The world’s first ‘convertible pillow’ transforms in shape to let you nap anywhere First came the spoon, the fork, and the knife… then, in the interest of versatility and portability, someone fused them into the modern-day Spork, which integrates all three tools into one form, allowing you to eat any type of food anywhere with ease. Think of the napEazy as doing the same thing for pillows. Designed as a combination of the bed pillow, the back-rest pillow, the desk-pillow, and the neck-worn travel pillow, napEazy lets you comfortably nap anywhere, whether you’re sitting or lying down. Its design looks pretty ordinary at first, barring the presence of a parting line that runs ...
8 don’ts for your industrial design portfolio! For an Industrial Designer, there are few things more significant than your portfolio. It’s the number one reason you still haven’t landed your first design job. Alternatively, it’s the main reason you got the job you are in. We all understand its importance, so here are a few pointers you should AVOID in your design portfolio.Shiny Renderings, Shitty IdeasDon’t get us wrong – high quality sketches and renderings are a plus in every portfolio. But an experienced recruiter will also judge your ideas, design decisions and know-how.Products Without ProcessYour portfolio is not a product catalog. It’s about you and how ...
Tom Dixon & Prolicht Unveil CODE Tom Dixon has announced a collaboration with Prolicht to launch a new lighting range 'CODE.' The range utilizes bare LEDs on circuit boards that can be used to create thin strips, delicate chains and continuous columns of light.
This self-sanitizing toothbrush kills 99.8% bacteria The SuperBlue toothbrush by Dylan Fealtman makes sure that your teeth are clean, your brush is clean and your planet remains clean too!SuperBlue was designed to fill the gap left behind by regular manual and electric toothbrushes – it was made to decrease waste while making sure it lasts long and most importantly it is able to be sanitized. The ergonomic body was built in a way that it minimized the use of material while silicone bristles were used to maximize hygiene. The user will be able to keep the brushes clean with the UV light enabled case that also ...
Gogoro Unveils Eeyo 1 Ultralight eBike Gogoro has unveiled Eeyo 1 ebike, designed to address the daily challenges of city life and takes a different approach to traditional ebikes by prioritizing agility over utility.
Stak by Sandler The Sandler Stak chair is a classic of British design. Combining functionality and simplicity in a form that celebrates the materials and technologies used in its manufacture, the Stak chair is considered an exemplar of the modern design era.
PB Creative Designs Visual Identity and Packaging for Kraft Heinz's New Karvan Cévitam Range PB Creative has partnered with Kraft Heinz to develop a new premium tier for drinks cordial brand Karvan Cévitam.
The Clerkenwell Brothers Designs New Brand ID & Packaging for Little Miracles The Clerkenwell Brothers has designed a new brand identity and packaging for Little Miracles, a global iced tea brand.
Sustainability Deep Dive 2020 IDSA's Sustainability Deep Dive 2020 is a three-day virtual event that will feature a comprehensive mix of expert presentations and skill-building sessions meant to produce a wellspring of innovative ideas and possibilities that are desperately needed to bring about change.
For every premium cloth mask you buy, this company donates a mask to medical professionals The very point of wearing a face mask comes from a place of empathy. You wear a mask not only to protect yourself from the virus but to prevent yourself from accidentally spreading any germs to others. Wearing a mask is a way of showing that you respect and care for the people around you… but what if you could do a bit more than that and actually make a difference to more lives than the ones around you?Masks2Heroes was built around the premise that doctors and medical staff are modern-day superheroes who don’t wear capes, but wear scrubs instead, ...
This art-installation makes time slow down, giving you a taste of Doctor Strange’s powers! Not that I’d advocate for slowing time down – at least definitely not this year, but Lieberman’s iconic installation Slow Dance makes time move slowly, but in a way that’s aesthetic, pleasing, and goddamn fascinating. The Slow Dance is an edge-lit frame with a strange mechanism at its center. Clip a feather or a flower to it and it begins billowing in an invisible breeze… but in slow motion. You could be in a room with absolutely no wind and the feather or flower still sways on its own in that hypnotic slow speed – like nature’s own fidget spinner.So ...
SCI-Arc Making+Meaning 2020 SCI-Arc has announced that its summer program Making+Meaning will be held online this year. Now open to applicants all around the world, students from across the US, Asia, Europe, and beyond will convene to delve deeply into the most cutting-edge techniques and processes advancing design and architecture today.
San Francisco Design Week 2020 The 14th Annual San Francisco Design Week (SFDW), which attracts annually 60,000 visitors from around the world, is returning this year as the first regional virtual design festival.
This portable fridge is the perfect companion to Netflix and chill with! Product designs have three basic categories from a user’s point of view – the purely functional design with an almost brutish exterior that we love for the solution they provide, the pro aesthetic designs that take a conventional product and revise it to a new level to trigger an emotional response in us (after all humans are visual creatures) and the rare unicorn – that merges functionality and aesthetics seamlessly to create the best design. The Baseus Personal Refridgerator concept by Jiujiu Hu certainly falls in the aesthetic category but that doesn’t stop us from loving it any lesser!With a ...
D&AD New Blood Digital Festival 2020 D&AD has revealed its plans for the 2020 New Blood Digital Festival, running from July 6-10 in place of its annual Festival at London's Truman Brewery. The digital festival will provide a virtual platform that continues to support and stimulate emerging creative talent during what will be a challenging year for graduates.
Friday Smackdown: Stringy Cheek Meats Outside the worn iron gate, a north wind blew at their backs as they approached. All five, scarred from battle, hardened by storm, returned with the largest cache of dried licorice root the village had ever seen, extracted, they came to learn later, from the stringy cheek meats of these links.
Ryan Gitter – A wide range of art and influence in concept art that introduces you to characters in strange and beautiful lands, leaving a desire to explore.
Binhai Science Museum – An architectural gem completed last year in Binhai, China as photographed by Kris Provoost.
Simpsons IRL – ...
Ryan Gitter – A wide range of art and influence in concept art that introduces you to characters in strange and beautiful lands, leaving a desire to explore.
Binhai Science Museum – An architectural gem completed last year in Binhai, China as photographed by Kris Provoost.
Simpsons IRL – ...
Spitzkant by Julien Fincker Julien Fincker has released Spitzkant, a serif typeface family that is characterized by strong contrasts. Pointed, sharp serifs and edges contrast with round and fine forms, making it very individual and expressive. This makes it particularly suitable for branding, editorial, packaging and advertising.
Easily View 3D Results In Your Google Searches We all know how Google Search works: type in something you want to know and Google magically collates everything about it on the Internet in less than a second.
But did you know Google Search has an option to easily view 3D content?
By clicking the “View in 3D” button at the bottom part portion of any compatible link, you can view assets in 3D. You can then rotate, push, and pull the object to look at it from all angles. It saves you time and effort as you don’t have to open a dozen links on different tabs to ...
But did you know Google Search has an option to easily view 3D content?
By clicking the “View in 3D” button at the bottom part portion of any compatible link, you can view assets in 3D. You can then rotate, push, and pull the object to look at it from all angles. It saves you time and effort as you don’t have to open a dozen links on different tabs to ...
A Tesla e-bike would help rapidly electrify the two-wheeler industry The ubiquity of electric vehicles can undeniably be attributed to Tesla. Had it not been for Elon Musk’s vision to make battery-powered four-wheelers the gold standard, we wouldn’t see the entire automotive industry scramble towards competing in this new field… however, there’s an exception that can be directly linked to Tesla’s non-involment. Two Wheelers.Tesla has dabbled in most sections of the four-wheeler industry, from sedans, to pickup trucks, roadsters, semi-trailer trucks, and even quad-bikes. There’s an obvious lack of two-wheelers in Tesla’s product portfolio, and James Gawley took it upon himself to fill that void, at least with a concept. ...
The Largest 3D Printing Factory Is Coming The idea of parallel 3D printing is incredibly powerful.
The rap against 3D printers has long been that they are monumentally slower than traditional manufacturing equipment to produce finished units, even though they are able to make objects of any design on the next print job.
This slowness has sometimes been the reason for not considering 3D printing as a manufacturing option, along with the unavailability of desired materials. However, in recent years the breadth of material selection has widened considerably, and now includes many popular engineering materials.
It’s now possible to make many types of end-use parts on 3D ...
The rap against 3D printers has long been that they are monumentally slower than traditional manufacturing equipment to produce finished units, even though they are able to make objects of any design on the next print job.
This slowness has sometimes been the reason for not considering 3D printing as a manufacturing option, along with the unavailability of desired materials. However, in recent years the breadth of material selection has widened considerably, and now includes many popular engineering materials.
It’s now possible to make many types of end-use parts on 3D ...
These magnetic block toys brings the adrenaline of Hot Wheels to the creativity of LEGO MagnetCube vividly reminds me of one of the greatest online games of our time. No, not Minecraft. Try a little older. Remember Rollercoaster Tycoon? And how if you didn’t have enough money to buy preset Rollercoaster designs, you had to build your own? Between you and me, I’d try to make the most outrageous coasters even if I DID have the money. Building a track together piece by piece, aligning the last piece to the end of the station to complete the track, and just watching as the virtual park-visitors screamed in sheer delight through the coaster ride. There’s something ...
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 [Review] If you’re not familiar with the new Quadro RTX line, here’s what you need to know. The new RTX cards use the next generation of GPUs based on the Turing architecture with features that come together on the NVIDIA RTX platform.
Turing adds many important features over previous architecture, the primary of which is the new Tensor cores that add deep learning AI capabilities and the RT cores for real-time ray tracing acceleration. The RTX platform provides various RTX APIs for developers which allow them to build RTX applications that take advantage of the RTX Turing architecture and allows you ...
Turing adds many important features over previous architecture, the primary of which is the new Tensor cores that add deep learning AI capabilities and the RT cores for real-time ray tracing acceleration. The RTX platform provides various RTX APIs for developers which allow them to build RTX applications that take advantage of the RTX Turing architecture and allows you ...
Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitizer that gives you the great power to remain safe Take it from your friendly neighborhood heroes (your healthcare workers) that sanitizing your hands and wearing a mask is crucial when you step out. Masks were a fashion accessory even before the pandemic, so everyone adopted wearing it a lot faster than the habit of sanitizing. Most of the time we forget we touched something in shared public places and our hand goes straight to our face – yikes! To make sanitizing easier, especially when we are outdoors, a designer has created this conceptual Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitizer that lets you be a discreet hero without a bodysuit.The designer wanted to ...
Tiny home setups that prove why microliving will be the next big trend: Part 3 Staying indoors and sanitizing every surface of my house is an easy way to drive anyone (especially someone like me who hates clutter) nuts! At times, I often wonder how it would feel if I had fewer possessions – more meaningful perhaps but also lesser stuff to clean. It was this train of thought that had me researching the latest millennial trend to hit our lives just before COVID-19 stopped our travel plans – tiny homes. With minimalism trending at unforeseen levels, it is relatively easy to see the appeal of these small homes. Add to that the growing population, ...
This 3D Printed Glove Remover Helps Reduce The Risk of Hand Contamination Months ago, when the thought of a pandemic was just a whisper and inkling in our minds, a press release or blog post announcing a 3D printed glove remover might not have ever caught our attention. In fact, some might think among all the novel inventions a glove remover ranks pretty low on the invention scale. Not so anymore! COVID-19 and all the dangers it brings have changed up the game. Not only frontline workers but the masses are becoming health conscious and are constantly making sure they are protected. And what better place than to start with clean hands!
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The MATTRO Ziesel is An Off-road EV Powerhouse Back in the day, the best way to make an injury-induced wheelchair ride cooler was to either paint the chair or slaps stickers all over it (it’s a fact that hotrod flames make a wheelchair go faster). Nowadays, however, you have options, including one that’s able to take you just about anywhere:
The Ziesel has been around since 2013, but the folks at MATTRO have improved the vehicle over the years to drive smoother and be more versatile. If it doesn’t look like your typical wheelchair, perhaps it’s because MATTRO isn’t designing a wheelchair to go offroad but an offroad ...
The Ziesel has been around since 2013, but the folks at MATTRO have improved the vehicle over the years to drive smoother and be more versatile. If it doesn’t look like your typical wheelchair, perhaps it’s because MATTRO isn’t designing a wheelchair to go offroad but an offroad ...
JustSketchMe is a Web App to Create and Download Poseable 3D Characters If you’ve done any character sketching or modeling, you’ve likely used one of those poseable wooden figurines to frustrate you enough to eke out something that looks mostly human. It’s just a reference but, as you know, bodies are different sizes and shapes. So, what if you had a web app to pose up all the possibilities?
JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models. But they go one step further and allow you to download the 3D model. From there, you can use it as a reference inside your 3D modeling software or 3D print ...
JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models. But they go one step further and allow you to download the 3D model. From there, you can use it as a reference inside your 3D modeling software or 3D print ...
Transform Old Laptop into All-in-One Computer Have you got an old laptop laying around that still boasts decent performance specs but is too banged up to take on the road? Are you looking for your next DIY electronics project? Well, Youtuber Matt of DIY Perks may have just the project for you! We’re talking an All-in-One PC conversion. Yep, a makeover in both form and function. The video walks you through an entire All-in-One build and is packed with helpful tips. Below are a few key process nuggets I gleaned from watching the video. Hopefully, they’ll help you decide if taking on an All-in-One PC makeover ...
Watch the NASA SpaceX Dragon Crew Launch LIVE Update: Unfortunately, weather conditions did not cooperate! The launch has been postponed until Saturday, May 30th at 3:22 p.m. EDT.
If you’ve been waiting nearly a decade for American astronauts to launch on American soil from an American rocket, today is your day. At 4:33 EDT, NASA and SpaceX will launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on a Falcon 9 rocket. The Demo-2 mission is the first time NASA will launch a commercially built spacecraft.
Up until the launch, they are providing a mix of live and pre-recorded insight and interviews on the ...
If you’ve been waiting nearly a decade for American astronauts to launch on American soil from an American rocket, today is your day. At 4:33 EDT, NASA and SpaceX will launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on a Falcon 9 rocket. The Demo-2 mission is the first time NASA will launch a commercially built spacecraft.
Up until the launch, they are providing a mix of live and pre-recorded insight and interviews on the ...
A Viking Spear Made Using Traditional Methods It has been a very long time since Vikings roamed the land. Back in the late 8th to late 11th centuries these Norsemen were masters of hunting, raiding, and trading. But they could do almost none of these things without the proper tools, so it only made sense that their smithing techniques were just as renowned.
Using a traditional Viking method known as sheer steel, the guys at That Works (the same folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword who brought our favorite fictional weapons at MAN AT ARMS Reforged) have made a Viking Spear which would make the Norse gods ...
Using a traditional Viking method known as sheer steel, the guys at That Works (the same folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword who brought our favorite fictional weapons at MAN AT ARMS Reforged) have made a Viking Spear which would make the Norse gods ...
SOLIDWORKS Tips, Tricks, and Smacks (By Dan): Mid Plane Design Method Konichiwa, SolidWorks ninjas. Welcome to the dojo (Designing Objects Journeymen Organization). Let’s flip roll right into our training regime.
Mid Plane Is Your Symmetrical Friend
As we take our 2D sketches from the flat world into the third Extruded Boss/Base Feature dimension we have options. Some options utilize references as drivers. When not using reference drivers but creating stand-alone geometry, I default to the Mid Plane option over the Blind option. Particularly, when the shape created will serve as starting geometry that is built off (and/or is) the primary geometric volume.
Why Design Using Midplanes?
A Mid Plane extrude creates ...
Mid Plane Is Your Symmetrical Friend
As we take our 2D sketches from the flat world into the third Extruded Boss/Base Feature dimension we have options. Some options utilize references as drivers. When not using reference drivers but creating stand-alone geometry, I default to the Mid Plane option over the Blind option. Particularly, when the shape created will serve as starting geometry that is built off (and/or is) the primary geometric volume.
Why Design Using Midplanes?
A Mid Plane extrude creates ...
DRAWSHER quand la machine à laver devient meuble ! Repenser les objets du quotidien, une mission de chaque instant pour nos amis designers. Plus fonctionnel, plus écologique, plus harmonieux, plus rapide, plus efficace, plus accessible, mieux adaptés : le spectre est large et peut s’appliquer à bien objets et accessoires se trouvant autour de nous.
Kikang Kim, jeune designer coréen nous présente son projet baptisé DRAWSHER, où il « augmente » la machine à laver que nous avons toutes et tous chez nous. Même forme, quasiment même fonctions depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans…
Il part de l’idée de départ de rassembler le dépôt de linge sale et la machine en ...
Kikang Kim, jeune designer coréen nous présente son projet baptisé DRAWSHER, où il « augmente » la machine à laver que nous avons toutes et tous chez nous. Même forme, quasiment même fonctions depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans…
Il part de l’idée de départ de rassembler le dépôt de linge sale et la machine en ...
Friday Smackdown: Stiltbots of Rim Village Hollow Battle-worn stiltbots of the rim village hollows hung in the root-wrenched cliffs. Once they took flight our stunners would be useless unless we could disable the plasma shields with the blast charge of these links.
Paul Chadeisson – These ships. So many. Orbiting planets, landing aircraft, carrying out missions, some abandoned. Amazing work, and more city, space, and environment shots.
Big Box Collection – Remember when video games came in boxes. The good ol’ days. This is a 3D collection of the boxes of video game past.
The Swiss Machine – 70 step basketball trick shot and one of the ...
Paul Chadeisson – These ships. So many. Orbiting planets, landing aircraft, carrying out missions, some abandoned. Amazing work, and more city, space, and environment shots.
Big Box Collection – Remember when video games came in boxes. The good ol’ days. This is a 3D collection of the boxes of video game past.
The Swiss Machine – 70 step basketball trick shot and one of the ...
Time to toast, le chargeur revisité par Lee Sungwook Le designer était, est et sera au coeur des changements que nous allons devoir apporter à notre quotidien.. Habitude, consommation, aménagement, déplacement, sécurité, échanges, la période actuelle rebat les cartes en nous laissant libres de choisir nos priorités…
Loin des problématiques écologiques, ou de protection sanitaire à réinventer et rapidement déployer, chaque expertise et idée est à mon sens, bonne à prendre.
Lee Sungwook, designer coréen s’inspire du traditionnel grille pain afin d’imaginer un chargeur de smartphone original, par son look, sa forme et ses fonctions, baptisé Time to toast.
La qualité première réside dans le fait que le téléphone est ...
Loin des problématiques écologiques, ou de protection sanitaire à réinventer et rapidement déployer, chaque expertise et idée est à mon sens, bonne à prendre.
Lee Sungwook, designer coréen s’inspire du traditionnel grille pain afin d’imaginer un chargeur de smartphone original, par son look, sa forme et ses fonctions, baptisé Time to toast.
La qualité première réside dans le fait que le téléphone est ...
A—part le banc de distanciation par Oxymoro Design Sans en rajouter des caisses encore et encore, nous savons que cette période si particulière va laisser des traces.. Dans nos mémoires, mais surtout dans nos comportements. Le designer, l’architecture, l’agenceur, le retaileur se doivent d’intégrer ce nouveau paramètre de « distanciation » dans leurs futures créations.
« Quarantine & Social Distancing bring up needs that had been invisible and previously not considered to be crucial. With much of the world facing some sort of a lockdown due to the global pandemic, the difficulties that rise up automatically create a strong dipole between physical & emotional contact. »
L’Homme par nature, aime le contact, ...
« Quarantine & Social Distancing bring up needs that had been invisible and previously not considered to be crucial. With much of the world facing some sort of a lockdown due to the global pandemic, the difficulties that rise up automatically create a strong dipole between physical & emotional contact. »
L’Homme par nature, aime le contact, ...
INTERVIEW : Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET, le Design chez THERMOR
Reprenons les bonnes habitudes et partons à la rencontre des designers qui font de votre quotidien, un quotidien différent…
Loin des grandes signatures, ou designers stars, les agences, les designers intégrés, les designers industriels ont bien plus d’impact sur votre quotidien que vous ne pourriez l’imaginer…
Voici le fruit de mes échanges avec les designers Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET chez Thermor.
Petite introduction à propos de la marque, Thermor est un fabricant français de radiateurs électriques connectés, sèche-serviettes, radiateurs salle de bains, pompes à chaleur piscine, chauffe-eau électriques. Thermor existe depuis 1931, elle conçoit et fabrique ses radiateurs et chauffe-eau électriques ...
Reprenons les bonnes habitudes et partons à la rencontre des designers qui font de votre quotidien, un quotidien différent…
Loin des grandes signatures, ou designers stars, les agences, les designers intégrés, les designers industriels ont bien plus d’impact sur votre quotidien que vous ne pourriez l’imaginer…
Voici le fruit de mes échanges avec les designers Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET chez Thermor.
Petite introduction à propos de la marque, Thermor est un fabricant français de radiateurs électriques connectés, sèche-serviettes, radiateurs salle de bains, pompes à chaleur piscine, chauffe-eau électriques. Thermor existe depuis 1931, elle conçoit et fabrique ses radiateurs et chauffe-eau électriques ...
Crowdfunding : Transfarmers le Pot de Fleurs Composteur A quoi pensez-vous lorsque nous évoquons « Transfarmers » ?
Coup de projecteur sur ce projet français à succès, imaginé par 4 agronomes et graphiste promettant de rendre le (lombri) compostage accessible à toutes et tous, presque ludique pour une utilisation au quotidien. Une démarche visant à intégrer nos intérieurs, bousculer nos habitudes afin de permettre aux urbains de composter leurs déchets organiques.
