Mendo- Amsterdam book store

When you are in Amsterdam and you love design, MENDO has to be on your list! This design bookshop is one of the most inspiring shops in town with books about architecture, fashion, photography, interior- and graphic design. They also have an amazing collection of XL books, e.g. of David LaChapelle, Muhammad Ali (GOAT), Peter Beard, Michael Polizi, The F1 Opus, Valentino en Vivienne Westwood.

It’s not only the great collections of books that make it a visit worthwhile. The concept of a store filled with creative books has been the starting point of their design. Like a house made of bricks, the shop is built by plain, black, custom-made MENDO books (2,000 have been used). The thought behind is that these plain books will make the other books stand out. Concrete, a renowned Dutch design agency, is responsible for the design.



© Pictures by Ewout Huibers

Spotted by Lieke Voermans

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and mortar booksellers of the world. After all, why would anyone leave the comfort of their couch to buy a book when with just a click of a button, they could have it delivered to their door? Well, here’s why: bookstores so beautiful they’re worth getting out of the house (or the country) to visit whether you need a new hardcover or not. We can’t overestimate the importance of bookstores — they’re community centers, places to browse and discover, and monuments to literature all at once — so we’ve put together a list of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, from Belgium to Japan to Slovakia. Just so you know now, all you bookstore fiends: neither the Strand nor Powell’s is on this list. They’re both great bookstores, of course, but not particularly pretty (at least in our minds), and thus disqualified. Click through to see our picks for the most beautiful bookstores in the world, and as always, if we’ve left off your favorite, be sure to add to the collection in the comments!

Material Library& Research Center-- Material Connexion

          

You maybe curious about what the material of this BMW? That is what Material Connexion is doing with BMW. 

Material Connexion is a materials consultancy that helps companies source advanced materials to enhance the performance, aesthetics and sustainability of their projects. Besides online material database, Material Connexion establish the Material libraries around the world like New York, Bangkok, Beijing, Cologne, Istanbul, Milan, Seoul and Shanghai.

Data Representation--Lamosca Studio

 

 La Vanguardia

Every week, the Lamosca studio in Barcelona delivers a graphic to La Vanguardia, the national daily paper, which illustrates the cover theme for its cultural supplement. The benefit of work is that the subjects addressed depart form the beaten track and revitalise the possibilities for data representation.

Information Visualization

Recently, I was invited by my classmates to have a MA presentation.Someone excellent perform and someone not. That reminds me to think about "how to present the best figure to audience".

Can I tell others a attractive story?
Can others totally understand all the information?

It is so sad that I am not a good storyteller. Does that mean I cannot sell my innovations to clients? YES , I can. Let me show you some example of information visualization.

Revealing Furniture Secrets- Danish Design Centre

What is Denmark's tag? Apparently, the answer is Design. It is  a utopia of design. Every single detail of daily life is the outcome of design. Why every Danes know design,consume design,use design and join design. 

Today, I wanna introduce Danish Design Centre（DDC) which is Danish knowledge center for design.They develop and disseminate knowledge about design and work to promote the use of strategic design in Danish companies and public sector institutions.

Good Furniture Good Preservation

As Dieter Rams said "Good Design should be long-lasting", However, how to keep it last long that is a question.

Today, I read a interesting article "WAX LYRICAL"  in Monocle which is about the knowledge of furniture preservation.