Depicting Design

after the jump), show the individual methods for addressing different problems posed by different mediums. With a sampling of work from a broad range designers, from fashion to environmental—including Kim Holleman’s “Trailer Park” concept, which is a “sustained, mobile, natural park environment ” housed in a trailer that “is technically nonfunctional, yet completely functional” (pictured after the jump)—Depicting Design is a must-see for both design …

MIAD 2006 Show

And now, the perfect roadstop for mega-designgeeks on a summer cross-country trip. Milwaukee, Wisconsin has a hidden history of industrial design innovation starting with industry pioneer Brooks Stevens. The Juried Exhibition of 2006 graduates from the (yes it is) prestigious Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) present the next generation purveyors of beautiful planned obsolescence. Product prototypes, 3-D proposal renderings and boundary-pushing corporate graphic …

Industrial Design Techniques and Materials

Industrial Design Techniques and Materials, traces the history of design materials from the shifts brought by the mass production of the Industrial Revolution to the more recent developments brought by technology and ecological consciousness. The upshot is an intellectual survey of the field that’s chock full of inspiration as well as full of inspiring finds like Nature Touch‘s eco-friendly exotic bullfrog, cow belly, and Tilapia …