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A 2,700-Pound Concorde Sculpture Soars Above the Peninsula Hotel London

Design Milk

Created by industrial design firm Discommon , the sleek aerodynamic silhouette of the Concorde was installed to become the centerpiece and focal point of the luxury hotel’s restaurant, an “homage to British aviation and cars” that required several feats of engineering.

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Atomic design 2022: what we can learn from Eames and other design giants

UX Collective

This was probably the moment where the early majority of the design community embraced the concept of atomic design metaphor when Frost did a wonderful job of explaining how we derive atomic design through his association of chemistry particles. For industrial design, it was with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).

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Meet the Jury of the AZ Awards 2024

Azure Magazine

He also co-founded many design institutions, including the nomadic gallery MASA, the experimental glass-making collective VISSIO, the evocative EWE Studio, and – of course – his own design and architecture practice, Esrawe Studio , which he launched in 2003. 2024 KEY DATES January 2 Competition opened.

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Don Norman and the Emotional Side of Design

Inkbot Design

Emotional design considers how a product makes users feel on a gut, instinctual level. Holistic emotional design requires mixing quantitative metrics with open-ended human narratives to understand effectiveness fully. What academic programs or outlets best showcase the latest emotional design innovations?

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Design Academy Eindhoven Celebrates 75 Years With Intergenerational Graduate Show

Design Milk

Design Academy Eindhoven’s previous incarnation – the Academie voor Industriële Vormgeving (AIVE) – was founded in 1947 and was the first school in the Netherlands to teach industrial design. Over the years, the curriculum has evolved to reflect changes in industry and the aspirations of its students.

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F5: Holly Freres Looks Forward to Travel, a Great Wine + More

Design Milk

” Holly took the lead as Principal in 2003, and now leads a 12-person team of collaborative, dynamic design visionaries. Her husband, David Horning, leads the building design and architecture side of JHL. She let me run the show, and from then on I’ve been learning and growing my practice.

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How well do you understand the context of the problems surrounding customers ?

UX Collective

For more information on this theory, check out the Innovator’s solution (2003). Airbnb founders, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were industrial design students, based in California, looking for a means to pay their rent.