Can a single jacket be all things to all people? Of course not, but perhaps a single jacket design could be all things to all fisherman. A Japanese company called Mountain Research has developed this “Phishing Hoody,” which at its core is simply a hooded vest:
But by adding removeable sleeves and a variety of extensions, the user can make the jacket longer or shorter, and choose pocket styles based on the gear they’ll be carrying that day.
DAY 1 of the smart ebike tour Cologne 2014 – we are thrilled.
On April 11, it finally happened: get on your bike and into the city – the design par..
Just a short walk from Vancouver, BC’s historic Gastown neighborhood lies East Van Roasters. Situated in the city’s Downtown Eastside neighborhood, the airy facility fills the surrounding blocks with a nutty, toasted scent. The recently…
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Milan 2014: Alessandro Mendini recreated his iconic Proust chair in marble for an exhibition of products shown by Italian company Robot City at Ventura Lambrate in Milan.
Made for the Italian marble company’s Solid Spaces show, the new iteration of the Proust chair is an attempt to create an object with a “hyper-realist” appearance by using marble to create an “almost surreal” effect, said Robot City.
Originally created in 1978, the Poltrona di Proust chair became Mendini’s best-known work. It was the first in a series known as Redesigns, which brought together his academic theories on the importance of historical context for design and the significance of surface appearances in a fast-moving world.
The Proust chair was developed after Mendini stumbled across a copy of a Neo-baroque chair while researching ideas for a fabric pattern for Cassina, influenced by the work of French writer Marcel Proust. The original version of the chair was covered in a multicoloured fabric, with a pattern carried through in its hand-painted frame, enlarging and reproducing an artwork by Pointillist artist Paul Signac.
It was originally a one-off design, but its popularity led Mendini to produce variations in limited numbers.
This marble version is one of four creations by different designers produced from a single 38.7-tonne block of white marble, excavated from a quarry owned by Robot City leader Gualtiero Vanelli.
The designs “give unexpected twists to the interchange between form, function, visual appearance, ergonomics, tradition and innovation”, said Robot City in a statement.
“Each of them enhanced the expressive and functional potential of this ancient, fascinating material, transforming it into advanced contemporary expressions according to their personal style and language.”
The other three projects in the exhibition included shelves by Paolo Ulian, an undulating glass-topped table by Stefano Boeri, and a table with three rabbit-shaped chairs by Stefano Giovannoni.
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Qualifée pour les play-offs de la NBA où elle affronte les Brooklyn Nets dans la conférence Est, la franchise des Toronto Raptors nous offre avec « We The North » un spot jouant avec intelligence sur leur singularité – seule équipe canadienne présente à ce stade de la compétition – pour se distinguer et la montrer comme un territoire hostile.
Had the Industrial Revolution never happened, there’d still be doctors, lawyers, farmers and merchants—but there darn sure wouldn’t be any industrial designers. It’s a bit of a shame that the event that enabled our very profession caused such widespread pollution, but we didn’t understand the environmental effects back then, and even if we did it wouldn’t have stopped men like Carnegie and Loewy.
Now that we are grasping the environmental effects of pollution, what we’re learning is staggering. A new study published this week posits that pollution from Asia’s industrial boom is affecting the weather in North America. The study, performed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and reported by Live Science, finds that “Pollution from China’s coal-burning power plants is pumping up winter storms over the northwest Pacific Ocean and changing North America’s weather.”
“The increasing pollution in Asian countries is not just a local problem, it can affect other parts of the world,” [lead study author and atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Yuan] Wang told Live Science. …Wang and his co-authors examined how the tiny pollution particles in Asia play a role in cloud formation and the storms that spin up each winter east of Japan, in a cyclone breeding ground north of 30 degrees latitude. Monsoon winds carry aerosols from Asia to this storm nursery in the winter.
…The new study finds that sulfate aerosols are among the most important drivers of Pacific storms, by encouraging more moisture to condense in clouds, Wang said.
by Eva Glettner Prolific artist Aaron De La Cruz was initially inspired to paint because he idolized his older brother. His now-signature style—which bounces from design, graffiti to illustration—is highly stylized and technical, blending influences from Mayan…
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Milan 2014: Dezeen’s Dan Howarth braved the mad dash of Milan design week for the first time this year. He picks his top five projects (+ slideshow).
From the perspective of a first-time visitor, Milan’s design week seems vast. As well as the official Salone del Mobile, there are multiple design districts that spring up in different areas of the city. In the past these satellite showcases have provided some of the real highlights of the four-day dash that Milan often becomes.
Running, and sometimes sprinting, between locations in order to see as many exhibitions and installations as possible in four days, it quickly became clear that this year the best projects were scattered across different districts rather than concentrated in one place.
Although there was no one product that appeared to capture the collective imagination of the Milan crowds, the Salone offered plenty of new and innovative designs as well.
Starting with a highlight from the Brera Design District, north of the centre of Milan, the Nendo and COS collaborative installation was a Minimalist match made in heaven. The trail of painted COS shirts that meandered through Nendo’s series of metal frames was simple and ethereal. In the contrasting all-black basement below, an exhibition of Nendo’s design projects was also beautifully curated.
It highlighted the studio’s minimal designs, shown alongside Oki Sato’s line sketches depicting how shapes and actions formed the basis for products.
In the Tortona district – an old industrial area in the south of the city where exhibitions are usually held in former warehouses – Studio Job debuted a wallpaper collection created using patterns from the designers’ back catalogue. Motifs were taken out of projects ranging from catwalk designs for Viktor & Rolf to cabinets for Moooi; an original way to collate and reinterpret a varied retrospective of work.
The designs were rolled out side by side, down one wall and across the floor for the installation, creating a visually striking display that drew in both design aficionados and passers-by from the street.
Nika Zupanc‘s delicate collection for Sé was a highlight from the show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, another satellite space curated by gallerist Orlandi in a series of buildings surrounding a courtyard. Zupanc’s work stood out not only for the sparing use of marble and delicate metal details – the furniture and lighting looked beautiful and cohesive presented together.
The refined shapes and smooth surfaces were a refreshing contrast to the craft aesthetic seen in many of the other projects displayed in the gallery and it’s courtyard garden.
One of the favourites on show at the focal Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture fair was Hella Jongerius‘ East River Chair, launched by Italian brand Vitra. The colourful seat with optional front wheels was first designed for North Delegates’ Lounge at the United Nations buildings in New York, which Jongerius renovated with Rem Koolhaas.
This reminded me of Danish Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen’s designs for the SAS hotel in Copenhagen, which became hugely popular once they were put into mass production. We’ll have to wait and see if Jongerius’ design will achieve the same level of success, beyond their apparent popularity in Milan.
Over at Ventura Lambrate in the east of the city, a photo booth triggered by physical contact proved to be the most entertaining installation of the week. The Thermobooth by taliaYstudio takes a snap when users kiss, hug or high five. TaliaYstudio was also showing a collection of holdables at the Confessions of Design exhibition at the Rotonda della Besana in the east of Milan that offered a satirical take on the biggest tech-trend of 2014.
The Thermobooth created some awkward moments for visitors testing it out and members of the Dezeen team (not pictured above) shared a lot of love while having a go.
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Victoria Siemer, connue sous le pseudo de Witchoria, est une designer graphique basée à Brooklyn, qui a fait une nouvelle série de photographies dans lesquelles elle intègre des figures carrées inversant le paysage et la nature. Une nouvelle perception de l’espace à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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