with ECAL and Barber Osgerby

Masters students at ECAL (University of art Lausanne) have been invited to explore the concepts of time and communication by two future-orientated and iconic brands. Kicking off at the beginning of May, with a dedicated workshop led by British design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the project will culminate with a final presentation on 16 June 2011 in Lausanne.

Rado and Blackberry joined forces in this initiative as a result of their shared commitment to supporting young design talent. Participants will develop a concept which should push the boundaries of time, communication, mobility and luxury.

Watch this space to discover the submitted designs…


Unlimited Spirit. RADO.

by Sydney Cash

Sydney Cash is a sculptor, painter and jeweler. His work is in collections worldwide, including MoMA in NYC, and Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is based in Marlboro, New York.

With his light sculptures, Sydney manipulates light as if it were a solid, using mirrored panels to create radiant designs of illumination and shadow. These panels can transform an ordinary beam of light and a blank wall into a composite of design.

by Kate Cusack

Kate Cusack’s zipper jewelry is a culmination of her experiences transforming unusual materials in the world of costume design, window displays and sculptural/wearable designs. The pieces Kate creates are made from seemingly mundane materials and come to life when they are worn.

Kate crafts each piece by hand using nothing but zippers.
She is based in Brooklyn, New York.

DESTINATION DESIGN

Art and design lovers have the world’s top art and design addresses at their fingertips with the new iPhone application from the design-savvy Swiss watch brand Rado. The Rado application, created in collaboration with Turnleft, producer of the highly collectable, vintage-style city guides, brings information on 24 international metropolises, from Beijing to Basel, and from Moscow to Mumbai, to iPhone users everywhere. This application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store free of charge.

Time for city life
Whether users have an hour or a week to spend, the Rado Design Compass ensures that they make the most of every minute in their chosen location. This mobile city guide with an eye for art and design is well researched, frequently updated and guaranteed not to take up any extra space or weight allowance in luggage, handbags or pockets. The cities currently covered are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Beijing, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Vienna. Within each city guide are dedicated sections on city information, architecture, art, design and fashion, comprising 302 geo-located objects. Images and videos bring welcome dimensions of colour and reality.

Meeting-point for diverse interests
The application’s content satisfies diverse needs, whether the traveler is looking for an architectural icon to admire, an underground exhibition to explore, or the stores offering a particular city’s best retail therapy. Interactivity and community feature in the form of a quiz with ten questions to assess individual design knowledge levels, from beginner to pro. Users can even share results with Facebook friends via the application, potentially challenging them to expose their own know-how.

Download on the App Store

by Michael Szivos & Jose Gonzalez

Architects Michael Szivos and Jose Gonzalez believe the foundation for a good design is a great idea. Their studio, SOFTlab, was created as a place to incubate ideas, and their projects are created with the potential to adapt and grow. Michael and Jose like projects with personality, but they like projects that talk back even more.

Chromatex.me is a site-specific installation at Bridge Gallery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The instillation is made of 4600 panels. Each panel has a unique color and shape, and the structure is held together entirely by binder clips.

Look at some interviews filmed during Salone del Mobile 2010 in Milan, click on the picture below:

Watch out the great stuff of some young designers in Milano...

Åsk Wäppling

Wallpainting from Unlimited Spirit on Vimeo.

Benjamin Claessen

Claire Hartigan

Elvis Tomljenovic

Lee Walsh

Read and look at what our radostar members are experiencing behind the scenes at Salone del Mobile in Milan...

The team of radostar.com had the pleasure to meet up with Marcus Fairs, editor in chief of www.dezeen.com. This was a great opportunity for both to discuss new ideas and future trends in design.

From L to R: Mireille Scheurer, Marcus Fairs, Yumy Pham, Michel Hueter, Patric Zingg

Marcus gifted his succesfull book "Green Design" to the radostar.com team. It reveals how the design world is responding to the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century... An absolute must!