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Your index finger has many purposes; just add plus one to it! Thanks to the Finger&Ruler concept, you can measure the dimensions of an object by simply rolling the ruler over it. The wheel concept makes it easy to measure using just one hand, in lieu of the traditional tape measure and two-hands! Simple and functional, I really think this concept rocks!

The Finger&Ruler is a 2013 iF Design Award concept design winner.

Designer: Shim Ha Eun

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News: Dezeen has now been used in product demonstrations at three consecutive presentations by software giant Apple.

Dezeen tab was shown in a scrolling list of Safari tabs as part of the new iOS 7 interface, which was revealed during Apple‘s annual keynote speech at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday.

Our homepage was first used by Apple for the iPhone 5 launch in September last year and also made an appearance in the movie demonstrating the new product.

A month later we popped up again in the company’s Macbook Pro launch event material.

Yesterday’s keynote revealed how Jonathan Ive has overhauled the iOS interface since taking over as head of both hardware and software design at Apple last year. The new operating system features flattened logos, leaner typography and a new colour palette, as well as the anticipated shift away from skeuomorphic representations of leather, felt and wood surfaces.

In recent news Apple has trademarked the design and layout of its retail stores and has been rumoured to be working on an “iRing” that will operate the eagerly anticipated Apple television. The company is due to relocate to a new campus designed by Foster + Partners, the cost of which has reportedly spiralled from $3 billion to nearly $5 billion.

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Fleur Olby’s recent photography show at the Gallery on the Green in Settle, North Yorkshire, proves that occupying a smaller space – in this case an old telephone box – is no barrier to staging a meaningful and immersive exhibitition…

The transformation of architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Bankside Power Station on the banks of London’s river Thames, into one of the world’s great modern art galleries in the form of Tate Modern appears as an almost natural evolution.

However, the same cannot be said of another of Scott’s designs; possibly his most iconic creation and certainly one of his smallest; the scarlet red K6 telephone box that has become a symbol of the UK, so familiar the world over.

But the Gallery on the Green in Settle, North Yorkshire is precisely that, a vibrant red beacon of art described as the “smallest public art gallery in the world”, open 24/7 and “filled to capacity at least twice a day!”

Where once the illuminated panel in the telephone box drew those who needed to contact friends and family or call for help in a world before the advent of the mobile telephone, it is now the word ‘Gallery’ that is illuminated and attracts visitors to the art displayed inside.

It’s within the confines of this unanticipated space that photographer Fleur Olby presented Green on White, an installation that combines the vibrancy of her elegant photographic forms with the very essence of the flowers she portrays in her exquisite and jewel-like photographs. “I wanted to make a small installation, which is a way I’m interested in working,” she says. The series is a selection taken from her book, Fleur: Plant Portraits.

As the title suggests, Olby isolates her chosen subjects on a white background, heightening their sculptural and abstract qualities in her compositions.

In one of these photographs, Fritillaria imperialis, six vibrant yellow petals form a cauldron of life from the very heart of which a lemon yellow stamen rises, out of pools of rich greens hues that radiate outwards, each cradling a pearl-like form of innocence.

In contrast Olby also reveals the complex architectural like structure and beauty of a leaf in Fern II, its feather like form arching across the plane of virgin white like a feather caught in the breeze. In Barred horsetail, the prehistoric plant reveals itself like strands of DNA.

The beauty of these natural forms, that Olby captures so eloquently in her work, is heightened within this unique gallery space, as she plays with the very essence of their being.

On the floor of the gallery – one metre square – Olby planted white hyacinths in a cushion of moss (above); the heavenly fragrance of which fills the senses as you open the door, capturing the visitor and transporting them into their own personal wonderland.

Green on White was at Gallery on the Green, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 9HG last month. Its current exhibition is Yorkshire Food, Yorkshire People, a photographic installation by Joan Ransley. More details at galleryonthegreen.org.uk. Olby’s website is fleurolby.com. This article was originally posted on Wayne Ford’s blog, wayneford.tumblr.com, and is republished with permission.

