Very interesting photo report of how football balls are actually made. I know it is not really fit to focus of this blog but is good to know the building process.

via: Core77

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From the end of October till the middle of November is running the exhibition in Zlin – in area Svit, the building number 12. Students of product design department at TBU showing their best works. The exhibition is divided into 4 places – each to different atelier (fashion design, shoe design, product design and interior design).

You can check images from the opening day with student fashion show.

The PadFinder presents design in all its variations: product- and graphic design, architecture, interior and electronic music. A crowd of 250 guests was witnessing the birth of this new design publication, before moving on to dance to sounds of F600, Dandy Jack and Tibcurl.

All pictures (c) Georg Oberhumer

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Trade fair for furniture, fashion and jewellery design.
The largest progressive platform for young international design in Vienna.

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courtesy of czechdesign.cz
photos by Michael Vasku and Symbio design

Manipulator puts electronic components on an Optimus Maximus PCB covered with a special paste. Then PCB is put into an oven. Paste will get cooked and all the elements will be soldered in place.

Present by Art.Lebedev Studio for Halloween.

Problem. Do something before October 31st.

Inexpensive plastic Vespertilium clothes-pegs remind your neighbors that your laundry is Halloween-ready.

9th International Automotive Conference (IAC), 13 – 15 November 2007, Marriott Hotel, Sunderland, UK

Michal Jelinek one of the speaker
Senior Design Consultant, Alias Studio, Global Accounts – Automotive EMEA, Autodesk

Short biography:
Michal Jelinek is fully dedicated to concept design and concept art as design consultant and the digital tools evangelist. He joined Autodesk in 2005. Previously, Jelinek held various posts and roles in the design and styling departments of Skoda, VW, GME, Nike, PSA and others. His experience in automotive and industrial design dates back to 1995.

Vienna based design studio founded by Monica Singer and Marie Rahm.

POLKA is about designing objects, experiences and services.

POLKA regards everyday life phenomena as their project’s fuel. To discover the beauty in the banal, the extraordinary out of the ordinary is the aim. We show shifting points of view, we like to surprise and carry on the ease of life forward on the way to create ‘product pleasures’.

This is a great project from Russian – Moscow based design agency FIRMA check out their portfolio. Must say great work. Go on.