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Links to articles on Design:
CHAIR WARS: A Guardian Observer article by Stephen Bayley.
I KILLED DESIGN: Icon magazine article by Justin McGuirk on Phillippe Starck.
SUPER NORMAL: Blog of exhibition at Twenty Twenty One.
WHAT IS DESIGN: Icon magazine article by Marcus Fairs.
Links to our Favourite Designers:
SHIN+ AZUMIS: Leading Japanese product designer couple based in London.
BLACK+BLUM: Innovative product design with charm and entertianment.
BLOG UK: Contemporary designer makers of furniture and accessories.
C H BECKSVOORT: A logical follow on to the Shakers, and equally meticulous.
DIGITAL DESIGN: A group of designers let loose on Plymouth's Rapid Prototyping facilities.
FUTURE FACTORIES: Why not make each product different? You can if you used rapid prototyping for production.
IQ LIGHT: 3D origami modular light.
SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN: A database scandinavian designers.
TRIBU-DESIGN: A history of modern design classics.
TIM PARSONS: Designer maker, writer and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitamn University.
Links to our favourite websites on Design:
WALLPAPER: design web pages of one of UK's leading style magazines.
IDSA: Industrial Designers Society of Amercia.
CSD: Chartered Society of Designers, UK.
DESIGN SPOTTER: Web magazine dedicated to young modern contemporary design, offering free publicity to new designers.
WALLPAPER: International online design and interior resourse.
THE CRAFTS COUNCIL: The UK's Crafts Council (including Collect & Chelsea Crafts Fair).
DESIGNBOOM: Industrial design today, courses, education, history, shop, interviews, snapshots, competitions.
DESIGN NATION: Work by some of Britain's most talented designers, including link to the Design Trust.
DEXIGNER: Keep up to date with international designers' work.
GEFFRYE MUSEUM: Walk through time at one of London's most friendly and enjoyable museums.
HELEN HAMLYN: Research center based at the RCA pioneering inclusive design.
JAPAN DESIGN NET: Really keep up to date with the world's new designs.
PENINSULA ARTS: University of Plymouth's own art gallery.
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SEATING: Guidelines to a better posture including history of seating.
Links to our favourite websites in the Design Marketplace:
100% DESIGN: UK's top exhibition for contemporary furniture & interiors products.
CALE ASSOCIATES: Scandinavian and swedish design shop in the UK.
DESIGNER's BLOCK: Refreshing leading edge young designers.
HIDDEN ART: Discover new designers' work.
MODUS: Contemporary furniture designed by a selection of leading designers.
PRIMA: Top end contract furniture show.
PROFORM: Contemporary design emporium. Shop till you drop.
RETRO MODERN: Dot com design shopping.
UNTO THIS LAST: Digital designer maker specialising in CNC machining.
ECO DESIGN FAIR: Exhibits at the Eco Design Fair.
PLI DESIGN: Contemporary furniture from renewable and eco-friendly materials.
Links to Sustainability websites:
CENTRE OF SUSTAINABLE FUTURES: Leading initiative on sustainability at Plymouth Uni.
GREENER BY DESIGN: Unique green corporate consultant Edwin Datschefsk's well balanced view's on sustainable design.
ECO ARTWARE: Gifts from recycled, reused or natural materials.
ECO DESIGN FRANCE: Sensitising you to ecodesign.
LA-MEDITTERRANEA: Spanish online shop for products that respect the environment.
O2: International network for sustainable design which Roy Tam is a UK representative.
RE-F-USE: Cross out the F, and it becomes reUse.
REESTORE: Contemporary furniture made solely from discarded items rather than raw materials.
S L O W D E S I G N: Take your time and slow down.
TEMPLE DESIGN: Design focused on economic, environmental and socio-cultural well-being.
TREE HUGGER: US web magazine dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible.
VALUE CREATED REVIEW: Canada's e-journal for contemporary furniture and sustainable SMEs.
VIVAVI: Life, style, planet.
RECYCLE NOW: Public service website with lots of eco-quotes.
HOW GREEN IS YOUR MDF?: Your choices for 2006.
ZERO FOOTPRINT: Content hub linking people towards a more sustainable lifestyle.
Links to websites on Ecological Buildings:
AECB: The association of Environment Conscious Building design and eco material sourcing.
GREEN BUILDING PRESS: 3 unbiased publications: Building for a Future Magazine, Green Building Bible, and GreenPro product directory.
SHIGERR URBAN ARCHITECTS: Amazing cardboard tube architecture structures.
TIMBERBUILD: Promoting sustainable use of local timber in buildings.
WOOD AWARDS: Winners and competition entry for good designs in wood.
Recent Visiting Lecturers:
ALASTAIR FAUD-LUKE: Author of the Eco-Design Handbook and vice president of Slow Lab.
Cloth Clinic: Makers of unique decorative materials using Photon Laser and Ultrasound.
Gilda Westermann: Fine white porcelain.
Lauren Moriarty: Textile and product designer focusing on tactile surfaces.
Lee Kew-Moss: Multi-disciplinary 3D designer for commercial spaces.
Robert Kilvington: Award winning furniture designer maker and sculptor.
Tavs Jorgensen: Freelance ceramics designer and RCA lecturer specialising in digital design and rapid prototyping.
GEOFFREY MANN: Product Artist and RCA graduate currently working in Milan.
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Contact Roberto Fraquelli, School of Architecture & Design, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1752 585 170
Email: R.Fraquelli@plymouth.ac.uk
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Updated 27 Jun 2008
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