Standard Issue is seeking a contract Production Designer to assist us with some large-scale print production work throughout the fall. We are an interdisciplinary design studio based in Gowanus and we work in the fields of graphic, industrial and architectural design. Our clients include large brands, niche cultural producers and everything in between.
Design legend Luigi Colani has passed away at the age of 91. Colani’s designs were an absolute deviation from the ordinary, with a minimal use of straight lines, and form that took heavy influence from organic curves, muscles, and biodynamics. The German industrial designer prided himself in having incredible versatility, working on everything from ballpoint pens to kitchens, and from grand pianos to grand automobiles. Colani’s career spanned over 50 years, having worked with companies such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Volkswagen, and BMW. Colani passed away at the age of 91. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Here’s something you probably didn’t know. The air you’re breathing indoors is as much as 10 times more contaminated than the air you breathe outdoors. Yes, there’s smoke and dust from cars in the air outdoors, but they form a mere fraction of a fraction of the contaminants in a massive body of air that’s constantly also being purified by the UV rays of the sun, and by the greenery around us. Limit yourself to a few cubic meters of indoor air and the ratio really changes. The air you breathe indoors has nowhere to go, making it staler and mustier than the air outdoors. Bacteria and other microorganisms thriving in your living spaces propagate through the air, and without UV light to kill them, these creatures thrive while being absolutely naked to the human eye.
Now I don’t mean to scare you but it’s a reality that we must accept, that indoors aren’t nearly as pure as outdoors are… and given that we can’t really live outdoors forever like our ancestors did, we rely on tech to purify our air for us. Perhaps one of the latest advancements in air purifying tech, the puripot is an air purifier that can virtually run forever without needing to be maintained or cleaned. While post purifiers rely on filters and cartridges that need periodic cleaning or replacement, puripot uses something known as Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis to purify the air around you. At its base sits a water bath that you replenish every couple of days. The water traps fine dust while also humidifying the air (you can even add essential oils to it to turn it into a room freshener), while the puripot itself uses TiO2, a photocatalytic ceramic material that’s capable of instantly killing bacteria and VOCs that carry odor. Activated with visible wavelength light, the TiO2 rids the air of microorganisms as well as bad odor, while the water chamber traps fine dust particles. The result is cleaner, fresher air without the necessary upkeep of having to replace activated charcoal chambers and clean out HEPA filters every couple of months. The puripot is capable of running for years without the maintenance or the overhead costs, and its small, smart-speaker-sized, portable format means you can transfer it from room to room, while puripot’s native app lets you switch the purifier on or off through your smartphone. I doubt clean indoor air could get more convenient than this.
Designer: Dadam Micro
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Sterilization and deodorization with patented visible light based photocatalyst technology. puripot is a personal air purifier to enhance the level of indoor air quality by removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects to human.
Some Facts about VOC:
– Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors.
– Indoor air cleaning is more important than ever as the world air quality is worsening due to world-wide industrialization push.
– Bad smell is made of VOCs, so puripot can deodorize the air.
VOCs are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids and many are known to have potential adverse health effects for people exposed to these compounds in the air they breathe. Of course, if you got pets at home, that would be worse.
This is What an Air Filter Looks Like
Air purifiers need filters that cannot work permanently. The filters need to be replaced or cleaned regularly. Replaceable filters generate extra expenses and waste.
Water works as a filter in the puripot, all you need to do is to pour about 220ml of water into the detachable water tank.
Once puripot is filled with full of water in the tank, the water slowly evaporates with air, in which fine-dust is adsorbed. Even if the water tank is empty, deodorization and sterilization are functioning properly.
The air we breathe contains volatile organic compounds – VOCs include a wide variety of chemicals in use today such as formaldehyde, toluene, and ammonia etc. The ability of organic chemicals to cause health effects varies greatly from those that are highly toxic, to those with no known health effect.
Health implications with VOC:
– Eye and respiratory tract irritation, headaches, dizziness, visual disorders, and memory loss are among the immediate symptoms that some people have experienced soon after exposure to some organics.
– Many organic compounds are known to cause cancer in animals; some are suspected of causing, or are known to cause, cancer in humans.
Sterilization, one of the cutting-edge features of puripot immediately begins to eradicate dozens of indoor air irritants. These include such things as mold, bacteria, and viruses. When deployed properly, puripot can protect against Infections.
The oxidizers generated by puripot process do not remain in the air indefinitely. Instead, oxidizers convert back into oxygen and hydrogen once it has one its work of neutralizing odors and eliminating pollution.
When you pour in some essential oils into the water of the puripot, it turns into an aromatherapy machine.
puripot is designed to be small and light enough (less than 1lb) and you can enjoy clean air wherever you go.