Ne jetez plus vos bio déchets à la poubelle ! Transfarmers est un véritable pot de fleurs composteur recueillant toutes vos épluchures des 5 fruits et légumes par jour. Et grâce au principe du lombricompostage, vos plantes décoratives et potagères sont approvisionnées ...
Coup de projecteur sur ce projet français à succès, imaginé par 4 agronomes et graphiste promettant de rendre le (lombri) compostage accessible à toutes et tous, presque ludique pour une utilisation au quotidien. Une démarche visant à intégrer nos intérieurs, bousculer nos habitudes afin de permettre aux urbains de composter leurs déchets organiques.
Ne jetez plus vos bio déchets à la poubelle ! Transfarmers est un véritable pot de fleurs composteur recueillant toutes vos épluchures des 5 fruits et légumes par jour. Et grâce au principe du lombricompostage, vos plantes décoratives et potagères sont approvisionnées ...
Abstract Chair par Egor Bondarenko Egor Bondarenko, designer créateur Russe rend hommage au centenaire du mouvement Bauhaus, soufflant sa 100ème bougie en 2019.
Prenant sa source en Allemagne, l’Allemagne d’après guerre à l’heure de la reconstruction, Henry van de Veld et Walter Gropius auront l’idée de réunion art et technique, en une seule et même institution. (la Staatliches Bauhaus, contraction de « Bau « bâtiment et « Haus » maison) Un objectif donc de reconstruction, une alliance stratégique et sociale, nous vous laisserons en lire davantage sur le sujet (lecture simple)
On aime la proposition du designer : « A chair as an object and a symbol of unlimited freedom and ...
Prenant sa source en Allemagne, l’Allemagne d’après guerre à l’heure de la reconstruction, Henry van de Veld et Walter Gropius auront l’idée de réunion art et technique, en une seule et même institution. (la Staatliches Bauhaus, contraction de « Bau « bâtiment et « Haus » maison) Un objectif donc de reconstruction, une alliance stratégique et sociale, nous vous laisserons en lire davantage sur le sujet (lecture simple)
On aime la proposition du designer : « A chair as an object and a symbol of unlimited freedom and ...
Art et technologie par František Jungvirt Coup de projecteur, sur le projet redécouvert ce jour et présenté en 2019 lors de la Milan Design Week, imaginé par František Jungvirt.
J’ai toujours plus de mal à apprécier, un travail uniquement artistique lorsqu’il se justifie par l’adaption et donc la conséquence d’un mode de création, assisté ou non. La technique pour la technique, n’a et n’aura de sens que dans un point de vue de recherche et de prospective.
Ici, l’oeil est particulièrement attiré par le résultat, parfait mélange entre modernité et histoire, entre savoir-faire et technologie et c’est cela qui est intéressant. Le jeune créateur, va s’appuyer sur ...
J’ai toujours plus de mal à apprécier, un travail uniquement artistique lorsqu’il se justifie par l’adaption et donc la conséquence d’un mode de création, assisté ou non. La technique pour la technique, n’a et n’aura de sens que dans un point de vue de recherche et de prospective.
Ici, l’oeil est particulièrement attiré par le résultat, parfait mélange entre modernité et histoire, entre savoir-faire et technologie et c’est cela qui est intéressant. Le jeune créateur, va s’appuyer sur ...
SOLID CHAIR le fauteuil Klein par Thijmen Van Der Steen Telle une envie subite de bleu Klein pour notre intérieur ? En cette période si particulière, on agence, on range, on ajuste nos intérieurs et imaginons les éléments à améliorer.. Travaux, rénovations, aménagements, décoration et mobilier..
Coup de coeur dominical pour le modèle SOLID CHAIR imaginé par le designer hollandais Thijmen Van Der Steen.
Passé il y a peu par la Design Academy Eindhoven, il nous explique son travail : « In my work, I aim to make objects that are timeless and understandable in shape and in use. I like to strip down form and material, so that only the necessary ...
Coup de coeur dominical pour le modèle SOLID CHAIR imaginé par le designer hollandais Thijmen Van Der Steen.
Passé il y a peu par la Design Academy Eindhoven, il nous explique son travail : « In my work, I aim to make objects that are timeless and understandable in shape and in use. I like to strip down form and material, so that only the necessary ...
Les murs ont des oreilles : les patères oniriques par Made in WAW ! Caroline Schilling 10 ans après… Présentée en 2009 pour son projet d’études ENSAD Paris nommé Spotlights, quel plaisir de retrouver Caroline à la tête de son propre studio baptisé Made in WAW !
Designer(euse), rêveuse, entrepreneuse, .. Caroline se distingue par un univers onirique où elle joue avec les codes de notre quotidien en détournant des objets, des formats, des formes, pour nous surprendre.
« Il est un pays, proche de celui des merveilles, où les objets prennent vie et grandissent sans pareil. WAW ! est une contrée non loin d’ici, où règne en maître la démesure. La devise exclamative “Think big – ...
Designer(euse), rêveuse, entrepreneuse, .. Caroline se distingue par un univers onirique où elle joue avec les codes de notre quotidien en détournant des objets, des formats, des formes, pour nous surprendre.
« Il est un pays, proche de celui des merveilles, où les objets prennent vie et grandissent sans pareil. WAW ! est une contrée non loin d’ici, où règne en maître la démesure. La devise exclamative “Think big – ...
Les matières brutes de Maxime Bellaunay « A flanc de falaise », « Horizon »… Avec des noms aussi évocateurs, on ne peut qu’imaginer la substance du travail de Maxime Bellaunay.
C’est de son projet de diplôme des Métiers d’Art, actuellement aux Ateliers de Paris, qu’est née cette série de luminaires, mettant en scène des matériaux typiques et savoir-faire artisanaux de différentes régions. Du marbre de Toscane, du granit du Tarn ou encore de la roche volcanique d’Auvergne, ces pièces uniques nous invitent à un voyage authentique et presque contemplatif.
Présenté la première fois durant la Paris Design Week de septembre 2019, ce jeune designer met la matière brute à l’honneur, ...
C’est de son projet de diplôme des Métiers d’Art, actuellement aux Ateliers de Paris, qu’est née cette série de luminaires, mettant en scène des matériaux typiques et savoir-faire artisanaux de différentes régions. Du marbre de Toscane, du granit du Tarn ou encore de la roche volcanique d’Auvergne, ces pièces uniques nous invitent à un voyage authentique et presque contemplatif.
Présenté la première fois durant la Paris Design Week de septembre 2019, ce jeune designer met la matière brute à l’honneur, ...
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The world’s first ‘convertible pillow’ transforms in shape to let you nap anywhere
First came the spoon, the fork, and the knife… then, in the interest of versatility and portability, someone fused them into the modern-day Spork, which integrates all three tools into one form, allowing you to eat any type of food anywhere with ease. Think of the napEazy as doing the same thing for pillows. Designed as a combination of the bed pillow, the back-rest pillow, the desk-pillow, and the neck-worn travel pillow, napEazy lets you comfortably nap anywhere, whether you’re sitting or lying down. Its design looks pretty ordinary at first, barring the presence of a parting line that runs vertically across its center. Pull the two halves apart and the parting line reveals a telescopic pole on the inside that helps extend the pillow, allowing you to prop one end on your lap as you use the other to rest your head as you’re sitting – enabling you to keep your spine straight as you nap. Close the pillow down and you’ve got yourself a perfectly compact regular pillow you can use in bed, in a park, on the beach, or anywhere you get the opportunity to stretch your legs while traveling. You can even go ahead and use it as an extension pillow to expand the area on those ridiculously narrow airline armrests!The napEazy was designed to be the one go-to pillow you could use when you’re away from your own bed. Whether at work for those quick power naps, or during your long commute, or even while traveling, the napEazy’s all-in-one nature makes it, well, as the name suggests… easy to nap. The concept was incubated at Airbus Bizlab, before evolving into its own independent company. The napEazy’s two-part design uses a dual-layer memory foam that’s just the right amount of soft while also being water-repellent and hypo-allergenic. A travel-case-inspired telescopic rod allows the napEazy to split into two, turning it into a prop-up pillow you can use to help you sleep forward or sideways while sitting, keeping your spine straight to avoid aches or posture-related problems. The split-pillow can be used on flat surfaces too, allowing two people to share the same pillow at a distance.napEazy’s pillow design is the result of months of conceptualizing at Bizlab, an incubator/accelerator run by Airbus, and rigorous testing and prototyping at Airbus’s ProtoSpace. Compact enough to be carried anywhere, and comfortable enough to induce sleep while sitting at a desk or in those airline seats, the napEazy gives you the benefits of a face-pillow as well as a neck pillow – in the avatar of a regular pillow that’s small enough to fit in most travel cases and backpacks. Besides, it even packs a convenient pouch that you can use to store quick go-to essentials like your phone, wallet, passport, or boarding pass. The napEazy comes in two sizes and in a wide gamut of colors… although knowing me I’d probably pick the black one, given that it looks classy and requires the least amount of maintenance… or the adorable Penguin-print one which easily doubles up as a plush toy for youngsters!Designers: Arvind Kumaran, Pradipta Sahoo, Soham Patel and Shanavas MSClick Here to Buy Now: $45 $75 ($30 off). Hurry, only 5/105 left!napEazy – The World’s First Convertible PillownapEazy is the only pillow that facilitates front, side and back sleeping postures.All you need to unlock napEazy’s potential is the push of the button to extend it to the length of your liking.Ergonomic DesignExpert opinion on napEazy by Dr. Deepankar.napEazy FeaturesLight Weight – Carry napEazy anywhere. Around 1.3lb. Hypoallergenic – Dust Mite resistance. Lab certified. Water Resistance – Forget about spills and stains. Durable – Extensive user testing with 500 beta-testers. Machine Washable – Easily wash the cover in your washing machine.Dual-Layer Memory Foam – napEazy is made of dual-layer memory foam with differential density to give you comfort never experienced before.Easy to Carry – Attach it to your bag; Slip it inside your bag; Slip it out.Storage Pouch – For your small accessories so that you don’t lose them.Powered by Biocrystal® – The combination of precisely defined quantity is a result of 9 year research. The ratio is ground and mixed in a special procedure with no added chemicals.napEazy Styles – Available in Blush Cherry, Qtee Panda, Northern Lights Kiwi, Qtee Owl, Smokey Kiwi and Qtee Penguin.Click Here to Buy Now: $45 $75 ($30 off). Hurry, only 5/105 left!
8 don’ts for your industrial design portfolio!
For an Industrial Designer, there are few things more significant than your portfolio. It’s the number one reason you still haven’t landed your first design job. Alternatively, it’s the main reason you got the job you are in. We all understand its importance, so here are a few pointers you should AVOID in your design portfolio.Shiny Renderings, Shitty IdeasDon’t get us wrong – high quality sketches and renderings are a plus in every portfolio. But an experienced recruiter will also judge your ideas, design decisions and know-how.Products Without ProcessYour portfolio is not a product catalog. It’s about you and how you work – so make sure to highlight your process.User is MissingGood research is more than a google search for competitor products. Go deeper and show that you know how a user-centered design approach looks like.No StoryDon’t be boring – the product development process can be exciting! Use (visual) storytelling to build a portfolio that sticks.Quantity Over QualityDon’t start to fill your portfolio with low quality projects, only to reach a certain number of pages. A portfolio should contain your BEST work.Decorative Graphic DesignLike Dieter Rams said: “Less but better”. You don’t have to highlight your awesome graphic design skills, keep it simple and let your designs shine.Too Many DetailsYes, show the process (research, sketches, prototypes ect.) but don’t show EVERYTHING. Do a selection and show the relevant stuff only.Lack of StructureWhere does one project end and the next start? Why don’t you use a proper layout grid? Provide a solid structure, it will definitely help you.This guest post is by Boostfolio.
Tom Dixon & Prolicht Unveil CODE
Tom Dixon has announced a collaboration with Prolicht to launch a new lighting range 'CODE.' The range utilizes bare LEDs on circuit boards that can be used to create thin strips, delicate chains and continuous columns of light.
This self-sanitizing toothbrush kills 99.8% bacteria
The SuperBlue toothbrush by Dylan Fealtman makes sure that your teeth are clean, your brush is clean and your planet remains clean too!SuperBlue was designed to fill the gap left behind by regular manual and electric toothbrushes – it was made to decrease waste while making sure it lasts long and most importantly it is able to be sanitized. The ergonomic body was built in a way that it minimized the use of material while silicone bristles were used to maximize hygiene. The user will be able to keep the brushes clean with the UV light enabled case that also doubles up as a carry case for traveling (that time where we just chuck our brushes in a pouch) so you don’t have to compromise on cleanliness.Designer: Dylan Fealtman
Gogoro Unveils Eeyo 1 Ultralight eBike
Gogoro has unveiled Eeyo 1 ebike, designed to address the daily challenges of city life and takes a different approach to traditional ebikes by prioritizing agility over utility.
Stak by Sandler
The Sandler Stak chair is a classic of British design. Combining functionality and simplicity in a form that celebrates the materials and technologies used in its manufacture, the Stak chair is considered an exemplar of the modern design era.
PB Creative Designs Visual Identity and Packaging for Kraft Heinz's New Karvan Cévitam Range
PB Creative has partnered with Kraft Heinz to develop a new premium tier for drinks cordial brand Karvan Cévitam.
The Clerkenwell Brothers Designs New Brand ID & Packaging for Little Miracles
The Clerkenwell Brothers has designed a new brand identity and packaging for Little Miracles, a global iced tea brand.
Sustainability Deep Dive 2020
IDSA's Sustainability Deep Dive 2020 is a three-day virtual event that will feature a comprehensive mix of expert presentations and skill-building sessions meant to produce a wellspring of innovative ideas and possibilities that are desperately needed to bring about change.
For every premium cloth mask you buy, this company donates a mask to medical professionals
The very point of wearing a face mask comes from a place of empathy. You wear a mask not only to protect yourself from the virus but to prevent yourself from accidentally spreading any germs to others. Wearing a mask is a way of showing that you respect and care for the people around you… but what if you could do a bit more than that and actually make a difference to more lives than the ones around you?Masks2Heroes was built around the premise that doctors and medical staff are modern-day superheroes who don’t wear capes, but wear scrubs instead, and wear masks not to protect their identity, but to protect your health. The Masks2Heroes initiative, founded by a group of dedicated individuals from MIT, helps you truly make an impact on the world around you by helping supply medical staff and frontline workers with masks. How does it work? Well, for each mask you buy, medical practitioners are supplied with free KN95 masks that they can use to help further their cause and save people’s lives.With the Masks2Heroes masks that you buy for yourself, you get to choose between two variants – a premium, stylish, reusable washable cloth mask, or a slightly trendier and more comfortable neck-bandana. The cloth mask looks classier than your conventional face mask and comes with a breathable cotton fabric construction and a PM2.5 filter for extra protection against viral particles, while the neck-bandana takes a more unique, comfortable, and exercise-friendly approach to face-protection. It extends down to your neck and can easily be worn or taken off whenever you want. The neck-bandana uses fabric that wraps around your entire face, making it as comfortable as being draped in a scarf, while being protected from microparticles and microorganisms. Made from moisture-wicking fabric, the bandanas are perfect for joggers and runners, providing nose and mouth protection while absorbing moisture… and since they cover the bottom of your face as well as your neck, they help protect you from harsh sunlight too. Both masks achieve 70%-90% protection efficacy based on published data from the University of Cambridge, helping protect you and others during the pandemic and compliant with government guidelines.Fresh off the success of Phase 1 of their campaign which saw over 10,000 masks donated and 3,000 masks delivered to backers, the Masks2Heroes initiative is currently looking to supply a second round of face-equipment for medical staff and frontline workers. For each mask that you buy, the Masks2Heroes initiative supplies medical facilities with CE/FDA approved KN95 disposable masks. These masks help tackle the massive deficit of proper FDA-certified KN95 masks that hospital staff need to protect themselves against patients who may or may not be infected by the virus, as well as people coming in contact with these medical professionals who find themselves in harm’s way as they save others. The masks you buy (and subsequently donate), by extension, help save lives in the end too… so if doctors and nurses are the true superheroes, I guess that makes you their loyal sidekicks!Designer: Masks2HeroesClick Here to Buy Now: 2 Fabric Masks & 2 Medical Masks for $25 $50 (50% off).Masks2Heroes Part 2 – Get a Premium Fabric Mask, Give a Medical MaskAs many states reopen or plan to reopen soon, the phase 2 goal of Mask2Heroes is to raise $1 million and distribute more than 100,000 masks to front line heroes and provide 100,000 washable masks to individuals, corporations and communities.When you purchase your own mask, you will also be donating a KN95 disposable surgical mask to one of their frontline heroes (Healthcare professionals and Essential workers). They are selling each mask at cost so that the mask is accessible to as many people as possible.Their StoryDue to the severe lack of essential PPE in hospitals and the recent recommendation from the CDC advising the general public to wear cloths masks in public, a group of MIT Sloan Executive MBA classmates pooled their expertise and resources in order to help.The leader of the team, Dr. Ahmed Mady’s family, owns a textile manufacturing factory where they have dedicated two production lines to manufacture face masks at cost and have a production capacity of approximately 50,000 masks per week. They have also secured three suppliers who can provide more than 100,000 KN95 & Surgical disposable FDA approved, CDC certified masks for our frontline workers.Their MasksFor the general public, the team has designed a face mask that is manufactured from cotton blend/100% cotton fabric. The masks are comfortable, washable and reusable for many times. These masks will achieve more than 70% protection efficacy based on published data from the University of Cambridge.Face mask Bandana.A new scientific rationale has indicated that wearing a fabric facemask creates a barrier that blocks projectile droplets during coughing, which may substantially reduce the production rate R, to an extent that may be comparable to social distancing and washing hands. This would then double the effect of mitigation in “flattening the curve”.Click Here to Buy Now: 2 Fabric Masks & 2 Medical Masks for $25 $50 (50% off).
This art-installation makes time slow down, giving you a taste of Doctor Strange’s powers!
Not that I’d advocate for slowing time down – at least definitely not this year, but Lieberman’s iconic installation Slow Dance makes time move slowly, but in a way that’s aesthetic, pleasing, and goddamn fascinating. The Slow Dance is an edge-lit frame with a strange mechanism at its center. Clip a feather or a flower to it and it begins billowing in an invisible breeze… but in slow motion. You could be in a room with absolutely no wind and the feather or flower still sways on its own in that hypnotic slow speed – like nature’s own fidget spinner.So how does the Slow Dance achieve this stunning feat? Well, I wish it were magic, but it’s a precisely engineered optical illusion from the mind of Lieberman, who develops all sorts of wondrous toys (we do recommend you check his work out!) The illusion lies in your eye’s ability to only see at 24 frames per second. The frame comes with two components, an electromagnet that vibrates the feather, and the edge-lighting around the frame that uses a high-speed strobe to flicker so fast you barely notice it. Time the vibrations and flickers precisely, and you have a rudimentary version of a cinema projector that shines a flickering light through various individual frames to create a movie. The Slow Dance uses the same principle, timing its vibrations and light-bursts in such a stunningly precise way, it looks like the feather’s waving in a slow breeze. Lieberman built the Slow Dance to hold all sorts of tiny objects, so you could easily switch the feather out for a flower, a stem, or even a large leaf. Regardless of the object you secure to the Slow Dance, it flutters magically in slow motion perfectly, making you experience time slowly. In fact, the Slow Dance comes with strobe modes too, allowing it to even duplicate itself, or glitch by jumping in time and space. I imagine it’s exactly how Doctor Strange or Doctor Manhattan experience time and space too. (Why are all the time-travelers doctors? Hmmm…)The Slow Dance runs on a power supply, and while it makes an absolutely mesmerizing desk toy, if you’ve got the ability to conceal its wiring, you can even hang the frame on a wall to absolutely stun any of your house-guests!Designer: Jeff Lieberman of Wonder MachinesClick Here to Buy Now: $319 $399 (20% off with Coupon Code: YANKO). Hurry, for a limited time only!Slow Dance – Beyond Your PerceptionThe Slow Dance is a picture frame that makes real objects appear to move in slow motion. By taking advantage of the limits of human visual perception, this optical illusion sculpture appears to be doing the impossible — right before your eyes. Slow Dance combines technology, science, and art, in order to remind us of the natural mystery, beauty, and wonder that surround us every day.Play & Experiment!You bring the objects to Slow Dance — it is a blank canvas for you to compose. From weeds on the street to flowers in the garden to bird feathers, each object will reveal a new slow motion world.It will change how you will see plants and other objects forever. Different modes allow you to cycle through different dance patterns, some slow and smooth, and others that make the object appear to jump through space.Interview With a Slow DancerJeff Lieberman explores the connections between the arts, sciences, education, creativity, and consciousness. He hosted ‘Time Warp’ on the Discovery Channel, using technology to see beyond the limits of our normal human perception. He shows technological sculptures around the world, to bring people an emotional and mystical connection with science and the universe. Having finished four degrees at MIT (BS: Physics, Math, MS: Mech. Engineering, Media Arts and Sciences), he is exploring the applications of technology to evolving and shifting human consciousness. He wants beauty, wonder, and love in your life, now!Click Here to Buy Now: $319 $399 (20% off with Coupon Code: YANKO). Hurry, for a limited time only!
SCI-Arc Making+Meaning 2020
SCI-Arc has announced that its summer program Making+Meaning will be held online this year. Now open to applicants all around the world, students from across the US, Asia, Europe, and beyond will convene to delve deeply into the most cutting-edge techniques and processes advancing design and architecture today.
San Francisco Design Week 2020
The 14th Annual San Francisco Design Week (SFDW), which attracts annually 60,000 visitors from around the world, is returning this year as the first regional virtual design festival.
This portable fridge is the perfect companion to Netflix and chill with!
