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DESIGNCOLLECTOR IS A PROUD PARTNER OF ELECTROLUX DESIGN LAB 2010
To boldly use what no man has used before - the design competition that spawned DustMate Shoes and the FlatShare fridge announces 2010 theme.
Electrolux Design Lab 2010 invites design students to compete for a six-month paid internship and prize money by submitting ideas that consider shrinking domestic spaces. The brief specifically seeks solutions that address how people will prepare and store food, wash clothes, and do dishes in the homes of 2050, when 74%* of the global population are predicted to live in an urban environment.
“Now in its eight year, Electrolux Design Lab offers the designers of tomorrow an opportunity to test themselves and gain valuable insight in to the world of commercial product design” says Henrik Otto, SVP of Global Design at Electrolux. “This year we’re looking for concepts that consider the way we use domestic space. The ideas need to be green, adaptive to time and space and allow for individualization.”
September finals in London
Eight finalists will be invited to participate in the final event in London to present their entries to a jury of expert designers. The jury will consider entries based on intuitive design, innovation and consumer insight when awarding the first prize of a six-month paid internship at an Electrolux global design centre and 5,000 Euros. A second prize of 3,000 Euros and third prize of 2,000 Euros are also on offer.
Several design blogs mentioned Arina's Komarova award-winning shower "Cocoon". It took the main prize at Second All-Russian RocaVision Design Awards In October 2009 granting Arina a Product Design courses at IED Venice this year.
Dutch product designer Zlatan Menkovic from Intelligent Design sent us project details famous on the web already. That's Titanium Mouse to be produced for modern geeks from grade 1 titanium and high quality plastic resin.
Sand-Printing is a project made by Zanadesign for the Council of Cadiz (Spain) to promote ‘Cádiz 2012’ The printer runs with the cleanest and everlasting energy in the world: CHILDREN. It does not need ink or paper to print, also the message disappears with the incoming tide (or with the wind when sand is dry), so it doesn’t cause visual impact. It could be the most sustainable printer nowadays!
Design For Life follows the fortunes of 12 British design students as they battle it out to impress the enfant terrible of product design, Philippe Starck. THE MUST SEE! 3,4 and 5th episodes are under the cut. See 1 and 2nd episodes
12 отобранных дизайнеров участвуют в захватывающей борьбе за место в команде Филиппа Старка в его реалити-шоу Design For Life на BBC 2. Это просто необходимо посмотреть! Первые две серии. А здесь под катом 3, 4 и 5-ые серии. Каждая по часу, наслаждайтесь!
Nicolas Simon and Max Turnheim are architects who live and work in Paris. They have devoted the past six years of their practice and research to introducing programmatic logic into architecture and design. In 2008 they founded Ecole, a multi-disciplinary studio whose work extends from architecture to design, from graphic design to artistic direction. I personally like their Classic section where work of famous architects and graphic designers is described and showcased.
"Markéta Richterová is a young jewelry designer who uses non-traditional materials, such as perspex, Corian, and carbon fiber. Her jewellery shapes play with light, structure, and geometry," - Design Milk
Design studio Vlaemsch updated with new products. Vlaemsch() Birdhouse by Emilie Cazin The Birdhouse links the balcony to its green surroundings, the inhabitants of apartments to the birds out side. Lacking a garden in her LEGO like apartment building, Emilie Cazin created this Birdhouse in order to attract birds to her balcony and thus stand out from all the piled up apartments with the same windows, same walls, same balconies. The uniform balcony is transformed into a lookout for bird watchers. Birdhouse, with form that refers to, but clearly deviates from he parabolic antennas in the cityscape, is an invitation to the city's birds to nest close to one's window.
Design For Life follows the fortunes of 12 British design students as they battle it out to impress the enfant terrible of product design, Philippe Starck. THE MUST SEE! First/Second one hour episodes are under the cut.
12 отобранных дизайнеров участвуют в захватывающей борьбе за место в команде Филиппа Старка в его реалити-шоу Design For Life на BBC 2/ Первая часовая серия под катом. Это просто необходимо посмотреть!
"Her work has been described as "punk elegance" and "techno chic" and makes references to the household, especially boudoir and nursery. Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc creates collections that are a mix of La Femme et la Maison and Ordinary Life, Disturbed. Her most recent offerings were shown within an installation entitled I Will Buy Flowers Myself. Can this designer's work be classed as feminine or simply everyday?" read more on Mocoloco
