New work in the the fine art gallery

Stink i - Self Portrait 

Very cool use of 3D-printing - mushroom roots "could be used to build houses"

Mushroom roots can "build a table, an interior, or even a house" - Eric Klarenbeek from Dezeen on Vimeo.

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: designer Eric Klarenbeek’s Mycelium chair, which takes its name from the extensive threadlike root structure of fungi, combines organic matter with bioplastics to make a light and strong composite material that can be 3D-printed. Klarenbeek found that fungus grows quickly on straw, so used powdered straw mixed with water and mycelium to make an aggregate that could be 3D-printed.

The possibilities opened up by this material are many, Klarenbeek claims. "It could be a table, or a whole interior, and that’s where it becomes interesting for me. It's really strong, solid, lightweight and insulating. We could [even] build a house!"

National Endowment for the Arts published report on Valuing Industrial Design

the National Endowment for the Arts published report in August of 2013 on valuing industrial design. It is worth reviewing as it is relevant and timely report about our rapidly evoling field. 

Valuing-Industrial-Design

http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Valuing-Industrial-Design.pdf

The National Endowment for the Arts to Host Webinar Series on International Design Initiatives

          The National Endowment for the Arts to Host Webinar Series on International Design Initiatives Sessions on March 19, May 7, and June 18, 2014 are Free and Will be Archived for Later Viewing - See more at: http://arts.gov/news/2014/national-endowment-arts-host-webinar-series-international-design-initiatives#sthash.7LajurAS.Py7MVGSw.dpuf

For more information go to: http://arts.gov/news/2014/national-endowment-arts-host-webinar-series-international-design-initiatives

The American designer Mark Anderson illustrates the characteristics of Laurameroni's luxury furniture and focuses on Lightwall

In Laurameroni Design's showroom in via Durini in Milan, the American designer Mark Anderson illustrates the characteristics of Laurameroni's luxury furniture and focuses on Lightwall, the new product he has recently created for the brand. It incorporates in its concept architecture, furniture and lighting and the basic idea of it combines wall panels and lighting. The intension of this project is in fact to make a functional fusion between a decorative wall panel and lamp.

Laurameroni Design proposes a design in which difference and uniqueness prevail, as well expressed by the company's philosophy, "Be Different Be Unique" 

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