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100% Design Shanghai 2008: Commocean [06 Jul 2008|11:07am] mocoloco http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/328136176/005694.php Making a commotion…with technology: Lighten up, people! That seemed to be the message at Commocean, the high-end product division of Brit designer Richard Hinton’s 14-year-old giftware company. “Funny/funky” is how he describes his whimsical mood lighting, which included a surreal umbrella-shaped “fixture” and a table lamp bedecked with the Pudong skyline. I grilled Richard about the challenges of designing for the Chinese market: “There’s so much copying here,” he sighs. “That’s why I’m targeting commissions like hotels, rather than the retail market; you put a product in a store, and it immediately gets copied.” (He mentioned a notorious Shanghai thoroughfare called something like “Copy Light Street” where vendors unapologetically knock off others’ designs.) So how does he stay outwit the competition? “We change our product over quite fast, and rely heavily on technology—which takes longer to copy.” At the show, for instance, Commocean unveiled a proprietary metal-coating system, Lux, which can be applied to any material, from carved-wood picture frames to MDF—the substrate of this giant gold-bar bench. + 100percentdesign.com.cn ¤

Meta MoCo This Week [05 Jul 2008|10:09pm] mocoloco http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/328149728/005717.php This week's MoCo picks. + Juan Herreros Arquitectos' 95 sq. m. Casa en el Campo in Mallorca, Spain at Plataforma Arquitectura. + The 280 sq. ft. Eco-Shed, "a sustainably designed overnight guest suite located on the hillside above Snug Cove Village on Bowen Island, B.C. The brand-new 280-square-foot freestanding building is suitable for one or two people only, and includes a queen-size bed, built-in desk and wardrobe, kitchenette with fridge and sink, Danish wood stove, and three-quarter bath with walk-in tiled shower room.". Via LiveModern. + FARO Architecten bv's Oeken Pavilion at Arch Daily, a 150 year old renovated and expanded farmhouse, "The pavilion has one large space with a wood stove, a kitchenette, bathroom with shower, a bedroom and a loft.". + Architects Deborah Richmond and Olivier Touraine's 1500 sq. ft. One Window House at Dwell Blog (slideshow here), "To avoid a claustrophobic interior, they surrounded the downstairs dining area, kitchen, and living room with glass, giving it an open, porch-like feel.". + LA Times interior and exterior video of a Marmol Radziner Prefab being constructed in Venice, California. "Whereas some prefab projects are essentially kits of parts assembled on-site, the Venice house is composed of largely finished modules -- 12 feet wide, 14 feet high and up to 40 feet long.". Via Jetson Green. + Also via Jetson Green, Toyota Throws More Weight Behind Homes Unit at the Wall Street Journal. "They have a conservative home model called the Smart Stage that sells for $200k.". More Toyota Home. + JF Dingjian et Eloi Chafaï's new Eno Collection for Normal Studio featuring; Slice marble serving trays, Plie cheese knife, Box 1 and 2, one with a mirror and the other with a clock (you add the personality). Via Avide Designer. More to come... ¤

[06 Jul 2008|11:15pm] iamdar 'When the rich wage war it's the poor who die' have faith, ¤

[06 Jul 2008|06:18pm] di47f V for 2MB ¤

простой, он совсем простой. [06 Jul 2008|11:51am] shch [ mood | дзен ] [ music | Guilliaume Dufay - Hymn: Gaude Redempta ] Все что происходит в мире, точнее в том пространстве которое нас окружает и мы его видим, сначала происходит у нас в голове, в душе – внутри нас. То есть Мы, создаем и наполняем его. То пространство, которое вокруг нас, смыслом, чувствами, запахами, эмоциями и действиями. ( : zooom : ) 7 ¤

Looking For Digital Painting Tutorials [05 Jul 2008|10:38pm] graphicdesign [bellezzarubata] I didn't see anything in the community tags and hopefully this is on-topic enough. I'm looking for tutorials for digital matte painting using Photoshop.  If anyone could recommend some sites, that'd be really great. Thanks! 4 ¤

internship? [05 Jul 2008|10:10pm] graphicdesign [loudxmouse] Is it pretty on pointe of me to assume that "internship" means "unpaid"? I am looking at AIGAdesignjobs.org and up comes a very interesting job, listed as an internship but under job level it says "jr staff" rather than "internship" so it makes me wonder if it is a paid internship. would it be super gauche of me to email and ask about pay? the job on aiga is here and the listing from their website is here 8 ¤

fishhh <3 [05 Jul 2008|11:29pm] laceandflora [butterflyesque] ( just keep swimming.. ) 6 ¤

