To examine how spatial, material, formal, financial, technical and conceptual constraints can serve ascatalysts for innovative design.2. To conduct an investigation into historical precedents around rationing and provisioning in suboptimalcircumstances to determine strategies for working within limited means.3. To evaluate the history of the kitset and its adaptability to a range of different contexts.4. To critically appraise the philosophical and material nature of applied sustainable design.5. To facilitate community and industry engagement with prototypes in the public realm. 10: Pictograms | 9 Big Ideas That Changed The Face Of Graphic Design. What makes for good graphic design? You’ve probably formed your own opinions on the subject as you’ve looked through countless books, magazines, posters, and signage. And chances are you’ve also begun to recognize certain patterns: diagonal lines lend a certain dynamism to a page, typography can be readable or illegible, a layout can honor or obliterate white space.
But how did graphic design develop into what it is today? Fortunately, there are people like Steven Heller to pinpoint the big-bang ideas that led to the standards we take for granted. In 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design (Laurence King), he and Véronique Vienne identify, define, and illustrate the breakthrough moments that continue to inform contemporary visual conventions. When the authors began to compile their list, they made sure to focus on the big-bang ideas rather than "tropes or conceits—as in stylistic manifestations rather than substantive design foundations.
" Some logos are indeed as ornate as jewelry. Kamp-Rite :: Disaster Relief. Radical Reuse: Reuse. Post-Recreational Landscapes The new, old flyer for Cannon and Mittersill Mountains. While the creative redesign of a post-industrial landscape into a place for recreation has become commonplace, what is it that we do with our post-recreational landscapes. Well in New Hampshire, a state where the culture and economy is primarily based on recreation, re-recreationalization is the obvious solution.
In the case of the old Mittersill Ski Area, it is reused as a new ski area. Alright, so this doesn’t sound like the most creative of reuses. The chair lift wires are still held taut with a large concrete counterweight hanging 2 feet above the ground After hearing that Mittersill has received permits to build a new working lift in place of the old one, I decided to hike up and document the lifts. Mittersill Resort and the North Woods beyond The hike started at Mittersill Resort, what was the base lodge. Cow cope concrete counterweight many portions of the lifts are now grown in.
IKEA develops flat pack REFUGEE CAMPS designed to replace tented cities in disaster zones. Innovative flat pack refugee shelters from IKEA will be headed for war zonesThey come equipped with solar panels, good insulation and high ceilingsShelters will be tested by Somali, Iraqi and Lebanese refugees By Olivia Williams Published: 10:27 GMT, 27 June 2013 | Updated: 16:32 GMT, 27 June 2013 Swedish furniture giant IKEA is now expanding its reach into a new frontier - warzones. With its innovative flat pack shelters, now even refugees will be experiencing IKEA's self-assembly living.
Through its charitable arm, the IKEA foundation, it has developed an alternative to the basic refugee tent. It is hoped they will make desperate conditions for refugees around the world more bearable. Scroll down for video Upgrade: IKEA has developed its own version of refugee shelters, featuring solar panels for electricity and proper standing room inside IKEA, along with other refugee aid organisations, believe the flat pack camps could be the solution for the world's shifting refugee populations.
Walking Shelter. About Barnaby Bennett - Barnaby Bennett. About us | projectfreerange. Freerange Cooperative Ltd is a NZ based cooperative operating in Aotearoa, Australia and Atlantis. We are a non-profit company that provides a publishing platform for like-minded people, as well as quality writing and drawing for public consumption. We publish things like books and journals, focusing on topics of the City, Design, Politics, and Pirates. Freerange has contributors from around 30 different countries and over 100 people from a wide variety of disciplines participate in production of material for the books, journals and website.
In the five or so years since this little idea was formed, we’ve published around 10 books, 6 journals, 300 unique online articles, and supported a number of important fundraising projects such as the Songs for Christchurch project. We have directors in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney. We use online software (loomio) to enable this diverse bunch of folk to govern the decision making in Freerange. Minidoc - RIKEA By Antonio Scarponi, Antonio Scarponi, Marco Lampugnani. Sheltering Door Frames - Younghwa Lee Designs a Door that Shields Against Earthquake Debris. Cushicle and Suitaloon. About Gap Filler « Gap Filler. Experiment. Innovate. Create. Lead. Provoke. Re-use. Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started in response to the September 4, 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and revised and expanded in light of the more destructive February 22, 2011 quake. Gap Filler aims to temporarily activate vacant sites within Christchurch with creative projects for community benefit, to make for a more interesting, dynamic and vibrant city.
