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DESIGNPHILADELPHIA 2008

By Ray Hu - October 27, 2008

DesignPhiladelphia: SOS Stool Reception Design Within Reach hosted a reception for the US introduction of Casamanina's SOS Stool by Josh Owen. After drinks and mingling, Josh delivered a presentation that thoroughly detailed the making of this stool from concept to production.
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DesignPhiladelphia: SOS Stool Reception Casamanina's new SOS Stool by Josh Owen on display at Design Within Reach.
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DesignPhiladlephia 2008: Spot Farzana Gandhi's Park the Void
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DesignPhiladlephia 2008: Spot Spot, a design competition held by the architecture firm Qb, covered the sides of Broad Street with creative, playful, and functional installations designed to reclaim the idle parking space.
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DesignPhiladlephia 2008: Spot Detail of Jack Fanning and Sneha Patel's parking spot creation titled 1:64.
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DesignPhiladlephia 2008: Spot Elvira Moran, Alessandra Veronese, L Carlos Valle, J Michael Newburger created the DreamSpot as a temporary napping shelter.
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DesignPhiladlephia 2008: Spot Philly Farm Share brought a mobile co-operative gardening platform to the Spot competition.
http://www.qb3design.com/ John Egly-Russell 9 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break Plans to install Bike Share stations around the city are almost complete, and testing will begin soon.
http://bikesharephiladelphia.org/ Bryce 10 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break Plans to install Bike Share stations around the city are almost complete, and testing will begin soon.
http://bikesharephiladelphia.org/ Bryce 11 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break The Freewheelin locking mechanism on the new Philly Bike Share system lets a user quickly lock or unlock a bike.
http://bikesharephiladelphia.org/ Bryce 12 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break The Pearl all weather lounge chair by Pie Studio in Miami, Florida.
http://www.projectimportexport.com/ Bryce 13 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break A solid cork child's chair by DMFD Studio titled Cub.
http://www.danielmichalik.com/ Bryce 14 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break Maruja Fuentes's Leaning Molds on the side of building made a comfortable resting spot.
http://www.marujafuentes.com/ Bryce 15 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break Philadelphia based Greensgrow's Vertical Garden solution uses a series of modified gutters to support the growth of hydroponic lettuces on the side of a wall.
http://www.greensgrow.org/ Bryce 16 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break A Clean Break brought designers from around the world together to showcase some of the most innovative sustainable products and technologies for the urban environment. The exhibition, curated by Minima, was designed to fit in a small city lot as a neighborhood of solutions.
http://www.acleanbreak.org/ Bryce 17 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: A Clean Break Sustain Design/Altius Architecture's MiniHome modular/mobile living unit.
http://sustain.ca/ Bryce 18 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia2008: Gallery 222 Liu Hui's Sprout home pregnancy test kit is a departure from traditional test kits. Her design creates a playful indicator that references plants and seeds. Bryce 19 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia2008: Gallery 222 Gallery 222 held an exhibition featuring student work from Philadelphia University and the University of Pennsylvania's Integrated Product Design program. Philly U's BUILD 02: Exploring Materiality with Wilsonart was a collaborative project that challenged students to explore the material properties of Wilsonart laminate in the context of furniture. Univ. of Penn's Surpriseutility explored intersections of functionality and performance in domestic objects.
http://www.222gallery.com/ Bryce 20 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia2008: Gallery 222 Geoff Quinter's Diner Chair references the classic 50's kitchen table top while proposing a new form for WilsonArt laminates.
http://www.philau.edu/designandmedia/html/ap_ind_design.html Bryce 21 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia2008: Gallery 222 Dan Worthers's Xpress chaise lounge made of bent plywood and laminate.
http://www.philau.edu/designandmedia/html/ap_ind_design.html Bryce 22 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia2008: Gallery 222 Attendees could see the labor behind the BUILD 02 and Surpriseutility courses thanks to a massive vinyl display of process imagery.
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: The Hacktory The Hacktory's popular "How to Create Interactive Installations with Micro-controllers" class in session. The Hacktory offers a large selection of classes, events, and community activities all with the aim of promoting the blending of technology and art.
http://thehacktory.org/ Bryce 25 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig Attendees had the chance to examine the fine craftsmanship of Matthias Pliessnig's newest furniture at the Wexler Gallery.
http://www.matthias-studio.com/ Bryce 27 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig Detail of the steam bent oak used in Matthias Pliessnig's chair titled Providence.
http://www.matthias-studio.com/ Bryce 28 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig Steam bent oak used in Matthias Pliessnig's Thonet No.18.
