Dyson AIr Multiplier Fan

Air Multiplier™ technology

By Dyson

Recent product design company, Dyson has come up with a new slim and chic fan design using Air Multiplier™ technology.

This technology draws air in to the fan and amplifies it between 15 to 18 times, depending on the model.  This new fanhas no blades or grille, making them safe and easy to clean and the uninterrupted stream of smooth air gives the user a consistant relief.

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Troika - Palindrome 2010, V&A Museum

V&A Palindrome

July ’10 - Ongoing

V&A Museum South Kensington tube entrance
London, UK

The V&A Museum commissioned Troika to create a permanent sign for its South Kensington tube station entrance, and their response was a kinetic sign called Palindrome.

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Tokunjin Yoshioka with 'Snow', Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Sensing Nature

24 July - 7 Nov '10

Mori Art Museum
Tokyo

Tokunjin Yoshioka, Takashi Kuribayashi, and Taro Shinoda interpret the subject of the Japanese perception of nature and display it in the Mori Art Museum. The exhibition opened July 24 and will continue through November 7.

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Terunobu Fujimori "Beetle's House", V&A Museum

Architects' installation at the V&A

By Edwin Heathcote for the Financial Times

In a recent article for the Financial Time, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the latest exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  The exhibition titled: 1:1 Architect Build Small Spaces is a unique installation exhibition of impermanent houses in the museum.

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Glen Lukens - untitled Ceramic, Frank Gehry Selects, Frank Lloyd Gallery

Frank Gehry Selects

24 July - 21 Aug '10

Frank Lloyd Gallery
Santa Monica, CA

The Frank Lloyd Gallery is hosting a ceramics exhibition as curated by Frank Gehry, world renowned architect of the 20th and 21st century.  The exhibition showcases Gehry's ceramics teacher and role model Glen Lukens, who introduced Gehry to the world of architecture.

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Tan Le with her design for a headset that can read its user's branwaves to control virtual and physical electronics.

Tan Le: A Headset that Reads Your Brainwaves

In this video recently posted on TedTalks, Tan Le, the head of Emotiv Systems, discusses and demonstrates the far-reaching applications of her astonishing new design for a headset that has a computer interface which reads its user’s brainwaves.

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Bronze sculpture by Delona Wardlaw for "Scisors Obession: Figure/Figuration", 2010

Scissors Obsesion: Figure/Figuration

20th July - 14th August ’10

Museum of Design Atlanta
Atlanta, USA

Now on view at the Museum of Design Atlanta in Georgia is an exhibition of work by sculptor Delona Wardlaw. The pieces on show investigate, manipulate and re-crate common, everyday objects as a way of story telling.

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Sydney Design 2010

Sydney Design 2010

31st July - 15th August ’10

Beginning on the 31st of July, Sydney, Australia will host Sydney Design 2010 which will include over 70 design oriented events and exhibitions around the city for 16 days.

The festival is organised by the Powerhouse Museum in partnership with over 50 cultural institutions, organisations, and individuals across the city.

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Folding Plug System by Min-Kyu Choi, winner of the Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010, in "New Simplicity" exhibiton, 2010

New Simplicity

24th July - 8th August ’10

203 Brompton Road
London, UK

On the 24th of July, an interesting exhibition, titled “New Simplicity”, will be temporarily on view in London’s Brompton Design District.

The show presents classic and simple designs in juxtaposition with many new objects that exploit the latest Rapid Manufacturing technologies in order to highlight the importance of this “New Simplicty” in contemporary design.

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Installation by Ernesto Neto for "New Décor" at the Hayward Gallery, London, 2010

Form Before Function

By Edwin Heathcote for the Financial Times

Currectly on view at the Hayward Gallery in London is an exhibition of fascinating installations by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto titled “New Décor”. In his most recent article for the Financial Times, Edwin Heathcote discusses this exhibition and others and the theme of combining of art and the interior.

As Heathcote explains:

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Longframe chaise longue by Alberto Meda for Alias, 2010

New Items from Alias in the DeTnk Collecting Design Market

16th July '10

We are very excited to announce that a wide range of items by internationally renowned manufacturer Alias is now available in the DeTnk Collecting Design Market. The selection available includes a variety of both indoor and outdoor furniture by some of their most iconic designers

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"Indutrial Makeshift" by Simon Hasan for Blink Festival, Northampton, 2010

"Industrial Makeshift" by Simon Hasan

July 23rd - August 1st ’10

Market Square
Northampton, UK

On July 23rd, as part of this year’s Blink Festival in Northampton, England, cutting-edge designer Simon Hasan will unveil his latest installation, “Industrial Makeshift”, which explores the intersecting themes commerce, craft and industry.

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Eames High-chair by Andrew McCandish and friends, featured in "TechnoCRAFT" exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2010

Exhibition: TechnoCRAFT

July 10th - October 3rd ’10

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, California

Now on view in San Francisco is an interesting exhibition curated by acclaimed designer Yves Behar. The show, titled “TechnoCRAFT”, explores how the boundary between the role of the designer and the consumer is disappearing.

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Skin Table + 1 by Nacho Carbonell, Industry Gallery "Getting to Now - Pathways to 21st Century Design", 2010

Getting to Now - Pathways to 21st Century Design

July 10th - August 21st ‘10

Industry Gallery
Florida Ave, Washington DC

Currently on view at Industry gallery in Washington DC is an exhibition entitled “Getting to Now - Pathways to 21st Century Design” that brings together works by such acclaimed designers as the Campagna Brothers, Shiro Kurimata, Marc Newson, and Forrest Myers in a retrospective glance at the development of contemporary design.

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"Bent Out of Shape" Exhibition at the Design Exchange in Toronto, 2010

Bent Out of Shape: Canadian Design 1945-Present

July 16th - Oct 10th '10

Design Exchange
Toronto, Canada 

The Design Exchange museum in Toronto, Canada is hosting an exhibition, entitled “Bent Out of Shape”, which chronicles Canadian industrial design from 1945 to present.

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