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 Inventor Boxes Up Prestigious Design AwardTony Mammone gets a kick that his invention, a biodegradable garbage bin, now shares a design award with creations by some of the world's most prominent companies.Mr. Mammone's creation, U-Box-It, a one-cubic-metre cardboard mini-dumpster that can hold up to 1,000 pounds, was awarded a bronze medal in the design strategy category of the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards. more www.yor... (72) added by Levent OZLER |
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 Include 2009: Inclusive Design Into InnovationThe RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre announced a Call for Papers for Include 2009, Inclusive design into innovation: transforming practice in design, research and business, to be held at the Royal College of Art, London from 5 to 8 April 2009.Include 2009 will be the fifth International Conference on Inclusive Design and aims to engage those involved in all aspects of user-centred design practice, research and advocacy. Papers on research are sought from academic researchers, design managers, designers, design educators and design commissioners that describe inclusive approaches in their chosen field and the innovative outcomes. Submissions that deal with inclusive design in its broadest sense and in any context of user-centred practice will be considered. Papers are to be received electronically through the Include website by 1 October 2008. competition (ended) current design competitions more info www.hhc... (173) design directory Royal College of Art > Design Education added by Levent OZLER |
 Cadillac CTS Sport WagonThe 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon made its world premiere at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, in Monterey, California on 15 August 2008.The new CTS Sport Wagon has a distinctive and dynamic presence. The first view of the car's intricately sculpted rear profile demonstrates Cadillac's commitment to cutting edge styling and its "Art and Science" design philosophy, so successfully implemented on the CTS luxury sport saloon, recently launched in the UK, and the CTS Coupe Concept. "The addition of this dramatically- designed Sport Wagon is well synchronised with today's changing consumer tastes as a compelling alternative to SUVs or other larger vehicles," says Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. "This is an important step in Cadillac's ongoing global expansion, and of course in international markets like Europe, wagons have been and continue to be very significant. The CTS Sport Wagon is an important expansion to the Cadillac line-up worldwide." "It's a taut design that not only suggests sleekness, but delivers it," said Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac. "Indeed, the drama of the saloon is amplified in the CTS Sport Wagon, as the centreline cue that is part of the exterior and interior is more prominent and plays a stronger role in defining the design at the rear of the vehicle." more Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon added by Levent OZLER |
 Robot Comp Hopes to Save Army LivesThe UK Ministry of Defence is holding a competition to try to find the spy technology of the future.The inventions are being tested at a specially-built village on Salisbury Plain and UK designers from education and business have been putting their machines through their paces. more news.bb... (70) added by Levent OZLER |
 SKD Designs Green Hard Drive for FabrikAs awareness of green design permeates the consumer consciousness, people are beginning to seek out sustainable products and behaviors.To meet this growing demand, digital media storage leader Fabrik turned to Los Angeles-based industrial design consultancy Stuart Karten Design (SKD) to design two sustainable hard drives for its SimpleTech brand. SKD responded with designs for the 500 GB SimpleTech drive, which introduces new sustainable materials to Fabrik's product line, and the SimpleTech Simple Drive, which makes steps toward improved sustainability using the materials and manufacturing processes already in place at Fabrik. "SimpleTech came to us with a desire to create a product that addressed sustainability in a meaningful way. This project represented an opportunity to break new ground in an industry that has paid little attention to its impact on the environment," says SKD principal Stuart Karten, who has designed for the consumer electronics industry for nearly 25 years. SKD re-thought the market's assumption of what a hard drive should look like, exploring new materials and manufacturing processes, from injection molded starch-based biopolymers to vegetable-dyed soft goods, that would minimize the drives' impact on the environment. Simplicity became the driving force behind both drives: eliminating excess, minimizing size, part count and volume of materials and reducing carbon exhaust during production. more SKD Designs Green Hard Drive for Fabrik design directory Stuart Karten Design > Industrial Design Companies added by Levent OZLER |
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