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Campana Brothers: Complete Works

08-29-2010 The comprehensive monograph on one of the most celebrated bodies of design in recent decades.  Inspired and distilled from Brazil’s street and carnival cultures, Humberto and Fernando Campana hav...

Aquariva by Marc Newson

06-01-2010 Australian designer Marc Newson has designed a speed boat in collaboration with Officina Italiana Design for Italian boat brand Riva.  Called Aquariva by Marc Newson, the design is a reinterpretati...

MiLAN 2010 preview #2

05-02-2010 Milan 2010: Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have designed a range of furniture for Italian brand Edra, including this storage unit entirely concealed by dangling lengths of raffia....

Campana Brothers: Complete Works

04-11-2010 The comprehensive monograph on one of the most celebrated bodies of design in recent decades.  Inspired and distilled from Brazil’s street and carnival cultures, Humberto and Fernando Campana hav...

MiLAN 2010 preview #1

04-09-2010   SPARKLING, edited by Magis. Design : Marcel Wanders Presented: Preview Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2010, Milan Chair in blow moulded PET  ...

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Isamu Noguchi HIGH ROCKING STOOL by Vitra / Knoll - NIB

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Collectible and Rare W< Chair by Marc Newson

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ALESSI PITO Tea Kettle by Frank Gehry NEW

Location: Los Altos, CA

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Cappellini Cloud Modules by Rowan & Erwan Bouroullec

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Marc Newson for Cappellini Tray
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A nice and rare handmade glass tray designed by Marc Newson for Cappellini in 1993. This is the largest version from the set of two produced in Murano, Italy. Few items were edited.

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Nice Shoes NYC Moves Heaven & Earth for Kanye West's New Video Power - Dexigner - 14:25

It took Michelangelo a day to paint the Creation scene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Natalie Slessor: Specialist in the Psychology of Design and Planning Joins Woods Bagot - Dexigner - 14:01

Natalie Slessor is one of Australia's very few environmental or architectural psychologists, and she recently joined Woods Bagot in 2010 as Director of Consulting for Australia.

Make-Me: The Emergence of Butch-Craft in Contemporary Design - Core77 - 13:22

Oscar Magnus Narud's Keel collection: tables in rough wood and iron. Make-Me is an upcoming exhibition at Moss, running from September 15th through November 14th, that brings together an set of artists and designers producing what Moss has coined "Butch-Craft." Maybe there is no better way to describe this than the words they use themselves: "a cerebral yet virile narrative applied to rough work crafted in wood, iron, steel, marble, rush, paint, boiled leather, clay, baked agricultural waste, plant-life, gypsum drywall, and blood, sweat and tears." (more...)

Outside » Not So Simple Green - Dwell blog - 12:51

by Miyoko OhtakeSuzanne Shelton’s life work is making sustainable lifestyles attractive and accessible. She’s the CEO of the Shelton Group, a marketing company she founded in 1991 that works exclusively with environmentally focused clients. But in 2009, when she built an off-the-grid lakefront pavilion in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, she found taking her own advice wasn’t so simple.

Honda R&D is seeking an Automotive Designer in Torrance, CA - Core77 - 12:48

Honda R&D Automotive DesignerTorrance, CA You will work independently on the development of original designs or adaptations requiring very specialized design skills and abilities. The Designer employs the best combination of preliminary information and contributing data to develop final designs (2D/3D) and basic concepts; selects technique best suited to represent project including graphics and technology; conducts product research to determine styling trends and consumer preferences; produces sketches, renderings and computer graphic illustrations, ideas and materials for presentation and helps develop strong brand specific ideas for building identity. » view The best design jobs...

Gwathmey Siegel Finishes New Student Center for Cleveland State University - Dexigner - 12:36

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA) have just finished work on a new Student Center for Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland.

London Design Festival 2010 Preview: Three New Design Districts - Core77 - 12:22

Ah, the wonderful dilemma with design festivals: too much to do, too little time. The London Design Festival is making that problem even worse, announcing that it's sweep of the city is broadening with three new design districts, each with its own character and events. In addition to Brompton and the Shoreditch Design Triangle, the Covent Garden, Fitzrovia Creative, and Clerkenwell districts will help to further inundate London with design September 18-26. Various events, exhibitions, and installations are scheduled in each of the districts. For more information,...

