uk’s design council calls on businesses to think design.

would love to hear her sing with prince. live from shepherds bush empire, london May 28, 2007.

chicago loves the blues. now yellow goes green.

uh, about that paperless society …

getting in shape for zero waste.

Sony transforms real life tarp ads into one-of-a-kind jeans. There, shoppers could browse the whole collection and guys decked out in mountain climbing gear scaled the walls to bring them the pair of their choice.

noorda, one of seven founders for unimark international, an American design firm founded in Chicago in 1964. the founding designers: ralph eckerstrom, massimo vignelli, james fogelman, wally gutches, larry klein, robert moldafsky, and noorda.

the day of chiat/day—passed away at the age of 77. day had co-founded chiat/day with jay chiat in 1968.

1972. charles and ray eames polaroid SX-70 promo film.

recently [greened] Bank of America Tower, New York’s second tallest building and a possible contender for the ZEROprize.

Chicago’s AFL-CIO investment trusts take a pass. When Chicago was in the running for the 2016 Olympics, the local AFL-CIO Investment trusts signaled interest in helping foot the bill for an Olympic Village in Chicago. The trusts represent 24 trades. But two union funds identified by a local labor leader and a Spire spokeswoman as [...]

I.D. was the oldest product design magazine in USA.

snack-itecture. hungry writer meets deadline. food for thought.

costello identifies peer-to-peer feelings that are evoked regarding their creativity, their product, and how creativity is critiqued when the source is new, unfamiliar.

principles gleaned from pioneers of the prairie style.

the Chicago Spire was under a shadow of the 2016 Olympics until a few weeks ago.

she turned quickly to burnishing his legacy.

president’s arts and humanities committee.

google earth alphabet.

art & design not alone.

what were they thinking?

Another life’s universal equations.

First peek at finalists in various contests.

313 (501 KM) miles on single charge.

It’s amazing to see how the power of design has grown in the past decade.

architectural video schmideo by sergej hein.

Fast Company’s 2009 design masters.

change happens because people are deeply passionate, and have a great love for the work they do.

Here’s an article from a Zen blog that’s more about a minimal lifestyle than aesthetics. As a designer who loves minimal aesthetics, the process of pealing away to the bare essentials, this was a most interesting find…

Hong Kong has decided to combat the area’s pollution problems by deploying solar-powered ferries.

If you’ve ever wanted to design your own font, step one: get a car.

Some people recycle their trash. Others recycle their trash dumpsters.

The Tesla of the electric scooter world is on life support. Almost everyone laid off.

Down with verdana?!

A new contractor has been hired with an August 1 deadline.

An open letter.

“Everyday design.” Police cars, cornflakes…

Better off with nothing. The decision to scrap a Frank Gehry design takes away an opportunity to build a significant structure is viewed as a major blow to architecture and the public trust.

1956.

Bernardo-Rudofsky. A question I never really thought about until now.

Manhattan skyline remains (not anymore ) signage free.

No design in this team org chart.

Everything can and is questioned.

Francis bacon at 100.

Economic crisis here. But why not always? 10 principles to keep in mind.

Aaron Draplin. How do you really feel?

The Architectural League’s 2009 Emerging Voices honorees interviewed by Archinect.

A 3-D city is generated dynamically each time the program runs. Check it out.

Lego Falling Waters and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

And the most creative job title goes to…chief of minimally invasive, general, and robotic surgery, Dr. Pier Giulianotti

Studio Daniel Libeskind Wins International Master Plan Competition to Create 34 Million Square Foot, $20 Billion New Riverfront Development District in Seoul, South Korea

I love roller coasters. Especially the very first huge plunge.

Multimedia installation at The Philips Pavilion at the World Fair 1958.

How do you innovate in a recession?

Milan 09: Dezeen has teamed up with VOID watches again offers the chance to win a watch from new V.01EL collection.

This video’s been around, but now slightly updated. Still fascinating.

New York City 250 years from now.

Real life drama. 8-bit video game flash back. MIDI electronic music. A Stop motion animation. Well executed and created by Tea and Cheese for a UK water-slide themed competition.

