Bug hides everything under the shell. When you are pushing your limits, climbing rock you never thought you could, or squeezing everything out of your motorcycle to see how fast it will go, enjoy the moment and don’t worry about luggage. It is safe in the Bug. Its 3mm thick plastic shell protects both you and your possessions. Its aerodynamic shape and light weight let you save your energy to do the things you love.

With the Bug, Koox Design reinvents the backpack, accepting no compromise between style and function. To make your Bug even more unique, we can paint it any color you want. Express yourself, and enjoy our family of Bugs!

dimensions:500-380-185
weight:1200g
materials:shell is made by ABS plastic material, cloth part by polyester.

The protective layer of the case is made up of a flat polish.
The inner arrangement of the bag is divided into the Office part (cloth part) and the Cargo (plastic part).
The Office part is suitable for documents, possibly for a notebook up to the size 15.4. as there is an upholstery.
The Cargo, the plastic case, includes slings that serve for the protection of the bag’s content.

www.koox-design.com

Design by Kaja Nosal, young Polish designer.

Coolout.

The martini glass was designed in order to get the maximum pleasure while drinking. The bowl inside is the place to put the crushed ice into. Its cooling the drink at the same time not letting the melting ice to make your drink less tasty. Project awarded in the Polish edition of ‘Bombay Sapphire‘ competition.

Maxwell. house for cookies.

Design of the thermal mug with a hiding-place for cookies. Thermal mugs are created in order to guarantee longer freshness of the coffee and tea. We can take it anywhere we’re going, delighting the liquid every place we’re in. And it’s known what must go together with the coffee, either the tea is the little cookie. So why not to have a set ensuring our cookie will be always where the tea and coffee is.

Pencils are tasteless.

Design of pencil with a lollipop on the top. For the Academy of Fine Arts students. Biting pencils is the very common occurrence in our world. It concerns especially students of art and architecture faculties. The problem is, pencils are tasteless and unhealthful. The ‘Pencils are tasteless’ project makes it more healthful and tasty to draw.

Jedlík oblečení. Chair that eats your mess.

Where do you put all your clothes every time you take them off? On your chair, obviously. Loads of clothes hanging on your chair make your room looking pretty messy. Jedlík oblečení is a chair that eats your mess. You can just put the clothes inside and hide it all, covering with the chair sides. Have a seat and feel comfortable not seeing your usuall mess around.

Hodinky. The watch.


The watch inspired by a mechanism of an electric clock. It’s modules became a base for the brancelete construction. 4 parts acts as a displayer of watch. Project predicts usage of silicon, making it waterproof. The material and wide selection of colors gives it nice modern esthetic.

via: Łowcy Dizajnu

Aviela park bench by mmcité – “less is more”. David Karásek and Radek Hegmon designed very clean and simple structure which is functional, visually light but firm enough to be used outdoor as part of street furniture system. Seat and the back support is made of solid wood which are invisibly connected to the structure.

The Chemistry Gallery with its seat in Prague – Vinohrady and focusing on the serious commercial presentation
of the contemporary art, holds a presentation and sale exhibition of original author design „Chemical Affair“ on September 11 and 12, 2010.

In the gallery spaces will be introduced about twenty young Czech designers and besides the students of the art
schools also famous names from the alternative design scene.

The fashion and design presentation „Chemical Affair“ would like to attract all people interested in the current
happenings on the Czech design and fashion scene and thus help the young designers with their public presentation
and bring some inspiration to all who would like to go this path as a profession in the future.

Herewith we would like to take this opportunity to present the wide public and audience the newest trends „life“, so the
visitors can discuss directly with the designers and fashion makers. Part of the „Chemical Affair“ presentation will be
also Chemical Affair Market, where it will be possible to purchase the displayed artworks.

„Chemical Affair“ that aims to promote the young talented designers and fashion makers is successfully organized
since 2009. The first presentation was held in the Prague gallery Gallery a), where were presented more than twenty
designers.

