Feb 18
Feb 18
Design 21 Announces Winners of Forest-Saving Design Competition
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Last fall, we told you about Design 21‘s visual design competition to get the word out about wood from forests that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically viable in their practices. Entrants were challenged to create “a compelling and persuasive message that sparks an interest in FSC and drives people to a consumer-searchable website; a campaign design for online and print ads; and a clever URL name for FSC’s consumer website.” The first-prize winner, chosen by The Nature Conservancy and the FSC, is the France-based design team of Damian O’Hara and Christophe Roger, who created a copy-driven campaign that highlights simple wood objects such as a table and a spoon.
“We selected this campaign for its direct simplicity, warm and humorous tone, and how it allows FSC to reference such large topics as climate change, indigenous people’s rights, and wildlife protection,” said the judges, who also praised the campaign’s “clean, understated design.” O’Hara and Rouger will receive $5,000 in prize money, and another $5,000 will be shared among the designers of the campaign voted “Most Popular” in an online poll (1187 Creative’s “Know Forestry” campaign) and Design 21 advisory board members’ “Judges’ Picks.” Read on for more top entries.
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Feb 18
Design 21 Announces Winners of Forest-Saving Design Contest
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Last fall, we told you about Design 21‘s visual design competition to get the word out about wood from forests that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically viable in their practices. Entrants were challenged to create “a compelling and persuasive message that sparks an interest in FSC and drives people to a consumer-searchable website; a campaign design for online and print ads; and a clever URL name for FSC’s consumer website.” The first-prize winner, chosen by The Nature Conservancy and the FSC, is the France-based design team of Damian O’Hara and Christophe Roger, who created a copy-driven campaign that highlights simple wood objects such as a table and a wooden spoon. Their suggested URL is www.buygoodwood.org.
“We selected this campaign for its direct simplicity, warm and humorous tone, and how it allows FSC to reference such large topics as climate change, indigenous people’s rights, and wildlife protection,” said the judges, who also praised the campaign’s “clean, understated design.” O’Hara and Rouger will receive $5,000 in prize money, and another $5,000 will be shared among the design voted “Most Popular” in an online poll (1187 Creative’s “Know Forestry” campaign) Design 21 advisory board members’ “Judges’ Picks.”
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Feb 18
New York Fashion Week Runway: Academy Of Art Fall Grads’ Hard Work Pays Off!
Posted in: UncategorizedSan Francisco’s Academy Of Art University fashion students have been graced with the unparalleled opportunity to showcase their pieces at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week since 2005, and this year, the recent graduates’ designs were no less impressive! This year’s collaboration between SF’s Britex Fabrics and fifteen students proved to be a great success, yielding a number of stylistically and colorfully cohesive looks that seemed to channel the current gray, gloomy weather and spit it out in the form of shimmering striped dresses, cloud-fluffy mohair coats, and dusky printed sweaters. While student design duo Emily Melville and Ivanka Georgieva are said to have stolen the show by closing it off with their series of fluid dresses and wool coats, many of the show’s other hobo-chic layered pieces reminded me of a high fashion rendition of Oliver Twist! If only all vagabonds could look this good…
Colors:black, white, creamy tan, charcoal grays & blues
Silhouettes: draped dresses, bulky coats, sheer shimmery tunics, long over-sized sweaters
Celeb Sighting: Nia Long
Check the slideshow for a selection of some of the runway’s most interesting looks!
Photo Credit: Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Feb 18
Gary Hustwit on BoingBoing Gadgets
Posted in: UncategorizedI really think designers are going to save our asses and turn this economic situation around. When the economy is tanking, companies need to put more thought into redesigning their systems and products from top to bottom. If a designer can come up with a way to make my product with 25% less material, that’s a huge savings if I’m making millions of products. Better design makes that product less expensive to the consumer, more profitable for the company, and it’ll use less material resources. So we need to design our way out of this depression!
Read the rest here.
Feb 18
Too Many Dicks (On the Dancefloor)
Posted in: Uncategorizedi so love the Flight of the Conchords
Feb 18
Design Miami Going Bigger in Basel
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Design Miami will expand its presence in Basel, Switerland come June, when it debuts in a larger venue closer to the hub of Art Basel, which last year drew an estimated 60,000 visitors. For its fourth go-round in Basel, Design Miami will move from the the Markthalle to Hall 5 of the Basel exhibition complex (pictured), which is adjacent to the Art Basel venues: Theo Hotz-designed Hall 1 and Hall 2, the 1950s landmark building designed by Hans Hoffmann. The new location boasts 60-foot-high ceilings, a mezzanine gallery, and 15% more floor space for the design fair. “I am absolutely delighted about this new location and the potential it offers,” said Design Miami director Ambra Medda in a statement issued yesterday. “It takes the fair to the next level and opens up endless possibilities for Design Miami Basel and the world of design.” And hey, more space for exotic plant-studded side exhibitions! Design Miami Basel runs from June 9-13.
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Feb 18
Sky Planter
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Feb 18
Duffy Stars in Diet Coke Ad
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Night Rider for Diet Coke, agency: Mother
This new ad campaign for Diet Coke, starring Duffy, airs tonight on ITV. The ad, out of Mother London, sees the soft drink shed its associations with scantily clad workmen and instead aims to celebrate a girl’s “right to say no to the pressures of modern day living”.
“It used to be about girls using their breaks to ogle construction workers, but now they’ve got better things to do than sit around and wait for semi-naked men,” say the Mother creative team. “Diet Coke’s now about inspiring women to take control and do the right thing for themselves.”
Photographer: Liz Collins
Duffy was chosen for the ad because “she’s the epitome of the Diet Coke girl”, continues Mother. “Aspirational, ambitious but knows when to duck out and do her own thing. In the ad she celebrates taking a moment to herself by belting out Sammy Davis Jr.’s ‘I’ve got to be me’.”
The TV will be accompanied by a series of print and poster ads starring both Duffy and other models.
Feb 18
Toy Fair, part 2: Vehicles locomotion
Posted in: UncategorizedDesigners looking past pedals are coming up with creative ways to turn your kid’s spastic energy into locomotion. A few examples:
The six-wheeled PlasmaCar has no pedals or gears; kids simply torque the steering wheel from side to side, which creates enough flex in the ABS plastic body to create propulsion.
The Pumgo Scooter converts stairmaster-like motions into rotation for the rear wheels. It’s a tad on the dorky-looking side, but then again I said the same thing about those wheeled sneakers that every other kid downtown seems to have.
The Orbitwheel is easier to carry than a skateboard, and easier to pop on your feet than rollerblades. And with a wheel radius larger than either of its predecessors, it rolls more smoothly across janky sidewalk surfaces.
The nutty-looking Air Kicks put a spring in your step, literally. I was more than a little tempted to pick up a pair of these as a replacement for a stepladder.
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