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Celebrating Chocolate « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. August 16, 2009. Throw in a glorious sunny weekend in Melbourne (given the notoriously unpredictable weather) and a speciality festival dedicated to chocolate with a group of chocoholics and possibly chocolate connoisseurs in the making; voila! You have the Chocolate Rush Festival. Running into its third year, the Chocolate Rush was celebrated over two days this year Saturday, 8 and Sunday, 9 August at the Melbourne Showgrounds. This entry was posted in design.
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Chulha Goes Commercial « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. October 28, 2009. Philips has taken on this global design challenge with the humble. To make a better and healthier world for people to live in. The Chulha found itself winning the Home category for the Danish-initiated Index Awards 2009. The bi-annual award supports the INDEX mission to generate more design that improves quality of life all over the world. Hindi) is a stove used for cooking using. Bio fuels such as wood or charcoal. Philips’ Philanthropy by Design.
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Dance Without Frontiers « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. August 18, 2009. Bringing Bharatnatyam to Pakistan is something octogenarian Indu Mitha has been involved for the last fifty years. Her daughter Tehreema Mitha is also an accomplished Bharatnatyam dancer. To customise Bharatnatyam to local cultural norms, she has changed the performance and style of the dance she teaches, developing her own style of the ancient dance form. Still unstoppable at 80! This entry was posted in culture. Chulha Goes Commercial →. You are c...
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Pure White « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. April 4, 2010. Dutch product and interior design studio Bo Reudler Studio launched 3 new products as a part of a furniture series bizarrely dubbed Slow White. Reudler claims inspiration from the temperate woods of the Netherlands and approaches designs and the use of natural materials with a Bachelardian sensitivity. Slow white series has derived its principles from the idea that nature’s intricacy, arbitrariness and rawness has been tamed and designers ne...You are...
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No Child’s Play « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. No Child’s Play. March 12, 2010. Unique, charitable and playful are three words to describe the installation design of Italian architect Federico Delrosso dubbed Contaminazioni, featured at the Nhow Hotel in Milan late last year. Delrosso’s installation elevates itself to become a charity action because several Contaminazioni pieces will be sold and proceedings donated to international charity organisation Save the Children. This entry was posted in design. Build a ...
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Bag a Bague « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. July 20, 2009. Out on a cold but beautiful sunny Sunday, I set out to see the oddly dubbed. This is not a Design Market. Featured as one of the State of Design Festival currently running in Melbourne. This entry was posted in design. Celebrating Chocolate →. September 18, 2009 at 6:31 pm. Great find, good to see something different…. October 12, 2009 at 11:44 am. What kind of a blog do you have? September 25, 2009 at 9:45 am. Do let me know. Yes Marvellous Melbourne...
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Homely Pew « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. April 10, 2010. Resurrecting the idea of converting the church pew-to-bed for the needy is the latest brainchild of Spanish architect, artist and industrial designer Curros Claret. Claret explores the multi functional possibilities of the wooden prayer bench and redesigns it with a backrest that reclines to transform into a bed. Claret’s new design has recently been presented at the Galeria H2O in Barcelona. Photography Credit: Xavi Padrós. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Revolutionary Power « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. February 13, 2010. Philippe Starck has collaborated with Pramac to design the new line of a Micro Wind Turbines, trademarked as ‘Revolutionair.’ These small wind devices were featured at La Triennale in Milan late last year. Touted as suitable for domestic applications and urban area installations as they can operate independent of wind direction, they can harness even turbulent air flows and they are extremely silent in every wind speed condition. You are commentin...
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Drawing Out « Design Stapler
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Musings about Architecture and Design. March 23, 2010. Doodles to blue plans, mind maps to cartographs and everything in between. Drawing is a way to think, communicate and map our transdisciplinary world. 8230;and that’s what’ll be on minds of illustrious heads who are coming together for the Drawing Out Conference from April 7 to 8 in Melbourne. Drawing Out is an transdisciplinary conference jointly organised by RMIT University and University of the Arts London. Drawing as a speculative activity. What ...
