Some words about Designboost
Jennifer Leonard was one of the boosters at the recent Designboost event in Malmö. Jennifer is also one of the writers of the blog of the social design network Design 21. The other day she posted an informative and interesting post about her own participation of Designboost. Here is a short excerpt: Designboost was a...
DesignTide opening party
The funky Tokyo based event DesignTide starts tomorrow October 31st and will run until Sunday November 4th. The Japanese David Report friend Tomoki Kusakabe reports directly from the DesignTide opening party with a set of images that you can check out below. Thanks Tomoki! Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : designtide tokyo japan design opening party...
Boost show opening
The Designboost Boost show opened little more a week ago with an inaugural speech by Ewa Kumlin, the general manager of Svensk Form. The Boost show is built on an imaginary “sustainable wheel” with seven “spokes”. They are: environmental influence, innovation, emotional connection, aesthetics, quality, authenticity and compatibility. Our idea is that you have to...
Designers that want to be artists 3
Next in line in my series “Designers that want to be artists” is Belgian designer Arne Quinze, most famous for his participation in the Burning man project. Below you will see some of his objects in the intersection of design and art. I started this series as a follow up to my latest bulletin called...
More paper art by Jen Stark
Jen Stark makes beautiful paper art out of multi-coloured construction paper. Below you can see some assorted images of her latest work. Earlier post about the paper art by Jen Stark here and here. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : jen stark paper art creativity Andra bloggar om: konst, jen stark, art, kultur
Designboost – day two
Day two of my event Designboost took place at Europaporten conference center. During the day 25 different boosters talked about sustainable design from many different angles. The audience (there were approximate 500 of them) got the chance to listen to everything from designers, architects and ethnographers to trend researchers, professors and ice cream makers. The...
Designboost – day one
Designboost started with Boost meetings in Turning Torso (designed by Santiago Calatrava). The approximate 75 boosters interacted in 29 unique boost meetings concerning participants and themes. It was a great success. Not only were the different topics discussed lively, a lot of friendships were created as well! According the the participating boosters there were an...
Designboost lectures on Thursday
Tomorrow Wednesday October 17th will be the last day for registration for the Designboost Boost chats. The Boost chats take place on Thursday October 18th at Europaporten in Malmö. During the day you will be able to listen to 25 interesting speakers. The list includes Jennifer Leonard, Stephen Burks, Kristina Dryza, Thomas Sandell, Satyendra Pakhale,...
Right vs. left brain
Which way do you see the dancer turn? If you see her turn clockwise, then you use more of your right side of your brain, and vice versa you use the left side of your brain (the text information in the beginning of the film is wrong…) However, most people will see the dancer turning...
Designboost agenda announced
The agenda for the Designboost lectures on October 18th is launched. As you can see below it is an interesting mix of designers, architects, ethnographers, futurists, entrepreneurs and sustainable experts. I’m quite sure it will be an interesting day. There are still some tickets available at the registration page. Below is the agenda for the...
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