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Fabrizio Constanza

Rotating Multifunctional Furniture

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Home Bar and Coffee Spinning Ambient

Home Bar and Coffee Spinning Ambient is a rotating multifunctional furniture unit for a home interior. The design places two settings within one space. One side is a reading and coffee area. The other side is a bar for tasting liquor and wine. A rotating platform turns the unit 180 degrees to change from one setting to the other. Rotation and lighting scenes are controlled from a smartphone, a tablet or a wall panel. The unit is built from wood, metal, stone and glass, using precision machining and traditional craft methods.

TAKUMA YAMAZAKI

Personal Seal Stamp

Monday, 21 September 2026

Anima Code

Anima Code is a personal seal stamp with an engraved QR code. The code holds an access key to a person's online digital data. Many people record their lives on social media, yet these archives often become inaccessible after death. Anima Code allows the bereaved to scan a code stamped beforehand and reach the digital archives of the deceased. The stamp is made of transparent acrylic, laser engraved to precise dimensions, and measures 10 mm square and 62 mm long. The packaging is made of paulownia wood, a material long used in Japan for storage.

Mohamad Montazeri

Synthesizer

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Aurora

Aurora is a synthesizer that uses a green laser beam to control sound effects and filters. The laser replaces the touchpads and sliders used on many similar instruments. The player interrupts the beam by hand, and the changing beam length adjusts the frequency of the selected sound. A multi-touch screen shows settings and status and displays a virtual keyboard for playing. Knobs, sliders and buttons control the oscillator, filter, amplifier and modulation sections. The body is made of ABS plastic by injection molding.

Tekio

Harassment Prevention Strategy

Saturday, 19 September 2026

Welfare is Gold

Welfare Is Gold is a harassment prevention strategy created for a large mining group in Mexico. The strategy combines Welfare Commissions in each unit, an attention protocol, an intensive communication program and a web application that generates a personalized protocol for each contractor company. Printed and digital materials include infographics, posters, short animated videos, cartoons and memes. The protocol was co-designed with local employees and validated by the mining units. The intent is a workplace culture free of harassment.

Aija Freimane

Research

Friday, 18 September 2026

Perceived Design Value

Perceived Design Value is a postdoctoral research project on the added value of design. The study clarifies how design value is perceived by users across five generations and four socioeconomic class groups. Perceived value indicators are recommended to measure satisfaction, happiness and well-being as end results of product and service usage. The research also defines a triple design process and a self-assessment design maturity matrix. Main results are published in an A5 book of 89 pages. The aim is to help businesses, governments and society apply design more consciously.

Rozita Sophia Fogelman

ASCII Digital Design Museum

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Facebook Museum

The most interesting ways artists from around the world use Facebook as a medium, as a source material or as a starting point for criticism. Among these is the creative use of the user profile to artistic pursuits, both purely aesthetic natures, both conceptual in nature. Rozita Fogelman place status publishes images composed of graphic symbols, which is an activity that led to the mastery of Facebook Museum page. Featured in: Experimental Film, Net Art. Facebook: the social network as a space for art.

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Tuesday, 15 September 2026

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