Born in Budapest, Hungary on November 13, 1906 to a prosperous family, Eva Zeisel (nee Striker) would go on to become one of the most influential industrial designers of the twentieth century. Though she doesn’t consider herself an industrial designer, but rather a “maker of useful things”, at 104 she continues to crank out some of the most sought-after contemporary modern design.
Dallas Shaw is an illustrator and designer who works in the fashion and interior design industry. I’ve been following her on her blog and I adore her illustration style. She created this paper doll fashion set for the Canadian shop Dace. The doll and outfits were hand drawn and painted with water color. Aren’t they […]
Our friends at Sparkle Labs are having a retrospective show to present “products and experiments from their first 6 years.” Opening November 4th, the Sparkle Labs retrospective at gallery hanahou will feature a landscape of hi-tech, hi-touch products and tools for inventors. The enlightened team behind Sparkle Labs will present interactive exhibits of some of […]
By Andrew Salomone In Hans Holbein’s famously inexplicable painting, “The Ambassadors,” a large anamorphic skull appears to lie across the floor at the feet of two dandified renaissance gentlemen. The skull appears in correct perspective only when the painting is seen from an acute angle looking diagonally down from the left-hand side of the painting […]
The latest from Herman Miller and possible your craft room at just $399, the SAYL chair by Yves Behar is an example in how the testing and design process really works. With more than 70 prototypes made, Behar was determined to see if a chair could be possible without a frame, allowing the user to […]
My friend Molly Thorkelson recently attended the RISD student/alumni art sale in Providence, RI. What a beautiful fall day for a street fair! Hit the jump for more photos from this New England design school event.
UNSW Industrial Design student Sam Adeloju’s Longreach Water Rescue System won this year’s James Dyson Award, surpassing the Minotaur Fire Nozzle System, Copenhagen Wheel, and Move-it cardboard hand cart for the £20,000 prize.
