Delvendahl Martin Architects’ installation for Moss Bross explores the possibilities of the windows by distorting the perception of depth and perspective as viewed from the street. This is achieved by using hundreds of cotton strings to stitch the edges of the window space to form a series of seemingly floating voids, where the three main strands of Moss Bros products arebe displayed. The material expression of the cotton strings recall the raw materials of garments, the loom-based manufacturing process of cloth, and the craftsmanship of the Moss Bespoke service.

Photography (c) Agnese Sanvito

austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

By renowned architect James Salmon Jr. (Salmon, Son and Gillespie), 1904-7. Glasgow Style Art Nouveau. Tall, 8-storey commercial building with shop at ground floor. Reinforced concrete construction. Casement windows with small-pane glazing. 1st floor cill band. Sculpted panel between 1st and 2nd floors: THE LION CHAMBERS. Square canted section in southmost bay rising from 1st to 4th floor corbelled out on sculpted judges heads at 4th floor; wide semi-circular keyblocked window at 6th floor surmounted by pedimented gable. Canted corner bay slightly advanced over 4th floor and surmounted by octagonal cupola. Southern return: simple fenestration and pedimented gable. Return to Bath Lane: canted return bays with metal casements.

Built for lawyer/writer William George Black. This explains the sculpted judges heads. Black was well-established within the Glasgow Art Club and provided artists studios into his plans for the upper floors of the building. The building is the second reinforced concrete structure in Glasgow and amongst the first few in Britain.

The building was built using the Hennebique system by French Engineer, François Hennebique. This system involves reinforced concrete instead of steel frames, making the building fireproof. The Hennebique system was designed to strengthen concrete to make it withstand forces which damage concrete the most. This allows the walls to be extremely thin with a thickness of only 100mm. However, the Hennebique system does have negative attributes, including the complexity of the framework and moulding in the manufacturing process. The concrete can weather away easily, considerably in weather in the United Kingdom, which was one of the main reasons the Lion Chambers has had to be abandoned.

Sadly this important building is on the Buildings at Risk register listed “critical” with the owners, having been served with a Dangerous Building Notice, wanting to demolish it. Only it’s A-listed status saving it. Remedial repairs were estimated at £1-1.5 million back in 1991 when occupants of the building were evacuated following fears of collapse. Money has been raised to cover parts of the building with mesh after lumps were spotted falling off it.

i was a little disturbed reading this part of our gas fireplace's manual. "When lit for the first time, the appliance will emit a slight odor for an hour or two. This is due to the "curing" of the logs and "burn-off" of internal paints and lubricants used in the manufacturing process."

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In spring 1917, the British Royal Flying Corps introduced the Sopwith Triplane, a three-winged version of the earlier Sopwith Pup fighter. The “Tripe” was only built in limited numbers, but it was issued to elite pilots, such as the famous “Black Flight” of the Royal Naval Air Service—commanded by ace Raymond Collishaw, the Black Flight’s five Triplanes shot down 87 German aircraft in three months.

The German Luftstreitskrafte reacted with shock. To this point, the Germans had usually enjoyed a qualitative advantage over the Allies in the air with their Albatros D.IIIs The Triplane could operate higher and was faster than German fighters, which gave their British and Canadian adversaries the advantage in a dogfight. Germany embarked on a crash program to field their own triplanes, with 37 manufacturers all producing prototypes. The best by far, however, was Fokker’s Dreidekker I, abbreviated Dr.I. After a short period of testing of prototypes, two pre-production aircraft were built and sent to the Western Front for evaluation. Both were given to exceptional pilots—Manfred von Richthofen and Werner Voss. Richthofen, testing the Dr.I in combat for the first time in September 1917, promptly shot down two aircraft and proclaimed the Dr.I a superb aircraft, if tricky to fly. If there was any doubt of its lethality, it was removed on 23 September, when Voss engaged nine British SE.5s of 56 Squadron, all of which were flown by British aces with more than ten victories apiece. Though Voss was killed, his skill and the Dr.I’s manueverability held off nine British aces for ten minutes. Fokker immediately received a production order for 300 Dr.Is.

In combat, the Dr.I was not as fast as the Albatros, but it had a higher rate of climb and phenomenal manueverability—the design was slightly unstable, but an experienced pilot could use its high lift, light controls, and the torque of the engine to make snap rolls to the right almost within the length of the aircraft. It required an experienced pilot, especially on landing, where the torque of the engine and the wings also had a tendency to ground-loop the aircraft. This could be fatal, because the position of the two Spandau machine guns extending into the cockpit could cause a crash-landing pilot to hurtle forward into the gun butts, face-first. The Oberursel engine had a tendency to fall off in power at higher altitudes due to poor lubrication. By far, however, the worst drawback of the Dr.I was its tendency towards wing failures, which were initially believed due to poor workmanship by Fokker. It would be not until after the war that it was learned that the very triple-winged design of the Dreidekker was the problem: the top wing exerted more lift than the bottom two, with the result that the top wing would literally lift itself away from the rest of the aircraft. While it was possible to still fly with the missing top wing, the Dr.I would not fly for long and the pilot would have to make a high-speed landing in an aircraft notorious for crash landings.

Though the Dr.I was issued to two Jasta wings, including von Richthofen’s, in 1917-1918, it was never very popular with the majority of German pilots, and the production of the superb Fokker D.VII, which started about the same time, meant that the Luftstreitskrafte already had a fighter that was faster and more durable than the Dr.I, if not quite as manueverable. A few German aces still preferred the Dr.I, namely von Richthofen—because of the Dreidekker was good at something, it was attacking from ambush. A skilled ace could quickly gain altitude over an unsuspecting enemy, dive down, attack, and then use the kinetic energy built in the dive to zoom back to position, or manuever out of trouble with a quick right roll. Von Richthofen would score his last 20 (out of 80) kills in the Dr.I.

