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    Design News > Industrial Design
    Dutch designer Dave Hakkens created a new plug, using a lightweight rubber material that makes it easily detachable, thus giving it a longer lifespan. >
    6 Jan 12
  • Toshiyuki Kita Design Indaba conference talk
    Toshiyuki Kita on user-friendly product design
    Talks > Product Design
    In Japan good design is regarded as a valuable resource. Toshiyuki Kita talks about this notion. >
    29 Nov 10
  • The Brilliant Device by David Trautrimas
    Back to the future
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    Photographer David Trautrimas shows his steampunk fictions at the LE Gallery in Toronto, Canada, until 30 May 2010. >
    3 May 10
  • A kick and a wink
    Opinion > Industrial Design
    Toshiyuki Kita has always applied his Japanese heritage to his European designs - and vice versa - to create flexible forms. >
    1 Feb 08
  • All-round design
    Q&A > Industrial Design
    Christine Moosmann, editor of Novum magazine, interviews world-famous product designer Dieter Rams. >
    1 Nov 04
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