When Michael Thonet (Boppard am Rhein 1796 - Vienna 1871), around 1830, he invented the serial technique of steam bending of beech wood, so far only small-scale, gave impetus to a new style of working of this material and it was unanimously ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, chair
It is the year of the crisis, but that is why i Saloni - with a full house of 202,350 square meters of exhibition and a waiting list of about 30,000 square meters, corresponding to 491 questions, of which 270 from abroad - are more than ...
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Moroso has developed new projects with some of the most interesting designers on an international level, the conclusion of a long process of dialogue, comparison and interpretation. A summary of products that explore new design languages ...
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The Green Inventors Competition, part of the Sustainable Living Festival, invites RMIT students and recent graduates to present their ideas for a sustainable future. Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design) graduate Ms McDonell won the ...
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Disney is looking for a senior product development manager to work out of its London office. The Disney Consumer Products role will be focused on boys toys and stationery across Europe. The role will involve working with iconic ...
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Dyson continues to push the limits of industrial design with the announcement of two new vacuums, each with space-age styling and impressive innovations. The question is, will the DC47 bagless canister vacuum and the DC50 upright vacuum ...
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Wind River has joined the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) in a moves designed to support embedded Linux applications. The OSADL's remit is to encourage development of open source projects in the areas of embedded systems ...
Currie Technologies has hired Daniel Shiau vice president of R&D and product engineering. Shiau has a background in the bicycle and electric bicycle industries. He worked for Giant Bicycle, most recently in the role of new product ...
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Vertigo Bird is a Slovenian brand that designs and manufactures lighting products. It consists of several design companies and an individual group of designers created by the company owner himself, called Smoke Detektors. The brand is part ...
LED technology developed by Cree and Aeon creates warm glow of success at top international tourist destination The warm mellow glow of a sunset is not what most consumers currently associate with LED lighting, but that is the effect now ...
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Mathmos is a British company that sells lighting products, most famously the lava lamp invented by its founder Edward Craven Walker. It is headquartered in its factory in Poole, Dorset. Company history The Astro lamp, or lava lamp, was ...
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Lextar Electronics Corp says that its official merger with Wellypower Optronics Co Ltd - both of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan and LED subsidiaries of Taiwan-based display panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) - is set to take place on 1 February. ...
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Lextar Electronics has announced that its official merger with Wellypower Optronics is set to take place on February 1, 2013. Upon the merger of the two LED subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), Lextar will have a capital value of NT$5 ...
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Samsung posted a record net profit of $6.6bn (£4.2bn) in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q4 earnings release, but warned of more difficult times to come. It comes one day after rival smartphone producer Apple ...
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British industrial design company Therefore have developed LED-powered GravityLight, to ensure the world’s developing countries have access to affordable and safe lighting. The GravityLight was designed by Therefore directors ...
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