December 2011
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Institutional Assembly. “ All Age City”.
This is a summary of the “Conference of Communication with the Regional and Local Institutions”. It was organized by The OBS and held at the CENDEAC, in order to present “All Age City”. It is a project by Andrés Jaque Arquitectos & Moho Arquitectos; it is included in the proposal made by TISSPAS (Workshop for the Social Innovation and the development of Sustainable Architectonic Services and...
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“What to do. Innovation in the habitat”
The new global context of complexity faced by the entrepreneurs to define their strategies, politics and their final products and services makes the creation of interdisciplinary spaces increasingly necessary. These spaces would facilitate the interpretation of actual conditions, and specifically, of those conditions about new ways of inhabiting.
The matter of habitat is no more a question of...
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Conference/ Materials and Innovation / Material...
We found ourselves in a moment of philosophical change in the materials’ field. Until now, the materials were developed, and their properties were depicted to look subsequently for their applications. Nowadays, the materials are designed on demand. In other words, the industrial application is designed, and from there, the treatments for the materials are optimized. Or even a more adequate...
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Xavier Tutó. Materials for the Innovation....
Xavier Tutó was invited to the Conference Materials for the Innovation/ Material lntelligence. He presented his studio´s work, KX Designers, taking with him unique pieces, the result of his investigation. They are unique thanks to the new technology and to the additive fabrication they generate. Previously, we have listened to lecturers talking about sensitive materials or big textures; these...
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Javier Peña Andrés. Materials for the Innovation....
Javier Peña Andrés was invited to the conference “Materials for the Innovation/ Material Intelligence”. In his seminar “The Life of the Materials and their Intelligence”, he explained how the materials interact within them and with the environment. In a scientific context, he defended the importance of understanding and considering the nature as a “teacher”. Therefore, we would be able to...
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Laura Morata. Materials for the Innovation....
Laura Morata was invited to the conference “Materials for the Innovation/ Material Intelligence”. She is the fashion designer and the creator of the bran “Madre Mía”.
She explained that her collection is based on the emotion of the everyday act of getting dressed and how the technology helps to do so.
“Madre Mía” works with natural materials and uses technology to portray the emotional state of...
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Interview. Lékúe. Luki Huber/Xavi Costa.
The designer Luki Huber and the general director of Lékué, Xavi Costa, came to the Observatory of Murcia full of vitality and with some product samples to talk about the design in the cooking.
Their intervention was divided into two parts: theory and practice. Xavi Costa told us how this Catalan company managed to be the leader brand world-wide of silicone products. According to him, it was a...
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Interview. Marc de Vries. “Design and Science"
The Dutch Marc Vries explained the scientific methodology of design in the “Design and Science” seminar, coordinated by The Seneca Foundation and “The OBS” as a part of “The Science and Technology Week 2010”. For Vries, there is not a simple answer. Design is entirely complex, and proposes multiple questions to reach a good result and, therefore, being accepted by the society. Science and design...
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Interview. Manuel Lecuona. “Design Trends”
Manuel Lecuona López is a professor of Design management and Doctor of Fine Arts at the UPV. He participated in “The Congress of Innovation Design and Wood Furniture” sponsored by AREMA, in Murcia with a seminar called “Design Trends”.
In his seminar, he suggested a first stage of design and the trends as a strategic phenomenon. In the companies, this stage takes place at the strategic level of...
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François Roche
François Roche was invited by The Obs to participate in the series of conferences called “Voices” belonging to The Estrella de Levante SOS 4.8 Festival. He opened a seminar about his architectonic projects, suggesting that what we consider “real time” is never “real” but “comfort”. He threw questions about the complexity of the logic, the identity of the self, the ambiguity or about the kind of...
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Interview. Alejandro Sánchez/Rafa Vinader. Young...
The meeting with Alejandro Sánchez and Rafa Vinader, two young designers, was very special. The Auditorium was full of expectation for welcoming these former students of the EASD in Product Design; they are making their best of the opportunities outside Spain. Alejandro Sánchez explained to his former teachers and to the actual students who their first experience at college was, and they talked...
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