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 The First Issue of the SEE BulletinDesign Wales announced the official launch of the SEE bulletin - the only publication fully dedicated to discussing promotion, support and government policies for design.Although design has been increasingly recognized as a tool for innovation, it has not, as yet, been effectively incorporated into strategic government policies. The SEE project aims to draft recommendations that will raise the salience of design amongst policy-makers, increase the use of design services in industry and improve understanding of how design can be used to tackle social and economic challenges in Europe. By sharing expertise, setting targets, developing support mechanisms and devising four policy proposal booklets, the SEE partners hope to be able to influence policy at regional and national levels in Europe, fostering the integration of design into innovation policy and also the development and implementation of new dedicated design policies. The SEE bulletin is one of the tools for achieving this objective. It is a continuation of the series of SEEdesign Bulletins, which were published between 2005 and 2007. This new series of six publications to be released twice a year between 2009 and 2011, will focus on the debate surrounding policies for design and innovation and will be exploring the latest research and best practice in policies and programmes on design and innovation. more The First Issue of the SEE Bulletin design directory Design Wales > Design Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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 The Sami Knife II at Design Forum FinlandGlobal design and local Finnish design and production meet at The Sami Knife II exhibition at Design Forum Finland.22 designers have searched for a new form for the traditional Sami Knife. In addition to top designers from the Nordic countries, the participants include designers among the most interesting ones in the world at the moment. "Updating" the Sami Knife has been an ambitious task on which all the invited designers wanted to express their views. The exhibition was on display at the Sami Museum Siida in Inari during the summer 2009 and it will tour later abroad. The Sami Knife is a basic tool which has a development of 300 years behind it. The skill of crafting a traditional Sami knife is about to disappear. The Sami Knife project wants to raise discussion on how various locally developed objects are disappearing because of global production and the resulting price competition. event ends Nov 29, 2009 Finland view on map more design events more The Sami Knife II at Design Forum Finland design directory Design Forum Finland > Design Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 Simple and Clever Head for the BMW MuseumIn the course of its history, BMW has repeatedly provided impulses for the further development of personal mobility through innovative vehicle and drive concepts.Last year's special exhibition "Concept Vehicles" at the BMW Museum presented a selection of these unusual concepts. Now two more vehicles added to the exhibition, Simple and Clever. Simple combines features and advantages from both automobiles and motorcycles. The concept owes its passenger cell to the car, providing protection from wind and weather as well as shielding the driver from exterior noise and offering occupants a high degree of safety in the event of an accident. The motorcycle inspired the slim design of the Simple (at just 110 centimetres wide) and its configuration for two people sitting one behind the other. Plus it boasts the dynamic driving style typical of a two-wheeler, allowing you to lean right into corners as desired. CLEVER is the acronym for "Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport" and refers to a research project aimed at producing a low-emission, practical city vehicle. Being CLEVER means sitting one behind the other in a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a low-emission natural gas engine. And that adds up to low aerodynamic drag, minimal weight and a small road footprint: the research vehicle is around 3 metres long, 1 metre wide and 1.4 metres tall, weighs in at under 400 kilograms and offers no more than a square metre of frontal area to the airstream. more Simple and Clever Head for the BMW Museum added by Levent OZLER |
 Red Dot Design Team of the Year 2009 in SingaporeSince 17 September 2009 products of the Tupperware Worldwide Design Team, which received the title "red dot: design team of the year 2009" at a festive gala in Essen, Germany on 29 June 2009, have been on show at the red dot design museum Singapore.Thus the design team headed by Vice President Susan Perkins was honoured for its continuous design achievements and the products that have also won several accolades in the red dot design award. "Winning the red dot design awards is an indication that we are keeping up with our commitment in delivering functional, yet stylish products to our everyday consumer. It is a notable accomplishment, and certainly a great honour," says Christian Skroeder, Group President of Tupperware Brands Corporation. "The fact that these products can now - thanks to the title "red dot: design team of the year" and red dot's international orientation - also be presented to a wide audience in Asia is an important milestone for the company." more en.red-... (61) design directory Red Dot Design Award > Industrial Design Awards added by Levent OZLER |
 Classics for Kids: The Special Edition of the Thonet Classics 214 and S 43 for KidsGreat classics for little people: the Thonet company will be producing two icons of furniture design in a special edition for children.For this year's Christmas season, the company will launch a children's version in light pastel colours of both the famous coffee house chair 214 and the tubular steel cantilever chair S 43. The children's version of the famous coffee house chair No. 14 (today called the 214), is a smaller version of the original coffee house chair, developed in 1873 by one of the sons of company founder Michael Thonet, and will be produced under the label 14KR and feature the typical wickerwork seat. Also available as 14 KM is a version with a wooden seat in light blue, yellow, pink or white. There will also be a new children's version of the 1931 cantilever chair by Mart Stam, which was developed during the Bauhaus period. Like the bentwood chair 14 KM, the children's chair S 43 K made of bent tubular steel will be available in pastel colours, applied as a texture finish. more www.tho... (82) added by Levent OZLER |
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