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 PolyU Design Scholar Shows Creativity at WorkWorking in collaboration with the HKSAR Government's Highways Department, Prof. Michael Siu, Leader of the Public Design Lab of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has achieved a major breakthrough in managing public space by the invention of a new bollard system, known as FlexiBOL, for use along the roadside and pedestrian walkways.Prof. Siu has grasped 10 patents as well as several overseas awards for this innovation. Equipped with specially designed interlocking components and mounting mechanism, the FlexiBOL is more user-friendly than the traditional bollards and railings, thereby allowing greater flexibility in the use of public spaces. With FlexiBOL replacing traditional bollards and railings, a pedestrian walkway can be easily converted into a street market or a public place for social, cultural and festival activities by dismantling the locks and bollards within a short period of time. It can be done the other way around by erecting FlexiBOL as barriers between walkways and heavy traffic. It only takes less than three minutes to dismount or set up a single set of FlexiBOL, making it very convenient for urban planners, landscape architects, engineers and designers to manage public space. more PolyU Design Scholar Shows Creativity at Work design directory The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design > Design Education added by Levent OZLER |
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 VCU Students Design Surgical Table for Use in Developing NationsSeule Kabir has a master's degree in mechanical engineering and a heart that's set on helping people back home in her native Bangladesh.She found a way to match her skills with that desire through a project that Virginia Commonwealth University students have been working on for the past two years. The students have come up with a prototype for a surgical table that would cost only $500. The high price tag on operating tables - they can cost $5,000 to $80,000 - means many hospitals in developing nations can afford just one. It's a problem that not only delays treatment for patients but also raises the cost of medical care, Kabir said. The culmination of her idea and how it evolved in the hands of two teams of students is on display Saturday through July 31 at the Science Museum of Virginia. The project, called "Operation Simple," is the result of the collaboration of art, engineering and business students in VCU's da Vinci Center for Innovation in Product Design and Development. It remains a work in progress. The students have taken the assignment from the classroom to the museum as they fine-tune the design and develop marketing plans. more www.tim... (54) added by Levent OZLER |
 French Designer Pierre Paulin Dies Aged 81French designer Pierre Paulin, famed for his unusually shaped chairs and a favourite of presidents, has died at the age of 81.Paulin, who passed away on Saturday, was a well-known figure in the world of French design for over half a century. His seats, shaped like mushrooms and tongues and decorated in an array of bright colours, won widespread acclaim and found their way into major museums across the world. They are now part of collections in New York's Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, and London's Victoria and Albert Museum. more www.goo... (27) added by Levent OZLER |
 The Colour of the Future?Li Edelkoort says she's never been wrong in her predictions of lifestyle trends - so where does she think design and fashion will go next?Less consumerism, less individualism and lots of grey, she tells Deirdre McQuillan "We have been living in a period of marketing, not creativity," says Li Edelkoort. Her name may not have household resonance in Ireland, but in many industries Edelkoort is recognised as a leader in trend and lifestyle forecasting, a business that in the last 20 years has grown in importance and brought her worldwide fame and fortune. more www.iri... (121) added by Levent OZLER |
 The Mini: How Design Becomes Brand BlatherThe Mini, everyone's favorite overdesigned icon-mobile, turns 50 this year.Originally, it was quintessentially British: a compact design, innovatively engineered to provide ample interior room, but with sneaky thrilling performance that evoked the English love of vigorous motoring. It bridged the Philip Larkin-era England of postwar deprivation with the 1960s advent of Mod UK. There are now many, many cars on the contemporary road that make use of the Mini's influential design. And of course one of them is the new Mini, built by BMW. To celebrate the 50th birthday of designer Alec Issigonis' creation, they've made a video. Sprinkled throughout are nods to what made the Mini special as a machine. more www.reu... (73) added by Levent OZLER |
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