Did you know that 80's aesthetic actually came from a group of designers? Take a look at this 6 min video by Vox to find out more! #blog #TheDesignBloc #1980s #80s #productdesign #design #graphicdesign #architects

Every year, The DesignBloc takes a trip to New York and immerses into one of the the greatest weeks in the world of design: New York Design Week! ICFF features what’s best and what’s next in contemporary design, luxury interiors and high end furniture. Extraordinary styles by top international furniture brands and emerging new talent highlight unique furnishings, seating, wall covering, carpeting, accessories, lighting, kitchen, bath, outdoor furniture and more. ICFF takes ov

Who doesn’t love a good app? Well, Urban Planners and Designers today is your day with the arrival of 5 new APPS. Check out the brief descriptions below: 1. StreetMix Giving you the ability to redesign a street instantly without the hassle of political channels, community meetings or extensive planning and devising hunched over maps. Don’t fret yet, it’s not an actual data-driven planning tool. 2. WideNoise Allows users the ability to track noise pollution across an entire

Scandinavian Design Group, one of Norway’s oldest graphic design studios, has just created an interactive installation for Norway’s branch of Lundin Petroleum, Sweden’s largest oil company. The installation went live at a Scandinavian energy conference. But when Lundin asked Scandinavian Design Group for a proposal for their booth, they proposed something that actually isn’t a booth at all: An undulating ceiling of honey-colored tubes that would rhythmically move in response

A graduate from the Royal College of Art has claimed to have developed a silk leaf that could create oxygen for space travel and make the air better here on Earth. Julian Melchiorri, along with the silk lab from Tufts University, is responsible for this new idea. The leaf is created from a mix of protein extracted from silk and chloroplasts and when exposed to light and water, the leaf supposedly acts just like our friends already on the trees and produces oxygen. Currently,

William Pedersen, that’s right, one of the names behind Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), staffed his own booth at the ICFF and presented his new furniture collection titled “Loop de Loop.” His new furniture series features a set of chairs made with curved carbon-steel forms to resemble a body in forward motion. The collection includes a side chair, dining chair, chaise, lounge chair with ottoman, and the promise of a rocker in the future. When the architect was asked why he started d

Tired of chaining your bike outside or taking the wheel with you into the office? Have you taken a vacation and wish you had your bike with you? Now you can, thanks to Lucid Design. They have recently unveiled a full-sized bike that can fit into a backpack! This lightweight bike breaks down into 21 pieces that are then packed into a circular bag. The pieces twist and lock together making assembly quick and easy. The frame is constructed from lightweight aluminum tubes that us

The "Explosion Cabinet" by Sabastian Errazuriz Quick Facts // maple, glass, and stainless steel 29 1/4 x 56 x 15 7/8 in. (74.30 x 142.24 x 40.48 cm) carnegie museum of art, pittsburgh, women’s committee acquisition fund This will be a picturebook addition. No explanations needed here. Enjoy! [all images courtesy of sebastian errazuriz] Palladio I Designer I The DesignBloc #wood #furniture #furnituredesign #design #craft #creativity #art #productdesign #product

Okay, so it's not really a birthmark, but it sure does come close to one! Google, Motorola, and VivaLnk inc have come to the conclusion that unlocking our phone by typing or swiping our finger is just too annoying for us to handle. According to their research, "the average mobile phone user spends 2.3 seconds to access their phone, approximately 39 times a day", and because of this horrific time loss, things just had to change around here. World peace has to take a back seat

Shwood is a purveyor of fine hand crafted wooden eyewear. Cut, shaped, assembled, finished and shipped all from its office in Portland. Their slogan is "Experiment with Nature," and that is just what they do. Everything from the concepts to manufacturing and packaging all started as an experiment in their wood shop. Starting with Zebrawood to Walnut, and everything in between, they are able to craft just about any type of sunglasses that you could imagine. Not into the wood g