Larry Burns on the future of cars enero 13, 2013
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General Motors veep Larry Burns previews cool next-gen car design: sleek, customizable (and computer-enhanced) vehicles that run clean on hydrogen — and pump energy back into the electrical grid when they’re idle. Larry Burns is the vice president of R&D for GM. His job? Find a new way to power cars. More info at TED.
Yves Behar on designing objects that tell stories enero 7, 2013
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Designer Yves Behar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects he’s created (the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset). Then he turns to the witty, surprising, elegant objects he’s working on now — including the “$100 laptop.” Yves Behar has produced some of the new millennium’s most coveted objects, like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, and the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child. More info at TED
The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames enero 1, 2013
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The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process. Eames Demetrios is the creator of Kymaerica and the Kcymaerxthaere, an alternate history of the world. He is the grandson of the legendary husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames. More info at TED
Don Norman on 3 ways good design makes you happy diciembre 30, 2012
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In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed. Don Norman studies how real people interact with design, exploring the gulf between what a designer intends and what a regular person actually wants. His work has resulted in some classic books, including “The Design of Everyday Things.” More info at TED
Yves Behar’s supercharged motorcycle design diciembre 27, 2012
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Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerful electric motorcycle. They share slides from distant (yet similar) childhoods that show how collaboration kick-started their friendship — and shared dreams. Yves Behar has produced some of the new millennium’s most coveted objects, like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, and the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child. More info at TED
Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers junio 4, 2012
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Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.
Could good design save the newspaper — at least for now? Jacek Utko thinks so — and his lively, engaging designs for European papers prove that it works. More at TED.
Niels Diffrient rethinks the way we sit down mayo 17, 2012
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Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details his quest to completely rethink the office chair starting from one fundamental data set: the human body.
Design legend Niels Diffrient is the creator of the Freedom Chair, a radical rethink of the way we sit today. Throughout his career, he’s been a pioneer of ergonomic design –studying the human body (in all its shapes and sizes) and how to make it comfortable. More at TED.
Paul Bennett finds design in the details mayo 9, 2012
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Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn’t have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.
As a creative director at Ideo, Paul Bennett reminds us that design need not invoke grand gestures or sweeping statements to be successful, but instead can focus on the little things in life, the obvious, the overlooked. More at TED.
Eben Bayer: ¿son los hongos el nuevo plástico? mayo 2, 2012
Posted by jagf in diseño industrial, ecodiseño.Tags: Eben Bayer, hongos, plástico, ted
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El diseñador de productos Eben Bayer revela su receta para crear un nuevo material de embalaje basado en los hongos que se usa para proteger cosas frágiles como muebles, pantallas de plasma… y el medio ambiente. Más en TED.
William McDonough on cradle to cradle design abril 29, 2012
Posted by jagf in ecodesign.Tags: cradle to cradle, green design, ted, William McDonough
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Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account “all children, all species, for all time.”
Architect William McDonough believes green design can prevent environmental disaster and drive economic growth. He champions “cradle to cradle” design, which considers a product’s full life cycle — from creation with sustainable materials to a recycled afterlife. More at TED.