Following the end of World War I, nearly all of Germany’s fighters were purposely burned, either by their own pilots or by the Allies. By World War II, only one Dr.I was known to exist, one of von Richthofen’s aircraft, preserved in a museum in Berlin; the museum was flattened in an Allied bombing raid in 1944. Today, only scattered pieces of original Dr.Is exist. However, the simple manufacturing process of World War I fighters meant that reproductions could easily be built, and several dozen Dr.I replicas continue to fly today.

This is (of course) a Dr.I flyable replica, painted in the colors of Leutnant Josef Jacobs of Jasta 22. Jacobs would become the fourth highest-scoring German ace of World War I (tied with Werner Voss) with 48 kills, and was also the highest scoring Dr.I ace--though Richthofen had twice as many victories, the majority of the "Red Baron's" kills were made in the Albatros. Jacobs survived the war and World War II--the latter an achievement in and of itself, as he opposed the Nazi Party. He died in 1978, one of the last of the World War I aces to pass away.

The replica isn't quite finished painting yet, as Jacobs' personal emblem of a fire-breathing angel is not on the fuselage yet, nor are the German markings quite done. This was an unexpected find: my friend and I had stopped by the CAF Arizona Wing's headquarters in Mesa to see their F4F Wildcat. The Wildcat was gone to Hawaii for the 75th anniversary of V-J Day, but seeing the Dr.I more than made up for it.

This photo snapped a couple of years ago when vising the UK.

While working for my dad, I learned everything about the shoe design and the manufacture process. I could design, cut patterns, stitch and last Uppers too. I even made shoes for Lady Diana.

I also worked with fashion journals such as Elle and Vogue to get them samples for their model shoots and attended many of the fashion shows. While the work was interesting, I knew that this wasn't something that I wanted to do in life.

As I continued to learn more Japanese and discover more of the culture through anime, manga, games and spending time with my Japanese friends, I found a purpose in life at last which was to pursue my knowledge of Japan - I knew that I couldn't do that while working part time for my dad. As I was living with my mum, I didn't see my dad for a few years after I left his studio.

You can read more about what happened during this time, how I learned Japanese and how I made it to Japan in the How Discovering Japan Changed My Life post.

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The first potters in Moustiers were monks. The legend says that a monk from Faenza in Italy brought the secret technique of producing the white enamel with him. The term faïencier appeared in Moustier's historical archives first in 1679. The refinement of ceramics from a utilitarian item to fine tableware gave rise to a new type of artisans. The nobility's fascination with the blue and white glazes and beautiful designs created strong demand for faïence. The town of Moustiers became the center for design and production of faïences. The best known faïencer from this time was Pierre Clérissy who worked in Moustiers. His brother Joseph headed the St. Jean du Désert factory in Marseille. The creative and ornate style of the faïence from Moustiers was the most coveted ceramics for more than 200 years. Other designers developed their own style variations, such as Joseph Olérys's factory in the early 18th century. He produced the first polychromatic (multi-colored) faïences, baked over an open fire and using the dipping and enamel processes still en vogue today. During this time the famous Moustiers figures, the "Grotesques" were created, some of Moustier's best known decorative items. In the mid 18th century the brothers Jean Baptiste and Louis Ferrat made vivid, bright colors popular by refining the manufacturing process for faïences further.

The popularity of the "Moustiers", as the faïence from Moustiers was called, declined in the 19th century as inexpensive china made in England swamped the French market and by 1873 the last faïencier closed shop. Marcel Provence (1892-1951), the Provençal historian and leader of the Félibrige, the Provençal movement founded by Frederic Mistral, was instrumental in reviving the faïence industry in Moustiers in the 1920s. Today there are 20 ateliers in Moustiers designing faithful replications and new creations, most of which are produced in workshops outside Moustiers.

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Changyeong Jeong, PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, handles an ultrathin Ag film based OLED inside Professor Jay Guo’s lab at 3537 G.G. Brown on North Campus in Ann Arbor MI on May 5, 2021.

Guo’s group is systematically improving the light power distribution in OLEDs by removing the waveguide mode and optimizing the organic stacks and the ultrathin AG anode. This simple yet effective method leads to significantly enhanced performance of the external quantum efficiency of the OLED.

Jeong and Guo’s solution is not only simple in process but also can achieve high throughput and low cost with excellent compatibility with the large-scale manufacturing process in the display industry. In principle, the modal elimination approach introduced in this work could be extended to other solid-state light emitting diodes (LEDs) such as perovskites, quantum-dots, or III-V based LEDs since all of which are susceptible to the issue of light trapping as waveguide mode.

Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Part of modding your car is making it look good, and looks weren't really a concern when the engineers were designing your ride. It's easy to see that when you open up the hood and it easily looks like a rat's nest. Password knows that looks on the outside don't mean squat if you can't show off what's under the hood. The Password:JDM dry carbon fiber fuse box over-cover for the 2013+ Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S adheres to your stock fuse box cover and will help clean up the look of your engine bay making your engine stand out, while adding a much needed accent to the scene. Like all of our dry carbon fiber parts that we manufacture, this piece has been precision crafted for a perfect fit and requires no tools or modifications to install. We also use a fade-resistant resin during the manufacturing process which ensures that the part will look as fresh as it did and function as well as the day you bought it.

