Un concept de smartphone imaginé par Kristan Ulrich Larsen avec ce téléphone à clapet doté de 3 écrans tactiles et souples, qui peuvent être alignés de plusieurs façons selon les besoins. Equipé de verres résistant super amoled, flexible et complètement modulaire. Explications dans la suite.
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Nuove colorazioni della L.A. Trainer per la S/S 2011.
Berlin architects J. Mayer H. have completed this airport building in the medieval mountain town of Mestia, Georgia.
The building comprises two branches that curve up towards the sky and serves the local ski resort.
More about J. Mayer H. on Dezeen »
Here are some more details from the architects:
New Airport Building in Mestia, Giorgia
The new built airport is part of Georgia’s ambitious plans to develop tourism in Mestia.
The beautiful medieval town with its stone defensive towers is part of UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites and also famous as ski-resort. With the unveiling of the airport on December 24th the building was designed and constructed within 3 months.
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Jesko Malkolm Johnsson-Zahn, Hugo Reis, Mehrdad Mashaie, Max Reinhardt
Project: October – December 2011
Completion: December 2010
Client: Tbilisi International Airport
Architect on Site: Beka Pkhakadze
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Last fall, The Gap had a front row seat at witnessing the power of bad press on the internet when they released a uniformly-hated brand redesign, then stumbled into even worse territory when they tried to pass it off as the launch of a spec-based “we need a new logo competition,” and ultimately just killed the whole thing and probably wish people like us wouldn’t bring it up again. However, they give us no choice but to rehash old history because it appears that the company might soon have the internet against them once more. San Francisco hobbyist photographer Chris Devers posted on his Flickr page the remarkable similarities between a photo he’d taken nearly two years ago of an old Jaguar parked on the street and a “Thermal Body Double” outfit for currently being sold as part of The Gap’s Baby line. It’s been less than 24 hours now since Devers posted images of his original photo next to the sales listing on the company’s website, but already the story is gaining some major traction. What’s more, a second party managed to posterize the image being used on the shirt and placed it over the original, thereby offering more proof that something seems fairly amiss here. Here’s from Dever’s original post:
I have various thoughts about what’s going on here — for example, the mind-boggling idea that some unknown factory in southeast Asia somewhere is cranking out thousands of $16.95 tshirts with my photo on them on behalf of the Gap, and yet they never attempted to contact me about their use of my work — but I’m trying to keep most of my thoughts to myself until Gap has a chance to respond.
This certainly isn’t the first time a photo posted to Flickr has been at the center of this kind of repurposing/theft issue, with stories we’d reported on about Virgin and Sears getting in trouble for doing similar things coming to mind off the bat. Those seemed to fade away fairly quickly, but we’re sure to see how well a company as high profile as The Gap fares in due course.
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Have you checked out the Core77 discussion boards lately? Undoubtedly some of you don’t even know it exists, but you should, and here’s why: Post a question, boom, get an answer. People love showing what they know, and the Core77 readership has a collectively deep expertise in matters across the broad spectrum of industrial design.
As an example let’s take a look at some recent questions/answers (paraphrased) from the Materials & Processes board:
Question 1: I found some velcro stuff that audibly clicks shut, is it new?
Answer: It ain’t. That’s 3M’s Dual Lock Reclosable Fastener, and if you want the stuff you can get it here.
Question 2: I can’t find this stuff anywhere, it looks like textured rubber with a cloth backing, 0.5mm thick. What is it?
Answer: I’m a mechanical engineer and we had to use that stuff on an upholstery project. It’s a non-slip fabric called Tough Tek.
Question 3: I’m setting up Carnegie Mellon’s first materials library.
1. What’s the best way to organize the materials?
2. What’s a good spectrum of materials to have?
3. What are some good resources for samples?
4. Any other tips, advice, caveats?
[photo is representative, not actual]
Answer: I believe the classical way is good for organization, i.e. Metals/Polymers/Ceramics/Composites
Then Metals – Ferrous/Non-Ferrous
Polymers – Thermoset/Thermoplastic
Ceramic – Conventional/Engineering Ceramics
Composites – MMC/PMC/CMC
The last one is new and only has a few answers, so please click over and give the guy your thoughts.
A Portland DIY guru’s bags, aprons and more
Like a younger Martha Stewart based in Portland, OR, Matt Pierce’s wide range of skills—from sewing to woodworking and furniture-making—keeps him busy tinkering in the house (that he renovated) and his garden workshop. “I used to worry that because I was so interested in so many different things, that I could never become an expert in any one thing,” he said. “Then I learned to embrace it. It’s just my style to do a lot of different things.”
But Pierce hasn’t always been a chronic tinkerer; he also works as a graphic, interior and web designer (with clients like Adult Swim on his roster). It’s perhaps this background that gives his all his work—from bags to doors and aprons—a distinctly utilitarian feel that doesn’t detract from its handsomeness. “I like looking at Army-Navy stores, and using materials in ways that they weren’t intended to be used,” he said, sitting at the table that he made from metal, red Kevlar and wood given to him by his grandfather in Kansas (Pierce’s native state).
Pierce’s beautifully photographed site Wood & Faulk does perfect justice to his sturdily made and affordable products, which he produces in small batches and rotate frequently. “I think my next project might be a DIY lamp kit,” he said. “I’d provide the die-cut pieces and tubing.” Some of his other items for sale include a handsome heavy cotton carpenter’s bag and pocket notebooks for when you have some inspirations of your own.
Wood & Faulk products sell online. To learn about ongoing projects, check out the blog.
Cologne 2011: industrial designer Linn Kandel exhibited these occasional tables inspired by electricity pylons at imm cologne earlier this month.
Called Pylone, the pieces each have a wire frame and glass top.
Kandel designed the collection while studying at Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL).
imm cologne took place 18-23 January. See all our coverage of the event »
The information below is from Kandel:
Pylône is a project inspired by the aesthetic of electric towers, the many ways their lines and structures interact with each other.
The interpretation of these constructions became a series of side tables on which tinted glass trays rest to let assembled structures appear.
They are made out of square, powder coated metal profiles.
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Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of Braun, the Ramsian powerhouse of clean design that, yes, has been around since 1921 and was founded by Max Braun.
After Max died in the ’50s, sons Artur and Erwin Braun developed Braun Design, the dedicated design branch, in 1955. And then apparently some guy named Dieter came along and sort of, like, changed the face of industrial design as we know it, ushered in a German design renaissance and planted influences that we still see in products today.
With typical German restraint, Braun has no splashy banners all over their homepage announcing the anniversary. They do, however, have a sexy slideshow of their design hits posted here.
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