Request your kindly approval for citing your product on our thesis article and publishing on the Journal of Design
October 27, 2008 – 2:02 pm
[email from last week]
Dear Sirs,
We are industrial design scholars who have been proceeding the research for Humor Product Design. Your impressive products on the web site are valuable to our research. It would be very helpful if we can get your kindly approval for citing your product images on our thesis article and publishing on the Journal of Design.
Following is the detail information:
Authors:
Ming-Huang Lin, Yu-Min Fang, and Shih-Hung Cheng
Institute of Applied Arts, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Thesis Article Title:
“The Intention, Depth and Technique of expression in Humor Product Design”
The published Journal:
Journal of Design; ISSN 1606-8327
(Journal of Design is a Chinese-language, peer-reviewed journal for all areas of design)
WebSite: http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/
We deeply appreciate your contribution to the product design. We guarantee that our comments on these products are positive, and your approval will only limit to academic research, not associate with any form of commercial activity. We are looking forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance!
Best Regard,
Ming-Huang Lin, PhD (Professor); Yu-Min Fang, MD; and Shih-Hung Cheng MD
Institute of Applied Arts, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
São Paulo Design Capital of the World, October 23rd - 24th
October 24, 2008 – 10:39 am
BOOM SP DESIGN - Conference to promote Architecture, Design and Art in Brazil.
Featured speakers: Karim Rashid, Ricardo Ohtake, Todd Bracher, Arne Quinze e Chico Bicalho, Greg Foley, Albrecht Bangert
Chico Bicalho will talk about how he got his start as a designer, Kikkerland Design, the Critter Wind-up family, humor in design, and no doubt the importance of trees.
Born in Brazil, Chico attended Rhode Island School of Design where his Critters are a best selling item in the school’s design shop RISD Works. Now residing in Rio de Janeiro with his wife and design partner Isabella Torquato, they spend thier time creating new wind-ups, fantastic stories, and planting over 105 thousand trees of over 150 different species native to the Atlantic Forest.
Phillies’ Coach uses Decorative Ducks to help players Relax
October 22, 2008 – 9:16 am
From a phrase uttered by Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley: “Get the duck out of your butt.” Utley told manager Charlie Manual to get the duck out during a recent playoff game when things were not going well.
Basically asking him to Relax.
A light bulb with a devilish smile went off and the Phillies’ coach ordered specially designed ducks for each player’s locker as they prepare tonight’s first game of the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of easing the tension. Some duck’s matched players personalities better than others, like Brett Myers, a fan of heavy metal music got one with skulls on it.
Rubber duckies have come a long way since Ernie had us singing along on Sesame Street. They are now made of non-phthalate PVC…a non toxic lead free silicone-like material, unlike those actual ‘rubber’ ducks we use to suck on as children.
Kikkerland Design is now the exclusive distributor in North America of the Australian based Bud Luxury Ducks. There are currently twenty-six different styles to help you relax at Kikkerland retailers across the country.
And who would know better about selling ducks than the Kikkerland retailer Ducky Shop at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN., one of Memphis’ most popular attractions. The Peabody Ducks march to and from the Grand Lobby at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. in a time-honored tradition dating back to 1933. They carry many styles of Luxury Ducks, Aroma Ducks and Kikkerland Quacky Keychains.
More retailers include Miami Art Museum of Dade; Design Warehouse in Sante Fe, NM; General Home Store in East Hampton, NY; Kid Dynamo, Berkeley, CA.
World Tour Planned for the Smallest Table in it
October 22, 2008 – 7:02 am
”…it’s like in the early 1900’s Victorian era when guests would retire to the parlor to participate in various games and activites”, design historian Grace Jeffers on attending a viewing of the World’s Smallest Table, where the table must be viewed with a magnifying glass.
NEW YORK CITY, October 22, 2008. Just back from the September 2008 MAISON & OBJET show in Paris, the smallest table in the world is planning a hop around the globe. The tiny table is a replica of the big table designed by Jan Habraken and Sergio Maninno for Kikkerland Design at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in May. The tiny table was ‘built’ in Italy by Jozeph Forakis at the cost of $1500. The World’s Smallest Table made it’s debut at the Dieu Donné Art Gallery in New York City during Design Week in May this year.
Actual Big Table is 13ft, or 396.24cm (rendering above)
396.24cm = 3962.4mm
3,962.4 divided by 500 = 7.924mm in Length, or precisely 1/500 scale.
The tiny table is exactly 7.924mm in Length, or precisely 1/500th scale.
In other words, if you take 500 of the Little Big Tables and line them up end-to-end, they will be the same length as the 13ft Big Table.
The 3D modeling took over 20 hours: most of that time was spent perfecting the “draping” & “folding” effect of the tablecloth to get it just right.
It is made using ultra-high resolution 3D-printing technology, with a special resin that is being used, among other applications, for highly detailed, high precision, small scale jewelry.
The Bordeaux color is the natural color of the resin…which is a good thing: at this scale, any attempt to paint the Little Big Table would have dramatically diminished the surface detailing and would have been the equivalent of adding 3-5cm of thickness in scale.
Dates and locations for the Smallest Table in the World will be announced before the end of the year.
Grace Jeffers, Josh Owen and Roberto Bertoia at the Dieu Donné Art Gallery in New York City during Design Week, May 2008.
Cover Story
October 15, 2008 – 1:52 pm
Early Kikkerland Design Trade Catalogs designed by Pieter Woudt. Pieter is Kikkerland’s first and foremost designer. He created the Kikkerland logo, designed all of the Kikkerland catalogs and has lent his graphic style to most of Kikkerland’s package designs.
Top right yellow cover is from 1996 to the current bottom left kraft cover. Prior to 1996, the catalogs were black and white copies with card stock covers. Note the evolution of the Kikkerland logo.
