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	--- bamboo toy workshop --- in 2007, fifteen students from the toy design course at shenkar college, israel and their professors yoav ziv and assaf eshet were invited to china by the toy makers HaPe international ltd, to spend a month with them developing bamboo toys. yoav ziv and assaf eshet describe their experience: see more --- march 2008 --- poor jewelry --- the struggle between precious and non-precious materials of recent yearshas prepared a new avenue for 'young contemporary jewelry'.neither preciousness nor eternal preservation seems to be important to this new breed of arty accessories - with its value lying in its communicative potential. see more --- march 2008 --- the future in dubai --- with a focus on business and tourism, dubai city is ramping up construction on an unprecedented level. in fact, dubai is said to be home to 15% to 25% of the world's 125,000 construction cranes. a pictorial guide of about 60 new buildings in the united arab emirates. see more --- march 2008 --- FAR architects --- FAR (frohn & rojas) is an architectural design network, started in 2004 by two german architects mario rojas and marc frohn. it currently has offices located in germany, chile and mexico. designboom met marc frohn at his office in mexico city back in december 2007... see more --- february 2008 --- atelier tekuto - busan eco-center & japanese pavillion in gondar --- architecture studio, atelier tekuto began working on small, local projects in japan. after the success of their first international project in korea, the firm is setting their sites on future collaborations around the world, beginning in the unlikely setting of gondar, ethiopia... see more --- january 2008 --- nils holger moormann - no sale, just good advice --- as part of the events which took place for imm cologne and passagen 2008 nils holger moorman showcased a retrospective show at the museum for applied arts. the exhibition documented twenty six years of the german design brand... see more --- january 2008 --- gilles clement --- the french landscape designer gilles clement recently visited milan for a book presentation, where he spoke about his latest publication 'nove giardini planetari' - nine planetary gardens. ... see more --- january 2008 --- inbai kim - move in earnest --- the first solo exhibition of the up-and-coming korean artist inbai kim at the arario seoul gallery. born in 1978, kim remains a devotee of the most rudimentary of drawing tools: the pencil and paper. he selects images from the countless number of drawings he makes, then transforms the images into sculptural works... see more --- january 2008 --- electronic pets --- this month has seen the latest in the long line of electronic pets finally go into production, with the aim for it to begin shipping (to the US market at least) next month in time for the holiday season... see more --- november 2007 --- sprout: symbols to cultivate change --- savio alphonso, winner of the recent designboom competition love your earth sent us more images of the graphic research he did as part of his fine arts thesis exhibition in graphic design at california state university... see more --- november 2007 --- naomi klein - the shock doctrine --- in her new book, klein examines the rise of free-market capitalism throughout the world. arguing that it was not achieved democratically, but rather through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries, in what she calls 'the shock doctrine'... see more --- october 2007 --- michael van den besselaar --- the dutch painter, michael van den besselaar held his first solo american show in new york. the exhibition takes its title from a line in the popular sci-fi television show ' star trek'... see more --- october 2007 --- premio vico magistretti --- the shortlisted and winning entries from the international design competition 'premio vico magistretti', organized by designboom and depadova, are on show at the depadova showroom in milan, italy. the exhibition runs until october 31st, 2007... see more --- october 2007 --- festarch --- contemporary architecture in cagliari, sardinia. ... master lessons were conducted by pritzker prize recipients: rem koolhas, paulo mendes da rocha and jacques herzog along with fellow architects kengo kuma, massimiliano fuksas... see more --- september 2007 --- designing a second life --- copyright issues aside, second life still continues to grow. each month more and more companies venture into the virtual world in search of business possibliities ... see more --- september 2007 --- cassette tape culture --- the design of the cassette tape was resolved in the 1960s by the dutch electronics company philips as a portable alternative to the large vinyl formats. having not been patented the