Gap Filler will see vacant sites – awaiting redevelopment as a result of the many earthquakes or otherwise – utilised for temporary, creative, people-centred purposes. With smaller-scale temporary projects, the community gets to try out new ideas and create a dynamic for experimentation. We seek to involve members of the community and volunteers in our projects at any stage, from suggesting ideas to the design, preparation, installation and maintenance of sites. Christchurch needs our help! We’re kind of like a community-centred, participatory innovation lab. 81 Ways Humanitarian Aid has Become Participatory. Update: I’ve since posted my full thesis and a short summary. My Media Lab Master’s thesis argues that information and communication technologies, and particularly the web, have expanded the range of ways the public can help in times of crisis, even (or especially) if we’re nowhere near said crisis.
Or, to be more formal about it, participatory aid is mutual, peer-to-peer aid mediated or powered by information and communication technology. We’re building a platform to help coordinate participatory aid projects, but first, I wanted to share some examples. Table of Contents: ContextA Framework for Considering Participatory AidWays to help:I. Help Prepare Before Crisis OccursII.
Build technical platforms to facilitate peer-to-peer aidIII. Context The collective response to a far-away crisis in the 20th century went something like this: But today, our radical connectivity lets us do things in new ways, and often without waiting for permission. A Framework for Considering Participatory Aid I.
V. IconLocal « Iconathon. IconLocals are independently-organized Iconathon workshops held on a local community level. The Noun Project created IconLocals to enable independent organizations and civic minded people to host self-organized workshops and spread the social design movement around the world. Organizing an IconLocal requires a time commitment and hard work, but is a great opportunity to create a new visual language around a civic topic you’re passionate about! To ensure that IconLocals are consistently organized to a high standard of quality, all organizers are required to submit an event application .
There is a fee of $50 to host an IconLocal. *Notice: You may not use the IconLocal name or resources without the approval of The Noun Project. IconLocal Rules & Requirement You may only host the IconLocal in accordance with the rules set forth by The Noun Project. All IconLocal Events must include: Once your IconLocal event is approved, you’ll be able to access: Garbage dumpsters turned into living containers by philipp stingl. Dec 12, 2012 garbage dumpsters turned into living containers by philipp stingl garbage cans turned into ‘living containers’ by philipp stingl as the demographic evolution in germany and other countries becomes more dramatic, social systems will collapse and from the ashes an aging society will rise, marked by crime, sickness and poverty. developed by german designer philipp stingl, these products designed for the homeless and elderly population presents ’house containers’ consisting of disposable trashboxes, drinking water canisters, freighthold and a lockable livingspace with sewage systems. essentially, these ‘living containers’ testify to an active and creative lifestyle for the old age without compromises. container home container bathtub designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
Stretching the 72-Hour Emergency Preparedness Window | Emergency Preparedness News. So, first the question: why today’s focus on 72-hours’ worth of food and water? Do most disasters only last 72-hours? Do statistics prove that three days of prepared sustainment is sufficient in most situations? We can find no supporting statistical data or resources to adequately address these questions. So then why the three days? Certainly 72-hours of sustainment will cover the typical short-term power outage, the heavy snow storm or the rockslide closing the main route into town. It will also somewhat mitigate longer times of limited resources occurring during serious hurricanes, devastating tornadoes and destructive earthquakes.
However, these facts aside, the 72-hour target has most likely been chosen by the industry in general, and FEMA in particular, simply because it is considered a goal which is “prudent and reasonably attained” by the American public. Bite #1 Determine what you and your family typically eat in a 2-week period. Bite #2 Bite #3 Do the math. Bite #4 Facta Non Verba. Pedal-Powered Tiny Homes | This Tiny House. Kevin’s Camper Bike – Stand alone art piece on a tricycle frame by Brooklyn-based Kevin Cyr, April 2008. Paintings on exhibit. Kevin is also working on the Camper Kart. Brian’s Bike Motorhome – Portland, Oregon dweller Brian Campbell invented and lives in this home full time. He has built several versions for himself and others and is looking for work at a bike shop. Paul’s Bike Trailer House – Paul Elkins of NW Washington has designed and built many (mostly recumbent) bike-related structures.
Casey’s Tricycle Home – Casey Wong spent 3 years designing this mobile home in Hong Kong. Moveable feast. Home Rejuvenation (by KNQ Associates): HANDS-ON SUNDAY: FURNITURE MADE OUT OF USED BOOKS. Books remain as one of the most common unwanted objects but they're also not often thought of as being recyclable. And that's why people need to think again: value can be easily be added to discarded books through a little ingenuity and redefinition of context.
