Industrial design
Sit back, Relax
Inspired by the human hand, the Relax lounge chair by a young Czech
designer, Kamil Kurka, has a base made of a continuous flexible frame
that lets you float in the air.
The frame, which has no fixed connections at the crossing, is made
of straight grain veneer layers glued together. Multiple grain
directions in each layer add to the strength and flexibility.
Marimekko
Marimekko Corporation is a leading Finnish textile and clothing design company that was established in 1951. The company designs, manufactures and markets high-quality clothing, interior decoration textiles, bags and other accessories under the Marimekko brand, both in Finland and abroad.
Bella Designs in New Zealand makes funky retro interior designs from fabrics by Marimekko. Life Style Art, also from New Zealand, specialises in making decorative art using resin infused Marimekko fabric.
Endemicworld.com - New Zealand’s online design store
www.endemicworld.com offers New Zealand design in an accessible, fast, reliable and secure online environment. They have progressively built a virtual community around their website through a blog and the chatterati newsletter. Customers and designers are supporting by spreading the word about New Zealand design and endemicworld.com.
Why? A desire to make New Zealand design accessible worldwide and help designers build their businesses and brands. Future plans? Sign-up to the chatterati newsletter to be the first to know or get the blog feed. Are you a New Zealand designer? Read the become a supplier page and get in touch. endemicworld.com was designed by Studio Alexander.
Dell Adamo Laptop
The new Dell Adamo hopes to compete directly with the fashionable MacBook Air, but a snazzy marketing campaign and lighter casing might not translate into a market monopoly while Mac continues to excel with help from its cult following. Via Adamo by Dell. Not bad for a PC.
Jeff Michael: Tank chairs
Jeff Michael is an american designer who designed these unusual chairs while attending Ferris State University in the US. More on Design Boom.
Charles and Ray Eames
Good article from Step Inside Design on Charles and Ray Eames discussing the impact they had on many different fields of design. Capturing the spirit and vision of artists/entrepreneurs Charles and Ray Eames is akin to grasping white-hot sparks. During their lives, which ended on Aug. 21, 1978, and Aug. 21, 1988, respectively, the Eameses impacted the global design community and mainstream culture with significant, award-winning contributions in architecture, film, furniture design and exhibitions.
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