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Students in the MFA Design Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) will exhibit design concepts in a multimedia display at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), May 17 - 20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City.
The students were challenged to re-purpose a raw wood IKEA-brand chair based on contemporary cultural touchstones like disco, suburbia and machismo, and the resulting products were created under the guidance of SVA Chair of 3D Design and MTV designer Kevin O'Callaghan.
SVA is one of four schools selected by ICFF organizers to participate, along with the California College of the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design and Yale University.
"To address the challenges confronting graphic designers in the face of ever-changing visual media and rapidly evolving business environments, our students focus on entrepreneurship in the broadest sense: developing a viable concept, and then working through the process of prototype fabrication, production, and marketing of individual intellectual properties," said Lita Talarico, who co-chairs the MFA Design Department at SVA with Steven Heller.
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Call it the "Nano" effect. Global automobile giants are taking a renewed look at India's designing and engineering capability.
Sweden's Volvo Cars is the latest to join in.
"We are looking at India's design and engineering excellence.
A pilot project to explore the potential will be set up this year," Magnus Jonsson, senior vice president (research and development) at Volvo Cars Corporation, told Hindustan Times.
Volvo's plan to explore an R&D facility in India assumes significance as it comes at a time when several global players are beginning to move their design and engineering work to India.
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The Taiwan Design Center launched a promotional theme design contest yesterday for the 2011 International Design Alliance Congress to be held in Taipei City.
The promotional theme design should reflect Taiwan's uniqueness and culture as well as be representative of the times, the center said.
The first, second and third place finishers will receive NT$30,000 (US$986.40), NT$20,000 and NT$10,000, respectively, the center said.
The International Design Alliance Congress is being organized by iF International Forum Design, the Taiwan Design Center and UNIPLAN Taiwan Corporation.
The theme of the congress will be "Fusion," blending East and West as well as technology and traditional culture, the organizers said.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of Industrial Design Services in the US to their offering.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in creating and developing designs and specifications that optimize the use, value, and appearance of their products.
These services can include the determination of the materials, construction, mechanisms, shape, color, and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal, and efficiency in production, distribution, use, and maintenance.
Establishments providing automobile or furniture industrial design services or industrial design consulting services are included in this industry.
This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors.
Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.
Participants within this industry face a high level of competition.
Industry participants range from global-market oriented entities to small, industry- or location-specific companies.
Smaller companies are likely to face closure as international (particularly Asian) competitors claim greater market share.
On a more positive note, potential for growth will develop from the growing need for medical product suppliers to provide designs increasingly tailored to the elderly as the population ages.
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Renault Brazil is opening the Renault Design America Latina (RDAL) design centre in Sao Paulo.
The brand's first design office on the American continent is staffed by 10 experts in automotive design from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and France.
Renault has opened six design centres since 1999, in Spain (Barcelona), France (Paris), South Korea (Seoul), India (Mumbai), Romania (Bucharest) and Brazil (Sao Paulo).
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