Car Design..retro-look

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The 2-seat front midship layout uses soft flowing forms and enclosed wheels to give it an initial retro-look, but offsets this by using black graphics in the lower half of the big gullwing door to visually extend the body down around the wheels to give a more advanced, mysterious look to the car.

source: businessweek.com, photo:BRETT PATTERSON

'Footwear' design by Architect - Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid has designed a pair of sleek red wedges for Melissa in her signature fluid style and using the brand's patented injection moulding technique.

Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid is an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design. Her work experiments with spatial quality, extending and intensifying existing landscapes in the pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban scale through to products, interiors and furniture. Best known for her seminal built works (Vitra Fire Station, Land Fomation-One and the Strasbourg Tram Station) her central concerns involve a simultaneous engagement in practice, teaching and research.

Vitra Fire Station

Retail P.O.S design 2003

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source by: Bizarreka Design

Curvature Design

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Curvature, simplicity Idea for Interior Meeting room

source: bizarreka design

Level Green Interior

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source: www.designmagazin.cz

Dynamic Architecture - Who is the Inventor

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The concept of a building changing shape is completely revolutionary and has fascinated millions all over the globe.

“Designed by Life, Shaped by Time” is the concept of the Dynamic Tower according to Dr. Fisher's vision of the future of architecture.

WHO IS THE ARCHITECT AND INVENTOR

Dr. David Fisher, the visionary architect and creator of the Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, began his career in Florence, Italy. He graduated with honors in Architecture from the University of Florence and later became a lecturer of Architecture and Structural Engineering at the same university.

INFINITY Design is Dr. Fisher's architectural office that is located in Florence. However, Dr. Fisher cannot be considered an architect in the traditional sense of the word. Throughout his professional life, he has mastered a wide range of innovations in the world of construction, from teacher to designer, from the preparation of feasibility studies to the allocation of finance for large projects, from project management to real estate development, from designing products to the construction and management of large industrial plants.

Dr. Fisher considers architecture to be a combination of feasibility, functionality and engineering. His combined experience in all of these areas has provided him with vast knowledge in the field, and has prepared him to revolutionize traditional building techniques to create the architecture of the future.

For More info please visit : dynamicarchitecture.net

Source: www.dynamicarchitecture.net

A NEW ERA OF GREEN BUILDING

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The Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, takes the concept of Green buildings to the next level, generating electricity for itself with a possible surplus for other nearby buildings, making it the first skyscraper designed to be entirely powered by wind and sun.

With wind turbines fitted horizontally between each rotating floor, an 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbine systems, making it a true Green power plant. While traditional vertical wind turbines have environmental and social effects, including the need for roads to build and maintain them plus their noise and obstruction of views, the Dynamic Tower's wind turbines are practically invisible and extremely quiet due to their special shape and the carbon fiber material of which they are composed.

Source: http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/home.html

Design + Wind Power Technology

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as climate change continues to wreak havoc on the planet, people are seeking more efficient sources of renewable energy. while new technologies are developed each year to combat the issue, one ancient source of energy continues to surpass them all. that’s right, wind power continues to be one of the most cost-effective and efficient sources of sustainable energy available. however this simple technology has been perfected over the years and new and improved models continue to emerge. here is a look at the state of wind power today, from the biggest most ambitious projects to small and humble designs for personal use.

Solar forest charging station for electric vehicles

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The solar forest serves a dual function, acting as a go to source for clean renewable energy while providing a shady spot for cars to park as they charge.

Designer neville mars has developed an electric vehicle charging station that takes the form of an evergreen glade of solar trees. the photovoltaic grove serves a dual function, acting as a go to source for clean renewable energy while providing a shady spot for cars to park as they charge.

More Story & Image, visit : DesignBoom.com

Design Compatition :'Green Life'

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C A L L - F O R - E N T R I E S

Incheon Metropolitan City, KOREA,

together with designboom promotes an international design competition. participation is open to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts.

free registration required.

21st century design is the philosophy that suggests harmony of humanity and nature.

21st century design is the imagination that enables sustained urban life.

21st century design is actions that buffer radical changes in society.

21st century design is a beautiful link between business activities and consumer activities.

21st century design is a tool that expresses beautiful imagination of people.the philosophy of

the 21st century design is the philosophy of 'iida.'

we are looking for entries in the following three categories:

1 - green design for humans
products and household items made of organic materials or recycled materials:
green designs to save energy and protect the environment.
IT devices, home appliances, automobiles or packaging:
green designs combined with state-of-the-art technologies to suggest a new lifestyle.


2 - city and green design
green design to improve city environment and its visual components-
street furniture, architecture, interior design, light: green designs for future cities
that apply environmentally-friendly concepts or alternative energy to urban environment.


