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Design Articles featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Harmony

Bamboo is a renewable resource, its growth cycle is very short,there are a lot of bamboo resources in China, as the environment becomes worse and worse,The use of renewable resources is particularly important.The design of a pen reference the simple structure of Chinese traditional bamboo clip, which including two same bamboo,and connected by a torsion spring, It simplifies the process of replacing the cartridge greatly. On the other hand, brush pot can also be used as a clip,This is a sustainable design and can to promote the harmony of human and nature.

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Tactile supports for wayfinding

The bachelor thesis (ISIA Urbino, supervisor: Luciano Perondi) investigates the problem of accessibility within the graphical representation of space and takes the form of a tactile artefact accessible to the blind and visually impaired. The goal is to make the geography of an area available both in economic as well as content terms, thanks to the combination of a low-cost printing technique and a specific representative approach. The project consists of a set of tactile maps and a research programme that documents the design process and the first phase of testing with blind people.

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Issa grotto hill house

The traditional, rural, hand made topography of the stone-wall (need for horizontal surfaces for cultivation ) is a context that encompasses the aesthetics of the building from its bare function and microlocation. With a concise approach to construction and function of the building in an area with no infrastructure /no water, electricity / it comes to the stripping of the primary needs of the living spaces, use of natural resources and limited means, which in turn create an unobtrusive aesthetic.

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Tutranquilo

Nuevo Leon’s firefigthers are the only independent organization across Mexico’s country. For this reason they have to find ways to finance themselves by creating raffles and crowdfunding. To turn this situation around, strong connection between the organization and the citizens must be created. To achieve this goal the teamwork created a strategy that is divided in ambient and digital parts and they function together in a cyclic manner by itself.

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High Altarpiece Zacatecas Cathedral

Gantous Arquitectos in collaboration with Mexican sculptor Javier Marín, were the winners of a competition hosted by the State of Zacatecas in 2008 for the design and construction of a high altarpiece for the Zacatecas Cathedral, as well as the complete overhaul of its presbytery. The brief was to create a project which would complement the Cathedral’s magnificent 17th century Baroque façade, while balancing the austere neoclassical interiors. The resulting 10 meter wide by 16.7 meter high altarpiece is composed of geometric prisms rising from the highest platform of the ceremonial space.

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Smartstreets-Smartbin™

A multiple patented litter bin with unique capabilities, the Smartbin™ complements existing street infrastructure mounting as a twin, back-to-back around any size or shape of lamp post or sign post, or in solo format onto walls, railings and plinths. This releases new, unexpected value from existing streets assets to create networks of convenient, predictably located cigarette and gum litter bins which are always within reach, without adding clutter to the street scene. The Smartbin is transforming street care in cities worldwide by enabling an effective response to cigarette and gum litter.

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