This year’s presentation is organized with the support of The Chemistry Gallery that aims to promote young talented
artists from the Czech Republic and from abroad. The gallery’s goal is to enable the young artists to present their
artworks and ideas. The concept of the gallery and its focus on the artists up to 35 years of age was awarded for
example at the 8th Contemporary art fair Art Prague 2009, where The Chemistry Gallery received the Art Prague Young
Award 2009 or at The National Portrait Gallery in London where the gallery presents a portrait called „iDeath II“ by
Michal Ožibko within the BP Portrait Award.

Through the „Chemical Affair“ presentation we would like to further promote the idea of presentation of design
in places like galleries, where it belongs the most. We would like to offer the designers, as well as the visitors, the
possibility to meet in a very nice spaces pointing out the qualities of author design artworks. The presentation also
shows the way of the understanding of art and design.

The Chemistry Gallery would like to take this event as a possibility to promote other designer projects in the future and
organize events and presentations with similar focus as the „Chemical Affair“.

On Saturday september 11, 2010 „Chemical Affair“ and The Chemistry Gallery will host the musician Václav
Havelka aka selFbrush (indie/folk). Start of the music performance at 7:30 p.m.

The Chemistry Gallery will be open during this event both days from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Accompanying program: DJs (music performance), Polévkárna

Partners: The Chemistry Gallery, Radio 1, Polévkárna, Mamacoffee, Designmagazin, Designcabinet and others

moomoo architects based in Lodz, Poland just finalized project for top stylist Bartosz Janusz. A hairdresser salon in Warsaw

The initial client’s request was to add a retail space to salon area. The salon therefore carries a secondary function – it also serves as an exhibition space for young designer’s garments hand picked by a famous Polish designer. A fitting room is concealed behind the curtain wall which visually separates the retail function from the hair dresser’s zone. Inclined wall planes are bisected by horizontal cuts which open shelf space for the exhibited hair products along with the functional sink surface. Tall slender mirror columns serve to both clients and the stylists, offering abundance of storage and function inside. Spacial dynamism and multiple reflections offer multiple perspectives into the space resulting in a playful creative environment for hair masters. Plenty of waiting space is provided for along the window openings as well as at the entrance.

moomoo architects one of 30 best young architecture office in the world’ / 2009 by Wallpaper Magazine.

Creative group OKOLO prepared a collection of graphic prints called Faster than Time with the themes of speed and the future on the occasion of the special installation in the Ještěd Hotel, entitled Back to the Future, which presents various futuristic visions from the past to the present.

However, we do not show the latest technologies and materials, but five outstanding means of transport from the last century, which will transfer you into the year 2100 faster than you can imagine. Their form and function were much ahead of the time.

Bugatti 100P airplane

Ettore Bugatti was not only the master creator of homonymous cars, but also an ardent conqueror of speed records on land, at sea, and in the air. Thus, his construction knowledge is necessarily reflected in the lesser-known project of the 100P airplane, which he developed in collaboration with Belgian engineer Louis de Monge in 1937 for the purpose of speed record breaking. The incredibly timeless structure and design of the airplane, constructed with counter-rotating propellers, were ahead of its time and surpassed the shapes of several jets by several decades. However, the only specimen that Bugatti managed to make was never put into operation due to the German invasion of France during WWII. Exhibited in the EAA museum in Oshkosh in the USA, it is a mere silent witness of the visionary ideas of the famous French designer.

Cinneli Laser

Track cycling is one of the sports in which aerodynamics and speed play such an important role that they constitute the formal aspect of the sport’s design. The Italian manufacturer of Cinelli bikes definitely knows a lot about this fact. The rare witness of this search for technological development, desire for speed, and visual perfection is primarily the legendary model of Laser. The Cinelli Laser track bike was gradually developed by the Italian manufacturer from 1979 to early 1990s. During this time, individual models won 28 Olympic gold medals, several primacies in the use of special materials and manufacturing methods, the Compasso d`Oro design award in 1991, and a redesign by American artist Keith Haring.