Product designs have three basic categories from a user’s point of view – the purely functional design with an almost brutish exterior that we love for the solution they provide, the pro aesthetic designs that take a conventional product and revise it to a new level to trigger an emotional response in us (after all humans are visual creatures) and the rare unicorn – that merges functionality and aesthetics seamlessly to create the best design. The Baseus Personal Refridgerator concept by Jiujiu Hu certainly falls in the aesthetic category but that doesn’t stop us from loving it any lesser!With a form factor that merges an almost android design with that of a retro TV, this portable personal refrigerator is here to serve us, literally. The heat of summer is upon us, anything that is cold or chilled is in demand. This cute robot-like design with its shiny reflective surface (truly it only needs big eyes to make us fall in love even more) and its leather strap is a way cooler alternative to the old-school icebox or coolers we lug around everywhere (can you imagine how much cooler Netflix and chill would be with this by your side?). The anthropomorphic form comes with a shelf inside, allowing you to store your items in 2 layers – a tall shelf for the drinks or even a cooling facial mist and a smaller space to store flat objects. Social distancing will be a breeze with our own portable personal fridge holding our drinks means no reason to visit the crowded shops at the local park. And for those of us in quarantine, this fridge can serve as the Wilson (Tom Hank’s friend in Cast Away) to our isolated homes.The refrigerator gets its materials right – wood, a matte plastic exterior, leather, and glass – balancing all these traditional elements with just the right ratio. With the emotional connection that this personal refrigerator brings to the table, one thing is sure, you will not end up forgetting it anywhere you go!Designer: Jiujiu Hu
D&AD New Blood Digital Festival 2020
D&AD has revealed its plans for the 2020 New Blood Digital Festival, running from July 6-10 in place of its annual Festival at London's Truman Brewery. The digital festival will provide a virtual platform that continues to support and stimulate emerging creative talent during what will be a challenging year for graduates.
Friday Smackdown: Stringy Cheek Meats
Outside the worn iron gate, a north wind blew at their backs as they approached. All five, scarred from battle, hardened by storm, returned with the largest cache of dried licorice root the village had ever seen, extracted, they came to learn later, from the stringy cheek meats of these links.
Ryan Gitter – A wide range of art and influence in concept art that introduces you to characters in strange and beautiful lands, leaving a desire to explore.
Binhai Science Museum – An architectural gem completed last year in Binhai, China as photographed by Kris Provoost.
Simpsons IRL – Well, almost real-life. Hossein Diba’s life-like, slightly creepy, interpretation of the Simpson characters.
Negrar di Valpolicella – An amazing architectural find this week – a completely intact Roman mosaic floor from 3rd century AD. in the town near Verona, Italy.
Wind Wall – Is it video. Nope. It’s a kinetic building facade changed by the wind making it almost seem like you can see the actual shape of the wind.
Go Pro Skate Spotlight – Low, up close, and way too short. Oh wait, here’s more.
60MPH in 1.1 – How fast? Yes, that fast. In a custom-built (of course) 1500 HP Honda Civic *looks at Civic in driveway, hangs head in shame*.
3D Wood – The laser cut topographical maps of Meridiam Maps with some on their process as well. Etsy shop here. Kickstarter here.
Lamborghini Sian – A new 3696 piece LEGO Technic set coming June 1st.
Heart Attack – Debut single from BRONSON that puts a strummy beat to the battle against some phys sim wind.
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Ryan Gitter – A wide range of art and influence in concept art that introduces you to characters in strange and beautiful lands, leaving a desire to explore.
Binhai Science Museum – An architectural gem completed last year in Binhai, China as photographed by Kris Provoost.
Simpsons IRL – Well, almost real-life. Hossein Diba’s life-like, slightly creepy, interpretation of the Simpson characters.
Negrar di Valpolicella – An amazing architectural find this week – a completely intact Roman mosaic floor from 3rd century AD. in the town near Verona, Italy.
Wind Wall – Is it video. Nope. It’s a kinetic building facade changed by the wind making it almost seem like you can see the actual shape of the wind.
Go Pro Skate Spotlight – Low, up close, and way too short. Oh wait, here’s more.
60MPH in 1.1 – How fast? Yes, that fast. In a custom-built (of course) 1500 HP Honda Civic *looks at Civic in driveway, hangs head in shame*.
3D Wood – The laser cut topographical maps of Meridiam Maps with some on their process as well. Etsy shop here. Kickstarter here.
Lamborghini Sian – A new 3696 piece LEGO Technic set coming June 1st.
Heart Attack – Debut single from BRONSON that puts a strummy beat to the battle against some phys sim wind.
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Spitzkant by Julien Fincker
Julien Fincker has released Spitzkant, a serif typeface family that is characterized by strong contrasts. Pointed, sharp serifs and edges contrast with round and fine forms, making it very individual and expressive. This makes it particularly suitable for branding, editorial, packaging and advertising.
Easily View 3D Results In Your Google Searches
We all know how Google Search works: type in something you want to know and Google magically collates everything about it on the Internet in less than a second.
But did you know Google Search has an option to easily view 3D content?
By clicking the “View in 3D” button at the bottom part portion of any compatible link, you can view assets in 3D. You can then rotate, push, and pull the object to look at it from all angles. It saves you time and effort as you don’t have to open a dozen links on different tabs to find the 3D content you are searching for.
This is already cool on a normal computer, but Google ups the ante by allowing those with an AR space to take 3D models from the “View in 3D” option and hold them in their virtual hands. You get a better sense of the object’s dimensions and (using the coffee maker gif above as an example), see if it’s exactly what you’re looking for.
After viewing objects in Google Search 3D, a similar button marked “Visit” allows you to go directly to the 3D object’s webpage without having to return to your previous search history.
While the 3D and AR features are available anywhere in the world where Google Search is available, only a select number of organizations have access to them. If you want to make your 3D searches easier, you can sign up here.
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But did you know Google Search has an option to easily view 3D content?
By clicking the “View in 3D” button at the bottom part portion of any compatible link, you can view assets in 3D. You can then rotate, push, and pull the object to look at it from all angles. It saves you time and effort as you don’t have to open a dozen links on different tabs to find the 3D content you are searching for.
This is already cool on a normal computer, but Google ups the ante by allowing those with an AR space to take 3D models from the “View in 3D” option and hold them in their virtual hands. You get a better sense of the object’s dimensions and (using the coffee maker gif above as an example), see if it’s exactly what you’re looking for.
After viewing objects in Google Search 3D, a similar button marked “Visit” allows you to go directly to the 3D object’s webpage without having to return to your previous search history.
While the 3D and AR features are available anywhere in the world where Google Search is available, only a select number of organizations have access to them. If you want to make your 3D searches easier, you can sign up here.
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A Tesla e-bike would help rapidly electrify the two-wheeler industry
The ubiquity of electric vehicles can undeniably be attributed to Tesla. Had it not been for Elon Musk’s vision to make battery-powered four-wheelers the gold standard, we wouldn’t see the entire automotive industry scramble towards competing in this new field… however, there’s an exception that can be directly linked to Tesla’s non-involment. Two Wheelers.Tesla has dabbled in most sections of the four-wheeler industry, from sedans, to pickup trucks, roadsters, semi-trailer trucks, and even quad-bikes. There’s an obvious lack of two-wheelers in Tesla’s product portfolio, and James Gawley took it upon himself to fill that void, at least with a concept. Meet the Tesla Model M… designed to make electric bikes more of the status quo, the Model M comes with a unique aesthetic that deliberately chooses to create a negative space in its design where the fuel-tank would be, almost poking fun at its fuel-guzzling ancestors. The bike’s curvy outer body harks to the curvilinear design-language of its sedans like the Model X and Model S, and a massive dashboard occupies a significant amount of space where you’d expect the fuel tank’s inlet – giving you a whole host of data from your speed and battery level to the bike’s performance and even a detailed map to help you navigate. Pretty cool, right? And it’s compatible with Tesla’s Supercharger network too!Designer: James Gawley
The Largest 3D Printing Factory Is Coming
The idea of parallel 3D printing is incredibly powerful.
The rap against 3D printers has long been that they are monumentally slower than traditional manufacturing equipment to produce finished units, even though they are able to make objects of any design on the next print job.
This slowness has sometimes been the reason for not considering 3D printing as a manufacturing option, along with the unavailability of desired materials. However, in recent years the breadth of material selection has widened considerably, and now includes many popular engineering materials.
It’s now possible to make many types of end-use parts on 3D printers, but they are still slow.
But that constraint can be overcome with parallelism. If a single device takes two hours to produce a part, then 100 devices can produce 50 parts per hour. Slant 3D’s Gabe Bentz explains this well in his 2018 TEDxBoise talk:
I spoke with Bentz recently to find out more about this concept and specifically what is being done at Slant 3D.
Bentz explained that his company, Slant 3D, is attempting to produce a large-scale manufacturing operation based solely on 3D printing technology. He says they now operate the “largest 3D print farm in North America”, with a “couple hundred machines” all capable of operating in parallel to produce thousands of parts on demand.
Bentz says they currently are focused on jobs ranging from 10-20,000 pieces, and even take on jobs requiring 100,000 parts.
This is all part of a larger plan, according to Bentz, who is approaching this in stages. “Print Farm Alpha”, which is now complete, was the stage where they developed their farm system technology.
Mason 3D Printer
The Mason 3D Printer [Source: Slant 3D]
This includes a custom-made 3D printer, the Mason 3D Printer, which has an ability to eject completed parts all by itself.
I asked Bentz to reveal the secrets behind this ejection mechanism, but he wouldn’t say much, as it’s a key strategic advantage. I was able to determine that it has to do with a sophisticated bed adhesion system that allows the part to be released under some form of control. Ejected parts can land on a conveyor belt for collection.
Slant 3D has created a custom software solution that manages all the farm devices at once. They’ve been able to develop an automated process that allows an incredible 150 live 3D printers to be managed by a single operator.
Print Farm Beta
A portion of the hundreds of Mason 3D Printers at Print Farm Beta [Source: Slant 3D]
Currently Slant 3D is in the midst of building “Print Farm Beta”, which is a vastly scaled-up version of the equipment and process they developed during Print Farm Alpha. The goal here is to have an incredible 800 3D printers simultaneously in 24/7 operation. By Bentz’s arithmetic, this suggests they’d need only half a dozen people to manage such a site.
When complete, Print Farm Beta might well be the largest 3D print facility in the world, possibly exceeding Prusa Research’s 500 machines. A concept diagram appears at top. Bentz says:
“Over the next year we will be completing Print Farm Beta. Which will give us a break even with injection molding of nearly 100,000 parts on average.”
3D Printing vs Injection Molding
This is an intriguing result, as Slant 3D would then be able to take on a massive order immediately, since competing injection molding operations would have to wait for molds to be designed, tested and produced. Meanwhile, arrays of 3D printers need only be sent the next job to execute.
I asked Bentz whether they sell the Mason 3D Printer, and the answer is basically no. However, they will sell individual units to customers so they can test prints to simulate what they’d receive from Print Farm Beta.
Bentz says the array configuration will solve the speed problem, but now the industry still faces the design problem. Before committing to such massive amounts of 3D printing, parts will have to be properly designed for production on 3D printers, and that’s a skill that’s still pretty rare these days. Bentz says:
“If you’re designing for 3D printing you want to minimize surface area and don’t worry about part volume; that’s just the opposite of what you’d do with injection molding!”
FFF For Array 3D Printing
1000 mass produced 3D printed phone stands [Source: Slant 3D]
I asked Bentz why focus on FFF-style 3D printing when there are other 3D printing processes available that can supposedly achieve high throughput. He believes that “FFF is the only 3D printing technology that can achieve production scale at a good cost.”
Print Farm Gamma
I asked Bentz what’s next for the company, and he explained a rather dramatic leap for the next stage of company development:
“We will be building Print Farm Gamma to serve as a full digital warehouse and distribution center. That will be able to print and ship individual parts at the same cost as if they had been made with traditional manufacturing by the millions. This will mean that anyone in the world can design a product and have it manufactured and delivered to potentially millions of people for basically the cost of hosting a website.”
Many years ago I wrote about a futuristic concept I called the “Anything Factory”, where a static factory can run 24/7 making literally anything requested.
It may be that Slant 3D is building one.
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The rap against 3D printers has long been that they are monumentally slower than traditional manufacturing equipment to produce finished units, even though they are able to make objects of any design on the next print job.
This slowness has sometimes been the reason for not considering 3D printing as a manufacturing option, along with the unavailability of desired materials. However, in recent years the breadth of material selection has widened considerably, and now includes many popular engineering materials.
It’s now possible to make many types of end-use parts on 3D printers, but they are still slow.
But that constraint can be overcome with parallelism. If a single device takes two hours to produce a part, then 100 devices can produce 50 parts per hour. Slant 3D’s Gabe Bentz explains this well in his 2018 TEDxBoise talk:
I spoke with Bentz recently to find out more about this concept and specifically what is being done at Slant 3D.
Bentz explained that his company, Slant 3D, is attempting to produce a large-scale manufacturing operation based solely on 3D printing technology. He says they now operate the “largest 3D print farm in North America”, with a “couple hundred machines” all capable of operating in parallel to produce thousands of parts on demand.
Bentz says they currently are focused on jobs ranging from 10-20,000 pieces, and even take on jobs requiring 100,000 parts.
This is all part of a larger plan, according to Bentz, who is approaching this in stages. “Print Farm Alpha”, which is now complete, was the stage where they developed their farm system technology.
Mason 3D Printer
The Mason 3D Printer [Source: Slant 3D]
This includes a custom-made 3D printer, the Mason 3D Printer, which has an ability to eject completed parts all by itself.
I asked Bentz to reveal the secrets behind this ejection mechanism, but he wouldn’t say much, as it’s a key strategic advantage. I was able to determine that it has to do with a sophisticated bed adhesion system that allows the part to be released under some form of control. Ejected parts can land on a conveyor belt for collection.
Slant 3D has created a custom software solution that manages all the farm devices at once. They’ve been able to develop an automated process that allows an incredible 150 live 3D printers to be managed by a single operator.
Print Farm Beta
A portion of the hundreds of Mason 3D Printers at Print Farm Beta [Source: Slant 3D]
Currently Slant 3D is in the midst of building “Print Farm Beta”, which is a vastly scaled-up version of the equipment and process they developed during Print Farm Alpha. The goal here is to have an incredible 800 3D printers simultaneously in 24/7 operation. By Bentz’s arithmetic, this suggests they’d need only half a dozen people to manage such a site.
When complete, Print Farm Beta might well be the largest 3D print facility in the world, possibly exceeding Prusa Research’s 500 machines. A concept diagram appears at top. Bentz says:
“Over the next year we will be completing Print Farm Beta. Which will give us a break even with injection molding of nearly 100,000 parts on average.”
3D Printing vs Injection Molding
This is an intriguing result, as Slant 3D would then be able to take on a massive order immediately, since competing injection molding operations would have to wait for molds to be designed, tested and produced. Meanwhile, arrays of 3D printers need only be sent the next job to execute.
I asked Bentz whether they sell the Mason 3D Printer, and the answer is basically no. However, they will sell individual units to customers so they can test prints to simulate what they’d receive from Print Farm Beta.
Bentz says the array configuration will solve the speed problem, but now the industry still faces the design problem. Before committing to such massive amounts of 3D printing, parts will have to be properly designed for production on 3D printers, and that’s a skill that’s still pretty rare these days. Bentz says:
“If you’re designing for 3D printing you want to minimize surface area and don’t worry about part volume; that’s just the opposite of what you’d do with injection molding!”
FFF For Array 3D Printing
1000 mass produced 3D printed phone stands [Source: Slant 3D]
I asked Bentz why focus on FFF-style 3D printing when there are other 3D printing processes available that can supposedly achieve high throughput. He believes that “FFF is the only 3D printing technology that can achieve production scale at a good cost.”
Print Farm Gamma
I asked Bentz what’s next for the company, and he explained a rather dramatic leap for the next stage of company development:
“We will be building Print Farm Gamma to serve as a full digital warehouse and distribution center. That will be able to print and ship individual parts at the same cost as if they had been made with traditional manufacturing by the millions. This will mean that anyone in the world can design a product and have it manufactured and delivered to potentially millions of people for basically the cost of hosting a website.”
Many years ago I wrote about a futuristic concept I called the “Anything Factory”, where a static factory can run 24/7 making literally anything requested.
It may be that Slant 3D is building one.
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These magnetic block toys brings the adrenaline of Hot Wheels to the creativity of LEGO
MagnetCube vividly reminds me of one of the greatest online games of our time. No, not Minecraft. Try a little older. Remember Rollercoaster Tycoon? And how if you didn’t have enough money to buy preset Rollercoaster designs, you had to build your own? Between you and me, I’d try to make the most outrageous coasters even if I DID have the money. Building a track together piece by piece, aligning the last piece to the end of the station to complete the track, and just watching as the virtual park-visitors screamed in sheer delight through the coaster ride. There’s something about that joy of creation that the MagnetCubes captures. Part creation, part elaborate gravity trick, MagnetCubes lets you build your own ball-bearing racetrack using its modular setup. With an incredibly exhaustive variety of track-shapes that let you build the ball-bearing rollercoaster of your dreams and a transparent framework to hold your creation up, the MagnetCubes is an engaging toy that’s infinitely customizable so you’re never bored, and it teaches you a fair bit about physics too – just like how RC Tycoon taught me never to bump up the velocity of the coaster beyond a certain limit, or that rollercoaster paths should always be closed and continuous.Using a transparent framework of pillars and beams held in place by magnets, MagnetCube lets you build and test your ballbearing racetracks. The cube construction is much more versatile than the plug-and use tracks in Hot Wheels kits. With MagnetCubes, you can build in the third dimension too, and the hollow cubes let you see your track as you build it, making the construction process as engaging and fun as the playing process. Available in Standard and Advanced variants the MagnetCube kit is modular, allowing you to be small and efficient, or embrace a go-big-or-go-home attitude and make a wild track that’s filled with twists and turns. Each kit comes with ball-bearings that ride on the tracks you build, relying on their design and a combination of gravity, inertia, and potential/kinetic energy to get from A to B. It’s this fun approach to learning that allows kids to embrace concepts of physics, architecture, and even a fair share of mathematics… all while exercising their creativity, testing the limits of nature, and staying entertained without being attached to a screen – unless they’re filming it for their Instagram. I probably would.Designer: Steven Wolfe of DesignNestClick Here to Buy Now: $35 $50 (30% off). Raised over $440,000.MagnetCubes – Modular Magnetic Blocks With Dynamic Marble RunUsing the power of gravity and inspired imagination, MagnetCubes is a fun way to relax and have fun. This interactive new building system promotes learning, stress relief and fun with a simple way to build an infinite number of marble runs and roller coasters for fun and education.Most of the marble runs include the track and the holes on the same molded pieces, limiting your options for how the pieces can be fitted together. With the modular design of MagnetCubes, you can easily connect multiple structures together.The structure becomes a complex and impressive multi-level design. Build and rebuild whatever you can imagine. You could sit down again and again, with new creations every time.Build Your Imagination FreelyThis intuitive building system is fun for all ages and can be configured in endless ways.This toy is a modern take on the simple building blocks and construction sets that we all grow up with. MagnetCubes is great for getting kids curious and interested in STEM concepts by challenging spatial reasoning and understanding of physics principles.People of all ages have a natural desire to build and create. It’s the reason that all generations grew up with some kind of building toy such as blocks, Legos or other construction sets. This kind of toys engage kids and satisfy their curiosity while developing important motor and coordination skills.Unlimited Possibilities & Endless FunThe sets use open cubes with magnets in each corner that easily snap together without the need for special connectors or any prior experience. Simply unpack and build!With 64 cubes and multiple action pieces, the design possibilities are endless. Each set can be added onto the next, allowing you to build big and fantastic marble runs as you imagine.The open design of MagnetCubes makes all the action visible. With the panels included in the AdvancedPack, you can weave marble tracks in and out of the architectural structures.Fun For All Age-GroupsThis building set is not just for kids. Building MagnetCubes is also a joyful experience for parents and adults. Join in the fun and build with the kids to make more complex designs.Keep stacking the modular and magnetic building blocks together. Be amazed at how easily, quickly and massively tall structures can be made without toppling over. It’s more fun to play together, with your friends, family, co-workers.Great for quick breaks from the screen. Relieve stress by fidgeting with beautiful structures and relaxing kinetic movement.MagnetCubes is a building system that inspires children to learn STEM principles. The combination of play, exploration, and iterative testing will help children develop critical thinking skills needed to excel in multiple fields. In no time at all, you will have a creative engineer and designer on your hands.How to assemble MagnetCubesClick Here to Buy Now: $35 $50 (30% off). Hurry, less than 48 hours left! Raised over $380,000.
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 [Review]
If you’re not familiar with the new Quadro RTX line, here’s what you need to know. The new RTX cards use the next generation of GPUs based on the Turing architecture with features that come together on the NVIDIA RTX platform.
Turing adds many important features over previous architecture, the primary of which is the new Tensor cores that add deep learning AI capabilities and the RT cores for real-time ray tracing acceleration. The RTX platform provides various RTX APIs for developers which allow them to build RTX applications that take advantage of the RTX Turing architecture and allows you to take advantage of those RTX features in applications that take advantage of NVIDIA’s line of RTX GPUs. Got that? Good.
To sum it up, the NVIDIA RTX GPUs can do what no other GPUs before it could do. To the point, it caused a shift in the gaming and 3D software industry, to the joy of some developers and chagrin of others yet, that made it possible for the GPU to handle the complexities of real-time ray tracing which had only been possible on CPU before.
