African Designers Discussion:

 

This morning I enjoyed the discussion on African Design by Africans. There will be many more to follow as these talented thinkers and doers.

The Case Study House Documentary

 https://youtu.be/ky05ypJ74XI?si=jBX1OKNFa6Bnbbhg

BMW Cars have a MASSIVE Design Problem... What Now?

https://youtu.be/4LZR1uxIUlA?si=iEyKInHS3QPzQP2x

https://youtu.be/0qxKXg6wbLc?si=Q6EXa25T_P0AMDP9

Air Jordan Sneakers Celebrate 40years

 Air Jordan

Flying Taxis Take off in Africa

 

Article: The Twilight of the Smartphone

Article: The Twilight of the Smartphone

Industrial Design: Improving Personal Mobility Walkers

 A stylist and functional improvement to a device that can aid the quality of life of an aging or injuried population.

Zeal Inc.

‘Our mission from the beginning has been to remove the stigma of using walkers,’ says Georgia Williams, CEO of Zeal Lifestyle. ‘We know choosing a mobility aid can be a huge decision, so we wanted to design a walker that customers feel proud to use. It is more than just a mobility aid – it’s a choice of style, identity and independence’.

Williams, a retail designer, and Zeal co-founder Joshua King, an industrial designer, started the company after wanting to purchase a walker for their loved ones and realising how limited and uninspiring the options were. ‘What we found on the market didn’t match their style, and as designers, we knew we could do better,’ writes the duo.

Designer: Maximilian Missoni Moves from Polestar to BMW

BMWs Design Team

The designer of one of the most attractive sedans on the road today has been recruited to lead design at BMW.

Missoni was born in Austria to a family of architects – in his own words, “I have practically grown up with design. As a teenager, I spent a lot of time drawing. It started with boats.” Early on in life, Maximillian was poring over a boat magazine when he noticed a Ferrari concept car in an advertisement for design house Pininfarina. According to Missoni, that’s when he got hooked. He changed tracks to car design, and the rest is history.

Book:Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh

Using Abloh’s surprising path to the top of the luxury establishment, Givhan unfolds the larger story of how the cloistered, exclusive fashion world faced a revolution from below in the form of streetwear and designers unafraid to storm the gates—how their notions of what was luxury simultaneously anticipated and upended consumer preferences, and how a simple T-shirt held as much cultural power as a haute couture gown. As Givhan relays, Abloh rose during a time of existential angst for a fashion industry trying to make sense of its responsibilities to a diverse audience and the challenges of selling status to a generation of consumers who fetishized sneakers and prioritized comfort. The story of how that moment came to be, and how someone like Abloh—who had no formal training in pattern-making or tailoring—could come to symbolize and embody the industry’s way forward, is the story at the heart of this book.Amazon

Footwear Designer: Jeff Staples

 

Bahuas Douumentary: 100 Years Later

This is documentary that presents the history of the Bauhaus within the context of the birth of modernism and is concise and informative.

The King of Tech: Who is Peter Thiel?

At the dawning of a new and by all accounts a significant technological revolution led by a handful of digital oligarchs one stands out as a central catalyzing force, Peter Thiel. 

Who is this titan of the 21st century whose power and influence is shaping a new era. In which a new paradigm of private wealth, technical dominance and political authority is poised to lead America into 2025.

AI: The Revolution is Here…Are We Ready?

 The former Google CEO is optimistic that America will best China in the race to control the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

AI: Designer Sees Aiding Industrail Designers Go from Dwarings to 3D Products

Designer Jordan Taylor talks about what being a founder of an AI company supporting the development of physical products.

Maya Lin: Architecture and Art

Maya Lin most recognizable work the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC cartopolit her to early success as a designer of memorials. Now, she describes herself as an artist as well, with many installations to her name. 

AI: Information is not Truth - A Discussion about the History of Networks

 A sobering conversation on the furute with AI.

Exhibition: CHARACTERS: Type in Action at the Museum of Design (Atlanta)

The power of typography is demonstrated in an exhibition using the stories of historical figures to communicate and impower.The Museum of Design Atlanta located at 1315 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30309.

Link: Museum of Design 

An American Architect- A Conversation with Frank Llyold Wright

The architect Frank Lloyd Wright discuss the being off his career, the definition of Organic and Skyscrapers.

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The Magazine like the Album Continues to Morph - What are They Now?

          

The magazine much like the album, held a special place in culture especially for communication through imagery, often note by graphic designers as their inspiration for entering the profession.

As society has moved into the digital era these useful symbols of communication and commerce have suffered but surprisingly have not disappeared completely.

NYTimes: What is a Magazine Now?

The Eames House: A Tour of a Modernist Icon