bit of an introduction.. [05 Jul 2008|10:54pm] laceandflora [godsavethelabel] My name is Allyson, i'm eighteen and i live in florida. grew up on the beach with my sister and mom while dad was at sea fishing the waters round places like mexico and india. i love swans, grolsch, vintage porn, popsicles, norman rockwell, old lace, and talking to strangers. this is all very jumbled, but pictures are pictures regardless of order, i guess. ( ... ) 27 ¤

favourite breakfast : #21 [06 Jul 2008|09:29am] messymsxi ¤

favourite breakfast : #21 [06 Jul 2008|09:23am] messymsxi ( a d e n ) ¤

100% Design Shanghai 2008: Going for the gold [05 Jul 2008|07:48pm] mocoloco http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/327711099/005693.php Going for the gold: Although this is technically the first installment of 100 % Design Shanghai, the show organizers hosted a preview exhibition last year to kick things off; Japanese product design firm SO inc. was among the featured attractions. The company returned this year with a pint-sized booth tented entirely in gold fabric to set off a pair of glittery chairs by Yutaka Yanagisawa of OWAS. Although the designer used gold to efface the chair’s form—“causing a distraction in peoples’ minds…to erase the image of a shape”—the strong geometries are a large part of their wacky appeal. Although I expected the O-shaped seater to be pretty on the eyes but punishing on my lower back, it was actually quite comfortable! + 100percentdesign.com.cn ¤

Week-in-a-minute: 80% Design Shanghai [04 Jul 2008|08:59pm] mocoloco http://feeds.mocoloco.com/~r/mocoloco/KGTY/~3/327726802/005716.php This week we were almost 100% Design Shanghai. Jen Renzi's daily diary ventured beyond the show to get a glimpse of pre-Olympics Shanghai as well as what we expect will someday be a major design center. How so? China's 400 design schools are churning out 10,000 grads a year, China manufactures almost everything and China has thousands of years of art and culture to draw inspiration from. More to come. The highlights: + The bamboo garden: designer scaffolding + The press conference, where the show came to life + Richard Hutten's green house + The show's It Bag + A tour of the Bridge 8 complex + Party on the Bund, no explanations necessary + Book launch on the Bund, despite the rain + The launch was all about the three P's; panels, politics, and practicing architecture in Shanghai + A pow-wow with the creative directors... + ... and a panel discussion on Branding China But it wasn't ALL about Shanghai this week: + London presents New Designers 2008 + Uli Rapp's Charm Necklace made a statement from the Netherlands + Fresh MoCo featured work from Italy, Mexico and Poland + Mag Reviews: nico, Wallpaper* and FRAME + This Week from Tokyo: Plus Minus Zero's new collection and pens by Naoto Fukasawa + Wooden angles from Martin Sprouse + This Week at Art MoCo - Valerie Green catches people in the act ... of shopping + and new work from Eastvold Custom, Christopher Yue and Asssaf Israel - reclaimed timber, hanging up the mess and tidy juicing ¤

favourite breakfast : #20 [06 Jul 2008|09:22am] messymsxi ¤

favourite breakfast : #19 [06 Jul 2008|09:15am] messymsxi ¤

anyone know of? [05 Jul 2008|08:54pm] laceandflora [of_color_bright] songs to send to a friend who's struggling with a devastating breakup, feeling like no one cares, wanting to die, etc? 20 ¤

vintage postcards, and shoes [05 Jul 2008|06:37pm] laceandflora [miss_october] I sort of collect vintage (reproduction) postcard and cards, and I finally got around to framing some of them. (Still haven't hung them up yet, though.) -Halloween -Mermaids -Ladies/Faeries (I need two more for this one, I don't have any others that 'go' yet.) And, I got these hand-painted moccasins at a thrift store awhile back. I thought they kind of fit this community in a way! 12 ¤

[06 Jul 2008|07:11am] di47f Don't Leave by Brown Eyes ( - ) ¤

Employment and portfolio help for a rookie [05 Jul 2008|11:38pm] graphicdesign [eremos] In three weeks, I'll graduate from film school with a BFA in Film Directing. For a variety of reasons, I'm also considering a career in graphic arts and design. Unfortunately, I have no experience or formal training in this field aside from some basic high school art classes. However, I am an experienced photographer, filmmaker, and cinema production designer, and I have a firm grasp of aesthetics, composition, color, and other visual essentials plus an uncompromising attention to detail. I am also a typophile, and have spent time and expense learning about type theory and practice, as well as assembling a considerable collection of typefaces. ( Questions ) In conclusion, I love design, I know a lot of basics and I love type, but I am really as inexperienced as they come. I'd greatly appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Thanks. 9 ¤

my garden today [05 Jul 2008|04:30pm] laceandflora [karenleigh] ( more garden goodness ) 6 ¤

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