cassette tape design was quickly copied by many manufacturers leading to its widespread use ... see more --- august 2007 --- wind to light --- 'wind to light' is a custom built, site-specific installation consisting of 500 miniature wind turbines directly generating the power to illuminate hundreds of integrally mounted LEDs ... see more --- august 2007 --- haçienda 25 - the exhibition: fac 491 --- the haçienda (fac 51 haçienda) was a nightclub and music venue located in the centre of manchester, UK, which opened in 1982 and survived until 1997. the club was the physical representation of the factory record label - being ideated by factory boss anthony wilson ... see more --- july 2007 --- robert 'buck' brown --- brown was most recognized for his infamous character 'granny' which was a favorite feature of the readers of playboy magazine ... see more --- july 2007 --- ideodiseno x pixelazo --- they transformed big plastic bags into hammocks, which they hung in the unfortunate ‘plaza de la luz’ historically the ‘plaza de la luz’ has been a representative space for the medellín city... see more --- july 2007 --- transplastic --- exhibition of recent work by the campana brothers. regular chairs, multiple-seating chairs, lamps, illuminated meteors, clouds and islands have been created by taking advantage of the elasticity of natural fibre ... see more --- june 2007 --- artecnica --- artecnica founded ‘design with conscience’, a program to manufacture and produce products i n accordance with humanitarian principles ... see more --- june 2007 --- producing tropics --- back in october 2006, designboom co-organized the international design competition 'ceramics for breakfast’. among the shortlisted entries was ‘tropics’ by cuban designer luis ramirez. the story doesn’t end here ... see more --- june 2007 --- tony oursler --- 'dum-dum, metalbreath wadcutter' is an extremely articulated site-specific installation, which goes beyond the restrictions imposed by a gallery space ... see more --- may 2007 --- boris hoppek --- - I won’t fuck with you tonight - german grafitti- and street-artist boris hoppek is challenging every surface: taking his strong characters not only onto walls ... see more --- may 2007 --- pawel althamer --- in front of the entry there is a huge self-portrait of the artist - an aerostat balloon, more than 20 meters long, presenting himself naked before the judgment of the public ... see more --- may 2007 --- tobias rehberger --- with 'on otto' rehberger deconstructs the film making proces by producing a work of art in reverse, starting with the movie poster and ending with the script ... see more --- april 2007 --- tino schaedler --- designboom asked digital set designer tino schaedler (whose projects include, 'charlies and the chocolate factory' 'harry potter and the goblet of fire') about his move from architecture to digital set design ... see more --- april 2007 --- die gestalten verlag --- die gestalten verlag (dgv) is an independent media company based in berlin, germany. its name is taken from a german double meaning both 'the creatures' and 'they create'... see more --- april 2007 --- zhu yunwei: portraits --- each portrait consists of two portrait shots. I took two pictures of each person - one with opened eyes, the other with closed eyes. I then integrated the two pictures into one portrait ... see more --- march 2007 --- yoske nishiumi --- 'koi' in japnese has a number of diverse meanings: 'falling in love', 'come here','ancient way', 'intensive', 'with purpose' and ... 'carp'. fittingly it's also the name of the ongoing projects from yoske nishiumi. ... see more --- march 2007 --- ahmed askalany --- made of palm leaves woven with an ancient craft technique that has always been used in the villages to make baskets and ‘poor’ objects, his work eschews the lofty prerogatives of sculpture ... see more --- march 2007 --- maison martin margiela --- there is a definite common thread of the margiela signature - these garments and dresses are made of unusual materials such as porcelaine, playing cards, gaffer tape, handgloves, heats, etc ... see more --- february 2007 --- shigeru ban's pavilion for artek --- shigeru ban likes to combine the demand for ecology and sustainability in his architecture projects and his simple construction methods often emphasize ‘weak’ materials in building technology ... see more --- february 2007 --- wolfgang tillmans --- tillmans is acclaimed as a chronicler of his generation, and he has garnered international recognition as one of the most significant artists to emerge in the 1990s ... see more --- january 2007 --- on the trail of didjeridu (yirdaki) making --- francesco arcuri had the privilage of staying with djalu gurruwiwi, the foremost expert on making and playing didjerdu ... see more --- december 