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Take Your Choice: Contemporary Product DesignThis exhibition is devoted to the connection between consumers and product innovation through an exploration of the impact production processes, materials, and product styling have on commercial appeal. product design, Industrial Design, processes, materials, exhibitions |
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Mondo MaterialisA creative exploration of materials. More than 125 designers and architects were invited to create three-foot-square collages using materials considered essential to each contributors' design practice. materials, collages, Industrial Design, Architecture, Steelcase, traveling exhibitions |
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Solos: SmartWrapDesigned by the Philadelphia-based Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP, Smartwrap is a concept for a customizable building material that incorporates emerging technologies in heating, lighting, and solar energy in a building’s façade. Solos, Smartwrap, materials, Architecture, Kieran Timberlake, building materials, Installations, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden |
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Extreme Textiles: Designing for High PerformanceExtreme Textiles is the first major museum exhibition to explore the extraordinary innovations occurring in technical textiles. Featuring over 150 fully realized products or projects, the exhibition shows how these incredible new materials are revolutionizing the fields of architecture, apparel, medicine, transportation, aerospace, and the environment. These diverse new textiles share common qualities: they are stronger, lighter, faster, smarter, and safer than their predecessors. Extreme Textiles, exhibitions, textiles, materials, Architecture, ch:exhibition=35350777 |
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Design for a Living WorldTen leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design. On view will be the prototypes, drawings, and finished products created by the designers. Design for a LIving World, exhibitions, Abbott Miller, Ellen Lupton, sustainable design, conservation, Nature Conservancy, materials |
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BEES Online: Tools for Evaluating Green Building MaterialsFor those concerned with the impact and lifecycle of construction materials, BEES is a new design tool that helps designers and consumers make informed decisions. Construction and manufacturing have a significant effect on the environment. BEES, Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability, software, green building, materials, evaluation, evaluating, performance, NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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InventablesAptly described by one blogger as “Home Depot from the future,” Inventables is a store unlike any other. The materials vendor sells unusual and unreal-sounding stuff, from rubber glass to translucent concrete. Inventables, online, hardware, store, innovative, materials, vendor, innovation, DIY |
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"Why Design Now" - Triennial HighlightsSunday January 9th was the last day of our National Design Triennial, open since May 14th. How can almost nine months go so fast? Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, energy, mobility, community, materials, prosperity, health, communication, simplicity, categories, themes, global, efficiency, participatory, scale |
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Patrick Jouin's Solid C2 ChairAs part of Cooper-Hewitt’s efforts to explore and document outstanding examples of innovative design, the Museum has begun to collect objects produced by rapid prototyping and manufacturing technology. Patrick Jouin, Jouin Manku, digital, design, computerized, production, technology, materials, acquisition, purchase, members, Solid C2 chair, stereolithography, 3D, 3-D, printing, laser, photosensitive, epoxy, resin, contact, layer, layered, innovative, rapid, prototype, prototyping, manufacture, manufacturing |
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Why Design Now? Conference, October 1stThere was a deluge at dawn on Friday, canceling many trains and tempting people to stay at home, in spite of their commitment to arrive at Jazz at Lincoln Center by 9:00 am for the start of the WHY DESIGN NOW? Solving Global Challenges Conference. Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, 2010, Solving Global Challenges, conference, streaming, participation, Twitter, tweets, online, audience, Beth Comstock, Welcome, Richard Saul Wurman, TED, presentation, data visualization, Information, trends, energy, health, design processes, Elizabeth Scharpf, Sustainable Health Enterprises, SHE, girls, school, tampons, banana, fibers, local, materials, video, YouTube, Timothy Prestero, Design That Matters, incubator, premature, babies, Africa, car, automobile, replacement, parts, social impact |
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