Jul 24
drinkitnow
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Still most of us drink less than necessary. The drinkitnow carafe gives youpractical drinking goals. Simply fill your drinkitnow carafe in the morning..
Jul 24
Tonight at the Curiosity Club: Modeling with Lasers – Annie Trambley and Tarika Hanawalt of Watershed Sciences
Posted in: Hand-Eye Supply
Core77’s Hand-Eye Supply enthusiastically welcomes Annie Trambley and Tarika Hanawalt of Watershed Sciences to the Curiosity Club. The talk starts at 6 at the Hand-Eye Supply store in Portland, OR. Come early and check out our space or check in with us online for the live broadcast!
Annie Trambley & Tarika Hanawalt
Watershed Sciences “Modeling with Lasers”
Tuesday, July 24th 6PM PST
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
Airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an active remote sensing technology that utilizes lasers for the cost-effective collection of highly detailed and accurate terrain surface data. Heat Source is an open source modeling program developed to model physical and thermal salmon habitat using remotely sensed TIR (thermal infrared radiometry) and LiDAR data as model inputs. The Heat Source program can be used to predict how stream temperature will be affected by changes in climate and anthropogenic uses.
Jul 24
Door-in-Door Refrigerator Design: Yea or Nay?
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As an incompetent cook and a bachelor living in a city filled with delivery options, I am not the ideal person to comment on the design of a refrigerator; I only open my mostly-empty Hotpoint (terrible name for a ‘fridge, by the way) when I want beer. But this week LG caught my eye when they announced their new “Door-in-Door” French-door refrigerator, which operates thusly:
(The ‘fridge in the video is actually a Kenmore that was released earlier this year, but Consumer Reports reports that “LG actually manufactures many Kenmore refrigerators,” and I believe they’re the same machine.)
As for how it works, the inner door is magnetically sealed; hitting this button with your thumb…
…deactivates the magnet.
For those of you that are members of a heavy-‘fridge-using family of four as seen in the video, do you think this is a worthwhile design innovation, or a gimmick? For their part, LG claims that the door-in-door design provides an energy savings, in that opening just the sub-door to retrieve a commonly-needed item allows less cold air to escape than throwing the whole thing open; this made the needle on my BS meter quiver uncertainly. I do wonder, however, how many sixes of Miller Lite that front door would hold.
Jul 24
Our second annual Core77 Design Awards was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated in the most inclusive and transparent awards program.
This year was better than ever. With 17 different categories, we were able to recognize a wide range of design enterprise and to celebrate the intent and passion behind those creations. Judging was a global effort; with an assemblage of design leaders and their selected team members representing cities from all over the world. From our global effort, the Core77 Design Awards program is the only awards program that truly represents an international perspective. Viewers everywhere excitedly watched the live broadcasts where jury members announced award-winners and the reasoning behind their decisions. And with our trophy, an artifact that can be employed in the creation of multiples, the Core77 Design Awards program honors the collaborative nature of the design process.
We never could have done it without the help of our 74 incredible jury team members. We are truly grateful to this group of remarkable individuals who assembled from Pasadena to Pretoria and used their expertise to evaluate our submissions and then broadcast their results live to our global audience. To our 2012 Jury: we are honored that you were on board for our second year. Your enthusiasm, insight and participation was invaluable. We could not have done it without you!
Jul 24
Dezeen Music Project: Overpopulation by Jordan Mitchell
Posted in: Dezeen Music Project, Do not show on the Homepage, Jordan MitchellJordan Mitchell is a man of wide-ranging musical talents. The first tracks of his we heard were soft, soothing acoustic guitar instrumentals (check out Filtered Sunshine, which we featured on Dezeen Music Project back in March). But these days he’s just as likely to send over glitchy, stuttering electronica like this excellent track called Overpopulation.
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Jul 24
This week, Amazon is hiring an art director for its visual design team, while Limited Brands is seeking a senior designer for Bath & Body Works. John Paul Mitchell Systems needs a beauty art director, and Hearst Magazines Digital Media is on the hunt for a digital photo editor. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.
- Art Director, Visual Design Amazon (Seattle, WA)
- Senior Designer, Bath & Body Works Limited Brands (New York, NY)
- Beauty Art Director John Paul Mitchell Systems (Los Angeles, CA)
- Digital Photo Editor Hearst Magazines Digital Media (New York, NY)
- Art Director TMG (Washington, DC)
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Jul 24
Nike Skateboard Apparel
Posted in: testdrive, weartestTwo impressive innovations in style and performance tested in NYC
With style innovators like Dylan Rieder and Alex Olsen leading the pack, skateboarding as a whole is increasingly embracing fashion into its arts-driven culture. Always one to jump on the latest movement and help take it to the next level, Nike has recently released a series of Dri-Fit-enhanced garments specifically engineered for skateboarding. Excited by the idea of Dri-Fit clothing that doesn’t look like it belongs on a football field, we snagged a fresh kit to test for a few days in the streets of NYC. Of the group the most notable is the recently released—and extremely well received—Levis collaboration 511 Skateboard Team Edition Jean, followed closely by the Killingsworth button-down.