2006 --- men, war & peace --- 'men, war & peace' presents the work of david lachapelle and james nachtwey alongside a series of helmut newton's portraits of men ... see more --- december 2006 --- eden adn --- how humanity uses, manipulates and improves nature by incorporating genetically modified organisms ('gmo') into the design process ... see more --- november 2006 --- 'by hand' book report --- from screen printed t-shirts to embroidered toys, vinyl volkswagen sculptures to knitted landmines, products of the new rejection of the synthetic world ... see more --- november 2006 --- paola pivi --- the art of paola pivi is often described as surreal and other- wordly and in this, her first major show, it is easy to see why ... see more --- november 2006 --- tomasz walenta --- in my illustrations I try to use the language of posters, the conceptual non narrative way of expressing an idea. I find much of my inspiration in the artwork of polish posters ... see more --- october 2006 --- super fiber revolution --- tokujin yoshioka presented both new projects and a selection of his work from the last three years on show were ‘fiber architecture’, ‘snowflake’, ‘rememberance’ and ‘pane chair’... see more --- october 2006 --- rinko kawauchi --- the 34-year-old japanese artist captures the beauty of ordinary moments which we often ignore ... see more --- september 2006 --- unfinished objects --- 'I have been exploring the idea of unfinished objects left open and incomplete, until the owners add something of themselves by injecting their own style ... see more --- september 2006 --- people tree --- why is fair trade important ? to pay producers fair prices. to promote traditional skills. to support appropriate technology. to promote rural development. to make advance payments if needed ... see more --- august 2006 --- making sake 8 --- the munich-based designer konstantin grcic played with two circle elements and formed the number ‘8’ ... see more --- august 2006 --- barnaby barford --- ‘it is a wonderfully versatile material and almost any idea can be realised using the ceramic medium '... see more --- august 2006 --- marian bantjes --- I have no meetings to attend, and very low stress; my environment is green, quiet and clean. I’m lucky ... see more --- july 2006 --- antique stadiums to modern arenas --- to accompany the matches of the world cup soccer 2006 in germany, the architecture museum of the tu munich illustrates the history, development, of sport sites and complexes ... see more --- june 2006 --- cai guo-qiang on the roof : transparent monument --- cai guo-qiang creates a site-specific installation at the Iris and b. gerald cantor roof garden of the metropolitan museum of art - overlooking the central park ... see more --- may 2006 --- martin creed - I like things --- absurd laws and sudden mishaps, often amplified by the direct participation of the audience, regulate martin creed’s imaginative universe ... see more --- may 2006 --- less - alternative living strategies --- the living space to live in is both necessity and a catalyst for needs and desires ... see more --- april 2006 --- ernesto neto --- ernesto neto is considered one of the absolute leaders of brazil’s contemporary art scene ... see more --- march 2006 --- lovely football --- japanese sports manufacturer onitsuka tiger ... see more --- march 2006 --- johannes norlander --- archetypal objects with a poetical dimension ... see more --- march 2006 --- concrete canvas --- concrete canvas by peter brewin and will crawford has won 11 awards including the saatchi and saatchi award ... see more --- february 2006 --- honeycomb lamp --- honeycomb lamp by kouichi okamoto. okamoto is a new entrant to the wide field of light design. his projects prove that innovation and style can go hand in hand with affordability ... see more --- february 2006 --- c -1 by curiosity --- studio ‘curiosity’ have simply tried to convey an idea of harmony between structure and space. they built a spiral gallery space wrapped around a central glass living space ... see more --- january 2006 --- mondi possibili --- art gallery monika sprüth and philomene magers presents a group show in occasion of the ‘imm cologne’ 2006 ... see more --- january 2006 --- julian mayor --- three stainless steel sculptural benches have been installed at a regency apartments park near the tate britain gallery ... see more --- january 2006 --- kumbham --- kumbham presents the story of an artisan village recapturing the craft they had all but lost ... see more --- january 2006 --- hope in shadows --- third edition of downtown portrait calendar pivot legal society, vancouver, canada ... see more --- january 2006 --- new design from israel --- at the cooper hewitt design museum, new york january 27– april 23, 2006 ... see more --- december 