Far From Home Music Video

Maybe it’s just late, but this was interesting to watch.

Viktor Schreckengost, Master of Product Design, Dies at 101

From the Times article: “At his death Mr. Schreckengost was an emeritus professor of industrial design at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he had been on the faculty for 78 years.”

Even better: “Mr. Schreckengost’s impact on the United States economy has been estimated at more than $200 billion, Crain’s Cleveland Business reported in 2005.”

032c Steel Snowflakes

New 032c office/store/museum designed by Konstantin Grcic, with this great “wall of arrows.”

Photo by Alex Laljak.

Carl’s Thought for the Day

Not that I’m a button person, but I thought this one was a good thought.

Ettore Sottsass: A Retrospective

I.D. Magazine has an article up about the famed Italian designer who passed away last year.

“To me, doing design doesn’t mean giving form to a more or less stupid product for a more or less sophisticated industry,” he once declared. “Design for me is a way of discussing life, sociality, politics, food, and even design.”

More Concept Lighting

Here’s an interesting concept lamp from IMM Cologne.

For those who want that ever-vigilant feeling from their lighting fixture.

Herkimer Diamonds & Vintage Style

Refinery29 spotlights “…a collection of pendants in both gold and silver based on Medieval Alchemy and Palmistry. ‘There are all of these amazing late medieval texts, and the images depicted what the wearer sought to achieve, purity most of all.’ Whether or not the modern-day wearer of her work is bent on achieving the same transformations, Mates isn’t sure. But she does see meaning in the growing fascination with talismans. ‘I think this impulse speaks to the idea that we are seeking more meaning and connection,’ she says. ‘I think that desire definitely motivated me in the making of both of these collections.’ “

Gravity Lamp

Here’s a neat piece of industrial design that Clay Moulton of Virginia Tech devised.

From the Virginia Tech News Article: “The electricity is generated by the slow fall of a mass that spins a rotor. The resulting energy powers 10 high-output LEDs that fire into the acrylic lens, creating a diffuse light. The operation is silent and the housing is elegant and cord free — completely independent of electrical infrastructure.”

The cordless part alone is enough to make the design interesting, but the idea that the unit itself could last over a hundred years thanks to high-tech LEDs is even more of an accomplishment.

Kudos!

Jim Flora Does Manhattan

For anyone who ever read books with Jim Flora art in them, the world seemed like a pretty perky little place. Now archivalists are re-releasing a large, happy Manhattan print for the sake of good wall coverings.

It’s good stuff!

Harp Made of Laser Beams

A neat new musical creation of light and sound from Stephen Hobley.

Imagine that.