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John Allison is William F. Hosford Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and a National Academy of Engineering member.

His major research interest is in understanding the inter-relationships between processing, alloying, microstructure and properties in metallic materials – and in incorporating this knowledge into computational tools for use in research, education and engineering. An important part of his research is development of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) tools – and thus collaborations with other computational and experimental groups are an essential element of my work. Central to my research are investigations on the evolution of microstructures - current examples include precipitate evolution, recrystallization and grain growth and texture development in magnesium, aluminum and titanium alloys. He is also interested in mechanical behavior of these materials, with an emphasis on development of mechanistic and phenomenological understanding of the influence of microstructure on properties such as strength, ductility and fatigue resistance.

Allison comes to the University from Ford Motor Company, where he was a senior technical leader in the Research and Advanced Engineering organization. Over the twenty seven years of his tenure at Ford, he led teams developing integrated computational materials engineering, or ICME, methods. He helped develop advanced computer software that simulates manufacturing processes and predicts the influence of the manufacturing process on material properties. The output of these models is then coupled with product performance models to predict how manufactured components will behave during service.

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Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering

EXHIBITION

100 Best Posters 14

GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND

MI, MO 11/11/2015, 03/28/2016

MAK Art Print Hall

Already for the tenth time, the MAK in the exhibition 100 Best Posters 14. Germany Austria Switzerland shows the hundred most compelling design concepts in the probably hottest medium of visual everyday culture: the poster. The current winning projects of the popular graphic design competition are characterized by an enigmatic pictural humor, explosive colors as well as precise designs and demonstrate impressively that a poster can be more than just an banal advertising space. Many of the award-winning works furthermore also rely on a subtle play with typography. Innovative ideas can also be found in the manufacturing process: This year's competition shows that you can readily knit posters in high-tech process or use a thermo-insulating space blanket as carrier material for screen printing.

Hardly any medium is such clocked on the consumption and nevertheless sets trends at the cutting edge. "[...] The poster designer challenges himself repeatedly and enjoys himself at gained symbols." Says Götz Gramlich, President of the association 100 Best Posters eV, and he postulats. "A good poster unfolds in the mind of the beholder."

From over 1 800 submitted individual posters, composed of contract work, self-initiated posters/self-promotion as well as student project orders from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, awarded the international jury, consisting of Richard van der Laken (Amsterdam, Chairman), Christof Nardin (Wien), Jiri Oplatek (Basel), Nicolaus Ott (Berlin) and Ariane Spanier (Berlin), the 100 winning posters of the year 2014.

In the competition participated 575 submitters (men and women), of which 48 are from Austria, 128 from Switzerland and 399 from Germany. The leader among the winning 100 best is Switzerland with 51 winning projects, followed by 44 German and 5 Austrian contributions.

The by sensomatic design (Christine Zmölnig and Florian Koch, Vienna) designed catalog offers in addition to the illustrations of all the winning posters and the contacts with the designers also this year a captivating essay by Thomas Friedrich: On the dialectics of image and text in the poster today. In a concise way, he looks at the contextuality of posters and explains the theme facetiously and pictorially based on a poster for a bullfight. Read more in the catalog!

For the corporate design of this year's competition and the new Web Visuals also sensomatic design, Vienna, is responsible. Since June 2014, the new online archive on the homepage of the 100 Best Posters Registered Association offers a comprehensive overview of all award-winning works from the years 2001-2014.

The exhibition takes place in cooperation with 100 Best Posters e. V.

100-beste-plakate.de

Curator Peter Klinger, Deputy Head of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection

AUSSTELLUNG

100 Beste Plakate 14

DEUTSCHLAND ÖSTERREICH SCHWEIZ

MI, 11.11.2015–MO, 28.03.2016

MAK-KUNSTBLÄTTERSAAL

Bereits zum zehnten Mal zeigt das MAK in der Ausstellung 100 BESTE PLAKATE 14. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz die einhundert überzeugendsten Gestaltungskonzepte im wohl heißesten Medium der visuellen Alltagskultur: dem Plakat. Die aktuellen Siegerprojekte des beliebten Grafikdesignwettbewerbs bestechen mit hintergründigem Bildwitz, explosiver Farbgebung sowie exakten Ausführungen und demonstrieren eindrücklich, dass ein Plakat mehr als nur banale Werbefläche sein kann. Viele der prämierten Arbeiten setzen außerdem auf ein subtiles Spiel mit Typografie. Innovative Ideen finden sich auch im Herstellungsprozess: Der diesjährige Wettbewerb zeigt, dass man Plakate ohne Weiteres im Hightech-Verfahren stricken oder eine thermo-isolierende Rettungsdecke als Trägermaterial für einen Siebdruck verwenden kann.

Kaum ein Medium ist derart auf den Verbrauch hin getaktet und setzt dennoch Trends am Puls der Zeit. „[…] der Plakatgestalter fordert sich immer wieder selbst heraus und erfreut sich an gewonnenen Sinnbildern.“ so Götz Gramlich, Präsident des Vereins 100 Beste Plakate e. V., und er postuliert: „Ein gutes Plakat entfaltet sich im Kopf des Betrachters.“

Aus über 1 800 eingereichten Einzelplakaten, zusammengesetzt aus Auftragsarbeiten, selbst initiierten Plakaten/Eigenwerbungen sowie studentischen Projektaufträgen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, prämierte die international besetzte Fachjury, bestehend aus Richard van der Laken (Amsterdam, Vorsitz), Christof Nardin (Wien), Jiri Oplatek (Basel), Nicolaus Ott (Berlin) und Ariane Spanier (Berlin), die 100 Siegerplakate des Jahres 2014.

