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People Portraits
ROADSPOTTER in Toronto: Todd Falkowsky / Motherbrand
Think Canadian souvenirs mean an endless
assortment of moose figurines and flasks of maple syrup? Think again.
At this year's edition of Come Up To My Room,
the souvenir shop as we know it will be transformed from a space for
tacky trinkets into a designer showcase featuring local designers’
interpretations of affordable Canadiana.
Michael Erdmann and Todd Falkowsky, of the industrial design collective Motherbrand,
first launched the idea of a designer souvenir shop last year, after
looking at the pre-existing market of mass-produced, inexpensive
Canadian keepsakes. Both felt that there was a opportunity to develop
Canadian-inspired products designed by arts and crafts students and
professionals that could be produced in bulk and remain affordable –
just like traditional souvenirs.
So in 2007, Erdmann and Falkowsky, both teachers at the Ontario College of Art and Design,
proposed a new addition to the popular Come Up To My Room event: a
temporary workshop/retail environment selling souvenirs designed by
their students.
Given the enthusiastic response, Motherbrand, in partnership with the Gladstone, decided to make this temporary shop a bit more permanent. This year, they opened the project up to artists and designers from across the country. The goal? “To fill the role of the hotel gift shop in a way that reflects the genuine interest and commitment to local at and design culture,” said Erdmann.
But these “souvenirs” aren’t your run-of-the-mill maple leaf mugs and dream catchers. Instead, you’ll find Patty Johnson’s maple leaf-shaped toy tops crafted from maple wood (shown); silver antler rings by Anneke van Bommel; or even dolls with former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s face silkscreened on them wearing a variety of outfits by Ola Rahatka.
In addition to the fully operational Souvenir Shop, which will be installed in room 312 during CUTMR, the products will also be available year round through the hotel’s front desk (where they will be displayed), in in-room catalogues and the online store – www.thesouvenirshop.ca.
People Portraits
Prof. Peter Raacke: Designmai 07 Berlin
The perfect backdrop to visit Professor Peter Raacke in the Germanys capital.
Scene of the Crime: Sushi Circle & Haus am Waldsee
Weapons: Camera, microphone and many questions
© DS TV 2007, producer: Ioanna Paraskeva
City + Country Portraits
The Design Project: Paris, ENSAD
ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS
ENSAD was founded in 1767 and is now a fully fledged design faculty. The project team have been founded from different disciplines and have come together for the GLK project.
Event Reports
Design & Emotion
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe present over 200 items detached from traditional classifications of function, style, materials.
This exhibition focuses on the visceral appeal of products and defines the popular concept of emotional design.
People Portraits
Sagmeister 08
"Things I have learned in my life", Stefan Sagmeister Show in SOHO/New York.
Watch out for the video, realized by HillmanCurtis film and video.
City + Country Portraits
GreenPix Documentary
GreenPix: 2,200 sqm LED media wall powered by solar panels. Alexandra Lerman published a documentary about the GreenPix on which Simon Giostra, founder of Simone Giostra & Partners, explains the challenge to design and build this gigantic media wall, with the help of engineering experts ARUP.
People Portraits
Design + Emotion: Manfred Gotta
Twingo, Megaperls an Smart - Manfred Gotta is Germany´s name inventor number one.
See the interview (in german) in the course of the Design + Emotion exhibition of the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe.
Event Reports
KISD Graduation 2008: phase08
One of the older more cultivated traditions at the Köln International School of Design is to send the graduates of the design department off with a great display and even greater festivity and to celebrate with them an exhibition. DS TV took a look around.
© DS TV 2008, producer: Ioanna Paraskeva
City + Country Portraits
KaBoom! by PES
If every war would be like this it would rain flowers instead of bombs.
take a look at their site: www.EatPES.com
Event Reports
PREVIEW imm cologne 09: Trend Board + trend book
The latest trend book edition for the imm cologne features the Interior Trends for 2009. The overwhelming response received in previous years demonstrates that this annual book provides a detailed reference work not only for exhibitors, visitors and journalists...
© DS TV 2008, producer: Ioanna Paraskeva
Event Reports
Chris O´Shea: Audience
Audience, conceived by rAndom International, is an installation consisting of around 64 head-size mirror objects. Each object moves its head in a particular way to give it different characteristics of human behaviour. Some chat amongst themselves, some shy away and others confidently move to grab your attention.