3 - green design and communication
visual design of promotional materials or advertises for green design.
other forms of green design: movie clips, character designs, animation films or illustrations

awards
the total prize money of iida 2009 amounts to USD41,000.
the awards, honorable mention and prize money will be given by the mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City.
- iida 2009 1st award: one winner, USD 5,000 / + travel expense to the ceremony USD 3,000
- iida 2009 2nd awards: two winners, USD 3,000 each / + travel expense to the ceremony USD 3,000 each
- iida 2009 3rd awards: three winners, USD 2,000 each / + travel expense to the ceremony USD 3,000 each
- iida 2009 netizen's choice awards: three winners, USD1,000 each
- iida 2009 people's choice awards: three winners, USD1,000 each

the award-giving ceremony and opening ceremony of 'iida 2009' will take place on december 2nd, 2009
at songdo convensia, Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea.
the winning submissions will be exhibited during the exhibition period of
[DESIGN KOREA 2009] from december 2 to December 8, 2009.

and as always… designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.

Design criteria
projects should not be currently in production,
previously published or exhibited projects are not accepted.
the designs may not be marked with any form of identification.
it is important that you keep your design(s) confidential until the results of
the competition are published.
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the following designs may not be submitted to iida 2009. if any award winning submissions
are found to fall under any of the following categories later, the award will be cancelled
and the prize money withdrawn.
designs that: are already made public in korea or elsewhere - are found plagiarized any existing design
may harm public safety or social morality - fail to meet the requirements set forth in this guideline
or are found in infringement of an intellectual property right of others.
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the jury will award designs and concepts which are innovative in terms
of their formal / technological aspects as well as their social relevance.
please don't send in vague concepts, but go a step further.
it's not the idea which is the art,
it's more the way somebody handles the idea that makes art.

Registration deadline
application registration will be accepted from may 18th through august 25th, 2009.

Registration
registrations are open now, please fill in the form.
teams register with one name only
- when submitting works you should add all team member’s names.
(there is a maximum enrollment, registration may close prior to that deadline)

For More Detail Visit : DesignBoom or register here

visit: http://www.iida.kr/

Design Compatition : 'Think outside the parking box'

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In search of cutting edge design to challenge conventional urban parking to be tougher and stylish.

Qashqai is a resilient urban vehicle with distinct style. It is capable to take on whatever the city throws at it – Qashqai is 'Urbanproof'. We are looking for ideas around Nissan’s tough and stylish Qashqai. Designs may challenge any element of urban parking (underground, exterior, interior, multi-layer, ground level, shape, colors, material, smell, sound, ramps, signage, limits, etc.).

Urban parking is in need of a renovation. Ideas must challenge current perceptions of urban parking and offer a tougher, sleeker, or even playful rendering of it.

The urban parking challenge is open to innovative designers with a bold and daring vision.

Design is an innovative field with an ever-growing number of mediums to create this parking renovation: graphic, video, urban, industrial, lighting, motion and more. Ideas may be delivered as videos, objects or illustrations.

You need to include a Qashqai model or a part of it (rear-view mirrors, grills, wheels, wheel caps...)

in the final entry. The Qashqai model does not have to be necessary a part of the design itself.

It should just be included somewhere in the final video, in the picture of your object, illustration or image depicting the design. A variety of images & videos of the Qashqai model are available to include in the entry as you wish to feature it.

02 – awards

The designers of 3 winning entries will win a cash prize of:

- First prize € 5000 euro

- Second prize € 3000 euro

- Third prize € 2000 euro

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04 - design criteria

Projects should not be currently in production, previously disclosed, published or exhibited projects are not accepted.

Participants must ensure that images, people, places, monuments, music, used for artworks in relation with this competition are either free of rights or owned by participants.

It is important that you keep your design(s) confidential until the results of the competition are published by designboom.

The jury will award designs and concepts which are innovative in terms of their formal / technological aspects. Please don't send in vague concepts, but go a step further. It’s not the idea which is the art, it's more the way somebody handles the idea that makes art.

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05 – registration deadline

Application registration will start on July 8th, 2009 and will be accepted through September 27th, 2009.

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06 - registration

registrations are open now, please fill in the form. teams register with one name only - when submitting works you should add all team member’s names.

More Detail Visit : DesignBoom.com or register here

Coffee Art - Mona Lisa

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The Mona Lisa has been recreated by using 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk.

Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work of art has been honoured at The Rocks Aroma Coffee Festival in Sydney and measures 20ft by 13ft.

The different colours were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to cups of black coffee.

Elaine Kelly, who helped organise the event, said: "Once we had the idea of creating an image out of coffee cups we searched for something to reproduce and opted for the most iconic painting in history.

"We wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun."

source:http://www.popfi.com/2009/08/06/the-mona-lisa-of-coffee-art/

Bizarre staircase design

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It does seem a little bit odd shape of staircases. This is what we called Design... a New idea, But for me it is look like an impractical design. I don’t know whether it is complying with Building Reg. or not. In reality it’s a bit dangerous for the user especially for the kids.

According to the architect, the staircase is constructed from 10mm thick sheet metal and it is tightly mounted to the wall. The whole construction looks a bit unreliable and surrealistic. The higher steps take mainly drawing forces, and pressure is transmitted through the lower steps.

But whatever comments... this is what we called 'Design'.