Ethical fashion. Conscious style.
The ethical fashion debate. Panelists Lucy Siegle, Katharine Hamnett, Mo Tomaney and Safia Minney go toe-to-toe. via v&a musuem [PR]
Pantone bag.
Know anyone with a color fetish?
Seen at the Design Museum
Brit insurance designs 2009 winners.
“The design world’s Oscars”
Icon Magazine
2009 Brit Insurance Design of the Year judges are: chaired by Alan Yentob and including Paola Antonelli, Karen Blincoe, Peter Cook, Sarah Mower and Yves Béhar.
And the winners are…
The winners and shortlisted designs below. Winners were revealed at the Awards Dinner on 18 March 2009.
Architecture
above: winner— Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House (Oslo, Norway)
above: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Westminster Academy (London, UK)
above: Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos, Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Patios (Spain, Gran Canaria)
above: Steven Holl Architects Beijing, Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China)
 ø Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, Alison Brooks Architects, Maccreanor Lavington Architects, Accordia
 ø Housing (Cambridge, UK)
 ø Design Indaba, 10×10 Project (Cape Town, South Africa)
 ø Shuhei Endo, Education Centre (Osaka, Japan)
 ø Herzog de Meuron Architects, CaixaForum Cultural Centre (Madrid, Spain)
 ø West 8 + DTAH, Spadina Wave Deck for Waterfront Toronto (Canada)
 ø Adjaye Associates, Contemporary Museum of Art (Denver, USA)
 ø Junya.Ishigami+Associates, Kanagawa Institute of Technology KAIT Workshop (Kanagawa, Japan)
 ø McDowell Benedetti, Castleford Bridge (Yorkshire, UK)
 ø Subarquitectura, Tram Stop – Sergio Cardell Plaza (Alicante, Spain)
Fashion
above: winner—Italian Vogue: A Black Issue, July 2008
above: Prada by Miuccia Prada, Spring/Summer 09
above: Viktor & Rolf, Barbican Art Gallery and Siebe Tettero for The House of Viktor & Rolf
above: Helen Storey with Tony Ryan, Wonderland – biodegradable materials
above: Duckie Brown, Spring/Summer 09 – Menswear
above: Basso & Brooke, Spring/Summer 09
 ø Linda Grant, The Thoughtful Dresser blog
 ø Louise Goldin, Spring/Summer 09 – Knitwear
 ø Alber Elbaz, Creative Director, Lanvin, Spring/Summer 08
 ø Miuccia Prada and James Lima, Trembled Blossom, Fashion Film
 ø Maison Martin Margiela, Spring/Summer 09 – 20th Anniversary Collection
Furniture
above: winner—Konstantin Grcic, MYTO Chair for PLANK
Above: Adam Goodrum, Stitch Chair for Cappellini
above: Nacho Carbonell, Evolution Series
above: Wieki Somers, Cloakroom, Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam
above: Tord Boontje, Fig Leaves for Meta
 ø Tokujin Yoshioka, Venus Chair
 ø Ronan/Erwan Bouroullec, Magis Steelwood Family for Magis
 ø Shay Alkalay, Stack Chest of Drawers for Established & Sons
 ø El Ultimo Grito, Composite bench system for UNO
 ø Terrence Woodgate and John Barnard, Surface Table for Established & Sons
 ø Jurgen Bey, Witness Flat series for La Galerie de Pierre Bergé et Associés
 ø Nendo, Cabbage Chair for the XXI Ct Man Exhibition curated by Issy Miyake
 ø Arik Levey, Workit, work station for VITRA
Graphic Design
above: winner—Shepard Fairey, Obama Poster (show overall winner )
above: Daniel Eatock, Big Brother Logo
above: Mevis & Van Deursen, Baghdad Calling
above: March Studio and Aesop, Aesop Stores and Branding
 ø Troika, All the Time in the World for British Airways, T5, Heathrow, London
 ø Sender LLC and mo/de, official election campaign, Barack Obama Logo
 ø Kenya Hara, Designing Design Book
 ø Lex Reitsma , Jan Bons – A Designer’s Freedom
 ø The Guardian graphics, illustrating current financial climate
 ø Chase and Galley, IsNotMagazine
 ø Karel Martens & Enrico Bravi, Werkplaatz Typografie Arnhem, Oase #74
