search  home  about us  subscribe  log in  advertise  current issue  back issues  movie  feedback  links  contact us < return to catalogue issues: launch issue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29     Advertise NOW > for advertising information click here            Issue twenty-two  February 2008   Yves Béhar and his San Francisco design studio, fuseproject, explains the importance of partnering with clients. fuseproject are well known for the design of the XO laptop for the not-for-profit One Laptop Per Child program, formed at MIT by architect and computer scientist Nicholas Negroponte. Béhar highlights some of his more recent projects and the his unique way of working with clients. Connecting ’07, the World Design Congress hosted by ICSID and the IDSA in San Francisco was a frenetic and fruitful gathering of over 3000 designers and industry leaders from around the globe. Frank Tyneski, executive director of the IDSA talks about how it connected designers with industry leaders, and allowed consultants to connect to potential clients. A mesmerising travelling exhibition called North Meets South, curated by Li Edelkoort, explains why creativity can be considered a driving force towards peace. At the roof of creativity there is an "aesthetic norm” that trends forecaster, Edelkoort defines as “an organic visual language of archaic clear simplicity".   Connecting 07 closing party; One laptop Per Child XO Laptop, showing colour configurations; North Meets South exhibition at Spazio Rossana Orlandi Buy NOW  back Issue   australia   international qty    22 AU$29 AU$37   privacy policy  :  returns policy  :  sitemap  :  © beesting publishing pty ltd