Am Wettbewerb hatten sich 575 EinreicherInnen beteiligt, davon 48 aus Österreich, 128 aus der Schweiz und 399 aus Deutschland. Spitzenreiter unter den prämierten 100 Besten ist die Schweiz mit 51 Siegerprojekten, gefolgt von 44 deutschen und 5 österreichischen Beiträgen.

Der von sensomatic design (Christine Zmölnig und Florian Koch, Wien) gestaltete Katalog bietet neben den Abbildungen aller Siegerplakate und den Kontakten zu den GestalterInnen auch dieses Jahr einen bestechenden Aufsatz von Thomas Friedrich: Zur Dialektik von Bild und Text im Plakat heute. In pointierter Form geht er auf die Kontextualität von Plakaten ein und erklärt das Thema witzig und bildhaft anhand eines Plakats für einen Stierkampf. Mehr dazu im Katalog!

Für das Corporate Design des diesjährigen Wettbewerbs und die neuen Web-Visuals zeichnet ebenfalls sensomatic design, Wien, verantwortlich. Seit Juni 2014 bietet das neue Online-Archiv auf der Homepage der 100 Beste Plakate e. V. einen umfassenden Überblick aller prämierten Arbeiten aus den Jahren 2001 bis 2014.

Die Ausstellung findet in Kooperation mit 100 Beste Plakate e. V. statt.

100-beste-plakate.de

Kurator: Peter Klinger, Stellvertretende Leitung MAK-Bibliothek und Kunstblättersammlung

www.mak.at/programm/ausstellungen?set-ad=y&event_id=1...

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Detroit’s Packard Motors Plant is a massive factory complex designed by Albert Kahn and built by Henry Joy in 1907. Work areas around the main buildings were completed in 1911. Kahn’s industrial designs stood out for meeting modern requirements for mass manufacturing processes. Reinforced concrete structures were essential for fire resistance and load bearing capacity for heavy machinery required for making cars. Ford’s Highland Park Plant, and the Fisher 21 Body Plant share similar design and functional elements.

From the early 1920’s influential car companies such as Ford, Studebaker, EMF, Hudson, Hupp, Pierce Arrow, General Motors and Continental Motors had operating plants in Detroit. Many plants were located near the railways which would transport finished cars throughout the US domestic market. The Great Depression of the 1930’s destroyed many of these companies as they were forced to merge with other companies or go bankrupt.

Packard also made fighter engines for the allies in World War II. In spite lucrative military contracts, Packard and many other companies could not recover from the previous decade, and faded away into history. Packard Motors famous promotional tagline was “Packard ask a man who owns one”. To this day Packard cars have a rabid following, however the factory that made them has not been protected by heritage status.

This trip turned out to be the final expedition at the Packard Plant. Numerous fires and recycling of building materials severely damaged the structural integrity of the site. Restoration of this historic industrial facility seems unlikely.

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Gareth wasn't very well in the night, so stayed at home to rest and sleep - which was a shame, as he'd got tickets for us all to go to Cadbury World! I don't think his stomach would have coped with all the chocolate talk, though - or the actual chocolate :-(

However, the rest of us had a fun day - there were lots of different parts to the experience: some were a bit wordy for Frankie, so we skipped through, others were just right for him, and he was happy to stay for ages. It was interesting and enjoyable, but I'd have liked to have seen a bit of the actual manufacturing process in the main factory - I guess that wouldn't really be practicable, though, with so many people. A video would have been OK, though. Maybe they don't want to give away trade secrets!

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austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

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EXHIBITION

100 Best Posters 14

GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND

MI, MO 11/11/2015, 03/28/2016

MAK Art Print Hall

Already for the tenth time, the MAK in the exhibition 100 Best Posters 14. Germany Austria Switzerland shows the hundred most compelling design concepts in the probably hottest medium of visual everyday culture: the poster. The current winning projects of the popular graphic design competition are characterized by an enigmatic pictural humor, explosive colors as well as precise designs and demonstrate impressively that a poster can be more than just an banal advertising space. Many of the award-winning works furthermore also rely on a subtle play with typography. Innovative ideas can also be found in the manufacturing process: This year's competition shows that you can readily knit posters in high-tech process or use a thermo-insulating space blanket as carrier material for screen printing.

Hardly any medium is such clocked on the consumption and nevertheless sets trends at the cutting edge. "[...] The poster designer challenges himself repeatedly and enjoys himself at gained symbols." Says Götz Gramlich, President of the association 100 Best Posters eV, and he postulats. "A good poster unfolds in the mind of the beholder."

From over 1 800 submitted individual posters, composed of contract work, self-initiated posters/self-promotion as well as student project orders from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, awarded the international jury, consisting of Richard van der Laken (Amsterdam, Chairman), Christof Nardin (Wien), Jiri Oplatek (Basel), Nicolaus Ott (Berlin) and Ariane Spanier (Berlin), the 100 winning posters of the year 2014.

In the competition participated 575 submitters (men and women), of which 48 are from Austria, 128 from Switzerland and 399 from Germany. The leader among the winning 100 best is Switzerland with 51 winning projects, followed by 44 German and 5 Austrian contributions.

The by sensomatic design (Christine Zmölnig and Florian Koch, Vienna) designed catalog offers in addition to the illustrations of all the winning posters and the contacts with the designers also this year a captivating essay by Thomas Friedrich: On the dialectics of image and text in the poster today. In a concise way, he looks at the contextuality of posters and explains the theme facetiously and pictorially based on a poster for a bullfight. Read more in the catalog!