In light of this, the RTX cards, with their RT cores and Tensor cores, introduced a new level of software + hardware acceleration. Together the real-time ray tracing results were like nothing ever seen before, in both speed and performance.
NVIDIA currently has five Quadro RTX options – RTX 3000, RTX 4000, RTX 5000, RTX 6000, RTX 8000, with the RTX 4000 sitting as the entry point to the whole bunch.
Quadro RTX 4000 Specs
Now, the Quadro RTX 4000 isn’t the most powerful GPU on the RTX platform but it hits a sweet spot with a price point right under $900. We’ve had a look at the Quadro RTX 4000 in a previous article detailing its specs. To provide a quick refresher here’s a comparison of the features among the Quadro RTX series.
CUDA Cores
Quadro RTX GPU Comparison
Quadro RTX 4000
Quadro RTX 5000
Quadro RTX 6000
Quadro RTX 8000
GPU Memory
8 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
24 GB GDDR6
48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
416 Gbps
416 Gbps
624 Gbps
624 Gbps
CUDA Cores
2304
3072
4608
4608
Tensor Cores
288
384
576
576
RT Cores
36
48
72
72
RTX-OPS
43T
62T
84T
84T
Rays Cast
6 Giga Rays/Sec
8 Giga Rays/Sec
10 Giga Rays/Sec
10 Giga Rays/Sec
FP32 Performance
7.1 TFLOPS
11.2 TFLOPS
16.3 TFLOPS
16.3 TFLOPS
List Price
$900
$2300
$6300
$10000
And if you’re on an older P(ascal), K(epler), or M(axwell) series Quadro card, you won’t have the Turing RT cores and Tensor cores that provide the real-time ray tracing and AI capabilities but you will get a lower priced card. Here’s a comparison of the RTX 4000 and the previous generation P-series cards:
CUDA Cores
Quadro Mid-Range GPU Comparison
Quadro RTX 4000
Quadro P4000
Quadro P2000
Quadro P1000
GPU Memory
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5
5 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
416 Gbps
243 Gbps
140 Gbps
80 Gbps
CUDA Cores
2304
1792
1024
640
Tensor Cores
288
–
–
–
RT Cores
36
–
–
–
RTX-OPS
43T
–
–
–
Rays Cast
6 Giga Rays/Sec
–
–
–
FP32 Performance
7.1 TFLOPS
5.3 TFLOPS
3.0 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
List Price
$900
$750
$399
$319
Quadro RTX 4000 Performance Comparison
This won’t be the most thorough RTX performance review but I did want to provide a comparison to the top of the line P-Series GPU that many may still have and, realistically, acts as a line between previous-generation NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA RTX GPUs.
Our test system is a Lenovo ThinkStation P520 workstation. It sits in the middle of the Lenovo P-Series workstation family. The base configuration with a Quadro RTX 4000 option comes in at $1900. See our ThinkStation P520 review for more details and how to swap a GPU if you need to upgrade an older card.
The P520 came with the very capable Quadro P4000. It’s a great higher-mid-range video card, especially for the price. Still, given the P4000 came out in February 2017, the RTX is sure to have some performance improvements, even with both running the latest Quadro GPU driver.
Like the Lenovo P520, there are many 3D CAD workstations that have the P4000 as a base customization option. As mentioned above, however, the Quadro P4000 lacks the Turing RT cores and Tensor cores of the RTX cards which, believe me, make all the difference.
PassMark Performance Test:
There are some great performance benchmarks available with PassMark Performance Test our favorite for the ability to compare GPUs among thousands of other system configurations. It’s a free benchmark that provides results for various compute operations while providing averages and percentiles. Here are the results for the PassMark Test.
Quadro P4000GPU Compute (Ops./Sec.) : 5526.7 (75%)3D Graphics Mark (Composite average) : 14163.2 (77%)PassMark Rating (Composite average) : 6044.9 (77%)
Quadro RTX 4000GPU Compute (Ops./Sec.) : 6456.9 (77%)3D Graphics Mark (Composite average) : 17704.6 (90%)PassMark Rating (Composite average) : 6161.3 (82%)
These results reveal the Quadro RTX 4000 capable of 930 more operations per second compared to the P4000 and a 3D Graphics Mark that puts it in the 90% percentile, 13 points over the P4000.
KeyShot Benchmark:
The KeyShot Benchmark is a free benchmark available in KeyShot Viewer. This is a slightly different benchmark that uses a baseline system to provide a single measure of increased (or decreased) performance. The manual describes a score of 1.0 (for either CPU or GPU) as matching the base system, an Intel Core i7-6900K CPU @3.20GHz, 2601 Mhz, 8 Core(s). Here are the results for the KeyShot Benchmark.
Quadro P4000CPU result: (Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2133 CPU @ 3.60GHz – Threads: 12) 1.38GPU result: (Quadro P4000 with Driver: 442.50) 3.38
Quadro RTX 4000CPU result: (Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2133 CPU @ 3.60GHz – Threads: 12) 1.50GPU result: (Quadro RTX 4000 with Driver: 442.50) 23.67
These results show the Quadro RTX 4000 is 7x faster than the P4000 and nearly 16x faster than using the CPU for the same operation.
For more in-depth reviews and wider comparison of cards, I highly recommend the following resources:
Techgage – Quadro RTX 4000 ReviewHot Hardware – Quadro RTX 4000 ReviewPassMark – Quadro RTX 4000 Performance TestTechPowerUp – Quadro RTX 4000 Specs
Conclusion
If you’re trying to decide whether to upgrade an older Quadro card or between a P-series Quadro and an RTX, the $150 price difference is worth it in my opinion, especially you need the GPU power for graphic intensive work. When customizing an OEM workstation, the cost to upgrade a GPU is almost always better priced than if you chose a less powerful option and upgraded later. So, if you’re looking for a new system, check the price difference with an RTX option. I think you’ll be surprised and, when you experience the difference, quite delighted at the results.
Disclosure: NVIDIA provided the RTX 4000 used in this review and Lenovo provided the workstation. No input or editing of this review was done by either. Josh Mings has worked for and currently provides services for Luxion, creator of KeyShot Viewer.
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Turing adds many important features over previous architecture, the primary of which is the new Tensor cores that add deep learning AI capabilities and the RT cores for real-time ray tracing acceleration. The RTX platform provides various RTX APIs for developers which allow them to build RTX applications that take advantage of the RTX Turing architecture and allows you to take advantage of those RTX features in applications that take advantage of NVIDIA’s line of RTX GPUs. Got that? Good.
To sum it up, the NVIDIA RTX GPUs can do what no other GPUs before it could do. To the point, it caused a shift in the gaming and 3D software industry, to the joy of some developers and chagrin of others yet, that made it possible for the GPU to handle the complexities of real-time ray tracing which had only been possible on CPU before.
In light of this, the RTX cards, with their RT cores and Tensor cores, introduced a new level of software + hardware acceleration. Together the real-time ray tracing results were like nothing ever seen before, in both speed and performance.
NVIDIA currently has five Quadro RTX options – RTX 3000, RTX 4000, RTX 5000, RTX 6000, RTX 8000, with the RTX 4000 sitting as the entry point to the whole bunch.
Quadro RTX 4000 Specs
Now, the Quadro RTX 4000 isn’t the most powerful GPU on the RTX platform but it hits a sweet spot with a price point right under $900. We’ve had a look at the Quadro RTX 4000 in a previous article detailing its specs. To provide a quick refresher here’s a comparison of the features among the Quadro RTX series.
CUDA Cores
Quadro RTX GPU Comparison
Quadro RTX 4000
Quadro RTX 5000
Quadro RTX 6000
Quadro RTX 8000
GPU Memory
8 GB GDDR6
16 GB GDDR6
24 GB GDDR6
48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
416 Gbps
416 Gbps
624 Gbps
624 Gbps
CUDA Cores
2304
3072
4608
4608
Tensor Cores
288
384
576
576
RT Cores
36
48
72
72
RTX-OPS
43T
62T
84T
84T
Rays Cast
6 Giga Rays/Sec
8 Giga Rays/Sec
10 Giga Rays/Sec
10 Giga Rays/Sec
FP32 Performance
7.1 TFLOPS
11.2 TFLOPS
16.3 TFLOPS
16.3 TFLOPS
List Price
$900
$2300
$6300
$10000
And if you’re on an older P(ascal), K(epler), or M(axwell) series Quadro card, you won’t have the Turing RT cores and Tensor cores that provide the real-time ray tracing and AI capabilities but you will get a lower priced card. Here’s a comparison of the RTX 4000 and the previous generation P-series cards:
CUDA Cores
Quadro Mid-Range GPU Comparison
Quadro RTX 4000
Quadro P4000
Quadro P2000
Quadro P1000
GPU Memory
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR5
5 GB GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
416 Gbps
243 Gbps
140 Gbps
80 Gbps
CUDA Cores
2304
1792
1024
640
Tensor Cores
288
–
–
–
RT Cores
36
–
–
–
RTX-OPS
43T
–
–
–
Rays Cast
6 Giga Rays/Sec
–
–
–
FP32 Performance
7.1 TFLOPS
5.3 TFLOPS
3.0 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
List Price
$900
$750
$399
$319
Quadro RTX 4000 Performance Comparison
This won’t be the most thorough RTX performance review but I did want to provide a comparison to the top of the line P-Series GPU that many may still have and, realistically, acts as a line between previous-generation NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA RTX GPUs.
Our test system is a Lenovo ThinkStation P520 workstation. It sits in the middle of the Lenovo P-Series workstation family. The base configuration with a Quadro RTX 4000 option comes in at $1900. See our ThinkStation P520 review for more details and how to swap a GPU if you need to upgrade an older card.
The P520 came with the very capable Quadro P4000. It’s a great higher-mid-range video card, especially for the price. Still, given the P4000 came out in February 2017, the RTX is sure to have some performance improvements, even with both running the latest Quadro GPU driver.
Like the Lenovo P520, there are many 3D CAD workstations that have the P4000 as a base customization option. As mentioned above, however, the Quadro P4000 lacks the Turing RT cores and Tensor cores of the RTX cards which, believe me, make all the difference.
PassMark Performance Test:
There are some great performance benchmarks available with PassMark Performance Test our favorite for the ability to compare GPUs among thousands of other system configurations. It’s a free benchmark that provides results for various compute operations while providing averages and percentiles. Here are the results for the PassMark Test.
Quadro P4000GPU Compute (Ops./Sec.) : 5526.7 (75%)3D Graphics Mark (Composite average) : 14163.2 (77%)PassMark Rating (Composite average) : 6044.9 (77%)
Quadro RTX 4000GPU Compute (Ops./Sec.) : 6456.9 (77%)3D Graphics Mark (Composite average) : 17704.6 (90%)PassMark Rating (Composite average) : 6161.3 (82%)
These results reveal the Quadro RTX 4000 capable of 930 more operations per second compared to the P4000 and a 3D Graphics Mark that puts it in the 90% percentile, 13 points over the P4000.
KeyShot Benchmark:
The KeyShot Benchmark is a free benchmark available in KeyShot Viewer. This is a slightly different benchmark that uses a baseline system to provide a single measure of increased (or decreased) performance. The manual describes a score of 1.0 (for either CPU or GPU) as matching the base system, an Intel Core i7-6900K CPU @3.20GHz, 2601 Mhz, 8 Core(s). Here are the results for the KeyShot Benchmark.
Quadro P4000CPU result: (Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2133 CPU @ 3.60GHz – Threads: 12) 1.38GPU result: (Quadro P4000 with Driver: 442.50) 3.38
Quadro RTX 4000CPU result: (Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2133 CPU @ 3.60GHz – Threads: 12) 1.50GPU result: (Quadro RTX 4000 with Driver: 442.50) 23.67
These results show the Quadro RTX 4000 is 7x faster than the P4000 and nearly 16x faster than using the CPU for the same operation.
For more in-depth reviews and wider comparison of cards, I highly recommend the following resources:
Techgage – Quadro RTX 4000 ReviewHot Hardware – Quadro RTX 4000 ReviewPassMark – Quadro RTX 4000 Performance TestTechPowerUp – Quadro RTX 4000 Specs
Conclusion
If you’re trying to decide whether to upgrade an older Quadro card or between a P-series Quadro and an RTX, the $150 price difference is worth it in my opinion, especially you need the GPU power for graphic intensive work. When customizing an OEM workstation, the cost to upgrade a GPU is almost always better priced than if you chose a less powerful option and upgraded later. So, if you’re looking for a new system, check the price difference with an RTX option. I think you’ll be surprised and, when you experience the difference, quite delighted at the results.
Disclosure: NVIDIA provided the RTX 4000 used in this review and Lenovo provided the workstation. No input or editing of this review was done by either. Josh Mings has worked for and currently provides services for Luxion, creator of KeyShot Viewer.
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Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitizer that gives you the great power to remain safe
Take it from your friendly neighborhood heroes (your healthcare workers) that sanitizing your hands and wearing a mask is crucial when you step out. Masks were a fashion accessory even before the pandemic, so everyone adopted wearing it a lot faster than the habit of sanitizing. Most of the time we forget we touched something in shared public places and our hand goes straight to our face – yikes! To make sanitizing easier, especially when we are outdoors, a designer has created this conceptual Spiderman-inspired wearable sanitizer that lets you be a discreet hero without a bodysuit.The designer wanted to solve the behavioral perception and usage when it came to traditional sanitizer bottles. He wanted to create something that was innovative, ergonomic, easy to carry, and made it hassle-free to sanitize frequently when you go outside. I, for one, do get lazy if I have to constantly remove the bottle from my backpack when I am carrying groceries in my hand and a wearable sanitizer would truly be a blessing. The smartwatch-shaped personal gadget has a refillable container for the sanitizer liquid and will dispense it with a simple press. We can’t wait to see this concept sketched out with more details.Its shape is simple and unobtrusive if you have to wear it daily. You can mount it on a wristband or even attach to your watch/fitness trackers – the power is literally in your hands, and you already know that with great power comes great responsibility.Designer: Jithin Jyoth TV
Tiny home setups that prove why microliving will be the next big trend: Part 3
Staying indoors and sanitizing every surface of my house is an easy way to drive anyone (especially someone like me who hates clutter) nuts! At times, I often wonder how it would feel if I had fewer possessions – more meaningful perhaps but also lesser stuff to clean. It was this train of thought that had me researching the latest millennial trend to hit our lives just before COVID-19 stopped our travel plans – tiny homes. With minimalism trending at unforeseen levels, it is relatively easy to see the appeal of these small homes. Add to that the growing population, shrinking apartment sizes, and the lack of garden spaces, hitching a tiny home and driving into the sunset sounds like a pretty good idea. The collection here showcases great home designs that are portable, packable, and with their impeccable interiors – you’ll find yourself planning a tiny home for yourself in no time!Laëtitia Dupé of Tiny House Baluchon is designed for a French couple, this new abode finds itself in the French Alps, offering great views and ample space to live in.Measuring at 9 feet wide, 12 feet high, and 16 feet across, the Mono Cabin by Drop Structures is literally homely. I mean literally. Shaped like the icon for a home, this pre-fab cabin comes ready to live in and can be carried and placed literally anywhere your heart desires.Meet the Birdbox, a prefabricated shipping container-like cabin by Livit that offers one-of-a-kind escapes to lush destinations surrounded by nature. The cabins are simple, rectangular structures with huge circular and oval windows to give you a larger than life view of nature. Just like the exterior, the interior also has minimal decor which makes for a cozy space with a queen bed and a handful of chairs. The Birdboxes come in two sizes currently – the “Mini” at 10.5’ x 7.2’ x 7.2’ “Mini” and the “Medi” at 16.7’ x 7.87’ x 7.87’.” There’s also a separate “Birdbox Bathroom” which features a black tint one-way glass floor-to-ceiling window.The daybed, living room, and kitchen in Modern Tiny Living’s Allswell model is a designer’s dream, and since it was being built for Wal-Mart’s HomeGoods brand – they spared no expense! Now if only I could find the nearest Walmart that stocks these…The size of a bedroom, the Nolla cabin by Robin Falck is perfect for the idyllic holiday. Its design, aside from being highly characteristic, is also comfortable, and sustainable. Named after the Finnish word for zero, the Nolla cabin’s purpose is literally to give you a zero-worry, zero-emission holiday. Built with a tent-like shape, the Nolla aims at giving you the very same feeling, when sunlight creeps into its interiors through the triangular glass facade on the front. Made entirely from local pine and plywood, the Nolla doesn’t use any fasteners to hold it in place, but rather, pieces together like a massive puzzle. The cabin can be transported and assembled without the need for heavy machinery, and it comes with adjustable pedestals, giving you the freedom to set the Nolla up on any sort of terrain.The Pacific Harbor is a tiny house built on a 30’x8.5’ triple axel Iron Eagle trailer – compact, convenient, and classy. The interiors are kept light and breezy to manifest the feeling of spaciousness. The tiny home includes a downstairs flex area that can be turned into a bedroom or home office, a sleeping loft in the back, and stainless steel appliances in the kitchen.Danish retailer Vipp is now offering guests the opportunity to stay in a prefabricated micro dwelling in a Swedish forest. The cabin provides a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape from the open-plan living area, thanks to large sliding windows. A bedroom is tucked away in one of two chimney-like chambers protruding from the roof, with the other containing a skylight.Nags Head, a 20 ft. tiny house based upon Modern Tiny Living’s Point model is the perfect getaway tiny house. Lots of light, lots of fresh air, and lots of opportunities for adventures!Cabin One is described as a passionately designed home for the future and its minimalist look certainly appeals to millennials who will now be able to buy homes given that the lockdown is making them spend less on avocados (you know what I am talking about). What I love about Cabin One is that it promotes flexible micro-living through its modular build. You can customize the 25 square meters of space as per your needs – it could be a beautiful cabin for one, holiday home for two or a quirky office space that stands in between an Airbnb and WeWork (given that the future is all about working remotely, did I just come up with the next million-dollar startup?). “We have reduced the complexity of the construction industry to three important elements: comfort, quality, and user experience. We do not think in square meters, we think in features,” says Simon, Cabin One’s designer.The Nano is the smallest tiny house built by Modern Tiny Living so far. Its trailer is only 3,3m long but the house contains all you need.Comprising of two bedrooms this tiny home by Tiny House Baluchon is perfect for a nuclear family. Featuring wooden accents, a set of stairs in the home lead to the upper section, where a comfy bed awaits!Inspired to take one of these houses and run away but want some more inspiration? Look at more tiny homes designs from Part 1 and Part 2 of this collection! Although we implore that you set up your home and maintain social distancing wherever you stay!
This 3D Printed Glove Remover Helps Reduce The Risk of Hand Contamination
Months ago, when the thought of a pandemic was just a whisper and inkling in our minds, a press release or blog post announcing a 3D printed glove remover might not have ever caught our attention. In fact, some might think among all the novel inventions a glove remover ranks pretty low on the invention scale. Not so anymore! COVID-19 and all the dangers it brings have changed up the game. Not only frontline workers but the masses are becoming health conscious and are constantly making sure they are protected. And what better place than to start with clean hands!
To help keep frontline workers like doctors, nurses, and cooks safe, Swiss company Atoll has designed and made available to the public its novel glove remover tool. How can you get one you ask? The tool is just a download and 3D print away. Here’s the glove remover download link.
The premise is simple: Snag your gloves on the hook starting at the palm and pull upward. The person’s hand comes free of the glove which then drops in a trash bin placed just below the glove removal tool. It’s just that easy! The user never needs to touch the contaminated glove and risk exposure to harmful elements.
Wall-mounted configuration
Pole-mounted configuration
The hook can be screwed onto a wall or clamped on a pipe. One key requirement is that the tip of the unit is mounted 60-80 cm above the ground which is the optimal height to use the tool and to clear a hungry trash-bin waiting below!
As a rule, the glove remover works best on general exam gloves made from nitrile rubber, have a low cuff, and that is not too tight. Atoll strongly advises not to use the device to remove tight-fitting gloves such as surgical or chemotherapy gloves, as they would be more likely to rip and spread their contaminants all over the area.
No matter the type of gloves you use, it goes without saying you should routinely disinfect the glove remover.
Downloaded 3D print parts – Pole-mount, Wall-mount & Removal tool
We downloaded the zip files to see what 3d printable goodies were contained within. Turns out both .STL and .STEP formats are included which is great. The .STL’s are ready to process in your slicer software of choice. We dropped the files into Simplify3d to view ours. The .STEP is a NURBS format and perfect for importing into a CAD app to create an assembly or to tweak the glove removal tool geometry to better fit-up to your pole or wall-mount configurations.
The video shows multiple uses cases for the glove remover tool in healthcare, the food industry, beauty, and tattoo artistry. So it is clear there is a tremendous need. While the primary focus of the device is to ease the burden of those fighting COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clean many others can and will benefit from this simple yet novel device. Kudos to Atoll for making it available to all!
So should the need arise, hop over to Atoll and download your free 3D printable copy of the glove removal tool. If you happen to have ideas that could improve upon its design, you can also contact them.
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To help keep frontline workers like doctors, nurses, and cooks safe, Swiss company Atoll has designed and made available to the public its novel glove remover tool. How can you get one you ask? The tool is just a download and 3D print away. Here’s the glove remover download link.
The premise is simple: Snag your gloves on the hook starting at the palm and pull upward. The person’s hand comes free of the glove which then drops in a trash bin placed just below the glove removal tool. It’s just that easy! The user never needs to touch the contaminated glove and risk exposure to harmful elements.
Wall-mounted configuration
Pole-mounted configuration
The hook can be screwed onto a wall or clamped on a pipe. One key requirement is that the tip of the unit is mounted 60-80 cm above the ground which is the optimal height to use the tool and to clear a hungry trash-bin waiting below!
