tobias wong passed away early morning sunday, may 30, 2010. some info at core77, archinect, flavorwire, designboom, inhabitat, treehugger, hint, dezeen, mocoloco. and just coming out, an obituary at the new york times.

update 6/26/10: new york times article with some additional information

i met him once when he co-judged a competition i was in (thanks again for making me best-of-show). so don’t have too much to add. but here are some of my favorite pieces by him:

gold pills – pure gold leaf passes straight through the body and ends up in your stool…so your poop will glitter

coke spoon 1 + 2

his take on karim rashid’s ‘i want to change the world’

  new york city twin tower matchbook, 2010

phase design gave the same design brief to 5 different designers/design groups: design a candleholder based on a solid american walnut block (12” x 9” x 1.75”) with turned brass inserts. same starting point, but very different results.

Bearing – Claesson Koivisto Rune	Luna – Khodi Feiz
Block – Arik Levy	Bias – Mike & Maaike
Ziba – Phase Design/Reza Feiz

via design milk

looking at it a while ago, shapeways seemed like just another rapid prototyping service. but in addition to the standard collection of different plastic materials, they also offer models in stainless steel. and until the end of this month, even with an optional gold plating. seems like a great way to design and build jewelry.

based on the three mechanical products pulley, clamp, and caster, future perfect is curating an ICFF show called ‘lift hold roll’. utilize any of these and submit your work. more info at the future perfect blog.

an interview with dieter rams in the financial times.

danish design company muuto, with a collection of scandinavian designs.

and yet another online rapid prototyping service: cloudFab does not produce the pieces themselves, but rather works by connecting buyers and sellers, allowing you to get multiple quotes in one place.

it is in a closed-beta version at this point, but you can sign up for an invite to be notified once it is opening up for the general public.

from materialise, the belgian company behind .mgx, comes a new rapid prototyping online service, called i.materialise. upload your model, choose a material, surface, and color, and get an immediate quote.