For the corporate design of this year's competition and the new Web Visuals also sensomatic design, Vienna, is responsible. Since June 2014, the new online archive on the homepage of the 100 Best Posters Registered Association offers a comprehensive overview of all award-winning works from the years 2001-2014.

The exhibition takes place in cooperation with 100 Best Posters e. V.

100-beste-plakate.de

Curator Peter Klinger, Deputy Head of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection

AUSSTELLUNG

100 Beste Plakate 14

DEUTSCHLAND ÖSTERREICH SCHWEIZ

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Bereits zum zehnten Mal zeigt das MAK in der Ausstellung 100 BESTE PLAKATE 14. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz die einhundert überzeugendsten Gestaltungskonzepte im wohl heißesten Medium der visuellen Alltagskultur: dem Plakat. Die aktuellen Siegerprojekte des beliebten Grafikdesignwettbewerbs bestechen mit hintergründigem Bildwitz, explosiver Farbgebung sowie exakten Ausführungen und demonstrieren eindrücklich, dass ein Plakat mehr als nur banale Werbefläche sein kann. Viele der prämierten Arbeiten setzen außerdem auf ein subtiles Spiel mit Typografie. Innovative Ideen finden sich auch im Herstellungsprozess: Der diesjährige Wettbewerb zeigt, dass man Plakate ohne Weiteres im Hightech-Verfahren stricken oder eine thermo-isolierende Rettungsdecke als Trägermaterial für einen Siebdruck verwenden kann.

Kaum ein Medium ist derart auf den Verbrauch hin getaktet und setzt dennoch Trends am Puls der Zeit. „[…] der Plakatgestalter fordert sich immer wieder selbst heraus und erfreut sich an gewonnenen Sinnbildern.“ so Götz Gramlich, Präsident des Vereins 100 Beste Plakate e. V., und er postuliert: „Ein gutes Plakat entfaltet sich im Kopf des Betrachters.“

Aus über 1 800 eingereichten Einzelplakaten, zusammengesetzt aus Auftragsarbeiten, selbst initiierten Plakaten/Eigenwerbungen sowie studentischen Projektaufträgen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, prämierte die international besetzte Fachjury, bestehend aus Richard van der Laken (Amsterdam, Vorsitz), Christof Nardin (Wien), Jiri Oplatek (Basel), Nicolaus Ott (Berlin) und Ariane Spanier (Berlin), die 100 Siegerplakate des Jahres 2014.

Am Wettbewerb hatten sich 575 EinreicherInnen beteiligt, davon 48 aus Österreich, 128 aus der Schweiz und 399 aus Deutschland. Spitzenreiter unter den prämierten 100 Besten ist die Schweiz mit 51 Siegerprojekten, gefolgt von 44 deutschen und 5 österreichischen Beiträgen.

Der von sensomatic design (Christine Zmölnig und Florian Koch, Wien) gestaltete Katalog bietet neben den Abbildungen aller Siegerplakate und den Kontakten zu den GestalterInnen auch dieses Jahr einen bestechenden Aufsatz von Thomas Friedrich: Zur Dialektik von Bild und Text im Plakat heute. In pointierter Form geht er auf die Kontextualität von Plakaten ein und erklärt das Thema witzig und bildhaft anhand eines Plakats für einen Stierkampf. Mehr dazu im Katalog!

Für das Corporate Design des diesjährigen Wettbewerbs und die neuen Web-Visuals zeichnet ebenfalls sensomatic design, Wien, verantwortlich. Seit Juni 2014 bietet das neue Online-Archiv auf der Homepage der 100 Beste Plakate e. V. einen umfassenden Überblick aller prämierten Arbeiten aus den Jahren 2001 bis 2014.

Die Ausstellung findet in Kooperation mit 100 Beste Plakate e. V. statt.

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Kurator: Peter Klinger, Stellvertretende Leitung MAK-Bibliothek und Kunstblättersammlung

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iPlay V1

Our design had to be cheap to manufacture, with minimal manufacture processes and a low overall cost. Keeping this in mind I sketched my basic idea and then rendered it. After exporting the DXF files I lasercut them and had my first prototype.

There is an everlasting debate amongst gamers as to which console and controller is the best. I found that the PS3 controller was the most popular second being Xbox 360. The PS3 controller is symettrical unlike the Xbox controller and is so ergonomoic you can often forget you are holding it.

I illustrated the PS3 controller outline to kickstart the CAD process. My design consists of 3 layers of 5mm acrylic creating an iphone cavity depth of 10mm (iPhone 4 has a thickness of 9.3mm) and an overall thickness of 15mm. The structure would be held together with tight fit acrylic rods. I need to carry out test pieces on 2.99+-0.1mm radii to decide what are the best dimensions to use for these slots bearing in mind the lasercutter burns away material.

The whole in the bottom layer is so the device can be pushed out from the case after use.

V2

I asked some students to test the V1 prototype. They liked the product especially its simplicity. There were points that I could develop and improve.

Not all iPhone games auto orientate, hence it was essential I adapted my design so the phone could be rotated 180 degress. This would be easy by simply duplicating the button slots.

In addition to this there was no camera hole. If I were to introduce a camera holeto the design it would have to be duplicated 180 degrees to ensure photos could be taken no matter what orientation the iPhone was.

Taking this on board I designed and manufactured iPlay V2. Although acrylic rod would create a tight fit, 4 drops of dichloromethane would chemically weld the components together for a long lasting permanent fit. After this I used a buffing wheel to create round edges making the product more ergonomic to hold.

