Delivered flat-packed, very easy to assemble, the Customizable Cardboard Cot with large wheels to make moving it easy, is one of the weirder flat pack products out there. Comes with a 3 – 4 cm thick mattress and complies with all the safety and comfort standards you would expect for a baby’s bed. You can decide to keep it plain – simply stamped with the brand’s logo on the side – for the super chic industrial living look. Or you can customize it, paint it, or simply decorate it with your child’s name.

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Gareth Neal’s Stratiated Furniture

There are a few great examples of the digital aesthetic being realized while referencing classic design forms. Gareth Neal has produced a few exceptional pieces that straddle the divide between art and design, furniture and sculpture. His work shows great attention to detail with fine craftsmanship whilst still having the instant impact of a conceptually strong, contemporary design.

In the Anne chair the entire surface is striated with saw cuts of varying depths, and from certain angles the elegant profile of a Queen Anne-style console appears, complete with cabriole legs, as if hidden within the timber. Below is a chest of drawers, called George III.

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thoughts on open-design, social media, rapid manufacturing, and playing around

Delivered in Beta is a quick video featuring the insights and opinions of eight different individuals involved in the design and technology world. The video was created during the Open Design Workshop at the Betahaus as part of Social Media Week Berlin 2010. Collaboration, process, change, and sustainability are a part of everyone’s take on the shifting landscape of how things are made.

Designer Ronen Kadushin talks about the increasingly limited life cycle of current products saying, “If you want to make a product relevant, then make it open design.”

Jay Cousins calls the new way of working “the ultimate form of collaboration. It means I can collaborate without necessarily having to agree with people.”

And Tracy Rolling-Brunar talks about letting go of ownership saying, “Ideas are free; I’ve got a million of them at a time. If someone wants to take an idea that I had — and anyway, I probably stole them from someone else and just think that they’re mine.”

Learn a little. Get inspired. Watch the 8 minute video here.

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Win a $100 Designmake voucher from Ponoko & Uncluttered White Spaces

This latest design *challenge* is, ironically, SUPER EASY. Bop over to our new friends Uncluttered White Spaces, and tweet the challenge along with your design idea using Ponoko. Officials at Ponoko and Uncluttered will pick the best idea in a couple of weeks to win the $100 making voucher.

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TWENTY art/craft/design/tech competitions!

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There are so many competitions going on right now that this post would fill up the length of the blog. So hit the jump, and get the details.

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customizable ipod & iphone cases from Case-Mate

Personalized gadgets and gear are nothing new. But Atlanta based Case-Mate brings graphics from internationally acclaimed designers together with DIY for a fresh mix of personalization of their 3D printed protectors.

Once you’re at the I Make My Case site, start out by choosing an artist: Anthony Yankovic, Shadow Chen, Joshua Davis, Ray Frenden, Matt W. Moore, Hannah Stouffer, Deanne Cheuk, Thomas Hooper, Chuck Anderson, or Nigel Dennis. (By the way, those links take you to each artists personal site = hours of inspiration eye candy.)

The customizing part is actually really cool and actually custom. Pick from a variety of colors, patterns, and illustrations and paint them onto the case using your mouse. The graphic elements build on each other in layers allowing for endless personalized combinations of art. If you find that you’re not as talented as the feature designers, you can reset your mess (giving you the option to save it too) and start over or click “What would [ insert famous designer ] do?” Then you can pick from a few different options from the pros.

And what makes all this one-of-a-kind action possible is 3D printing! That’s a lot more awesome than your standard laser-engraving. (Btw, keep an eye out for a white ipod with Georgia Milkshake engraved on the back. It was stolen from me like 4 years ago.) Jump over to Case-Mate and Make Your Case.

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from Digital Arts

Draw Some Cash is one of the latest feature articles from Digital Arts and offers creatives ten tips for making a line of designer product. The article touches on the varied aspects of business and creativity, from the design and production to pricing and marketing. This suggestion comes from TIP SIX: Shout About It.

The biggest favour you can do yourself is getting very good high-res photos of your product: you’ll need general photos of the product against a plain background, showing exactly what it looks like, and more imaginative close-ups focusing on details, or showing the product in use. A good set of images will help capture the attention of potential stockists and buyers alike – and boost your chances of getting into magazines and blogs.

We bloggers love some fabulous product shots! So if you’re an artist or designer wanting to join the force of entrepreneurial creatives, it’s definitely worth a quick read through. And when you get to TIP THREE: Start a Chain Reaction (materials and manufacturing), think about Ponoko!

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six spring collections of digitally printed textiles + the awful loss of Alexander McQueen

Fashion was my first design-love, and Alexander McQueen was my first designer crush. His collections were ceaselessly astonishing and their presentation always a work of performance art. (I remember reading in Vogue how McQueen held his fashion show on a pier during a hurricane. It was one of those brilliant and sinister moves that makes you fall instantly in love with a troublemaker.)

As a nod to the late and great Lee Alexander McQueen, here’s a look at the Digital Print Storm that took the Spring 2010 fashion runways. While the “Enfant Terrible” pushed the look to extra-terrestrial limits, Basso&Brooke as well as Mary Katrantzou delivered bright CGI graphics that still cling to the 80’s trend of recent springs. Elie Saab followed suit with digitally printed splatter paint in neon colors. And Nathan Jenden and Prada chose to go photo-real.

Peruse the Digitally Printed Fashion Revolution after the jump.

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Ponoko made product from Victoria Contreras Flores.

Literary necklaces by Spanish artist Victoria Contreras Flores combine timeless poetry with leafy vines and romantic flourishes. Since few can resist a glance (or blatant stare) at a lady’s décolletage, why not take the opportunity to give wandering eyes a piece of written wisdom? Pieces include the poetic miseries of T.S. Eliot, Beckett, and Baudelaire; the rational musings of Virginia Woolf and Jean Genet; irony from Vernon Lee; and a hopeful quote from Antonio Machado.

View the entire series at Victoria’s Ponoko showroom.

Click here to learn how to make your own jewelry with Ponoko.

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Kueng Caputo get artsy with hospitality.

Four luxury cardboard suites are available at the conceptual Five Stars Cardboard Hotel by design duo Kueng Caputo. Each suite features a cardboard bed, pillow, and laser-cut decor. The Cardboard Hotel debuted a few years ago at the Salon Satellite and recently offered fatigued art lovers a place to rest at the Miyako Yoshinaga gallery in New York.

While the Classico Romantico, Italian Lover, and Sogni del Bambini all sound tempting, I think I would book the Bosco in Hawaii. LEDs shining from laser-cut palm fronds and tropical cardboard flowers! To see all of Sarah Kueng and Lovi Caputo’s “pop-up interiors” visit the Keung Caputo website.

via Shelter Pop

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