Category: Design
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The design can make positive change in the world: 2013 SPARK Award for Innovative Net-Zero Work
The design can make positive change in the world, believes SPARK, a community of designers and creative people, bound together by desire to initiate positive design-led change by highlighting the best new ideas and solutions. The SPARK competition pays tribute to work that breaks new ground by improving the quality of life while conserving Earth’s…
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The Personal Collection of Elsa Schiaparelli at Christie’s
Designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s designs and decor head to Christie’s The Schiaparelli luxury fashion house’s upcoming haute couture collection is set to hit the runway in Paris in January 2014. Meanwhile, Christie’s Paris is organising a groundbreaking sale of designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s wardrobe and decor. The famous 20th century couturier’s personal collections will go under hummer…
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Zaha Hadid’s take on that most traditional of toys sold for $22,000 at Charity Auction
A dollhouse designed by Zaha Hadid Architects sold for $22,000 at Bonhams for UK charity KIDS supporting disabled children, young people and their families. 20 of the world’s best architects and designers build a dolls’ house for the auction which took place on November 11th. Inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed…
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François Pianult’s third cultural project in Venice
Teatrino at Palazzo Grassi by Tadao Ando. A contemporary arts centre inside an eighteenth-century palace in Venice. After the restoration of Palazzo Grassi in 2006, followed by that of Punta della Dogana in 2009, the rehabilitation of the Teatrino in 2013 marks the third step of French luxury goods magnate François Pinault’s cultural project…
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Heads or tails. Nendo accessories for the contemporary canine
Nendo accessories for the contemporary canine. The contemporary spoiled dog has accessories like sculptural bones and designers dog bed from Japanese design studio Nendo. Nendo has come up with a three-piece dog accessory collection, consisting of a dog bed, dishes and toys, called Heads or Tails collection. The artificial leather bed becomes a little…
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Biomimicry & Mobility 2025. Solutions inspired by natural creatures
The Los Angeles Auto Show (LA Auto Show) announced that nine concepts were submitted by world-renowned auto design studios for this year’s Design Challenge, themed “Biomimicry & Mobility 2025 – Nature’s Answer to Human Challenges.” Each competitor’s mobility solution or system has been designed with nature’s inspiration while increasing function and addressing a variety…