National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?
Posted: December 10, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us, Inspiration, Resources Leave a comment
Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia Smith will present the experimental projects and emerging ideas for the period between 2006 and 2009.
http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Why-Design-Now/
“Global Sustainability: Central America”
Posted: November 8, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a comment
Please join Green Living Project for its newest multi-media event showcasing cutting-edge global sustainability stories! This exciting Event features projects across Central America including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama! Free beverages and food, free giveaways for the first 50 attendees, incredible travel packages raffled off, LIVE music, special guest speakers and more!
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Popular multi-media event on global sustainability
- Free beer and beverages
- Burritos and snacks compliments of Chipotle
- Delicious cupcakes from Pretty Please Cupcake
- Free Door Prizes for the first 50 attendees
- LIVE music
- Great raffle prizes — including Travel Packages from La Cusinga Ecolodge (Costa Rica), Rios Tropicales (Costa Rica), and Amazon Conservation Association
- A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a featured GLP project
- Special introduction by Jonathan B. Tourtellot, National Geographic Fellow and Geotourism Editor, National Geographic Traveler
DATE
Wednesday, November 10th
6:00pm – 9:00pm (films begin at 7:00pm)LOCATION
Eastern Market – North Hall
225 7th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003For a copy of the event flier, click here: JPG
Presented by – Amazon Conservation Group
http://www.amazonconservation.org/photos/bolivia.html
Quirky
Posted: October 25, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a commentWe make invention accessible.
For centuries, becoming an “inventor” has been a hard gig to crack. Complexities relating to financing, engineering, distribution, and legalities have stood in the way of brilliant people executing on their great ideas.
Since launching in 2009, Quirky has rapidly changed the way the world thinks about product development.
We bring two brand new consumer products to market each week, by enabling a fluid conversation between a global community and Quirky’s expert product design staff.
The world influences our business in real-time, and we share our revenue directly with the people who helped us make successful decisions.
Why Didn’t I Think Of That?
Posted: October 7, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us, Inspiration Leave a comment14 Obvious Inventions You Could Have Easily Thought Of
You ever see a new product and immediately think “I could have thought of that?”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/why-didnt-i-think-of-that_n_643458.html#s113137
Architecture for Humanity
Posted: September 30, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a comment
Building a more sustainable future using the power of design.
Through a global network of building professionals, Architecture for Humanity brings design, construction and development services to communities in need.
In Search of the Miraculous or One Thing Leads to Another
Posted: September 27, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration, Resources 1 Comment
October 1–November 24, 2010
As a graphic designer, Milton Glaser has created some of the most powerful and enduring visual art of our time. This exhibition of Glaser’s work attempts to plot the path of a series of design ideas over a period of time to demonstrate how one influences another, and how any two ideas brought together can produce a totally new idea that cannot be anticipated.
Check out:
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/exhibit-milton-glaser
Sightseeing in New York?? A place to visit
Posted: September 27, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a comment
Past AIGA Gallery shows
Located at 164 Fifth Avenue in New York City, the AIGA National Design Center serves as a base of operations for the national staff as well as a source of inspiration for members and the public. The AIGA National Design Center features a gallery open to the public during exhibitions throughout the year, an extensive library available by appointment to members only, the AdamsMorioka Archives Vault and a green roof.
Gallery
The Gallery at the AIGA National Design Center in New York City is an exhibition space dedicated to presenting examples of outstanding contemporary design. These examples are not just displayed, but placed in context through dedicated, clear narratives that explain the process of designing and the different roles of the designer as an influential member of the community, business force and society at large. Learn about the AIGA National Design Center’s exhibition selection criteria.
The Gallery at the AIGA National Design Center hosts a range of design exhibitions throughout the year. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
AIGA National Design Center is located at 164 Fifth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets) in New York City. The nearest subway station is on the N/R/W line at 23rd Street.
Green roof
In 2007 AIGA installed a green roof—a vegetated roof cover—at the AIGA National Design Center in New York City. AIGA contracted Weston Solutions, Inc., to create the 1,156 square foot GreenGrid roof system to top its historic, four-story headquarters. Eight varieties of sedum were planted in four-inch-deep containers, lined by a walkway of recycled rubber pavers.
By “greening” its roof, AIGA pursues its ongoing environmental stewardship effort. Green roofs have been shown to reduce heating and cooling loads on a building, counter the urban heat island effect, filter pollutants and carbon dioxide out of the air, as well as filter pollutants and heavy metals out of rainwater.
For More information:
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/national-design-center
Design Research
Posted: September 13, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration, Resources 1 Comment
Image of Design Research Store
A new book designed by Michael Bierut @ Pentagram
Today, retailers like Design Within Reach, Crate & Barrel, Habitat, IKEA and Target have all popularized the idea that good design should be accessible to everyone. But the concept was first introduced over a half century ago by Design Research, the influential modernist mini-chain that mixed design objects from Charles and Ray Eames, Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen with eclectic folk materials and textiles from around the world and helped introduce the modern “lifestyle” to postwar Americans and their homes.
The first Design Research store was established in 1953 …
http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/08/new-work-design-research.php
Robert Campbell talks about Design Research
Design for the Other 90%
Posted: September 7, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration, Resources Leave a comment
“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises
http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/
A Better World by Design Conference
Posted: August 17, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a comment
A Better World by Design is a three-day internationally acclaimed conference in Providence, RI that connects students, professionals, and individuals from a variety of disciplines in order to build a global community of socially conscious and passionate innovators. Presenters share engaging stories, workshops teach creative skills, and discussions reframe perspectives. A Better World by Design is an immersive experience, one that deepens our understanding of the power of design, technology, and enterprise to reshape our communities and sustain our environment.
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