Hasta La Ideas

While we recently unveiled the Core77 Design Awards Trophy in anticipation of our live jury announcements, I came across another award design by Greg Durrell. He’s designed everything from poster campaigns to workers’ uniforms for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, not to mention this beautiful award for Canadian athletes (in conjunction with James Lee and Ben Hulse). Clearly reminiscent of that year’s medals in form, the Terry Fox award is given to athletes whom possess “determination and humility in the face of adversity.” Durrell best describes the materials behind the award himself:

The award was made out of a combination of Western Yew wood and nickle. The Yew tree was specially chosen because a chemical found in its bark is currently undergoing research for cancer fighting properties. The choice to use a combination of natural and artificial materials was a reference to how Terry ran on an artificial leg. The undulating form of the design is inspired by Canada’s landscapes and shares a similar style to the medals, trays and podium.

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Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Erik de Laurens has made a pair of swimming goggles, spectacles and beakers out of fish scales.

De Laurens invented a plastic material made only from fish scales, treated under heat and pressure with no extra binding agents.

Coloured objects can be made by dying the scales first.

He presented the goggles alongside beakers, spectacle frames and a table inlaid with slices of the material, plus a water dispenser made of fish leather.

Called The Fish Feast, the project was inspired by the huge number of scales that the fishing industry discards.

See more work by this year’s Royal College graduates here.

Here’s some more information from Erik de Laurens:

The fish feast

The fish feast started when I was asked to design objects for the canteen of a primary school of Macassar, a township of Cape Town.

When I was a kid the sea was for me a very important source of joy and daydream which surely led me to design.

I decided to create a monthly event in which the pupils of one class would be brought to a fishing day on the nearby beach.

Then they would go back to school with the fish they have caught and prepare the traditional cape kedgeree.

To accompany this feast he designed a range of object related to fish.

A water dispenser made with fish leather. Tumblers realised with the fish scales and a table cloth which has a pattern that explain how to build your own boat.

In continuation of ‘the fish feast’ I created a surprising material made of 100% fish scales (no added compound).

The fishing industry generates several circumstances where many tonsof fish scales are leftover.

Using this waste as resources for the production of fish-scale-plastic, I tried to highlight the potentiality of these industrial flaw.

In order to test the material I have designed 3 pairs of goggles and glasses inspired by swimming goggles and a table with an inlay of a fish. I have also extended the range of colours in the tumbler previously designed.

I am currently looking for funding to push the development of this material further.

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In anticipation of Device Design Day 2011, we’ve partnered with Kicker Studio to bring you a series where speakers from this year’s conference reflect on six questions about design and their practice. D3 brings together visual, interaction and industrial designers for a multi-disciplinary conversation about the design of consumer electronics and objects with embedded technology.

As a special thank you to Core77 readers, get 10% off registration for this year’s Device Design Day with the code: FOC77! Register now, this code is only good for the next week!

Kicker Studio keeps reminding us how technology can elevate and enhance even the most analog experiences, so with Device Design Day less than a month away, we’re excited to present the 6th profile of this year’s speakers with some great design insights from Charles Goran. Read on to find out more about the joy of juicing and the importance of caring and collaboration in design.

Charles Goran has over 25 years of experience designing and delivering user experiences for devices, games, the Web, TV and everything in-between. He has lead award winning design and development on projects for companies like Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, AT&T, 3COM and T-Mobile. Charles is currently helping lead UX for T-Mobile USA and recently helped deliver the new Sidekick 4G.

Read on for more from this year’s Device Design Day speakers:
Six Questions for Liz Bacon, Devise
Six Questions for Karen Kaushansky, Jawbone
Six Questions for Mike Kruzeniski, Microsoft
Six Questions for Branko Lukic, NONOBJECT
Six Questions for Cori Schauer, NASA

Kicker Studio: What is the most cherished product in your life? Why?

Charles Goran: My mobile device. It brings my music and entertainment with me wherever I am. It connects me to the people I care about. It keeps me informed. It is my most personal possession.

What’s the one product you wish you’d designed, and why?

The Alessi juice squeezer. It was designed by Philipe Starck. It is an elegant solution to the juicing problem. It makes me smile and brightens my day.

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