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 Aston Martin One-77 Wins Top Design Award at the Concorso d'Eleganza, Villa d'EsteThe world debut of the complete Aston Martin One-77 concept has won the Concorso d'Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes.It was unveiled during the world renowned Concorso d'Eleganza event in the grounds of the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este on the shores of Lake Como, Italy 24-26 April 2009. Following the Geneva Auto Salon in March, where the technical illustration was first shown, the rolling chassis has since been completed by hand into the first car presented at Villa d'Este this weekend. The One-77 is Aston Martin's definitive sports car, one that epitomises everything Aston Martin and delivers effortless beauty guaranteed to stir the senses with performance potential eclipsing any previous Aston Martin. It's this extraordinary workmanship and money-no-object commitment to quality that makes the One-77 unique. It promises a driving experience of unrivalled intensity and excitement while representing the world's most desirable automotive art form. "Embodying everything Aston Martin stands for; the One-77 has proven itself as the most desirable automotive art form at its premiere today," said Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin Chief Executive. "We have achieved a new level of design and craftsmanship which has been clearly recognised by the public here in the homeland of design at Villa d'Este." added by Levent OZLER |
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 Sizing Up Australia: How Contemporary is the Anthropometric Data Australian Designers UseThe Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) has released a research report on the occupational health and safety (OHS) implications of accurate data for the design of Australian workplaces.The accuracy of anthropometric data is an emerging issue that is a focus of research for the ASCC. Anthropometric data are the measurements of the human body form used by designers to represent the human shape and size in the design of workplaces. The report, Sizing Up Australia: How contemporary is the anthropometric data Australian designers use investigates what anthropometric data is being used by designers of workplace equipment and products and assesses whether this data reflects the contemporary Australian workforce. more www.saf... (86) added by Levent OZLER |
 Kids II Partnership with Savannah College of Art and Design Yields New Toy ConceptsThis year, Kids II hosted its first-ever toy design program and contest in collaboration with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Industrial Design Department.With guidance from the Kids II design team and SCAD professor Jesus Rojas, 11 students participated in the 10-week interactive project to develop new toy concepts for the company's Bright Starts brand. Four students earned top honors and all participants received course credit for their work as well as material for their portfolios. Winner Garrett Miller received a $4,000 scholarship award for his Color N' Croak & Caterpillar Teether. Zarni Ko earned the $2,500 second place award for his hippo, Sang Hyuk Lee earned the $1,250 third place award for his Crack & Roll toy and Shane Bloomberg was awarded a $400 honorable mention prize for his Push & Play innovation. Miller's winning invention was a frog that helps the child explore and recognize different colors and textures as well as a caterpillar with a bendable body intended for the development of motor skills and different textured legs for stimulating curiosity in exploration. more Kids II Partnership with Savannah College of Art and Design Yields New Toy Concepts design directory SCAD > Design Education added by Levent OZLER |
 The Flo: Industrial Product Design Wastes Away the CompetitionA team of ASU College of Design students and faculty were recognized this spring for their transgenerational toilet design concept, Go With the Flo by the Northwest Design Invitational (NDI).Five excellence criteria were exercised at the NDI biennial competition to recognize outstanding design: appropriate aesthetics, design innovation, ecological responsibility and market and user benefits. Design team members honored with the NDI's Breaking the Rules Silver Award include John Takamura and Dosun Shin, College of Design faculty members, and Tamara Christensen and Dean Bacalzo, Master of Science in Design students. "We hope our design will alter the toilet archetype by the year 2030," says John Takamura, design team leader and assistant professor of industrial design in the ASU College of Design. The Flo toilet is an ergonomic, sustainable design concept for baby boomers that functions like a squat toilet. Designers maintain that using the Flo toilet is akin to yoga - by building and strengthening abdominal and back muscles. Only one-half to one gallon of water is used for flushing and The Flo reuses water from hand washing. To flush water from the tanks to the toilet, the Flo employs an electromagnetic ball valve that uses electromagnets. Go With the Flo also is free of mechanical parts. The toilet is fully self-sustaining and independent of electric power. more asunews... (176) added by Levent OZLER |
 East Asian Countries Emerging as New Design PowerhousesEast Asian countries such as South Korea and Singapore are beginning to shift their economic emphasis away from low-cost production and into design, new research suggests.The findings, which appear in a new report examining international design capabilities, could have significant implications for the UK, where high-value activities such as design are regarded as essential to future competitiveness. The results suggest that western nations are under increasing threat from emerging East Asian "powerhouses" as they develop their design sectors, invest in national design promotion and produce skilled design graduates. If their ambition is successful, countries such as South Korea will become even more competitive in areas such as design. They will also have the added advantage of a close production base, which in many cases has already shifted to the East. more www.cam... (195) added by Levent OZLER |
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