May 14
Think iPhone App
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Se zio Steve me lo concede…l’avremo presto sul nostro iPhone!
May 14
Mill Co the show
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The Russian Club in Hackney is currently playing host to the debut London show of Mill Co and its eclectic bunch of designers, photographers, artists and illustrators. All around the theme of community
Mill Co is another take on the collective idea. It’s run by Claire Martin and Liz Birkbeck, two friends originally from Rochdale, also home to the Co-operative movement. The latter, they say, inspired Mill Co’s collaborative approach, which they describe as “a virtual mill and online community of freelance and independent creative collaborators”. Clients can draw on this pool of talent on projects which Mill Co will manage.
The show features work from various Mill Co peeople including Suzie Webb (top) and Ant Baena (below)
Si Scott
Patternity (with an image inspired by Dalston windows’ mix of security bars and net curtains
Lisa Stannard
Kevin Cummins
Jo Peel (painting live at the private view)
and Richard Kelly
For more on the work of these artists and the rest of the members of the Mill Co community go here
The show is at the Russian Club, 340-344 Kingsland Road, London E8 4DA until May 19
May 14
Electrolux Korea’s She-E.O. on bringing in Swedish design
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pIn South Korea the pressure to buy homegrown products is high; walking the streets of Seoul you will see more Korean cars than you’ve ever seen in your life, and with the exception of the iPhone, it will seem anything containing electricity is made by Samsung or LG. Korean society is also patriarchal and strongly reverential towards the elderly–it’s one of the few countries left where you’ll see teenagers spring out of their seats on the subway if a senior is approaching–so if you meet anyone in charge of anything big in Korea, chances are it will be a guy with grey hair./p
pAll of which makes Jung Hyun-joo’s story surprising. Jung is young (35), female, and the CEO of Electrolux Korea, whose parent company is in faraway Sweden. The IJoongAng Daily/I newspaper has A HREF=”http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2920437″ an interview up with Jung/A detailing the challenges she faces representing a foreign brand in a domestic-dominated market. An excerpt:/p
blockquoteBJung:/B [One] strategy Electrolux employed was an emphasis on product design. Electrolux was already known for its Scandinavian design even before it came on the local market. One element consumers value most whenever they purchase a product is design. So Electrolux approached consumers with designs that appealed to their emotions, making them want to own the products. Consumers did not really care about the design of a vacuum cleaner before. But Electrolux has contributed in raising consumer awareness of putting designs [in that area].
pOf course, not everyone likes the Scandinavian designs that Electrolux produces. Some consumers complained the design was “too bulky.” However, our design can’t satisfy everyone since they all have different tastes. So we target a certain group of customers who like our products. Also, we try to spread the Scandinavian design philosophy among consumers. Scandinavian design focuses on naturalism, purity and simplicity. It’s not just about appearance but also how comfortable it is for consumers to use./blockquote/p
pRead the full interview A HREF=”http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2920437″ here/A./p
p(My apologies for the bad pun in the blog title, which will probably only be amusing to Koreans; in native-speak, the English “cee” sound often comes out sounding like “she.”)br /
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May 14
Label Love: Vintage Inspired Clothing By Eskell
Posted in: Uncategorized  | Kelly Whitesell and Elizabeth Del Castillo met in high school where their friendship was quickly cemented by their shared love of fashion and thrifting. From there, they went on to pursue separate careers in fashion and later joined forces to create Eskell in 2005. They opened a store in Chicago with a collection made by Kelly and Elizabeth with vintage and new fabrics. Of course, their debut collection quickly sold out and now Eskell can still be found in their Chicago and online shop as well as retailers across the world. Their Spring 2010 collection remains tied to their vintage roots with feminine dresses and loose patterned shorts that are great for a day out on the town. Best of all, their timeless designs can be worn for years to come. Take a look at my slideshow to see my favorite looks. |
May 14
Philly U’s ID program providing students with great connections
Posted in: UncategorizedpIn a shrewd bit of business maneuvering, the ID program at Philadelphia University has gained their students access to a client most graduated designers would dream of being able to snag: Urban Outfitters. The lifestyle retailer has annual sales of nearly $2 billion and has an extremely desirable customer base–college students and recent grads, a young but spendy demographic for whom buying certain “lifestyle” products defines their very identity. Students had an opportunity to pitch product designs which, if selected, could wind up on store shelves in UO. /p
pPhilly’s U’s Industrial Design 202, a.k.a. BUILD Studio, owes much of this access credit to Josh Owen:/p
blockquoteIn the five years since Josh Owen, designer and holder of the Craig R. Benson Chair for Innovation at the university, conceived of BUILD, his students have collaborated with companies in Philadelphia and New York, where commissions are hard to come by for even experienced professional designers.
