Women in Industrial Design Show 2014
The first Women in Industrial Design Show sponsored by WID of IDSA for San Francisco Design Week. Saturday, June 14, 2014
No worries! You can check out the selected designers here: 2014 Selected Designers
Coming up will be some pictures from the show! Look out for posts to come.
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With this Symphony called lamp the Russian designer Anna Strupinskaya explored the connection between light and sound waves. The three ribbons are made of semi translucent silicon.
(via whatisindustrialdesign)
Frost Series / FRONT
The new series Frost by Front is inspired by the Scandinavian climate and the beauty of ice forming on the outside of windows in the winter. The partially frosted glass gives the jug and glasses a sense of Nordic cold and refreshment.
(via whatisindustrialdesign)
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Norwegian designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen exhibited her 365 knitting clock at DMY International Design Festival Berlin. The clock includes a circular knitting machine with 48 needles, a thread spool, a thread holder, and roll of yarn. The design seeks to make time a tangible, physical thing. It moves clockwise and after one year, creates a scarf two meters long. (via designmilk)
To see more of her work click here: sirenelisewilhelmsen.com
(Source: design-milk.com)
Afas modular furniture by Lina Alorabi
“Egyptian art, both modern and ancient, is filled with repetitive geometric patterns. Whether its zigzag line representing the waves of the Nile or repeated turned wood latticework that create mashrabeya. The same repetitive concept is used to make humble vegetable crates from palm fronds.
The Afas modular table can be used as a side or coffee table. It can also be stacked to create shelving. The table is made to be used however the user wishes.”
To see more images of this product, click here.
See more of this designer’s work here: linaalorabi.com
(via whatisindustrialdesign)
Brooklyn-based independent furniture designer Katy Skelton recently launched her eponymous online store, selling American-made designs that are built upon the principle of socially responsible manufacturing practices. Her collection is chock-full of modern yet nostalgic designs for the bedroom, dining and living room, and home office.
Click through to see the whole gallery of her work on designmilk.
(Source: design-milk.com)
Ti Chang is a San Francisco-based industrial designer. After receiving her BS in Industrial Design from Georgia Institute of Technology, she went on to get her MA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London. She worked for major consumer brands before she designed her own line of intimate jewelry and accessories (Incoqnito). Crave is her latest venture, in which she is a co-founder and lead of design. She was awarded a GOOD Design Award for her design of the Duet Lux.
Seriously, is there a more fulfilling endeavor than this? To bring pleasure to women is my way of helping to make the world a better place. The way I see it, sexually satisfied women means happier relationships, which means happier couples, marriages, and children, and eventually… peace on earth. And I’m only half joking.
See more of her work here: tc-studio.com
See her work with Crave here: lovecrave.com
GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN, Desk, model no. 6200, ca. 1952. Plastic-laminated wood, walnut-veneered wood, painted tubular metal and painted metal. Manufactured by Glenn of California, USA. / Phillips
A woman’s touch is no longer a rarity in tech, product and furniture designs. The first IDSA-sponsored Women in Industrial Design Show on June 14 invites you to celebrate the emerging and established women in industrial design from across the USA. Hosted by AstroStudios and Coalesse during San Francisco Design Week, the show will celebrate design talents and diversity of industrial design. Join us for an evening of design elegance and get inspired in the company of leading designers, journalists and other industry specialists.
Tickets for the highly anticipated Women in Industrial Design show are available HERE.
Early Bird - $10
General Admission (at the door) - $15
Date and Time
Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 6-10pm
Panel Discussion @ 7pm-8pm (Panelist TBD)
Location
Astro Studios
348 Sixth St., Ground floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
The ticket includes admission, hors d'oeuvres and beverage service along with admission to the panel discussion. We are a non-profit. All proceeds will be used to cover the event.
Huge thank you to our awesome sponsors: Astro Studios, Coalesse, Crave, Chairs & Cups, The Bold Italic, IDEO, Here, Monkey Wrench Design, CoolHunting, Lunar Design, BRD Motorcycles, and Bassett & Partners.
“There is without doubt institutional prejudice in the furniture industry”
Opinion: there’s no excuse for excluding women from the design conversation in Milan, says Kieran Long who offers a ready-made Rolodex for a fairer male/female split.
This column is intended as a service to design, and to address a practical problem that is in acute focus during Milan furniture fair week. The problem is the shocking lack of women designers who are allowed to participate in product and furniture design, either as designers or voices in the discussion about the field.
Kieran Long provides us with a list of established and upcoming female designers while pointing out the gender gap in product design.
Click the image for the full lists and article on dezeen.
Save the Date!
Saturday, June 14th is the night of the first ever Women in Industrial Design Show as part of San Francisco Design Week. Be sure to look out for tickets as the date arrives. See you there!
Isabelle Olsson is Google Glass’ lead industrial designer. Click through to read more about how she changed the way that this piece of wearable tech can be seen. (via Fast Company)
Décolleté, Set of Decanter and Wine Glasses by Yasemin Uyar
Décolleté wine decanter has a wide neck and with a diagonal lip, which makes it easier to clean. The accompanying wine glasses are stem free with a rounded based. The glasses perfectly match the decanter’s angled neck.
See more of Décolleté and the process behind its making: here.
Check out more of this designer’s work here: behance.net/yaseminuyar
Swedish studio front is an all-women design group that produced this collection for Thonet. The ‘Coat Rack Bench’ uses design elements from iconic Thonet designs to marry the functions of sitting and of the coat rack into one piece.
(via designboom)
See more of front’s work here: frontdesign.se
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