As a rule, the glove remover works best on general exam gloves made from nitrile rubber, have a low cuff, and that is not too tight. Atoll strongly advises not to use the device to remove tight-fitting gloves such as surgical or chemotherapy gloves, as they would be more likely to rip and spread their contaminants all over the area.
No matter the type of gloves you use, it goes without saying you should routinely disinfect the glove remover.
Downloaded 3D print parts – Pole-mount, Wall-mount & Removal tool
We downloaded the zip files to see what 3d printable goodies were contained within. Turns out both .STL and .STEP formats are included which is great. The .STL’s are ready to process in your slicer software of choice. We dropped the files into Simplify3d to view ours. The .STEP is a NURBS format and perfect for importing into a CAD app to create an assembly or to tweak the glove removal tool geometry to better fit-up to your pole or wall-mount configurations.
The video shows multiple uses cases for the glove remover tool in healthcare, the food industry, beauty, and tattoo artistry. So it is clear there is a tremendous need. While the primary focus of the device is to ease the burden of those fighting COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clean many others can and will benefit from this simple yet novel device. Kudos to Atoll for making it available to all!
So should the need arise, hop over to Atoll and download your free 3D printable copy of the glove removal tool. If you happen to have ideas that could improve upon its design, you can also contact them.
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The MATTRO Ziesel is An Off-road EV Powerhouse
Back in the day, the best way to make an injury-induced wheelchair ride cooler was to either paint the chair or slaps stickers all over it (it’s a fact that hotrod flames make a wheelchair go faster). Nowadays, however, you have options, including one that’s able to take you just about anywhere:
The Ziesel has been around since 2013, but the folks at MATTRO have improved the vehicle over the years to drive smoother and be more versatile. If it doesn’t look like your typical wheelchair, perhaps it’s because MATTRO isn’t designing a wheelchair to go offroad but an offroad vehicle that increases mobility options for anyone. You won’t find the term ‘wheelchair’ on their site but instead, you’ll learn they develop ‘eco-friendly electric mobility and energy concepts.’ From that point-of-view, its uses and adventures make more sense.
This electric vehicle was built from scratch. Its development is the result of the know-how and enthusiasm of the Mattro team. There is a lot of technology involved. Yet because of its well done design you will only notice that as much as you really need to.“
Each Ziesel comes with a few stock features, such as a battery drive which can reach up to 22 mph (35km/h), a joystick for steering, and the ability to be street worthy (it was redesigned in 2016 for European road approval) as well as go completely off-road.
Aiding its off-road capabilities are rubber track belts, magnet brakes, front/back LED lights, and a steel pipe frame in case the Ziesel rolls over. With that in mind, this electric vehicle also comes with a safety belt, along with a first aid kit and safety vest if your street or off-road adventures go awry.
The Ziesel runs on an electrical motor that takes roughly 4 hours to charge using its stock charger (3kW/230V), or you can snag the upgrade (5kW/400V) to shorten the charge time to 2.5 hours.
Oddly enough, you can only use the Ziesel for the same amount of time. Normal operations, like using the chair on public roads, clock a 4-hour battery time while more taxing actions (such as towing up to its 500kg capacity) shorten the battery life to 2.5 hours.
The coolest thing about the Ziesel is its versatility. Multiple attachments such as snowplows, auxiliary headlamps on the steel cage, and even a crop plow are available for the Ziesel. Its capabilities never seen in a wheelchair before and never thought possible by most. MATTRO is surely changing that.
To learn more about this beast of an electric vehicle, check out the Ziesel on the Mattro webpage.
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The Ziesel has been around since 2013, but the folks at MATTRO have improved the vehicle over the years to drive smoother and be more versatile. If it doesn’t look like your typical wheelchair, perhaps it’s because MATTRO isn’t designing a wheelchair to go offroad but an offroad vehicle that increases mobility options for anyone. You won’t find the term ‘wheelchair’ on their site but instead, you’ll learn they develop ‘eco-friendly electric mobility and energy concepts.’ From that point-of-view, its uses and adventures make more sense.
This electric vehicle was built from scratch. Its development is the result of the know-how and enthusiasm of the Mattro team. There is a lot of technology involved. Yet because of its well done design you will only notice that as much as you really need to.“
Each Ziesel comes with a few stock features, such as a battery drive which can reach up to 22 mph (35km/h), a joystick for steering, and the ability to be street worthy (it was redesigned in 2016 for European road approval) as well as go completely off-road.
Aiding its off-road capabilities are rubber track belts, magnet brakes, front/back LED lights, and a steel pipe frame in case the Ziesel rolls over. With that in mind, this electric vehicle also comes with a safety belt, along with a first aid kit and safety vest if your street or off-road adventures go awry.
The Ziesel runs on an electrical motor that takes roughly 4 hours to charge using its stock charger (3kW/230V), or you can snag the upgrade (5kW/400V) to shorten the charge time to 2.5 hours.
Oddly enough, you can only use the Ziesel for the same amount of time. Normal operations, like using the chair on public roads, clock a 4-hour battery time while more taxing actions (such as towing up to its 500kg capacity) shorten the battery life to 2.5 hours.
The coolest thing about the Ziesel is its versatility. Multiple attachments such as snowplows, auxiliary headlamps on the steel cage, and even a crop plow are available for the Ziesel. Its capabilities never seen in a wheelchair before and never thought possible by most. MATTRO is surely changing that.
To learn more about this beast of an electric vehicle, check out the Ziesel on the Mattro webpage.
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JustSketchMe is a Web App to Create and Download Poseable 3D Characters
If you’ve done any character sketching or modeling, you’ve likely used one of those poseable wooden figurines to frustrate you enough to eke out something that looks mostly human. It’s just a reference but, as you know, bodies are different sizes and shapes. So, what if you had a web app to pose up all the possibilities?
JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models. But they go one step further and allow you to download the 3D model. From there, you can use it as a reference inside your 3D modeling software or 3D print the model for your own little army of flexible figures.
There are currently nine free character options including Male, Female, Male Teen, Female Teen, Male Tween, Female Tween, Child, and Baby.
Options include a dark mode, ambient and spot light adjustment, with toggles for hard shadows, outlines, and floor grid.
With a Premium $9/month subscription you get nine other premium character options including Realistic Male and Female, Muscular Male and Female, Anime Male and Female, Chibi, Dog, and a Cat.
Along with that subscription, you also get a pose library with 50+ different poses that can be applied to each, a hand pose library with 10 different hand poses and the ability to save your scenes.
JustSketchMe Dark Mode with Options Panel Shown
Not only are these poseable models great as a reference for creating other characters, they’re also a great tool for scale in product development and a quick method to build out a library of human models in different poses.
You can start posing your own characters at justsketch.me and, if you’d like to opt for the upgrade, it’s available through the JustSketchMe gumroad store. It’s extremely easy to use but they also have a series of video tutorials as well.
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JustSketchMe is a web-based app to create and pose 3D character models. But they go one step further and allow you to download the 3D model. From there, you can use it as a reference inside your 3D modeling software or 3D print the model for your own little army of flexible figures.
There are currently nine free character options including Male, Female, Male Teen, Female Teen, Male Tween, Female Tween, Child, and Baby.
Options include a dark mode, ambient and spot light adjustment, with toggles for hard shadows, outlines, and floor grid.
With a Premium $9/month subscription you get nine other premium character options including Realistic Male and Female, Muscular Male and Female, Anime Male and Female, Chibi, Dog, and a Cat.
Along with that subscription, you also get a pose library with 50+ different poses that can be applied to each, a hand pose library with 10 different hand poses and the ability to save your scenes.
JustSketchMe Dark Mode with Options Panel Shown
Not only are these poseable models great as a reference for creating other characters, they’re also a great tool for scale in product development and a quick method to build out a library of human models in different poses.
You can start posing your own characters at justsketch.me and, if you’d like to opt for the upgrade, it’s available through the JustSketchMe gumroad store. It’s extremely easy to use but they also have a series of video tutorials as well.
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Transform Old Laptop into All-in-One Computer
Have you got an old laptop laying around that still boasts decent performance specs but is too banged up to take on the road? Are you looking for your next DIY electronics project? Well, Youtuber Matt of DIY Perks may have just the project for you! We’re talking an All-in-One PC conversion. Yep, a makeover in both form and function. The video walks you through an entire All-in-One build and is packed with helpful tips. Below are a few key process nuggets I gleaned from watching the video. Hopefully, they’ll help you decide if taking on an All-in-One PC makeover is your “Cup of tea”. Enjoy!
Step One – Teardown Donor Laptop
Once you’ve located a suitable donor laptop the first step will be to do a complete teardown and assessment of the condition of the individual system components. Since the motherboard (MB) is the heart of the computer extracting it is the first order of business. In this laptop, the MB is sandwiched between the keyboard, upper bezels, and back housing. Typically screws are easily spotted and removed. But occasionally expect to encounter hidden snap features. So be on the lookout and take your time at getting the pieces-parts to disengage.
Disassembly of exterior housing to get access to motherboard.
Major system components
Motherboard extracted and inspected for damaged.
In Matt’s build, he discovered that the cooling fan and heatsink had suffered damage and needed to be swapped out. A quick eBay search yielded the required part.
Damage to the cooling fan and heat-sink rendered them unusable.
Step Two – Breadboard Component Function Test
Tethered components enable a power-up and operational test
This step is something on the order of a PC “Out-of-Body-Experience.” The success of the All-in-One conversion depends on the ability of the donor components to work separately from the OEM chassis. This means patching the PC innards together and performing a power-up! Turns out in Matt’s build a power-up was doable, but not without a hitch. Unfortunately he found the power button is integrated into the keyboard module spoiling his plans to immediately discard the keyboard which is somewhat of a space hog.
MOD ALERT #1– The integrated power button discovery marks the first custom modification that will be required as part of the All-in-One build. The design of a unique power-up module is added to the build list of tasks.
The power button being integrated into the keyboard requires a custom power-up solution.
BIOS access is the next big hurdle given the components are separated from their OEM configuration. The ability to adjusting system settings and to refresh the Windows operating system depends on proper BIOS access. Fortunately, most manufacturers had the forethought to include a function button that when repeatedly pressed cycles through the required display outputs.
Function key enables access to BIOS settings
MOD ALERT #2 – BIOS access will be necessary to properly configure the system to boot-up and be ready for action as an All-in-One. Modification to the boot-up parameters is best accomplished before discarding the original integrated display.
Step Three – Upgrade System For Enhanced Performance
The donor laptop had only 4 gigs of ram and could benefit from receiving a boost. Matt replaced the single memory stick with two 8 gigabyte sticks for a total of 16 gigs. A SATA SDD drive was added to store the operating system. Additionally, a USB 3.0 expansion card, monitor cable, and an external USB 3.0 hub were added. These components complete the system upgrade.
External USB 3.0 hub
MOD ALERT #3 – Connections to accommodate external peripheral will need to spec’d. These components should be self-contained and have the flexibility to be mounted wherever called for in your All-in-One housing configuration.
Step Four – Construct All-in-One Chassis
Slimline Monitor
Being satisfied that the component parts fire up and are configurable its time to build the new housing or chassis to contain everything. First up is to select an appropriate monitor. This build called for an Asus VZ249HE 23.8″ owing to its thin, low profile housing. Matt chose a combination of MDF fiberboard, solid wood, aluminum, and some faux carbon fiber sheeting as his Color Material Finish (CMF) pallet.
MOD ALERT #4 – The housing of the selected monitor for the All-in-One should be relatively flat on the back and suitable for mounting the new All-in-One housing using adhesives and/or screws without inhibiting display function.
Step Five – Construct Audio
Adding integrated audio is the last step of Matt’s All-in-One build. The speakers were salvaged from an old TV and modified to work in the build. Each was completely self-contained in housings that could be easily mounted inside the new chassis.
Speaker system components.
Custom grille cover assembly
Given the speakers would be mounted low and forward on the monitor a custom mesh and 3D printed bezel were made to protect the speakers from damage.
Ground loop issues cause buzzing and required fixing.
Completed and mounted speaker system
Speaker system back view.
Completed All-in-One unit
The completed system powered up nicely and after a little tweaking worked and sounded great! Matt’s build was a success. So there you are! So, after learning the challenges Matt faced and the techniques he used to overcome them, perhaps you are ready to give a go at building your own All-in-One PC. I hope so!
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Step One – Teardown Donor Laptop
Once you’ve located a suitable donor laptop the first step will be to do a complete teardown and assessment of the condition of the individual system components. Since the motherboard (MB) is the heart of the computer extracting it is the first order of business. In this laptop, the MB is sandwiched between the keyboard, upper bezels, and back housing. Typically screws are easily spotted and removed. But occasionally expect to encounter hidden snap features. So be on the lookout and take your time at getting the pieces-parts to disengage.
Disassembly of exterior housing to get access to motherboard.
Major system components
Motherboard extracted and inspected for damaged.
In Matt’s build, he discovered that the cooling fan and heatsink had suffered damage and needed to be swapped out. A quick eBay search yielded the required part.
Damage to the cooling fan and heat-sink rendered them unusable.
Step Two – Breadboard Component Function Test
Tethered components enable a power-up and operational test
This step is something on the order of a PC “Out-of-Body-Experience.” The success of the All-in-One conversion depends on the ability of the donor components to work separately from the OEM chassis. This means patching the PC innards together and performing a power-up! Turns out in Matt’s build a power-up was doable, but not without a hitch. Unfortunately he found the power button is integrated into the keyboard module spoiling his plans to immediately discard the keyboard which is somewhat of a space hog.
MOD ALERT #1– The integrated power button discovery marks the first custom modification that will be required as part of the All-in-One build. The design of a unique power-up module is added to the build list of tasks.
The power button being integrated into the keyboard requires a custom power-up solution.
BIOS access is the next big hurdle given the components are separated from their OEM configuration. The ability to adjusting system settings and to refresh the Windows operating system depends on proper BIOS access. Fortunately, most manufacturers had the forethought to include a function button that when repeatedly pressed cycles through the required display outputs.
Function key enables access to BIOS settings
MOD ALERT #2 – BIOS access will be necessary to properly configure the system to boot-up and be ready for action as an All-in-One. Modification to the boot-up parameters is best accomplished before discarding the original integrated display.
Step Three – Upgrade System For Enhanced Performance
The donor laptop had only 4 gigs of ram and could benefit from receiving a boost. Matt replaced the single memory stick with two 8 gigabyte sticks for a total of 16 gigs. A SATA SDD drive was added to store the operating system. Additionally, a USB 3.0 expansion card, monitor cable, and an external USB 3.0 hub were added. These components complete the system upgrade.
External USB 3.0 hub
MOD ALERT #3 – Connections to accommodate external peripheral will need to spec’d. These components should be self-contained and have the flexibility to be mounted wherever called for in your All-in-One housing configuration.
Step Four – Construct All-in-One Chassis
Slimline Monitor
Being satisfied that the component parts fire up and are configurable its time to build the new housing or chassis to contain everything. First up is to select an appropriate monitor. This build called for an Asus VZ249HE 23.8″ owing to its thin, low profile housing. Matt chose a combination of MDF fiberboard, solid wood, aluminum, and some faux carbon fiber sheeting as his Color Material Finish (CMF) pallet.
MOD ALERT #4 – The housing of the selected monitor for the All-in-One should be relatively flat on the back and suitable for mounting the new All-in-One housing using adhesives and/or screws without inhibiting display function.
Step Five – Construct Audio
Adding integrated audio is the last step of Matt’s All-in-One build. The speakers were salvaged from an old TV and modified to work in the build. Each was completely self-contained in housings that could be easily mounted inside the new chassis.
Speaker system components.
Custom grille cover assembly
Given the speakers would be mounted low and forward on the monitor a custom mesh and 3D printed bezel were made to protect the speakers from damage.
Ground loop issues cause buzzing and required fixing.
Completed and mounted speaker system
Speaker system back view.
Completed All-in-One unit
The completed system powered up nicely and after a little tweaking worked and sounded great! Matt’s build was a success. So there you are! So, after learning the challenges Matt faced and the techniques he used to overcome them, perhaps you are ready to give a go at building your own All-in-One PC. I hope so!
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Watch the NASA SpaceX Dragon Crew Launch LIVE
Update: Unfortunately, weather conditions did not cooperate! The launch has been postponed until Saturday, May 30th at 3:22 p.m. EDT.
If you’ve been waiting nearly a decade for American astronauts to launch on American soil from an American rocket, today is your day. At 4:33 EDT, NASA and SpaceX will launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on a Falcon 9 rocket. The Demo-2 mission is the first time NASA will launch a commercially built spacecraft.
Up until the launch, they are providing a mix of live and pre-recorded insight and interviews on the mission, the astronauts, and more.
After successfully docking, Behnken and Hurley will be welcomed aboard station and will become members of the Expedition 63 crew. They will perform tests on Crew Dragon in addition to conducting research and other tasks with the space station crew.
Although the Crew Dragon being used for this flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days, the specific mission duration will be determined once on station based on the readiness of the next commercial crew launch. The operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will be capable of staying in orbit for at least 210 days as a NASA requirement.
Upon conclusion of the mission, Crew Dragon will autonomously undock with the two astronauts on board, depart the space station and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Upon splashdown just off Florida’s Atlantic Coast, the crew will be picked up at sea by SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery vessel and return to Cape Canaveral.
Read more about the mission and Launch America here.
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If you’ve been waiting nearly a decade for American astronauts to launch on American soil from an American rocket, today is your day. At 4:33 EDT, NASA and SpaceX will launch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on a Falcon 9 rocket. The Demo-2 mission is the first time NASA will launch a commercially built spacecraft.
Up until the launch, they are providing a mix of live and pre-recorded insight and interviews on the mission, the astronauts, and more.
After successfully docking, Behnken and Hurley will be welcomed aboard station and will become members of the Expedition 63 crew. They will perform tests on Crew Dragon in addition to conducting research and other tasks with the space station crew.
Although the Crew Dragon being used for this flight test can stay in orbit about 110 days, the specific mission duration will be determined once on station based on the readiness of the next commercial crew launch. The operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will be capable of staying in orbit for at least 210 days as a NASA requirement.
Upon conclusion of the mission, Crew Dragon will autonomously undock with the two astronauts on board, depart the space station and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Upon splashdown just off Florida’s Atlantic Coast, the crew will be picked up at sea by SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery vessel and return to Cape Canaveral.
Read more about the mission and Launch America here.
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A Viking Spear Made Using Traditional Methods
It has been a very long time since Vikings roamed the land. Back in the late 8th to late 11th centuries these Norsemen were masters of hunting, raiding, and trading. But they could do almost none of these things without the proper tools, so it only made sense that their smithing techniques were just as renowned.
Using a traditional Viking method known as sheer steel, the guys at That Works (the same folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword who brought our favorite fictional weapons at MAN AT ARMS Reforged) have made a Viking Spear which would make the Norse gods proud:
Since there was no readily available steel back in the 8th century, the spear is made using a stack of short, heavy iron bars packed into a cylinder full of charcoal. This creates a rough sheer steel like the Vikings used to make their weapons and tools.
The spear socket
The iron bars stacked to form the shear steel
The bars heated and twisted to for a solid piece of sheer steel
Making the spear and socket involves a lot of heating, hammering, and cooling to shape different metals into a viable weapon. Some highlights involve flattening the metal, beveling the weld seam, and rounding it to make the spear socket. For the spear core, the iron bars are wrapped together with iron clips and twisted to mix the steel.
There are two parts to the spear: the core and the wrap. While the core is made up of the twisted mix of sheer steel, the wrap is a similar but untwisted mix. Once the wrap is wrapped around the cooled core, both pieces are forge welded together.
The spear tip is connected to the socket and hammered further to give it its iconic shape and sharp edge. It then goes to the grinder for final shaping before it is heat-treated and tempered. Finally, it has one more pass at the grinder before it is polished to its final luster.
With silver and iron accents added as inlays along with some intricate file work, this spear looks like a pristine version of something you would dig up in an archaeological site.
It wouldn’t be a spear without a wooden shaft, so a handle is made from birch. Attach the spearhead and you have yourself an authentic (and deadly) Viking spear.
If you have money to burn, you can actually buy this very spear on the That Works shop for $3,500. Tempting, no?
Otherwise, you can find more blacksmithing goodness on the That Works YouTube channel. They have tons of metalworks, as well as re-creations of some of your favorite movie and show weapons.
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Using a traditional Viking method known as sheer steel, the guys at That Works (the same folks at Baltimore Knife and Sword who brought our favorite fictional weapons at MAN AT ARMS Reforged) have made a Viking Spear which would make the Norse gods proud:
Since there was no readily available steel back in the 8th century, the spear is made using a stack of short, heavy iron bars packed into a cylinder full of charcoal. This creates a rough sheer steel like the Vikings used to make their weapons and tools.
The spear socket
The iron bars stacked to form the shear steel
The bars heated and twisted to for a solid piece of sheer steel
Making the spear and socket involves a lot of heating, hammering, and cooling to shape different metals into a viable weapon. Some highlights involve flattening the metal, beveling the weld seam, and rounding it to make the spear socket. For the spear core, the iron bars are wrapped together with iron clips and twisted to mix the steel.
There are two parts to the spear: the core and the wrap. While the core is made up of the twisted mix of sheer steel, the wrap is a similar but untwisted mix. Once the wrap is wrapped around the cooled core, both pieces are forge welded together.
The spear tip is connected to the socket and hammered further to give it its iconic shape and sharp edge. It then goes to the grinder for final shaping before it is heat-treated and tempered. Finally, it has one more pass at the grinder before it is polished to its final luster.
