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Huggy on German TV
The Huggy Armchair that I had designed for the Italian furniture company Lago was featured in the German TV show Galileo (Pro 7) on 5. November 2008 and got a very positive review. Vielen Dank!
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Sheltered: The Bus Stops Here
Shoot the Stylist! was commissioned to design a new concept for a bus stop to be exhibited at Sheltered: The Bus Stops Here. Happening in the Gallery@Oxo in Oxo Tower this week, the exhibition was curated by the MA Curating Contemporary Design. The Private View will be on Friday 31st October from 6.00 – 8.30pm and you are cordially invited, although I unfortunately won’t be able to be there myself since I am currently in Japan.
Exhibition Times
29 October – 2 November 2008
11am – 6pm
Gallery@Oxo, Oxo Tower, Bargehouse Street, London SE1 8QG
“Sheltered: The Bus Stops Here celebrates the bus shelter as a vital part of our existing urban landscape and as a vehicle for the future vision of today’s design-led cities. The bus stop is an everyday marker, meeting point and point of departure. Love them or hate them, we’ve all spent some time waiting at one. But while its function may be universally understood, the design and appearance of this icon varies greatly. From city to city across the world – even between neighbourhoods within a single city – the bus stop defies its universal status and takes on a wealth of local meaning. Sheltered is a celebration of innovation in existing and future bus stop design and will show different views on the bus stop from the past till now – featuring new commissions by 5 architectural practices and a product designer – this exhibition will challenge to examine the future of the bus stop for London.”
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During the London Design Festival I reported regularly for Core77. Here’s a full list of all the posts in one place and the picture gallery with a selection of about 200 pictures that I took throughout the festival can also be viewed. However, it has to be said that overall the London Design Festival was just another “Emperor’s new Clothes” design event with very few glittering highlights shining through the vast mass of self-regarding, repetitive, meaningless design objects.
Sustainability has become buzz word number one – but unfortunately appears to be used in most cases simply as a marketing exercise with very little substance. It would have far more value, meaning and indeed sustainability to simply do nothing, rather than reproduce old ideas, already passed their sell by date, and try to pass them off as new envelope pushing concepts. I did however thoroughly enjoy reporting on the festival – and this first experience as a “design critic” certainly awakened my urge to apply more much needed critical judgement to the world of design, which in true “Shoot the Stylist!” spirit I will enjoy delivering for Core77 in the future.
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RDI Gathering
I just returned from four very special days in Dartington Hall, Devon (Southwest England), participating in the »RDI Summer School«. Organized by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), this creative gathering brought together 12 Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) and 30 young designers to exchange & explore together and discuss current design & social issues.
»Royal Designers are responsible for designing, amongst other things, the Millennium Bridge, the iPod, the Rolls-Royce jet engine, the Harry Potter film sets, the Mini-Skirt, the Kenwood Chef and the B of the Bang. A unique chance for 30 young designers to step from the everyday world into a four-day design experience.«
I was one of those 30 lucky young designers and unfortunately have already very quickly re-assimilated to the »everyday world« again. However, having met all these wonderful people and experienced all those inspiring discussions with generally like-minded people of different generations has definitely created a very memorable and mind-altering experience.
Yes, these gatherings can feel a bit like group therapy – but the main realization for me was to feel that even though it can be frustrating sometimes to try and follow creative ideals clashing with economic and political restrictions, there are lots of creative people out there who face the same problems and it left me with a great sense of belief and positivity. So thanks to everyone involved!
More pictures of the event can be viewed on this Flickr site.
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Pitagora Sōchi
Whatever you are doing right now – you should spare 9 minutes of your time to watch this amazing and wonderfully bonkers clip collection of Rube Goldberg machines Japanese style, all built solely from household objects! Unfortunately I couldn’t find out who exactly builds them, but it seems to be an entire movement of »Pythagoras Switch« creators, spending most of their time building truly marvelous ways for marbles to roll (inspired by the Japanese Kids TV show »Pitagora Sōchi« on NHK).
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Happy Trigger Gig in Cologne
After several shows outside of Germany we are happy to announce that Happy Trigger will finally have its live debut in its Heimatland: We are invited by Radio Koelncampus to play during the c/o Pop Festival on the Blueshell stage (after Menelaos Tomasides and before Bob Humid). We are currently insanely rehearsing – for the first time with some guest musicians! So if you are in the area it would make us happy to make you happy by playing some live Happy Trigger tunes to you!
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Parent-proof Baby Gear!
Due to the high demand on Shoot the Stylist’s »Baby Safety Bodies« for first time parents, we have finally opened a T-shirt & Baby Clothes shop with our designs. Click the »open« sign to enter the shop or simply follow this link.
You will find a permanently growing collection of various designs, amongst others Happy Trigger’s Serotonin Molecule to keep you happy or the above mentioned »Baby Safety Body«, especially designed for first time parents. So even in the most stressful moments they will be reminded of their main tasks to keep their baby happy, safe and secure! 
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D_Art Lab | Turning Point Design
Back in Italy again – this time in Biella, near Torino. Since the beginning of this week I am one of the participants of the D_Art Lab. The workshop Turning Point Design is curated by the Production Office of Cittadellarte | Fondazione Pistoletto & ADI (Association for Industrial Design) within the Torino World Design Capital event. It involves 10 Italian businesses and a group of international designers and artists, assisted by different experts and testimonials.
»The workshop is aimed towards the conception, project planning and production of turning point design objects that are in line with the new perspective which assumes sustainability and responsible creativity as factors for success in global competition of businesses and the territory.«
Different creative workshops are held by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mark Vanderbeeken & Jan-Christoph Zoels (Experientia), Ross Lovegrove, Francesco Bernabei, Edoardo Malagigi and others. Also, during the next three weeks we will visit each of the companies involved in this project (Serralunga, Aurora, etc.) and then choose with which of them we will realise a design.
We have also started a blog of the project with daily posts to show the process. And for more information on the participating designers and companies please click here.
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Revealing HUGGY!
Just in time for the show the pictures are ready! So for all those who won’t be able to make it to the LAGO stand during the Milan Design Week from 16.-21. April, here are some pictures of HUGGY, the ultimate »big easy« chair!
Salone Internazionale del Mobile | LAGO
Pad 5, Stand E01 E03
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I am delighted to announce that the HUGGY easy chair I designed for the Italian furniture company Lago will be presented on the Lago stand in the Milan Furniture Fair from 16.-21. April 2008.
So if you happen to be hanging out in Milan, come and get acquainted, take a look and chill out with an unconventional cozy rest on HUGGY (who can easily be turned into a relaxing guest bed for those who have seriously walked themselves off their feet). Looking forward to meeting you – a presto!
Salone Internazionale del Mobile | LAGO
Pad 5, Stand E01 E03
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