Friday, March 22nd, 2013
It strikes me as so important for designers (of whatever ilk, architects, product designers, web designers etc) to create an occasional concept piece on own initiative. It’s an opportunity to let go completely and discover the artist in you, and if it’s good, it’s clearly great for establishing your reputation. Here’s an example by Frank
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Lyall Sprong and Marc Nicolson are two designers from Cape Town who set up their own designer-maker consultancy called Thingking. They earn a living designing things for clients (some cool concepts, check out the milk cookie jar...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Abie Abdillah is a young Indonesian furniture designer who has a passion for local materials, especially wood and rattan, a sustainable material from South East Asia. A rattan palm grows very rapidly, is somewhat similar to bamboo...
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Friday, June 1st, 2012
New Zealand is known for its natural beauty – ‘pure’ New Zealand they call it. If you’ve ever visited you’ll know what I mean, you can’t help but be overwhelmed by the ever present views of oceans, bays...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Nils Vik used to make a living as a designer and photographer. He was really good too, winning numerous awards. But today he makes coffee. A strange career switch perhaps. But take a look at Parlour Coffee...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Emily Rothschild is an industrial designer who keeps on surprising people with her innovative concepts. Her approach is to spot areas of our lives that are often overlooked and develop new, often humorous design solutions. She’s probably...
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Chicago-based woodworker Zak Rose has some some great insights about entrepreneurship, such as the value of patience, or doing the simple, physical tasks to give your brain time to work out complex ideas and design. Zak launched...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Paul Tebben and Vladimir Radutny are two Chicago-based architects who are gaining a reputation for their innovative approach to design and architecture. The pair launched their architecture and design studio, IDE, in 2008 and since then have...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Some might argue that Jenny Pfanenstiel was born in the wrong era. Jenny is an internationally recognized milliner, or hat designer for those who don’t know what millinery is. You’d be excused for not knowing because in our...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Soon after graduating from design school in Cape Town, Wendren Setzer developed her own designer bag range, inspired by the stories that certain materials inherently have. The resulting range, named WREN, includes a laptop bag made from...
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