Archive for the ‘interviews’ Category

Experimental Dialogues: Sex Machines

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 17:32 1 Comment

Corrado Curti interviews Bryan Cantley, Professor of Design Theory at CSUF and owner of Form:uLA. Editorial coordination, Donatella Cusmà.
Looking at the works and drawings by L.A. based architect, professor and spatial orchestrator Bryan Cantley almost gives you the impression that you’re peeping through the keyhole of the architectural mise-en-scène of Jean Tardieu’s La serrure: right [...]

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A Conversation on Failure in Design

Monday, June 21, 2010 12:01 1 Comment

Marcia Caines & Ashwin Rajan

artwork Mario Suarez
“Eighty percent of the environmental impact of the products, services, and infrastructures around us is determined at the design stage. Design decisions shape the processes behind the products we use, the materials and energy required to make them, the ways we operate them on a daily basis, and what [...]

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A Conversation About Thinking Design for Systemic Solutions

Monday, December 21, 2009 16:39 11 Comments

Interdisciplinary collaboration and rapid prototyping for design-driven innovation at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
It is widely acknowledged that design is a powerful tool for changing human behaviour and shaping our environment. This realization has revolutionized the design sector in recent years, not only offering innovative business models and opportunities for post industrial economies but [...]

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The Art of Pursuit: Interview with artist Nick Laessing

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 17:34 2 Comments

On occasion of Artissima 2009, Turin’s international contemporary art fair, The Norma Mangione Gallery hosts an exhibition, curated by Simone Menegoi, showcasing two British artists Nick Laessing, and Kit Craig running from November 7 to December 19 2009.

Nick Laessing and John Bedini’s drawing of his ‘Free Machine’, courtesy The Norma Mangione Gallery
Nick Laessing born in [...]

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Interview With ‘Eating Designer’ Marije Vogelzang at DMY 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 15:17 No Comments

Marije Vogelzang and Joerg Suermann, © Rosa Merk, Courtesy DMY Berlin
Marcia Caines met with the self-proclaimed ‘eating designer’ Mariie Vogelzang (Proef), Dutch designer and food specialist at the 7th edition of the DMY design festival in Berlin where Marije prepared a Dutch Design Dinner; an interactive, colour-coded experience based on the designer’s research on colour [...]

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