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at-at walker
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lifegoods design is currently showcasing 'at-at walker' at [d3] design talents
at imm cologne 2010. it is a series of lamps treated as precious wood furniture.
lifegoods design is a product design consultancy consisting of members:
sophie depéry, singal moesch, olivier burgisser.

'we are fascinated by wood and its codes. we pick up antique details of cabinetwork
and give the object a look which is totally contemporary due to its dimensions. we explore
the limits of the wooden piece by expanding its legs and by creating a drawer that functions
as a light dimmer. the lamp is like a science fiction object but characterized by the warmth
and the preciousness of the woodwork.' - LG

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image courtesy of lifegoods

fat tray

designer harri koskinen has created a collection of multi-purpose tableware consisting of
glasses and a bamboo container/tray for alessi. founder of design studio friends of industry ltd,
he is known to conceptualize products that are not only functional inventions but also
seek to experiment with production techniques and the way people interact with the products.

tray container in bamboo wood
photo by emilio tremolada

'I have called this voracious tray 'fat' because it has already swallowed everyhing you
need for setting a table, which is now on the inside, while on top, fresh food, beverages
or pastries area ready to be served during a business meeting or an afternoon tea. it is
the first tray/container by alessi and their only wooden tray currently in production.' - HK

123dl, set composed of three glasses/measuring cups in crystalline glass
photo by emilio tremolada

'123dl is a set of three glasses intended for all sorts of purposes: drinking/toasting,
measuring/cooking, stacking/storing. I was thinking about these glasses as a set that
could satisfy numerous needs throughout the day: maybe for a snack, or enjoying an
espresso or a cappuccino or ... using these same three glasses as measuring cups: flour
in the tallest glass (3 dl), 4 eggs in the medium one (2 dl) and salt to taste' -HK

cups can be used for aperitifs, dinner, tea breaks or measure recipe ingredients
image by harri koskinen

arashi, taipei pop music center
images courtesy of kotaro horiuchi architects

kotaro horiuchi has proposed an architectural design called 'arashi' for the new
pop music center in taipei competition. the structure has been designed with
'functional towers' that are connected by public zones. the principal towers
comprise of different areas such as an outdoor auditorium, live house for audio
recording and rehearsals, offices, library and exhibition.

a skin of aluminum tubes will be covering the wall and roof. this material will allow passing
draft to enter the building and, thus, reduce air conditioning costs during summer heat. in fact,
the skin will keep the temperature of the interior 2-10° c lower. as the wall tubes are light
and air permeable, the boundaries between the interior and exterior are blurred. 

functional towers

auditorium

alumininum tubes covering the wall and roofs of the music center

functional towers are joined by public zones

floor plan

nature of material by ran amitai

ran amitai, a recent graduate of the bezalel academy of art and design of jerusalem, israel,
developed the 'nature of material' project, a series of stackable furniture,
as his final thesis at bezalel.

'in the beginning I worked mainly with paper, making small scale models' says amitai.
'whenever I saw potential or a need to check stability I translated the small paper model
in to a life size sheet metal model.'

every object is folded from a spread of laser cut aluminum sheet,
which then bends to the final form using a bending mold.


the making of the stool



the idea of the project is to combine straight origami like folds with natural folds.





'all of the objects are created by planed and exact folds that create side effects of
stretching and bending in the material. in other words, I am folding the legs of the objects
and the surface above reacts naturally to the folding act' says amitai.


a low table


nature of material stools and chairs


paper models


nature of material stackable stools


testing the stool


nature of material stackable chairs




'this integration between the strict and natural folds creates a steady construction from one hand
and soft, organic, upholstery like shape from the other hand' ran amitai says.


ran amitai is part of the israeli design group bakery, which will be showing
in the upcoming salone satellite 2010, milan, italy

today, the third annual brit insurance design awards has announced the 2010 shortlist
of about a hundred nominees.

british artist antony gormley will chair the jury which includes designer tom dixon,
justin mcguirk, editor of icon magazine , graphic designer morag myerscough,
style editor of grazia magazine paula reed and david rowan, editor of UK wired magazine.

the shortlist will be on show at the brit insurance designs of the year exhibition at the
design museum in london from february 17th until june 6th, 2010.


MAXXI - national museum of XXI century arts by zaha hadid architects
image © designboom

the 'industry experts' have selected designs across seven categories:
architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport.

architecture
brandhorst museum, munich, germany - matthias sauerbruch, louisa hutton
and juan lucas young for sauerbruch hutton;
british embassy, warsaw, poland - tony fretton architects;
high line park, new york, usa - james corner field operations and diller scofidio + renfro;
hutong bubble 32, beijing, china - ma yansong and dang qun, MAD architects;
maxxi, national museum of the XXI century arts, rome, italy - zaha hadid architects;
melbourne recital centre and mtc theatre project, melbourne, australia - ashton raggatt mcdougall;
monterrey housing, mexico - elemental s.a., chile;
neues museum, berlin, germany - david chipperfield architects and julian harrap architects;
ningbo historic museum, ningbo, china - wang shu and lu wenyu, amateur architecture studio;
porchdog house prototype, biloxi, mississippi, usa - marlon blackwell architects;
raven row, london, uk - 6A architects;
tea, tenerife espacio de las artes, canary islands, spain - herzog & de meuron;
youl hwa dang book hall, paju book city, south korea - architecture research unit (aru),
london metropolitan university with network in architecture (nia), seoul.

