http://utebya.net Инвормационный сайт о необычных вещах. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:00:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Several signs are needed to guide all visitors towards the main entrance of the Tabakfabrik Linz, a former tobacco processing plant which is the main event area for this year's Ars Electronica Festival. Arriving at the main square we walk into a performance by soft bodies who are using the central ... http://utebya.net/?p=3307 Helmut Smit is our new favorite artist/designer, even if FLAMMA was the only project he'd ever done (it isn't, by the way, and they are all stellar). This brilliant Ikea Hack "harks back to one of humanity's basic needs: making fire." As Ikea does not sell matches or lighters, Smits ... http://utebya.net/?p=3306 Oscar Magnus Narud's Keel collection: tables in rough wood and iron. Running from September 15th through November 14th, Make-Me is an upcoming exhibition at Moss that brings together a set of artists and designers producing what Moss has coined "Butch-Craft." Maybe there is no better way to describe this than the ... http://utebya.net/?p=3305 Honda R&D Automotive DesignerTorrance, CA You will work independently on the development of original designs or adaptations requiring very specialized design skills and abilities. The Designer employs the best combination of preliminary information and contributing data to develop final designs (2D/3D) and basic concepts; selects technique best suited to represent project including ... http://utebya.net/?p=3304 Ah, the wonderful dilemma with design festivals: too much to do, too little time. The London Design Festival is making that problem even worse, announcing that it's sweep of the city is broadening with three new design districts, each with its own character and events. In addition to ... http://utebya.net/?p=3303 Here's a couple of interesting videos done by Austin-based design studio Zoticus Design, displaying computing-of-the-future concepts that demonstrate client Freescale's networking prowess. In the second video, I dig the way the woman sends info to her tablet around 1:15; the first video is otherwise the more interesting one, but I ... http://utebya.net/?p=3302 If you live in Brooklyn, the bane of your peaceful residential existence (or the source of your entertainment, depending on your disposition) is noisy teenagers hanging out on the stoop. So here we present The Last House I'd Ever Build in Brooklyn: Y+M Design Office's Stairs House. The entire house, as ... http://utebya.net/?p=3301 Studiobility, the Icelandic design studio headed up by Gudrun Lilja, has launched a new partially-eponymous brand: Bility. Today at the Maison et Object design show in Paris, Lilja will take the wraps off of new Bility items like this Heklad Stal shelf made from polycoated steel: (more...) http://utebya.net/?p=3300 The Design Council has recently run a design workship with the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to look at how to encourage the adoption of home insulation and other low-carbon home modifications. A joint proposal How can we help people make their homes more energy efficient? (pdf) ... http://utebya.net/?p=3299 L.A.-based designer Charles Pyott's been getting lots of blog love lately for his portable Linos record player concept, above; another lesser-known project of his worth checking out is the DAWS (Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System, below). (more...) http://utebya.net/?p=3298