Core77 Newsletter - September 2011

		September 2011 Greetings Design Fans, Ahhh...the city is cooling down and many design schools are opening their doors today for the Fall semester. It's the start of new beginnings and here at Core77 and we're excited to announce the redesign of our beloved Design Directory, where business finds design. And to celebrate the start of school, we've lined up a great month of feature articles, opinion pieces and learning series dedicated to rethinking design education with columns from our editor-in-chief Allan Chochinov, Jeanne-Marie Olsen of Design for America, Don Norman, Andy Polaine, Ravi Sawhney and Ziba's Industrial Design Director Paul Backett. MCAD's Sustainable Design program director Cindy Gilbert is biking 1000+ miles from Montana to Minnesota to raise money for need-based scholarships and sharing with our readers some of the regions sustainable design challenges and solutions along the way. Finally, revive your origami skills and break out the paper; our book review of Paul Jackson's Folding Techniques for Designers will kickstart some new ideas about forms and shape. Check out the gallery from the New York International Gift Fair and look forward to our coverage of upcoming Design Festivals from around the world including London, Valencia, Beijing and Vienna... To new seasons and new ideas, Core jr.
		CORE77 DESIGN DIRECTORY: REDESIGNED Core77 relaunched DesignDirectory.com, a searchable directory listing professional design firms offering services across a wide array of fields. New features introduced in the redesign include improved searching with larger, image-based results, more browsing options, and a focus on individual projects to showcase firms' work. Monthly plans and add-ons are available to meet firms' exposure needs, and the new design is built on top of the detailed firm listings and increased traffic our SEO and strategic partnership with Bloomberg Businessweek provides. Visit DesignDirectory.com, where business finds design!   1000 WORDS OF ADVICE: STARTING A NEW DESIGN PROGRAM For the past year Core77 Editor in Chief Allan Chochinov has been putting together the bones of a new MFA program in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, welcoming its first students in the fall of 2012. So now it's a year in and a year away, Chochinov has taken time to document some of the thoughts and strategies and arguments for the new program, and lay the groundwork for the certain learning ahead.   TEACH LESS, INTEGRATE MORE Many of today's Industrial Design programs ask their students to be social scientists, technologists, business analysts and brand strategists—just about everything. The reality is, most of these skills are best learned through experience on the job, and the traditional ID skill set still makes for the best foundation: framing the problem, exploring ideas, making prototypes and storytelling. Paul Backett, Industrial Design Director of Ziba, shares five pillars for rethinking design education.   RIDING THE TALK: A SUSTAINABILITY ROADTRIP 2.5 Weeks + 1000 Miles + 4 States + Countless Encounters. Follow Cindy Gilbert, director of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design program on Sustainable Design, as she bikes 1000+ miles from Montana to Minnesota in an effort to raise need-based scholarship money for students. Along the way, she will be exploring the region's sustainable design challenges and solutions as met by the people, places, products, and services that she encounters: from water scarcity to living in the food desert.   BOOK REVIEW: FOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNERS BY PAUL JACKSON Preeminent origami artist Paul Jackson distills years of teaching the 3D art of paper folding to design students in a beautifully illustrative book. Paper is just one type of sheet material. When you break the plane, you create dimension and form. I think it should inspire the reader to take something good—a sketch, a form "module" if you will—and find out how far it can go, how else it can be applied and transformed. Reviewed by Daniel Stillman.   PHOTO GALLERY: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL GIFT FAIR (SUMMER 2011) Featuring everyone from large international design houses to small independent designers, this seasons fair was all about getting business done with a few new products launches. Trends include bamboo kitchenware, chalkboard paint on products and exhibition stands and one-liner gift items.
		Arthur Kenzo Shanghai, China Zoe Lacchei Rome, Italy Agnieszka Weglarska Warsaw, Poland Clément Lagneau Paris, France Thomas Balaguer San Francisco, California
		Communications Designer Core77 New York City, New York Senior Industrial Designer Steelcase, Inc. Grand Rapids, Michigan Footwear Designer - Action Sports Nike, Inc. Portland, Oregon	Visual Designer - UI/UX IDEO Palo Alto, California Product and Packaging Designer Fred & Friends Cumberland, Rhode Island Junior Product and Packaging Designers Seymourpowell London, UK Find more jobs on Coroflot!
		Featured Event: Hello Etsy: A Summit on Small business and Sustainability September 17 – 18 Berlin, Germany & other locations IDSA International Conference - Community: You.Me.We. September 14 – 17, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana Call for Proposals: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Deadline: September 15, 2011 Urban Design Week 2011 September 15 – 20, 2011 New York City, NY Competition: AIGA China International Design Competition: 2012 Year of the Dragon Deadline: September 27, 2011 2011 IDA Congress, Taipei October 24 – 26, 2011 Taipei, Taiwan Find more design events on our calendar!
		How Pencils Are Made Stencils That Will Blow Your Mind The Inkling: A Wacom Tablet without the Tablet Bicycle Self-Repair Vending Machines Apple Updating 5th Avenue Cube with New Glass Technology
		WTF [Ed. Note: Ekranoplans Thread] "What is this thing besides freakin' crazy awesomeness?" by halocooter So When You Think You Got Screwed on a Job, Remember This "The Keurig Machine inventor gets 50k for stake in multi billion dollar business, read it and weep. The inside story of Keurig's rise—a tale unlikely, ultra-caffeinated, and sometimes explosive..." by zippyflounder Good Resources on India Aesthetics? "Anyone have experience designing housewares and appliances for urban apartment dwellers in India? I am looking for reliable resources on product aesthetics in India—less on what is currently available, more on what is selling and what is considered progressive and sophisticated and desirable to those consumers. Any and all feedback will be appreciated. Thanks." by bcpid The Enormous IKEA Industrial Fan & Favorite Projects "Just made an Ikea trip today and noticed something I think you guys might find interesting (even though it may not be very new). In the warehouse section there are these huge overhead fans. They look like some crazy propeller for a bomber or something..." by callil Get in on the action in our discussion forums
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