Ebru Kurbak uses traditional textile techniques to create embroidered computer

Stitching Worlds by Ebru Kurbak at the Istanbul Design Biennial

An embroidered computer and a sound recorder made from yarn are among the products produced as part of Ebru Kurbak’s research project into the use of traditional textile techniques to manufacture electronic objects. Read more

12 buildings to look forward to in 2019

Beijing New Airport by Zaha Hadid

Beijing’s Zaha Hadid-designed airport and the M+ museum of visual culture in Hong Kong are among Dezeen editor Amy Frearson’s picks of the most exciting new buildings opening in 2019. Read more

Dulk’s Animals Street Paintings

Antonio Segura Donat plus connu sur le pseudo Dulk, est un street artist Espagnol indépendant qui a commencé à dessiner sur les murs de sa ville à ses dix-neuf ans. De son enfance marquée par les oiseaux recueillis par son papa dans leur maison, il conserve « une fascination pour les encyclopédies de nature ancienne et pour les livres d’illustrations sur la faune ». Depuis trois ans, l’artiste a décidé de se rendre sur les lieux de vie de ses inspirations, les animaux, pour en connaître un peu plus sur leurs modes de vie. « Les images sur internet et dans les livres sont une bonne référence mais être à côté d’un grizzly, à six heures du matin, en se cachant derrière des feuillages avec son appareil photo, c’est incroyable ». De la savanne Africaine au Costa Rica en passant par le parc national de Yellowstone, Dulk multiplie les périples, afin « d’utiliser ces souvenirs et d’apporter une vraie valeur ajoutée » à son travail.

Retrouvez ses œuvres sur sa page Instagram : @dulk1.

 










 

 

Artwork About Childhood

L’artiste français Julien Malland explore les souvenirs, parfois douloureux, parfois traumatiques de l’enfance à travers une série d’oeuvres intitulée “Chambrum Rangeam”, soit “Range ta chambre” en latin. Ses oeuvres  sont composées de techniques mixtes, alliant des dessins ou des lithographies, de la peinture aérosol, des collages de tissus, des éléments sculptés… Tous les titres sont en latin, appelant ainsi à l’autorité dans son essence, pas seulement celle des parents. Certains oeuvres évoquent la solitude de l’enfant, d’autres le rêve, la peur, l’angoisse… à découvrir en exposition à Londres et Rome.






Good Design Gets Better by The Year – Part 2

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Hope you enjoyed my recap on the Good Design Awards 2018 here. Now it’s time to do a special countdown for you. Under the Chairmanship of Fumie Shibata and Vice Chair Seiichi Saito, the 2018 Good Design Awards saw about 4,789 entries and a total of 1,353 works were awarded. In this feature, YD picks its favorite 15 from the Good Design Best 100 list. It was a tough competition, and picked our 15 best!

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Gogoro is a transportation network system where the Gogoro scooter uses rechargeable batteries. The city is dotted with the charging station hubs, and you simply have to go to them and replace your used batteries with a fully charged pair.

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Hotel Hanare is in Yanaka, Tokyo and should not be mistaken for a regular hotel. The reception is located on the upper floor of the café, but the lodgings is in a separate part of the town. In many ways, the whole town serves as your hotel.

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Bamboo Bicycle uses bamboo as the main frame of the cycle. The thought-process behind using this material, is to take advantage of its abundance in the local area.

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TouchFocus e-focus instantaneously adjustable eyewear uses a touch sensor installed in the temple to automatically adjust your glasses from reading vision to long-distance vision.

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Sony Aibo is a robotic AI-powered dog that hopes to revolutionize the adoption of AI technology at home. It hopes to influence the lifestyle of how people engage with AI at home.

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Swans E-NOX Neuron eyewear is specialized in track and field usage, to help improve the performance of athletes.

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Kamado-san Denki is an electric rice cooker with an earthenware pot made by Nagatani-en, and an electric shell for managing the cooking.

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Bowls by Kai Corporation are designed to help you ‘beat’, ‘dress’ and ‘mix’ ingredients more efficiently. The rims of the bowl offer you a good grip, when you hold them.

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With a very quirky tail, the Qoobo is a robotic pillow that has been designed to give a sense of comfort to its users. When you caress it, the tail waves gently, but when you rub the pillow, the tail swings playfully. Once-in-way, the tail wags randomly, just to say hello.

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Convertible 2 in 1 Notebook PC – The HP Spectre is valued as premium in the PC market. Sporting a completely revolutionized design, and using innovative natural materials, this device is very easy to use.

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Cooking Dishes by KaB DESIGN are versatile and can be put straight into the microwave, from the refrigerator. The dishes are your perfect companion for baking, storing and freezing food.

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JIMNY / JIMNY SIERRA by Suzuki was launched in 1970 and has the reputation of offering high off-road stability. After two decades and an overhaul in design, this automobile is still at its peak performance.

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The Red Ladybug is an off-road fire truck that has been designed as a multi-purpose first responder vehicle for disasters like earthquake, hurricane, thunderstorms, landslide, snowstorm, and volcanic eruptions.

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The Rig Dog Xtreme Impact Glove protects professionals from hand injuries in heavy industries like oil & gas, construction & mining. The ergonomic, flexible glove features TPR (Thermo-plastic rubber) impact resist parts across hand & fingers.

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City Service-car or The Gifted City is the social design project where designers and differently-abled people work together. Using art therapy as a medium, the designers create useful products with the differently-abled folks and retailing them.

Look for the 2019 Good Design Awards announcement, right here on Yanko Design.

2018's Best Self-Tests for Designers

Never mind those silly online quizzes that tell you what your spirit animal is. Here are some online tests that measure useful abilities designers should have, like visual acuity, memory recall, the ability to eyeball and more. (Most are from 2018, but we’ve thrown in a few from earlier years.) Try not to brag about your scores.

Which Colors Are You Bad at Detecting? Try This Test.


Test Your Visual Acuity With the Eyeballing Game.

How Accurately Can You Draw Famous Logos From Memory?

A Fun Eye Test for Designers: Which Color Doesn’t Fit?

A Fun Eye Test for Designers, Part 2: Spot the Visual Inconsistencies.


Three Quick “Can You Draw This Without Lifting Your Pencil” Tests.

The “Bitten Biscuits” Puzzle: Can You Figure Out How to Arrange These Three Pieces to Form a Symmetrical Shape?

(Not Quite a Test, But) What on Earth Do You Think This Japanese Warning Sign Means?

How This Two-Wheeled Car Uses A Disk To Balance

The Lane Motor Museum is the home to some whacky cars. One of the craziest is the Gyro-X that balances on two wheels through the use of a gyroscope…(Read…)

Why Koi Fish Are So Expensive

Koi fish are colorful patterned common carp that are now celebrated in annual koi shows and kept in ponds all over the world. Some are worth millions…(Read…)

En Route Architects perches linear concrete house on Greek island hillside

Parallel House by En Route Architects

The rear of this holiday home on the Greek island of Kea is partially embedded in a steep hillside, while the front is entirely lined with full-height windows that look out towards the Aegean Sea. Read more

Robot-made tables and vases feature surface textures created using algorithms

Ripple by Layth Mahdi

Iraqi-born UAE-based designer Layth Mahdi debuts a series of marble vases and tables with contoured surfaces milled by robots and designed using algorithms. Read more