The key to the core of puripot is the Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst technology with visible blue light. Active oxygen generated by the reaction of a photocatalyst to the visible blue light decomposes, sterilizes and deodorizes all harmful substances and odors.
Ozone-Free by Photocatalysis with Blue Light, The Core Technology of puripot
– The revolutionary technology of puripot is to activate porous Ti02, nanoparticles photoexcitation by using a visible wavelength light so there will be no Ozone and UV (Tech certified by PCT).
– Most indoor air-purifiers in the market that emit even small amounts of Ozone may be risky for the health that despite they approved air quality standards.
– Most air purifiers on the market produce either small or large amounts of ozone, a major ingredient in air pollution. No matter how small, even in very small amounts of ozone, it is highly oxidative and toxic which cause health problems.
puripot app enables you to monitor IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) in real-time and provide you other information needed.
puripot is designed to be suitably placed on any places. Anti-slip pad is attached directly to the bottom of puripot due to accident prevention.
For your convenience, portable chargers or laptops can be an alternative for power supply.
You can turn on or off only the mood light in the product while it is on a normal operation mode.
Check Your Home Air Quality by Colors!
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La photographie de nuit est l’une des formes les plus difficiles à maîtriser pour les photographes, mais il est évident que le photographe new-yorkais Lerone Pieters est complètement à l’aise dans ce domaine. Il découvre la beauté de la ville de New York la nuit à travers de longs plans et de grands angles dans We Own the Night. En juxtaposant des détails précis avec des traînées de lumière floues, Pieters capture l’énergie dynamique et l’ambiance de la ville qui ne dort jamais. Visitez son site Web et Instagram pour en savoir davantage sur son travail.
Want to suspend your backpack from a fence, or your keys from the belt loop of your pants? The GPCA Carabiner can handle it. Want to cut boxes? GPCA has it sorted. Want to tighten a screw or remove nails from wood, you’re taken care of with the GPCA. Want to bust open a few bottles of beer, the GPCA is your friend. Want to literally fight off an attacker? The GPCA’s there to protect you! With so many uses that you’ll run out of fingers to count them on, the GPCA Carabiner is a multitool designed to get you through any sort of situation. Fine-tuned to be the multitool to end all multitools, the handy carabiner comes with a set of essential instruments integrated into its design, for every brand of emergency imaginable… and that isn’t hyperbole.
The GPCA’s titanium construction (there are stainless steel and aluminum variants too) literally makes it one of the toughest EDCs to fit on your belt… so much so that you can literally use the GPCA as a pair of brass knuckles to fight off any threat outdoors. The carabiner itself is sturdy enough to carry up to a few hundred pounds more than any EDC carabiners *Not rated for climbing, yet compact enough to work as a keychain. Integrated into its outer frame are a Philips head and a flathead screwdriver, as well as a box-cutter that can also be used to whittle wood, pierce packets of food, or cut cords; while the frame itself is optimized for function too, with a bottle opener and a prybar built right into its bottom.
The carabiner’s clip comes with a spring-loaded gate and a knurled ring that locks the clip in its place (for added functionality, the clip/gate has a lock symbol etched onto it that’s visible only when the knurled ring is securely screwed to the carabiner). Screw the ring upwards and the gate also has a secret hidden compartment for a flintstone too, giving you complete command and control over your outdoor activities. Brought to you by the team that designed the 1945 bolt-action tactical pen, the GPCA carabiner shares a similar outlook of being a feature-rich product that you’d want to carry everywhere you go, partially because of its universal functionality, and partially because it’s such a badass little EDC tool you’re going to love having your own.
Designer: Team GPCA
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Patent pending minimalist utility carabiner with essential gears for adventurist and all. Do more with less.
Compact integrated box cutter is made from 2mm Steel or Titanium. The modular system of the GP-Carabiner allows you to customize it. This feature is TSA friendly. You have a smooth riding edge as the sliding base to set the cutting angle and depth to avoid cutting the goos inside the box. Your fingers are protected as well. The ergonomic design allows for easy one-hand usage.
It’s capable for the casual outing or formal dinner with its ergonomic thumb rest spot and high leverage.
The GPCA carabiner has an integrated Philips + Flat head screwdriver, form-fitting inside the CNC machined unibody. The build more importantly provides much needed grip and torque for turning screws even more than any regular compact screwdrivers.
The prong on the opening doubles as an excellent pry tool and nail remover thanks to the side curvature. It provides leverage and comfort which most small pry bars lack.
Compared to most flat compact pry tools and even full size hammer, the curvature GPCA carabiner’s pry tool pulls higher, stronger, and with more leverage.
Chain your car keys, slim wallet, and carrying tools with less weight alongside your keys on this masterpiece.
