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“X” Marks The Spot! #35
X Marks The Spot
08. Sep. 2010
By Le Vin Chin and Ania Dardas
| We’re very happy to report that a recent article we’ve written for British magazine |  |
| Interior Design Today, entitled “New Tools for Design from BASF”, has gone viral! The article has since been taken up by websites Architect News and Interior Design News, as well as being featured in magazines Commercial Interiors, Architects’ Choice and British Builder & Developer. The article features new BASF technology and products, such as Lumina Royal Blue, Paliocrom Brilliant Orange and Glacier Frost White, as well as our Design-MDF concept. Take a look: you might find some new inspiration! |
| News of two prestigious competitions: It’s that time of year |  |
| again: the Royal Institute of British Architects’ shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize has been released! (Sorry, we’re a bit late with the news since we haven’t had an “X” Marks The Spot! for a while.) Will it be Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI this year, or David Chipperfield’s The Neues Museum, or one of the two schools by dRMM and DSDHA? Check out the buildings on Dezeen and find out on October 2! |
| Meanwhile, the IDSA is launching their latest Design of the Decade |  |
| competition (submissions have just closed). The competition is meant to provoke a considered reflection on the ongoing and lasting impact of industrial design on the way we live. Eligible designs will have been launched between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 and will be judged by a panel which includes Chris Bangle, BMW’s former director of design, according criteria relating to societal and business impact under fifteen categories. |
| Mend it – don’t throw it away! Art, technology and society met in the past week in Linz, |  |
| Germany, as they have for more than 30 years, in September for the Ars Electronica media art festival from the 2nd to the 7th. A blend of symposium, exhibition, performance and interventions take this festival further than the average exposition into the realms of imagination and creativity. Located this year in the Tabakfabrik, an old tobacco processing plant, the event was a splendid workshop for testing novel ideas and new ways to take action. The main theme was “repair” and was accompanied by a call to arms: how can we begin to repair the very damaged world we live in? As ever, Ars Electronica was avant-garde festival, museum, media art lab and competition, all in one |
| In tune with the times, Première Vision (from September 14 to 16 |  |
| at Paris Nord Villepinte) has shaved its scheduling down to three days, but filled them to overflowing with shows, lectures and meetings. There are a range of new happenings at this year’s event: the second edition of the Première Vision Awards introduces a special Woolmark prize in addition to the Grand Jury, Innovation, Handle and Imagination prizes. Check out the new "Relax-Distinction" forum geared towards tailored through casual and Atelier Denim, situated at the heart of Relax. Despite a world economy that is still shaky, Première Vision is resolutely optimistic in its spirit of the season. In a celebration of offbeat chic, PV unites wool with cottons, chic with casual, brings yarn to the fore and lets texture speak clearly to the touch. |
| For innovation in the international commercial vehicle industry, the place to go is Hanover, |  |
| Germany – to the 63rd International Motor Show (IAA) from September 23 to 30. The theme shaping this year’s exhibition is “Commercial vehicles: efficient, flexible, future-proof.” Well over 1700 exhibitors from 41 countries have registered for the show and, as well as world, European and German premieres, there are special attractions such as test drives in light and heavy commercial vehicles, American trucks and the model car collectors’ fair "Automania". |