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Which isn't a bad thing by any means: these painstakingly elaborate contraptions never fail to restore a sense of wonder to the physical world. "Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine" ("Melvin the Machine" for short") is a perfect example:
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"Melvin" has a bit of technological savvy to boot:
Besides doing what Rube Goldberg's do best—performing a simple task as inefficiently as possible, often in the form of a chain reaction—Melvin has an identity. Actually, the only purpose of this machine is promoting its own identity. Melvin takes pictures and makes videos of his audience which he instantly uploads to his website, Facebook and Twitter account. Besides that he makes his own merchandise. All of this within 4 minutes of craziness which you just have to witness yourself.
Beloved Sausalito potter Heath Ceramics made an appearance at this year's Dwell on Design Remodelista Local Market. Known for their beautiful variety of glazes and classic style, this modern American ceramics manufacturer has been manufacturing since 1948. At this year's show, Heath showed beautiful crafted serving bowls, cups and pitchers and their newest line of products: house numbers created with the fonts inspired by Los Angeles architect Richard Neutra and iconic designers Charles and Ray Eames.
Designed alongside House Industries, Heath owner Catherine Bailey confidently calls these the "newest and most exciting thing" for the company. Each designer had their own defining aesthetic and the fonts created for the series aptly reflected such: the Eames font has a hefty, playful look that instantly grabs attention, the Neutra, on the other hand, was unobtrusive.
The Heath house tiles were designed to cater to different homeowner personalities and come in a variety of colors. Bailey says: "The Eames typeface was really, really interesting and I wanted to try it in three dimensions...If people are looking for something different or abstract, they had the Eames. We also have Neutra, which is a beautiful modern classic for a balanced offering."
Chris has been writing professionally since he was a kid. His first national cover story was written at age 12 and published at age 13 —his editor didn't know Chris' age until after the article come out because they had met online and signed contracts through the mail. Chris' experience in technology has informed his writing ever since, with a focus on how technology affects storytelling, and how technology affects all our daily lives.
The newest site (opening "doors" only 2 1/2 weeks ago) in a growing crop of flash sale retailers, Fab.com features daily product deals from emerging and established contemporary designers. Today they announced that Chad Phillips, former Creative Director of Kid Robot, has been brought on as Fab.com's Director of Product Acquisition.
As a self-described "retail and design nerd," Phillips was a former Product Manager at NYC-based design emporium, Moss, and has consulted with Areaware, the Greenwich Hotel, the Museum of Sex and even produced two iPhone apps: Bad Camera and Subway Bingo. In his new role, Phillips will be curating the selection of products offered through Fab.com. We got the chance to chat with Chad about the changing landscape of online retail as well as some insight on what this new sales formula means for the design community as whole.
Core77: Your experience prior to joining Fab.com has been with brands and products in a physical space. In what ways do you anticipate curating products for an exclusively digital space to be different?
Chad Phillips: Early days at Kidrobot were very digital actually, the web always made up a huge part of sales. Just before leaving I was still buying for all locations, so I am very comfortable in the digital space—I just love wacky, fun retails spaces too. The biggest difference is in the mind set of merchandising, telling a story digitally, otherwise it isn't too much of a deviation. Being a constant online shopper helps.
A selection of products from Kid Robot from left to right: Munny customized vinyl figure, Kid Robot x Lacoste shoe, Jason Siu x Kid Robot speaker, Nemesis Project x Kid Robot bike + matching U-Lock
In what way do you think platforms like Fab.com change the landscape of retail? How does this affect designers/brands?
It's making people excited to shop again and less guilt-ridden both because of the get-it-now nature and the lower-than-retail price. People want to shop and the economy needs us to shop. I think physical retail has just gotten to be predictable and cumbersome, so we all look to the web now. The web always has the color you want in stock. Fab is showcasing some of my favorite designers new to the scene which helps them grow and this is something brick and mortar locations can't always try out.
