Bon Voyager

Young Korean designers present three products to help you get around

While exploring the many hubs at London Design Festival last month we came across “Bon-Voyager,” a modest display of creative concept products by a select group of young Korean designers. Supported by Korea Design Membership, a government-run initiative to nurture the nation’s best design talent, and presented by University of London’s Goldsmiths design school, the group show acted as an “interaction of culture through design” …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Philly's new pizza museum, hands-free luggage, horrific pockets and more in our look at the web this week

1. Rain Room One spotlight, 100 square meters, a grid of water spigot panels and an array of cameras enable the profoundly rad experience that is Rain Room. Installed in Barbican’s Curve Gallery in London, the Rain Room uses 3D mapping of moving bodies to give visitors the experience of walking through a rain shower without getting wet. 2. RockMelt for iPad Social web browser …

PAD London: Eight Mirrors

Reflections on a theme at Pavilion of Art and Design

The Pavilion of Art and Design London marks the annual gathering of Asian, European and American galleries in Berkeley Square. The extraordinarily eclectic range includes creative work from modern masters’ paintings and sculptures through to contemporary design and photography. Among the vast array, mirrors were particularly strong. Here, eight pieces whose reflections on the theme resonated most. London-based Norwegian designer Kim Thome presented his “Circus, …