Monday, November 23, 2009

Attune featured in the Hon D.C. showroom



The HON Company Revitalizes Washington D.C. Showroom.
The 6,700 square-foot showroom also houses a number of additional new HON products, including the Attune Laminate Series by Qdesign.

Friday, November 20, 2009


About this talk
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature -- they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy -- and creating stunning views.


About Bjarke Ingels
Theory meets pragmatism meets optimism in Bjarke Ingels' architecture. His big-think approach is informed by a hands-on, ground-up understanding of the needs of a building's occupants and… Full bio and more links



National Geographic's awesome "Ultimate Factories." Check out this excerpt from their inside look at an Ikea factory, where we can see what makes the LACK table so rigid: board-on-frame technology, similar to what's inside hollow-core doors.
It's one thing to understand the technology, which is not that complicated; but it's super-cool to see it being cranked out at the factory.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009


COLORLESS_eco friendly package

A convex logo substitutes colorfully sprayed can.
Naked can help to reduce air and water pollution occurred in its coloring process. It also reduces energy and effort to separate toxic color paint from aluminum in recycling process. Huge amount of energy and paint required to manufacture colored cans will be saved.
Instead of toxic paint, manufacturers process aluminum with a pressing machine that indicates brand identity on surface.

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/COLORLESS/342938

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

What’s It Like Where You Work?

Leadership, trust, and communication are more important than ever, but if your organization is like many today, the intense focus on cost-containment and fears about the economy dominate the conversation. See if this thought-provoking video resonates with what it's like in your company. (created by Team Builders Plus)

Monday, November 9, 2009

What is Architecture?

Architecture from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

This is a short film by MAYA Design about architecture in its broadest sense. This film is a companion piece to our film about information. For more information visit: http://www.maya.com/the-feed/what-is-information-architecture

Trillions

video from Maya Research that illustrates the hugeness of our digital future: trillions of networked computers representing all scales of information and objects will make up the edgeless ecology of information that we'll be floating in. This is but a small preview of a larger project, so be sure to stay tuned.


Trillions from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

This is a short film (a fast paced preview of a larger effort) by MAYA Design created to put some perspective on the invisible but fast approaching challenges and opportunities in the pervasive computing age. For more information please visit: http://www.maya.com/practices/research