By interweaving Vectran—a strong textile fiber used in reinforcing ropes, sailcloth and even NASA spacesuits—and Nike’s Dri-Fit tech with American-made Cone Mills denim, the 511 Skateboarding Jean remains nearly indestructible while retaining all its classic subdued style. The slim—but not tight—skateboarding jean looks and fits just like its standard 511 cousin, differentiated only by a subtle vertical weave (presumably from the added fibers), a tiny Tiffany blue Swoosh on the rear leather patch and a similar tint on the underside of the denim.
We noticed the effects of the Dri-Fit technology after just a few minutes of pushing around the city. While the garment obviously can’t absorb every bit of perspiration, the moisture-wicking fabric did do enough to make skating in jeans in NYC’s appalling summer heat and humidity manageable, which is no small feat. With a bit of added stretch, the denim responded positively to constant movement while the Vectran kept the denim intact even after a few solid slams. With only 2,000 released worldwide, the Nike + Levi’s 511 Skateboard Team Edition jean is a tough find, but one well worth the search. A few sizes are still available from DQM for $198.
Responding even more impressively to the aggressive heat was the Killingsworth shirt. Also featuring Dri-Fit tech, the long-sleeved shirt wicked moisture as promised, and wore even better than expected, offering more mobility and comfort than even a basic T-shirt might. Plus, much like the 511 jean, the understated button-down gives little indication of its intended use outside of a small Nike tab on the chest pocket. All in all it seems Nike hit the nail on the head with this blend of considered fashion and sport science tech. Look to Nike’s newly launched SkateEveryDamnDay campaign website for more information and where to buy the Killingsworth Dri-Fit button down. It’s worth noting the fit was slightly oversized, so we’d recommend going a size down.
For a closer look at the Dri-Fit enhanced apparel and testing see the slideshow.
Images by Graham Hiemstra
Jul 24
Hackney designer Lee Broom has filled a room in a London mansion with studded furniture to host visting business leaders during the Olympic games.
The Gold Room is one of a series of newly furnished rooms at the nineteenth century Lancaster House, completed by a host of British designers that includes BarberOsgerby, Jasper Morrison and Sir Terrance Conran.
Broom’s room contains fourteen upholstered pieces from his 1930′s-inspired Salon collection, as well as oak and walnut tables featuring veneers and coloured stripes.
The rooms will remain in this guise throughout the Olympic and Paralympic games and will be used for a series of summits by government organisation the British Business Embassy.
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Here’s some information from Broom:
Lee Broom Takes Centre Stage at British Business Embassy During Olympic Games
This summer, acclaimed product and interior designer, Lee Broom curates a central room in the Lancaster House where the British Business Embassy will host global influential business leaders during the Olympic and Paralympic games.
Broom is one of an exclusive number of respected British designers, including Terrance Conran and Ross Lovegrove, invited to atmospherically enhance the British Business Embassy, which will take place at London’s historic Lancaster House. The magnificent 19th century house will be transformed to showcase modern art and design highlighting the talent of British or British-trained designers, photographers, furniture makers and sculptors.
The Gold Room by Lee Broom is the only room dedicated solely to one designer at Lancaster House. The historic room juxtaposed against Broom’s modern, contemporary pieces exemplifies the designer’s ethos of connecting the past and the future, the traditional and contemporary.
Included in the room are 14 pieces from Salon, an upholstered furniture collection in soft hues contrasted and accentuated with modern stud detailing. The room will feature several products from the range including armchairs, two-seater sofas, drum-seats, dining chairs and footstools. Further pieces included are: Parqlife, a side table and table in walnut veneer with complementing brass accents. Parquetry coffee table and lamp crafted from wenge, oak and walnut wood with blue accent stripe and panels. Carpetry console and pendant, which are from Broom’s first collection and feature pieces in satin lacquered blue with blue and beige carpet.
Demonstrating the designer’s commitment to his country’s heritage, all the pieces have been designed in Broom’s east-end studio and manufactured in the UK.
Broom says, “it is an honour to be invited to participate in this unique event, especially when the spotlight is on London during the Olympic and Paralympic games. Championing British design and manufacturing is something I feel passionate about and this centrepiece backs the best of UK creativity – it’s a hugely valuable opportunity.”
The British Business Embassy, developed by the UK trade & investment (UKTI) is the centrepiece of the government’s international business legacy programme. It will see over 3,000 UK and international business leaders come together for an ambitious series of global, sector and country summits. The embassy will stage a host of world-class speakers including Eric Schmidt, Sir Jonathan Ive and Howard Stringer.
Design leader and UKTI business ambassador, Sir John Sorrell, alongside Diana Yakeley, president of the British Institute of Interior Design have overseen the selection and creation of a total of 18 rooms at the British Business Embassy which will highlight British design talent. Other designers and contributors include Paul Smith for Conran and The Rug Company, BarberOsgerby, Jasper Morrison for Vitra, Sir Terrance Conran and Foster & Partners for Lumina.
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