V3

Once again I asked some students for feedback on my prototype. They were impressed with how I addressed the previous issues. The only negative point raised was that it would not fit in your pocket. This was the next challenge I faced.

I considered hinging the lower two arms and making them lock into the back of the case. However this would make the design more complex and increase cost and manufacturing processes.

I moved the top pair of holes further up to better distribute the stress. I decided to split the product in half. My V3 model has alternating layers this creates cavities that allow it to be locked together together when not in use as photographed. This would easily fit in you pocket.

The problem the alternating layers created is a less ergonomic shape. Secondly there was nothing holding the two half together when placed on the phone.

In my V4 model I introduced a rubber band which kept the two half together when on the phone. It would also prevent one half form being lost. This created a new problem; the top half of the rubber band would not always line up as there was nothing guiding it. This was my next problem to solve.

V4

My final model would be made from acrylic but I was not going to buff it as that would add a manufacture process and would siginificanty increase the manufacture time. Since I was already using the laser cutter for cutting my components I thought I may aswell engrave some sort of graphics onto the top layer. I decided to remove the gaps in between the layers to make it better to hold and to remodel the rubberband tracks.

V5

I solved the problem of the inconvenient rubber band with two more locating rods on the top. These extra rods would keep the rubber band guided along the correct track. I made a MDF prototype to test my idea and it worked successfully even with coffee stirrers replicating the acrylic rod.

Satisfied with my idea I finally created an acrylic version. This required a bit more thought than previously as I had to accomodate for the thick rubber band. I decided to use 3mm acrylic instead of 5mm to create a thinner profile. This meant I needed a total of 5 layers to accomodate an iPhone 4.

Since I was already using a lasercutter and I wanted the product to appeal to gamers I decided to engrave some patterns. I was going to use a translucent coloured acrylic for the bottom layer and adjust the design so that it covers the camera and flash. This way the case will act as a camera filter and the flash/torch will produce coloured light.

Now that the product was split into halfs the individual components were so small that cutting a single iPlay V5 uses less than an A4 sized amount of 3mm acrylic (the 2D Design screenshot has an A3 page layout). This also meant that it would fit both an iPhone 4 & 5 as the rubber can stretch to accomodate for an iPhone 5. Apart from the height of the iPhone 5 the dimensions are very similair to those of the 4.

I am very pleased with the final product and getting through to the next stage with KFDS. If I were to develop the product further I would find a way to lock the two halves together when not on the phone. This could be done like a jigsaw puzzle or by manipulating the rods into a dowel joint.

JCC received a grant award through the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council’s Consolidated Funding Application to offer the Machinist Training Program which features classroom and hands-on training and consists of a mixture of college credit and non-credit classes spread over 12 months. Training for the manufacturing environment includes drafting, shop math, CNC machining, teamwork, and lean manufacturing processes.

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Apparently the lid missed a step in the manufacturing process. The squirrel image is just a sticker, added, I assume, by an owner. The puzzle within is the scene at right, with cattle beside a mountain stream.

Xci Class A is an exterior wall insulation panel composed of a Class A rigid polyisocyanurate foam core laminated during the manufacturing process to embossed foil facers.

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​At Sense Organics, we believe the clothing of babies and children should be cuddly, soft and kind to their skin. That's why we only use 100% organic cotton​ in our clothing ranges. ​Find out more about why buying organic for your kids just make sense. Visit ​www.sense-organics.com

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These Lynx helicopters manouevered so close that at times they appeared to be touching. Possibly a cheap manufacturing process!! The pilots must have amazing confidence in one another. Seen at Bournemouth air show. 2012

This photograph, taken in the Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn shows the Fabrication Shed - South Bay looking west, 1954.

Reference: 2931-43-08

This image is taken from an album produced by the world famous shipbuilding and engineering firm of Hawthorn Leslie. The album gives us a fascinating glimpse of life at the company's shipyard at Hebburn from the late 1930s to the 1960s. There are remarkable images of the men at work in the yard and a poignant series showing the terrible damage caused during the Second World War to HMS Kelly, one of Hawthorn Leslie's best loved ships.

This particular collection of images follows the Birth and ultimate Death of a ship. From the craft and pride in its production and the joy in its performance, to the devastation and price of its destruction.

A blog about this fascinating collection can been viewed here on the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums website.

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share these digital images within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk

The existing Freeport Community Center & a historic Edward B. Mallett house has been joined by a spacious addition to provide new social services offices, thrift store, teen center, coffee bar & multi-funtion community room. Not only was there a goal to preserve history landmarks....but to obtain serious energy savings!

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- Have the highest R-Value per inch of any insulation

- NFPA 285 TEST - Passed

- Energy Star approved

- Contribute toward LEED certification credits

- HCFC, CFC, zero ODP, and negligable GWP.

Construction by: Warren Construction

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Part of modding your car is making it look good, and looks weren't really a concern when the engineers were designing your ride. It's easy to see that when you open up the hood and it easily looks like a rat's nest. Password knows that looks on the outside don't mean squat if you can't show off what's under the hood. The Password:JDM dry carbon fiber fuse box over-cover for the 2013+ Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S adheres to your stock fuse box cover and will help clean up the look of your engine bay making your engine stand out, while adding a much needed accent to the scene. Like all of our dry carbon fiber parts that we manufacture, this piece has been precision crafted for a perfect fit and requires no tools or modifications to install. We also use a fade-resistant resin during the manufacturing process which ensures that the part will look as fresh as it did and function as well as the day you bought it.

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A beautiful Prim Sport "Igen" 38 being serviced in the watch restoration and assembly room at Prim.