The GPCA carabiner can hang off tree sticks, wire, or rope up to 1″ in diameter.
The GPCA carabiner gives you a strong hand to carry bags, water bottles, shop tool pouches.
Quick-access knuckles to protect when in doubt of your safety in the wild or urban jungle.
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Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Asia can now submit their hotel projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards.
Recognising striking hospitality projects from across the world, the AHEAD awards looks at projects from four different regions: Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Africa.
The AHEAD Asia 2020 competition will consider projects that have opened, reopened or launched in the continent between September 2018 and August 2019.
Submissions will be sorted into 15 categories: Bar, Club Or Lounge; Event Spaces; Guestrooms; Hotel Conversion; Hotel Newbuild; Hotel Renovation & Restoration; Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces; Lobby & Public Spaces; Lodges; Cabins And Tented Camps; Resort, Restaurant; Spa & Wellness; Suite; Transport and Visual Identity.
Projects will then be carefully reviewed by an expert panel of architects, hoteliers, designers, developers and industry commentators. Catherine Martin, managing editor of Sleeper magazine, and Chris Lee, creative director of design studio Asylum, were among the judging team last year.
“The judges will be looking for submissions showing rigorous and appropriate design, demonstrating a sensible use of budget to contribute to the guest experience as well as the ‘theatre’ of hotel life,” explained the AHEAD team.
Winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Andaz Singapore hotel on 12 March 2020.
The much-coveted Hotel of the Year title in the 2019 edition of the AHEAD Asia awards was given to Amanyangyun Shanghai, which occupies a handful of Ming and Qing dynasty buildings.
Other winning hotels from AHEAD Asia 2019 include Sri Lanka’s Wild Coast Tented Lodge, which is composed of a series of cocoon-like pods, and Guntû, which is set inside a boat that sails along Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.
Entries to AHEAD Asia 2020 cost £250 (plus VAT) per project and per category. First-place projects will go on to contend against winners from other regions in a global biennale, where worldwide titles are awarded.
For more information about the awards visit the AHEAD website.
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A reported drone strike has set fire to two oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia, affecting five per cent of the global oil supply and causing oil prices to spike.
On Saturday 14 September an oil production facility in Abqaiq and the Khurais oilfield, both run by Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil production company Aramco, were attacked by air.
Aramco said in a statement that the fires had been contained without injury, calling the attacks acts of terrorism. Crude oil prices have jumped as much as 10 per cent following the attack.
The Yemen-based Houthi movement – a resistance group rebelling against the Saudia Arabian government – has claimed the drone attacks, saying it sent 10 of the weaponised flying robots towards the facilities.
Drones stalled 5.7 million barrels of oil
The drone strike disrupted 5.7 million barrels of crude oil production, representing half of the kingdom’s output.
Houthi rebels, that claimed the attacks, have launched previous drone attacks at targets within Saudi Arabia, including in May where damage at two pumping stations affected the Aramco East-West pipeline and its oil supply.
According to a UN Security Council report published in January, the Houthi movement uses UAV-X drones, nicknamed suicide or kamikaze drones because they are destroyed when used to attack a target.
The UN report stated the models of unmanned aerial vehicles that the Houthis use are the Qasef-1, the Rased and the Hudhud-1. The Rased is reconnaissance drone based on the Chinese-made Skywalker 8-X.
“An unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply”
However, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of being responsible for the attack, suggesting the Iranian government supplied the drones and the training.
The drone strikes were “an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply”, said Pompeo
And according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the attacks were carried out by missiles and not drones.
It’s not the first time this year that mysterious unmanned flying vehicles have caused global disruption or political issues.
In January drone sightings shut down operations at Heathrow, the world’s second busiest airport.
Last year a drone with explosives strapped to it was reportedly used in a failed assassination attempt on the president of Venezuala, prompting Shenzhen-based drone manufacturer DJI to make a statement to Dezeen that it couldn’t control what its technology was used for.
Drone technology is a rapidly evolving field for both military and domestic uses. Dezeen’s movie Elevation explores how cities have and will change because of drones.
Main image by Planet Labs.
