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Confessions of a Design Geek
Philippe Hohlfeld’s floating farms fill empty shipping containers
This article was published 10 years Due to an imbalance between imports and exports, every year 26.1 million shipping container loads travel from China, but only 12.9m loads travel back to China – meaning that half of the containers going back to Asia are empty, a fact that designer Innovation Design Engineering…
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interview :: alex swain
This article was published 10 yearsYou can find Alex’s products on the Maker Place – a platform for designer–makers to showcase and sell their work. This article was published 10 years
Confessions of a Design Geek
Desso showcases best design graduates of 2015
This article was published 11 years Clerkenwell contract carpet showroom Desso is showing Best In Class, a exhibition of the best design graduates of 2015, curated by confessions of a design geek editor Katie Treggiden, for the second consecutive year. Katie selected the work of five designers or design teams from…
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Marcus Kane’s Tempo uses kinetic energy to produce 15 minutes of light
This article was published 11 years Central Saint Martin’s graduate Marcus Kane has developed a self-powered light that uses kinetic energy to generate 15 minutes of light at a time. Tempo is a circular wall light with an internal mechanic motor inside, powered by a user-operated counter-weight. When you pull…
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interview :: philippe starck
This article was published 13 yearsIn this short film, Godfather of French design Philippe Starck explains the inspiration behind his Organic range for Axor. It’s such a beautiful explanation that I was keen to find out more and chuffed to bits when I landed an interview with the man himself. What’s the most important thing…
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out and about :: new designers one year on
This article was published 14 years After the fabulously talented top ten from New Designers last week, here are my top three from New Designers One Year On. This is the section of the show that focuses on designers who either graduated a year ago, or have been in business…