With silver and iron accents added as inlays along with some intricate file work, this spear looks like a pristine version of something you would dig up in an archaeological site.
It wouldn’t be a spear without a wooden shaft, so a handle is made from birch. Attach the spearhead and you have yourself an authentic (and deadly) Viking spear.
If you have money to burn, you can actually buy this very spear on the That Works shop for $3,500. Tempting, no?
Otherwise, you can find more blacksmithing goodness on the That Works YouTube channel. They have tons of metalworks, as well as re-creations of some of your favorite movie and show weapons.
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SOLIDWORKS Tips, Tricks, and Smacks (By Dan): Mid Plane Design Method
Konichiwa, SolidWorks ninjas. Welcome to the dojo (Designing Objects Journeymen Organization). Let’s flip roll right into our training regime.
Mid Plane Is Your Symmetrical Friend
As we take our 2D sketches from the flat world into the third Extruded Boss/Base Feature dimension we have options. Some options utilize references as drivers. When not using reference drivers but creating stand-alone geometry, I default to the Mid Plane option over the Blind option. Particularly, when the shape created will serve as starting geometry that is built off (and/or is) the primary geometric volume.
Why Design Using Midplanes?
A Mid Plane extrude creates part symmetry about a plane using one feature. Symmetry can be utilized for elegant modeling but also leveraged and built upon using, for example, mirror options. Midplanes can also be very useful for mating, as center-to-center mates are common in the best practice’s universe.
I often go one step further, adding reference planes on the flat face of 3D geometry. One can mate to a plane or a face and one can create a sketch on a plane or a face, so why add extra work, steps, and features to create planes when existing faces serve the same purposes?
If there is a design parameter where the distance or relative distance is a known variable, referencing a plane locks it in stone from a digital perspective. When it comes to all aspects of design, moving the unknown variables to the known variables column (and keeping them there) is the path to victory.
Faces change in the process of finishing design elements and this has a cascading effect. When modifying a face it doesn’t leave the original reference and add new reference options, it becomes a new reference and the original reference is erased from our shared universal consciousness.
Think of a plane like a wall of your home, away from which you have other objects, like your couch set to a specific distance. One could use the backside of a painting mounted to that wall as the reference instead, as it is the same distance. But this assumes you never change your taste in velvet blacklight posters.
So, remember this simple mnemonic rhyme: “Faces can erases but planes remain!”
Midplane Design Method in Action: Sheet Metal Mid Plane
This Mid Plane Design Method for mirroring, mating, and overall elegance philosophy holds just as true (or truer) for sheet metal parts. So let’s try it out.
Sacré bleu! All there is to choose from is a thickness one way or the other! It’s impossible to have a midplane in sheet metal. The All-Wise SOLIDWORKS Guru That Sits Atop The Eternal Mountain Top® has deemed it shall not be so and so it shall NOT be!
STEP 1: Create An Offset Plane
Create a new plane using the Front Plane as the reference (or the plane you used to sketch the sheet metal Base Flange sketch. The plane should be offset from the sheet metal. The offset distances will be changed later, so pick a distance to start so it’s easily differentiated and selected. Hit OK (the green check).
STEP 2: Use Global Variable to Drive the Offset Dimension
Select the plane created in STEP 1 to show the offset dimension, then double-click the offset dimension to activate the Modify Dialog Box. In the Modify Dialog Box type “=”, then hover the mouse over the Global Variables selection tab and select Thickness. Complete the equation to =”Thickness”/2. Save your equation and exit the Modify Dialog Box and the Dimensions Dialog Box. The plane is now offset half the thickness of the sheet metal.
STEP 3: Center the Sheet Metal Body
Select the Move/Copy Bodies Feature (Insert > Features > Move/Copy). With the Bodies to Move dialog activated/highlighted, select the sheet metal body in the Graphics Area. Click select the Coincident mate button option. Single-click the Mate Settings dialog to activate/highlight, select the offset plane and then select the nearest parallel face of the sheet metal body in the Graphics Area. The sheet metal body will move to snap the face and plane together.
The origin plane is now in the center (or middle) of your part, effectively making it a middle or “midplane”. I recommend repeating steps 1 and 2 in the opposite direction as the first plane to create a mating plane for the opposite sheet metal face. Finally, give the features new names to indicate the design intent. Your future self/coworkers will thank you.
STEP 4: Save As a Part Template
Now, save the part file as a Part Template (.prtdot) so it can be used to create sheet metal parts in the future to save time when the “Midplane Design Method” is needed.
A More Robust Methodology
The Midplane Design Method is very robust. It works for sheet metal just as it does for other sheet metal-like parts (wood panels, aluminum honeycomb, etc). If one decides to change the thickness of your sheet metal, the midplane will automatically update accordingly.
When Would You Move/Change a Face?
Allow me to provide some practical examples of design reasons where one might want to change a face. Sometimes I use the Cut Thicken / Boss Thicken features to remove and then add back a thin shell of material to represent a coating. The most common example of face modification is when using the Split Line feature. The Split Line feature is a useful tool for adding information to the part without changing the overall 3D geometry. For example, Split Line can be used to show graphics that are screen printed on the part or apply helpful information that won’t be on the actual part (like grain direction). The Split Line feature is also a powerful tool to create temporary reference geometry on surfaces (usually curved) that aid feature creation and modeling. The Split Line feature can also be used to create a face to represent structural loading or constraints faces for Finite Element Analysis. The list goes on and on.
We don’t want to get fancy for fancy’s sake. We want to be elegant for efficiency’s sake.
Complex problems may require complex solutions and we rely on Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Engineering. The digital details we are managing grow exponentially with complexity and it becomes impossible to mentally manage all the interactions at once. Things can start to get unwieldy; details get lost and things quickly can become overwhelming. We don’t want to get fancy for fancy’s sake. We want to be elegant for efficiency’s sake. We don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to use helpful features or communicate information because we can’t manage these digital interactions and consequently have fewer solutions. Lock-in design intent when it is certain and create better foundations to build upon. It is like paying for things in full as you go instead of accruing a mountain of debt you can’t pay off, and then not having nice things.
So as it turns out, the All-Wise SOLIDWORKS Guru That Sits Atop The Eternal Mountain Top® (A.W.SW.G.T.S.A.T.E.M.T) is me! And I do what I want! If you have a question for the A.W.SW.G.T.S.A.T.E.M.T or if you want to try to stump me, put your question in the comments below.
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Mid Plane Is Your Symmetrical Friend
As we take our 2D sketches from the flat world into the third Extruded Boss/Base Feature dimension we have options. Some options utilize references as drivers. When not using reference drivers but creating stand-alone geometry, I default to the Mid Plane option over the Blind option. Particularly, when the shape created will serve as starting geometry that is built off (and/or is) the primary geometric volume.
Why Design Using Midplanes?
A Mid Plane extrude creates part symmetry about a plane using one feature. Symmetry can be utilized for elegant modeling but also leveraged and built upon using, for example, mirror options. Midplanes can also be very useful for mating, as center-to-center mates are common in the best practice’s universe.
I often go one step further, adding reference planes on the flat face of 3D geometry. One can mate to a plane or a face and one can create a sketch on a plane or a face, so why add extra work, steps, and features to create planes when existing faces serve the same purposes?
If there is a design parameter where the distance or relative distance is a known variable, referencing a plane locks it in stone from a digital perspective. When it comes to all aspects of design, moving the unknown variables to the known variables column (and keeping them there) is the path to victory.
Faces change in the process of finishing design elements and this has a cascading effect. When modifying a face it doesn’t leave the original reference and add new reference options, it becomes a new reference and the original reference is erased from our shared universal consciousness.
Think of a plane like a wall of your home, away from which you have other objects, like your couch set to a specific distance. One could use the backside of a painting mounted to that wall as the reference instead, as it is the same distance. But this assumes you never change your taste in velvet blacklight posters.
So, remember this simple mnemonic rhyme: “Faces can erases but planes remain!”
Midplane Design Method in Action: Sheet Metal Mid Plane
This Mid Plane Design Method for mirroring, mating, and overall elegance philosophy holds just as true (or truer) for sheet metal parts. So let’s try it out.
Sacré bleu! All there is to choose from is a thickness one way or the other! It’s impossible to have a midplane in sheet metal. The All-Wise SOLIDWORKS Guru That Sits Atop The Eternal Mountain Top® has deemed it shall not be so and so it shall NOT be!
STEP 1: Create An Offset Plane
Create a new plane using the Front Plane as the reference (or the plane you used to sketch the sheet metal Base Flange sketch. The plane should be offset from the sheet metal. The offset distances will be changed later, so pick a distance to start so it’s easily differentiated and selected. Hit OK (the green check).
STEP 2: Use Global Variable to Drive the Offset Dimension
Select the plane created in STEP 1 to show the offset dimension, then double-click the offset dimension to activate the Modify Dialog Box. In the Modify Dialog Box type “=”, then hover the mouse over the Global Variables selection tab and select Thickness. Complete the equation to =”Thickness”/2. Save your equation and exit the Modify Dialog Box and the Dimensions Dialog Box. The plane is now offset half the thickness of the sheet metal.
STEP 3: Center the Sheet Metal Body
Select the Move/Copy Bodies Feature (Insert > Features > Move/Copy). With the Bodies to Move dialog activated/highlighted, select the sheet metal body in the Graphics Area. Click select the Coincident mate button option. Single-click the Mate Settings dialog to activate/highlight, select the offset plane and then select the nearest parallel face of the sheet metal body in the Graphics Area. The sheet metal body will move to snap the face and plane together.
The origin plane is now in the center (or middle) of your part, effectively making it a middle or “midplane”. I recommend repeating steps 1 and 2 in the opposite direction as the first plane to create a mating plane for the opposite sheet metal face. Finally, give the features new names to indicate the design intent. Your future self/coworkers will thank you.
STEP 4: Save As a Part Template
Now, save the part file as a Part Template (.prtdot) so it can be used to create sheet metal parts in the future to save time when the “Midplane Design Method” is needed.
A More Robust Methodology
The Midplane Design Method is very robust. It works for sheet metal just as it does for other sheet metal-like parts (wood panels, aluminum honeycomb, etc). If one decides to change the thickness of your sheet metal, the midplane will automatically update accordingly.
When Would You Move/Change a Face?
Allow me to provide some practical examples of design reasons where one might want to change a face. Sometimes I use the Cut Thicken / Boss Thicken features to remove and then add back a thin shell of material to represent a coating. The most common example of face modification is when using the Split Line feature. The Split Line feature is a useful tool for adding information to the part without changing the overall 3D geometry. For example, Split Line can be used to show graphics that are screen printed on the part or apply helpful information that won’t be on the actual part (like grain direction). The Split Line feature is also a powerful tool to create temporary reference geometry on surfaces (usually curved) that aid feature creation and modeling. The Split Line feature can also be used to create a face to represent structural loading or constraints faces for Finite Element Analysis. The list goes on and on.
We don’t want to get fancy for fancy’s sake. We want to be elegant for efficiency’s sake.
Complex problems may require complex solutions and we rely on Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Engineering. The digital details we are managing grow exponentially with complexity and it becomes impossible to mentally manage all the interactions at once. Things can start to get unwieldy; details get lost and things quickly can become overwhelming. We don’t want to get fancy for fancy’s sake. We want to be elegant for efficiency’s sake. We don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to use helpful features or communicate information because we can’t manage these digital interactions and consequently have fewer solutions. Lock-in design intent when it is certain and create better foundations to build upon. It is like paying for things in full as you go instead of accruing a mountain of debt you can’t pay off, and then not having nice things.
So as it turns out, the All-Wise SOLIDWORKS Guru That Sits Atop The Eternal Mountain Top® (A.W.SW.G.T.S.A.T.E.M.T) is me! And I do what I want! If you have a question for the A.W.SW.G.T.S.A.T.E.M.T or if you want to try to stump me, put your question in the comments below.
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DRAWSHER quand la machine à laver devient meuble !
Repenser les objets du quotidien, une mission de chaque instant pour nos amis designers. Plus fonctionnel, plus écologique, plus harmonieux, plus rapide, plus efficace, plus accessible, mieux adaptés : le spectre est large et peut s’appliquer à bien objets et accessoires se trouvant autour de nous.
Kikang Kim, jeune designer coréen nous présente son projet baptisé DRAWSHER, où il « augmente » la machine à laver que nous avons toutes et tous chez nous. Même forme, quasiment même fonctions depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans…
Il part de l’idée de départ de rassembler le dépôt de linge sale et la machine en un même lieu : le tout intégré dans un meuble adapté à nos intérieurs.
« Leaving clothes alone before laundry for a long time is not good for your living environments. It results in bad smell and mold which can cause malfunction of the washing machine. It is not good for hygiene due to mites. ‘DRAWSHER’ is a sanitary washing machine designed based on a dresser. It is a combination of a laundry basket and washing machine to allow maximum use of space. »
Exit le blanc ou inox, ici la machine s’inspire des codes actuels afin de parfaitement s’intégrer et ne plus se cacher au fond de votre buanderie.
Pour le bonheur de tous, vous trouverez directement des bacs de tri, blanc, couleurs, sous-vêtements et chaussettes afin d’éviter les accidents !
Il combine à ce stockage un système de déshumidificateur permettant de ventiler, sécher les vêtements récemment portés en attente de passer en machine pour ne pas qu’ils embaument votre intérieur.
La hauteur est également soigneusement ajustée, évitant la contorsion pour remplir ou rechercher la dernière chaussette de fond de machine
Le jeune designer semble réussir le pari, de rendre son concept de machine à laver désirable, par le look : primordial lorsque l’on imagine des produits à destinations du grand public. Mais également par les fonctions, stockage, limitation des odeurs, hauteur ajustée..
Il ne reste plus qu’à une grande marque de se pencher sur l’idée !
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Kikang Kim, jeune designer coréen nous présente son projet baptisé DRAWSHER, où il « augmente » la machine à laver que nous avons toutes et tous chez nous. Même forme, quasiment même fonctions depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans…
Il part de l’idée de départ de rassembler le dépôt de linge sale et la machine en un même lieu : le tout intégré dans un meuble adapté à nos intérieurs.
« Leaving clothes alone before laundry for a long time is not good for your living environments. It results in bad smell and mold which can cause malfunction of the washing machine. It is not good for hygiene due to mites. ‘DRAWSHER’ is a sanitary washing machine designed based on a dresser. It is a combination of a laundry basket and washing machine to allow maximum use of space. »
Exit le blanc ou inox, ici la machine s’inspire des codes actuels afin de parfaitement s’intégrer et ne plus se cacher au fond de votre buanderie.
Pour le bonheur de tous, vous trouverez directement des bacs de tri, blanc, couleurs, sous-vêtements et chaussettes afin d’éviter les accidents !
Il combine à ce stockage un système de déshumidificateur permettant de ventiler, sécher les vêtements récemment portés en attente de passer en machine pour ne pas qu’ils embaument votre intérieur.
La hauteur est également soigneusement ajustée, évitant la contorsion pour remplir ou rechercher la dernière chaussette de fond de machine
Le jeune designer semble réussir le pari, de rendre son concept de machine à laver désirable, par le look : primordial lorsque l’on imagine des produits à destinations du grand public. Mais également par les fonctions, stockage, limitation des odeurs, hauteur ajustée..
Il ne reste plus qu’à une grande marque de se pencher sur l’idée !
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Friday Smackdown: Stiltbots of Rim Village Hollow
Battle-worn stiltbots of the rim village hollows hung in the root-wrenched cliffs. Once they took flight our stunners would be useless unless we could disable the plasma shields with the blast charge of these links.
Paul Chadeisson – These ships. So many. Orbiting planets, landing aircraft, carrying out missions, some abandoned. Amazing work, and more city, space, and environment shots.
Big Box Collection – Remember when video games came in boxes. The good ol’ days. This is a 3D collection of the boxes of video game past.
The Swiss Machine – 70 step basketball trick shot and one of the most impressive Rub Goldberg builds I’ve yet seen.
Super Violin Mario – Japanese Violinist Teppei Okada plays the music AND sound effects for Super Mario Bros from stage one to the final stage.
Subtractive Variability – “Felipe Pantone’s kinetic sculpture Substractive Variability Manipulable 3 is the symbiosis of both theory of color and the search of the oeuvre’s manipulable essence.”
Light Pulse – A visual of the time it takes pulses of light to reach the moon, then Mars, from Data is Beautiful.
Sparrek – Instagram follow of the week. Kylli Sparre creates surreal single-subject paintings of women in motion.
Fluent UI – Teaser and visuals for Microsoft’s new web and mobile UX framework to illustrate a new approach to building cross-platform experiences
BLURRY – Crown the Empire brings their melodic rock and mad drum chops in a song from the band’s latest album ‘Sudden Sky’. MZRY is another (heavier) one to see.
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Paul Chadeisson – These ships. So many. Orbiting planets, landing aircraft, carrying out missions, some abandoned. Amazing work, and more city, space, and environment shots.
Big Box Collection – Remember when video games came in boxes. The good ol’ days. This is a 3D collection of the boxes of video game past.
The Swiss Machine – 70 step basketball trick shot and one of the most impressive Rub Goldberg builds I’ve yet seen.
Super Violin Mario – Japanese Violinist Teppei Okada plays the music AND sound effects for Super Mario Bros from stage one to the final stage.
Subtractive Variability – “Felipe Pantone’s kinetic sculpture Substractive Variability Manipulable 3 is the symbiosis of both theory of color and the search of the oeuvre’s manipulable essence.”
Light Pulse – A visual of the time it takes pulses of light to reach the moon, then Mars, from Data is Beautiful.
Sparrek – Instagram follow of the week. Kylli Sparre creates surreal single-subject paintings of women in motion.
Fluent UI – Teaser and visuals for Microsoft’s new web and mobile UX framework to illustrate a new approach to building cross-platform experiences
BLURRY – Crown the Empire brings their melodic rock and mad drum chops in a song from the band’s latest album ‘Sudden Sky’. MZRY is another (heavier) one to see.
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Time to toast, le chargeur revisité par Lee Sungwook
Le designer était, est et sera au coeur des changements que nous allons devoir apporter à notre quotidien.. Habitude, consommation, aménagement, déplacement, sécurité, échanges, la période actuelle rebat les cartes en nous laissant libres de choisir nos priorités…
Loin des problématiques écologiques, ou de protection sanitaire à réinventer et rapidement déployer, chaque expertise et idée est à mon sens, bonne à prendre.
Lee Sungwook, designer coréen s’inspire du traditionnel grille pain afin d’imaginer un chargeur de smartphone original, par son look, sa forme et ses fonctions, baptisé Time to toast.
La qualité première réside dans le fait que le téléphone est à la fois chargé et stérilisé. Peu, voir pas d’information sur la technologie employée, projet au stade des 3D, il pointe l’objet que nous manipulons à outrance sans veiller à notre sécurité.
A force de nous le rabâcher, nous savons que nos claviers sont de véritables nids à bactéries, mais combien prennent le temps de les désinfecter régulièrement ? On peut se poser la question de nos smartphones, naviguant entre nos poches, nos mains et notre visage…
Il semble y avoir des opportunités et de nouveaux besoins, sans éveiller nos peurs, les échanges extérieurs / domicile seront à l’avenir à davantage contrôler, équipement, chaussures, accessoires et forcément nous (mains, corps..)
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Loin des problématiques écologiques, ou de protection sanitaire à réinventer et rapidement déployer, chaque expertise et idée est à mon sens, bonne à prendre.
Lee Sungwook, designer coréen s’inspire du traditionnel grille pain afin d’imaginer un chargeur de smartphone original, par son look, sa forme et ses fonctions, baptisé Time to toast.
La qualité première réside dans le fait que le téléphone est à la fois chargé et stérilisé. Peu, voir pas d’information sur la technologie employée, projet au stade des 3D, il pointe l’objet que nous manipulons à outrance sans veiller à notre sécurité.
A force de nous le rabâcher, nous savons que nos claviers sont de véritables nids à bactéries, mais combien prennent le temps de les désinfecter régulièrement ? On peut se poser la question de nos smartphones, naviguant entre nos poches, nos mains et notre visage…
Il semble y avoir des opportunités et de nouveaux besoins, sans éveiller nos peurs, les échanges extérieurs / domicile seront à l’avenir à davantage contrôler, équipement, chaussures, accessoires et forcément nous (mains, corps..)
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A—part le banc de distanciation par Oxymoro Design
Sans en rajouter des caisses encore et encore, nous savons que cette période si particulière va laisser des traces.. Dans nos mémoires, mais surtout dans nos comportements. Le designer, l’architecture, l’agenceur, le retaileur se doivent d’intégrer ce nouveau paramètre de « distanciation » dans leurs futures créations.
« Quarantine & Social Distancing bring up needs that had been invisible and previously not considered to be crucial. With much of the world facing some sort of a lockdown due to the global pandemic, the difficulties that rise up automatically create a strong dipole between physical & emotional contact. »
L’Homme par nature, aime le contact, l’échange, afin de préserver le lien social avec son cercle plus ou moins proche. La période qui s’annonce où nous allons pouvoir, nous l’espérons revenir à une activité normale, cette notion de « distanciation » restera et devra s’amoindrir avec le temps, progressivement…
La distance comme l’un des facteurs de régulation les plus importants, le studio grec Oxymoro Design, fondé par Loukas Chondros imagine du mobilier qui va pouvoir s’adapter.
« A—part » est un banc offrant une assise suffisamment longue pour recevoir dans un premier temps deux personnes avec sifflement de distance. L’entre-deux, délesté d’éléments ne sera pas praticable. Plus le temps avancera, plus les morceaux de bois pourront s’agencer afin de venir combler les espaces et ainsi reformer un banc confortable, invitant à se rencontrer…
On aime l’attention du designer, allant jusqu’à jouer avec le nom de son projet, intégrant lui-même cette notion de distanciation.
