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pOnce desktop touchscreens explode in popularity–which will probably happen after Apple releases A HREF=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/apples_desktop-to-touchscreen_patent_presents_some_industrial_design_challenges_17224.asp” their rumored touchscreen iMac/A later this year–PC manufacturers will have to incorporate some serious industrial design to enable screens to travel from viewing height to touch-friendly distance. The standard cheapie monitor stand, which typically looks like an afterthought, just ain’t gonna cut it./p

pA multinational company called A HREF=”http://www.colebrookbossonsaunders.com/about-us.htm” Colebrook Bosson Saunders/A, which made the first monitor arms back in the ’80s, isn’t sitting around waiting for the touchscreen revolution to happen; they’ve already got a full line of monitor arms (above) designed for a variety of situations, ranging from bare-bones simple to precision-adjustment to heavy-duty to height-adjusting. They can be mounted to posts, clamped to desks, and even hung from slatwalls. Check out their lineup A HREF=”http://www.colebrookbossonsaunders.com/products/flat-screen-support.htm” here/A./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/with_tons-o-monitor_arms_colebrook_bosson_saunders_is_ready_for_the_touchscreen_revolution_17338.asp”(more…)/a
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pLondon-based a href=”http://www.establishedandsons.com/#/Home-HomeTitle/”Established Sons/a is putting their designers to work. Behind the bar. The company, hosting festival-goers in their hometown with a series of three events this year, will inhabit a public house for one of those events. Established Sons will re-decorate a href=”http://www.wenlock-arms.co.uk/”The Wenlock Arms/a, “the renowned London Public House” right across the street from the showroom, with the company’s own furniture. But best of all, during Happy Hours, designers will be serving up the drinks. Here’s hoping a href=”http://www.konstantin-grcic.com/”Konstantin Grcic/a doles out a mean pour./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/london_design_festival_2010_established_sons_17336.asp”(more…)/a
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pAs a raw-loft-liver I’m very interested in “kitchen stations,” or furniture that can be inserted into empty spaces to serve as kitchens where there are no built-ins. /p

pNetherlands-based design firm Studio Gorm’s A HREF=”http://www.studiogorm.com/flow2.html” Flow/A is a perfect example. It features brilliant touches like a cutting board that slides forward to provide a cavity to dump food waste into the compost bin below; a place to hang your grocery bag when you first come home from shopping so you can unload directly; a dish rack positioned above potted plants and herbs, so the run-off water doesn’t go to waste, but gives the plants life instead./p

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The French might not like Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami (well, at least a very vocal portion of them don’t), but we Americans apparently like him so much that we’re giving him a spot in arguably our most famous national parade. The NY Times reports that the organizers of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade have commissioned Murakami to turn two of his creatures, Kaikai and Kiki, into massive balloons for this year’s event. This now puts the artist in the rarified club of other artists who have previously seen their work in balloon form, including Jeff Koons and Keith Haring. Here’s a bit:

Kaikai, a childlike character in a rabbit costume, and Kiki, a companion with three eyes and sharp fangs, are examples of Mr. Murakami’s signature superflat style, but their balloon likenesses will be about 40 feet long when completed, and about three stories tall when filled with helium. Since the spring, Macy’s parade studio and Mr. Murakami and his Tokyo-based team have traded notes on two-dimensional sketches that were used to create clay models, which were then further refined and colored before the fabrication of the balloons (now underway).

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