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Designboost has explored the personal viewpoint of sustainable cities of some of the worlds most acknowledged designers. To find out Designboost went to Milan Design Week and made a MiniBoost.

The MiniBoost resulted in thirteen unique interviews. The seven first interviews are released and include personalities like Ilse Crawford, Tom Dixon, Konstantin Grcic, Arik Levy, Ross Lovegrove, Katrin Olina and Satyendra Pakhale.

The questions asked look at sustainable cities from a holistic point of view and touch among other subjects sustainability according to cultural life, emotional amplification and the personal stories of the inhabitants. The questions are written by different Boosters at the DesignBoost 2008 key event "Long Live the City" in Malmö, Sweden. One may say that the MiniBoost is like a relay race with questions as batons passed on to new Boosters.

Listen to what Ilse, Tom, Konstantin, Arik, Ross, Katrin and Satyendra have to say about it.


Arik Levy at Miniboost Milan
Satyendra Pakhale at Miniboost Milan Konstantin Grcic at Miniboost Milan
Katrin Olina at Miniboost Milan Ilse Crawford at Miniboost Milan
Tom Dixon at Miniboost Milan Ross Lovegrove at Miniboost Milan

Next week Designboost will release six more interviews from the Milan Design Week MiniBoost including Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Kristina Dryza, Richard Hutten, James Irvine, Tim Power and Patricia Urquiola.

tags: sustainable, Arik Lévy, Tom Dixon, video, interviews, Konstantin Grcic, Ross Lovegrove
designers: Arik Lévy, Tom Dixon, Konstantin Grcic, Ross Lovegrove
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Tom Dixon launches new Collection at 100% Design

The 2007 collection is defined by a 'Metallic' theme. Diving back into the material that initiated his original interest in design, Tom Dixon has taken inspiration from a diversity of sources that range from the heroic use of cast iron by the engineers of the industrial revolution, to the skilled craftsmen of the Indian subcontinent.

 
'Base' table light uses an unusual combination of metals: highly polished shiny brass and traditional matt textured cast iron. 


'Punch' light is made from double-sided stainless steel fins, each piece individually punched. Inspired by the cooling fins of motorcycle engines.


Designed as a task light, 'Angle' table light is made from extruded aluminium.

 
'Link' table, made from solid cast aluminium.


'Lean' table light is made from solid cast iron.

 
'Spin' floor candelabra is an inverted mobile made from cast iron. 

tags: Tom Dixon, new products
designers: Tom Dixon
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