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Benedetto Bufalino est un artiste plasticien pas comme les autres. Sa spécialité est de reconvertir des voitures en sculptures ou en d’autres objets du quotidien. Avec cette approche, il réinvente nos espaces et produit des expériences collectives étonnantes autour de ses oeuvres. De la voiture lampadaire à celle « four à pizzas », Bufalino sait amuser son public et redessine les frontières du design de l’espace tout en menant une réflexion sur le récyclage…
A travers The Daily Board, Romain Hurdequint met en avant le travail d’artistes autour du skate et de l’art dans le monde. Après la publication de son livre Skate Art, il élargit le projet autour de l’édition de planches de skate. Avec Paul Daubié et Chloé Chandioux, il met en place Inking Board, « une série d’expositions où le skate passe sous le dermographe. » L’exposition révèle alors les dytiques de skateboards confiés à des tatoueurs. « ‘Encres le bois du skate comme tu le ferai sur la peau’, c’est la seule consigne donnée aux artiste-tatoueurs. »
« À âmes égales » par Pas de Veine
« Amour, Skate & Tattoos skate artwork » par Grom Tattooer
Une première édition en janvier 2019 a permis à 17 tatoueurs de créer une oeuvre à partir de 2 skateboards. Une exposition qui a poussé les artistes au-delà de leur zone de confort en les challengeant sur un autre support. Le bois absorbant beaucoup la peinture, les tatoueurs ont du être stratégique afin d’obtenir un rendu optimal. Au-delà de repousser les limites de la créativité, l’exposition met en avant la richesse graphique du monde du tatouage. « De l’irezumi, au traditionnel en passant par le naïf et la gravure, les styles et rendus étaient aussi variés que fascinants. Les tatoueurs ont eu 4 mois pour créer leurs oeuvres. D’ailleurs, la plupart ont passé plus de 30 heures à peaufiner leurs planches. »
« Après-midi OKLM skate artwork » par SIDE
« Blooming In The Moonlight » par Mathias Bugo
« Battle Royal » par Marc Bonz
Après le succès du premier volet des expositions Inking Board à Superposition Lyon, une résonance de cette exposition s’est déroulée au sein de l’éco-quartier Darwin de Bordeaux en juillet 2019. Une initiative innovante qui mêle deux univers créatifs qui se complètent et un vrai plaisir pour les yeux…vivement la troisième édition !
« Sherkhan » par Carlito
« SK-RB » par Gladys To Meet You
« Send Nudes » par Quentin Aldhui
Credit images : Carlos OLMO & Donatien Gnakli ZÉBI
Discarded cow intestines are given a new life in the intricate lighting installations of Danish designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen.
The Studio KBB founder cleans and reinflates the intestines, creating translucent tubes that naturally twist around an LED lighting fixture.
Her multi-layered compositions create unusual lighting effects and draw attention to the natural details of the organic material.
Copenhagen-based Barbro Bendixen first started experimenting with intestines while she was a student at Design Academy Eindhoven. After using pig intestines to make sausages for her family at Christmas, she started to think about other uses for the material.
“I was immediately fascinated,” she told Dezeen. “It is a very surprising material, both aesthetically and functionally.”
“When wet the intestine is very soft, indefinable and unmanageable. As soon as the water runs through you can see the proportions, elasticity and the purity of the intestines,” she continued.
Through her research, the designer discovered that intestines are largely discarded as a waste product in the food industry. Even sausage manufacturers tend to opt for artificial casings.
However the natural product has a number of properties that offer potential in manufacturing. For instance, it is waterproof, but also breathable.
“The Inuit used the intestines of seals to make anoraks, because the outside of the material is waterproof, and the inside is breathable,” explained Barbro Bendixen.
“The material GoreTex is also inspired by intestines.”
The designer sources her intestines from a supplier in Denmark. They arrive clean, but she carries out a series of additional processes to ensure they are completely disinfected.
Once prepared, the intestines are blown up like balloons. They naturally curl, which Barbro Bendixen tries to embrace as she hangs them around a light source.
Initially the twisted tubes are soft and can be shaped, but after a few hours of drying they become more firm. They are left uncoated, allowing them to naturally “breathe”.
“Because the material is organic and natural, and it is seldom used, I have had to learn by doing,” explained the designer.
“I had to figure out how the intestines react and move under different circumstances. It has been, and still is, the most fun and frustrating process,” she continued.
“When the intestines are blown up, they move, breathe, change with temperature, humidity and light, so they are incredibly difficult to figure out, but that is also their beauty.”
Barbro Bendixen presented her first intestine lights – a collection called Inside Out – at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show in 2016. She also created pieces for the Venice Art Biennale in 2017.
Her latest piece is on show in the exhibition Curio: Investigating the material of the future, which opened at Designmuseum Danmark during art and design fair Chart last month and will remain in place until March 2020.
The work was created from the intestines of eight cows – approximately 200 metres worth.
Her next project will see her transform intestines into a set of stools, for an exhibition she is creating with her grandfather, a 93-year-old cabinetmaker. But she admits that lighting is her favourite use of the material.
“You can see all the tiny details and the transparency that you would not notice otherwise,” she said.
Barbro Bendixen is not the only designer experimenting with byproducts from the meat industry. Tobias Trübenbacher has been experimenting with pigs’ bladders as well as intestines. Meanwhile Basse Stittgen made a series of objects using animal blood.
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