Milan Design Week 2010 Roundup

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pCore77’s coverage of Milan Design Week 2010 has come to a close. This year, in addition to photo galleries, videos, blog posts and interviews, we brought Core-toonist fueledbycoffee to illustrate the whole thing. We’ve bundled it all up into a neat package, interspersed with some of our favorite photos from the a href=”http://www.core77.com/gallery/milan-design-week-2010/”gallery/a. /p

pbGallery/bbr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/gallery/milan-design-week-2010/”Milan Design Week 2010 Photo Gallery/a/p

pbCore-toons/bbr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_yup_still_in_a_recession_16430.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Yup, Still in a Recession/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_making_the_salone_less_exhausting_16429.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Making the Salone Less Exhausting/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_the_eyjafjallajokull_chair_16418.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: The Eyjafjallajokull Chair/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_the_things_they_dont_tell_you_16408.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: The Things They Don’t Tell You/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_dont_blame_the_icelandic_designers_16407.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Don’t Blame the Icelandic Designers/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_established_sons_by_the_numbers_16402.asp” Milan Design Week 2010: Established Sons By the Numbers/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_virtual_reality_furniture_at_established_sons_16401.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Virtual Reality Furniture at Established Sons/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_useful_maps_for_the_salone_16396.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Useful Maps for the Salone/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/cartoons/milan_design_week_2010_fingerpainting_in_italy_16388.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Fingerpainting in Italy/a/p

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pbInterviews and Videos:/bbr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_core77_interviews_nynke_tynagel_of_studio_job_16471.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Core77 interviews Nynke Tynagel of Studio Job/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_qa_with_tokujin_yoshioka__16468.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: QA with Tokujin Yoshioka/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010core77_interviews_maarten_baas_16410.asp”Milan Design Week 2010:Core77 Interviews Maarten Baas/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_design_academy_eindhoven__16445.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Design Academy Eindhoven/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_public_design_festival__16444.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Public Design Festival/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_dutch_invertuals__16433.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Dutch Invertuals/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010floating_crystals_at_swarovski__16425.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Floating Crystals at Swarovski/a/p

pbBlog posts/bbr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_erastudio_16419.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Erastudio/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_kkaarrlls__16427.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Kkaarrlls/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_nendos_chair_garden__16415.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Nendo’s Chair Garden/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_skitsch_16417.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Skitsch/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_yii_crafts_design_from_taiwan_16413.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Yii, Crafts Design from Taiwan/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_55_designers_cuisine_dobjets__16412.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: 5.5 Designers’ Cuisine d’Objets/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_saved_by_droog__16409.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Saved by Droog/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_design_in_motion_by_charles_kaisin_16406.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Design in Motion by Charles Kaisin/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_young_serbian_designers_at_salone_satellite_16400.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Young Serbian Designers at Salone Satellite/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_parties_established_sons_and_tuttobene__16394.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Parties! Established amp; Sons and Tuttobene/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_vintage_bike_show_at_rossignoli_16393.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Vintage bike show at Rossignoli/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_pieke_bergmans_monsters__16387.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Pieke Bergmans’ Monsters/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_food_marketo_16382.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: Food Marketo/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_on_the_ground__16383.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: On the ground!/a/p

pbPreviews/bbr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_autarchy_by_studio_formafantasma__16365.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Autarchy by Studio FormaFantasma/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_spaces_by_peter_pless__16364.asp” Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Spaces by Peter Pless/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_bodging_milano_designersblock__16357.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Bodging Milano @ Designersblock/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_55_designers_cuisine_dobjets__16353.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: 5.5 Designers’ Cuisine d’Objets/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_marjan_van_aubels_porcelain_foam_16347.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Marjan van Aubel’s Porcelain Foam/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_food_marketo__16343.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Food Marketo/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_byamt_at_meet_my_project__16337.asp”Milan Design Week 2010: byAMT at Meet My Project/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_chair_garden_by_nendo_16326.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Chair Garden by Nendo/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_saved_by_droog__16285.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Saved by Droog/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_wonderlamp_by_studio_job_and_pieke_bergmans__16283.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Wonderlamp/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/milan_design_week_2010_preview_mindcraft10_would_you_mind__16264.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Mindcraft10 Would You Mind?/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_preview_design_academy_eindhoven__16255.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Design Academy Eindhoven/abr /
a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/milan_design_week_2010_preview_tokujin_yoshioka_for_swarovski_crystal__16241.asp”Milan Design Week 2010 Preview: Tokujin Yoshioka for Swarovski Crystal/a/p

