Hasta La Ideas

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pThe sixth annual Alvar Aalto Design Seminar looks like it will be yet another superb event, bringing many top design practitioners together in Finland this August to discuss “The Origin of Product Identity.” Timo Salli, a professor of Applied Art and Design at the Aalto University School of Art and Design who conceived the seminar’s theme, describes the topic in detail:/p

blockquoteLying behind the identity and quality of a piece of applied art that has become a classic is often a successful match of functionality and beauty. Yet, the role of art as a material for product identity has often been overlooked, even if it is obvious that with classic products art is precisely the glue that provides them with a long life and improves their quality. There is always that ‘invisible’ something that produces the insightful ideas/blockquote

pHere’s the star-studded lineup: a href=”http://www.naotofukasawa.com”Naoto Fukusawa/a, a href=”http://www.rosslovegrove.com”Ross Lovegrove/a, a href=”http://www.ingasempe.fr/”Inga Sempeacute;/a, a href=”http://www.authentics.de/”Hans Maier-Aichen/a, a href=”http://www.frontdesign.se/”Front/a,a href=”http://www.avarte.fi/english/designers/simo-heikkila/” Dimo Heikkilauml;/a, and a href=”http://www.kramweisshaar.com/”Clemens Weisshaar/a. /p

pThe event is scheduled between August 21st and 22nd in Jyvauml;skylauml;, Finland. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to visit, this might be it. /p

pThere doesn’t seem to be a website up yet, so download the press release a href=”http://www.huippu.fi/pressreleases/1002_AaltoDesignSeminar_pressrelease_en.pdf”here/a and keep your eyes on the a href=”http://www.alvaraalto.fi/calendar.htm#aug2010″Alvar Aalto Foundation/a for more news. /p

pbInvisible: The Origin of Product Identitybr /
The 6th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar /bbr /
21-22 August 2010br /
Jyvauml;skylauml;, Finland /pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/invisible_the_origin_of_product_identity_16031.asp”(more…)/a
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