Comme projet de fin d’études, le designer japonais Mugi Yamamoto a créé une imprimante compacte se plaçant au dessus d’une pile de papier et avalant progressivement les feuilles les unes après les autres. Moins massive et plus pratique qu’une imprimante traditionnelle, sa Stack est définitivement une réussite.
Graduate designer Mugi Yamamoto has designed an inkjet printer that sits on top of a stack of paper and eats its way down through the pile (+ slideshow).
The compact Stack printer by industrial designer Mugi Yamamoto is simply placed on top of a pile of A4 paper, rather than loading paper into the device in batches. The sheets are fed through rollers underneath the machine and exit on the top.
Yamamoto told Dezeen that his intention was to reduce the space taken up by a printer. “Thanks to this new way of printing it is possible to remove the paper tray, the bulkiest element in common printers,” said Yamamoto. “This concept allows a very light appearance and avoids frequent reloading.”
The designer looked at commercial printers and modified existing mechanisms to create the working prototype.
The printed paper creates a new pile on top of the machine. “It’s not endless – it might go up to maybe 200 sheets of paper,” Yamamoto told Dezeen.
Yamamoto completed the project while studying industrial and product design at Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland. He was also selected as one of ten young designers to exhibit at this year’s Design Parade 8 at Villa Hoailles in Hyeres, France.
The designer was born in Tokyo and is currently undertaking a design internship in Nürnberg, Germany.
Other interesting printers we’ve featured include an inkjet printer that prints patterns to contort pieces of paper into specific 3D forms and an old inkjet printer that had its ink cartridge replace with felt pens.
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L’artiste espagnole Elena Mir nous propose de découvrir un travail sur le papier très impressionnant. En effet, elle construit essentiellement des formes géométriques en 3D en découpant feuille après feuille, pour un résultat bluffant. L’ensemble est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article en images et en vidéo.
As a telecommuter, I don’t have the benefit of a boss keeping tabs on me and making sure I do what I need to do. You might think that freedom sounds nice, and it is, but it also means I must be the worker and the supervisor. Ultimately, it’s up to me to sit down and do what needs to be done. My best trick in that regard happens at night. I think of what must be completed the following day and write it down. That way, I’m ready to go when I hit my desk the next morning. Recently, I’ve added a clipboard and some special forms to the mix.
Each night, I list the tasks I must complete the following morning on an Emergent Task Planner (EPT). Persnickety? Yes. But it works. I’ve also taken to keeping my EPT on a clipboard. Behind the EPT are several other forms that let me track what’s going on throughout the day and the week. An inexpensive clipboard keeps everything tidy and portable. Here’s what I’ve got clipped together on my desk every day.
On the left hand side, I list what will happen from hour to hour, in 15-minute increments. On the upper right, I list the tasks that must be completed before the day’s end. There’s no particular order to this list. The only important thing is that each item be completed. There’s a notes section on the lower right that I tweak a bit. Specifically, I divide it in half. On top I list what I consider “minor” tasks. These could be completed by day’s end, but the world won’t end of they’re delayed. Below that is the “running commentary.”
The running commentary contains anything: thoughts on the day, ideas, accomplishments, what I did during scheduled breaks (“strawberry patch looks great”), etc. Anything can go there. I created the running commentary section to give my wandering mind an outlet and to give myself an empirical list of the day’s accomplishments. It sure feels good to review the major and minor achievements from the day.
This two-parter is fantastic. It lists the major deliverables that will represent progress on a major task, as well as the smaller steps that lead to each deliverable’s completion. I staple both forms together (one lays over the top 1/4 of the other in a clever way) as well as any support files (for instance, I’m using the Fast Book Outliner to prep my next book project). Now, I can flip to each major project and see what needs to be done, my estimate for completion time (as well as actual time spent working), tasks to complete, as well as outstanding (and completed) milestones. Fantastic in a hugely nerdy, paper-centric way.
Here’s an important one. The Concrete Goals Tracker lets me “score” the tasks I’ve completed on a scale that reflects my working toward goals. For example, “signing a new sponsor” is worth 10 points, “published an article” is worth five points, “new social development” is worth two and “maintaining a relationship” is worth one. At the end of each day, I score anything that meets these criteria, and tally the grand total at the week’s end. If I score higher than I did during the previous week, I know it’s going well. It sounds a bit silly, but the CGT also provides empirical, measurable evidence of progress toward life-sustaining goals.
In this way, my clipboard functions as the manager. It’s pretty handy. Try this: write down the three tasks that must get done by the end of work tomorrow before you go to bed tonight. After 7 days, let me know how it goes.
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I’ve been working from home since 2009. The temptation to tweak or add to the gadgets in my office is enormous. I love gadgets to begin with, but give me a personal office to fill — one that’s in my home — and I can get carried away.
Recently I’ve made an effort to identify what I really need instead of what I think would be cool. The following is a list of gadgets that serve a utilitarian purpose beyond, “Oh man that’s so neat.” Each one actually makes my home office a more pleasant and productive place to be.
I have more items in my office, of course, and you likely need other items depending on if you work at home and what kind of work you do. But these are the universal things — beyond my laptop and smartphone — I can’t work without. Pare down to what you need and avoid cluttered items like this that get in the way of the work you need to do.
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Product news: Japanese designer Taiji Fujimori has designed a miniature paper chair, armchair and sofa, one-fifth the size of standard furniture pieces (+ slideshow).
