apple and oculus rift virtual reality fans on pause.
apple and oculus rift virtual reality fans on pause. most disappointing news is windows platform chosen over apple and linux systems, at least for now. via washington post [RK]
discover design & gia awards winners. housewares 2015.
‘Discover Design’ is five years old in 2015 and is a destination of more than 100 design-centric exhibitors from around the world. The confines includes the ‘Discover Design Gallery’ featuring the products submitted for the gia awards; ‘Design Debut’, an incubator program within Discover Design, featuring 10 new companies; and the Discover Design Lounge with Wine Bar and Café. In 2015 over 270 entries were viewed by 20 judges to select the 2015 gia awards winners:
[ best Collection Design ]
global honoree
That! inventions > heat THAT!
finalists
Iittala > Ruutu
Jia > Steamer collection
[ best product design ]
global honorees
Eva Solo > Digital kitchen scale
Joseph Joseph > Can-do
That! inventions > scoop THAT!
finalists
Alessi > Cheese please
Big Dragon Design > Turbine usa pizza cutter
David Rasmussen Design > Wud tumbler
Dreamfarm > Savel
Po > Pao thermal mug
[ martin m. pegler award for best booth ]
global honoree
sagegreenlife > Firefly bio-dome
above> heat THAT! by that!
above> ruutu by ronan and erwan bouroullec for iittala
above> steamer collection by jia
above> digital kitchen scale by eva solo
above> can-do by joseph joseph
above> scoop that! by that!
above> cheese please by gabriele chiave and lorenza bozzoli for alessi
above> wud tumbler by david rasmussen design
above> savel by dreamfarm
above> páo thermo mug by po
above: turbineusa pizza cutter by big dragon studios
above> firefly bio-dome designed by daniel pouzet for sagegreenlife
[ 2015 judges ]
Specialty retailers, design and consumer editors, trendspotters and independent designers served as Discover Design judges for the gia awards. They are: Asko Ahokas, Asko Ahokas Consulting; Jens Bauerle, Global Brand Vision; Mary Liz Curtin, Leon & Lulu; Meredith Doherty, The Grommet; Mary Rose Gearon, Global Brand Vision; Michael Higdon, National Building Museum; Raymond Hu, Core77; Ron Kovach, DesignApplause; Dan Kraemer, IA Collaborative; Lu Lyndon, Placewares+Lyndon Design; Paul Makovsky, Metropolis magazine; Marco Perry, PENSA; Jamie Rowley, Fab; Billy Shelton, Chicago Architecture Foundation; Michele Tobin, Walker Art Center; Becky Tyre, Gift Shop magazine; Robyn Waters, R W Trend; Adrienne Wheatley, Culture + Commerce, Terri Winter, Top3 by Design; and LinYee Yuan, Mold.
2015 was our (DesignApplause) third year to judge this show. with almost one hundred more entries (270) than 2014, the competition this year was noticeably higher. all items were judged online – it’s worth noting, video submissions are compelling – though there were photo-only winners.
chicago designer scott wilson makes a case for apple watch.
chicago designer scott wilson makes a case for the apple watch. literally. apple looks set to launch the apple watch on 9 march and wilson will be ready to return to kickstarter to help fund a new case design for the watch. many remember his launch of tiktok + lunatik on kickstarter in 2010: 13,512 backers, pledged goal $15,000, funding $942,578.
left> anticipated apple watch with white sport band.
wilson has a prototype ready above>below and he said when the watch is made available he’s gong to buy one.
the apple watch is expected to offer three styles: watch, sport and edition and wilson believes owners will be looking to use the watch in extreme conditions. it will be interesting to see what his kickstarter pledged goal will be this time around.
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wilson is ceo of chicago- based minimal which owns epik-maker lunatik. before that he was global design chief at nike.
[ #epik notify me ] [ lunatik ] [ minimal ][ apple watch ]
lug trugs velo darts:strand design. designer gifts 2014.
above> table top darts – a new spin. classic pub darts go off the wall. laser-cut from cold-rolled powdercoated steel and hand-screen printed with an elaborate bird motif.
lug trugs – made from rugged, recycled rubber hand stitched with high strength polyester thread. stores newspapers, magazines, firewood, or soggy dog toys, lug trugs can take it!
velo – a bottle opener is truly a piece of art. it’s made from laser-cut stainless steel and undergoes a multi-stage finishing process to ensure it is perfectly smooth. inspired by the aesthetic of vintage steel frame bicycle lugs.
unit rack – will fit inside even the tiniest of closet spaces or on the back of a door. strong enough to hold your laptop bag. made from locally sourced white oak. tung oil finish. powder coated steel wire hook.
[ strand design ]
chess home sweet smoke house. designer gifts 2014.
above> man ray designed chess set – designed in 1920 using found objects from his studio. most of the pieces are geometric models made for still-life drawing. ~ just in case you are looking for a present for me… the chess set will do ..nicolae
design im dorf – designimdorf was set up in 1993 by stefan spitz, a black forest “meister” turner in the fourth generation. the company draws its strength from more than 100 years of skilled wood-linked craftsmanship.
