Hi Everyone,
I have finally got around to loading some images and starting a blog. Last weekend, like every weekend since we've been here (an entire 3 weeks) we zoomed into Melbourne to seek a bit of indoor heat and attend the design fair. For some reason the links are not active so simply copy them to take a look at the various projects....
State of Design Festival 2008
http://www.stateofdesign.com.au/designforeveryone
The design festival in Melbourne last weeked proved both inspiration and enlightening with regards to local and national design ideas, trends and global vision. After a series of lectures on Thursday I took a quick look through the exhibition building and discovered a collection of local designers who are creating really great products.
First I'll give you an overview of the highlights of Thursdays lecture series:
Oki Sato from Nendo
He is a Japanese designer who is both humorous, modest and bursting with creative ideas.
http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/detail.php?y=2008&t=122
The diamond chair on the link above is worth a gander
The cabbage chair he designed with "left over" paper from the pleating of Issey Miyaki's fabrids
http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/detail.php?y=2008&t=111
The Drawer house
http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/detail.php?y=2003&t=1
The Book house
and inside out library- fantastic idea
http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/detail.php?y=2005&t=2
A graduate from Berkeley who became disenchanted with the commercial world she had just entered started a design firm with the mandate to improve the lives of others through design. They collaborate with Architects without Borders...
Project H Design
http://www.projecthdesign.com/
An idea of the type of project that drives them is the Hippo Roller used to transport water.
I'll post the craft and industrial designers in the next couple of days once I figure out how to activate the links so you do not need to copy them.
ciao ciao
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