Bags of goodwill
British design company Twentytwentyone is organizing an auction where 40 world-renowned designers have created an unique design on an organically produced tote bag. The Bags of goodwill has been devised by Twentytwentyone to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability and fair-trad practice. All the proceeds will go to the Fairtrade Foundation. Stockholm based designer...
Eero Koivisto about Designboost
Designer and architect Eero Koivisto Eero Koivisto talks about the Designboost event which I’m organizing in Malmö 17–19 October. The theme for this year is sustainable design. Eero Koivisto will be one of the speakers at the lecture day (or Boost chat day as we prefer to call) it on October 18. This day is...
Plastic fantastic calculator
Sam Hecht and Kim Collin runs the design studio Industrial Facility with Ippei Matsumoto as senior designer. I think they make clever designs and I like their rational and sufficient products a lot. There is a clarity in every design solution. Recently I found the Ten Key Calculator with a nice retro 60/70s style plastic...
Designers that want to be artists 2
Below is another example of the ongoing trend where designers are entering the art world. This time it is a sculpture by Barber Osgerby that will be on display at The Old Royal Naval College in London 15 – 30 September during The London Design Festival. It seems like my “Designers that want to be...
K-Bench by Charles Kaisin
With an innovative combination of design and materials, the honeycomb structured extendable K-bench allows to be shaped according to one’s need. The poetic of origami blends with modern materials in a perfect mix of tradition and modernity. The bench is only 16 cm thick when contracted. It is assembled in no time with big paperclips...
Desert Lounge Weekend
The Desert Lounge Weekend will take place in Marrakech October 19-21, 2007. In an exotic setting you will experience great music from artists and DJ’s like Bryan Ferry, Dimitri from Paris and Claude Challe global nomads, charity and fine food and drinks. Daytime the surrounding are buzzing with commerce and Morrocan life and at night...
Up against it
Would you like your personal piece of art on the wall above? Send your entries to the competition Up against it which is a public art competition. The wall with a size bigger than 60 m2 is situated in Deptford, London and can be seen by more than 2000 commuters a day. Deadline for entering...
Lego work by Bjarke Ingels
The video shows the work by Bjarke Ingels group when they constructed a Lego tower of more than 250.000 pieces. The work took five weeks and will be presented at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. You can see part of the final result below. I will soon post some further images...
What is an environmental friendly car?
The car industry is preparing for the big “environmental friendly” fight at this years car show in Frankfurt. The one thousand exhibitors expect almost a million visitors to the stands. It’s good that the car industry finally would like to be environmental friendly (because of the ongoing ecological trend I suppose…). Their efforts are in...
Me talking about Designboost
Here is a short video about the event Designboost which I’m organising together with my associate Peer Eriksson. Designboost takes place in Malmö October 17th – November 17th and consists of workshops, lectures/debates and an exhibition. The lectures and debates on the 18th plus exhibition which starts on the 19th are open for the public....
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