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 Designing for HumanityFreak weather. Vandalism. Shoddy materials. Software bugs.Whenever a designer starts work on a new project, they need to think of all of the bad stuff that could happen, and "accident-proof" against it. Though one thing that Emily Pilloton never expected to have to consider was flying feces. When Ms. Pilloton and her colleagues embarked on the redesign of the "quiet rooms," where the troublesome kids in a Texas foster care home are sent to calm down, they had lots of constructive ideas - or so they thought. "We went in with music, aromatherapy and all this designeresque stuff," she recalled. "Then the head of the home said: 'You can't have anything that can be used as a missile, or that a kid can choke on, and you've got to use this material on the walls, because we have to think about flying feces.' It was very humbling to realize how functional it needed to be." more www.nyt... (29) design directory Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People > Industrial Design Books added by Levent OZLER |
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 GIA Annual Design Awards 2009: Deadline ExtendedThe annual GIA Awards are recognised at local and national level and are one of the main highlights of the annual GIA programme.The awards are open to Chartered Architects, individuals or practices working in the Glasgow Institute of Architects Chapter area. They are also open to practices that are not members of the GIA but have completed buildings within the GIA Chapter area. The closing date for entries is September 11, 2009. competition (ended) current design competitions more info www.gia... (22) design directory Glasgow Institute of Architects > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 Manhattan Studio: Fall 2009 WorkshopThe Instantute announced its Fall Manhattan Studio, an ongoing research and design workshop about "the Future of the City.The Manhattan Studio offers two working studio programs; one from September 15 and October 27, and the other from November 3 and December 12. Each Program consists of Tuesday night workshops, 6:30 - 8:00 pm and Thursday night Shark Talks, 7:00 - 8:00 pm. The Tuesday night session is an "inside" research and design workshop roundtable reviewing work-in-progress about the future of the city. The Thursday night "Shark Talk" session is an "outside" visit to studios and offices to see first hand visual work by local architects, designers, engineers, painters, sculptors, photographers, and film-makers. more www.the... (74) added by Levent OZLER |
 Carlos Diniz: Visualizing a New Los AngelesVisualizing a New Los Angeles: Architectural Renderings of Carlos Diniz, 1962-1992 explores the representation of Los Angeles during some of its most expansive years though the architectural rendering of perhaps the greatest delineator of his time - Carlos Diniz.Organized by historian Nicholas Olsberg, the exhibition documents how Diniz was envisioned large- scale projects throughout Southern California that progressively transformed the scale, the texture and the character of the postindustrial city of Los Angeles and its suburbs. In so doing Diniz helped establish the design language, the metropolitan aspirations and urban sensibility of a new, vastly extended, more self-conscious and more monumental city. The exhibition is both the first opportunity to celebrate the visual accomplishments of Carlos Diniz and perhaps the first to look at the role of architectural renderings - from Century City to Disney Hall - in suggesting how to reshape patterns of life, culture and movement in southern California. Carlos Diniz (1928-2001) was arguably the last of the twentieth century's great architectural delineators to work in the tradition of the hand-drawn building perspective. Diniz was commissioned by architects and planners to portray sometimes quite rudimentary schemes as they might appear in final form. event (ended) current design events more Carlos Diniz: Visualizing a New Los Angeles design directory Edward Cella Art+Architecture > Architecture Galleries added by Levent OZLER |
 Ruth Reed Becomes First Female President of the Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRuth Reed became the first female President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession, which this year celebrates its 175th anniversary.Ruth is the 73rd RIBA President, a position previously held by Sir G. Gilbert Scott and Sir Basil Spence among others. She takes over the two-year elected presidency from Sunand Prasad, who becomes RIBA Immediate Past President. Ruth has extensive experience in the practice and education of architecture. Currently Course Director and design tutor at the Birmingham School of Architecture, Ruth is also a partner of planning consultancy, Green Planning Solutions. Ruth's career has been expansive with terms spent designing for a national house builder, for a large commercial practice and for a housing association; the latter busy role combined with motherhood. In 1992, Ruth went on to set up her own predominantly self-build architecture practice in Wales and in 1997 she designed and constructed her own house. Ruth has been involved in the teaching of architecture since 1993, and has served the profession most notably as President of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (2003-2005) and as RIBA Vice President of Membership (2005-2007). more Ruth Reed Becomes First Female President of the Royal Institute of British Architects design directory RIBA > Architecture Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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