Quelli di Holstee non trovavano un portafogli adatto alle proprie esigenze così hanno progettato questo modello molto easy, composto principalmente da sacchetti di plastica e giornali, raccolte dalle strade di Delhi in India.
La produzione di questo portafoglio aiuta a ridurre i rifiuti, offre lavoro equo salario e sovvenziona l’assistenza sanitaria e l’istruzione per la famiglia di ciascun dipendente. Lo trovate in vendita sul loro shop.
Just shy of a year ago, outspoken artist and the designer behind Beijing’s Birds Nest stadium, Ai Weiwei, was detained by Chinese authorities and beaten so badly that he later had to have surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage, all due to his speaking out about that government’s response to its disastrous May 2008 earthquake. While he’s recovered and appeared both on CNN and in a New Yorker profile talking about the incident, the Guardian is reporting that Weiwei has once again been assaulted, this time by Chinese police. According to the artist, he went to file a complaint about the previous attack when he was given some bureaucratic runaround and was then later attacked by “maybe 10” undercover police officers who pushed, kicked, and tore at he and his assistant. He told the Guardian the police yelled at him, “If you want justice, go back to the US.” Here’s a bit more:
“I tried to go through the judicial system to make a report [about the earlier assault], but no one will give us any answers. They have pushed us from one place to another.
“China’s judicial system is totally corrupt and paralysed. Even with a case that people internationally know, they don’t give a shit.”
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Back in 2007, director Vincent Morisset reinvented the music video online, with his interactive promo for Arcade Fire track Neon Bible. For the band’s latest album, The Suburbs, Morisset has now turned his attention to how digital music files could be more visually exciting…
Morisset has worked with designer Caroline Robert to create a digital artwork that appears when the album is played on mp3 players like the iPod or iPhone. The work deliberately echoes the pleasures of old vinyl record sleeves, where the song lyrics were often written out in full. Each track on the album has an individual image that appears on the iPod screen when it is played, with the lyrics of the song then appearing on the screen as they are sung.
“Win [Butler, Arcade Fire’s lead singer], wanted to create a version of the artwork that would be relevant in the digital world,” explains Morisset on his website. “Most of us now buy, share and listen to music through computers and portable devices. It seems absurd that it is still a single jpg that is attached to an album in 2010.”
“I thought about the relation we have with the vinyl cardboard cover or the paper booklet while listening to the songs. Flipping through the lyrics, looking at a band picture or a cool drawing related to a song while listening to it. With the mp3 player, we lost that. I wanted to find a way to get closer to that experience again.”
As with his Neon Bible video, part of the success of the Synchronised Artwork is its simplicity. Explaining how it works, Morisset says, “Tightly sync a series of images with specific moments in a song using the m4a format. Like some podcasters do, but with micro chapters for each line of the lyrics. In addition to that, we were able to add good old hyperlinks also synchonised to the song. This gives the possiblity for the band to add, at any moment, all kinds of references related to each song. They plan to change and update those links occasionally.”
The handwritten presentation of the lyrics on the screen works perfectly with the artwork that Caroline Robert designed for the album, which includes photographs shot by Gabriel Jones in the suburbs of Houston. To experience the Synchronised Artwork for yourself, head online to arcadefire.com, where it is included with the purchase of any digital download of the album.
My friend and professional organizer Julie Bestry recently headed to Office Depot to see what is new in the back-to-school supplies section. Her recap of the adventure introduced me to two new types of organizing products I wanted to pass along to you.
First up are Pendaflex Antimicrobial File Folders, which protect “against the growth of mold, mildew and odors.”
Pendaflex and Smead makes a similar product. These folders are perfect for businesses and homes when you expect to store a file for decades. Any business that puts documents into long-term storage would also benefit from folders such as this. If you’re not planning to store copies of printed documents for 20 or 30 years, these are probably overkill. However, they’re perfect for birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc.
The last product I want to bring to your attention are index cards with small cut-outs in them to use as bookmarks:
Oxford makes these Book Mark Cards and sells them exclusively in Office Depot brick and mortar stores. Mead’s version of the product can be found online and in many non-Office Depot office supply stores.
These bookmark index cards are great for writing in books that aren’t yours without the fear of sticky residue being left in the book, like you might experience with Sheer Colors Post-It Notes.
