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Design the next Kleenex Collection cube
11.10.2009
How would you like to design the next Kleenex Collection cube.
The winning design will be featured on the next Kleenex Collection tissue cubes and its creator will receive an Apple iMac.
To create your own Kleenex tissue cube
Closing date is the 31st of October
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Dieter Rams - Less is More
27.08.2009
18 November 2009 - 14 March 2010
For 40 years, from 1955 until 1995, Dieter Rams designed or oversaw the design of over 500 products for the German electronics manufacturer Braun, as well as furniture for Vitsoe. Audio equipment, calculators, shavers and shelving systems are just some of the products created by Dieter Rams, each item holds a special place in the history of industrial and furniture design and has established Dieter Rams as one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century.
This exhibition is the first UK definitive retrospective of Dieter Rams’ career in over 12 years. Showcasing landmark designs for both Braun and Vitsoe, this exhibition will examine how Dieter Rams’ design ethos inspired and challenged perceptions of domestic design and assesses Dieter Rams’ lasting influence on today’s design landscape. Archive film footage, models, sketches and prototypes will be displayed alongside specially commissioned interviews with Dieter Rams’ contemporaries, which include Jonathon Ive, Jasper Morrision, Sam Hecht and Naoto Fukasawa.
Dieter Rams’ elegant products challenged original concepts of design thought by reducing electrical switches to a minimum and arranging them in an orderly manner, transparent plastics and wooden veneers were mixed and colour schemes were limited to tones of pure whites and greys, the only splash of colour being allocated to switches and dials.
Dieter Rams defined an elegant, legible, yet rigorous visual design language, identified through his ‘Ten Principles’ of good design, which, amongst others stated that good design should be innovative, aesthetic, durable and useful. Heavily influenced by the Bauhaus and Ulm School of Art in Germany, Dieter Rams pioneered a design spirit which embraced modernity and placed functionality above everything else, resulting in designs that were free of decoration, simple in function and embodied a cohesive sense of order. Born in Germany in 1932, Dieter Rams trained in architecture and interior design before joining Braun in 1955 where he took advantage of electronic and engineering advances made during the Second World War to realise a sophisticated re-interpretation of domestic appliances.
DESIGN MUSEUM, SHAD THAMES,
LONDON SE1 2YD TICKETS: Adults £8.50; Concessions £6.50; Students £5.00; Under 12s free
OPENING: 10.00 -17.45 Daily. Last Admission: 17.15
PUBLIC INFORMATION T: 020 7940 8790
W: designmuseum.org
ADVANCE BOOKING T: 020 7940 8783
W: ticketweb.co.uk
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Architecture For Everyone
15.04.2009
Places Matter are running a workshop event and other education initiatives. Get involved.
A workshop event will be held on the 17th April as part of "Architecture for
Everyone" - intended to find aspiring architects amongst minority
groups between the ages of 18-25 ( 17 turning 18 this summer is acceptable.
) Note that: you won't be eligible if you have at any time enrolled on an
architecture / urban design course. Six individuals will be selected
nationwide to go to Harvard Graduate Summer School this summer. The aim for
the workshop is to recruit 40 people.
This is a great opportunity for anyone would would like to to participate in an exciting all day event and get to know more about architecture.
If you are 16 or above you are welcome to come to the workshop please rsvp
ninnie.yeo[at]placesmatter.co.uk, you will be able to meet local and
international architects, get advise on your portfolio etc. (but you won't
eligible for Harvard)
Check out http://www.architectureforeveryone.org.uk/
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DESIGN COMPETITION - TRANSFORM THE FUTURE 3
15.04.2009
coverings, together with Sustain Magazine.
This year the closing date for the sustainable design competition ‘Transform the Future’ is 31 May 2009, so there is still time to enter.
‘Transform the Future’ encourages designers and students to go out into the community and spread the word that in design, ‘sustainable’ doesn’t mean ‘boring’. By seeking sustainable solutions to design problems, tomorrow’s designers will make a huge contribution to the environmental performance of the built environment.
