Vans Infuse boot

Infuse è il nuovo boot di alta gamma by Vans. Ispirato alle linee outdoor, sistema di chiusura Hybrid Boa, salvavita RECCO® e blocca stringhe OTW.

Vans Infuse boot

Mesh 5 Panel Cap

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Nixon Unit SS Watch

Nixon ha appena rilasciato il nuovo modello Unit SS. Disponibile nella combo black/green o silver/red, cassa in metallo, display retroilluminato.

Nixon Unit SS Watch

“I wanted to capture the beauty of 1950s engineering” – Michael Young

Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young talks about his MY03 Hacker watch, designed for watch brand ODM and available from Dezeen Watch Store, in this movie filmed by Dezeen.

Michael Young on the MY03 Hacker

MY03 Hacker was inspired by “old parts for aircraft in the 1950s,” explains Young in the movie. “Rather than be retrospective with this watch I wanted to capture the beauty of that era of engineering but bring it forward,” he says.

Michael Young on the MY03 Hacker

The small circle on the face hides the watch’s Japanese movement and is also raised a couple of millimetres above the glass to prevent scratching. “It’s very much a workwear watch,” he adds.

Michael Young on the MY03 Hacker

“In Asia, particularly, leather watch straps are very difficult to wear because of the humidity,” says Young, explaining that the watch’s polyurethane strap gives the product a more global appeal.

Michael Young on the MY03 Hacker

The MY03 Hacker is available now from Dezeen Watch Store in various colours, including the gold version worn by Young in the movie.

MY03 Hacker

Also available from Dezeen Watch Store is Young’s second watch for ODM, the solar-powered MY04 Sunstich.

MY03 Hacker

Yesterday we published another movie about watches, featuring Benjamin Hubert explaining why he placed a double-length second hand over the pleated face of Plicate, his first watch for Italian accessories brand NAVA.

MY03 Hacker

Other designs by Michael Young we’ve featured on Dezeen include an update on the iconic Moke beach buggy and a pair of earphones made from cornstarch – or see all our stories about Michael Young.

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L’uomo che Firma il Legno: A rare look inside the studio of master woodworker Pierluigi Ghianda

L'uomo che Firma il Legno

Pierluigi Ghianda, known to many as the “poet of wood,” has in his career left an indelible mark on the world of design. The master ebonist was born in Brianza, a region that is considered the real factory of the Milanese design—if Milan can be considered the head, Brianza…

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Design Process Kills Creativity / Design Process Creates Creativity

When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process. That is fairly well understood, at least in the arts… Something is always killed. But what is less noticed in the arts—something is always created too.

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance

I teach design process to people with very little experience in design, at a thing we call the Design Gym. The response from our attendees is always very positive. People, with this new knife of analytic thought, feel excited and energized to go and use it in their lives, to organize their thoughts and to approach their problems in a new way. When I tell other frameworks for non-designers to better understand design, the responses are sometimes controversial.

A few months back, at an Interaction Designer’s meetup, I brought up what I do at the Design Gym. A new friend protested adamantly against the idea of process. He insisted that he just got in, rolled up his sleeves, and got the job done. He insisted that he followed no process at all. Plus, he derided process as rigid and no fun. And in one way, he’s right: something is killed when you think about and describe what you do. He feels that a certain freedom is killed. But what is created?

One of my friends from Industrial Design school recently had me over to discuss her portfolio as she considered her options for jobs. She’s been working at a design-driven consultancy for the past several years as a senior designer… and the feeling is that it’s time to start getting ready for the next step. The consultancy she works at doesn’t have an explicit process—companies come to them for their brand power and aesthetic. So when showing the story of a project, there are too few pieces around to speak to. There are a few sketches, then some renderings, then the object. Which is a story, after all…but it doesn’t speak to the why or the how—the sort of things employers say they love to see in portfolios. I think she realized that this was a problem, which is why she had me over: to help her find and tell her story, through the lens of process.

What is created when we apply a process? When process is used consciously you have evidence of work for each part of the design process. Those groupings of work help tell the story of the project, and the decisions made at the transition points in the process.

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So Creepy and yet so Awesome.

