french designer ionna vautrin.
a collection of paul rand quotes, based on a limited edition book for a paul rand symposium in 1998. now available as a free pdf by steven heller. also check out some of the other available pdf’s at his site.
tom dixon on crafting a business true to his creative vision and how he got there.
browse through 90 years of braun designs, including many iconic pieces by dieter rams.
gadi amit, president of new deal design in san francisco, has a high-level overview of the tasks of industrial designers, and what separates the good from the bad. the first part has a very good overview of product design related tasks and challenges that go beyond the pure visual. find part 1 and part 2 at the fast company design blog.
opening on friday july 9th at the yerba buena center for the arts in san francisco, TechnoCRAFT explores the changing boundaries between designer and consumer. curated by yves behar, it investigates the current trend of open design around the six subthemes of crowdsourcing, platforms, blueprints, hacks, incompletes, and modules.
included in the show is my shaded lamp, part of the un-readymades series, my own exploration in the area of design democracy and personalization in 2007.
some additional info can be found at dexigner.
another take on crowd-sourcing by a new company called stylefactory. focusing on modern furniture and accessories, it uses community feedback to narrow down a pre-selection of designs to then source them from high quality manufacturers.
full disclosure: one of my own designs is currently included in their pre-selection. anybody care to vote for it? ;-)