The 2008 competition attracted entries from every corner of the international design community, with the winners coming from Argentina. In February this year, the two students Leonardo Bercovich and Noelia Canizares crossed the Atlantic to take up a work placement with leading design agency Graven Images in Glasgow as part of their prize. Dalsouple has arranged for free flooring from the design to go to the winning project, the Luis Braille School for visually impaired children in Tucuman, Argentina.
For 2009, the competition format will expand to acknowledge the growing importance of sustainability as an element in the design mix. There will be a category for products as well as interiors, and the competition is now open to both students and design professionals.
The judges will be looking for ideas that offer a creative, colourful, sustainable solution to a design problem.
Entry is free. To enter contact julie[at]dalsouple.com or visit www.dalsouple.com and download an entry form.
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This Ad will change your life
31.03.2009
There's a funky new site on the block called ThisAdWillChangeYourLife.com and it lets you create an ad!
The site is a very funky 80's style, a bit like marmite, but then no one likes middle of the road do they?
Check out the Ad we made (in 2 seconds literally) Finalcrit Ad
There are 100 free 2 week trials for the finalcrit community to try out.
The free trial is on a first come basis so get in quick, use this code: 136807209855805
Create your ad at: http://www.thisadwillchangeyourlife.com
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Exhibition: Play Room
26.02.2009
Date: 10th March - 24th MArch 2009
Place: Dreamspace Gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, EC1Y 8NA
Play Room is a collaborative exhibition featuring work of upcoming illustrators, fresh from the MA course at London’s Camberwell art institution. Their visual feast will be on display between 10th and 24th March 2009.
The artists showing at Dreamspace gallery are MA visual art students at Camberwell College of Art. Originating from International backgrounds and diverse practices such as fine art, design, craft, and book arts, these artists treat materials and subject matter with their own personal visual language. This exhibition showcases collage, drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture and book arts. An ongoing experimentation and collaboration exists between these artists, one that invites you to engage and participate.
Matthew Dale, one of the artists, explains, “The show comes at a key moment for us in the development of our practice. This show anticipates our MA showcase in July and Camberwell College of Arts.”
This colourful spectacle will be open to the public between 10th March and 24th March 2009. Admission is free, Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm. For more information go to www.adrem.uk.com/dreamspace .
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Exhibition:
25.02.2009
Exhibition: "Wait" by Lindsey Copeland
Date: 6th April and 10th April 2009
Place: Dreamspace Gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, EC1Y 8NA
Translating single moments into individual images is one of the objectives of Lindsey Copeland’s forthcoming exhibition at the dreamspace gallery. Copeland’s week long exhibition, entitled ‘Wait’, explores all facets and the many definitions to the frequently used expression, ‘wait’. Her work, influenced by psychology and human behaviour, will be on display for a limited time between 6th April and 10th April 2009.
‘Wait’ by Lindsey Copeland will be on display at the dreamspace gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, EC1Y 8NA, between 6th April and 10th April 2009. Visitors are welcome Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 5.30pm, free of charge. All pieces will be for sale.
Please see www.adrem.uk.com/dreamspace for more information.
If there is an exhibition or event that you think we should know about please email theteam[at]finalcrit.com
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A shop for the creative little guy
22.01.2009
Many of you lovely design and creative types sell your stuff online and some of you have your own shop. For those of you that don't already have a shop there is no excuse as bigcartel gives you the tools to create a beautiful shop and sell your stuff.
Bigcartel makes it easy for thousands of bands, record labels, clothing designers, artists, crafters, and independent businesses to make beautiful stores to sell their stuff online.
There are no complicated features. They don’t make you setup your own server or have a merchant account. They don’t cost an arm and a leg, and They don’t take a cut of your sales.
We think bigcartel rocks.
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Tis the season for FREE Adobe trials
09.12.2008
Adobe recently launched the CS4 upgrades and we've got to say they're pretty good. We've been trialing the new CS4 creative suite and have been mighty impressed in particular with CS4 Fireworks.
At the moment Adobe are offering some great upgrade deals and 30 day free trials of most programs.
Find all current special offers on Adobe products.
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Brand Nu - New Book of Colours
08.12.2008
Brand Nu's 'Book of Colours' follows the successful 'Splatters' compilation and as always Radim does not disappoint with this book.
An inspiration to all creatives...
Order BOOK of COLOURS