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Design articles:
CHAIR WARS: A Guardian Observer article by Stephen Bayley.
I KILLED DESIGN: Icon magazine article by Justin McGuirk on Phillippe Starck.
WHAT IS DESIGN: Icon magazine article by Marcus Fairs.
Designers:
SHIN AZUMI: Refreshing Japanese product designer.
BLACK+BLUM: Innovative design with charm and entertianment.
BLOG UK: Designer-makers of furniture and accessories.
C H BECKSVOORT: A logical follow on to the Shakers, and equally meticulous.
FUTURE FACTORIES: Using 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.
Design websites:
DESIGNBOOM: Industrial design today, courses, education, history, shop, interviews, snapshots, competitions.
DESIGN SPOTTER: Web magazine dedicated to young modern contemporary design, offering free publicity to new designers.
TREE HUGGER: US web magazine dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible.
S L O W D E S I G N: Take your time and slow down, Alastair Fuad-Luke, author of the Eco Design Handbook.
DEXIGNER: Keep up to date with international designers' work.
JAPAN DESIGN NET: Really keep up to date with the world's new designs.
VALUE CREATED REVIEW: Canada's e-journal for contemporary furniture and sustainable SMEs.
Design exhibitions:
NEW DESIGNERS: Showcasing the very best in UK graduate design every July in London.
100% DESIGN: UK's top exhibition for contemporary furniture & interiors products.
[RE]DESIGN: For designers who don't want to make landfill.
DESIGNER's BLOCK: Refreshing leading edge young designers.
PRIMA: Top end contract furniture show.
ECO DESIGN FAIR: Exhibits at the Eco Design Fair.
SUPER NORMAL: Blog of exhibition at Twenty Twenty One.
Design marketplace:
CALE ASSOCIATES: Scandinavian and swedish design shop in the UK.
MODUS: Contemporary furniture designed by a selection of leading designers.
PROFORM: Contemporary design emporium. Shop till you drop.
RETRO MODERN: Dot com design shopping.
UNTO THIS LAST: Digital designer maker specialising in CNC machining.
VIVAVI: Life, style, planet.
PLI DESIGN: Contemporary furniture from renewable and eco-friendly materials.
a href="http://www.eco-artware.com" style="color: #777777">ECO ARTWARE: Gifts from recycled, reused or natural materials.
Sustainable design:
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.
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.
RECYCLE NOW: What can you recycle where?
HOW GREEN IS YOUR MDF?: Your choices for 2006.
ZERO FOOTPRINT: Content hub linking people towards a more sustainable lifestyle.
Design mgazines:
ICON
WALLPAPER
DESIGNWEEK
FX
idFX
NEWDESIGN
BLUEPRINT
Design bodies:
HIDDEN ART: Discover new designers' work.
CRAFTS COUNCIL: The UK's Crafts Council (including Collect & Select top craft fairs).
DESIGN COUNCIL: the UK's strategic body for design.
IDSA: Industrial Designers Society of Amercia.
CSD: Chartered Society of Designers, UK.
DESIGN NATION: Work by some of Britain's most talented designers, including link to the Design Trust.
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.
PENINSULA ARTS: University of Plymouth's own art gallery.
Eco 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.
Visiting lecturers:
SHIN AZUMI: Refreshing Japanese product designer.
ANDREA STEMMER: Furniture designer maker.
ALASTAIR FAUD-LUKE: Author of the Eco-Design Handbook and vice president of Slow Lab.
LAUREN MORIARTY: Textile and product designer focusing on tactile surfaces.
OLIVER BLACKWELL: Product designer.
EDWIN DATSCHEFSK: Sustainable consultant and author of The Total Beauty of Sustainable Products.
ROBERT KILVINGTON: Award winning furniture designer maker and sculptor.
CLOTH CLINIC: Makers of unique decorative materials using Photon Laser and Ultrasound.
LUCY TURNER: Furniture designer maker.
GILDA WESTERMANN: Fine white porcelain.
LEE KEW-MOSS: Multi-disciplinary 3D designer for commercial spaces.
ASAF TOLKOVSKY: Furniture designer maker.
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 31 Mar 2010
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