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Living simplicity in furniture design - until 25-06-2007

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C A L L - F O R - E N T R I E S DEPADOVA, together with designboom, promotes an international design competition. participation is open to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts. free registration required. living simplicity in furniture design combine simplicity with playfulness, elegance, freshness, and contemporary spirit in home and office furniture design. we are looking for innovative chairs, tables, sofas, containers,... (lighting, coffee tables and other small accessories are not accepted) Information and Registration

REINVENT PACKAGING DESIGN COMPETITION 2007 - Until September, 2007

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C A L L - F O R - E N T R I E S designboom and PROCTER & GAMBLE packaging design competition. participation is open to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts. free registration required. More information and registration

Hard hat

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Ciclo de Seminários - Arquitectura e Sociedade: Arquitectura e a cidade/território

Ciclo de Seminários - Arquitectura e Sociedade Dia 24 de Maio - 18:30 .....arquitectura e a cidade/território Álvaro Domingues Manuel Graça Dias Luís Urbano Dia 5 de Junho - 18:30 ... .arquitectura voluntária Arquitectos Sem Fronteiras Portugal e Alunos da Faculdade de Arquitectura do Porto ENTRADA LIVRE Informações e Inscrições: Sofia Fragateiro Universidade Lusófona do Porto Tel. 22 207 32 48/30 Fax 22 200 15 28 Email: sofia.fragateiro@ulp.pt

Concurso Espaços Habitáveis do Arquitectura.pt

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Until 16-06-2007 Information

sliding puzzle desk by Hsien Chang

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The design concept of this product was inspired by sliding puzzles. The concept of the mechanism has been applied to the storage of office desks so that users can see what is kept in the desk with great ease by moving the dividers on the desk. The grids can be designated to store different items according to the users' needs of storage and usage: 1.Documents and folders 2.Keyboard and mouse 3.Stationery 4.Loose papers The basket fitted in the grids can be removed to provide greater convenience when moving. This feature will also allow the user to sort and organize the items within the basket easily.

Blinds and Shades

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Blinds are, more and more, seen like objects that help in home decoration, and because of that the variety that you have is increasing. In this site call guaranteed blinds you can choose from a wide range of shades, blinds and panels, of different types, colours, tissues, etc. The system that grabbed my attention was this kind of honeycomb cell tissue (you can have it simple or double), that brings a richer light texture, and, with this innovation, the shade can be placed on top of window and working with a top-down rolling (the usual), or it can be placed on the bottom of the window, and having a bottom-up rolling, serving as a “Japanese screen” that protects a space from unwanted eyes. One of the aspects that could be improved in this site is the picture's size, because they are too small to see desirable details.

Learn and Speak Italian

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If you want to learn Italian, you can do it on-line, on learnandspeakitalian website. You can do it at your own rhythm, not have to worry about losing you money because you don’t have enough free time. This is meant for English speaker learners but anyone who knows a little bit of English could use it. The advantage of this method is that it teaches you to speak, not just some everyday phrases, but it explains the meaning of each word so you can re-use it in another context. And it has recorded pronunciation of each word, with different speed, so you can understand how it is done, and you can recognize if and when you listen it spoken by an real Italian. You don't have to be on-line all the time, you can download the mp3 files, so you can listen later, on you mp3 player, or your CD player, again and again, until you feel that the “music” of the Italian language have enter your hear. The price is very appealing, because you have to pay the fee only one time, and it is valid f...

Hosting city - Ideas competition

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Our objective with this initiative is to p romote a reflection on the city, its p hysical and social territory concerning the p roblems of social exclusion, s p ecially associated with migration issues. Therefore, this com p etition of ideas has as object of study/intervention, our own city, O p orto , re p resented by four p laces. By choosing these p laces we’ve searched for identification in our urban territory of different case studies associating p ublic s p ace reflection, citizenshi p , social exclusion and migrants settlements. It is with these initiatives, for which your contribution is essential through the p resentation of your ideas , that we aim to a p p eal the biggest number of p eo p le for the causes that we defend. More information: www.cidadedeabrigo.blogspot.com A.S.F.P. - Arquitectos sem Fronteiras Portugal www.asfp.net M.I.R.A. - Migration Interface for Reflexion and Activism www.mi-ra.in