Sapin Verre Art Installation Invites Us to Make an Observation of Its Transformation

Sapin Verre Art Installation Invites Us to Make an Observation of Its Transformation

Designed for display at Place Pey-Berland, Sapin Verre is a representation of traditional Christmas tree. Mayor Pierre Hurmic decided to replace traditional Christmas trees with live displays this year because it didn’t follow the idea of re-vegetation. Mayor Hurmic is a member of Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) party, when elected he announced plans to […]

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Temple Of (City) Fabric for The Exhibition of the HKIA Annual Awards 2019-2020

Temple Of (City) Fabric for The Exhibition of the HKIA Annual Awards 2019-2020

Temple of (City) Fabric is an exhibition for HKIA Annual Awards 2019-2020. The design demonstrates symbolic analogy where the awarded projects would become the content that construct this exhibition space. Using a series of ribbon profiles, they are constructed to create a myriad of roofscapes, gradually transforming from the first ribbon that looks like “The […]

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Retrofuturism Firebird Nixie Tube (Numitron) Watch in Metal Body

Metal body, sapphire crystal, water splash and dust resistance, this retro futuristic Firebird Watch would look handsome on your wrist. Those cool USSR military grade numitron vacuum tubes (“IV-9” 1970s) display time in such a way that would make people stare in awe. The watch body is crafted from […]

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A’ Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Award Winners for Your Inspiration

A’ Arts, Crafts and Ready-Made Design Award Winners for Your Inspiration

Just a gentle reminder guys, A’ Design Award & Competition is still accepting submissions. It’s world’s leading international annual juried competition for design. So if you are a designer, this is definitely a competition that you want to be apart of. Design competitions are great platforms where you can showcase your talents, yes winning one […]

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Hongtao Zhou’s Shanghai Riverside Textscape Installation – Sailing through Shanghai Shipyard MIFA 1862 by Kengo Kuma

Hongtao Zhou’s Shanghai Riverside Textscape Installation – Sailing through Shanghai Shipyard MIFA 1862 by Kengo Kuma

Hongtao ZHOU installed 3D Textscape inspired sculptures in ship section to sail through the historical Shanghai Shipyard MIFA 1862 designed by Kengo Kuma. The installation is a composition of section plans of three large ships, referring to the curvature of the structural beams in the shipyard. Side by side, they carry the urban skylines of […]

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Hongtao Zhou Debuts “My Heart is with You – Rat” Zodiac Sculpture in Shanghai for the Year of Rat

Hongtao Zhou Debuts “My Heart is with You – Rat” Zodiac Sculpture in Shanghai for the Year of Rat

The sculptures of “My Heart is with You – Rat” consist of a pair of interactive cartoon rats with respect to the year of the Rat, and the meaning of “I belong to you” according to their Chinese pronunciations. The Rat is the first animal of all 12 zodiac signs, and it symbolizes wisdom, toughness […]

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Explosive Bamboo Installations Present Modern Design and Craft Using Traditional Chinese Bamboo Waving Techniques

Explosive Bamboo Installations Present Modern Design and Craft Using Traditional Chinese Bamboo Waving Techniques

Artist and designer Hongtao Zhou conducted a bamboo design experiment to create Explosive Bamboo Installations. The project explored the possibilities of combining one single bamboo pipe’s fiber with advanced traditional Chinese bamboo waving techniques to push the level of modern design and craft. Opening the fibers of one piece of bamboo was experimented upon and […]

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Growing Chairs Art Installation Breaks Ground in Shanghai

Growing Chairs Art Installation Breaks Ground in Shanghai

Hongtao Zhou’s Growing Chairs Art Installation breaks ground in Shanghai, in the old Siping neighborhood, in the Lujiazui Park, on Tongji University campus (World Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expo) and at China International Furniture Fair (CIFF-Shanghai) East Design Show. The installations represent organic growth of cities, free spirit within these spaces, and the neighborhood’s urban regeneration […]

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Litter-Robot 4 – The Next Generation of Smart, Self-Cleaning Litter Box for Your Cats

