Papercraft: Design and Art with Paper

Gestalten will be putting out a new book, featuring artists and designers who use paper as a medium for their creations. Recently, the design community has seen an influx of papercraft creations among young designers, who seem to be tapping into their elementary school days, using brightly colored paper, glue, scissors and folding to create forms and compositions. Ah-ha! But its not as easy as it looks. Some designers are really pushing the process far beyond art class. Check out the trailer for the book here. Sorry, Gestalten has some hoops to jump through as far as embedding video goes. Enjoy!

Paola Antonelli on design, science & technology

Paola Antonelli (senior curator in the Department of Architecture and Design for the Museum of Modern Art, New York) speaks at the Bigger Bang: Colliding Science & Design panel at the 5D conference. She focuses on the importance of the way that design, technology, and science work together to make advancements useful to society.

“…designers, when they are really good, take major revolutions in science and technology and they transform them into objects that people can use in their everyday life. So, basically, they bring revolutions home.”

The Geography of Design

Here at Highlighter, we are obsessed with process. We are always interested in learning how designers and artists arrive at their final product, and often times the process stories and materials are more interesting than the final product. However, that is not the case in this situation. Here Paula Scher talks about how she found herself making “maps” and the limitations that created the idea. Again, another example of restrictions creating awesomeness.