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« Quarantine & Social Distancing bring up needs that had been invisible and previously not considered to be crucial. With much of the world facing some sort of a lockdown due to the global pandemic, the difficulties that rise up automatically create a strong dipole between physical & emotional contact. »
L’Homme par nature, aime le contact, l’échange, afin de préserver le lien social avec son cercle plus ou moins proche. La période qui s’annonce où nous allons pouvoir, nous l’espérons revenir à une activité normale, cette notion de « distanciation » restera et devra s’amoindrir avec le temps, progressivement…
La distance comme l’un des facteurs de régulation les plus importants, le studio grec Oxymoro Design, fondé par Loukas Chondros imagine du mobilier qui va pouvoir s’adapter.
« A—part » est un banc offrant une assise suffisamment longue pour recevoir dans un premier temps deux personnes avec sifflement de distance. L’entre-deux, délesté d’éléments ne sera pas praticable. Plus le temps avancera, plus les morceaux de bois pourront s’agencer afin de venir combler les espaces et ainsi reformer un banc confortable, invitant à se rencontrer…
On aime l’attention du designer, allant jusqu’à jouer avec le nom de son projet, intégrant lui-même cette notion de distanciation.
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INTERVIEW : Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET, le Design chez THERMOR
Reprenons les bonnes habitudes et partons à la rencontre des designers qui font de votre quotidien, un quotidien différent…
Loin des grandes signatures, ou designers stars, les agences, les designers intégrés, les designers industriels ont bien plus d’impact sur votre quotidien que vous ne pourriez l’imaginer…
Voici le fruit de mes échanges avec les designers Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET chez Thermor.
Petite introduction à propos de la marque, Thermor est un fabricant français de radiateurs électriques connectés, sèche-serviettes, radiateurs salle de bains, pompes à chaleur piscine, chauffe-eau électriques. Thermor existe depuis 1931, elle conçoit et fabrique ses radiateurs et chauffe-eau électriques principalement sur ses 4 sites de production, tous basés en France !
Un renouveau pour la marque, miser plus encore sur le DESIGN afin de se démarquer ! Identité, produits, innovations !
Nous aimons particulièrement ces deux citations à retrouver, plus bas : « Le designer peut accélérer certaines transitions vers des technologies durables, une économie de matière et surtout l’éco-conception »
« le rôle du designer est de tenir la barre afin que la stratégie produit soit respectée, améliorée, reconsidérée mais de la manière la plus fluide et constructive possible »
Le designer apporte une vision, une orientation, tel un chef d’orchestre il ou elle doit ensuite porter le projet, en traitant, échangeant, avec tous les intervenants, du commercial aux ingénieurs !
Quel est votre formation & Votre parcours ?
Manon MALATRAY :
Après un BTS et une licence en Design Produit, j’ai fait un Master management du design et de l’innovation à l’école de Design de Nantes en alternance. J’ai commencé comme Designer produit pour le groupe SEB de 2013 à 2016 puis j’ai intégré le groupe Atlantic comme Designer et référente Design pour la marque Thermor.
Patrick JOUFFRET :
Lycée Agricole puis BTS d’esthétique industriel et ESDI à Paris. Par la suite j’ai travaillé 3 ans dans une équipe Parisienne de design Global pour un grand groupe Japonais ce qui m’a permis de passer du temps à Tokyo. Enfin de 97 à 2005 j’ai travaillé dans une autre agence parisienne de design industriel puis créé mon agence, l’Atelier 360 en 2006.
Comment êtes-vous arrivé à Thermor ?
MM : La marque Thermor a eu besoin d’intégrer un responsable Design pour assurer la cohérence de son identité dans le développement de ses produits. J’ai été embauchée en 2016 pour concevoir les produits du groupe et être responsable du design Thermor intégrée à l’entreprise. Je travaille avec Patrick Jouffret et Julien Primard (Atelier 360) sur chaque nouveau développement de produit. Ils m’apportent leur expertise design, leur vision extérieure et nous portons ensemble les valeurs de la marque.
PJ : L’équipe de Thermor recherchait un partenaire en design pour ré-incarner la marque, révéler sa spécificité et lui donner une trajectoire propre. On a commencé à échanger, ça a fonctionné et notre collaboration a débuté par la mise à plat du design identitaire et des valeurs fondamentales de la marque. Ce document, construit avec les équipes de Thermor, a défini les grandes lignes de notre travail de design.
Quel est le rôle d’un designer chez Thermor ?
MM : Mon rôle pour Thermor est d’être référente design interne pour le groupe Atlantic. Je travaille avec les différentes équipes Marketing / R&D / Commerce / Communication pour développer les produits et participer à la vision globale et cohérente de la marque. Je travaille avec Patrick Jouffret et Julien Primard depuis le début. Nous avons commencé par définir les codes de la marque dans un brandbook, nous développons les futurs produits et nous proposons notre vision de la marque pour les années à venir.
PJ : Notre rôle est de donner une vision design, d’accompagner les décisions stratégiques de la marque et de veiller à la qualité des réalisations. Nous apportons aussi un regard externe. Avec Manon nous travaillons sur plusieurs routes qui ont des échéances différentes et qui se croisent parfois. Anticipation / création / concrétisation.
Enfin le designer peut accélérer certaines transitions vers des technologies durables, une économie de matière et surtout l’éco-conception.
Comment définiriez vous le design chez Thermor ?
MM : Le design Thermor est l’interface entre utilisateur, histoire, savoir-faire et confort.
Notre rôle est de proposer des produits de qualité, issus d’un savoir-faire industriel, avec de très belles finitions qui apportent du confort dans l’habitat. Ce sont des produits aux lignes douces qui invitent au toucher. Nous imaginons de nouvelles fonctionnalités pour apporter plus que de la chaleur et élargir l’expérience du produit.
PJ : Fondamental, discret, honnête. Les produits développés chez Thermor sont conçus pour durer. Le design Thermor fait le grand écart entre les besoins du moment et notre perception du futur. C’est pourquoi le design Thermor considère le produit comme un élément dans un contexte en prenant en compte les interdépendances entre objets / humain et environnement.
A quoi ressemble votre journée type ?
MM : Comme je travaille de manière transverse pour la marque, je jongle entre différents projets et différentes équipes. Mes journées sont très variées. Il y a la partie créa, les 3D, les maquettes, les suivis de développements, le déploiement du branding, l’innovation, les enquêtes clients, la rédaction des briefs, …
PJ : Jamais la même. Soit à l’atelier, soit chez nos partenaires.
Pouvez-vous nous parler d’un modèle (Allure 3), innovation insufflé à la marque ?
PJ : Allure est un sèche serviette qui se démarque par sa simplicité apparente et l’intégration de nouvelles fonctionnalités qui changent l’expérience de la salle d’eau.
Quelle est la différence apportée ?
MM : Allure est le premier né du brandbook Thermor, c’est donc un premier exemple de ce que nous souhaitons déployer dans les années à venir. Un cadre classique qui s’intègre dans un grand nombre d’intérieur mais dont les détails, les finitions, les matériaux et la qualité des assemblages sont très soignés.
Nous avons développé un nouveau type de lame avec les bords arrondis pour adoucir les lignes et accueillir les serviettes en douceur. Le sèche serviette embarque une enceinte de la marque Cabasse ainsi qu’un port USB pour recharger son portable. Nous avons travaillé sur une gamme d’accessoires en chêne clair assortis aux entretoises comme un support de smartphone, une patère aimantée, …
PJ : C’est aussi un bel exemple de la nouvelle approche du design chez Thermor. Faire mieux avec moins. Ici nous n’avons pas de capotage pour masquer les lames chauffantes. l’idée était pure et belle ! Mais elle a nécessité de ré-inventer avec les ateliers Thermor la manière de concevoir les lames. En effet il est plus simple de masquer que de soigner le moteur et de le montrer. Au final moins de matière consommée, une meilleure chauffe et un produit qui devient évident.
Quel est l’apport d’un designer dans ce genre de société & produit ?
MM : Les produits Thermor sont présents dans la plupart de nos intérieurs. Ils sont installés par des professionnels, nous devons penser à la simplicité d’installation et à l’ergonomie de nos produits et de nos interfaces.
Nous sommes là pour concevoir des produits qui apportent du confort, de la chaleur et s’adaptent aux nouveaux usages. Notre rôle est aussi de dessiner des radiateurs qui s’intègrent bien dans différents type d’intérieur en ayant une forte attention sur la qualité perçue.
PJ : Le design industriel accompagne notre quotidien, nous avons une responsabilité économique mais aussi auprès des utilisateurs futurs et de l’environnement . L’apport du designer est avant tout de donner le LA du projet et cela est directement lié à ce qui a été défini en amont à savoir les valeurs de la marque, de design identitaire.
Il ne travaille pas seul, c’est un véritable projet d’entreprise qui doit, et c’est le cas de Thermor, être porté contre vents et marées par la direction. Le designer doit justifier ses choix en permanence et le travail de Manon est aussi celui d’une combattante car elle voit ce que les autres ne voient pas encore. Parfois les discussions sont intenses et le rôle du designer est de tenir la barre afin que la stratégie produit soit respectée, améliorée, reconsidérée mais de la manière la plus fluide et constructive possible.
De quoi sera fait l’avenir du radiateur selon vous ? chez Thermor ?
MM : De nouveaux produits suivant les codes d’Allure sont en développement. Le respect de l’environnement sera forcément un des points clés de ces prochaines années. Notre rôle sera de faire les bons choix au travers des matériaux, des assemblages, du packaging, des usages pour que la marque soit pérenne comme ses produits.
PJ : En effet, le chauffage est un bien vital et le rapport que l’on a à l’énergie risque fort de changer. Le radiateur se ré-affirmera comme un élément vital et durable. Il y aura aussi le besoin de reconsidérer les chose de manière globale. Enfin les technologies deviendront le levier essentiel pour diminuer la consommation énergétique, et le design accompagnera ces mutations nécessaires en donnant envie de les adopter.
//Merci aux designers et représentants de la marque pour leur disponibilité et bienveillance. Nous resterons à l’écoute des prochains modèles et innovations.
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Reprenons les bonnes habitudes et partons à la rencontre des designers qui font de votre quotidien, un quotidien différent…
Loin des grandes signatures, ou designers stars, les agences, les designers intégrés, les designers industriels ont bien plus d’impact sur votre quotidien que vous ne pourriez l’imaginer…
Voici le fruit de mes échanges avec les designers Manon MALATRAY et Patrick JOUFFRET chez Thermor.
Petite introduction à propos de la marque, Thermor est un fabricant français de radiateurs électriques connectés, sèche-serviettes, radiateurs salle de bains, pompes à chaleur piscine, chauffe-eau électriques. Thermor existe depuis 1931, elle conçoit et fabrique ses radiateurs et chauffe-eau électriques principalement sur ses 4 sites de production, tous basés en France !
Un renouveau pour la marque, miser plus encore sur le DESIGN afin de se démarquer ! Identité, produits, innovations !
Nous aimons particulièrement ces deux citations à retrouver, plus bas : « Le designer peut accélérer certaines transitions vers des technologies durables, une économie de matière et surtout l’éco-conception »
« le rôle du designer est de tenir la barre afin que la stratégie produit soit respectée, améliorée, reconsidérée mais de la manière la plus fluide et constructive possible »
Le designer apporte une vision, une orientation, tel un chef d’orchestre il ou elle doit ensuite porter le projet, en traitant, échangeant, avec tous les intervenants, du commercial aux ingénieurs !
Quel est votre formation & Votre parcours ?
Manon MALATRAY :
Après un BTS et une licence en Design Produit, j’ai fait un Master management du design et de l’innovation à l’école de Design de Nantes en alternance. J’ai commencé comme Designer produit pour le groupe SEB de 2013 à 2016 puis j’ai intégré le groupe Atlantic comme Designer et référente Design pour la marque Thermor.
Patrick JOUFFRET :
Lycée Agricole puis BTS d’esthétique industriel et ESDI à Paris. Par la suite j’ai travaillé 3 ans dans une équipe Parisienne de design Global pour un grand groupe Japonais ce qui m’a permis de passer du temps à Tokyo. Enfin de 97 à 2005 j’ai travaillé dans une autre agence parisienne de design industriel puis créé mon agence, l’Atelier 360 en 2006.
Comment êtes-vous arrivé à Thermor ?
MM : La marque Thermor a eu besoin d’intégrer un responsable Design pour assurer la cohérence de son identité dans le développement de ses produits. J’ai été embauchée en 2016 pour concevoir les produits du groupe et être responsable du design Thermor intégrée à l’entreprise. Je travaille avec Patrick Jouffret et Julien Primard (Atelier 360) sur chaque nouveau développement de produit. Ils m’apportent leur expertise design, leur vision extérieure et nous portons ensemble les valeurs de la marque.
PJ : L’équipe de Thermor recherchait un partenaire en design pour ré-incarner la marque, révéler sa spécificité et lui donner une trajectoire propre. On a commencé à échanger, ça a fonctionné et notre collaboration a débuté par la mise à plat du design identitaire et des valeurs fondamentales de la marque. Ce document, construit avec les équipes de Thermor, a défini les grandes lignes de notre travail de design.
Quel est le rôle d’un designer chez Thermor ?
MM : Mon rôle pour Thermor est d’être référente design interne pour le groupe Atlantic. Je travaille avec les différentes équipes Marketing / R&D / Commerce / Communication pour développer les produits et participer à la vision globale et cohérente de la marque. Je travaille avec Patrick Jouffret et Julien Primard depuis le début. Nous avons commencé par définir les codes de la marque dans un brandbook, nous développons les futurs produits et nous proposons notre vision de la marque pour les années à venir.
PJ : Notre rôle est de donner une vision design, d’accompagner les décisions stratégiques de la marque et de veiller à la qualité des réalisations. Nous apportons aussi un regard externe. Avec Manon nous travaillons sur plusieurs routes qui ont des échéances différentes et qui se croisent parfois. Anticipation / création / concrétisation.
Enfin le designer peut accélérer certaines transitions vers des technologies durables, une économie de matière et surtout l’éco-conception.
Comment définiriez vous le design chez Thermor ?
MM : Le design Thermor est l’interface entre utilisateur, histoire, savoir-faire et confort.
Notre rôle est de proposer des produits de qualité, issus d’un savoir-faire industriel, avec de très belles finitions qui apportent du confort dans l’habitat. Ce sont des produits aux lignes douces qui invitent au toucher. Nous imaginons de nouvelles fonctionnalités pour apporter plus que de la chaleur et élargir l’expérience du produit.
PJ : Fondamental, discret, honnête. Les produits développés chez Thermor sont conçus pour durer. Le design Thermor fait le grand écart entre les besoins du moment et notre perception du futur. C’est pourquoi le design Thermor considère le produit comme un élément dans un contexte en prenant en compte les interdépendances entre objets / humain et environnement.
A quoi ressemble votre journée type ?
MM : Comme je travaille de manière transverse pour la marque, je jongle entre différents projets et différentes équipes. Mes journées sont très variées. Il y a la partie créa, les 3D, les maquettes, les suivis de développements, le déploiement du branding, l’innovation, les enquêtes clients, la rédaction des briefs, …
PJ : Jamais la même. Soit à l’atelier, soit chez nos partenaires.
Pouvez-vous nous parler d’un modèle (Allure 3), innovation insufflé à la marque ?
PJ : Allure est un sèche serviette qui se démarque par sa simplicité apparente et l’intégration de nouvelles fonctionnalités qui changent l’expérience de la salle d’eau.
Quelle est la différence apportée ?
MM : Allure est le premier né du brandbook Thermor, c’est donc un premier exemple de ce que nous souhaitons déployer dans les années à venir. Un cadre classique qui s’intègre dans un grand nombre d’intérieur mais dont les détails, les finitions, les matériaux et la qualité des assemblages sont très soignés.
Nous avons développé un nouveau type de lame avec les bords arrondis pour adoucir les lignes et accueillir les serviettes en douceur. Le sèche serviette embarque une enceinte de la marque Cabasse ainsi qu’un port USB pour recharger son portable. Nous avons travaillé sur une gamme d’accessoires en chêne clair assortis aux entretoises comme un support de smartphone, une patère aimantée, …
PJ : C’est aussi un bel exemple de la nouvelle approche du design chez Thermor. Faire mieux avec moins. Ici nous n’avons pas de capotage pour masquer les lames chauffantes. l’idée était pure et belle ! Mais elle a nécessité de ré-inventer avec les ateliers Thermor la manière de concevoir les lames. En effet il est plus simple de masquer que de soigner le moteur et de le montrer. Au final moins de matière consommée, une meilleure chauffe et un produit qui devient évident.
Quel est l’apport d’un designer dans ce genre de société & produit ?
MM : Les produits Thermor sont présents dans la plupart de nos intérieurs. Ils sont installés par des professionnels, nous devons penser à la simplicité d’installation et à l’ergonomie de nos produits et de nos interfaces.
Nous sommes là pour concevoir des produits qui apportent du confort, de la chaleur et s’adaptent aux nouveaux usages. Notre rôle est aussi de dessiner des radiateurs qui s’intègrent bien dans différents type d’intérieur en ayant une forte attention sur la qualité perçue.
PJ : Le design industriel accompagne notre quotidien, nous avons une responsabilité économique mais aussi auprès des utilisateurs futurs et de l’environnement . L’apport du designer est avant tout de donner le LA du projet et cela est directement lié à ce qui a été défini en amont à savoir les valeurs de la marque, de design identitaire.
Il ne travaille pas seul, c’est un véritable projet d’entreprise qui doit, et c’est le cas de Thermor, être porté contre vents et marées par la direction. Le designer doit justifier ses choix en permanence et le travail de Manon est aussi celui d’une combattante car elle voit ce que les autres ne voient pas encore. Parfois les discussions sont intenses et le rôle du designer est de tenir la barre afin que la stratégie produit soit respectée, améliorée, reconsidérée mais de la manière la plus fluide et constructive possible.
De quoi sera fait l’avenir du radiateur selon vous ? chez Thermor ?
MM : De nouveaux produits suivant les codes d’Allure sont en développement. Le respect de l’environnement sera forcément un des points clés de ces prochaines années. Notre rôle sera de faire les bons choix au travers des matériaux, des assemblages, du packaging, des usages pour que la marque soit pérenne comme ses produits.
PJ : En effet, le chauffage est un bien vital et le rapport que l’on a à l’énergie risque fort de changer. Le radiateur se ré-affirmera comme un élément vital et durable. Il y aura aussi le besoin de reconsidérer les chose de manière globale. Enfin les technologies deviendront le levier essentiel pour diminuer la consommation énergétique, et le design accompagnera ces mutations nécessaires en donnant envie de les adopter.
//Merci aux designers et représentants de la marque pour leur disponibilité et bienveillance. Nous resterons à l’écoute des prochains modèles et innovations.
Plus d’informations sur la marque : Thermor
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Crowdfunding : Transfarmers le Pot de Fleurs Composteur
A quoi pensez-vous lorsque nous évoquons « Transfarmers » ?
Coup de projecteur sur ce projet français à succès, imaginé par 4 agronomes et graphiste promettant de rendre le (lombri) compostage accessible à toutes et tous, presque ludique pour une utilisation au quotidien. Une démarche visant à intégrer nos intérieurs, bousculer nos habitudes afin de permettre aux urbains de composter leurs déchets organiques.
Ne jetez plus vos bio déchets à la poubelle ! Transfarmers est un véritable pot de fleurs composteur recueillant toutes vos épluchures des 5 fruits et légumes par jour. Et grâce au principe du lombricompostage, vos plantes décoratives et potagères sont approvisionnées en eau et en nutriments.
La mise en place d’un véritable cercle vertueux directement dans votre cuisine ou sur votre balcon, une démarche également pédagogique à réaliser avec vos enfants afin de les sensibiliser à ces questions, de plus en plus importantes…
Transfarmers parle à votre nature, mais ne délaisse pas la fonctionnalité, ainsi que l’aspect de l’objet. Entièrement réalisé en terre cuite, une création française, mais comment cela fonctionne.
Le pot est constitué de deux parties communicantes grâce à une paroi perforée permettant les échanges entre le côté « compost » où vont les épluchures et le côté « pot de fleurs », où vivent les plantes en terre. Les plantes vont capter l’eau et les nutriments issus du compostage.
Il sera possible en complément de récupérer du compost afin de le répartir sur vos autres plantes.
Le Pot de Fleurs Composteur est décliné en version brute, dans la couleur ocre et naturelle de la terre de Champagne, mais également dans 5 autres couleurs obtenues par engobage. Technique consistant à projeter sur la pièce une fine couche d’argile teintée pour un rendu texturé et profond. Blanc, ardoise, bleu nuit, vert d’eau, ou bicolore blanc/naturel.
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Coup de projecteur sur ce projet français à succès, imaginé par 4 agronomes et graphiste promettant de rendre le (lombri) compostage accessible à toutes et tous, presque ludique pour une utilisation au quotidien. Une démarche visant à intégrer nos intérieurs, bousculer nos habitudes afin de permettre aux urbains de composter leurs déchets organiques.
Ne jetez plus vos bio déchets à la poubelle ! Transfarmers est un véritable pot de fleurs composteur recueillant toutes vos épluchures des 5 fruits et légumes par jour. Et grâce au principe du lombricompostage, vos plantes décoratives et potagères sont approvisionnées en eau et en nutriments.