On September 26, 2008 my family and I were privileged to spend the day in the beautiful town of Nové Mesto nad Metují in the east of the Czech Republic, close to the Polish border. Our host was Mr. Jan Prokop, Marketing Director (and principal designer) at the ELTON hodinárská, a.s. - the manufacturers of fine bespoke Prim wristwatches.

Mr. Prokop collected us from our hotel in Prague, drove us to Nové Mesto nad Metují and back (a round trip of three hours), presented their current product range, guided us through their interesting museum, and led us on a tour of the full manufacturing operation at Prim. This was a fantastic opportunity, and we got to see everything from the manufacturing of cases, dials, hesatite crystals and hands through to the final assembly process. We also saw great examples of their bespoke manufacturing capability as well as their top class restoration service. Mr Prokop ended a fine day with a meal and good local beer in a restaurant on the old town square.

Six weeks after our visit I sent my prized Prim Sport "Igen" 38 (produced in the 60's and early-70's) to ELTON where it is currently being restored and modernised to my specification, as well as being personalised. I can't wait to get it back - my first bespoke wristwatch and an heirloom to pass on to my son!

Although obviously sensitive about certain parts of their operation, Mr. Prokop graciously allowed me to take many photographs during our visit, and here they are for your viewing pleasure. As you will see, these are truly hand-made watches that combine both leading edge design and manufacturing processes and age-old processes and technologies. It is this progressive traditionalism and craftsmanship that gives these unique timepieces their individual character...and I love them!

The Japanese made some of the best matchlock arquebuses, partially because they took the time to refine the manufacturing process to a craft. In Europe, in contrast, arquebuses were quickly rendered obsolete in favor of flitlock muskets.

(En) Founded in 1906, the Coking Plant of Anderlues was specialized in the production of coke for industrial use.

Coke was obtained by distillation of coal in furnaces and, thanks to its superior fuel coal properties, it was used afterwards to feed the blast furnaces in the steel manufacturing process.

Closed and abandoned since 2002, the site has since undergone many losses and damages, not including an important pollution. While some buildings have now been demolished, there are however still some important parts of the former coking plant.

Among them, the former coal tower, next to the imposing "battery" of 38 furnaces, where the coke was produced. Besides them, we still can see the administrative buildings, the power station with its cooling tower, and buildings for the by-products, which were obtained by recovering the tar and coal gas. There are also a gasometer north side, the coal tip east side and a settling basin south side.

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(Fr) Fondées en 1906, les Cokeries d'Anderlues étaient spécialisées dans la fabrication de coke à usage industriel.

Le coke était obtenu par distillation de la houille dans des fours et, grâce à ses propriétés combustibles supérieures au charbon, il servait par après à alimenter les hauts-fourneaux dans le processus de fabrication de l'acier.

Fermé et laissé à l'abandon depuis 2002, le site a depuis lors subi de nombreuses pertes et dégradations, sans compter la pollution qui y règne. Si certains bâtiments (comme l'ancien lavoir à charbon) ont aujourd'hui été démolis, on retrouve encore toutefois certaines parties importantes de cette ancienne cokerie.

Parmi celles-ci, l'ancienne tour à charbon suivie de près par l'imposante "batterie" de 38 fours, où était produit le coke. A côté d'eux, on découvre également les bâtiments administratifs, la centrale électrique avec sa tour de refroidissement, ainsi que les bâtiments des sous-produits, lesquels étaient obtenus par récupération du goudron et du gaz de houille. Et en périphérie, on retrouve un gazomètre côté nord, le terril à l'est et un bassin de décantation côté sud.

The video captures Albion's Bradbury Line cold roll-forming manufacturing process. The West Bromwich facility houses Albion Sections' state of the art Bradbury line which was exported from the USA. Fitted in 2006, this £1million investment allows custom roll forming and an instant changeover. It can manufacture Sigma Purlins, Zed Purlin, Steel Purlins, Eaves Beams, Cee Sections, Mezzanine Floor channels, Side Rails, and Structural Steel Framing (SFS) - Stud and Track from S390 and S450 yield strength steel. Albion now supports numerous Steel Construction Markets, such as portal frames, steel framing and Modular Construction both for off site and on site assembly. Albion Sections are a part of the Sebden Steel Group.

Changyeong Jeong, PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, handles an ultrathin Ag film based OLED inside Professor Jay Guo’s lab at 3537 G.G. Brown on North Campus in Ann Arbor MI on May 5, 2021.

Guo’s group is systematically improving the light power distribution in OLEDs by removing the waveguide mode and optimizing the organic stacks and the ultrathin AG anode. This simple yet effective method leads to significantly enhanced performance of the external quantum efficiency of the OLED.

Jeong and Guo’s solution is not only simple in process but also can achieve high throughput and low cost with excellent compatibility with the large-scale manufacturing process in the display industry. In principle, the modal elimination approach introduced in this work could be extended to other solid-state light emitting diodes (LEDs) such as perovskites, quantum-dots, or III-V based LEDs since all of which are susceptible to the issue of light trapping as waveguide mode.

Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Ever wondered how your flu vaccine is made? Look no further. This infographic illustrates the most common way that flu vaccines are made using an egg-based manufacturing process that has been in existence for more than 70 years. For more: www.ifpma.org

Old model watches in the museum at Prim.

On September 26, 2008 my family and I were privileged to spend the day in the beautiful town of Nové Mesto nad Metují in the east of the Czech Republic, close to the Polish border. Our host was Mr. Jan Prokop, Marketing Director (and principal designer) at the ELTON hodinárská, a.s. - the manufacturers of fine bespoke Prim wristwatches.

