In 1993, then 22-year-old Markus Freitag and his brother Daniel designed a messenger bag out of recycled truck tarps. Flash forward to 2006 and the c [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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The London Design Festival just wrapped up. With a mandate to “celebrate and promote all things design”, and from the looks of the websit [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 6th, 2006
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By no means a definitive list, check out these ten “seeeeeriously cool workplaces“. I often wonder if any of these high concept, really m [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, October 5th, 2006
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Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
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For the 2006 London Architecture Biennale Jason Bruges Studio created a unique wayfinding system consisting of pink weather balloons and strategicall [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
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While on break from ICOGRADA here at the University of Washington, we went to the Henry Art Gallery to check out the Maya Lin exhibit, Systematic Lan [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, July 13th, 2006
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Forbes magazine has released a slide show of the world’s top ten tallest buildings. Which reminded me of the MOMA’s sweet site of a coup [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
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Many years ago while travelling throughout Europe I discoverd the work of Spansh architect Santigo Calatrava. I was immediately drawn to the marvello [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 31st, 2006
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If you’re a designer it’s unlikely your aesthetic sensibilities cease when you go home. Apartment Therapy, whose tag line is “Chang [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
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Stumbled upon this manifesto by architect Michael McDonough while researching illustrators for a design project. From Number 7: The power to create t [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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I doubt architect and designer Verner Panton subscribed to a Less is More philosophy. Instead the Danish artist made a substantial contribution to th [...]
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, November 24th, 2005
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Two years ago, while in Ontario visiting with friends and family, I was kindly invited to my cousin’s new home for Thanksgiving dinner. Getting [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, October 17th, 2005
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Made of welded PVC plastic with inflation neck and valve, The Urban Nomad Shelter is designed to re-brand the homeless and re-map urban real estate. [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, September 8th, 2005
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The Billboard Building in Moto Azabu, Tokyo, was conceived as more a billboard than a building. Klein Dytham Architecture decided that the tiny trian [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, September 2nd, 2005
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This house is not a luxury resort, but rather the private residence of the late Sheikh Zayed, the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ru [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
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