Archive for November, 2008
Shoebox: Qut Students Create Street-smart Furniture From Recycled Rubbish Bins
When is a yellow Brisbane City Council bus stop bin not a bin?
When it has been turned into a winning piece of furniture by interior design students from Queensland University of Technology.
Style-astute Brisbane residents could be among the first to own a trendy seating and storage module created by up-and-coming designers after their work was chosen by local furniture manufactures Blok Furniture for production.
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Luella Bartley Named Designer of the Year
Luella Bartley, fashion’s poster girl for Chelsea style and Cornwall cool, was crowned “Designer of the Year” at the British Fashion Awards in London.
Bartley, 34, is renowned for her quirky mix of alternative cheek and Establishment chic.
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So long hurricane season!
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Today is the final day of "hurricane season" for both the Atlantic Basin and the Eastern Pacific.
According to The Weather Channel’s tropical weather specialist, Steve Lyons, the north Atlantic basin count is as follows:
China Design Now Makes Its U.S. Debut at the Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Art Museum presents China Design Now, the first exhibition in the U.S. to explore the recent explosion of new design in China, where dynamic economic development and rapid cultural change are fueling unprecedented innovation in the country’s design industries.
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Continental Plans Dreamliner Seats to Be Roomy
Even though Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner remains grounded by a series of embarrassing delays, airlines that have ordered the plane are eager to take advantage of its unique features designed to enhance the flying experience for passengers.
And one of those special features on the 787 is the large windows — bigger by far than those on any commercial jet flying today.
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Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge
The Museum of Modern Art presents Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge, an installation in The Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries on the third floor that showcases 98 objects in the Museum’s collection whose impact is due not to their graceful formal qualities but to their designers’ radical engagement with meaning and emotion.
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Laboratory of Architecture: Fernando Romero
The first monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Fernando Romero and his Mexico City based practice, LAR (Laboratory of Architecture), will be on view in the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, February 28 - May 31, 2009.
Organized by Raymund Ryan, Carnegie Museum of Art curator of architecture, Laboratory of Architecture / Fernando Romero presents innovative designs for two dozen projects together with large-scale photographs and analysis of Mexico City that help to situate the work in context.
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Internet Advertising Competition 2009
The Web Marketing Association 7th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards is currently excepting entries.
The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising.
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Where’d all the acorns go?
Acorn watchers wonder what happened to crop
Starving and skinny squirrels offer clues to disappearance, botanists say
By Brigid Schulte updated 7:04 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2008
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Beached whales die in Australia
Around 150 whales have died after being stranded in a remote coastal area of the Australian island of Tasmania.
Many of the long-finned pilot whales, which were discovered on Saturday, had been badly injured by jagged rocks.
NASA delays shuttle landing due to bad weather
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA delayed the landing of space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and may have to divert the spaceship to a backup landing site in California.
financial crunch, EU rift, strain U.N. climate talks
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Worries around the costs of combating climate change and rifts between European Union states are likely to strain 185-nation talks in Poland from Monday on a new U.N. treaty to fight global warming.
Return trip travel forecast
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Heading back home — The most active weather (and possible travel delays) will be east of the Mississippi River today. A coastal low will produce rain (and maybe a wintry morning mix in some locations) for much of the Eastern Seaboard. A trailing cold front associated with this low is triggering severe thunderstorms in Florida this morning. A tornado watch is in effect till noon for parts of southern Georgia and the eastern section of Florida’s Panhandle. The Storm Prediction Center has defined a slight risk area for severe thunderstorms today that includes much of Florida as well as southern Georgia. It will be a wet ride along I-95, as rain is expected to spread northward from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast, with heaviest rainfall expected in parts of the Carolinas into southeastern Virginia. Along and west of the Appalachians, temperatures will be near the freezing mark and there may be light accumulations of freezing rain, sleet and snow. Holiday travelers should be particularly cautions when traveling in higher elevations. Winter weather advisories extend from northern Maine through the mountains of northwestern North Carolina.
Mazda Wins LA Auto Show Design Award
Mazda has won the Design Challenge “Motor Sports 2025″ at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, which opened earlier this week.
Nine of southern California’s vehicle design studios were asked to give their vision of how a sports vehicle strength look 17 years from now - in California’s zero-emissions society - and Mazda North American Operation (MNAO) design team’s concept vehicle, Mazda KAAN, was chosen the winner.
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D-Link DCS-3415 Network Camera Receives International Forum Product Design Award for 2009
D-Link announced that the company received the prestigious iF (International Forum) Product Design Award for its DCS-3415 network camera.
The D-Link DCS-3415 is a high-end surveillance camera designed for the deployment in professional environments that require surveillance and security.
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Guggenheim Museum Appoints David Van Der Leer as Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, has announced the appointment of David van der Leer as the Guggenheim’s new Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design.
In making the announcement, Mr. Armstrong spoke of Mr. Van der Leer’s unique combination of skills: “David’s work with renowned architectural firms, coupled with a master’s degree in Urban and Architectural Theory and impressive publishing and lecturing experience, make him an best candidate for the Guggenheim as it joins forces with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to organize Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward, our anniversary exhibition set to open in May 2009.”
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150 whales die in stranding off Australian coast
SYDNEY (Reuters) - At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania’s west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean.
The state government said the number of long-finned pilot whales that had perished had climbed to 150 after a body count on Sunday, almost double the earlier estimate of 80.