http://www.matthias-studio.com/ Bryce 29 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig Dozens of small mixed media sculptures that Matthias generates while building furniture were on display at the Wexler Gallery.
http://www.matthias-studio.com Bryce 30 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig Matthais Pliessnig debuted his first solo exhibition at the Wexler in Old City. His furniture is a reflection of his belief that "for centuries we've been subverting wood to our will; lumber mills and furniture factories spit out rectilinear shapes that fit nicely onto trucks, but have little to do with the inherent properties of a tree."
http://www.matthias-studio.com Bryce 31 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Matthias Pliessnig The steam bent oak seating sculpture "Providence" by Matthais Pliessnig
http://www.matthias-studio.com/ Bryce 32 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design Philadelphia's premiere design exhibition, held in the University of Pennsylvania's historic Rotunda building, showcased a broad rage of work from local artist and designers. The exhibit was curated by Jaime Salm, Isaac Salm, and Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich of MIO Culture.
http://www.miocluture.com/ Bryce 34 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design DeckStool uses broken skateboards to create one of a kind stools. Send in your own broken deck and they will gladly build you a custom stool.
http://www.deckstool.com/ Bryce 35 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design SeaTable made with Mcassas Ebonny and Sapele Pommele. Designed by Simon Koumjian III and crafted by Edward Hennessy.
http://www.spacevariations.com/seatable.html Bryce 36 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design Tim Brown's Hand Me Series toilet paper dispenser made of powder coated steel.
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design Jory Fox's Unek system of customizable ceramic tableware allows people to go online and build their own sets by arranging different modular components. The system allows for thousands of variations with minimal production effort.
http://www.joryfox.com/design/unek_1.html Bryce 39 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design Ceramic vases by Kyra Ellzy
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Philly Heart Design Attendees check out Blair Buchanan's powder coated stainless steel coasters and trivet set titled Avoid.
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Art Cart Derby 3.0 The Make:Philly Art Cart Derby 3.0 drew Makers of all ages to Washington Square. The races were judged on speed, humor, and the quality of art created while racing.
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Art Cart Derby 3.0 The Crayonator used an old push mower to spin crayon in a tube stuffed with canvas to create art while racing.
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DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Art Cart Derby 3.0 The Crayonator's helmet for The Make:Philly Art Cart Derby 3.0
http://www.makephilly.com/ Bryce 48 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: MONA Custom jewelry at the Made On North American design collective.
http://www.designphiladelphia.org/ Bryce 50 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Bahdeebahdu Bahdeebahdu, a Philadelphia lighting design group, held a reception in their new studio to celebrate the publication of Warren Muller's book, Wink.
http://www.bahdeebahdu.com/ Bryce 51 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Vekyo Vekyo's award winning stainless steel wire bench, to be installed at the 8th and 11th Street Septa Stations in Philadelphia, smoothly transitions from a sitting area to a leaning platform.
http://veyko.com/ John Egly-Russell 55 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: PhillyCHI Panel Discussion Steve Cleff, Account Planner at Razorfish, Zoey Juhng, Design Director at Bresslergroup, Michael Summers, Senior Director of Usability at GSI Interactive, and Maria Keares of Wyant Architecture all sat together for a lively panel discussion about the various methods and merits of design research.
http://phillychi.acm.org/ Bryce 56 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: InLiquid Attendees examine concept architecture on display at the Crane Arts Building.
http://www.inliquid.com/ John Egly-Russell 57 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Valerie Casey at Bresslergroup The Bresslergroup hosted Valerie Casey for a powerful presentation that described the formation of the Designers Accord and reminded the audience why it is time for all designers to adopt sustainable practices.
http://www.designersaccord.org/index.html Bryce 58 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008 The Bresslergroup hosted Valerie Casey for a powerful presentation that described the formation of the Designers Accord and reminded the audience why it is time for all designers to adopt sustainable practices.
http://www.bresslergroup.com/ Bryce 60 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: STARE Richard Nicholas's dimly lit live performance exhibition/installation, STARE, encouraged attendees to get close to the art. Each model represented a skillful combination of hair, fashion, and permanent body design.
http://www.richardnicholas.com John Egly-Russell 61 of 62

DesignPhiladelphia 2008: Trophy Bikes Trophy Bikes owner Michael Mcgettigan told the story of the "almost unbreakable" 1937 Raliegh DL-1, and many other landmark bicycles during his fascinating lecture titled Bikes and Bricks. After the lecture, attendees were allowed a take these classic bikes for ride around the quad.
http://www.trophybikes.com Bryce 62 of 62

From the 16th - 22nd of October, the fourth annual Design Philadelphia covered the city of brotherly love with exhibitions, gallery openings, lectures, contests, and work from many talented local designers.