Anyone possessed of old magazines or unwanted books can strap them together (although this is optional) into blocks to form makeshift stools and tables. Use them with other easily obtainable materials and household items like plywood, glass or pillow, and there is literally no end to what one can achieve. Stan. Shipping Container Homes: Cargotecture by Hybrid Architecture Container Home. Cargotecture by Hybrid Architecture Container Home Nice design with sliding wall to seal container when not in use. Prusso/design. Book Review - Unfolded-Paper In Design, Art, Architecture And Industry. Unfolded - Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry, by Petra Schmidt and Nicola Stattmann (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher Birkhäuser says: In "Unfolded--Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry" paper conquers the third dimension and demonstrates the undreamed-of possibilities it holds today for lightweight construction, product design, fashion and art.
From "Paper", the collection of bags by Stefan Diez, to Konstantin Grcic's paper models and the scented paper garments of Issey Miyake, this book presents paper as a high-quality contemporary and ecological material. An enormous selection of projects, the lavish design and numerous illustrations provide designers with invaluable inspiration for their work. The content core of the book is a comprehensive list of state-of-the-art paper products and innovative paper technologies, supporting designers in their everyday work with detailed information on the "high-tech" material paper. Image: Marcelo Coelho/XS Labs (image) Bonus! RFID Paper Radio. Paper lately seems to have caught the fancy of artists, designers and crafters alike.
The latest fusion of paper crafts and technology is a laser cut paper radio created by Matt Brown. Equip with RFID chips, each paper radio is programmed with a preference for a particular musician or band. When placed over a speaker (embedded with an RFID reader I assume), the radios triggers the musician's or band's songs to play. The concept, I believe, is to bring a certain set of tangibility to the now intangible world of digital music and internet radio. It would be pretty cool though if they weren't all shaped like radios—I'd love to have a collection of charming paper trinkets, each assigned to a particular genre of music. via Mocoloco.
Paper Speaker: Japanese company sells DIY cardboard speakers. It seems Japanese papercraft art isn’t limited to Origami or Pellermodels but also has something in store for us gadget fans. Case in point: The Paper Speaker [JP], announced yesterday by Tokyo-based Princeton for use with your PC (or any device sporting a USB port). Designed like a retro audio device, the speaker will be shipped to you as a DIY cardboard kit.
Buyers essentially get a 3W amp and 1W speaker (mono), just housed in a paper box and ready to be plugged into your PC via USB. Princeton offers the 60g-kit in three different versions (pictured above) for $22 each. As the Paper Speaker is Japan-only, people living outside Nippon will need to ask the Japan Trend Shop or Geek Stuff 4 U to get one for them (Michael Keferl from CScout Japan/the Japan Trend Shop writes about the kit in his blog, too). Eco friendly gadgets made from cardboard. Jacqueline Bradley -- Home. Heat to the Rescue: Sturdy Oil Drum Survival Kit Also Converts Into Stove.
B L O O D A N D C H A M P A G N E . C O M: READYKEA an Exhibition Device for DADA New York II: The Revolution to Smash Capitalism. — Conceptual Devices. Word It Search. Affordable bamboo housing floats when it floods. Hotello packs a 40 square foot hotel room and office into a box. Would-be Hoboes: Your Dream House Has Arrived. WANTED: The JakPak, a Jacket That Converts Into a Tent. Sign of the Times: Your Personal Hobo-mobile. A Portable, Rolling Home That Unfolds Like a Slinky. Radical Reclaimed Furniture: 13 Trash Transformations. Single Plywood Piece is the Extreme in Flat-Pack Furniture.
Crazy Cool Camping: 15 Terrific Tents, Forts and Tipis. Sebastiaan Kaal - The Round House Project - Dymaxion Deployment Unit (D.D.U.) - 1940. Sebastiaan Kaal - Architecture - The round house project. SketchChair by Diatom Studio. Development » Kickstarter Miniatures. Robin Lasser: Artwork. Death by Architecture. Failed Architecture: the case of Zalmhaven / workshop with FA Mobile | 19-21 May: Prototyping Futures. The Cave Retreat. United States Navy: Quonset Huts. RETROFUTURO 18. Cushicle and Suitaloon: A Private Residence. Forrest Jessee. THE INFLATABLE DRESS. Architecture à porter | Blog. FUTUROTEXTILES 3 - Forrest Jessee.