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Craft Council Launches major Research project

January 6, 2010 in Design, Eco with 0 Comments

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Making value: the economic and social contribution of craft makers
The Crafts Council has just launched a major research project into the economic and social value of craft, focusing on portfolio working craft makers who engage with other industry sectors and community and education contexts.

They are looking for makers who apply their craft skills/knowledge/creativity in other industry sectors (eg fashion, television, carnival, leisure, tourism etc) and/or in community settings (eg youth, older people, criminal justice etc) who would be interested in taking part in this interview based research.
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Roll Your Own Open Source Joint

January 6, 2010 in Design, Eco with 0 Comments

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Duann Scott at Ponoko notes that a CNC router isn’t just a way of doing the same old thing faster, but opens up entirely new ways of putting things together and possible an entirely new aesthetic. Scott points us to Flexible Stream, where you can download fifty different digital wood designs that anyone with a CNC machine can use. For free. Scott is impressed. More Info and images after the jump via:[treehuger.com]
blog.ponoko.com/

Whitworth Art Gallery to Host First Major UK Exhibition of Artists’ Wallpapers from Feb 6th

January 6, 2010 in Design, Interiors with 0 Comments

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Allen Jones, “Right Hand Lady”, 1972. Courtesy: The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester
The first major UK exhibition of artists’ wallpapers with work by over 30 artists including Andy Warhol, Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst. Kitch ideas of home decoration are turned upside down as artists subvert the stereotypes of wallpaper to hit home messages about warfare, racism, cultural conflicts and gender.
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Ron Arad: Restless at Barbican Art Gallery from 18th February 2010

January 5, 2010 in Design, Events, Featured Articles, Materials with 1 Comment

Bold, experimental and inventive, Ron Arad defies categorisation. This internationally acclaimed London-based maverick is variously described as a designer, architect and artist. Ron Arad: Restless is the first major exhibition of Arad’s work in the UK. It opens at Barbican Art Gallery on 18 February 2010
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Paper Tiger Products: Eco Friendly And Extra Hardy

January 4, 2010 in Design, Eco with 0 Comments

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Australian Anthony Dan is the designer behind enviro-friendly Paper Tiger Products. Easily assembled and conveniently flat packed, the idiosyncratic structures, furniture and lighting range use triangular folding methods and are surprisingly hardy. Constructed from recycled / recyclable materials the products are can withstand heavy use and are manufactured locally. Mainly working with clients who need temporary structures, Paper Tiger Products took out the Launch Pad award for Sustainability in 2007. via:[PSFK]
www.papertigerproducts.com/

Review of young Spanish Design During 100% design London

November 2, 2009 in Design, Futures, Product with 0 Comments

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Naveta by Guillem Ferran
Young Spanish designers have some features in common: traditional materials, sustainability, innovative manufacturing processes and, above all, the use of very simple, yet graphic forms. Here are a selection of these new designers: Apparatu, Attua Aparicio, Cristina Toledo, Diego Ramos, Guillem Ferrán, OBJ Studio, Óscar Díaz, Tomás Alonso and Yonoh. They showcased their new works recently in London by “Eyes on Spanish Design”, an exhibition curated by Javier Abio and designed by rising star of Spanish design Luis Eslava.
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Brompton Bike Feature at 100% design london

October 13, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

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Brompton live assembly image © designboom

Brompton Bicycles  had a presence at this year’s london design festival with a number of collaborative projects with JAM. Inside 100% design London, there was the brompton live assembly  interactive stand which was a participatory display of the bicycle assembly process.

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Yonoh Box: Modular bathroom

October 8, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

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The finalist of the Roca Jumpthegap contest announced during 100% Design London, the “Box” from Valencia-based studio Yonoh is a modular bathroom system designed for architectural construction and interior spaces. The modular bathroom system has three different parts: first one includes a watercloset and wash-basin, second contains the shower, a small seat and two shelves with towel racks, and the last section includes extra storage space and serves as an expansion piece to enlarge the bathroom.
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