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The New York office of Pentagram is adding its first partner in four years: Eddie Opara, an interactive and graphic designer who currently heads the Map Office in New York will be partner #17, the newest addition to the firm since Luke Hayman in 2006. Opara's dazzling multidisciplinary range combines technology-based wizardry with solid graphic chops, making him a smart addition to the global partnership, says partner Lisa Strausfeld.
So you’re driving around the parking garage half paying attention, when lo, a little girl leaps out in front of you, chasing her bright pink ball, and you slam on your brakes, but it’s too late! You’ve already rolled right over her.
The good news: She’s a 2D “speed bump” painted on the pavement to look like a real child.
The bad news: She’s a 2D “speed bump” painted on the pavement to look like a real child.
Last year, we told you about an incredible new invention that’s helping a tag artist, who lost his ability to move, write with his eyes.
Now, a Kickstarter.com campaign is underway to raise money so that the artist, Tony Quan -- aka TEMPT1 -- can design original art and merchandise using the EyeWriter technology.
A few months back, we told you about mega-star designer Marc Newson’s foray into the cashed-up world of luxury speedboats. As of next week, the vessels are officially on sale, in limited edition, through the Gagosian Gallery and just in time for... the end of summer?
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[Nendo has sent even more objects that are part of these exhibitions. See below.—Ed.]
Nendo, the Japanese interior design outfit, has shared with us two projects they'll be showing later this month at Phillips de Pury, in conjunction with London Design Week, and they're both spectacular: A chair and a set of coat-racks whose stark black frames make them look like 2-D line drawings.
The Co-op was an abandoned department store in Brighton, England. Then a theater group came along and turned the place into a mad, surrealist stage set, throwing the spotlight on a decrepit old building in which, until a few years ago, the dramatic climax was: Ivory pantyhose or ecru?
In July, GE began taking ideas for it's Ecomagination Challenge -- an open call for ideas for saving the world, in three categories: renewables, grid efficiency, and eco buildings. In just six days, the entry and and voting window closes. What makes the contest more than just a do-gooder marketing scheme? There's $200 million in seed grants at stake, awarded to the best ideas from the coffers of top-tier venture capital funds such as Kleiner Perkins.
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