Hasta La Ideas

La bibliothèque nationale « King Fahad » en Arabie saoudite a ré-ouvert ses portes au public. Gerber Architekten caractérise cette bibliothèque par sa façade en textile et par son revêtement constitué d’auvents en losange comportant des motifs architecturaux traditionnels du Moyen-Orient.

Fiera magazine is designed to help readers discover new talent at the world’s furniture and product design fairs – and is set to launch this November having just reached its Kickstarter target…

The magazine, founded by Katie Treggiden (Confessions of a Design Geek) and magCulture’s Jeremy Leslie, has been raising funds on Kickstarter and will now put all extra money that it receives towards the production quality of the magazine, says Leslie.

Fiera’s intetion is to cover the world’s best new furniture and product design from the various fairs that take place all over the world; from London and Eindhoven, to Lodz and Prague.

According to the founders the front half of the magazine will contain “high-energy coverage from the coal-face of the festival circuit”. Editor Treggiden will also “share the stories of the people and processes behind the designs, bringing the shows to life in a way that you could only experience by being there yourself.”

In addition to this the magazine will include long-form content, macro trend analysis, and opinion from a range of disciplines such as creative writing, finance, and travel. (The images shown here are of a work in progress dummy edition made in preparation for issue one.)

Fiera is set to be a biannual, 160-page publication priced at £20. You can check out the Kickstarter for the project, here and also pre-order the magazine before it reaches the end of its campaign tomorrow at 14.59.

Indian company Lucid Design has created a conceptual “bike in a bag” that would quickly dismantle into parts to fit into a backpack (+ movie).

The full-size Kit Bike by Lucid Design would be assembled from a series of 21 parts that twist and lock together.

“Conventional bikes are awkward in every way except when you ride them,” the company’s creative director, Amit Mirchandani, told Dezeen. “The Kit Bike was designed to make problems of shipping, traveling with and commuting with a bike, a thing of the past.”

Hollow aluminium tubes would make up the frame, locking together via a series of joints that would twist together using a rotating mechanism and be secured with a key.

“The entire bike can be assembled or dismantled from one side making the process extremely simple and quick,” said Mirchandani.

The minimal white, diamond-shaped frame would attach to the steel wheel hubs on one side, so the bike could be assembled or disassembled while rested against a wall.

“It’s simple, minimal and cool, unlike folding bikes that tend to be complex,” Mirchandani said.

Leather is proposed for the seat and the handlebar grips would be made from cork.

The parts would pack away into a circular leather backpack, which features two compartments on each side for the wheels and a central section for the other components.

Lucid Design currently has no plans to produce the bike, but may consider it in the future.

The project received a Red Dot 2014 Design Award earlier this month.

Designers often create new visions for cycling, with recent ideas including a high-tech version of the first pedalled bicycle and a “smart” bike that gives directions with flashing lights and vibrating safety alerts.

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It should come as no surprise that the marriage of art and technology has had some difficulty finding a place in the institutional white cube exhibition spaces of most contemporary galleries and museums—after all, many practitioners reject the traditional art-object format on principle. Indeed, the incorporation of technology in art has vastly expanded the realm of creative possibilities, both aesthetically and with respect to distribution—auction house Phillips recently held the second edition of its forward-looking “Paddles On!” digital art auction—yet the modes by which it is bought, sold or displayed continue to shift and evolve.

The recent Kickstarter campaign for Electric Objects marks a noteworthy attempt to streamline the presentation of Internet and digital art into more conventional means. Electric Object’s first major product run, the EO1, is essentially a wall-mountable, high-definition screen with Wifi connection for control from their handy mobile app. The EO1, framed in your choice of white, black or wood, displays your collection of Internet art without drawing away your attention from daily activities. The EO1 supports static images, animated GIFs and javascript-based visualizations.

The EO1 serves only as an object for passive engagement, i.e. it’s not a computer per se: The screen has no keyboard, mouse, speakers or docs to confuse its sole use as an art viewing device. These limitations of interaction may well be its greatest strength. These constraints represent Electric Object’s commitment to freeing the ‘trapped’ art of the Internet from our smartphones, laptops and other ‘devices designed or distraction,’ such that the EO1 is a proverbial blank canvas for creativity. By clearly delineating the boundaries of functionality for the EO1, Electric Objects has managed to come up with a domestic screen-based object that is passive enough to not make us feel like we live in the Corning “A Day Made of Glass” concept video.

Electric Objects founder Jack Levine has recruited Zoë Salditch, formerly of Rhizome and Eyebeam, as Director of Artist Relations, to further establish to the EO1 as the premier platform for digital art by commissioning original works from notable artists through their Artist-in-Residency Program. Additionally, Electric Objects has a handful of partners including New York Public Library, Digg and Museum of Moving Images, whose partial collections will be available for the EO1. Currently, a number of works are available (most appropriately) through the Electric Objects Tumblr. Since the platform can technically access any work with a URL, it is entirely feasible that you could display anything on the Internet. Neverthless, besides registered collection and commissioned works through Electric Objects, we look forward to seeing how the team manages a viable monetization model for purchase or sale of preexisting digital works.

The EO1 looks promising in its fledgling stages, attracting over 400K in funding in its first week. The Kickstarter campaign still has a little over three weeks to go and can be seen here or on the Electric Objects website.

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