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|Best seller by Kartell

November 28, 2003 _lighting

The lamp Take has already become a best seller, in only three months 30.000 units have been sold across the globe. The classic icon of the abat-jour revisited by Kartell technology becomes and industrial product, realized in molded polycarbonate. Trendy, styled and quite cheap.
Designed by Ferruccio Laviani.

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|Kartell in Munich

November 27, 2003 _showrooms

Kartell opens their sixth Flagstore in Germany, after Hamburg, Berlin, Colongne, Duesseldorf and Franckfurt its the time for Munich.
The famous Italian furniture company expands its network of mono-brand shops up to 50 stores world wide.

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|Material World

November 23, 2003 _books

Discover materials smart enough to react to changes in their surroundings. Get acquainted with materials that create exciting optical effects. Learn about lightweight composites with exceptional strength, flexible building materials and great finishes for all types of architectonic projects.
The materials featured in this book are grouped into eight sections: Smart Technology, No Waste, Optical Effects, Flexible Structures, Sound Control, Strong Building, Free Form and Finishing Touch.
Edited by Edwin van Onna, price 65 euro. Buy it online here.

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|Lego numbers

November 18, 2003 _companies

LEGO is the fourth largest toy manufacturer in the world in terms of sales.
Since 1949 LEGO has produced 203 billion bricks.
On average each person on earth owns 52 LEGO bricks.
There are 102.981.500 different ways of combinig six eight stud bricks.
With an annual output of 306 million tyres LEGO is the world's largest tyre manufacturer.
The accurancy when manufacturing a LEGO brick is measured to 2/1000 of a mm.
Moulding takes place in Denmark and Switzerland. Take a step by step interactive tour of the manufacturing process here.

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|H2O _on the table

November 10, 2003 _competitions

Designboom and Macef have launched an online competition. Participants are requested to develop a container to be filled with water. Registration will be accepted until november 15 and works can be submitted through november 30 2003. First Prize will receive 5000 euro.
Winning entries and a selection of the works sent in will be shown at the next MACEF spring salon, which will be held in milan from january 30 to february 2, 2004.

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|Salomon Snowboard Design Competition

November 06, 2003 _competitions

Does snowboarding unleash your creative juice? Do you want to collaborate with one of the most famous snowboard companies worldwide and work on Board graphics? You are requested to develop designs connected with any of these categories: freestyle, freeride, versatile, woman. First price will be 2000 euro. Submissions will be accepted until 31 december 2003. Register and submit your entry online.

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|Concept Car

November 04, 2003 _transportation

We have been invited to the presentation of a new ecologic concept car created by Josep Mora. The event will take place until the end of november at Sala Vincon, Barcelona.

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|Illustration

A great example of illustration coming straight from Argentina, Estudio Burdisio. Freehand pencil drawings coloured in Corel Photo Paint. Take a look!

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