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pemFrom top to bottom: Nendo’s Chair Garden in Brera. Tom Dixon’s “Factory Workers” at Superstudio’s Temporary Museum of New Design. Enzo Mari’s paperweight collection at the Kaleidoscope Space. Bottom: Marcel Wanders’ documentation of his Sparkling Chair for Magis. From our Milan 2010 a href=”http://www.core77.com/gallery/milan-design-week-2010/”Gallery/a./em/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/milan_design_week_2010_roundup_16479.asp”(more…)/a
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Umeà Institute of Design is seeking PhD Candidates in Sweden

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pstronga href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=26294referral=C77blogpost”4 PhD (funded) positions in Industrial/Interaction Design/a
brUmeagrave; Institute of Design/strongbr /Umeagrave;a, Sweden/p

pAt Umeagrave; Institute of Design basic research is conducted in three areas: better understanding users, modelling of creative processes and understanding our digital everyday. We are seeking a number of persons with an interest in studying, researching, modelling and theorizing these processes from a design perspective. We are interested in new methodological and multidisciplinary approaches to these three areas, from in-depth studies to experimental approaches, hopefully resulting in research projects that challenge our current understanding of these processes./p

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Art and Cook is seeking a Product Designer in New York City

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pstronga href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=26229referral=C77blogpost”Product Designer/a
brArt and Cook/strongbr /New York, NY/p

pDuties include: Product conception and development consistent with market, safety, retail and manufacturing standards; analyzation of form and function; creation of CAD models and prototypes of proposed gadgets molds; interpreting concept drawings from designers; assisting studio personnel in developing solutions to engineering and design issues; creating design concepts that support line plans, strategies and price points. /p

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IDEO is seeking a Visual Interaction Designer in Cambridge, MA

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pstronga href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=26207referral=C77blogpost”Visual Interaction Designer/a
brIDEO/strongbr /Cambridge, MA/p

pThe candidate should be a design thinker and craftsperson, be able to thoughtfully contribute in a team environment during a project’s user research and concept development phases, and be passionate about expressing interactions in visual form through clear and creative user interfaces. The responsibilities of this position will vary depending on the project, but the candidate should be comfortable participating in all parts of the user-centered design process and with creating deliverables at varying levels of fidelity: from quickly communicating a concept’s value proposition to final artwork and specifications delivered to a developer./p

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Significant Objects: Star Wars Cards + Jim Shepard Story

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pemThis week, Core77 is co-publishing a a href=”http://significantobjects.com/tag/paola-antonelli/”collection/a of a href=”http://significantobjects.com/”Significant Objects/a stories written about items curated by Paola Antonelli. Bid on this Significant Object, with a story by Jim Shepard, a href=”http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250612357564″here/a. Proceeds from this auction go to a href=”http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/”Girls Write Now/a./em/p

pWhen I was little I’d ask my mother what I was getting for my birthday. I’d ask like the morning of my birthday. It always pissed her off because my birthday was December 27th./p

p”Look under that tree,” she’d tell me. “You want to know what you’re getting for your birthday? Go look under that Christmas tree.”/p

pWhen I got older I stopped asking. Then this last December when I’d been home a year she said “I got you something for your birthday.”/p

p”I’m still not getting a job,” I said./p

p”Why are you so miserable to me?” she asked./p

p”So what is it?” I asked her a little while later. She went into her room and came back with a little package wrapped in candy cane paper. I tore off the wrapping and I’m standing there with a little box of Clone Wars collectible cards in my hand./p

p”You always liked Star Waters,” she said. One time in school a teacher asked what my mother’s first language was and I told him she didn’t have one./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/significant_objects_star_wars_cards_jim_shepard_story__16363.asp”(more…)/a
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Significant Objects: Birthday Candles + Scarlett Thomas story

