January 12, 2010
Founded in 1950, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum’s historic GOOD DESIGN program is now in its 59th year. GOOD DESIGN bestows international recognition upon the world’s most prominent designers and manufacturers for advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design.
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January 07, 2010
Getting a product out of development and to market is one thing. Getting it into a top-tier store is like that times 100.
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December 18, 2009
The impact of bottle water, as brilliantly illustrated by Online Education, is astounding. Besides the damage to environment from bottles that end up in landfills or the ocean, the oil used to produce bottled water could fuel a million cars for a year.
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December 10, 2009
The RKS team would like to congratulate Ko on being elected Chair of IDSA-LA.
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November 17, 2009
Now, more than ever, the kitchen is the heart of the home. The economic downturn has prompted a resurgence of home cooking. People are seeking cost-effective solutions for creating the kitchen of their dreams – the virtual fireplace where they can gather with family and friends. Seasons Cooktop Ventware concept combines the best in retractable kitchen vent systems with a whole new paradigm for kitchen appliances – unparalleled customizability.
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November 17, 2009
The RKS-designed Vestalife Firefly has been honored with a 2010 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award. The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards program recognizes the most innovative consumer electronics (CE) products in the industry’s hottest product categories.
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November 12, 2009
The business and sustainability conference Opportunity Green, held this past weekend in L.A., was an amazing experience. As we watched the various films and presentations, my wife and I moved from fear (How will the world survive?) to guilt (Look how we’ve polluted our planet!) to the hope that we can all work together, connected by the belief and passion that we will find a better way.
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November 09, 2009
Eric talked to Oppgreen Insights at the Opportunity Green conference about KOR’s “Better Me, Better World” mission, and KOR’s partnership with RKS.
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November 04, 2009
On Thursday, October 29th, the Autodesk Design Gallery in San Francisco hosted a “Celebration of Design” to showcase the winning selections. “Even with the Bay Bridge shut off for repairs, we had a good turnout, including Ravi from RKS, Yves from Fuse, Sam from HP, Kit from Studio Hinrichs and many more good solid designers who make up the true ‘creative stimulus’ of our community,” said Peter Kuchnicki, President of the Spark Design Awards.
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October 23, 2009
After taking the iLounge Best of Show Award for Design at their Macworld 2009 debut, Firefly and Mantis are on their way to Apple Stores worldwide.
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