Cooper-Hewitt Triennial Review
By veiling its generative logic and sidestepping the pitfalls of pigeon-holing (e.g., Should the iRobot Roomba represent transformation or emulating life?), the curators produce a show that is challenging and muddled for an entry-level audience wanting a coherent narrative about the current state of American design. For a designer, though, the result is an inspiring kind of free-range zoo where distant species of products are left to mingle, cohabitate and interbreed.
By Alex Terzich
Beware the Backlash
There's a storm brewing in designland. A backlash is gathering momentum, and what's more, some of its chief dissidents are design's leading lights. Philippe Starck sheepishly peered out of the cover of December's Icon magazine, under the 'I killed design' banner. In an Observer article a few months earlier Stephen Bailey, the fiery British design critic exclaimed "When I hear the word 'designer,' I reach for my chainsaw."
By Kevin McCullagh
Competitiveness Summit '06
Innovation "will dictate the economic prosperity of nations," Cox observed, but the weakness of the UK is "not being able to take full advantage of this." We produce people in art schools who dont understand the language of the business world, he noted, and business people who dont understand how to manage innovation. How can we combine their skills?
By Nico Macdonald
86th Annual ADC Awards
Entry Deadline: Jan. 19, 2007
Hurry up and enter your best work in advertising, design, interactive media, photography and illustration in the Art Directors Club 86th Annual Awards. Student and Professional categories. Take your place in history and claim your cube before its too late!
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Zach Hastings
Boston, MA
Current student at Massachusetts College of Art with skills in technical drawing, rendering, Solidworks, industrial design, and furniture design.
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Alex Hodge, New Zealand
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Group4
Avon, CT
Group 4 is a full service, multidisciplinary strategic design firm with a rich and varied portfolio of design work including literally thousands of products and brands spanning every major industry and category.
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