Retail Design Blog MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™ 20 Designers at Biologiska, Stockholm Design Week 2011 20 Designers at Biologiska; Eye, Sigga Heimis During Stockholm Design week, February 09-12 2011, the city’s Biologiska Museum plays host to 20 upcoming designers, both from Sweden and around the world. ARTS THREAD previews a small selection, but the work is so fabulous, we’ll be bringing you a second glimpse later this week. The Biologiska Museum contains collections of Scandinavian mammals and birds in their natural, ecological habitat, now set off by new work chosen and curated by French-born designer Emma Marga Blanche and Swedish designer Fredrik Färg and Hanna Nova Beatrice from Plaza Magazine. 20 Designers at Biologiska; Biologiska Museum The project came about when Emma visited the Biologiska Museum for the first time at Christmas 2009 and later met with the head of the museum Lars-Erik Larsson. The Mora clock, Karin Auran Frankenstein; 20 Designers at Biologiska Ausgebrannt, Kaspar Hamacher; Clock: The House of Possibilities; Karin Auran Frankenstein
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transframing Infoletter May 2009 - Dalton Maag ...and the library grows Last autumn Lukas Paltram, a young designer from Vienna, Austria, joined us for a three month work experience. When he arrived he came with lots of photographs of a typeface and sketches on how he could revive it. The typeface in the photographs originates as inscriptions on castle Hoch Osterwitz. The castle was designed by Austrian architect Paul Grueber in the early 1900s. Along with the architecture Grueber also created the letterforms. Lukas initially struggled to harmonize the initial letterforms into a functioning typeface. Effra has proved to be one of our most popular font families since its launch – a welcome alternative to some other fonts with similar stylistic features. Licences are available now to buy online. Zooming past In early 2008 Dalton Maag was approached by Imagination London to design a display typeface for Mazda's new campaign. The design concept of the font is that all characters are designed at an italic angle of 30 degrees. Back to Index
carbon collection sP: describe your project. marketa RICHTEROVA: carbon collection 6µm (micrometers) contains bracelets made from carbon fibre. the main constructive idea was to connect with a new material, which by its character makes it possible to activate concepts used only in science fiction. carbon fibre was primarily developed for aerospace industry, as the material is highly firm, flexible and very light. carbon fibre has much higher standards than convectional materials like metal, gold or silver for above-mentioned industry. As a result of this I was able to produce jewelery, which is very firm but light at the same time. Every bracelet has around 37 grams. natural structure of carbon fibre creates ornament, which is visually changing by the light reflection on the fabric from different angles. it is pleasant to notice things in human dimensions. but for jeweller or designer is very important to study materials from basic micro dimensions. a new option allows creation of timeless projects.
grasshopper « On April 3-4, I had the pleasure of co-teaching a computational design and fabrication workshop together with Gonçalo Castro Enriques (X-REF) at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), Portugal. The 2-day workshop, titled “Performative Morphologies“, was June 2011 | The Carrotbox modern jewellery blog and shop — obsessed with rings June 2011 Thursday, June 30, 2011 Why are my feet cold? Bonus link:Using colour a bit more sparingly but just as nicely is Italian jeweller and sculptor Enrico Franchi. Even more jewellery: Hunting for George (Australia) - coloured porcelain Sarah W. Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Are your fingers fit to be framed? Bonus link:Here's a gold ring that looks like a wire-frame model of a soap bubble! Arianna Blum (New Jersey) - wire & gems Nicola Reed (UK) - powder puffs Erga (Israel) - simple silver Tuesday, June 28, 2011 If you like the look of Mehndi but aren't sure about the dermal commitment (no matter how temporary), what about something that lasts longer than ink but can be slipped on and off on a whim? Bonus link: for rings with tattoo motifs, check out the pieces at California-based Tattooed Steel, where artists' designs are branded onto titanium. Jubly-Umph (Australia) - tattoo & rockabilly Anne Holm Alexandersen (Norway) - black leather Sandra Zilker (Texas) - colours & patterns Sweet!
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