A changing role for design
The recent Industrial Design Summit 2010 in Cannes attracted top management in design and technological sectors from some of the worlds leading corporations including Audi, Lego, Samsung, Volvo, Scania, Sony Ericsson, Absolut, Campari, Bentley, Carlsberg, 3M and Nokia to mention a few. David Carlson of David Report was chairman and acting as moderator for the...
Sharing design knowledge in Arnhem Holland
Last week DesignBoost – Made in [Arnhem] took place in Arnhem Holland. It was produced by Swedish knowledge company DesignBoost in collaboration with Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten, Premsela and City of Arnhem. The theme was “Design for Life”. Designboost has put together a movie with images, films and sounds...
Muuto adds new design perspectives
Muuto adds new design perspectives to their collection of furniture, lighting and accessories by some of the leading Scandinavian designers. Muuto’s first new product launch of autumn 2010 includes a new interpretation of the classic industry lamp and a table with a characteristic and environmentally conscious concept. The UNFOLD pendant lamp offers a new take...
Mobile toilet innovation by Ecoloove
During 2006, 665 million Indians conducted their excretory needs in the open; polluting water bodies near their dwellings. This means that rivers and other water bodies get overfed with pollutants and other pathogens. By multiplying the yearly production of feaces (50 kg) and urine (500 liter) per person the scale of the sanitary waste that...
Has design reached its sell by date?
We thought it could be good timing to remind about our latest in-depth report called Time to Rethink Design the day before the start of the Milan Design Week. Has Design reached its sell by date? Have we not fulfilled Design’s 20th Century’s mission to market, style, brand, and added value, to innovate and to...
DesignBoost Stockholm streamed online!
The BoostTalk on Friday 12 February during DesignBoost Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm was sold out in thirty minutes. Designboost is now happy to announce that they will stream all lectures, panels and seminar online on Friday 12th between 9.45am and 5.15pm. You can listen to personalities like Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove, Ilse Crawford, Stephen Burks, Ineke...
Designboost brings Design for Life to Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm
The theme of this autumn’s DesignBoost in Malmö was Design for Life. Now the question is once again being posed, how to make design economical, ecological and fair when DesignBoost collaborates with Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. At this DesignBoost people of worldwide reputation such as Stephen Burkes, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard...
Design for Life magazine
The magazine from the event DesignBoost 2009 – Design for Life has just been published online. You can view it in fullscreen by clicking on it above. Among the contributing writers are Jennifer Leonard, Kristina Dryza, Martin Hoenle, Brent Richards, Kristina Börjesson and Katarina Graffman, Vanessa Gandy, Magnus Lindkvist and Kristin Heinonen. The BoostChat and...
Snapshots from BoostTalk at DesignBoost 2009
Here follows some snapshots from the BoostTalk at DesignBoost 2009 in Malmö. The speaker list included Ken Yeang, Ilse Crawford, Richard Hutten, Eero Koivisto, Max Fraser, Colin Drummond, Ineke Hans, Ary Perez, Katarina Graffman and Kristina Börjesson, Magnus Lindqvist, Roy Antink, Mathias Eriksson, Brent Richards and Philip Allsopp, Behrang Miri, Rapper, Filipe Balestra, Jonas Pinzke –...
The scheme for the BoostTalk at DesignBoost 2009
Here is the up to date scheme for the BoostTalk at DesignBoost 2009 on October 15th. Tickets are still available through this link. 9.00 WELCOME Inaugural speech by David Carlson and Peer Eriksson Session one To be confirmed Mathias Eriksson Filipe Balestra Max Fraser 10.30 ENERGIZING BREAK Session two Ilse Crawford Magnus Lindqvist Behrang Miri Ineke...
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