Getting shit done. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.

Like the Empire State Building in NYC, Sears Tower in Chicago, Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, The Shard at London Bridge will become a recognizable symbol of London throughout the world.

30 simple tips to make you look smart. These aren’t design tips. But everyday tips.

Graphic designers Alexander Boxill have redesigned architecture magazine the Architectural Review, which relaunches this month.

At the moment the Tesla Model S is still a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a white cloth. Tesla has revealed the EV will list for $57,400, which after the $7,500 federal tax credit puts the final price at just under $50,000. Almost $40,000 less than the Fisher Karma and $10,000 more than the estimated price of Chevy Volt. No one that we know has seen it but a grand unveiling is set for this Thursday at Tesla’s design studio.

The Spire from starchitect Santiago Calatrava may rise after all, if the developer can make a deal to have the AFL-CIO’s pension fund pay for it to secure five years of construction jobs.

Designer’s farewell project (1980) fighting off wrecking ball. Concrete Modernism not currently in style and preservationists battling a city with a lousy reputation for preservation. Barry Bergdoll, the Museum of Modern Art’s chief curator of architecture and design, calls the building a masterpiece.

A classically trained graphic designer says goodbye. “When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to solve problems. Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better.”

Baaaravo! A Baa-Studs new release. Amazingly, devoid of CG, blue screen shananigins. LED-strapped sheep art at its best.

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like…” The Mac is 25 this year.

Not the sign you see every day in a museum.

Who’s your daddy?

Gettoblaster sounds off while clamp lamp torches loupe. Go to shopping cart. Share

She loves the ocean, is great at entertaining guests, and likes to hang out in style outdoors. You already know the Airstream trailer from supporting roles in Hollywood films, and as a favored mode of transport for nomadic hipsters. Now, the iconic “silver bullet” is hitting the party circuit. Who’s playing chauffeur, you ask? Why, a brand new MINI Cooper S Clubman, of course!

Inquiringmind Magazine interviews not one, but three Nike designers: talent shaping, being shaped by, the company. Also catch a glimpse of the new product, Sportswear Spring 2009.

Shower, job, breakfast, commute, paper, pencil, stare, erase, trash, repetition… Share

1) shoulders 2) tobacco 3) stovepipe sleeve 4) forties/eighties 5) buns 6) shaping with draping 7) leather boyfriend blazers 9) crotch-high boots 10) leopard print. See pix.

An Israeli design student, was shocked to see how kids with disabilities were deprived of the simple pleasure of pedaling around on a tricycle. So he created an ingenious new version that’s far easier to ride for kids with motor-function disabilities. Rather than the two wheels in back, he moved these to the front, making the trike easier to get on.

Takasugi-an ( too-high tea house), a tea house in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Architect: Terunobu Fujimori

kevin lin also has a wicked rubiks cube video [via] Share

Milan, design capital of the world, will soon have a new ecological hotel called Green Business Hotel. The brainchild of architect Giuseppe Tortato and Milano Layout, will turn an old mill into an innovative four-star hotel in the heart of Milan. The “carbon free” hotel will use only renewable energy technologies. Sprawling over 13,000 square [...]

One of my favorite competitions. Waiting for when the knockoff looks better than original. And the winners are… #3 — trying real hard to change this and that. #2 — great job copying every detail. hopefully knockoff is xxx-large. #1 — and the best rip of 2009.

Do you have to have great drawing skills today to be a great designer? Good sketcher says, “Sketching is a must! Bad sketcher says ”Sketching isn’t all that important, what about model making?!”

“Design me a house,” demanded the dentist as the architect sat there benumbed with Novocain (or so the story goes). “I don’t do houses,” Lapidus mumbled. “I do hotels.”

I love flipbooks but haven’t seen one in quite a while. At flipbook.info you will find 5120. via manystuff.org Share

Robotic systems continue to evolve, slowly penetrating many areas of our lives, from manufacturing, medicine and remote exploration to entertainment, security and personal assistance. Developers in Japan are currently building robots to assist the elderly, while NASA develops the next generation of space explorers, and artists are exploring new avenues of entertainment. I really can’t wait for my robotic personal assistant.

