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"During Taipei's year as the World Design Capital (WDC), various projects and installments have been integrated throughout the city, bringing design to the street level. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Taipei MRT, in conjunction with the WDC, Taipei has extended design concepts into their metro system."

"By all accounts, the self-driving vehicle, unlike the personal jetpack, will come to a salesroom near you sometime in the near future. When an idea moves from speculation to designed product the work necessary to bring it into the world means that it is necessary to consider the many, many facets of its existence - the who, what, how, when, why's of the self-driving car. It's easy to speculate about the self-driving car. But, touch on the topic of allowing one's self-driving car to be used in the Uber network of modern-day taxis immediately begs the question - what do you do if you forget a bag of groceries after sending it into Uber mode? Will there be a geo-fencing mechanisms to control where the car goes - and how fast it goes - when you give the "keys" to your teenage son to take to football practice. How does the car pickup groceries - and how do you upload the list - when you send it on errands? To spark a conversation around the larger questions regarding a world of autonomous vehicles, we set about to create a tangible artifact from the near future of the self-driving car. We ran a workshop at IxDA 2015 in collaboration with students from the CCA and conference participants to create the interaction design for a self-driving car. We did this as a way of digging into the details, discussing the known topics and raising many more unknown ones. Our design brief: Represent the features, attributes, characteristics and behaviors of the self-driving car and its requisite "ecosystems" through the vehicle's Quick Start Guide. The result helps: Get a feel of the things you might do first and do often with your first self-driving vehicle. Experience the consequences and implications of a world with self-driving vehicles. Discover how Design Fiction can help you discover the unknown unknowns for your projects."

"ldo Cancino Estrada, another Design Academy Eindhoven graduate who's work was showcased at this years Dutch Design Week, has made a social scenario in which street vending is turned into a creative platform for designers and street vendors to meet."

"In India studying design isn't widely established. Particularly the older generations don't recognize the design profession. The Taxi Fabric project wants to bring design closer to 'the people' by commissioning Indian graphic talents to revamp the interiors of taxis in Mumbai."

"Marion Steinmetz a l'art de faire rimer canette avec bicyclette. Lauréate 2012 du Prix du Design Durable organisé par Coca Cola France et Néoplanète, cette jeune designer, qui a ouvert son agence de design et un showroom de mobilier alors qu'elle était en dernière année à l'École Camondo, a séduit le jury en proposant Vélopark, un garage à vélo en canettes d'aluminium recyclées et bouteilles plastiques. Composé d'un seul module juxtaposable jusqu'à obtenir la taille désirée, et dimensionné à une hauteur classique d'assise, le dispositif peut aussi faire office de banc. Et être agrémenté d'un bac à fleurs en rPET (Polyéthylène téréphtalate recyclé). "

"University of Essex psychology lecturer Max Roberts spends a lot of time tinkering with the world's subway maps. But Roberts doesn't necessarily design his retooled transit maps as "solutions." "I've deliberately designed maps that are deliberately horrible to look at," says the map design enthusiast, "and succeeded.""

"Forme déclinante de la culture populaire et ouvrière post-industrielle, le tuning (de l'anglais to tune : régler, accorder un instrument) n'a fait l'objet d'aucune appropriation de la part des institutions culturelles et artistiques. En tant que pratique sauvage, le tuning interroge d'une manière déconcertante la relation à l'objet dans les sociétés post-industrielles. L'exposition Tu nais, tuning, tu meurs, vise à confronter les valeurs du tuning à celles du design. À la lumière du tuning, il s'agit ici de considérer la question du beau à nouveaux frais et de dénoncer certaines impasses de la culture matérielle. Entre design et art contemporain, et par le recours à l'objet « tuné », à la vidéo, à l'installation, à la photographie, au graphisme, à la mode, à la création numérique, etc., l'exposition montre le tuning ou les tunings (au sens étendu… qui finit par inclure même certaines formes de design), en les interrogeant comme autant de formes vivantes de la culture matérielle contemporaine."

"quick recap of the Ten Most Amazing Designs in the field of Transportation. Interesting to note that cars didn't quite make the cut, instead bikes, alternate modes and bicycles made a splash. Free market is such a fun space"

"Le designer Fernando Barbella (@Grizzlula) publie sur son tumblr les panneaux de signalétiques du futur proche, signale The Verge. Une design fiction pour montrer la dynamique du futur qui vient et son côté inquiétant…"

"None of this simplifies the design of autonomous cars. But making technology work well requires that we move beyond technical considerations in design to make it both trustworthy and ethically sound. We should work toward enabling users to exercise their autonomy where appropriate when using technology. When robot cars must kill, there are good reasons why designers should not be the ones picking victims."

"Welcome to the latest installation of "Public Access," where CityLab shares its favorite videos-old and new, serious and nutty-that tell a story about place. In 1982, Milan's transit authority wanted to show off its young and expanding Metro system. The 30-minute-long In Metrò, made by ATM (Azienda Transporti Milanese), shows the budding transit system through the eyes of drivers, control center officials, electricians, board members, and passengers during a nearly 24-hour cycle while Europe's coolest song of 1982-"Da Da Da" by the minimalist German electropop outfit Trio-plays throughout. Metropolitana di Milano opened in 1964, starting with its red-branded Line 1, which was designed by Bob Noorda and Franco Albini along with engineer Franca Helg. The three were awarded the Golden Compass Award, Italy's highest industrial design honor, that same year for the project. Their design principles were used for the green-branded Line 2, which opened five years later."

