We absolutely love this packaging concept by Rethink Communications. Created as a promotional tool to show off their packaging chops, the back of each bottle contains copy equating the type of table to their view of great package design. Clean, simple, great typography, and fantastic color selections.
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There’s a really cool video of Bjarke Ingels riding a bicycle through the folded planes and spirals of the Danish Pavilion, his studio’s entry into the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. I thought this was a really interesting way to give a first-person tour of the architecture, and wanted to share it, but then I came across his TED Talk. It might be 18 minutes long, but it plays like an awe-inspiring and very informative architecture stand-up comedy set (no joke, Ingels is hilarious!). Sorry Joshua Prince-Ramus, but Bjarke Ingels just became my new favorite speaker.
Check out the video (it’s better fullscreen), then hit the jump to see Ingels riding through the Danish Pavilion. More →
Say you’re a DJ. How do you get to and from shows without lugging all that heavy (not to mention expensive) equipment? Simple, just get a Multi Touch Light Table. By graphic designer Gerg Kaufman, it allows DJs to control their music with hand gestures on a (beautifully designed) touch interface, much the same as they would on a traditional turntable. The project was completed in three months as his Senior Degree Project at the Kansas City Art Institute.
[ via designboom ]
A concept by German designer Cornelius Comanns, the ‘Bufalino’ is a conversion of the Piaggio APE50, a rickshaw or tuk-tuk, typically seen on the streets of Thailand, India, and other Asian countries. A mini-RV of sorts, the Bufalino seats two, contains a folding bed, a cooking area, refrigeration, a water tank and lots of storage.
My aim was to give people a better understanding of the country, the surrounding, and the range they have travelled. The travelling vehicle is always with you like some kind of a base camp, while also being used for moving on in an easygoing and spontaneous way.
Designed by Makoto Tanijiri of Suppose Design Office for a doctor in Obama, Japan. The client valued his privacy first and foremost, understandable as the new house is situated directly across the street from his clinic, and literally hovers over the patients’ parking lot. The cold temperature and close proximity of the sea also contributed to the design solution, an 82-foot white box with a series of interior courtyards, providing more than enough natural light and fresh air.
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We’re having some drinks and hors d’oeuvres at our studio this Friday to celebrate the launch of this BLOG, among other things. Helping us host is Adam Bier of Bier Legal, our neighbor and a bonafide mixologist. Come on by and join us!
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A design and fabrication studio based in Los Angeles, Ball-Nogues Studio was formed by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues in 2005. Since then they’ve been commissioned to exhibit work at museums and galleries all over the world, and are currently working on permanent installations for Santa Monica, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Check out more of their work after the jump, as well as a video (via designboom) of Ball and Nogues discussing their childhood aspirations. More →
Located at The Bakery, the collaborative studio space shared by our old friend Miki Iwasaki (below, of mi-workshop) and new friends Set & Drift in San Diego’s Barrio Logan neighborhood, The Farm Proper is an urban farm created using discarded shopping carts which have been lined with burlap sacks (from local coffee shops), filled with soil and planted.
Using abandoned/defunct shopping carts as our medium, we have designed a scenario to take over a temporarily available industrial lot to provide the community with organically grown food.
They’ve recently been featured on Fast Company and designboom (Make sure and check out the absolutely hilarious comments on designboom!)
A concept by Korean product designer Giha Woo, the ‘Constrained Ball‘ would allow one to draw straight lines without the use of a ruler. Additionally, lines can be drawn to the exact desired length with the aid of the wheel (to measure the line) and included LED display. An interesting idea, however it seems that the wheel only limits movement in one direction, meaning curves would still be possible. There’s also the matter of balance and stability. I’d love to see a video of this thing in action.
[ via designboom ]
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