360 booklet / sweet home – designed by yusuke oonoa charming and idyllic indoor and outdoor landscape appears as one discovers
swings, picket fences, pets, family, gardens, and familiar house tools in this quintessential, sculptural representation of home, sweet home.
wired store marks their 10th anniversary. designer gifts 2014.
this holiday season, wired marks the 10th anniversary of the wired store, which has become a go-to destination for consumers who are eager to check out a curated selection of the latest and most coveted products. in addition to its flagship location in new york city, wired is unveiling a new e-shop at los angeles international airport (lax) to commemorate the milestone.
looking through the curated offerings of the store, designapplause is reminded of many of the same objects we cherish. here are several.
dyson 360 eye™ robot – the future of robot navigation technology. just like you, dyson 360 eye™ robot constantly observes and interprets its surroundings. but unlike you, it sees all around the room at once.
icedot – is an emergency notification and identification service. they recently collaborated with poc and their octal avid helmet.
ballo – by don chadwick for humanscale, a multipurpose stool that encourages users to engage in short-term, active sitting. the identical air-filled domes serve as the base and seat and pressure can be varied just like a swiss exercise ball.
loop by libratone – slim, stylish and wall-mountable / airplay and dlna support for wireless streaming / this circular beauty delivers attractive fullroom audio on a variety of levels.
mami – an iconic “maternal code” in all its softness and roundness, by stephano giovannoni for alessi.
but, back to the wired store!
event> wire store
venue> 459 w. 14th st. (between 9th and 10th avenues) new york // los angeles international (lax)
date> 11 – 21 december 2014
pure haring van engelen:gagosian. designer gifts 2014.
above> pure shoe – limited to 100 numbered pairs exclusively for gagosian gallery, as shown here with a silver metallic coating. produced by ruco line and designed by jean nouvel.
haring/van engelen deck – deck designed by anthony van engelen, embellished by keith haring and produced by alien workshop.
leica t-system camera – leica partners with audi design to craft the world’s first camera with a body made completely of aluminum.
michael craig-martin at chatsworth catalogue – the irish artist has installed a new set of sculptures on the manor grounds, simple steel works that trace the outlines of objects like discarded umbrellas, a wheelbarrow, and gardening tools. while the objects themselves may be ordinary, their form and scale are anything but.
[ gagosian shop ]
leaves minimii twirler. designer gifts 2014.
above> form and function follow the principle of rotation. designed by johannes lindner for project watches seen at albright knox in buffalo.
vulantri – jewelry made in bali, available at the fabric workshop museum in philadelphia, designed by two architects. shown> cme swirl.
minimii – miniatures of arne jacobsen collection of furniture and homes to put them in, available at santa monica museum of art.
maison 203 – 3D nylon jewelry – collection available at the Wexner Center for the Arts. designed and created in treviso italy, wexner has entire collection to choose from.
atelier collection:dinosaur designs. designer gifts 2014.
resin atelier salad bowl | handcrafted, each resin bowl is uniquely one of a kind with individual colored shapes.
atelier waterfall necklace in brass | handcrafted, the waterfall necklace is created with brass beads that are separated by small gold plated beads on a brass bead chain.
medium atelier red candle + small atelier cobalt candle | created in collaboration with queen b in australia the candles are made with 100% pure australian beeswax. candles contain no paraffin wax or other additives.
[ dinosaur designs ]
@dinosaurdesigns #dinosaurdesigns
design for disruption: gopro.
gopro’s top-of-the-line hero4 black
eric woodman, who founded gopro, the miniature camera company, in 2002, said on sixty minutes that “it has revealed the hidden perspectives of human life.” yes, he had a stock to sell, and we expect boasts of profound impact for their products from entrepreneurs post steve jobs of course, but that is a surprisingly profound insight.
the gopro allowed people to record and share their best waves in surfing, their wildest leaps in mountain biking –and now their adventures driving.
above> photographer eric sterman using a phantom drone and hero 3+ shoots surfing the bonzai pipeline last december 2013.
gopro is helping to bring the dashboard camera into the main stream. bmw and mini now allow for control of the gopro camera from the vehicle software. the gopro seems on the verge of making the great leap that navigation units did a few years ago, from techie accessory to next cool thing. and they may fundamentally change the way we drive and think about driving.
the story of popular dash cams in the us begins with the meteorite that exploded near the russian city of chelyabinsk on february, 15, 2013. it injured 1500 people, caused millions of rubles of damage and made americans aware that many russians had dash cams in their cars–for their own protection. not only did the cameras record celestial events, it turns out, but misdeeds by other drivers and law enforcers, posted online.
video from dash cams has a vast life online. in the u.s. it was mostly police imagery: bizarre driver responses to being pulled over and humorous dancing field sobriety tests. no wonder woodman regards the real product of the go pro corporation not as cameras, not even as compilations of video made with the cameras but as the social media surrounding the compilation of the clips. by letting us record moments of adventure, on the road, or entire journeys and sharing them with other people, dash cams could have the same effect on the experience of driving .
some drivers will want to record episodes of horror or humor, others to document rapid or romantic stretches of road. there is a long tradition of filming drives, but you pretty much had to be a professional movie maker to do it. the most famous example is the cult film of a high speed early morning run through paris made in 1976 by director claude lelouch—director of a man and woman–the high-speed short film c’était un rendez-vous.
it is a very french film and often the flavor of dash cam compilations reflects personality and nationality. the russian compilations suggest the wild west quality of its highways. japanese compilations, by contrast, include terrifying tsunami footage and accidents, maintained by japanese trucking association for safety warnings. but the japanese counterpart of russia’s flying cows is different: the japanese news service asahi shinbun reports that dora dora douga website draws 160,000 monthly viewers to a “beautiful landscape” and “unique scenery” site. the dawn of gifu, a landscape view of gifu prefecture, is most popular.
another use for go pros has recently been proposed. officials all the way up to president obama have suggested issuing body cameras to police officers to help reduce mistaken shootings. but here too the disruptions of the innovation may surprise: won’t these cameras emphasize the point of view of the police officer more than that of the victim?
gopro equipped phantom drone used by police in east harlem building explosion in new york city summer of 2014
