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• 11.25.08
  New Target Architecture architecture | (1)

  Bloomfield Hills, MI.
• 11.25.08
  Workshop offered at Walker Art Center design | (0)

  Influenced by years of travel, Eero Saarinen envisioned specific light/color qualities when creating ethereal church spaces or sleek furniture designs. In this art lab, participants are invited to make pendant lamps inspired by Saarinen’s techniques of manipulating color for dramatic effect, led by University of Wisconsin design instructor Jada Schumacher. For many more details.
• 11.25.08
  The Art of Mark Tansey art | (0)

  In the world of living artists, fame can be fleeting, skillfully pumped up by promotional hyperboles of major art galleries. Mark Tansey, however, is a rarity among contemporary artists. Several books have been written about his extraordinary approach to making art, and some of the world's major art museums have given him solo exhibitions. His book Mark Tansey by Mark Tansey is available at Powell's Books
• 11.24.08
  UFO has landed architecture, design | (0)

  It's just fuckin' cool.
• 11.23.08
  Not at IKEA design | (0)

  While the design art trend would have us laugh in the face of mass manufacturing, there are plenty of companies that mass-produce furniture with a strong and honest sense of handcraft. Japanese wood company Maruni is one such beacon. Maruni in recent years has held an open invitation to designers worldwide to participate in a chair design competition named nextmaruni.
• 11.20.08
  Fast and Light design, technology | (0)

  The Pocket Rocket from MSR is an excellent example of industrial design. This stove fits in your pocket, and takes 45 seconds maximum, to assemble onto a can of fuel and to light. You can adjust the flame control from blast force roar to a very gentle simmer. It's quiet and stows well in cookware not to mention in the glove compartment of a vehicle. This is the only stove I consider when heading into the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. Retails for $39.95.
• 11.20.08
  Nature, Geometry and Design design, ideas | (0)

  Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as well as the essential qualities of life. Geometry of Design—takes a close look at a broad range of twentieth-century examples of design, architecture, and illustration (from the Barcelona chair to the Musica Viva poster, from the Braun hand-blender to the Conico kettle), revealing underlying geometric structures in their compositions. Explanations and techniques of visual analysis make the inherent mathematical relationships evident and a must-have for anyone involved in graphic arts. Kimberly Elam ...
• 11.20.08
  Medical Science and Design Materials ideas, technology | (0)

  Titanium is a standard material for medical devices due to its total resistance to attack by body fluids, high strength and low modulus. The body readily accepts titanium since it is more biocompatible than stainless steel or cobalt chrome. Titanium also has a higher fatigue strength than many other metals. The unique qualities of titanium prove to be MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging ) and CT (Computed Tomography ) compatible. This particular subject is sporting a cervical fusion from C3-C7 consisting of 10 titanium screws and two titanium rods with a cross brace. The subject had an intradural Ependymoma that was ...
• 11.19.08
  Greener than the Prius design, ideas, technology | (0)

  Edison Marine of Portland, OR offers zero emission vintage style boats featuring clean running electrical drive systems. Combining the elegance and grace of our past with the latest electric drive components Edison offers a stunning combination of old world wood boat charm and quiet, clean and electric drive systems. The Edison Cruiser features true EV performance. Featuring twin high performance 9 inch DC motors, twin 500 amp controllers and twin propellers (thats right, twin props on a 17 foot inboard boat), Edison moves fast and powerfully out of the water. Edison uses proven EV building blocks, meaning electric ...
• 11.19.08
  The Ice Palace That Melted Away ideas | (0)

  Bill Stumpf, designer of the Aeron chair (Herman Miller) a Minneapolis native, has written an excellent book entitled The Ice Palace That Melted Away: Restoring Civility and Other Lost Virtues to Everyday Life. In it he addresses the decline of civility in the States and proposes ways to restore them. Stumpf structures his analysis of civility into three parts -- things of civility, places of civility, and paths of civility. So what is Civility and how do we restore it? Stumpf gives the reader many examples of what is civil and what destroys it. Civility is comfort, hidden goodness, social lubricant, ...

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