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Tag Archives: design
Rain dance
Inspiring designs from Masaru Suzuki at OTTAIPNU for umbrellas and handkerchiefs
Pull your weight
Please vote for my design in this week’s Spoonflower design contest! Here’s the link. Thanks!
Basket case
I love this weave. Anyone recommend a good guide or book on basketmaking?
Girard Treasure
A new discovery, for me: Alexander Girard (1907-1993)
Design for design sake
I discovered John Edmark’s work in this New York Times article titled ‘Design Distraction’ about executive toys. Suddenly I realize that fabulous design need not necessarily be only practical: it can just be for the sake of design or relaxation too.
Birds of a feather
Wonderful window displays at Hermes in Vancouver BC this season. Just had to post my chicken halloween concoction: birds of a feather! Happy New Year!
Save the rhino
This week’s Spoonflower fabric design contest is about rhinos. We must raise awareness of the brutal poaching of these animals for their horns which many Asians purport to have medicinal qualities. 496 rhinos have been killed so far this year. Last year … Continue reading
Cloud chair is heaven
Must have! Amazing chair by Richard Hutten for Kvadrat. For exhibition only, not production – pity.
D School
Extremely inspiring Stanford course in design, echoes workings of IDEO. A great way forward in thinking. Read Solving Problems for Real World, Using Design. (New York Times. December 29, 2013) Also see Extreme by Design – a movie about the same … Continue reading
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