awesome umbrella organization for affordable vintage industrial lighting company Historic Lighting; swiss lighbulb manufacturer Righi ; MoleskinePress, who will personalize moleskine notebooks and jounals; and Kornflake, a letterpress greeting & business card manufacturer that prints on used breakfast cereal boxes!
dead ringer for my late great mr snaggles, rip! this cute kitty pillow is from turkish designer müge akgün
(via moderncat)
![designers and design fanatics, take note! check out red dot, an organization promoting international design. red dot “… highlight[s] the importance of design for business and society, and…” serve “as trend experts” presenting “the latest developments in design” via their design competition and the red dot design award.
the design competition’s scope is vast, including automotive, architecture/urban planning/construction, communication, fashion, health care, materials, product and industrial design… as well as conceptual or prototype design.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1j047emHZ1qaoztco1_250.png)
designers and design fanatics, take note! check out red dot, an organization promoting international design. red dot “… highlight[s] the importance of design for business and society, and…” serve “as trend experts” presenting “the latest developments in design” via their design competition and the red dot design award.
the design competition’s scope is vast, including automotive, architecture/urban planning/construction, communication, fashion, health care, materials, product and industrial design… as well as conceptual or prototype design.
how do you define DESIGN?
(via katespadeny: q&a with charles eames on design, 1972)
a really cool concept from a really cool company, rks design
smart indeed! tradeshow design firm, smartdesign-fair
sustainable design = universal design = good design
Absolutely Accessible - Architects, Sustainability…Universal design is architecture’s next great frontier.
full article article at http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/absolutely-accessible.aspx
interesting quote from cooper-hewitt national design museum, smithsonian institution’s new director bill moggridge, industrial and interactive designer, and co-founder of ideo
seen while out & about
(photo manipulation by moi, photo by steve simmons)
a + d museum’s upcoming exhibit “eames designs: the guest host relationship”, part of the larger pacific standard time initiative. pacific standard time aims to tell the story of la’s art scene’s beginnings 1945 via a collaborative of 60 plus so-cal cultural institutions over a period of six months begining october 2011.
home sweet home
(Source: whereisthecoool)
a happy accident of mis-spelling during an internet search led me to discover danish-based non-profit index: design to improve life.
index: promotes design that has the capacity to improve peoples lives
index:award the largest monetary design prize in the world
index: defines design process and design thinking
index: shows how business and government utilize design methodologies in creating policy
index: respects grandma’s!
index: promotes creative and visual thinking skills in all aspects of education
