Our Way Design Academy Eindhoven; Transformation and Distribution Centre for Abandoned Household Items, Joost Gehem; In Vena Verbum, Tiddo Bakker
ARTS THREAD highlights the student and graduate events on show starting this Saturday at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. Our reporter Like van Wijck will be out and about in the city to tell us what’s happening.
Tim Pryde; DON-8r, Tim Pryde
Tim Pryde’s DON-8r robot proved a huge hit at New Designers this July and we are thrilled to see the University of Dundee graduate as one of the ten designers selected for Designersblock from the ARTS THREAD site. With less than a week to go, we caught up with Tim to hear all the latest news on the robot charity worker!
Innovation Design Engineering/ Chenwei Wang, My Family Signature
Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) is a joint product design, experimentation and enterprise course run in unison at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. A highly complex and demanding course, IDE students require a vast knowledge of industrial design, manufacturing, mechanical engineering and product sustainability. This year, the course produced two Helen Hamlyn award winners – Patrick Hyland and Samuel Jewell – both of which were given the Age UK Award for Inclusive Design.
Hywel Rhobet Vaughan, UWE Bristol
We take a look at some of the most innovative product designs on offer in our final installment on New Designers 2011.
ModularesLicht, Robert Hoffmann; Unconscious #1, Younghee Hong
Tomorrow sees the presentation of the TALENTE awards in Munich, prizes given for the best work in show from 96 young craft designers from 28 countries, chosen from over 500 students and graduates from leading colleges around the world.
Caméra Vision, Takuya Motte; Le Whaf, Marc Bretillot & David Edwards for Le Laboratoire
Since its launch in 1998 the Saint Étienne International Design Biennial has grown considerably. This edition runs from November 20 to December 05 2010 and is organised by the Cité du Design and the Saint Étienne Higher School of Art and Design. One of the key exhibitions on show is Demain, c’est aujourd’hui #3, dedicated to how we will live in the future.
The Plasticficator, Cedric Ceulemans; Transcendental Tunes, José Rodrigo De La O Campos
During Dutch Design Week, the two strands of the Masters in Design MAN + Humanity and IM showcase their work alongside the more numerous Bachelor graduates.
Roshini Ashnok Kumar, MA Design and Visualisation
ARTS THREAD takes a look at MA design shows at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD). Two designers who have recently completed their MA in Design and Visualisation are Roshini Ashnok Kumar and Fabien Rolland. The course has given them the opportunity to develop their visualisation skills whilst exploring the various stages of the design process, relating to their particular specialism. Above Roshini demonstrates these skills with her visuals presenting her ‘eco’ packaging of tomorrow for the MacBook Pro.
Blow and Roll, Oskar Zieta, V&A Museum
Polish designer Oskar Zieta’s Blow and Roll is now up and running in the pool in the centre of the V&A’s John Madejski Garden using a technique developed by Zita’s company Prozessdesign which uses compressed air to inflate steel.
C, mm, n Hydrogen Car, Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment
Sustainability is an issue of increasing importance within society as businesses, designers and consumers attempt to address our unsustainable consumption of resources. Sustainable Futures at London’s Design Museum explores the latest developments.
