+ Design inspiration +: 2012

2012年10月18日星期四

Waterfall Swing

Towering steel swing set holding arrays of mechanical solenoids that create a water plane falling in the path of its riders. Formed from a tangent of ideas raised from the study of interactions of water as space, the swing is the first in a series that play with interaction in rides and installations. Riders pass through openings in a waterfall created by precisely monitoring their path via axel-housed encoders, creating the thrill of narrowly escaping obstacles.
The swing is a collaborative project between Mike O'Toole, Andrew Ratcliff, Ian Charnas and Andrew Witte.

How the Waterfall Swing works
Water recirculates through 273 independently controlled solenoid valves at the top of the structure to create a wall of water. This water starts from a collection pool on the ground and is pumped up to a large pipe that feeds the solenoids. Sensors mounted on the swingset gather information about the angle and speed of each swing. That information is sent to a computer that predicts the action of the rider. The computer then creates a hole in the wall of water, allowing the rider to swing through without getting wet.

2012年10月17日星期三

La Boite Concept x Fubiz

On the occasion of the first stereo station optimized for laptop and brand Fubiz La Boite Concept you propose a model LD 100 win. Range LD (Laptop Dock) is adapted to digital media. The details for the contest are in the following.

2012年10月15日星期一

New Shadow Sculptures Built from Discarded Wood from Tim Noble and Sue Webster

Tim Noble and Sue Webster take ordinary things including rubbish, to make assemblages and then point light to create projected shadows which show a great likeness to something identifiable including self-portraits. The art of projection is emblematic of transformative art. The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea of ‘perceptual psychology’ a form of evaluation used for psychological patients. Noble and Webster are familiar with this process and how people evaluate abstract forms. Throughout their careers they have played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with meaning. The result is surprising and powerful as it redefines how abstract forms can transform into figurative ones.

Pieke Bergman | iGNANT

Creative light bulbs from Pieke Bergman as part of her ongoing Design Virus project.

Pieke’s products are called viruses, due to their natural forms and the way they come to life. But eventually, the biggest virus of them all is the designer in person. Manipulating standard production processes is by all means viral behaviour. In general mass production, a single form is endlessly and perfectly multiplied like a healthy cell. As she allows room for change and serendipity, Pieke aims to create processes in which products are never completely the same. Like a virus, her products change and adapt to various conditions, disrupting common ideas and the predictable evolution of form and design.

2012年10月11日星期四

Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000

“Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000,” a big, wonderful show at the Museum of Modern Art, examines the intersection of Modernist design and modern thinking about children. A rich and thought-provoking study of a great subject, it is loaded with intriguing things to look at — some 500 items, including furniture, toys, games, posters, books and much more.

Pixel Ruler

The ultimate tool for responsive screen size sketching. Heavy-duty gauge stainless steel ruler with pixel increments. Markers for mobile, tablet and widescreen (laptop) sizing.
In comes the Pixel Ruler from UI Stencils

beoplay a9

Bang & Olufsen has always managed to tread the beautiful line between technically advance products with amazing design aesthetics. With the announcement of the Beoplay A9, they are cementing their position as the company to beat when to comes to lust-worthy speakers. Now… to decide which wall or corner to put my new speakers…

2012年10月10日星期三

Shigeru Fuse-ABIKO

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Shigeru Fuse was born in the city of Chiba in Japan and graduated in architecture at the Musashino Art University. He also studied at the Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1985 to 2002, also he worked in the office Shigeru Daiichi-Kobo Associates.

Mike Lam at IDSwest 2012

Edmonton, Canada-based Mike Lam recently exhibited his furniture designs at the 2012 IDSwest show.

zip drawing

Kansas City-based artist Anne Lindberg (previously) called Zip Drawing. The piece was created by stapling taunt strands of Egyptian cotton thread in a meticulous yet seemingly haphazard fashion between opposing gallery walls resulting in an ethereal field of suspended color. Although these photos by Derek Porter do a great job of conveying the hue and scale of the piece (35 feet at its widest) it’s hard to feel the magnitude and energy of the piece without standing right in front of it. Stop by if you can, the exhibition runs through October 20 and also includes a number of her colored pencil drawings.