Website about design movement, news, history etc. in Hungary http://designterminal.hu

The idea of CZECHDESIGN.CZ is to provide quality information about design, designers and everything what is related to design to all sympathizers of design, to persuade producers that quality design is needed, to introduce Czech design abroad, to focus on the designer’s presentations. Website CZECHDESIGN.CZ has arisen from a university student’s initiative and it is managed by non-profit Association CZECHDESIGN.CZ. You can easily find information about present events in design, history of design, designers, portfolios and also links to some additional information.

Time transforms space and our environment. So too have objects for counting time transformed. Since ancient times until today, there have been different methods for counting time, and different units of measure for it. Sand+Time Watch is a project that unites modern technologies and old ways of measuring time. Sand+Time offers its wearer the time in modern electronic hours, but the form of the interface has also been borrowed from an old sand hourglass. The watch functions in two modes. The first, the screensaver, takes the form of a sand hourglass counting a certain time unit set by the user to their preference. (The default setting for the hourglass is to count one minute.) The second mode displays the time in numbers – the most common electronic interface for the modern person. When the watch is in screensaver mode, the press of a button will display the time. Fun meets function in this concept, offering a greater degree of self-expression for the wearer. Modern materials compose the watch – rubber for the bracelet, and plastic for the case, which can be produced in several colours. The light-emitting diode technology often used in watches is the basis of the screen image.

http://www.balykindesign.com

At the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland is now opened a BraunPrize 2005 exhibition where are shown 24 best competition projects. The opening ceremony took place on 18 of January 2007 when Peter Schneider, director of Corporate Design Braun made a speech about the history and philosophy of innovation in Braun and the idea of BraunPrize. The exhibition is opened until 8th of February 2007 in the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

Paweł Pomorski Active Box

The BraunPrize photo exhibition presents:
– The 24 best international projects from 12 countries
- 11 notable mentions
- The 19 best projects from the BraunPrize China and
- The 19 best projects from the BraunPrize Mexico
You can see the polish project “Active Box” in the gallery on
http://www.asp.gda.pl/new/?wystawy&nid=181

Interesting article about east german design can be find on designboom.com. Günter Höhne is expert of east german consumer goods (before the breaking down of the wall). http://industrieform-ddr.de

Here is the continuation of list of interesting competitons which are running right now, so people let’s enter.

BraunPrize 2007
http://www.braunprize.com/international/braunprize_1.html
Closing date: January 31, 2007.

IDEA™ 2007
http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2007/
Regular order deadline: February 7, 2007 11:59 PM PST
Regular entries deadline: February 9, 2007 11:59 PM PST

Late order deadline:February 14, 2007 11:59 PM PST
Late deadline:February 16, 2007 11:59 PM PST

4th Annual Champagne Chair Contest

http://www.dwr.com/champagne/

Ends: 15 January 2007

Lightouch Design Competition 2007
http://www.lightouch.org/
Lightouch Design Competition closes on 30 March 2007.

Lebens(t)raeume 2007
http://www.ifdesign.de/projects_lebensraeume_index_e
The registration deadline is February 2, 2007.