Photo: Peter Liu
For centuries, people have relied on the same types of maps. Whether a map is interactive or hand-colored in a book, it offers latitude and longitude as the key indexes for getting from point A to point B.But designer and software engineer Peter Liu thinks he’s come up with an entirely new way to think about mapping. What if our maps were arranged by time, instead of space?
Source: There’s An Entirely New Way Of Mapping The World, And It’s Brilliant | Co.Design
Dutch designer Ritsert Mans and scientist Peter Mooij created a wooden motorcycle that runs on algae to increase the visibility of the lesser known fuel source. “For every part of the bike, I looked to what nature could provide me with,†said Mans, who built the frame and springs with wood. He used cork for the dampeners and hemp for reinforcement.
Source: Dutch Designer Creates a Wooden Motorcycle Powered by Algae | Inhabitat
Here’s some geeky space content to close out the evening – Lunar is a short film created from still photographs from the Project Apollo Archive. It took brothers Christian and Wolfgang Stangl 18 months to complete…an incredible achievement. Enjoy!
LUNAR from Christian Stangl on Vimeo.
The Rise of the Creative Officer Or why creative innovation is making the move into the C-suite. The short answer? Superbly designed products and experience sell themselves. In today’s fast-paced economy where products and service can become obsolete within six months, consumers have become less responsive toward traditional marketing and advertising strategies.
Make plans to attend on May 4 at the Fine Line Music Caf̩ in Minneapolis as creative leaders Michael Fanuele, CCO General Mills, Tom Nowak, CCO Best Buy and Todd Waterbury, CCO Target Рtake the stage to discuss how creative innovation is making the move into the C-suite.
Moderated by Jayne Haugen Olson, VP Content, MSP Communications, the panel will talk about the growing trend by companies to elevate and expand the strategic role of creativity & design throughout their businesses.
EVENT DETAILS
DATE: Thursday, May 4, 2017
TIME: 5:30 p.m. Social Hour, 6:30 p.m. Program
PLACE: Fine Line Music Café; Minneapolis, Minnesota
La Fabrica is a 3,100 m2 cement factory located near Barcelona, Spain, which serves as the unique backdrop to local architect Ricardo Bofill‘s studio and home. the factory, which was first built in the post world war I era, is an architectural timeline of transformative vernacular having expanded through various styles as new functions called for an expanded program. the complex, providing a beautiful and varied series of spaces spanning from brutalist to surrealist with an industrial flavor, underwent a series of processes that converted the existing structure into a studio, gallery, garden, and home — a re-purposed city within an abandoned factory slowly engulfed by vegetation.
Source: La Fabrica- Ricardo Bofill’s Time Capsule Factory Renovation | Designboom
