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The "Good Design Award" is Japan's only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origins in the "Good Design Selection System" (generally known as the "G-Mark System") instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957. Having achieved to build a foundation to nurture the industry and design of Japan, many participation from every country in the world have been joining this award as a synthetic design evaluation system, and the awarded designs count more than 30,000 items so far. At the time this system was created, the concept of "design" was scarcely given a second thought in Japan. The system was therefore created as a policy measure for bringing about the simultaneous development of everyday life and industry. More and more companies have begun to incorporate design into industrial activities, and the system itself has continued to expand and develop with the participation of these companies. The fields with which it is concerned have spread from consumer goods to industrial goods, public facilities, and even beyond industrial field such as ecological activities. Good Design Award has developed today into a comprehensive design evaluation system that centers on industrial products but includes products in a wide variety of fields such as architecture, the environment, communication and even experimental design in state-of-the-art technical fields and business models that have design at their core. Today most consumers support the "Good Design Award." All Japanese companies that have incorporated design into their operations and are engaged in state-of-the-art production are participating in this system.

The scope of the "Good Design Award" now transcends mere evaluation of design, and this system is now beginning to play a dynamic role in getting us to think about basic matters such as the lives we should be living and how industry can undergo continuous development.

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Small chair, upholstered seat with core of laminated plywood, lacquered steel rod, Size :: H:58 W:52 D:48 cm.

Designer :: Andreas Engesuik / norway says

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The original creation of world-famous designer Ora-Ïto, the new Brick expresses a lucid playfulness in a user-friendly, portable storage solution. Stack & Play multiple LaCie Brick Hard Drives (Mobile and Desktop) to add vibrant colors to your computing life while expanding capacity and saving desk space. Available in 3 colors (red, white and blue), it comes with either USB 2.0 interface or USB 2.0 & FireWire dual interfaces. Use this compact and lightweight drive to conveniently back up important files on the road or share and exchange data with others anywhere – whether on PC or Mac.

lacie

Via the cool hunter

”…like at grandmothers home – all her best furniture are always covered in plastic so they don’t get dirty.”

Inside out – a non typical experience of the materials; to have the warm soft material, that usual would be in contact with the body, is here closed in between two layers of transparent acrylic. As well the flower-motifs are closed inside the acrylic, so you have the visual contact with the softness and the decoration – You can see but not touch…With this concept we have made a collection of prototypes of stools/tables and chaise lounge. You can have two different principles; the decoration can be done as a print on the acrylic, like this creating coloured reflections on the side of the furniture; otherwise cutting out the pattern directly in the felt, obtaining transparency in the object. As a curious detail the felt is coming out from the acrylic, turned and fastened as a pillow for the head.

GAM plus FRATESI

This flexible chair is as comfortable as it is sleek. It is available in low and high back versions both available with an matching ottoman.

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feiz design studio was founded in 1998, by industrial designer Khodi Feiz and graphic designer Anneko Feiz - van Dorssen. They specialize in the fields of product design, furniture design, graphic and identity design, strategic and new concepts design, interior and exhibition design. Their work has received numerous awards and has been featured in exhibitions and publications worldwide.

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Connects with anything You can connect the speakers to any audio-device in your home/office, this can be computers, stereos, televisions, walkmans or portable mp3-players. Wireless
Your music is transmitted to the speakers by wireless broadcasting, so you can take the music with you cooking in the kitchen or dancing on the terrace. Charging tripod
Leave the speakers on their tripods when you are not on the move and they will recharge their batteries for another day of music, also while playing.

Inoda + Sveje

Via stylehive

Moxbox is innovation, hands-on craftsmanship and an ever-present sense of the purity of form. The designs merge geometry with art to create clean lines, balanced shapes and eye-catching splashes of color that express the dynamics of harmony. Moxbox furniture communicates a sophisticated spirit that captures the vitality of contemporary living spaces.

Design :: Moxbox

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Designer :: Rodrigo Torres

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