Hand Skills
General Design, Innovators & Creators, Product DesignTalk about skills! Who needs masking tape when you have the steady hand and the incredible patience of this guy? So smooth, so clean. Hand-crafted pin-striping at its best.
June 21, 2011
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June 3, 2011
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Carbon Steel Knives
Designer Profiles, Graphic Design, Innovators & Creators, Product Design, Product InnovationMaster bladesmith Bob Krame has created a knife so sharp that it can cut through a thick rope with one swift motion! He discovered that carbon steel is sharper and stays that way rather than regular stainless steel. Check out this video to see his awesome knives in action.
May 3, 2011
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Unique Design: The Strandbeest
General Design, Industrial Design, Innovators & Creators, Product Design, Product InnovationFor over 20 years, Theo Jansen has been making new forms of life using plastic tubing and recycled plastic bottles. These skeleton-like creatures even walk in the wind! Can you imagine coming across one of these on the beach?
March 22, 2011
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Support Through Design
Designer Profiles, General Design, Graphic Design, Innovators & Creators
Davison Creators interviewed Johnny Strategy, the New York/ Japan design blogger back in 2009. Since hearing news that his second home was hit by an earthquake and tsunami, Johnny has discovered many ways that the design world is pitching in.
Limited run prints and posters, such as the ones shown here, are a way to encourage others to make a donation. I thought this post was worth passing on to our readers and maybe some Davison Creators can find a way to help. Hit this link to see more from Spoon & Tamago.
March 9, 2011
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Creative Profile: Frank Lloyd Wright
Designer Profiles, General Design, Industrial Design, Innovators & Creators
I recently discovered more about designer, Frank Lloyd Wright — far more than I had known before. His life story is just as fascinating as his most famous work. He is most famously known for his architectural masterpiece, Falling Water, but his career began much earlier than that and ended much later.
Not only did he design residences, churches and museums, but he also designed the built-in furniture and fixtures that completed the dwellings. He created the Usonian-style home and designed Taliesin West, a live-in school of architecture.
Wright’s career had many ups and downs and transformed many times over, but eventually he made his place in history. He truly was a creative man and you can still visit and tour many of his works today.