Have you found any great new office products in the back-to-school aisles? If so, let us know about them in the comments.
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Here is another project from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, this time Israeli student Sharona Merlin has designed a flattened cup and saucer.
Slim Cup has the outline of an archetypal cup when viewed from one side but when turned 90 degrees almost disappears.
The ceramic molded cup and saucer form a part of wider collection of slim tableware currently in progress.
All photographs are taken by Sasha Flit.
Here’s some more from the designer:
I’m an industrial design student from Israel, studying at “Shenkar College of Engineering and Design”, starting my third year out of four. The project is made for a course of ceramic molding I took on the last semester. The title of the course was “Combination of tradition and technology” and my interpretation for this title was the way things get slimmer as technology moves forword.
Therefore, my concept was taking the traditional ceramic cup and making it slimmer. My vision was seeing the cup’s icon on the front side but as it turns, it’s slimness appears. I’m now working on designing a line of slim ceramics tableware.
Advisor: Mrs. Ravit Lazer
Photos: Sasha Flit
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Un excellent travail par le directeur artistique Juan Jose Posada actuellement en poste chez Ogilvy & Mather, avec cette campagne pour Pictionnary. Une déclinaison d’affiches très réussies autour de l’idée principal du jeu de société. Plus d’images dans la suite.
We’ve got together with FIELL Publishers to give away ten copies of the Little Book of Shocking Global Facts, compiled and designed by graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook.
The book offers a critical view of global politics and globalisationn presented through illustrated facts and figures.
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Competition closes 24 August 2010. Ten winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.
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The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts
Barnbrook Studio
Released by FIELL Publishing, The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts questions the status quo of global politics and highlights the inequalities and iniquities of rampant globalization. This small yet ethically driven book is a powerful visual manifesto by the world’s most respected graphic designer, Jonathan Barnbrook and his studio.
How is it that the developed world spends billions of dollars annually on weaponry, while the poor of the developing world have no access to education, medicines or even clean drinking water? What exactly is the relationship between cheap goods on the high street and the wage slavery of sweatshops? How have large corporations branded the world in which we live?
The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts addresses these questions and many more, through its thought- provoking imagery and the persuasiveness of its first-rate research. It looks at international issues such as military spending, health, education and business and concludes that globalisation without restraint can be a highly destructive force.
One of the most striking elements of this book besides the facts themselves, is the way in which they are illustrated – the interaction between text and visual is incredible. Strong, innovative imagery combined with disturbing yet intriguing facts about our world, make this an important manifesto for global change that will undoubtedly change its readers’ hearts and minds.
About the Author
Barnbrook Design is one of the best-known design studios in Britain today. It has been producing innovative work since 1990. The studio, headed by Jonathan Barnbrook, works across a broad range of disciplines including print design, industrial design, typeface design and commercials for television. The studio’s clients range from international museums to underground music magazines. Barnbrook Design also lectures widely and self-initiates exhibitions.
About the Publishers
Previously at Taschen, and with 20 years experience in book publishing, Charlotte and Peter Fiell founded their design-led publishing company, FIELL, in April 2010 to publish their own books as well as titles by other specialist authors. FIELL publishes authoritatively written, high quality illustrated books that embrace the most interesting and important across a range of disciplines – art, architecture, design, digital culture, ethical, fashion, lifestyle, natural history, photography and popular culture.
Paperback with flaps Size: 200 mm X 140 mm. 192 pages, 100 col. illustrations ISBN 1906863067 Price: £8.95
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Photoshop turns 20 this year, and Adobe is celebrating with a search for the “Next Photoshop Evangelist,” one among the legendary application’s legion of multilayered fans. (Admit it. You have a Photoshop window open right now.) The company will select a primo proselytizer of all things Photoshop based on video submissions. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: create and upload to Vimeo a two-minute Photoshop video tutorial demonstrating why you should be the Next Photoshop Evangelist. Your video must use Photoshop CS5, a new Photoshop CS5 feature, and, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Photoshop, incorporate the concept of “20” somewhere in the final image. The winner receives a fresh copy of CS5 Design Standard, a trip to next spring’s Photoshop World, and the chance to demo his or her tutorial at the conference. Plus, all finalists will be showcased on the Photoshop YouTube channel. Ready to spread the Photoshop gospel? Click here for more information and check out your competition here. Entries must be received by Tuesday, August 24.
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