Hasta La Ideas

Opened by Cok de Rooy and Dick Dankers in 1992, Amsterdam boutique The Frozen Fountain showcases both Dutch and international talents. Interspersed among classic design pieces from well-known design companies such as Vitra and Foscarini, the store features pieces produced specifically for the store by locals and up-and-coming designers alike. (Click on images for enlarged view.)

The space hosts exhibitions of new talents twice a year in addition to regularly curating rotating shows of original art, prototypes and wares for purchase.

See more images, including English artist Martin Smith‘s Applause Machine, after the jump.

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ID Sketching’s fun “Five Levels of Sketching” article reminds us that

When all is said and done, regardless of how flashy the sketch may be or how killer it may look, the essence of why we sketch ideas as designers is seeded in effectively communicating those ideas to our clients. Sketching is our language of communication.

Author Spencer Nugent goes on to distinguish between Doodles, Thinking Sketches, Technical Sketches, Presentation Sketches, and the money-shot Emotive Sketches. Check it out here.

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Check out Swedish streetwear company WeSC’s retro-futuristic line of headphones, designed by Stockholm-based ID firm Norra Norr. Designers Andreas Enqvist, Erik Petersen and Marcus Rudback’s firm is barely over a year old, but they clearly have a clear line on that all-too-hard-to-capture intersection between fashion and good ol’ ID.

They’re calling the Maraca headphones (top), which were inspired by old-school DJs, “An analog design in a digital world;” The collapsible Pick-up headphones (bottom) were inspired by the forms of turntables themselves.

via dexigner

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