Hasta La Ideas

A new competition, launched by the cultural organiser of the Belgrade based MIKSER FESTIVAL, asks for young designers from the Balkan region and neighbouring countries to submit their industrial design ideas that represent original solutions to everyday problems.

The competition is looking for new work that has not been produced or exhibited elsewhere and will be judged by Konstantin Grcic himself along with Jelena Matic, a furniture designer and Docent at University of Belgrade and Maja Lalic, the Creative Director of Mikser.

Those who are selected will be promoted by the Mikser platform and have their work premiered as part of the Young Balkan Designers tour in the Salon Satellite during the Milan Fair in 2011 along with a host of other festivals in Europe including Vienna Design Week throughout 2011

The competition is open until 20th December and anyone under 35 years can enter and submit more than one project. For more info check out the Mikser website or drop them an email via ybd@mikser.rs

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It’s not new, but it’s cool: Loggerhead Tools’ adjustable Bionic Wrench means you don’t have to buy a complete set of open-end box wrenches, nor do you need to worry about having both metric and standard. And the gripping action on the bolt is strong enough that you can even use it to remove stripped bolts.

You can buy it here, and for tons-o’-photos and an in-depth review, click here.

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Chickens have lent their name to a funky dance and a contest of nerves in which James Dean drives his car directly at you, and next they may contribute to saving our planet, as seen in two recent posts at Inhabitat.

The first points out that “eggshell membranes can absorb almost seven times their weight in C02, making them an ideal sponge for absorbing harmful greenhouse gases.” I know it sounds crazy, but:

Thinking of how many eggs are consumed around the world – India, for example accounts for about 1.6 million metric tons (or 2,305 pounds) of eggs annually all by themselves – if everyone was to leave their shells out after usage, they have the potential to absorb a considerable amount of Co2.

A research team at the University of Calcutta is working on a way to extract the membranes from the shells, which could then presumably be used to create filters of some sort.

The second post looks at the usage of chicken manure as a source of biogas, plans for which are now underway in the Netherlands and the U.K. The plan is for local farmers to collect and contribute chicken poo (among other animal waste) to nearby powerplants that will use “anaerobic digesters” to convert the stuff into biogas, which will in turn generate electricity.

A question I’ve got about this latter one is, How the heck do you collect chicken manure? The convenient patty shape of cow manure seems it would lend itself to harvesting, but chicken waste seems challenging. I hope they’re not cooping them up in a Matrix-like structure where all they do is eat and poop.

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Depuis notre focus sur le clip de Moby – Mistakes, voici les dernières réalisations du français Yoann Lemoine (Lipton, Vogue Italia, Katy Perry, Mystery Jets). Il est actuellement représenté par Caviar et HSI Productions. L’ensemble est à découvrir à travers plusieurs vidéos dans la suite de l’article.

Portfolio Yoann Lemoine

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• Lipton Ice Tea – Tokyo Dancing Hotel
• Kisses from Paris

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