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December 31st, 2007 by Zampik
Here are some of the entries from east European countries from designboom competition – premio vico magistretti.
Jan Čtvrtník from czech republic

volen valentinov from bulgaria

ilian milinov from bulgaria

Lenka Damová from czech republic

click on competition link to see more.
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December 28th, 2007 by Zampik
Here we are, new concept from Art. Lebedev Studio – now people we have new think to speak about. Another nice promo pic. for studio.
sweet

Optimus Tactus does not have physical keys, which means there are no restrictions on their shape and size.
Any part of the keyboard surface can be programmed to perform any function or to display any images.
Monitor touch sensitive surface instead of psychical keyboard? hm so for what we need monitor any more? …and PC in another box? Why?
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December 28th, 2007 by press

the newest issue of the design!in magazine (Nr. 7) with theme Adress & Impres brings:
- showroom Ahrend Praha by mimolimit (CZ)
- SID Design – jewelery by Marek Drmela + František Šafárik (SK)
- graphic design by Martin Cox + Roman Kettner, Sceneria (SK)
- interview with graphic designer Martin Žilinský (SK)
…and other articles about design, interior and corporate architecture with Slovak and English texts on 64 pages
Next issue: Nr. 8, Create atmosphere / coming in January 2008
The magazine design!in is a communication initiative for better design and higher corporate culture in CE Europe.
The aim of the magazine is, to promote design as a complex quality that helps profit and make the human life better.
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December 26th, 2007 by press

Magazine Centras – 9 years in the market (established in 1998 among first independent private magazines in Lithuania); “Centras” is published 6 issues per year; print run – 10 000 copies per issue (130 – 200 pages each).
Readers are the most voracious consumers of luxury goods educated, thirty something, users, professionals of interior design, architects, designers, up-and-coming students of interior, design and architecture.
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December 26th, 2007 by press
Namas ir aš magazine is most relevant to people running construction businesses as well as specialists (architects, engineers and designers). Another category of readers consists of those who build, renovate and plan their homes and are interested in their living environment. This is the economically most active generation seeking information and advice.
Specific Feature. The magazine often has exceptional rights to publish the most interesting objects realised by Lithuanian architects. This confirms the professional attitude of Namas ir aš magazine. It presents reports from exhibitions abroad, international tendencies and news in architecture and design by special correspondents.
Distribution. The magazine is distributed in Lithuania and Latvia, large shopping centres, Lithuanian news agents, shops of building materials and during specialised exhibitions in Lithuania and Latvia. The magazine can be found in FlyLal aircrafts.
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December 26th, 2007 by Zampik
Narbutas & Ko group is the leading Lithuanian office furniture manufacturer in domestic market.

“Narbutas & Ko” furniture is designed by the most prominent European (“Ito Design”, Lucci & Orlandini, JM Hansen) and Lithuanian (V. Zabulionis, H. Sabaliauskas, V. Puzeras) designers.
Their creative process exceeds the limits of the grey-scale routine. They design furniture for the ones with exclusive taste and outstanding needs.
Goodwill is the first priority to a manager and his team. “Narbutas & Ko” office furniture is the first to certify it.
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December 26th, 2007 by press
Tancher Corporation, the Electronics Design Company, is happy to announce that it wins a Good Design Award 2007 of Chicago Athenaeum with its TESSI Rescue Beacon project(in attached file). For the projects details you may check our web site at www.tancher.com.

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design historic Good Design program was founded in 1950 by Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr. Good Design remains the oldest and most important Award Program worldwide.
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December 25th, 2007 by Zampik
This Lithuanian design studio has a lot of unique pieces of furniture which where shown to public at many design events around the world – Tokyo, New Yourk, London etc. My favorite piece is this rocking-chair KU-DIR-KA.

Design studio CONTRAFORMA was founded in 2000. Under the philosophy that “every thing can surprise you, every shape can be multifunctional, every solution can be unique”, it unites a new generation of young, creative and already experienced Lithuanian designers and architects.
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December 25th, 2007 by Zampik
Here we have GURDA office furniture company from Lithuania. You can find very modern pieces in their collection.

Company Gurda, one of the largest Lithuanian office furniture producers, was established in 1995 in Kaunas. During the last 7 years the company has been growing and expanding. It opened branches and furniture showrooms in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai, Riga and Warsaw.
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December 19th, 2007 by Zampik
This great chair design is from Latvia, they have also some international recognition and exhibiting at main furniture fairs around the Europe. Chair Baltic >>

Our mission is to create outstanding seating.
Every day people sit wherever they are – in the office, in library, in restaurant, in conference or at home. We have chosen to start with chairs – a piece of furniture that is used in so different places therefore it needs to be a very special one – and we develop the one that creates positive emotions and let people feel comfortable and happy.