 ø Lorraine Wild, Martin Kippenberger exhibition catalogue
 ø Cornel Windlin, Rebecca Stephany, Marco Müller, Project Vitra
 ø Job Wouters aka Letman
 ø Engine Service Design, The Social Innovation Lab for Kent County Council
Interactive
above: winner—O’Reilly, Make Magazine
above: Lucky Bite, Dinner Table Game for Science of Survival, Science Museum
above: Troika, Cloud, Digital Sculpture for British Airways, T5, Heathrow, London
above: The GreenEyl, Appeel
above: Jeff Lieberman and Dan Paluska, Absolut Quartet
above: Joachim Sauter, Art + Com, Kinetic Sculpture for BMW Museum
 ø Rumpus Room, Video for Pet Shop Boys – Integral
 ø Bartle Bogle Heagarty, BA Terminal 5 “Live” Adverts
 ø Post-Spectacular, Fid.Gen Bar Codes
 ø Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis, Andreas Muller, This Happened, Events
 ø Troika, Digital by Design
 ø Media Molecule, Little Big Planet for Playstation
 ø Zoo Films director James Frost, Radiohead House of Cards
Product
above: winner—Singgih S. Kartono, Magno Wooden Radio, Manufactured by locals in Java
above: Senz XL Storm Umbrella
above: Francois Azambourg, Pixel for Ligne Roset
above: Tony Mullin, Green Felt Protest Suit
above: Marloes Ten Bhomer, Rotation Moulded Shoe
above: Kode Design, Armadillo Vest with Facemask
above: Joe Wentworth, Ipogeo light for Artemide
 ø Jorre can Ast, Jar Tops for Royal VKB
 ø Noam Toran & Onkar Kular, The MacGuffin Library
 ø Revital Cohen, Life Support
 ø HomeHero, HomeHero Fire Extinguisher
 ø CinqCinq Designers, Clean
 ø Demakersvan The Netherlands, LightWind – Outdoor lamp
 ø Trent Jansen, 3D Stencil
Transport
above: winner—Medellin Metro Cable, Line J, Colombia
above: IDEO, Aquaduct Concept Vehicle for water filtration
above: District, Trek District Bicycle
above: Mar Kayaks, K2 Kayak for Nelo
above: Eric Larson, Ricky Biddle, Ben Shao and Austin Cliffe, Balance Sport Wheelchair
 ø London and Continental Railways, High Speed 1 and St Pancras International
 ø Daimler, Car2Go – car sharing
 ø Alp Transit, Lotschberg Base Tunnel, Switzerland
 ø Richard Jenkins and Dale Vince, Ecotricity Green Bird vehicle
 ø KTM, Stunt Motor Bike
 ø New Deal Design, Charge Spots for Better Place
 ø Think Norway, Th!nk City Electrical Car
The 91 shortlisted designs including winners will be on show at the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Exhibition from 12 February until 14 June at the Design Museum in London.
Find out more at designsoftheyear.com
Quick drying swim suits.
There’s a new bikini in town that doesn’t hold water.
The nano-tech fabric is not new but it’s application is. Called Sun Dry, each fiber of the new fabric is surrounded by an invisible barrier that allows water to pass through it rather than being absorbed into it. The swimwear can’t soak up liquid, is resistant to chlorine, and is rated SPF 50. Limited color offerings are black to maroon to red, the suits are in the $29 – $99 price range.
Producer: solestrom
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Nike SW 2009. Interviews.
Inquiring – mind 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.
[via josh spears]
Model-morphosis.
The before and after of your favorite fashion models. via the moment [PR]
Yakkay bike helmets.
Bought the “helmet” last year. Clueless about Yakkay product offerings at the time. via coudal [PR]
Hand-painted mario shoes.
Loafers. Paints. Brush. These are cool. via boingboing [PR]
Summer. Men's fashion.
Metro sexual. Gay. Secure good ole boy. Who cares. 10 editor pick items from Guardian.co.uk [PR]
10 trends from paris fashion week.
1) shoulders 2) tobacco 3) stovepipe sleeve 4) forties / eighties
above: crotch-high boots
5) buns 6) shaping with draping 7) leather 8) boyfriend blazers 9) crotch-high boots 10) leopard print.
Voila! For more pix via the guardian.