Hermès × Tokujin Yoshioka

based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer tokujin yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, japan. the installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010.
'on designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily 'movements' with a suspicion of humor. there are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them. the window is designed with an image of woman projected on to a monitor. the scarf softly sways in the air in response to the woman’s blow. ' - TY

The climate change

On the initiative of the global coalition tcktcktck.org and Greenpeace incoming travelers at the airport in Copenhagen, starting today, will be greeted by billboards with fake photo montages of the faces of the aged leader of the world that I apologize for not being able to tackle climate change.

touch&turn cooking system for the blind

From the designboom post:


"menno kroezen is a dutch designer who developed a cooking system for the blind he calls touch&turn. touch&turn features a cooking vessel which is cool to the touch on the outside, much like a slow cooker. the pot sits on a tactile control panel which is designed to be as simple and accommodating as possible. the design was developed specifically for blind and partially sighted people to make cooking a safer and
more pleasurable experience. kroezen worked with users to develop the design which alleviates common problems that occur with traditional stovetops and cookware."

nikon’s point and shoot digital camera with a built-in projector

nikon coolpix s1000pj - helicopter boyz
The video shows two young japanese boys outfitted with specially designed bodysuits that have been equipped with a series of cameras. each boy is shown taking pictures with the new camera and then the show begins. the boys stand alone on stage with a large screen behind them. they begin to dance at which point their cameras begin projecting images onto the screen. their dancing is translated onto the screen showing the images they took earlier. the performance was created by gt inc. for nikon.

Project H: Design Revolution Road Show

Project H's Design Revolution Road Show is making a stop at CCS on April 1, 2010. Here's a link to a great NYT piece about Emily Pilloton about how and why she started Project H.

Here's a description of the project:
"The Design Revolution Road Show is a traveling exhibition and lecture series bringing “product design that empowers” to 25 high schools and university design programs across the nation in the Spring of 2010. A Project H Design initiative, the road show will feature a biodiesel-powered truck and Airstream trailer exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions that have been showcased in the book Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People.

The programming will bring the evidence of and tools for design for social impact to the doorsteps of students, with the ultimate goal of enabling and empowering the next generation of creative problem-solvers to apply their skills to the world’s most pressing problems and improve life on a global scale.

We believe design can change the world. Come and see how."

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Is Augmented Reality here to stay?

There's a nice piece in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about Augmented Reality. From the new Yelp iPhone app that allows you to see restaurants' ratings by holding up your iPhone in front of the restaurant while standing in the street, to the new James Cameron film "Avatar" where the action figures from the movie are sold with an AR component. Even Burger King is in on the AR action.

Read the article here.

-mp