Impressions of Shoreditch

Shoreditch, this special corner of east London remains hugely popular. By and large Shoreditch remains young, cool, creative, upbeat and fun, as the digital scene thrives and with a viable art en fashion scene. It is a boost for small enterprises. The Trampery (Bevenden street) of tech entrepreneur Charles Armstrong is for instance located here. Feel the Shoreditch vibe underneath.

Boxpark. World’s first pop-up mall.
2-4 Bethnal Green

A mall consisting of shipping containers stacked together and repurposed  as individual brand outlets. Ranging from established names such as Puma to smaller outlets, such as Finnish clothes and homeware store Marimekko. Read more detailed information in the review of DesignWeek

tord boontje. Designer
23, charlotte road

New design shop of tord boontje opened last week.

Barber shop
Charlotte road

And wandering around in Shoreditch area.

They seem to be ready for the Olympic Games.

And I ended up at this great event “Worlds Collide” organised by APG London. Where speakers from the world of politics (Alistair Campbell), military (General Mike Jackson), advertising (David Droga) and activism (Jeremy Gilley) gave some inspirational thoughts and perspectives on strategy. Read here the blogpost “Believe you can, you’re halfway there” about the most inspirational thoughts of Droga and Campbell (in Dutch).

Trends in Interactive Design

Where interactive design is going in the near future and how to respond to it, according to Prophets Design A very nice presentation.

Dutch Profiles

Dutch Profiles are short documentaries about architects, graphic, product and fashion designers in the Netherlands. Containing interviews with both well-known and upcoming Dutch designers, Dutch Profiles focus on their conceptual approach, their work process, and the context of their projects. Certainly a series of beautiful and captivating portaits that are worth to watch! More documentaires are found at: dutchdfa

Design the New Business

Design the New Business is a film dedicated to investigating how designers and businesspeople are working together in new ways to solve the wicked problems facing business today. Rethinking business and design with human behaviour in mind. This short documentary is worth a watch!

Product design trends

A presentation on product design trends made by Diana V. Carrico. A good overview of the different design styles with very nice examples. Inspirational.

Polaboy

Art by day, light by night, the Polaboy is a giant luminous Polaroid frame. A clever idea, makes use of the vintage feeling we have got with Polaroid. And it’s a piece of personal art. Put your best photo in the frame.  Would like to have this….

THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS

Dr. Nakamats is an elderly, eccentric, Japanese inventor. He is apparently responsible for a staggering range of inventions, including the floppy disc. In his interviews, Nakamats described his “creativity process”, which includes listening to music and concludes with diving underwater, where he says he comes up with his best ideas and records them while underwater. Nakamatsu claims to benefit from lack of oxygen to the brain, making inventions “0.5 seconds before death”. Its death or invention

Retro style

Graphic design from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Look here for 50 or more illustrations: http://bit.ly/pI8u4y

I like this lamp!

Capitone is the new lamp collection designed by designer Oriol Llahona. Its made of a new translucent material developed for Alma Light, thecollection includes ceiling, suspension and wall lamp. Oriol Llahona was inspired by traditional padding. I think the result is lovely.

Visual thinking

David Armano is an expert on social media for business. He has an impressive visual thinking archive with nice images to quickly get your message across. Visit www.davidarmano.com for more information or have a look a Flickr for the images.