Documentary: ‘The next black’
A thrilling and well executed documentary on the future of clothing, commissioned by AEG. Four directions are explored: biocouture, sustainability, tech-clothing and the new sportswear, through the lenses of the innovators in these fields. More about the project: http://www.aeg.co.uk/Plan–Design/thenextblack/
Book list: See yourself sensing
‘SEE YOURSELF SENSING, REDEFINING HUMAN PERCEPTION’; author: Madeline Schwartzman. Edited by Black Dog Publishing. See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception is the first book to survey the intersection between design, the body, science and the senses, from the utopian pods and head gear of the 1960s, to the high-tech prostheses, wearable computing, implants, and interfaces...
Entrevista: Orée Design
Orée Board 2. Todo empezó como una idea: y si juntamos la tecnología con los materiales nobles, esos dos mundos que normalmente no se hablan? Esto es lo que plantearon Julien Salanave, un profesional formado en el HEC de Paris y previamente consultor en vigilancia tecnológica, y Franck Fontana, diseñador industrial de larga experiencia...
Book list: SPACESUIT: Fashioning Apollo
“SPACESUIT: Fashioning Apollo” ; author: Nicholas De Monchaux. Edited by: Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) Press. 2011. http://fashioningapollo.com/ En 1969, Neil Armstrong y Buzz Aldrin pisaron la luna llevando trajes espaciales hechos por Playtex: 21 capas de tela, cada una con una función determinada, y confeccionada a medida por costureras habituadas a trabajar con...
Interview: La Boira de Ponent
“Piensa en niebla, piensa en positivo” es la frase preferida de Irene Barón y Joan Yeguas. Una pareja que, dedicada al turismo, ha sabido ver entre los días grises de sus tierras del interior de Cataluña toda la belleza que es capaz de desplegar la niebla que les rodea la mayor parte del tiempo. El...
Book list: Sustainability (I)
Our book selection on sustainability issues: A classic lecture, a well structured and visual book covering sustainable furniture, technology (…), and an informative book on sustainable fibers and new approaches to sustainable fashion. 1 / Viktor Papanek; ‘Design for the real world: Human ecology and social change’, Thames & Hudson, 1st edition 1985. Reprint 2009. Link...
Book list: Advanced Textiles, Marie O’Mahony
“ADVANCED TEXTILES for Health and Wellbeing”; author: Marie O’Mahony. Edited by: Thames & Hudson. First published in the United Kingdom in 2011. A new book release by expert Marie O’Mahony that covers from the fibers, fabric structures and surfaces of advanced textiles, to their applications in habitat, transport, personal and environment, aimed at actively contribute to our...
Event: Rock, Paper, Pixel (BCN): New editorial ways
Coverage report on the recent event on new editorial ways around design: THE EVENT / THE EXPERIENCE AND MESSAGES / THE CONCLUSIONS. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// THE EVENT: Rock Paper Pixel event, ‘communication on design’, July 4th, during FADFEST 2013 Barcelona. At DHUB center. It was organised by FAD (Fostering Arts & Design), Antonio Covelo (curator), and Adián Rodríguez...
Documentary: Design & Thinking (by Mu-Ming Tsai)
>>>>> TRAILER: Design Thinking shouldn’t be fashionable The other day I went to watch the Documentary ‘Design + Thinking’ by Mu-Ming Tsai, during Barcelona’s ‘festival of all design’, FADFEST 2013. It is obviously centered on what now seems to be a recurrent conversation between designers and strategists: The Design Thinking Phenomenon. I enjoyed the film, a sort...
Exhibition: Histories de tocador-Museu Arqueologia Catalunya-Barcelona
This exquisite exhibition of everything having to do with Cosmetics and Beauty in Antiquity. With sections on ‘Body care’; ‘Ointment and Perfumes’; ‘The hair’ and ‘Latest touches’. Don’t miss it if you are around Barcelona. Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya until 17th June 2013.
book list: “Information is Beautiful”, David McCandless
Information is Beautiful. “ideas, issues, knowledge, data- visualized!” By David McCandless
book list: “in the bubble”, John Thackara
“IN THE BUBBLE, designing in a complex world“; author: John Thackara. Edited by: The MIT Press; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; first paperback edition 2006. 320 pages, including bibliographical references and index. “…We’re filling up the world with technology and devices, but we’ve lost sight of an important question: what is this stuff for? What...
food design: fresh food magazines
/1 eat me magazine # 4 (UK) /2 fricote magazine #2 (fr)- l’épicurien urbain /3 grand seigneur magazine #1- le magasin food et lifestyle (fr)
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