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profile
A new direction
Braun recently opened its doors to media and friends in an event marking new directions for the brand, announcing
a new chief of design and the celebration of the 17th BraunPrize student awards. |
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concept
Digital selection
by Laura Traldi
Standing by his Digital Cabinet project at the aDaptation exhibition in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week,
Jon Stam explained his credo: "Everyone is a designer. Everyone designs tools and systems to make their lives easier
and more meaningful. This is why I like to have discussions over my work with people of all backgrounds". |
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process
Industrial craftsmanship
by Laura Traldi
When Tokujin Yoshioka has an idea, he has no clue where it will lead him in terms of form. Previously an enfant prodige of
Japanese design, now a worldwide star working for companies and galleries all over the world, Yoshioka's Shapes, textures
and finishes are 'accidents' in the philosophical meaning of the word: necessary physical manifestations of an idea. |
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comment
Converting culture
The Icograda World Design Congress 2009 Beijing was an historic event for Icograda – in Icograda's fifty year history
this was the first time a Congress was held in China. It was also held within the first Beijing Design Week. |
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| image by Frank Tjpekema |
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event
Design for 2050
Shaping a design agenda for the year 2050 is a tall order but some of the world's leading lights in design,
architecture and creative thinking rose to the challenge at the Icsid Congress, held in Singapore late last year,
to propose what life may be like in 2050 and how design will play an integral role in this life. |
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| image by William Lark Jnr, MIT Media lab, Smart Cities |
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eyes on reinvention
An emotional edge
The Smart Cities team at MIT was formed in 2003 and is led by Professor Bill Mitchell. Mitchell has been working with some
of the brightest minds in academia to conceptualise a sustainable urban transport system of tomorrow.
With the number of cars in our world predicted to double to 1.7 billion by 2030, the development of ecologically friendly vehicles has never been so important. With many of our cities full of people, much of the world is moving to a position where they support alternative transport systems. |
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technology
The poetic turn of everyday objects
by August de los Reyes
Within the world of product design, a new category of everyday objects is emerging, objects with technological augmentations:
chairs that massage your back, shoes that tell you how far you have run, and tables that do all sorts of things beyond providing
a horizontal surface onto which to rest objects.
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materials
Building with bottles
by Juliet Holdsworth
A new building material is poised to take the architectural world by storm. POLLI-brick, a recycled polymer brick made
from old PET drinking bottles has been developed by a company based in Taiwan, Miniwiz. Light, transparent, strong, thermal,
versatile, affordable and 100% recycled, it threatens to revolutionise construction sites. |
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exhibition
Think big
The recent Small Thoughts Big Ideas exhibition, held in Singapore, showcased the work of fifteen accomplished industrial
designers, all from strict corporate backgrounds, who were given the freedom to "design anything they want". |
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award
Designed in Taiwan
by Juliet Holdsworth
Boasting fifty-three wins at this year’s red dot awards, Taiwan is a rising star in the international design world. So when
this small island nation decided to put on its own design competition, it was hard not to stand up and take notice. |
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