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Mash Creative has designed new pieces for their branded State of the Obvious® collection exclusively for the Design Museum.

The design of these products has been heavily influenced by the International Typographic Style from the 50’s and 60’s & shows an evolution from their original S/O/T/O collection. It has been designed to appeal to typography and design lovers alike.

The exclusive Design Museum collection consists of iPhone 3 & 4 and iPad 1 & 2 GelaSkins, Staedtler Marker Pens, USB Sticks, Travel Card Wallets and Keyrings. More Info and Images over at DesignMilk

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Image:MIMOSA JASON BRUGES STUDIO for PHILIPS LUMIBLADE

The Brit Insurance Designs Awards, “the Oscars of the design world,” showcase the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. Last year’s winner, was the Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi that revolutionises a humble, but essential, piece of everyday equipment.

The nominations for Brit Insurance Designs Awards 2011 are listed on the next page:
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Image:Urban Africa – David Adjaye’s photographic journey Design Museum, London David Adjaye portrait by Luke Hayes

Friday 4 June
6 – 10pm last admission 9.15pm
Indoor urbanisation galore, the museum sustainably turns metropolis for the night. We CAN build it. Design your dwelling and move in. Enjoy your city life with music, pageant and entertainment to delight, and city sights and markets to explore. Be inspired by Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, David Adjaye’s Urban Africa and Sustainable Futures and be transported far away and/or to a better way.

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To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Design Museum, four leading designers have been invited to design an original piece of artwork, each reproduced as high quality limited edition prints. Tord Boontje, Margaret Calvert, Konstantin Grcic and David Chipperfield have supplied artwork which will be sold exclusively in the Design Museum shop. Each commission will be available as an edition of 100, strictly limited and numbered, these prints are exclusive to the Design Museum.
Each print is priced £100 and will be available to buy from DesignMuseumshop.com.

18 November 2009 – 7 March 2010
Often described as the science of everyday life, ergonomics uses the knowledge of human performance in conjunction with design and engineering to create systems, products and services which are safe, efficient and enjoyable to use. Our size and shape, how we move, what we see, hear and feel and how we think, all this information has been collated and applied by ergonomists to aid the design of both everyday and extraordinary objects.
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For 40 years, from 1955 until 1995, Dieter Rams designed or oversaw the design of over 500 products for the German electronics manufacturer Braun, as well as furniture for Vitsoe. Audio equipment, calculators, shavers and shelving systems are just some of the products created by Dieter Rams, each item holds a special place in the history of industrial and furniture design and has established Dieter Rams as one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century.
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Javier Mariscal, the Barcelona based Spanish designer, will be in conversation with Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic to discus his motivations and achievements across a successful and diverse career. Mariscal is renowned for his energetic and intuitive approach to design. Graphics, furniture, drawing, interiors and film are included in the rich repertoire of his creative work. Hear from a designer who animatedly communicates the passion and spontaneity also associated with his familiar cartoon characters.
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David Chipperfield exhibition Picture Credit: Luke Hayes

“This exhibition represents the practice and also its ethos,” says Ria Hawthorn, Touring Programme Coordinator for the Design Museum, about its latest exhibition on architect David Chipperfield. “As we have had exhibitions covering Richard Rogers and Zaha Hadid, it seemed to be the time, when he is now having work built in the UK, to do the same for Chipperfield.”
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