TOCA ME design conference 2013 - Next Stop Design

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We have been supporting TOCA ME Design Conference for ages, now it is a time to make a Next Stop Design in Munich, 2013! On February 16th, 2013 TOCA ME design conference will take place in Munich‘s Alte Kongresshalle for its sixth time with renown speakers from all over the world. The goal of the event under the claim „Next Stop Design“ is a critical evaluation of design as well as the connection of the Munich design and creative scene with the international design centers.

Amongst the speakers of TOCA ME design conference are Zach Lieberman, digital artist, performer and co-founder of Open Frameworks, and Amit Pitaru, musician, artist and developer - both from New York. Furthermore, the french artist collective Pleix, type designer Andreu Balius from Barcelona and visual artist Memo Akten from London give insights into the processes and techniques of their creations.

Real exchange instead of virtual networking will take place in the lounge where the participants of the TOCA ME design conference have the opportunity to get to know each other, to exchange ideas and to finish the evening in a chill-out atmosphere with live DJ‘s after the end of the presentations (ca. 22:00). The TOCA ME design conference is an important venue of the Munich CreativeBusiness Week (MCBW) taking place from 16th till 24th February 2013. TOCA ME design conference is funded by bayern design and the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology. The event is also supported by Eventwürze and Designerdock. Organizer of the Design Conference is the Munich-based design studio TOCA ME, which operates in the fields of print, web and event design for the last 10 years. By means of the Design Conference TOCA ME has always strived to create a common communication platform for national and international designers. It has been TOCA ME aims to create with the Design Conference for national and international designers will share a common communications platform.

More Information and Tickets: www.design-conference.de

Magomed “MAGO” Dovjenko “DOMO ARIGATO” Series

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"Domo Arigato" as a series takes a look at the paralleled cultural influences of early childhood many of us have experienced and or have seen exhibited today. Classic Japanese cultural icons are infused with luxury branding brilliantly creating an conversation around the identities of the youth today.Mega Man meets Comme, Sonic meets Louis Vuitton, in a iconoclash that's a truly astute observation of today's influences. We are looking forward to seeing how the series is utilized within the real world. We've included an synopsis about the series directly from the artist Mago as well: "Whether Sailor Moon, Son Goku or Pokemon - all these Japanese anime figures were a big part of our childhood. My biggest inspiration for this project was to combine classic Japanese anime characters with luxury brands like Gucci, LV or Chanel to show the brand affinity of the Japanese culture. The series is also strongly influenced by my unique illustration style I've created over the past few years that is characterized by a strong love for details.Take a closer look and discover my passion for anime and luxury brands."

Shift Save Movement

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How to make simple hedron sexy and appeal? Here is the answer from German students Hojin Kang and Fabian Mansmann. Their diploma project "Shift - Save Movement" is kind of reflection on a metaphoric triangle: Human Nature, the Creator and Technology. The installation shows the blend of Human and Technology and digitally explores the boundaries of this collision.

http://vimeo.com/43910360

Axel Peemoeller graphic designer

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Freelance is a great part of design process but what about mobility? Here is a great example of movable freelancer - Axel Peemöller works and live on a boat in Mediterranean Sea and is able to visit any customer around the shores. But even living as a sea wolf-designer he has established a remote team of developers and creative people able to pick up tasks with collective efforts.

Instaglasses

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After Instagram Camera concept that we actually did not like for it's form lose function here goes a smart concept of Instagram Glasses from Markus Gerke.Instaglasses is a smart way to live "la vie en rose" or just "en Instagram". You activate the glasses by pushing “Insta” and option to choose between different filters. Then take a picture with your glasses and upload the image straight to Instagram. Voila!

Also worth to mention a concept made by Mauricio Thomsen for Ray-Ban Instagram (Ray-Ban has so many concepts floating around and still doing glasswork as it is still the 90ss of 20 century, shame on them).

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Elroy Photography

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Berlin based French visual artist and photographer Damien Vignaux aka Elroy shares his portfolio as 2 in 1. Today we will focus on his not that safe for work (NSFW) Photography portfolio top up by tattooed model shots and some fashion collaborations. Apart from portfolio he has a photo Tumblr with full sets of uncensored but still awesome shots.

http://vimeo.com/39964396

LiquiData Multitouch

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LiquiData is a multitouch application to explore your personal movement profile and to show other people engaging places by adding photos and comments with the help of your smartphone. It can be seen as a rating system that offers people the possibility to discover new spots in an unknown surrounding e.g. during a city-visit. Although a smartphone is not necessary to interact with the system, it offers you the possibility to give insights to your movements through the city and lets you compare your mental map with the reality. For instance, this system could give guests of a hotel (lobby) the option to share their walked trails and show other visitors their favorite coffee shops or parks.

Team: Gunnar Friedrich David Ikuye Pierre La Baume Christopher Pietsch Luis Grass

http://vimeo.com/43120464

Levent Aydin for The Tattooed Poster

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Some of you might have seen the collaboration work "The Tattooed Poster" of Mathias Nösel, Steffen Baumgartl, Alexander Nagel, Levent Aydin for Munich based The Chaos Crew tattoo studio. We got a chance to speak with illustrator Levent Aydin whose artworks and sketches were among all other tattooed on a real skin poster.

DC: What is the idea behind The Tattooed Poster and how you get involved?

Levent: The Idea was to assemble important events of 2011 into one oversize tattoo to show the skills of the bavarian tattoo artists of Chaos Crew Studio. The special was that the project was tattooed on real calfskin to achieve the highest grade of realism and authenticity. Mathias Nösel, the Junior Art Director of Serviceplan saw some of my works on behance and asked me to illustrate for their new project.

DC: What was the biggest challenge in your part of work? Levent: I think my biggest challenge in my part of work was to illustrate the motives that I had to do in a way that everybody can recognize it in just a few seconds. Therefore I chose typical attributes of the particular motives like peter falk as columbo with his typical musing pose.

DC: How long did it take you and the whole team to complete it? Levent: The whole project began in december and ended in may. I had about 8 days to illustrate all the motives that I had to do. I enjoyed to work for such an outstanding project and I am looking forward to hopefully start the next one soon.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Tattooed-Poster-Illustrations-of-Levent-Aydin/3804949

http://vimeo.com/41013416

Emergence by Susi Sie

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Cologne based visual artist Susi Sie released her latest motion film "Emergence" and we had a chance to speak with her about it

DC: What is the main plot and idea of "Emergence"?

Susie: Primarily this film (like my other films "BLACK" and "FLOAT") started as an experiment with liquids. At the beginning I had totally no idea which images I would get and which story I wanted to tell, so everything developed time after time. I like the conclusion of less being more, so I´m always looking for a way to tell stories in an abstract way, giving the observer the opportunity to interpret my films in his own way.

DC: What was the hardest challenge in the project you get through?

Susie: I think the hardest challenge in this project was to keep my motivation on a high level, even after months of failing and testing and filming and editing everything again and again until I was satisfied with the final result. Sometimes I forget, that making art, which I regard as my passion, is attached with a lot of really, really hard work. Good work takes time to develop, and interestingly, the final result is always something which you couldn´t have imaged at the beginning.

DC: How long did it take you to complete the video?

It took me about 9 months to complete this film... In the first steps, I made a lot of experiments with the black fluid, mixed with water and soap and tested many lenses to find out the best way to film the fluid. It also took me a while to develop a story behind these images. I think it´s important not to totally focus on a certain idea, to give the project the opportunity to develop itself in unexpected directions.

http://vimeo.com/43156247