Technology has advanced in many sectors, including in products dedicated for pets. Litter-Robot 4 wants you to meet the next generation of futuristic litter box for cats. It is equipped with highest-rated WiFi-enabled, automatic, new sensor, litter-sitting technology, and self-cleaning mechanism for almost free-maintenance litter box. It’s an ideal technology to own for every cat owner with enhanced odor control […]

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Net_Work Installation at Honolulu Museum of Art Represents a Weblike System

Net_Work Installation at Honolulu Museum of Art Represents a Weblike System

Net_Work installation at Honolulu Museum of Art invites visitors to navigate through a weblike system in this participatory installation. The gallery space is connected and reorganized by abstract wall maps of global shipping, immigration, internet, air traffic and many others. Net_work plays with ideas of agency and autonomy in a global economy, and foregrounds notions […]

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A’ Design Award and Competition 2014 – Winners

A’ Design Award and Competition 2014 – Winners

It’s time again to announce the winners of A’ Design Award & Competition, with more than 12,000 entries in more than 100 categories from 208 countries, you will find amazing products, buildings, accessories, and much more. A’ Design Award & Competition has been a prestigious design competition that attracts thousands of designers from around the […]

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Chasing Kitsune Is A Yatai Designed by HASSELL For The 2011 State of Design Festival in Melbourne

Chasing Kitsune Is A Yatai Designed by HASSELL For The 2011 State of Design Festival in Melbourne

HASSELL has designed a new pop-up Yatai called Chasing Kitsune. Drawing inspiration from a mythical fox named Kitsune that possesses people and unveils its form solely in shadow, young and expert designers at HASSELL implemented this idea for creating their innovative version of Yatai. This is a Japanese food truck, which is quite different from […]

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Electrolux and Domus Academy in Milan Unveiled The Future “ReSource” Kitchen

Electrolux and Domus Academy in Milan Unveiled The Future “ReSource” Kitchen

As the result of the challenge made by Electrolux to the students at the Domus Academy in Milan, the concept of Future ReSource Kitchen has been unveiled. Design Manager at Electrolux, Bruno Lizotte revealed saying to resource is to re-generate, remix and relax. The ReSource concepts by Electrolux include sustainable thinking as well as cultural […]

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DuPont and Disney Presents “Tron Designs Corian” Based On The Film “TRON:Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios

DuPont and Disney Presents “Tron Designs Corian” Based On The Film “TRON:Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios

DuPont and Disney will present the most exclusive “TRON designs CORIAN”, an exhibition that draws its inspiration from the film “TRON: Legacy” from Walt Disney Studios, at Padiglione Visconti. The overall effect and appearance of TRON: Legacy has inspired several artists and designers across design, fashion and technology. The world of TRON has become a […]

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DongSeo University Industrial Design Project Exhibition – Oceanic Design (Part 4)

DongSeo University Industrial Design Project Exhibition – Oceanic Design (Part 4)

This is the fourth and the last part of DongSeo University 12th Graduation Exhibition of the talented students who major in Industrial Design of the Department of Design. This part is focus on Oceanic design. 1. Rescue Ball by Inyoung Kim, Sohyun Yoon, and Kyeonghan Jeong Existing life saving tubes are difficult to throw far […]

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DongSeo University Industrial Design Project Exhibition – Public Design (Part 3)

DongSeo University Industrial Design Project Exhibition – Public Design (Part 3)

This is the third part of DongSeo University 12th Graduation Exhibition of the talented students who major in Industrial Design of the Department of Design. This part is focus on public design. 1. Donation Booth by Sangyong Kang This booth design provides an easy access for people to give their donation 2. U-Pad by Sungkuk […]

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DongSeo University Industrial Design Exhibition – HomeDesign (Part 2)

This is the second part of DongSeo University 12th Graduation Exhibition of the talented students who major in Industrial Design of the Department of Design. This part is focus on daily products we use in our home. 1. Emergency Balloon System by Youngdo Kim This unit is an emergency system for our house. Pulling down […]

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