La mise en place d’un véritable cercle vertueux directement dans votre cuisine ou sur votre balcon, une démarche également pédagogique à réaliser avec vos enfants afin de les sensibiliser à ces questions, de plus en plus importantes…
Transfarmers parle à votre nature, mais ne délaisse pas la fonctionnalité, ainsi que l’aspect de l’objet. Entièrement réalisé en terre cuite, une création française, mais comment cela fonctionne.
Le pot est constitué de deux parties communicantes grâce à une paroi perforée permettant les échanges entre le côté « compost » où vont les épluchures et le côté « pot de fleurs », où vivent les plantes en terre. Les plantes vont capter l’eau et les nutriments issus du compostage.
Il sera possible en complément de récupérer du compost afin de le répartir sur vos autres plantes.
Le Pot de Fleurs Composteur est décliné en version brute, dans la couleur ocre et naturelle de la terre de Champagne, mais également dans 5 autres couleurs obtenues par engobage. Technique consistant à projeter sur la pièce une fine couche d’argile teintée pour un rendu texturé et profond. Blanc, ardoise, bleu nuit, vert d’eau, ou bicolore blanc/naturel.
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Abstract Chair par Egor Bondarenko
Egor Bondarenko, designer créateur Russe rend hommage au centenaire du mouvement Bauhaus, soufflant sa 100ème bougie en 2019.
Prenant sa source en Allemagne, l’Allemagne d’après guerre à l’heure de la reconstruction, Henry van de Veld et Walter Gropius auront l’idée de réunion art et technique, en une seule et même institution. (la Staatliches Bauhaus, contraction de « Bau « bâtiment et « Haus » maison) Un objectif donc de reconstruction, une alliance stratégique et sociale, nous vous laisserons en lire davantage sur le sujet (lecture simple)
On aime la proposition du designer : « A chair as an object and a symbol of unlimited freedom and self-expression… » Du mobilier d’expression, là où nous vivons, nos habitudes, nos aménagements en disent long sur nous et influencent au quotidien nos gestes, nos postures, nos pensées, nos humeurs, nos caractères et relations avec la matière, avec l’autre…
A vous de juger, à la limite de la philosophie, la posture de proposition de liberté par appropriation est interessante… « One of the sides of Freedom is the impossibility of the existence of only one correct point of view. Therefore, free design is a design based on chaos and incompleteness, which the creator cannot finalize alone, but only gives the language for self-expression of his own idea to the final consumer, makes him think and fantasize. »
Entièrement réalisé à la main, ce fauteuil, ce trône, pourra à votre guise recevoir plus ou moins de structure, de piètement, de lignes ou éléments. Les formes, strictes, directes, sont constituées essentiellement de lignes et perpendiculaires, même si certaines courbes semble vouloir s’immiscer le ressenti est clairement stricte telle une construction architecturale : « The first series of objects are dedicated to the centenary of Bauhaus. The first sentence of the Bauhaus Manifesto, written by Walter Gropius, was: « The highest goal of all existing arts is a building. » »
Pour aller plus loin, le designer, indique disposer de son modèle de base, entièrement personnalisable et modifiable, couleurs, matériaux : « The series of chairs dedicated to the centenary of the Bauhaus. Fully customizable and modifiable object. It is possible to enamel individual parts and the subject completely, making from other wood species, changing the shape of legs, armrests, backrests, dimensions and angles of ergonomics, soft inserts in the seat, backrest and armrests. »
Le designer se donne le défi de décliner ses modèles, chaque année, par des séries limitées en écho aux mouvements, à l’actualité, aux valeurs du moment, une belle idée surtout en cette période si particulière, voyons les prochaines séries !
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Prenant sa source en Allemagne, l’Allemagne d’après guerre à l’heure de la reconstruction, Henry van de Veld et Walter Gropius auront l’idée de réunion art et technique, en une seule et même institution. (la Staatliches Bauhaus, contraction de « Bau « bâtiment et « Haus » maison) Un objectif donc de reconstruction, une alliance stratégique et sociale, nous vous laisserons en lire davantage sur le sujet (lecture simple)
On aime la proposition du designer : « A chair as an object and a symbol of unlimited freedom and self-expression… » Du mobilier d’expression, là où nous vivons, nos habitudes, nos aménagements en disent long sur nous et influencent au quotidien nos gestes, nos postures, nos pensées, nos humeurs, nos caractères et relations avec la matière, avec l’autre…
A vous de juger, à la limite de la philosophie, la posture de proposition de liberté par appropriation est interessante… « One of the sides of Freedom is the impossibility of the existence of only one correct point of view. Therefore, free design is a design based on chaos and incompleteness, which the creator cannot finalize alone, but only gives the language for self-expression of his own idea to the final consumer, makes him think and fantasize. »
Entièrement réalisé à la main, ce fauteuil, ce trône, pourra à votre guise recevoir plus ou moins de structure, de piètement, de lignes ou éléments. Les formes, strictes, directes, sont constituées essentiellement de lignes et perpendiculaires, même si certaines courbes semble vouloir s’immiscer le ressenti est clairement stricte telle une construction architecturale : « The first series of objects are dedicated to the centenary of Bauhaus. The first sentence of the Bauhaus Manifesto, written by Walter Gropius, was: « The highest goal of all existing arts is a building. » »
Pour aller plus loin, le designer, indique disposer de son modèle de base, entièrement personnalisable et modifiable, couleurs, matériaux : « The series of chairs dedicated to the centenary of the Bauhaus. Fully customizable and modifiable object. It is possible to enamel individual parts and the subject completely, making from other wood species, changing the shape of legs, armrests, backrests, dimensions and angles of ergonomics, soft inserts in the seat, backrest and armrests. »
Le designer se donne le défi de décliner ses modèles, chaque année, par des séries limitées en écho aux mouvements, à l’actualité, aux valeurs du moment, une belle idée surtout en cette période si particulière, voyons les prochaines séries !
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Art et technologie par František Jungvirt
Coup de projecteur, sur le projet redécouvert ce jour et présenté en 2019 lors de la Milan Design Week, imaginé par František Jungvirt.
J’ai toujours plus de mal à apprécier, un travail uniquement artistique lorsqu’il se justifie par l’adaption et donc la conséquence d’un mode de création, assisté ou non. La technique pour la technique, n’a et n’aura de sens que dans un point de vue de recherche et de prospective.
Ici, l’oeil est particulièrement attiré par le résultat, parfait mélange entre modernité et histoire, entre savoir-faire et technologie et c’est cela qui est intéressant. Le jeune créateur, va s’appuyer sur le savoir-faire en verre soufflé de Moser, pour en imaginer la suite ? ou sa propre interprétation.
« Vases from blown glass, hand cut and painted, with gold luster and oroplastics, produced with the traditional craft procedures of the company Moser and arising out of the aesthetics of the 18th and 19th centuries, František Jungvirt intentionally undertakes other production processes that redesign the vases and impart to them contrasting levels of time and concept. »
La main, devient bras robotisé industriel qui aura la mission des finitions à l’Aérographe. « Exquisite in their craftsmanship, the finished objects of Moser vases display the spraying of paint through air-brush digital technology. This functions by means of programmed software; the paint is sprayed onto the surface of the vase in planned intervals with the help of a spray gun attached to a robotic arm. Irregular leakage of paint from the spray gun still cannot be completely predicted and against a historicist manual décor such fast robotic-arm activity can seem iconoclast. »
L’ensemble du processus, ancestral, aléatoire, de la main de l’homme à celle de la machine. Le champs des possibles est alors démultiplié, se jouant des algorithmes, de l’intelligence artificielle, la technologie au service des savoir-faire est une vaste question ouverte !
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J’ai toujours plus de mal à apprécier, un travail uniquement artistique lorsqu’il se justifie par l’adaption et donc la conséquence d’un mode de création, assisté ou non. La technique pour la technique, n’a et n’aura de sens que dans un point de vue de recherche et de prospective.
Ici, l’oeil est particulièrement attiré par le résultat, parfait mélange entre modernité et histoire, entre savoir-faire et technologie et c’est cela qui est intéressant. Le jeune créateur, va s’appuyer sur le savoir-faire en verre soufflé de Moser, pour en imaginer la suite ? ou sa propre interprétation.
« Vases from blown glass, hand cut and painted, with gold luster and oroplastics, produced with the traditional craft procedures of the company Moser and arising out of the aesthetics of the 18th and 19th centuries, František Jungvirt intentionally undertakes other production processes that redesign the vases and impart to them contrasting levels of time and concept. »
La main, devient bras robotisé industriel qui aura la mission des finitions à l’Aérographe. « Exquisite in their craftsmanship, the finished objects of Moser vases display the spraying of paint through air-brush digital technology. This functions by means of programmed software; the paint is sprayed onto the surface of the vase in planned intervals with the help of a spray gun attached to a robotic arm. Irregular leakage of paint from the spray gun still cannot be completely predicted and against a historicist manual décor such fast robotic-arm activity can seem iconoclast. »
L’ensemble du processus, ancestral, aléatoire, de la main de l’homme à celle de la machine. Le champs des possibles est alors démultiplié, se jouant des algorithmes, de l’intelligence artificielle, la technologie au service des savoir-faire est une vaste question ouverte !
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SOLID CHAIR le fauteuil Klein par Thijmen Van Der Steen
Telle une envie subite de bleu Klein pour notre intérieur ? En cette période si particulière, on agence, on range, on ajuste nos intérieurs et imaginons les éléments à améliorer.. Travaux, rénovations, aménagements, décoration et mobilier..
Coup de coeur dominical pour le modèle SOLID CHAIR imaginé par le designer hollandais Thijmen Van Der Steen.
Passé il y a peu par la Design Academy Eindhoven, il nous explique son travail : « In my work, I aim to make objects that are timeless and understandable in shape and in use. I like to strip down form and material, so that only the necessary elements remain. I find simple and minimalistic objects most beautiful and powerful. A considerable part of the objects are made by hand »
Minimalisme et travail à la main, nous aimons particulière l’ambition de Thijmen.
Revenons au modèle Solid Chair, fauteuil aux dimensions avantageuses et accueillantes, réalisées en frêne massif et coussins de l’assise laine Kvadrat, pour les connaisseurs.
Le fauteuil est une invitation à la détente, son assise légèrement inclinée vers son dossier vous retiendra au maximum… Le piètement et accoudoirs reprennent des lignes, verticales et horizontales lui donnant un look brut non sans nous séduire.
La chaise solide est livrée avec des coussins fabriqués avec un tissu Kvadrat solide et coloré.
Plus d’informations sur le designer : Thijmen Van Der Steen
Retrouvez notre sélection de FAUTEUILS
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Coup de coeur dominical pour le modèle SOLID CHAIR imaginé par le designer hollandais Thijmen Van Der Steen.
Passé il y a peu par la Design Academy Eindhoven, il nous explique son travail : « In my work, I aim to make objects that are timeless and understandable in shape and in use. I like to strip down form and material, so that only the necessary elements remain. I find simple and minimalistic objects most beautiful and powerful. A considerable part of the objects are made by hand »
Minimalisme et travail à la main, nous aimons particulière l’ambition de Thijmen.
Revenons au modèle Solid Chair, fauteuil aux dimensions avantageuses et accueillantes, réalisées en frêne massif et coussins de l’assise laine Kvadrat, pour les connaisseurs.
Le fauteuil est une invitation à la détente, son assise légèrement inclinée vers son dossier vous retiendra au maximum… Le piètement et accoudoirs reprennent des lignes, verticales et horizontales lui donnant un look brut non sans nous séduire.
La chaise solide est livrée avec des coussins fabriqués avec un tissu Kvadrat solide et coloré.
Plus d’informations sur le designer : Thijmen Van Der Steen
Retrouvez notre sélection de FAUTEUILS
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Les murs ont des oreilles : les patères oniriques par Made in WAW !
Caroline Schilling 10 ans après… Présentée en 2009 pour son projet d’études ENSAD Paris nommé Spotlights, quel plaisir de retrouver Caroline à la tête de son propre studio baptisé Made in WAW !
Designer(euse), rêveuse, entrepreneuse, .. Caroline se distingue par un univers onirique où elle joue avec les codes de notre quotidien en détournant des objets, des formats, des formes, pour nous surprendre.
« Il est un pays, proche de celui des merveilles, où les objets prennent vie et grandissent sans pareil. WAW ! est une contrée non loin d’ici, où règne en maître la démesure. La devise exclamative “Think big – Live bigger” y résonne jusqu’à la nuit tombée.
Les objets qui en émanent au petit jour, ont tous leur propre caractère, et le pouvoir de joindre l’utile à l’insolite. Érigée sur les terres émergées du design onirique; une forme de jeu, un jeu de formes, le terrain fertile des jeux de mots, qui titillent nos zygomatiques enjouées »
Le décor est posé, les présentations sont faites, entrons dans le vif du sujet : « Son exigence la pousse à collaborer avec des complices, fabricants d’excellence, qui partagent son goût pour le défi et la revalorisation de l’intelligence de la main. Son fer de lance : allier l’émotion à l’élégance, avec une pointe d’insolence. »
Caroline, imagine, dessine, moule, façonne ses idées et prototypes puis se met en quête du bon partenaire, du bon savoir-faire pour la réalisation de ses créations.
Pour cette paire d’oreilles baptisées « Les murs ont des oreilles » elle se rapproche d’une manufacture basée au Portugal détenant un savoir-faire ancestral en céramique lui permettant de s’assurer de la qualité de réalisation.
Préalablement modelée en France, chaque pièce, quasiment unique se présente sous forme de faïence finitions émaillées en blanc. L’effet une fois installée est détonnant, le système de fixation invisible laissera votre mur se présenter avec ces deux (ou plus) patères idéales pour votre entrée, chambre ou salle de bain.
« Ces oreilles font la paire, sur vos murs elles sauront se faire discrètes, se fondre dans le décor à l’écoute de vos secrets; plus elles seront nombreuses, mieux ils seront gardés »
Caroline pousse le vice (vis) à travailler la fixation en bois, ainsi qu’un packaging made in France « Le pari était de concevoir un packaging élégant, valorisant le produit, mais recyclable et éco-conçu. »
Le pari est relevé haut la main, chaque pièce est astucieusement fixée, en utilisation la future fixation murale, tout en prenant le moins de place possible, facilitant le stockage et le transport.
Nous avons hâte de pouvoir installer la paire offerte par Caroline dans notre appartement, le résultat sera à voir certainement du côté d’instagram d’ici 2 ou 3 mois maintenant.
Nous souhaitons une pleine réussite à Caroline pour le développement de son studio, de son catalogue et le lancement de nouvelles collections !
Plus d’informations sur le studio : Made in WAW !
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Designer(euse), rêveuse, entrepreneuse, .. Caroline se distingue par un univers onirique où elle joue avec les codes de notre quotidien en détournant des objets, des formats, des formes, pour nous surprendre.
« Il est un pays, proche de celui des merveilles, où les objets prennent vie et grandissent sans pareil. WAW ! est une contrée non loin d’ici, où règne en maître la démesure. La devise exclamative “Think big – Live bigger” y résonne jusqu’à la nuit tombée.
Les objets qui en émanent au petit jour, ont tous leur propre caractère, et le pouvoir de joindre l’utile à l’insolite. Érigée sur les terres émergées du design onirique; une forme de jeu, un jeu de formes, le terrain fertile des jeux de mots, qui titillent nos zygomatiques enjouées »
Le décor est posé, les présentations sont faites, entrons dans le vif du sujet : « Son exigence la pousse à collaborer avec des complices, fabricants d’excellence, qui partagent son goût pour le défi et la revalorisation de l’intelligence de la main. Son fer de lance : allier l’émotion à l’élégance, avec une pointe d’insolence. »
Caroline, imagine, dessine, moule, façonne ses idées et prototypes puis se met en quête du bon partenaire, du bon savoir-faire pour la réalisation de ses créations.
Pour cette paire d’oreilles baptisées « Les murs ont des oreilles » elle se rapproche d’une manufacture basée au Portugal détenant un savoir-faire ancestral en céramique lui permettant de s’assurer de la qualité de réalisation.
Préalablement modelée en France, chaque pièce, quasiment unique se présente sous forme de faïence finitions émaillées en blanc. L’effet une fois installée est détonnant, le système de fixation invisible laissera votre mur se présenter avec ces deux (ou plus) patères idéales pour votre entrée, chambre ou salle de bain.
« Ces oreilles font la paire, sur vos murs elles sauront se faire discrètes, se fondre dans le décor à l’écoute de vos secrets; plus elles seront nombreuses, mieux ils seront gardés »
Caroline pousse le vice (vis) à travailler la fixation en bois, ainsi qu’un packaging made in France « Le pari était de concevoir un packaging élégant, valorisant le produit, mais recyclable et éco-conçu. »
Le pari est relevé haut la main, chaque pièce est astucieusement fixée, en utilisation la future fixation murale, tout en prenant le moins de place possible, facilitant le stockage et le transport.
Nous avons hâte de pouvoir installer la paire offerte par Caroline dans notre appartement, le résultat sera à voir certainement du côté d’instagram d’ici 2 ou 3 mois maintenant.
Nous souhaitons une pleine réussite à Caroline pour le développement de son studio, de son catalogue et le lancement de nouvelles collections !
Plus d’informations sur le studio : Made in WAW !
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Les matières brutes de Maxime Bellaunay
« A flanc de falaise », « Horizon »… Avec des noms aussi évocateurs, on ne peut qu’imaginer la substance du travail de Maxime Bellaunay.
C’est de son projet de diplôme des Métiers d’Art, actuellement aux Ateliers de Paris, qu’est née cette série de luminaires, mettant en scène des matériaux typiques et savoir-faire artisanaux de différentes régions. Du marbre de Toscane, du granit du Tarn ou encore de la roche volcanique d’Auvergne, ces pièces uniques nous invitent à un voyage authentique et presque contemplatif.
Présenté la première fois durant la Paris Design Week de septembre 2019, ce jeune designer met la matière brute à l’honneur, dans un contexte où le retour aux sources est plus que jamais à l’ordre du jour.
La nature est magnifiée et c’est elle, ainsi qu’un brin de hasard qui participe à la création des objets.
Un des trait que l’on retrouve dans son travail est cette dualité entre matière brute et matière noble : Les contours de la pierre naissent d’une brisure et le métal est travaillé avec une précision infinie suivant la ligne minérale. La boucle est bouclée et les deux éléments forment un tout harmonieux et poétique.
Cette dernière pièce a particulièrement retenue mon attention de par son histoire et son esthétique atypique mélangeant deux types de terres de la région du Comminges.
« Les fragments de brique proviennent d’une ancienne briqueterie laissée à l’abandon. Des siècles d’histoire industrielle avec pour seul mémoire aujourd’hui, les amas de gravats qui tapissent le sol de l’usine. Abîmé et marqué par le temps, chaque morceau est unique et est complété par de la faïence. »
Ce vase « Composé » illustre parfaitement le concept de plus en plus reconnu de l’up-cycling, qui consiste à réutiliser et sublimer des matières recyclées. Il fait également écho à la philosophie japonaise du wabi-sabi qui prône un retour à la simplicité et redonne son importance à la beauté de l’imperfection. Autant de thèmes que l’on commence à retrouver dans le monde du design.
A suivre !
A noter : La série « A flanc de falaise » sera disponible prochainement en édition limitée.
Plus d’informations sur le créateur : Maxime Bellaunay
Prochaine exposition :
À Tokyo – Savoir-faire des Takumi
NIHOMBASHI Takashimaya S.C. Main Building 6th Floor Art Gallery
2–4–1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Du 25 au 31 mars 2020
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C’est de son projet de diplôme des Métiers d’Art, actuellement aux Ateliers de Paris, qu’est née cette série de luminaires, mettant en scène des matériaux typiques et savoir-faire artisanaux de différentes régions. Du marbre de Toscane, du granit du Tarn ou encore de la roche volcanique d’Auvergne, ces pièces uniques nous invitent à un voyage authentique et presque contemplatif.
Présenté la première fois durant la Paris Design Week de septembre 2019, ce jeune designer met la matière brute à l’honneur, dans un contexte où le retour aux sources est plus que jamais à l’ordre du jour.
La nature est magnifiée et c’est elle, ainsi qu’un brin de hasard qui participe à la création des objets.
Un des trait que l’on retrouve dans son travail est cette dualité entre matière brute et matière noble : Les contours de la pierre naissent d’une brisure et le métal est travaillé avec une précision infinie suivant la ligne minérale. La boucle est bouclée et les deux éléments forment un tout harmonieux et poétique.
Cette dernière pièce a particulièrement retenue mon attention de par son histoire et son esthétique atypique mélangeant deux types de terres de la région du Comminges.
« Les fragments de brique proviennent d’une ancienne briqueterie laissée à l’abandon. Des siècles d’histoire industrielle avec pour seul mémoire aujourd’hui, les amas de gravats qui tapissent le sol de l’usine. Abîmé et marqué par le temps, chaque morceau est unique et est complété par de la faïence. »
Ce vase « Composé » illustre parfaitement le concept de plus en plus reconnu de l’up-cycling, qui consiste à réutiliser et sublimer des matières recyclées. Il fait également écho à la philosophie japonaise du wabi-sabi qui prône un retour à la simplicité et redonne son importance à la beauté de l’imperfection. Autant de thèmes que l’on commence à retrouver dans le monde du design.
A suivre !
A noter : La série « A flanc de falaise » sera disponible prochainement en édition limitée.
Plus d’informations sur le créateur : Maxime Bellaunay
Prochaine exposition :
À Tokyo – Savoir-faire des Takumi
NIHOMBASHI Takashimaya S.C. Main Building 6th Floor Art Gallery
2–4–1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Du 25 au 31 mars 2020
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