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pemThis week, Core77 is co-publishing a a href=”http://significantobjects.com/tag/paola-antonelli/”collection/a of a href=”http://significantobjects.com/”Significant Objects/a stories written about items curated by Paola Antonelli. Bid on this Significant Object, with a story by Scarlett Thomas, a href=”http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250611755905″here/a. Proceeds from this auction go to a href=”http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/”Girls Write Now/a./em/p

pYou can find all kinds of crap in the back of drawers. Here is the string we once used to tie the handles of the French doors together so that Julius wouldn’t open them and walk into the pond. Here is a thimble, and a seam-ripper, although I don’t think anyone in our family ever ripped a seam on purpose. Here is an incomplete pack of cards with topless women on the backs, the best ones stolen by my brothers. Here is dust, dust, and underneath a pair of dice: one small and black; one big and red. There is a blister pack with no tablets in it and the silver tape measure that bites your fingers when it snaps back. There are the birthday candles I bought when I was seventeen. After I bought them I walked home from the corner shop imagining the hot wax dripping onto my naked skin and Mark, who still owed me for the mayonnaise thing, peeling it off after it had dried./p

pimg alt=”so-birthdaycandles2.jpg” src=”http://www.core77.com/blog/images/so-birthdaycandles2.jpg” width=”468″ height=”225″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //p

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Apple is seeking a User Interface Designer in Cupertino, CA

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pstronga href=”http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=25999referral=C77blogpost”User Interface/Visual Designer, iTunes/a
brApple/strongbr /Cupertino, CA/p

pWe are looking for an outstanding visual and human interface designer to join the iTunes Store team. The designer will be responsible for researching, designing, and prototyping new user experiences based on product requirements. Deliverables include design mockups, production of visual assets and documentation required for proper implementation. Candidate must flourish in a fast paced, deadline driven environment./p

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Significant Objects: Homies Figurines + Ron Currie Jr. Story

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pemThis week, Core77 is co-publishing a a href=”http://significantobjects.com/tag/paola-antonelli/”collection/a of a href=”http://significantobjects.com/”Significant Objects/a stories written about items curated by Paola Antonelli. Bid on this Significant Object, with a story by Ron Currie Jr., a href=”http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250610557356″here/a. Proceeds from this auction go to a href=”http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/”Girls Write Now/a./em/p

pThey were a silly thing to get so obsessive about, in retrospect. What can I say? I was in my early twenties, so I imagined my fixation on Homies would come off as a moderately hip eccentricity. Like, “He’s cool enough not to take himself too seriously.” Or, “He’s self-possessed enough to not care if anyone thinks that collecting arguably racist figurines is just, well, you know, kind of gay.” Something like that./p

pAnd that was exactly how she saw it, at least when we’d first met and were both perfect, before all the craziness that came not too much later. I had this tic — couldn’t leave the grocery store without popping two quarters into the Homies vending machine and turning the dial. Even had a little ritual I performed, like a muted rain dance, to ensure I didn’t get a duplicate. Early on, she found all this hilarious and endearing./p

pThere were all kinds of ways she tried to brand me, but here’s the worst: she took my two favorite Homies, Shady and Wolfe, the first two I’d ever bought, and stuck them to the dashboard of HER car with Gorilla Glue. Without asking. We’d been together all of three months. She showed me what she’d done and she smiled and put an arm around my neck and said, “Don’t they go great with Dashboard Jesus?”/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/significant_objects_homies_figurines_ron_currie_jr_story__16331.asp”(more…)/a
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Frog Design is seeking a Creative Director in Munich, Germany

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pFrog Design is looking for an inspirational, profoundly engaged and experienced Creative Director (CD) User Experience Design, to be situated in our new Munich studio. This multi-talented individual will provide visionary, organizational and creative leadership for our team in Munich. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director for frog Europe, the CD will also be responsible for driving close collaboration with frog’s other studios in Europe, as well as in the US and Asia./p

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Significant Objects: SARS Mask + Helen DeWitt Story

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pI need an agent to deal with my agent. This was the thought. Bill was to be the buffer: Jonathan is a pathological liar, I am a pathological truthteller, and Bill was to be the man-in-the-middle, the go-between, the Janusmdash;something intermediary, anyhoo. That’s what middlemen are for. One day Bill resigned./p

pOn a market stall I happened to see, oh how lovely! a SARS mask within a plastic envelope. You needed protection yourself, Bill; you needed your very own personal plastic envelope. And I didn’t know. And more to the purpose, because life must go on, here was a chance to practice my Japanese! The label included both English text and an enchanting title for the object incorporating both hiragana and katakana: #12424;yo #12371;ko #12399;ha #12510;ma #12473;su #12463; ku. I didn’t know that masuku was Japanese for mask, Bill, did you?/p

pemAbout the author: Helen DeWitt is the author of The Last Samurai. She lives in Berlin and blogs at a href=”paperpools.blogspot.com”paperpools.blogspot.com/a. She is no longer represented by Bill Clegg of WME Entertainment./em/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/significant_objects_sars_mask_helen_dewitt_story__16325.asp”(more…)/a
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