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10 of the best packaging designs

From cool and tasteful to wacky and downright weird, effective product packaging can enable a product to be seen in an entirely new light. Here are ten of my absolute favourites. From spaghetti to headphones, this list covers all and any types of product you can imagine. The Fruit Juice Boxes Created by Japanese designer [...]

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Design a Twizzy – A design competition for students by Renault

Renault has launched a student graphics competition to design a paint job for its new two seater Twizy and offered to pay the winner’s tuition fees for a year. Open to college and university students around the UK, entrants can download templates to submit designs of three views of the car. The zero-emission Twizy will launch [...]

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Uppfinningsrik svensk design på Formex 19-22 januari i Stockholm

Idag startar Formex. Är du i Stockholm, passa då på att gå till Stockholmsmässan och titta på vad några kvinnliga uppfinnare har skapat. QUIS, Qvinnliga Uppfinnare i Sverige, visar uppfinningar och bjuder in till pressvisning på Formex, Stockholmsmässan, som öppnar torsdagen den 19 januari. Gemensamt för uppfinningarna är att alla är framtagna av kvinnor. Produkterna [...]

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Augmented reality porcelain plate: Old patterns meets new technology

What if we could make pottery more exciting? What if, like in Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn we could we could, well, make it come to life a bit? That’s exactly what Andrew Tanner Design has done for Royal Winton Bone China – embiuing it with a new lease of life using augmented reality. [...]

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Design With Conviction, Or Don’t Design At All!

Does the world need another plastic chair or container house? The Apartment’s Stefan Boublil urges designers to stop riding past achievements and act with purpose. While driving the other day, I decided to throw caution to the wind and turn on my parents’ Spotify, i.e., the radio, only to hear Madonna’s voice emerge, treading ever [...]

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Kartell & Milano Charity Auction – a product development story

Presented on the occasion of the 50th Salone del Mobile, the 45 ”Milanesified” icons of the charity project to support the Umberto Veronesi Foundation ”Kartell loves Milano” will be auctioned at the Rotonda della Besana (Milan) in collaboration with Sotheby’s. The charity auction will be held 25th October 2011. Artists like Philippe Starck, Patricia Urquiola, Tokujin Yoshioka [...]

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x mess – Die Konferenz zur [nächsten] Gesellschaft

Designer, Unternehmer und Wissenschaftler diskutieren drei Tage lang über die Symptome des Übergangs zur nächsten Gesellschaft, sowie Konsequenzen für neue und alte Formen des Organisationsdesigns. Veranstalter: Stiftung Management Zentrum X Zeit: 17. bis 19. November 2011 Ort: Malzfabrik, Berlin Tag 1 – Theoriearbeit: Überraschende Nachbarschaften Tag 2 – Feldforschung: Prototypen einer nächsten Gesellschaft Tag 3 – Landkarten: Navigieren in Unsicherheit Zur [...]

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