Design Hackers

Industrial designer Yves Behar is curating his first exhibition, entitled, "Technocraft: hackers, modders, fabbers, tweakers, and design in the age of individuality".
Technocraft looks at the different ways that consumers are personalizing design in efforts to assert creativity and individuality in an age of mass-production.
According to Yves Behar*, "mass production creates uniformity in function and aesthetic. People have grown tired of the sameness of things (...) We're moving from the limits of the age of mass production to a new age of mass individualization. Not only people get tired to it, they will demand a level of uniqueness in every product and service they consume."
My two favs are the hacked Eames dining chair and the Droog do hit chair!
If you live or happen to visit the San Francisco area, do not miss it! But hurry : the exhibition is being held at YBCA (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts), San Francisco, until October 3, 2010.

{via *Wired Magazine and DesignBoom}

Eames Hack - High Chair

Marijn Van der Poll’s do hit chair for Droog

"We heart Hand Made Art" Boston Event

West Elm has partnered with Etsy and Patch Inc for their Boston store. If you are in the Boston area, mark your calendar for October 14 and go, go, vite, vite, vite! Local artisans and crafters will be presenting and selling their products in the West Elm Boston store.... Sounds really cool...
More info about this event here and to RSVP.

{via West Elm}

Nova Artscapes by ROJO®

ROJO® is an open independent creative consortium founded in 2001, dedicated to the promotion and support of the contemporary arts. From September 18 through october 9th, 2010, ROJO® travels to Los Angeles to generate a creative event and art exhibition featuring exclusive collaborated art installations and original artwork by 8 international artists from Spain, USA, Japan, Netherlands, Argentina : Nova Artscapes. If you are in the L.A area, don't miss it!

Check out this video found through Neublack for a taste of what to expect during this art exhibition. 

More info about this event here...

ROJO®NOVA work in progress