Till 1st Septembre 2013 One of a Kind
Centro Centro .. Plaza de la Cibeles 1. 28014 Madrid
ONE OF A KIND is a exhibition that demonstrates the importance of design
activating agent contemporary economy, social and culture change,
beyond the aesthetic and formal.
Benjamin Hubert Studio designed Innofa 3D Stretch textile over metal framework with minimal PU foam.
“Good design is as little design
as possible.” by Dieter Rams
What Design Can Do celebrates the power of design and its problem-solving abilities. This two-day event in Amsterdam exposes design as a catalyst of change and renewal and a way of addressing the societal questions of our time. WDCD Was initiated by dutch designers.
Schemata Architects / Jo Nagasaka designed a shop for Papabubble, a world-famous brand of artistic hand-made candies based in Barcelona. This is their first shop to be opened at major department stores in Japan.
The 25th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, North America’s platform for global design, maps the newest frontier of what’s best and what’s next at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, May 18-21, 2013.
Today we present the first film of series based on hand made items within the Yorkshire region in the United Kingdom. The Series will explore the personal lives of the people and families that bring these items to life either for a hobby or profession.
Tony Slinger, a bespoke shoe maker spares his time to speak about his career history and the traditional methods used for producing some of Yorkshires finest leather shoes.
Óscar Rubio is the creator of Tangible, a study oriented in product design. Play light is his new project, which is basically a series of lamps made of aluminum sheets and wood, designed to illuminate, create various atmospheres, to communicate.
NeoLucida is the first portable camera lucida to be manufactured in nearly a century — and the lowest-cost commercial camera lucida ever designed.
The Iceland Whale Bone Project” offers experimental research based on bones of beached whales collected by ECAL Product Design Master students. This work was initiated on the occasion of a workshop in Iceland with designer Brynjar Sigurðarson.
“Make it simple, but significant.”
by Don Draper
The “B vs. U Collection” is a series of objects that are handcrafted out of soft materials like neoprene and latex.
Botanicus Interacticus creates a magical experience through the non-invasive instrumentation of living plants. Aurora like particles are emitted around different plants, triggered and transformed by gestures and proximity between the human and the living organism. A range of plants such as a bamboo, an orchid, a snake plant and a custom build artificial one were explored, where each plant presented its unique interactive, visual and auditive character.
New York Adorned is a collective tattoo studio and jewelry store which believes in the power of individual creativity and collaborative effort.
After 3 extremely successful years, Clerkenwell Design Week has established itself as the UK’s leading independent design festival and one of the most acclaimed trade events on the international design calendar, winning Best Festival and Best Cultural Event at the UK Event Awards to attest to its success. Boasting over 60 showrooms, a wealth of creative businesses and more architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, CDW takes advantage of this creative hub every May for 3 days.
Most of us have a basic/uninteresting chair at home. Instead of spending money buying a new chair, why not dress up an old one? unZIP is an reinvention of the conventional chair cover.
Else is a project dealing with the gaps between craft and design. The aim of this project was to create different and authentic ceramic surfaces. By creating a different working technique that does not require molds she was able to design free forms that are not restricted by parting lines and pouring points, she was also able to get different and diverse surfaces. By using sponge models and dipping them into especially composed porcelain mix the mold was eliminated from the process and a new kind of surface was created.
A video about the rocking chair culture in Tlacotalpan, México. Designers and Artists are invited to spend some days in Tlacotalpan, where they are encouraged to design and build a product using local resources and traditional crafts from the region.