2005 --- SANAA --- kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa at the basilica palladiana, vicenza ... see more --- december 2005 --- faber castell celebrates its 100th birthday --- also on show pencil sculptures by german artist kerstin schulz ... see more --- december 2005 --- ‘imagine the home in 2020’ - update --- 'imagine the home in 2020’ prototypes ... see more --- december 2005 --- zaha haid at design.05.miami --- the gravity-defying sculptural installation of the architect zaha hadid engaged the building's formal qualities with graceful tension ... see more --- december 2005 --- anri sala - ‘long sorrow’ --- anri sala presents his new film ‘long sorrow’ – ‘a requiem for the end of the dreams’. ... read more --- november 2005 --- design academy eindhoven graduation show 2005 --- design academy eindhoven in the netherlands, organized the annual bachelor programs graduation show in the mid-october... read more --- novemeber 2005 --- designboom mart goes to tokyo --- bring a designsouvenir from tokyo. designboom will host a group exhibition of international design professionals, some that you are already acquainted with ... read more --- november 2005 --- design for thought --- contemporary product design from britain . england’s product design industry shows the radical transformation of a new existing generation... read more --- october 2005 --- hussein chalayan. fashion + video --- over the past ten years the turkish-cypriot designer - born 1970 in nicosia - has produced more than twenty collections... read more --- october 2005 --- maxim fast food restaurant --- the experience of eating in hong kong is an important part of people's collective memory, whether living in or visiting the city.... read more --- october 2005 --- re-design --- exhibition in the old truman brewery, 21-25 september 2005... read more --- september 2005 --- bugaboo kid’s strollers illustrated by bas kosters --- bugaboo presented a limited serie of strollers where dutch design meets dutch fashion: young fashion designers were asked to come up with a totally unique identity for a stroller... read more --- september 2005 --- front --- presented by droog design. it is the first exhibition of the works by this promising young talent from sweden in the netherlands ... read more --- september 2005 --- tsutomu kurokawa --- designboom wishes to celebrate his work which seeked not to conform to mainstream notions of commercial products... read more --- august 2005 --- ‘flight stool’ for pantone by barber osgerby --- the barber osgerby for pantone collection is a limited edition collection based on the pantone ‘chip’ and the idea that color is an expressive language that appeals to one’s inner feelings and individuality... read more --- august 2005 --- swoon --- this is the first new york solo exhibition by the 27-year-old (new york city-based) female street artist.... read more --- july 2005 --- stefan diez --- after finishing his carpenters’ training he worked in bombay and poona, india for one year for a furniture producer and subsequently studied industrial design at the academy for fine arts in stuttgart... read more --- july 2005 --- tsang kin wah --- combining the foul language (text) with the floral pattern (image) and arranging the text in the form of flowers and plants, which are swirling and running throughout the space... read more --- june 2005 --- mark frauenfelder --- designboom loves the boing boing blog and mark frauenfelder’s graphics and witty texts. we asked him to introduce himself, for the few remaining who haven’t heard of him yet. read more --- june 2005 --- urs fisher --- in the monumental space of the istituto dei ciechi in via vivaio in milan, the fondazione nicola trussardi presented the first solo exhibition in italy of swiss artist urs fischer. read more --- may 2005 --- designboom ICFF mart 05 --- bring loved ones at home a contemporary gift from NY's ICFF - the US's largest design event. read more --- may 2005 --- reflections --- suh do-ho: reflections, maison hermes, tokyo ... read more --- april 2005 --- el ultimo grito --- el ultimo grito was founded in 1997 by roberto feo and rosario hurtado ... read more --- march 2005 --- nextmaruni 12 chairs project --- this initiative involves one of japan’s best-known furniture companies, japanese craftsmanship and 12 international designers ... read more --- march 2005 --- hand painted russian movie posters --- collectors will pay hundreds of dollars for a hand-painted poster of ‘matrix’ or other classic films ... read more --- february 2005 --- jacob hashimoto --- jacob hashimoto is one of the most interesting young activists in the contemporary art scene ... read more --- february 2005 --- about collecting vintage design. peter lang / designandfun.com --- ... tribu-design, designaddict, designboom... started