Maison Volante

Utopia and desire for the future played an irreplaceable role in the artistic avant-garde of the last century. Guy Rottier, the French architect, designer, artist, theoretician, and philosopher, ranks among the personalities whose utopian visions and real architectural projects still instigate our imagination. Apart from sculpturesque houses in the form of human heads and imaginary bus stations made from buses, Rottier designed a utopian flying house called Maison Volante in 1964 when he was living in southern France and northern Africa. This plastic capsule house with a propeller should have been equipped with everything one needs to lead a happy life. The inhabitable helicopter, complete with a bed and a bar, demonstrates how architectural visionaries of the 1960s were ahead of their time.

Ghia Streamline X Gilda

In 1955, the American manufacturer of Chrysler cars presented, in collaboration with the Italian carriage builder of Ghia, established by designer Giovanni Savonuzzi, an exceptional prototype of the Ghia Streamline X Gilda car. The model, made for display purposes only, combined American pushfulness with Italian elegance and an aesthetical vision of the future. This red-and-silver unique car was inspired by the trend of turbine airplanes; the idea was to hide a turbine engine under the hood. However, at that time, small turbine engines would not fit inside the aerodynamic Ghia; thus, the place allocated for the engine remained empty. Nevertheless, the car made a splash at the Turin exhibition, after which its design became an inspirational basis for many lot-produced Chrysler models.

There are also the pictures from installation Back to the Future at Ještěd. Whole editorial from the exhibition you will see in the second issue of OKOLO magazine in October.

Young Croatian designer Elvis Tomljenovic with collaboration with Samir Secerkadic has designed table with interesting look.

http://www.elvistomljenovic.com

Pecha Kucha Night will have new spot in Czech Republic, for first time PKN will take place in Ostrava (east of Czech Republic) on 21.8.2010 at district of Hlubina mine. It starts exactly 20:20 and you can looking forward for interesting guests, refreshment, accompanying program but mainly amazing atmosphere of the first of many other PKN meetings.

PKNO team of organizers

Pecha Kucha Ostrava Facebook page.

Jury of POCKET LUCK – Ninth International Design Contest Trieste Contemporanea will meet at the Executive Secretariat of the C.E.I. (Central European Initiative) in Trieste on Monday the 13rd and Tuesday the 14th of September 2010 to evaluate the submitted projects and decide the awarding of the following prizes:

• – GILLO DORFLES PRIZE – TRIESTE CONTEMPORANEA DESIGN 2010 for the best project: Euro 4000.
• – C.E.I. PRIZE for the best designer from one of the C.E.I. countries not part of the European Union: Euro 3000.
• – BEBA PRIZE for the youngest designer among those selected: Euro 1000.

The jury will be formed by Cristina Morozzi, journalist, critic and design art director – president (Italy); Daniele Capra, journalist and curator – Trieste Contemporanea representative (Italy); Barbara Fabro, CEI senior executive office – CEI representative (Italy); Susanna Legrenzi, journalist and independent curator (Italy); Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, journalist and curator (Poland); Luca Nichetto, designer (Italy); Gjon Radovani, architect (Albania); Janka Vukmir, director of the Institute for Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia).

The competition deadline is August 31st, 2010. The entry is free. The designers from Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine are called to submit a project for a new pocket lucky charm/talisman. The contest is promoted by the Trieste Contemporanea Committee under the patronage of the C.E.I. (Central European Initiative). You can check the competition notice on www.triestecontemporanea.it

eVolo is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, and designers from around the globe to take part in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition.

The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.

The exponential increase of the world’s population and its unprecedented shift from rural to urban areas has prompted hundreds of new developments without adequate urban planning and poor architectural design. The aim of this competition is to redefine what we understand as a skyscraper and initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify our cities and improve our way of life.

The use of new materials, technologies, aesthetics, and novel spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are some of the multi-layered elements that the participants should take into consideration. This is also an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community.

There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?