Pink Floyd fans may recognise the cover of our June issue. It’s the original marked-up artwork for Dark Side of the Moon: one of a number of treasures from the archive of design studio Hipgnosis featured in the issue, along with an interview with Aubrey Powell, co-founder of Hipgnosis with the late, great Storm Thorgerson. Elsewhere in the issue we take a first look at The Purple Book: Symbolism and Sensuality in Contemporary Illustration, hear from the curators of a fascinating new V&A show conceived as a ‘walk-in book’ plus we have all the regular debate and analysis on the world of visual communications.

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For many of the practicing designers who live and work in the five boroughs, the months before the ICFF are often a caffeine-fueled blur, crunchtime in anticipation of the single most important weekend of the year. The 15 third-year Product Design students in the Design for Wastelessness studio at Parsons the New School for Design had the chance to experience the same flurry of activity as Poltrona Frau offered them the chance to exhibit their projects during NY Design Week. The brief: to transform leather off-cuts into retail-worthy goods for the home and office.

Led by instructor Andrea Ruggiero, this marks the third year in a row that the storied Italian manufacturer has sponsored coursework at Parsons, in which the students had seven weeks to design and prototype their products. About a month ago, they presented their projects to the panel of judges from both Poltrona Frau and the school, including guest judge Massimo Vignelli, who subsequently announced three winners at the company’s Design Week reception. Congrats to Jenny Hsu, Yuna Kim and Benjamin Billick, who won a trip to the Poltrona Frau factory in Tolentino, Italy, where they will have the opportunity to refine their prototypes with master craftsmen.

Jenny Hsu – “Piqnique”

Piqnique is an extension of the domestic dining experience for on-the-go situations, enriching your eating rituals while away from home. Whether at the park, a horse-race, or on the yacht, Piqnique functions as a carrier for a set of silverware and a napkin. When unrolled, Piqnique also doubles as an elegant placemat: it’s Frau to Go.

Yuna Kim – “Miovino”

Miovino is a set of wine markers designed for social gatherings that elevates the act of enjoying wine through a luxurious tactile experience. By choosing a coloured leather wine marker—or sleeve—wine drinkers can identify and personalize their stemware, and as a result, Miovino also becomes the interface between the drinker and the glass, suggesting that the glass should be held by the stem. Miovino exemplifies the concept of wastelessness, as the markers are made with small and economically-shaped production scraps coupled with small embedded magnets.

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Humberto and Fernando Campana (Photo: Fernando Laszlo)

“I think our work is always based on materials,” said Humberto Campana, glancing around the first U.S. solo gallery show for him and his brother, Fernando. “And we’re more and more interested in natural materials.” And so the new works on view through July 3 at Friedman Benda in New York swap plush and plastic for cowhide, fish scales, and gemstones, upping the luxe quotient while maintaining the brothers’ signature straight-outta-Sao-Paulo brand of whimsy. While putting the finishing touches on the show last week, they made time to plop down on their leather Alligator Couch–a handcrafted update to the 2005 plush version–to share some stories behind the new pieces, their working process, and how they might spend their summer vacation.

What was the starting point for this show?
Humberto Campana: This [points to “Racket Chair (Circles),” pictured at right] was the seed for the exhibition. This chair was born from a mistake. We didn’t want to do weaving…it was projected to be made with leather cushions. But that didn’t work out and it stayed for two years in our studio, unfinished. And then one day we asked a guy to weave it. I think these look like tennis racquets [laughs].

Fernando Campana: Here we are showing many different concepts. The thing with this exhibition is that one piece generated another one.

You’ve covered the walls of the gallery in coconut fiber. Did you expect it to have such a dramatic effect?
FC: It’s to bring some part of Brazil–the nature of the place–and also to combine with the pieces that we put in this exhibition.

HC: Also, it was a way to to come back to our roots, with using simple materials to construct the look of luxury. And the idea that this is luxury today. We wanted to make those statements–or pose those questions.

How did you decide to use amethysts?
HC: It’s the best! My father was an agronomic engineer. He used to work on farms in Brazil and in some areas you can find crystals. And whenever he would find a crystal he would bring it back home to our house. And I would always hold up the crystals to the sun to see the details. It kind of gives…a shamanic quality.
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