fashion
accessories and artefacts: women’s lives in paris 1940-1944 exhibition, curated by the musée galliera
and the memorial-musée, designed by jean-jacques raynaud, graphics by CL design, france;
alexander mcqueen spring/summer ’10 and spring/summer ’10 catwalk presentation, france;
beth ditto at evans, (beth ditto and lisa marie peacock) UK;
boudicca spring/summer ’10 real girl lookbook, UK;
christopher kane spring/summer ’09, UK;
goggle jacket ‘989–‘009, by aitor throup for C.P. company, UK;
hats: an anthology by stephen jones, v&a museum, london, curated by stephen jones and oriole cullen, UK;
madeleine vionnet, puriste de la mode exhibition, musée mode et du textile, paris, curated by pamela golbin,
designed by andrée putman, france.

carbon fiber chair by shigeru ban
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furniture
360° work chair, germany - konstantin grcic
breathe furniture, australia - helen kontouris
carbon fibre chair, japan - shigeru ban architects
extrusions, uk - thomas heatherwick studio
grassworks, netherlands - jair straschnow
houdini armrest chair, germany - stefan diez
palindrome series, uk - peter marigold
pallet furniture, uk - nina tolstrup, studiomama
parcs, uk - pearsonlloyd
polytopia, australia - lucas chirnside
repair project, lisbon, portugal - linda brothwell
setu office chair, germany - studio 7.5


'gun cabinet with marigolds', palindrome series by peter marigold

graphics
032c magazine, germany - art direction by mike meiré
altermodern: tate triennial catalogue and poster design, uk - m/m (paris)
cafe of equivalent$, uk - kennardphillipps
corporate diversity, swiss graphic design and advertising by geigy 1940-1970, switzerland
- norm, edited by andres janser and barbara junod
daily visual column for de volkskrant, netherlands - gorilla
it’s nice that, uk - will hudson and alex bec
pig 05049, netherlands - christien meindertsma
russian criminal tattoo encyclopaedia volume iii, uk - fuel design and publishing
the happy hypocrite, uk - a practice for everyday life
the indian type foundry, india - peter bilak and satya rajpurohit
the newspaper club, uk - ben terrett
the new yorker, 2 nov 2009 edition, usa - chris ware
trillion dollar campaign, zimbabwe - tbwa\hunt\lascaris, south africa for the zimbabwean newspaper
typographic trees, crawley library, uk - gordon young and why not associates
voltaic: songs from the volta tour - m/m (paris) for björk
war memorial, uk - harry pearce for the science museum, london
yes, uk - farrow design for the pet shop boys

interactive
bbc iplayer, uk - bbc
bloom, uk - brian eno and peter chilvers
graffiti taxonomy: paris, france - evan roth
kindle 2, usa - amazon.com
l-e-d-led-l-ed, japan - dilight
onedotzero festival identity, uk - karsten schmidt and wieden + kennedy london
openframeworks, usa - zach lieberman, theodore watson, arturo castro and the of community
pachube, uk - usman haque, sam mulube and christopher burman
panda eyes, uk - jason bruges studio for wwf
the eyewriter, usa - developed by members of free art and technology (f.a.t), openframeworks,
graffiti research lab,the ebeling group and tony quan
the incidental, milan and london design festival, italy and uk - concept and creative direction
by daniel charny, from now on
ycn library, uk - young creative network


'smash' - blown fabric
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product
beehaus, uk - omlet
blown-fabric lanterns, japan - nendo
case abyss, norway - abyssus marine services for seabed geophysical
clouds, denmark - ronan and erwan bouroullec for kvadrat
design and democracy: blanke ark, norway - blueroom, innovativoli and kadabra
folding plug, uk - min-kyu choi
hope chandelier, italy - francisco gomez paz and paolo rizzatto for luceplan
kyoto box, kenya - jon bohmer of kyoto
l’eau d’issey ettore sottsass edition, france - issey miyake
pact underwear, usa - yves béhar
plantlock, uk - front yard company
real time, netherlands - maarten bass
samsung n310 mini notebook, japan - naoto fukasawa
ski helmet for girls, norway - per finne industrial design for kari traa
soma, tel aviv, israel - ayala serfaty
sugru, uk - jane ni dhulchaointigh
the idea of a tree, austria - katherine mischer & thomas traxler
the story of stuff, usa - annie leonard
worldmade sport wheelchair, uk - david constantine


real time
'the man in a clock', by marteen baas, video still
photo by designboom


'the idea of a tree' by mischa traxler
image © designboom

transport
gina light visionary model, germany - bmw
e430 electric aircraft, china - yuneec international
gocycle, uk - karbon kinetics ltd.
honda ev-n concept, japan - kanna sumiyoshi
land glider, japan - nissan motor co. ltd.
mission one superbike, usa - yves béhar for mission motors
urbikes, fourth generation urban bicycle, spain - eduard sentís

from this comprehensive list, the jury will select the seven category winners to be announced on
march 4th, 2010. the finalists will then find out who will win the overall brit insurance design
of the year 2010 on march 16th. last year’s winner was the poster 'hope', designed by shepard fairey
for barack obama’s presidential campaign.