Is it possible to design a better moviegoing experience? I never thought so—I feel the concept of hundreds of strangers shuffling into a large room to stare at a screen and not interact is inherently flawed—but a company called D-Box does. They've designed a movie theater chair intended to immerse the viewer more deeply in the experience (of an action movie, anyway):
D-BOX Motion Code [technology] uses motion effects specifically programmed for each film, TV series or video game, which are sent to a motion generating system integrated within either a platform or a seat. The resulting motion is perfectly synchronized with all onscreen action, creating an unmatched realistic immersive experience.
This week, our summer gift guide sees ten new picks from the fellas from Geekhouse Bikes, from Allston, MA, just outside Boston. Even as Portland, San Francisco and New York tend to dominate cycling-related headlines stateside, Boston—home to Geekhouse, Icarus, Royal H Cycles to name a few—has a bicycle culture of its very own.
In their own words:
Geekhouse Bikes is a custom steel TIG-welding operation based in Boston, MA. We take "Made in the USA" very seriously. Founded in 2002 by bespectacled bike geek Marty Walsh, Geekhouse produce a range of bicycle frames for all types of riding. We work hard to source as much as possible from within the United States and we hold green business practices in high esteem. By employing a small staff, we take the time to personally cater to your ideas and we love watching each and every build take on the personality and individuality of our customers.
Check out a nice video of said "bespectacled bike geek" at work after the jump... or skip ahead to their picks.
Fun: Jimenez Lai's Los Angeles-based architecture firm Bureau Spectacular designed and built the Phalanstery Module you see here. It's a conceptual living space that slowly rotates—not horizontally, like some cheesy restaurant, but vertically.
A violin seems like such an ergonomically-poor design, given that you've gotta cock your head to the side like that. But if you look at a cellist, you never see them slouch when they're playing; they look like poster boys and girls for proper spinal alignment.
Designer Woojin Chung made the latter observation and designed a chair intended to promote good cellist-like posture. Chung's "Half Chair" accomplishes this by removing material, providing a smaller ass-print in a bid to reduce slouching.
If Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel" turned the art world on its head in 1913, artist Gavin Turk and industrial designer Ben Wilson (the 3D specialist of Wilson Brothers) have righted the piece for curator Alice Sharp's exhibition of the same name, which opens at the View Tube in East London this weekend.
Wilson and Turk share a long-standing interest in the readymade and the bicycle in particular and have pushed the remarkable invention of the unicycle to an even more unusual conclusion. Built from four unicycles supported by an H-frame, Turk and Wilson's collaboration turns the unicycle's main feature as a solo act into a joint effort, inviting four riders to enjoy a collective biking experience along a stretch of east London's unique foot and cycle path, The Greenway.
Inspired by the Romanian artist Andre� Cadere, a key figure of Minimalist and Conceptual art, Turk and Wilson have clad 4H's frame with multi-colored wooden segments bringing a celebratory feel to the bicycle with fetes and festivals in mind.
While it's not quite as revolutionary as the first readymade, "4H" definitely feels more like an art project than an urban mobility solution. Nevertheless, its interactive aspect certainly invites more meaningful social interactions than, say, a tandem bike, where one rider sits behind the other.
At 3M, we pair imaginative thinking with science-based technology to create globally-renowned products. We are currently looking for a senior industrial designer with product development experience and a good aesthetic sensibility. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast growing global design team that is based in Shanghai.
As a Senior Industrial Designer, you will be focusing on developing products for our renown brands including Scotch, Post-It and O-Cel-O. You will be collaborating with our marketing team to understand consumer needs and translate that into innovative product concepts. You should bring in your experience in product design and knowledge in order to lead projects from concept ideations to production.
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A selection of products from Kid Robot from left to right: Munny customized vinyl figure, Kid Robot x Lacoste shoe, Jason Siu x Kid Robot speaker, Nemesis Project x Kid Robot bike + matching U-Lock
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