 

Eclectic Timepieces

The latest from designer Gaggero G. Battista is this striking series of watches for the Harmattan brand. The 3-part collection consists of: Urò, an elegant design marked by angular geometries on its face… Kian, inspired by military style… and Skyner, a sporty version with metal mesh and bold numerics. With a number of color combinations and band selections there’s one for every aesthetic taste.

Designer: Gaggero G.Battista


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Dezeen Book of Ideas: Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

Every day this week Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is selecting an extract from our Dezeen Book of Ideas, which makes a great Christmas present and is available for just £12. The second project is a competition-winning proposal to add a temporary platform to the Eiffel Tower that turned out to be a fraud.

“I really wanted this project to be real, but unfortunately it’s a fake,” explains Fairs. “It’s an audacious proposal to add a cloud-like Kevlar viewing platform to the top of one of the most famous monuments in the world and it fooled Dezeen along with many other publications. The architects invented the scheme as a publicity stunt, but it’s actually quite a beautiful addition to the Eiffel Tower as well as being a good way of relieving the unpleasant crush of visitors at the top of the tower.”

“Besides being a salutary warning of the ease with which falsehoods can spread on the web, it’s a provocative suggestion of how existing buildings could be adapted in future as new building technologies emerge,” he adds. “I spent a couple of years living in Seville in Spain and my favourite building there – in fact one of my favourite buildings anywhere – is the catherdal’s Giralda tower. Originally built as a minaret, the austere brick tower was later Catholicised with the addition of a florid Renaissance belfry. The resulting mash-up is as delightful as Serero Architects’ Eiffel DNA proposal, suggesting that even the most revered architectural masterpiece might benefit from a makeover.”

Dezeen Book of Ideas: Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

This competition-winning design to transform the Eiffel Tower – by adding a flower-like viewing platform at the top – turned out to be a fraud. The project appeared on the website of Serero Architects in March 2008; they claimed to have won a contest to temporarily make over the Parisian landmark to mark its 120th birthday.

Consequently Dezeen, along with several other publications including The Guardian newspaper in the UK, published the seductive images of the iconic tower reimagined by the addition of a Kevlar structure that mimicked the lattice framework of Gustave Eiffel’s 1889 structure.

Called Eiffel DNA, the fantasy project was designed using a generative computer script that identified the tower’s genetic design code and used this template to “grow” a structure that would most efficiently support the temporary platform.

It wasn’t until a few days later that the New York Times established that the competition was non-existent, and we admitted we’d been duped.

The episode was a sobering reminder of the ease with which false information can spread on the internet; but it was also a brilliant PR exercise by the French practice, who received worldwide publicity. We still love the design, too.

Dezeen Book of Ideas: Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects

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Dezeen Book of Ideas out now!

Dezeen Book of Ideas features over 100 fascinating ideas for buildings, products and interiors from the world’s most creative brains. The book’s A5 format makes it highly accessible and the £12 price tag makes it the ideal impulse purchase or Christmas gift.Buy the Dezeen Book of Ideas now for just £12.

Reviews of Dezeen Book of Ideas

“From flip-flop art to a mirrored retreat in the sky” – Wall Street Journal

“The Sliding House and The Book of Ideas: Radical Thinking Required” – Forbes.com

“Fairs personally guides readers through the wonders of innovations like a balancing barn, a textile-skinned car, and the first aesthetically pleasing CFL — all of which share an ‘I wish I’d thought of that’ awe factor” – Sight Unseen

“Fabulous” – It’s Nice That

“Totally wonderful!” – Naomi Cleaver

“Handsomely repackages Dezeen’s coverage of the best in architectural, interior and design ideas” – Glasgow Herald

“Teeming with innovative projects handpicked by the people behind Dezeen … readers will be hard-pressed not to find something to gawk over in this intriguing new compendium of beautifully articulated concepts” – Dwell Asia

“Beautifully laid-out, to suit the content, and straight-shooting, non-convoluted descriptions make it user-friendly as well as eye-catching” – Lifestyle Magazine

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Kai D’s American Artisan: Tweed and camouflage take center stage in a new menswear label designed and manufactured in NYC

Kai D's American Artisan

by Michael Raver With the launch of his new artisan menswear line manufactured entirely in NYC, Taiwanese-born designer Kai D has become a classic example of the American dream. The former Nautica designer broke out on his own in 2009 with the desire to create something practical, timeless and long-lasting…

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