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GOOD DESIGN™ Awards 2009
Posted by Kaitlin in Architecture, Art and Design, Events, News on April 6th, 2010
The GOOD DESIGN Awards presented annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies honors the world’s top corporations for setting the highest standard of the best products, branding, and graphic design.
In 2009, a total of 500 awards were given out to the leading industry designers and manufacturers representing 35 nations, marking this year’s awards as the largest ever by country. Some of this past year’s top contributing corporations include: 3M Company, Apple Computer, Inc., Armstrong World Companies, AT&T., The Bosch Group, Continental Airlines, Electrolux Major Appliances, Mercedes-Benz, and the long list continues.
Pictured right is a winner from the robotics/bionics category that I had to share. It’s called Air Penguin designed
by Festo AG Co. KG. These artificial penguins have been taught “autonomous flight in the sea of air”. The knowledge gained from this project will benefit automation production processes in the future.
To view a list of all 2009 winners take a look at the Good Design 2009 website.
For more information about the history of the most prestigious world design award and to submit products and designs for the 2010 GOOD DESIGN Awards visit the Good Design 2010 page.
Surface Graphics Design Partner Speaks with Sharpie®
Posted by Kaitlin in Art and Design, Designers We Love, Events, News, Wall Decals on March 30th, 2010
Matthew signing Swatch watches in NYC
Graphic design artist, Matthew Langille, recently designed three unique and trendy wall decal designs for Surface Graphics. The work that he created for us is just one of many projects that this New Jersey native has been involved with lately.
Matthew has done work for Marc by Marc Jacobs, Little Marc Jacobs, Swatch, Adidas, Havaianas, and SIGG; as well as a variety of fashion designers and magazines. And, is soon launching a women’s and men’s jean line that he has designed for Reco Jeans. You can scope out all of these designs on Matthew’s website.
In an interview with his favorite design tool company, Sharpie®, Langille speaks about his childhood, outbreak into the industry, and the varied projects he has pursued. Take a peak at the interview to discover more about the man behind the designs.
Surface Graphics is Popping Out in Prague
Our unique and edgy wall decals are catching the attention of consumers across the world, and are traveling abroad more and more each day it seems. This time we have landed in the Czech Republic, in a very modern and retro boutique, Escape Be Popout.
They provide an unmatched display of wall decals mixed with furniture, wall hangings, and chic home decor that creates fascinating eye illusions. The designers have used the stylish and trendy wall decals from Surface Graphics to expand on their vision of escaping from the ordinary world which they have created in the store. We are pleased to be an addition to what Escape Be Popout has to offer.
Surface Wall Decals Now At Hot Shop, Maison24
From virtual to reality, Surface Graphics’ Wall Decals make a real-life retail foray at one of Southampton’s favorite stores, Maison 24. After having devoted the last 18 months to building the e-commerce store, our wall decals are getting a smidgen closer to the third dimension after being picked up by the sibling duo of Allison Julius and Louis Marra, owners of Maison 24. The sister-brother team — late of Jonathan Adler (she as PR Director and he as VP) — left New York to set up their home furnishings shop in the picturesque hamlet of Bridgehampton last year.
Known for their whimsical sensibilities, the store is filled with an eclectic mix of acrylic Louis chairs, life size Belle du Jour posters, Fornasetti pieces, and Taschen coffee table tomes that set the backdrop for wall decal favorites from our script-centric Talking Walls and city dweller-inspired Urban Jungle lines.
One recent customer at the shop raved, “They look so real! And the details are so good – - they look like they’re painted on the wall.”
A handwritten “Je t’aime” wall decal sits in the middle of a romantic-centric section of the shop, peppered with pouty lips sculptures and prints of the iconic Love pop art sculpture…
Weekly Twitter Tid Bits
It’s been a very busy week and I haven’t had a ton of time to devote to my usual twitter searches. I have however learned about a few new things and hope you’ll enjoy what I’m sharing today. A few great Tweets covered companies and designers that were so much fun I decided they deserved their own posts. Those will be out next week.
There are many well informed, creative, and active people using Twitter, and sharing their new discoveries and passions. Thank you all for your insights and updates. Here are a few interesting Tweets that I read, learned from, and loved this week:
@museummodernart “The Ordinary as Object of Desire” – Robert Smith’s review of our “What was Good Design?” exhibition. http://tr.im/nyKN
This is a great article on industrial design in review of “What Was Good Design? MoMA’s Message 1944-56” runs through Nov. 30 at the Museum of Modern Art.
“What is good design?” may not be one of life’s great existential questions, but it ranks high among those that plague modern times. It is at least as old as the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying rise of factories, cheap manufactured goods and urban crowding. These developments created problems and opportunities that city planners, architects and designers have been triumphing or tripping over ever since. The results have ranged from brilliant to tragic, as a casual look at any American city will tell you.
Weekly Twitter Tidbits
I’ve seen a lot of activity out there in Twitterville this week, especially with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair going on in NY. Brian attended the show and sent notes and photos, take a look here.
I generally search Interior Decor, Decoration, Industrial Design, Architecture, Decals, Wall Decals, Wall Stickers, etc when looking through Twitter to learn more about hot trends and industry happenings. The truth is, when I look into wall decals I only find advertisements, not from The Surface Store of course, we work to give you interesting content. And if one day you decide you’d like a wall decal, well we hope you’ll head over to our website and consider us! Until then…
There are so many well informed, creative, and active people using Twitter, and sharing with their loves and notes. Thank you all for your insights and updates. Here are a few interesting Tweets that I read, learned from, and loved this week:
NY Design Week 09: ICFF – Awesome furniture hardware: Mockett to me: Mockett is the type of company an industrial http://tinyurl.com/r86r7t
@designupdater
Just received 1st “public beta” issue of Design Business Review focused on industrial/graphic design, but relevant to AEC http://is.gd/sOaG
@NextMoon
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This Week in Twitterville
This week we’ve seen a lot of activity out there in the abundant land of Twitter. I generally search Interior Decor, Decoration, Industrial Design, Architecture, Decals, Wall Decals, Wall Stickers, etc when looking through Twitter to learn more about hot trends and industry happenings. There are so many well informed, creative, and active people in Twitterville, and the amount of information they are sharing with their Twitter neighbors is amazing! Here are a few interesting Tweets that I read, learned from, and loved this week (in no particular order, although stars denote my favorites):
★★ Furniture Peeps + Interior Design Friends + Decor Freaks like me ~ Just started a Twibe. Visit http://www.twibes.com/group/decor
@UrbanDecorSue
★★ Love this list of 200+ Interior Design Blogs by @Furnitude. A must have for Design + Decor fans http://designbloglist.blogspot.com/
@UrbanDecorSue
RT @Yourmovers: An Overview Of Architecture Interior Design | Feng Shui and Home … http://tinyurl.com/czwrax
@Laurent_Brixius