Coal industry spokesman “doesn’t know” if burning coal cause global warming. Share

Frank Gehry. Poor me. Global recession sucks big time. Lays of 50% of staff. The Atlantic Yards project, 16 towers, if not in the toilet, on hold.

This year at Milan Design Week 2009, a Lexus exhibition will be called ‘lexus l- finesse- crystallised wind’ and designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Here is a preview of the exhibit. ‘Lexus l- finesse- crystallised wind’ will re-interpret the ambivalence of the Lexus design philosophy ‘L-finesse’ through a dynamic installation that combines unity in [...]

In 1919 Walter Gropius established the „Staatliche Bauhaus” in Weimar, a classical city in Thuringia, and started a new model of design. It was one of the most important and most influential design schools. In 1925 the Bauhaus school moved to Dessau and was closed down in 1933 by the National socialists. It reopened in 1986 as a center of design.

The Pantone Color Institute has released its report detailing the top colors for Fall 2009. According to men.style.com as described by designers showing at New York fashion week, the list suggests something of a Team USA bent (see “Purple Heart” and “American Beauty”). These shades (pictured above, left to right, top to bottom) are “a [...]

PINK I'm not sure why I hate the color pink. I do like HOT pink on the RIGHT people. above: can be found at lucky dog volleyball HOT pink signage might work for the right occasion. But pink sweat suits, ski suits, blazers, awnings, dress shirts, ( a pink tie might fly on the right [...]

USA Networks Character Approved Award 2009 gets creative. Winners include Charles Best, philanthropy; David Chang, chef; Shepard Fairey, artist; Lupe Fiasco, music; Patrick Robinson, fashion designer; Jennifer Siegel, architect; Jimmy Wales, new media.

News about the new stimulus package. Global warming worries. Quality of food on our grocery shelves an issue. How do you really feel? via ecowonk Share

Ben van Berkel of the Amsterdam- based practice UNStudio, has been selected to design a 5,000 sq ft pavilion in NYC to mark the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in New York Harbor. To be permanently installed by September at Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, Share

IKEA PS Collection 2009 consists of 71 products designed by 20 different designers, known and unknown, inhouse freelance. What unites them all is that the designed products with a focus on minimizing resource use and maximize accountability for the world we live in. Mix the thinking of the motto Design Stories without end and you [...]

If you said ‘maverick’ you’re surprisingly warm. Merriam-webster has announced its word of the year for 2008: ‘bailout’. Defined as ‘a rescue from financial distress’, the word is most fitting considering the recent presidential elections and economic situation which have weighed heavily on everybody’s mind. the word received the highest number of look-ups on the [...]

If it’s rechargeable, it’s recyclable. Don’t toss those those dead rechargeables out of your mobile phone, camcorder or camera—they can be recycled. In fact, they’re toxic, the industry wants them back and is providing thousands of recycle bins in the U.S. and Canada to make it that much more convenient. So far, RCBC claims to [...]

New York City announced the ten finalists in their bike rack competition. One of these 10 finalists will become the official city bike rack design. Winner’s were to be announced October 24. Who won? Top row, left to right: Next Phase Studios of Boston; Andrew Lang and Henry Dobbs of London; Federico Otero of Lima, [...]

How much brainpower does it take to blog? I know! Let’s ask a plant! Well, it seems that’s possible in Japan where a plant has been wired wired with sensors that pick up bio-electrical signals and converts the signals into data that’s then translated into Japanese. Are you following this? A typical entry? “It was [...]

Well, why not? It’s perceived reverse inspiration to many… What is Chrome? Google Chrome is an open source, free web browser developed by Google that has about 1% share of browser market. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user [...]

Five more days to vote. Did you know Crayola’s evolution? A corporate ethos, marketing statement. via pearweed DA editor responds to comment… Artist: cane toad Artist: diem chau Overheard: the crayon was mightier than the sword. artist: todd peterson Share