois
part of a series of sculptural seats made from reclaimed timber, in this case a door. steel cables give the chair its
form and flexibility.

'tetris' designed by wemake
'the worlds cheapest designer furniture'. tetris is a modular furniture system based on a 10cm grid, which
encourages people to reuse discarded cardboard packaging.

(left) 'rd4s' designed by cohda
the latest in cohda's series of 'roughly drawn' chairs, manufactured by draping extruded, recycled plastic over a
former.

(top right) 'max' designed by reestore
a custom-upholstered sofa made from a discarded vintage cast iron bath, re-used fabric and refurbished legs.

(bottom right) 'grownup stool' by christopher cattle
three tree saplings are trained to grow into the form of the stool legs, using a jig, and grafted together. cattle's
inspiration came from a quest to manufacture furniture using less energy.

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inventive toastersDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:31am PDT by (author unknown)

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'toast messenger' by sasha tseng from sashapure

we recently came across a blog listing some pretty interesting and sometimes odd
toasters. included was the winner of our 'ceramics for breakfast' competition george
watson's 'glide toaster'. check out the rest at fxf-forum.

'cnc toast printer' by evil mad scientist laboratories

'glide toaster' by george watson (winner of designboom's 'ceramics for breakfast' design
competition)

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takkiainen velcro fashionDesignboom - Weblog

Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 8:31am PDT by (author unknown)

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a group of takkiainen wearers caught up in the action

designed by aamu song & johan olin, takkiainen is a fashion line that aims to encourage social interaction in the
city. all the pieces are covered in velcro so they will latch on to passers-by.

takkiainen is a jacket for lonely and bored people. it is designed to help the wearer to get in contact with others. since we brush each other by with our clothes everyday while moving around in the city, we can use our clothes as a medium for meeting people.

an unintended use for takkiainen
?� via psfk

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