I recently had the chance to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, where I saw their exhibit, ‘Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Bivouac’, which was amazing. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are brothers who run a design studio together. They’ve done work with companies like Vitra, Kartell, Ligne Roset, and Cappellini. The first part of …
For my industrial design project in Introduction to Design, I designed a kayak. Remember that post over the summer, about kayaks? That’s what I went off for this project. I had the solution in my mind, I knew what the perfect kayak would be like. I was really exited when I first started the project. …
It seems big and abstract. I understand the idea of a carbon footprint, but I don’t actually know how big mine is, and I certianly don’t know how to feel about it. There’s a healthy dose of liberal guilt involved most of the time, because I should be caring more than I actually do. It’s …
TEDxGR was this past Thursday, and I happened to be there as a volunteer. Most of what I saw were the exhibits and lunch that happened at Kendall, but I got to watch a few talks on the video feed as well. Steelcase sponsored an exhibit of their furniture arranged in sitting areas, with their …
IDEO is a design and innovation firm from Palo Alto, and they’re doing fantastic things. Courtesy of IDEO One of their designs that I’ve used is the Node Chair, which they designed for Steelcase. Teaching styles and technologies in a classroom have changed dramatically in the past hundred years, but most classrooms look much as they would …
Marc Newson is a pretty big deal.He’s a $1.5 million Lockheed Lounge kind of big deal. I’m amazed by him, not by his designs (although they are amazing) but by the influence he’s had over contemporary design and the size of his career, overall. Everything he touches turns futuristic and otherworldly, and that’s the same aesthetic …