“Do not sit on this chair, but use it to accommodate other small items,” suggested Fujimori, showing the models used to support small items like keys, spectacles or ornaments.
The scaled-down furniture is made by folding and tucking a pre-cut sheet of paper together. It’s designed for use in the home or office and can be personalised by adding designs or messages to the paper.
The paper chair measures 240 millimetres in height and is 200 millimetres wide. The chair is available in four colours: white, grey, red and blue.
Fujimori’s 1/5 scaled paper furniture range also includes an armchair (240mm x 220mm) and a sofa (240mm x 305mm).
The chairs are produced and manufactured by Kami No Kousakujo.
Prior to founding his own practice four years ago, Fujimori worked for architectural planning studio Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier. He specialises in furniture design and has worked in collaboration with architects including the 2013 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Toyo Ito, and Japanese studio Torafu Architects.
Other paper projects that we have featured on Dezeen include Jule Waibel’s concertinaed handbag and pleated paper dress that expands with the movement of the body and Pepe Heykoop’s paper faceted vase covers.
Last month furniture giant Ikea launched a range of miniature furniture for dolls’ houses.
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Royal College of Art graduate Jule Waibel has designed a series of folded paper clothes and accessories including a dress that adjusts and expands as you move and a concertinaed handbag (+ movie).
Transforming simple sheet materials into three-dimensional objects, Waibel’s project, called Entfaltung (unfold/expand/develop), features a yellow dress that changes its shape according to the movement of the body, a green expandable bag and an orange-coloured umbrella.
“Collapsible structures reflect how our world is constantly changing,” says designer Julie Waibel. “This project celebrates the beauty found between geometry, transformation and play.”
Waibel told Dezeen how she spent months folding and pleating different materials, such as shower curtains, leather and polymers.
The final structures are made from Tyvek, a lightweight, waterproof and tear-proof synthetic paper. The coloured gradient is printed on to the paper before it is folded.
“I got inspired by Mary Poppins and her magical handbag,” Waibel told Dezeen. “Everything seems to fit inside: a mirror, a hatstand, a plant and more.”
Waibel completed the project whilst studying on Platform 18 of the Royal College of Art’s Design Products course, led by Sarah van Gameren and Philippe Malouin. She presented it at Show RCA 2013 last month.
Here’s a video from Waibel showing her making the structures:
Other graduate projects that have caught our attention this year include a workstation with an integrated pulley system by Micaela Nardella and a series of adornments designed for introverts by Lilian Hipolyte Mushi.
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Projet de fin d’études de Thibault de Fournas, cette superbe vidéo d’animation « From Paper to Screen » nous propose de découvrir l’évolution de la typographie, en passant du papier jusqu’au générique de films, pratique révolutionnée par Saul Bass. Une superbe création à découvrir dans la suite.
Do you get tons of charity solicitations — along with more mailing labels than you’ll ever use in your lifetime? Surprisingly, it is possible to be generous without having an overwhelmed mailbox filled with letters from charities asking for money.
I know animal lovers who are flooded with solicitations from groups working to help dogs, cats, horses, and more. Some of the organizations are probably more effective than others. Doing some research and deciding which ones to support are worthwhile steps. Charity Navigator and GuideStar are two places you can look for information.
Many organizations have similar names, so you’ll want to be sure you’re giving to the ones you intended to give to. It’s also good to list the names of those groups whose solicitations you’ve decided to decline — so if you get more mail from that group, you can quickly confirm it’s one you’ve already investigated. And, having a list of all charities sending you mail will come in handy as you go to remove yourself from their mailing lists.
You probably won’t want to get mail from charities you’ve decided not to support, but you may not want mail from those you are supporting, either.
Personally, I don’t want mail from any of them. I give to my charities at about the same time every year, and I do it online. I can read about all the good work they do online, too. But other people I know are more paper-focused, and do indeed want mail from the groups they are supporting.
If you do want mailings, how often would you prefer to receive them? It might be possible to get less mail without eliminating it entirely.
You can choose to:
You will continue to receive mail from those organizations with which you already do business. Please note that not all organizations use DMAchoice; therefore, you may continue to receive some mailings, including from local organizations and political organizations.
Another service that says it can do the same is stopthejunkmail.com, and you could also consider Paper Karma, a free app. I haven’t used any of these myself, so I can’t personally vouch for their effectiveness.
Charities don’t usually include a phone number in the solicitations they send to you, but it’s often easy to find a phone number online. I just called two charities I’ve donated to in the past and asked to be removed from their lists; it was surprisingly easy.
I did find myself explaining that while I loved the work these charities did, I just didn’t need the mail. In one case I spoke to the founder of the organization, and she was very understanding. She said she’s working to reduce her incoming mail, too!
Charities sometimes provide the names and addresses of their smaller donors to other related organizations; it’s another fundraising mechanism. If you don’t want to get mail from even more charities, ask for your donor information be kept private.
Some groups do this automatically. For example, one of my local public radio stations says on its online donation form: “KALW will never sell or loan your personal information to any other organization. We respect your right to privacy.”
Others provide an opt-out option. Another one of my local public radio stations, KQED, has this option on its online form: “Do not exchange my name with other non-profits.”
Charity Navigator provides information about each organization’s privacy policy. If a charity doesn’t have a policy that gives you a way to keep your information from being shared, you may want to re-evaluate if this is a group you want to support.
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