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Blog: Day 1 of What Design Can Do Conference
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Rohan Shivkumar, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares and Oliviero Toscani stood out on day one of the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam.
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27 May 11
Colourful cityscapes
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Interaction Design
An interactive installation, Build Up! by the Rockwell Group’s LAB invited guests to help design a virtual cityscape.
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27 May 11
Greener grass
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Hat-trick have served up an interesting new brand identity for the famous Wimbledon tennis club.
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27 May 11
Big dreams on little cards
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If you dream it, put it onto a business card and you’re one step closer to realising that dream.
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26 May 11
For the love of trees
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A new tracking system hopes to protect the lush forests and valuable trees of Liberia
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26 May 11
Fun and games
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Local artist Michael MacGarry's work looks at the socio-political and economic issues in various African countries.
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26 May 11
Moon boot
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Product Design
United Nude’s Flat Pack shoe is ideal for a lunar environment, should you want to go and live on the moon.
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25 May 11
Smog consumption
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Since buildings account for so much of energy use, wouldn’t it be nice if they could help clean the air?
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25 May 11
Product support
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The Cape Craft and Design Institute now has a Product Support Space with a range of new machinery.
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25 May 11
Second skin
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Safe sex is made sexy with the Second Skin. Check out urban africa’s condom pouch.
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24 May 11
Over the rainbow
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Craft
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Creations this colourful can't not make one smile. And what makes it even better is that it removes plastic pollution from beaches.
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24 May 11
Natural cuttings
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Craft
Matali Crasset’s Cuttings range of objects is the result of a collaboration with Dutch glass blower Vincent Breed.
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24 May 11
Abilities of design
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Design Thinking
The What Design Can Do conference in Amsterdam brings together creatives thinking about design as a mindset for addressing social issues.
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23 May 11
Hidden earphones
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Product Design
Nendo's new Otokurage earphones for Elecom is reminiscent of a jellyfish.
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22 May 11
Paula Scher mural
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Paula Scher's new murals at the Queens Metropolitan Campus creates a world in one room.
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22 May 11
Made to fit
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Product Design
Vivian Chiu’s Inception Chair comprises 10 chair frames that all fit together to form one, very interesting, seat.
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21 May 11
Possibilities
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Architecture & Interiors
Openness to Explore at Freeworld Design Centre features the second series of room-size exhibitions by top creatives.
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21 May 11
Cups of cocoa
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fuseproject's Talamanca Cocoa project raises awareness about the positive aspects of organic cocoa farming in Costa Rica.
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19 May 11
Quilted
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Product Design
The honeycomb-like Quilt series of sofas and chairs by the Bouroullec Brothers now comes in a new colourway.
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18 May 11
Cathedral moods
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Architecture & Interiors
Anish Kapoor's cathedral-like installation in Paris reflects on the transitive nature of instants.
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17 May 11
Light bulb moment
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Information Design
Google have launched an LED light bulb which can be controlled by any Android device, paving the way for a new type of energy efficiency.
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17 May 11
Pattern people
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Renée Rossouw and Laduma Ngxokolo take abstract patterns from school-day simplicity to allusions about personal identity.
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16 May 11
Handling pressure
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Interaction Design
A new innovation allows people to monitor their blood pressure using their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
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16 May 11
Mesh-merised
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Product Design
Tom Dixon's Mesh chair aspires to be almost invisible.
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16 May 11
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