"Seat cover designs, we believe, need to consider four things: Memorability. They need to be striking enough to create an instant impression. Freshness. Moquette needs to be bright enough in color to appear new(ish) after years of wear, but not so pale as to make stains or fade evident. Intricacy. Large empty monochrome spaces show wear more quickly, and provide too tempting a canvas for vandals. Anti-Dazzle. Moquette shouldn't be so bright and busy that it turns stomachs."

The first movie of Po-Chih Lai's Stair-Rover was one of the most popular films we published in 2012. One year on, its designer Po-Chih Lai has made a new film, updated the design and launched it on Kickstarter (+ movie). The Stair-Rover features an eight-wheel mechanism that allows it to ride up curbs and descend flights of steps.

"I design maps, conduct usability studies to test them, and have exhibited my work internationally. I have implemented research on behalf of FWT and Transport for London and can offer a range of design services and evidence-based evaluation methodologies in order to ensure the adoption of a usable, accessible, distinctive map with immediate widespread user-acceptance. Individual commissions are also accepted."

"Visitors could sign out a special edition bike with the option to purchase it The enormous usage success of NYC's Citibike program has spawned a lot of other cities to create their own network. For the first time, a bicycle manufacturer has gotten inspired by the idea and created a popup bike share system of their own. Biomega brought 100 special Design Miami/ editions of their new NYC two speed bike and provided visitors to the show with complimentary loans to ride them around South Beach. Biomega supplied locks so riders could make a stops where they wished."

"A decade ago, it was unusual to design a bridge with space for pedestrians or cyclists, says Ted Zoli, National Bridge Chief Engineer for the architecture and civil engineering firm HNTB. Today it's unusual not to give these modes space-or, in some cases, the entire structure. Even bridges that seem primarily suited for vehicle traffic must include what Zoli calls, in the parlance of engineers, "shared-use path facilities"; the new Tappan Zee Bridge will have one, he points out, as will a bridge HNTB is designing on I-95."

"Enfin, la voiture autonome ne va pas seulement modifier profondément le design de l'automobile; elle va également changer le visage de nos villes, qui ont pour la plupart été remodelées et repensées pour s'adapter à l'automobile telle que nous la connaissons aujourd'hui. Prenons les parkings, par exemple, qui occupent fréquemment jusqu'à dix pour cent de l'espace urbain. Les véhicules autonomes n'ayant pas besoin de faire de pauses, il est probable que le nombre de places de parking nécessaires en milieu urbain soit à l'avenir considérablement réduit, cédant la place à des espaces verts, par exemple. Même chose pour les garages. Panneaux de circulation et feux tricolores disparaîtront progressivement du paysage. L'autopartage permettant de réduire le nombre de voitures sur les routes, celles-ci pourront être moins larges, libérant encore de l'espace. Davantage de rues pourront devenir piétonnes. Si l'on ajoute le développement des véhicules électriques, qui suppriment les nuisances sonores, il est probable que les villes de demain soient, grâce aux changements dans la sphère automobile, plus calmes, plus vertes, plus sûres et plus agréables à vivre."

"he hustle and bustle of Mexico City leaves cyclists feeling "invisible", which is putting people off cycling. Local design agency José de la O have created a fun, musical prototype to help lessen the fear of cycling and get more people on their bikes. Local government in Mexico City is providing infrastructure to facilitate cycling around their busy city as bikes are becoming more and more popular. ECOBICI is a public bicycle-docking service, much like Santander Cyclers (Boris Bikes to many of us), that has been provided by the government for the past seven years. Thomas Hoogewerf, an intern at Studio José de la O, decided to conduct research as part of their Project Friday Initiative (part of the agency's intern program where every intern develops a speculative or critical design project every Friday for six months, which they can then publish in their portfolio), that looked into how the service could be improved based upon people's experiences. It turned out that one of the key issues that the interviewees found with cycling in Mexico City is that "people don't notice you, you are not present enough"."

"o long to the good old office floors that lock you up for eight hours a day. Since we've all become digital nomads, the old-style office doesn't seem to provide the ideal work environment any more. Providing a solution for flexible working in the 21st century, Portland-based design agency LOS OSOS created a mobile and modular work unit for their client Coroflot. Connection is key in the modern work relations, and Coroflot - a marketplace for design jobs - wants to embrace this in its way of working. Their Mobile Work Unit (MWU) is able to pop up at any location in the city and connect directly with clients or partners. This makes the company extremely flexible, not only in location choice but also in the company's scale."

"Truffées de capteurs et toujours plus autonomes, les voitures pourraient bien se voir équipées de dispositifs leur permettant d'éviter de percuter des piétons dans l'avenir. C'est en tout cas l'objectif de chercheurs allemands de l'université technique de Munich (TUM). Toujours au stade de prototype, ce système nommé Ko-TAG «pourrait alerter le conducteur quand un piéton est sur le point de se trouver sur la trajectoire de la voiture», rapporte Fast Co.Design. Une communication entre le véhicule et l'individu qui s'appuie sur des transpondeurs, de «minuscules» dispositifs capables d'émettre et de recevoir des signaux, peut-on lire sur le site des scientifiques. Une technologie déjà très utilisée dans l'industrie automobile, note le site français Techno-car, par exemple dans le système de clé sans contact, également susceptible d'être facilement implantée dans des téléphones portables, ou sous «la forme d'une pastille, à glisser dans le cartable d'un écolier par exemple». Et Fast Co.Design d'en détailler le fonctionnement: «En faisant rebondir les signaux entre le transpondeur porté par un piéton et le capteur de la voiture, Ko-TAG peut calculer à quelle distance se trouve la personne et dans quelle direction elle se déplace, permettant à la voiture de préduire si une collision est ou non probable.» "