Calling all students attending the 2010 IDSA International Conference in Portland, OR: you’ve got a chance to win your very own fully loaded 64GB 3G iPad! Show us your creative chops. (more…)
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Archive for the ‘Creativity’ Category
Thought for Food: LUNAR’s DIY Food Container Design Contest at the IDSA International Conference
July 26th, 2010
Koo Rocks: ICFF Round Up
May 25th, 2010
It’s been two weeks since the close of ICFF and our heads are still spinning. The unveiling went swimmingly, with the LUNAR team just as delighted with the reactions to our piece as the show goers were with Koo. We were tickled to see the smiles creep onto the faces of attendees as they saw the transformation from bassinet to rocker, and were thrilled to hear over and over “I want one!”
When we had a spare moment to sneak away from the booth, these were some of the things we took in:
Some nice debuts. Council has a nice breadth for their 4 young years, including the new Swarm piece from Mike+Maaike.
Several rocking pieces, from rocking lawn lounger to a rocking bed. Is this some kind of recession/post-recession return to the womb?
Molo is nicely expanding their unique collection of honeycomb cardboard furniture into lighting. We loved their cardboard house and the lamps displayed as clouds around it. Playful and attractive!
Loved the Tom Dixon booth/ mini factory. Hats off to the effort of a well established designer pushing for local/ DIY manufacturing. Being able to see the assembly process, better understand the manufacturing process and even buy a product on the spot was quite new for a professional trade-show. But maybe I’m just a process geek!
Anne Kyyro Quinn’s Bespoke acoustic wall panels: very crafty and stunning felt wall panels. Simple idea, beautiful result. Would love some of them in our upcoming new office!
In general, lots of raw and crafty materials, many indigenous process and designer featured with very high quality and unique pieces.
We could not be happier with our first run at ICFF. Looking forward to next year! And since getting back to San Francisco, Koo has been getting overwhelmingly positive response. Bloggers, retailers and mommies everywhere are singing the praise of multifunctional baby gear that actually looks great.
Here’s what folks are saying:
Apartment Therapy
Notcot
Inhabitot
Design Milk
If you’d like to get updated with our progress on bringing Koo to the market, email talk@lunar.com to be put on our list.
LUNAR heads to ICFF. Presenting: KOO
May 13th, 2010
Connections and mutations in the network
April 27th, 2010
A Value Creation Icon-o-Cast
The Internet is bringing about unprecedented growth in connections between people, with implications for how we address major social issues, everyday problems and design challenges. (more…)
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An evolution of traditional art
March 31st, 2010
Created by designer Naoto Fukasawa for Japanese paper company Onao, the ‘siwa’ collection represents an evolution in Japanese traditional art. (more…)
The Importance of Facial Features
March 4th, 2010
The tactile controls of an electronic, interactive product — buttons, dials and even the “off” switch — form its most recognizable aspects, or “facial features.” Choosing which controls to use and how they appear has an enormous impact on the impact the product makes on first impression. (more…)
Gesture Cube—No need to touch
February 9th, 2010
As designers at LUNAR Europe, part of our job is to question and re-think existing product concepts. This daily routine becomes imperative when the product uses break-through technology.
Our most recent project involved creating a new product and interaction concept based on 3D gestural control. (more…)
A Curie Motor
October 13th, 2009
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
In this Icon-o-Cast video, LUNAR’s Bob Lane demos his ingenious Curie Motor for Gretchen Anderson. Bob’s device was featured recently at the San Francisco Exploratorium. (more…)
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5th Annual Bay Area Design Dodgeball Tournament
October 7th, 2009
We just got our tshirts back from Babylon Burning — still warm from the press — with “Dodgeball 2009” emblazoned across the front in crisp black ink. It’s time to get our game faces on. (more…)
Let’s get physical
September 23rd, 2009
Speaking at the upcoming IDSA National Conference in Miami Sept. 23-26, LUNAR’s Director of Interaction Design, Gretchen Anderson, will discuss the role of “facial features” in product design. (more…)
Odosketch
September 10th, 2009
Green Water
September 7th, 2009
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
In this special edition of Icon-o-Cast, LUNAR’s John Edson shares a presentation he gave at the 2009 Sustainable Brands conference in which he discussed applying sustainable design principles through a framework developed by LUNAR to the problem of distributing water. (more…)
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No Touching!
August 22nd, 2009
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
Our devices know which way we’re moving and how dark it is outside. They look us in the face with cameras while we’re tweeting away. (more…)
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