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Contemporary Heritage: Expormim’s Lapala Chair at 25

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Originally an indoor chair with a woven wicker seat and back, the streamlined design was a versatile blend of clean, contemporary lines and handmade production. “In those days, it was not common in industrial design to work with traditional techniques, so it was a challenge,” recalls Manel Molina.

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50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget

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50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget Designers are creative professionals who use their artistic talents to communicate ideas visually. Whether in graphic design , industrial design, interior design, or other specialities, designers rely on inspiration, software, tools, and technology to bring their visions to life.

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12 universal design principles

UX Collective

We architects and designers harness multiple complexities; all the while we refine complication into elegance, we revive aesthetics, we do something that smells like art, we resort to taste and sophistication, we tag onto an ‘upper class.’ Kyoto Design Declaration. Design is a driver of change. Arts Emergency.

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Swiss Design: A Journey into Precision and Functionality

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Sale 100 Years of Swiss Design Hardcover Book English (Publication Language) 376 Pages – 02/20/2015 (Publication Date) – Lars Müller Publishers (Publisher) −$28.04 $41.96 In summary, Swiss design finds its roots in the reaction against industrialisation and mass production during the late 19th century.

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Design 4.0: leading design in the new industry

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Is there a need for designers to up their skills and knowledge in the new industrial revolution? won an arts competition, causing an uproar in the arts community (source: Jason Allen ) The art community is going through a terrible storm of words over the latest annual art competition at the Colorado State Fair.

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It’s time for dimensional thinking in design

UX Collective

The world may have never heard of the Dimensionism movement if no one had taken notice of his unpublished copy, which attracted the biggest names of 20th-century art, such as Joan Miro, Hans Arp, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Alexander Calder, and Bauhaus designer László Moholy-Nagy.

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4 Delectable Dinnerware Collections That Elevate the Dining Experience

Azure Magazine

London-based design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have made some updates to their Olio collection for Royal Doulton. Originally released in 2015, the porcelain tableware series (which also includes sustainable wooden serveware and stainless steel cutlery) was an instant hit for its intentionally eclectic approach.