p…As a working product designer with pieces in the permanent collections of several museums, Owen knows the significance of real-life experience. He conceived of BUILD as a way to impress upon students still in early stages of their design education the importance of what he calls “the compressing world of industrial design.”/p
p”There’s not much separation between design, business, and engineering,” Owen says. “We want students to be aware of and immersed in these realities so they can compete in an increasingly demanding marketplace.”/blockquote/p
pTheir lessons about competing seem to be having an effect–out of 32 sophomore projects presented to Urban Outfitters, the retail giant is reportedly interested in pursuing 18 of them!/p
pRead more about BUILD Studio A HREF=”http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/20100514_Design_students_learn_by_working_with_pros.html#axzz0nuKULb3e” here/A./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/education/philly_us_id_program_providing_students_with_great_connections_16563.asp”(more…)/a
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May 14
Table Cloth by Ball-Nogues
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Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio have collaborated with UCLA Architecture and Urban Design students to create a courtyard stage set made of coffee tables. (more…)
May 14
Transparent concrete and cement at World Expo
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pWhen it comes to showing off unusual materials, you could do worse than transparent concrete and cement. Both are solid and strong, yet allow light to pass through them, causing a cartoon question mark to pop up over people’s heads the first time they see the stuff./p
pAt this year’s World Expo in Shanghai, Italy took the opportunity to build their pavilion out of transparent cement (above), whereas Germany is displaying–if not using–transparent concrete (below) in their structure./p
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pBoth materials are strong and allow light to travel through them, but what are the differences? Italy’s product, called A HREF=”http://www.italcementigroup.com/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20100322.htm” i.light/A and manufactured by Italcementi, has a “higher transparency performance than the optical fibres experimentally used in this field, but also cost much less allowing for their application on a large scale,” says an Italcementi researcher. Meanwhile Germany’s product, called A HREF=”http://www.lucem.de/en/material.html” Lucem/A and manufactured by Robatex GmbH, is 100% recyclable, and is on display in 2cm-thick sheets. /p
pBragging rights have to be awarded to the Italians: They’ve put their money where mouths are and incorporated nearly 4,000 i.light blocks, each 1m x 50cm x 5cm thick, in their structure. /p
pvia A HREF=”http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20100514/182583/” tech on/Abr /
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May 14
Fresh Faced Wild Eyed
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Pause, January 2009, by Özant Kamaci
Opening today at the Photographers’ Gallery in London is freshfacedandwildeyed, the gallery’s annual display of work by recent UK graduates…
The show features work by 28 artists and photographers who have all graduated from UK-based courses in the last year. They were chosen by a panel of experts including artist Stephen Gill, photography journalist Sean O’Hagan, Kitty Anderson from The Common Guild, Glasgow, and Brett Rogers, director of The Photographers’ Gallery.
Jonathan, from the series Anachronisms, March 2009, by Steven Barritt
For those that can’t make it into the gallery, the selected works will also all appear on the Photographers’ Gallery website, at photonet.org.uk/freshfacedandwildeyed2010.
Lancer Village, 2009, by Charlotte Rea
The Lack of Sequence, 2008, by Anna Linderstam
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