at that time. we were searching like crazy for information and things and spent all our time at it. read more --- january 2005 --- jenny holzer --- jenny holzer is famous for her short statements, formally called ‘truisms’ ... read more --- january 2005 --- anselm kiefer --- the seven heavenly palaces. expressly for this space - a blue nave occupying 7000 square meters of the hangar’s total of 15,000, 60 meters wide, 180 meters long... read more --- december 2004 --- benedetta mori ubaldini --- ‘what I love is creating three dimensional pictures. my balloon pieces are what I fondly call - ugly art - they deal humourously with sexuality, body issues and everyday life. ... read more --- december 2004 --- barefoot in tokyo --- 40 pairs of shoes exhibited in the frame of the tokyo designers block 2004 ... read more --- december 2004 --- sublime stitching --- jailhouse tattoo art, strippers, devil-girls, look at this cool embroidery art ... read more --- november 2004 --- wolfgang tillman --- an exhibition by german born photographer at regen projects, los angeles ... read more --- november 2004 --- john bock --- one of the most interesting characters of today’s german art scene ... read more --- november 2004 --- the sustainable toy story. --- william wilson’s creations with their distorted expressions warrant a new life for abandoned outcasts of the ‘throw-away-society’ with a sincere desire of communicating truth and sustainability ... read more --- november 2004 --- héctor serrano. --- the archetype of a table lamp now floats in a swimming pool ... read more --- november 2004 --- pokia. retro phones of the future. --- whilst impractical in other ways the pokia at least demonstrates to other people around you that you're having a conversation with someone else, not with your split personality ... read more --- october 2004 --- (tech) bootlegging / modding --- today, ‘bootleg’ is one name for the musical style of recombination, of mashing up pop music pieces ... read more --- october 2004 --- craft design in bali: stanley ruiz --- the majority of our clients are ‘cultural retailers’ (my term), meaning if you go to their store and buy their product, it will make you feel like you’ve travelled to an exotic place ... read more --- october 2004 --- sergio romero --- thanks to his distinctive graduate design project,literate and nonliterate amazonians alike, will be able to catch their boat ... read more --- october 2004 --- jason miller --- you asked about my daily routine? well, I get up, I have a coffee, I go to my studio, then I have a drink, then I go to bed ... read more --- october 2004 --- kouichi okamoto --- design practise should consider these ’minimum’ functions - necessities, efforts, materials, form.... - what is really needed? ... read more --- september 2004 --- sex doll rafting --- if sex toys are going to be introduced into sports... read more --- august 2004 --- asymptote biennale installation --- asymptote's interventions and design concepts for the 9th international biennale of architecture opening in september of 2004 in venice... read more --- august 2004 --- frederik roijé --- young dutch designer frederik roijé and the process of making ... read more --- july 2004 --- art of speed --- speed has been a part of Nike’s DNA from the beginning ... read more --- june 2004 --- wire hangers re-use --- what do you do with excess dry cleaning wire hangers that have steadily grown in your closet? ... read more --- may 2004 --- maurizio cattelan: mise-en-scene milan --- he chooses the most ancient tree to transform this collective hallucination in a realistic representation ... read more --- april 2004 --- brilliant --- brilliant looks at creative and innovative uses of light through a display of new experiments in light object ... read more --- march 2004 --- tape by grit + jerszy seymour --- no sewing - just tape. a clothing concept held together by a super tape ready to do battle for good and evil.... read more --- march 2004 --- blisters by andrea branzi --- blisters are not only a form of packaging, they seem to me to be something more philosophical; a general protective shell, which protects us from products... read more --- february 2004 --- jo ann tan for moschino --- moschino's shop windows are best known for its metaphorical visions... read more --- february 2004 --- a sliding space by tokujin yoshioka --- 12 pics one of the cooler interiors we've seen in a while is the renovation room, created by japanese designer tokujin yoshioka for muji see more --- january 2004 --- sean dix --- byblos opens with a new retail concept designed by sean dix... read more --- january 2004 --- turn off the taps. --- new designs for PET bottled water. hot designs: new shapes and new sizes ... read more --- december 2003 ---