Hasta La Ideas

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pLast May, Frog Design was invited by the a href=”http://www.liftconference.com/”Lift Conference/a in Geneva to a href=”http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/putting-the-lift-conference-under-the-design-research-microscope.html”conduct research on the conference itself/a and share insights afterwards about what worked, what didn’t, and what might make a better conference in the future./p

pDuring the conference, Frog conducted research in several ways: through observation, direct interviews, “experience diaries” kept by 50 volunteers, a badge color experiment, twitter tracking, and a short brainstorming workshop. /p

pIn the slides above, they share their findings, grouped in the following themes: networking beats content, content on the main stage still matters, making the workshops work, create centers of gravity, and do the basics really well. Have a look through all 49 slides for some insight into your next conference, whether as a planner or attendee./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/what_makes_a_better_conference_frog_puts_the_lift_conference_under_the_design_research_microscope_to_find_out__16858.asp”(more…)/a
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pIn an article called “A HREF=”http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/g-m-salutes-its-damsel-designers/” G.M. Salutes Its ‘Damsel’ Designers/A,” the ITimes/I covers the “Designing Women” exhibition that went up earlier this week at the Museum of the City of New York. “Designing Women” examines a largely unknown part of U.S. auto design history: The small cadre of women hired as designers by General Motors following World War II./p

blockquote”The women I spoke with did not think of themselves as being pioneers,” said [former G.M. designer Susan] Skarsgard, who interviewed three of the original “Damsels” during her research. They shrugged off hurdles or obstacles by simply focusing on “being really good at what they did.”/blockquote

pThe following video gives you a brief look at both Skarsgard and current-day designer Christine Park:/p

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pSadly, the “Designing Women” exhibit does not have its own webpage at the Museum site. The exhibit itself is folded into the larger “A HREF=”http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/current/Cars-Culture-and-the-City.html” Cars, Culture, and the City/A” show and runs through August 8th./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/exhibition_looks_at_female_auto_designers_from_the_1950s_era_16857.asp”(more…)/a
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Le designer hollandais Tim Vinke a pensé un bureau amovible nommé “Kruikantoor” afin de pouvoir effectuer un réel gain de place tout en proposant des combinaisons intelligentes. Tous les éléments peuvent se combiner et se déplacer facilement. Plus d’images dans la suite de l’article.

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A new lingerie collaboration looks to the future with modular garments and photo-realistic prints

Belgian lingerie label Marie Jo L’Aventure breaks new ground this A/W 2010 when it launches an intriguingly minimalist collaboration with fellow countrymen, the fashion label A.F. Vandevorst. The six-piece collection,named Marie Jo L’Aventure by A.F. Vandevorst, is an exercise in how to approach form from a different perspective, harnessing tactile materials, print technology and a modular approach to highlight and enhance the female silhouette.

While this first collaboration falls closer to home, Marie Jo L’Aventure design manager Fabienne Dewulf explains they aim to work with “international guest designers [that] come from various sectors of the artistic community, including the visual arts, photography, product design, choreography and music.”

Given free rein to experiment to conceive lingerie of the future, designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx worked with a specially designed three-dimensional wooden form—dubbed “piéce unique”—to develop a set of modular felt corsages that work as the base for additional pieces, which can be added using simple copper slit-pins.

“We believe in the return of authentic, handmade creations,” says Arickx. Choosing wood for the mannequin makes for a warmer, less clichéd vision than its buxom plastic counterpart. The fabric on first take appears to be a coarse felt, but is actually a super soft technical material printed with a true-to-life photograph of felt, creating a striking trompe l’oeil effect.

Marie Jo L’Aventure by A.F. Vandevorst includes a versatile range of options—from a sensual double-bra that layers a transparent triangle top underneath opaque demi cup, to A.F. Vandevorst’s own take on the corsage with a transparent tulle body.

The collection will sell from specialty stores beginning mid-September 2010.

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pOne of the treats at this past May’s a href=”http://www.designresearchconference.org/”IIT Design Research Conference/a was Bill Lucas, who teaches design and develops curricula for the a href=”http://www.luma-institute.com/”LUMA Institute/a, “an educational company dedicated to helping everyone (from K through CEO) learn and apply the practices of Human-Centered Design.” In the video, Bill shares vignettes from workshops with corporate clients all the way through high school students and kindergarteners#151;employing a similar set of processes and emerging with great participant experiences and some inspiring results. Make sure you watch this all the way to the end./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/videos/bill_lucas_at_iit_design_research_conference_2010_16856.asp”(more…)/a
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