Videos of home-computing-in-the-future concepts - Core77 - 12:17

Here's a couple of interesting videos done by Austin-based design studio Zoticus Design, displaying computing-of-the-future concepts that demonstrate client Freescale's networking prowess. In the second video, I dig the way the woman sends info to her tablet around 1:15; the first video is otherwise the more interesting one, but I kept thinking "Why in God's name is that little girl wearing so much makeup?" Freescale - Consumer from Zoticus Design on Vimeo. Freescale - Industrial from Zoticus Design on Vimeo. (more...)

Barcelona Design Week 2010: Facing New Challenges Through Design - Dexigner - 12:11

The BCN Design Week 2010 will open its doors from 18 to October 22 under the slogan "Facing New Challenges Through Design."

This innovative house design is great for Shimane, Japan. It would never fly in Brooklyn - Core77 - 11:57

If you live in Brooklyn, the bane of your peaceful residential existence (or the source of your entertainment, depending on your disposition) is noisy teenagers hanging out on the stoop. So here we present The Last House I'd Ever Build in Brooklyn: Y+M Design Office's Stairs House. The entire house, as you can see, is basically one gigantic stoop. Very cool for a beachside family property in Japan, not so cool when you live in Bushwick and would have to spend every evening chasing guys named Re-Re, Bombs-a-Poppin and Tommy Karate off of your goddamn...

Studiobility debuts new products at today's Maison et Objet show in Paris - Core77 - 11:02

Studiobility, the Icelandic design studio headed up by Gudrun Lilja, has launched a new partially-eponymous brand: Bility. Today at the Maison et Object design show in Paris, Lilja will take the wraps off of new Bility items like this Heklad Stal shelf made from polycoated steel: (more...)

Helping people in making their homes more energy efficient - Core77 - 10:51

The Design Council has recently run a design workship with the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to look at how to encourage the adoption of home insulation and other low-carbon home modifications. A joint proposal How can we help people make their homes more energy efficient? (pdf) shows how user-centred design research has helped DECC understand how consumers feel about installing cavity wall insulation or lagging their loft and it shows that people feel disengaged with the overarching environmental issues. >> Read article(more...)

Charles Pyott's designs spin records and wheels in new ways - Core77 - 10:44

L.A.-based designer Charles Pyott's been getting lots of blog love lately for his portable Linos record player concept, above; another lesser-known project of his worth checking out is the DAWS (Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System, below). (more...)

I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review Party - Core77 - 10:31

ID Magazine may have shut its doors this past year , but, as promised, the Annual Design Review stayed put, celebrating the best of design with its 2010 awards at the AIGA center in New York. Nicely packed for a Wednesday evening in NYC, the festivities showcased a variety of work from product to packaging in the minimalist showroom design of Manuel Miranda and Jiwon Lee. The duo's basic kraft paper-and-masking-tape-covered-pedestal installation reminded us of the simple solutions many winning designs captured (faves that put a smile on our face were...

The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories About Design for the Public Good - Dexigner - 10:23

A first-of-its-kind book, equally representing the voices of architects and their clients, The Power of Pro Bono presents dozens of the best pro bono design projects produced by many of the leading architects working today.

The Feedback Loop Notebook Project - Dexigner - 10:10

The Feedback Loop Notebook Project is pro bono project created to benefit youth all over the country.

Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design - Dexigner - 09:13

The Sherwood Institute and Sherwood Design Engineers announced the September 2010 release of Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design by Sherwood's Bry Sarte.

Steven Holl to Receive Jencks Award: Visions Built 2010 - Dexigner - 09:00

The Royal Institute of British Architects announced that American architect Steven Holl is to receive the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built.

DesignS: Singapore to Present Integrated Design Solutions for Competitive Advantage - Dexigner - 08:41

DesignS, a network of eight design associations in Singapore, will present the Singapore design showcase, "Sensing the Next S-Curve," at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Association of Illustrators' Images 35 Competition - Dexigner - 08:25

Images is the ultimate showcase for the best of contemporary British illustration.