In 1954 Eero Saarinen wanted to eliminate the “FOREST” of legs that supported tables and chairs. The “Tulip” Chair emerged as the solution: a single pedestal supporting the chair and table. The base seems to… / leer más
Who Designed It And When? This tape dispenser has suddenly appeared in Flying Tiger stores so I was wondering who designed it and if the patents on it had run out because I know it’s… / leer más
The logo consists of a PRONOUN, a SYMBOL and an ABBREVIATION, quite a complicated idea combining three different kinds of communication in a single phrase. In 1977 Milton Glaser was asked by RICH, Wells &… / leer más
When Ferdinand Porsche was commissioned by The Third Reich to design the People’s Car or Volkswagen he threw out every automobile convention and used every “new” idea and technique he could find. He used an… / leer más
I read Sherman R. Poppen’s obit in the New York Times today and discovered he was the inventor of The Snurfer the prototypical snowboard from the 1960’s that Jake Burton Carpenter rode on and improved on in… / leer más
Discovered At Falling Water? Driving to Falling Water seemed like a good idea, rent a car pick up Tanya and drive towards Pittsburg on Route 78. All went according to plan till the tire rapped-rapped… / leer más
Who designed this most perfect chair? Who designed this amazing chair and why is it madly popular everywhere in the world? You can buy one at IKEA for $24 or spend hundreds of Pounds at… / leer más
Was it the shakers? Thomas Jefferson? Or O. A. North? There seems to be evidence that all of the above could be accused of creating the coat hanger, but perhaps in different forms and materials.… / leer más
And why do we measure stuff? Societies depend on measurement to quantify and control the sale of products and services, so everyone agrees on the nature of a pound of coffee. Another reason to measure… / leer más
Every fast food place has its own straw, extruded, branded and wrapped! And we use them to drink everything from Starbucks to Milkshakes at Burger King. But have you ever thought about just how many… / leer más
You sit down at a table in a beautiful café, relishing a short respite from the tedium of work, the server asks what you would like and brings you a lovely cup of coffee, sets… / leer más
“The Simplex Chair” patented in 1889 by French designer Edouard Leclerc. Walking into Union Square Park I was struck by how well this chair fits into the life of the park, by not intruding in… / leer más
NASA Orbit Pavilion: un observatorio del sonido de los satélites en órbita, «…un pabellón para que los visitantes se sumerjan en los sonidos de los 19 satélites que orbitan alrededor de la Tierra».
Notable People Map: un mapa digital de personas notables en el mundo. «usa información extraída de una base de datos verificada de personas notables desde 3500BC-2018, que forma parte de un estudio publicado en la revista Nature»
«La Asociación Iberoamérica Diseña es la primera asociación de ámbito iberoamericano, constituida por profesionales de 16 de los 22 países iberoamericanos que firman esta Declaración fundacional».
Un proyecto de colaboración con el estudio de diseño Dedo Ciego en Barcelona. 20 productos diseñados en Venezuela, desde 1958 hasta 2020.
Llegó la primavera en Brooklyn, NYC.
Descarga el segundo número de la revista Proyecta56, an industrial design Journal, editada por la Universidad de Cádiz.
El proyecto de divulgación, difusión y reflexión sobre el diseño industrial en Venezuela creado en 2011. Cerca de 300 diseñadores en 4 ediciones. Descarga los catálogos en PDF:
> 2011 / más divulgación, menos átomos