Mr. Prokop collected us from our hotel in Prague, drove us to Nové Mesto nad Metují and back (a round trip of three hours), presented their current product range, guided us through their interesting museum, and led us on a tour of the full manufacturing operation at Prim. This was a fantastic opportunity, and we got to see everything from the manufacturing of cases, dials, hesatite crystals and hands through to the final assembly process. We also saw great examples of their bespoke manufacturing capability as well as their top class restoration service. Mr Prokop ended a fine day with a meal and good local beer in a restaurant on the old town square.

Six weeks after our visit I sent my prized Prim Sport "Igen" 38 (produced in the 60's and early-70's) to ELTON where it is currently being restored and modernised to my specification, as well as being personalised. I can't wait to get it back - my first bespoke wristwatch and an heirloom to pass on to my son!

Although obviously sensitive about certain parts of their operation, Mr. Prokop graciously allowed me to take many photographs during our visit, and here they are for your viewing pleasure. As you will see, these are truly hand-made watches that combine both leading edge design and manufacturing processes and age-old processes and technologies. It is this progressive traditionalism and craftsmanship that gives these unique timepieces their individual character...and I love them!

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An ultrathin Ag film based OLED inside Professor Jay Guo’s lab at 3537 G.G. Brown on North Campus in Ann Arbor MI on May 5, 2021.

Guo’s group is systematically improving the light power distribution in OLEDs by removing the waveguide mode and optimizing the organic stacks and the ultrathin AG anode. This simple yet effective method leads to significantly enhanced performance of the external quantum efficiency of the OLED.

Guo’s solution is not only simple in process but also can achieve high throughput and low cost with excellent compatibility with the large-scale manufacturing process in the display industry. In principle, the modal elimination approach introduced in this work could be extended to other solid-state light emitting diodes (LEDs) such as perovskites, quantum-dots, or III-V based LEDs since all of which are susceptible to the issue of light trapping as waveguide mode.

Photo: Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Hunter XCI Foil product is used in the construction of the new commons building at University of Northwestern Ohio. XCI Foil is a high thermal, rigid building insulation composed of a closed cell polyiso foam core bonded on-line during the manufacturing process to an impermeable foil facing material. It is designed for use in commercial cavity wall applications to provide continuous insulation within the building envelope.

Hunter Xci polyiso products:

- Have the highest R-Value per inch of any insulation

- NFPA 285 TEST - Passed

- Energy Star approved

- Contribute toward LEED certification credits

- HCFC, CFC, zero ODP, and negligable GWP.

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Never patented and widely held secret for many years, this technology—which was developed largely over a 10 year period—permitted the real time detection of process machine components which were contributing to the reduction of transmission SRL properties. With literally hundreds of machine components in a single process line, this technology permitted immediate identification and remediation of worn or improperly adjusted machines and machine components. By doing so, scrap levels were dramatically reduced, and the production and inventorying of "off spec" product was also greatly reduced. It permitted the establishment of higher industry standards which were all but impossible to economically produce by existing producers and potential start-ups. The technology started development in the early 1970s with ultra low frequency analog techniques, but the advent of lower cost computer technology led to CommScope applying single channel, digital, FFT process analysis from time to the frequency domain. By the early- to mid-1980s, CommScope had developed its own proprietary equipment for multichannel (50 ch) supervision of the factory. www.commscope.com/top-40-innovations/

Once there was a time when shoe-making was a manual work, but as the technology augmented every hour, the process of it also changed tremendously. There have been introduced now a colossal variety of machines consisting of Footwear Moulds and Footwear Dies as the prominent pieces of machinery.

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Originally this block would have contained the entire body manufacturing process. Press shop, assembly and tooling. When production of the fiesta ceased in 2001 the assembly areas were cleared and only the presses and tooling sides kept running. By the time i visited however most of the tooling workshops had been dismantled too and machinery was stacked up on pallets waiting to be shipped away. The assembly areas appeared quite empty but as some of my exploring colleagues found out there was plenty of interesting bits that had been missed tucked away on the massive site. Personally I really regret not spending more time there...

As aways theres more to be found on www.28dayslater.co.uk

austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

Hunter XCI Foil product is used in the construction of the new commons building at University of Northwestern Ohio. XCI Foil is a high thermal, rigid building insulation composed of a closed cell polyiso foam core bonded on-line during the manufacturing process to an impermeable foil facing material. It is designed for use in commercial cavity wall applications to provide continuous insulation within the building envelope.

Hunter Xci polyiso products:

- Have the highest R-Value per inch of any insulation

- NFPA 285 TEST - Passed

- Energy Star approved

- Contribute toward LEED certification credits

- HCFC, CFC, zero ODP, and negligable GWP.

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PLASTIC TURBO RESONATOR

•OEM Make & Model: Ford Motor Co. 2012MY Ford® 2.0-L Ecoboost®- equipped Fusion® sedan & Escape® CUV

•Tier Supplier/Processor: Contitech MGW GmbH / Polymer Products Co., Inc.

•Material Supplier / Toolmaker: DuPont Performance Polymers / not provided

•Material / Process: Zytel® 70G20HSLX & 70G35HSLX PA 6/6 / injection & 2D blow molding

•Description: The goals for this program were to reduce weight, optimize package flexibility, integrate parts, reduce cost, create Best-in-Class quality, and produce a part with repeatable dimensions and tuning. Benchmarking showed that no one had fully accomplished all these objectives. Through a team effort, an innovative manufacturing process was developed. Injection molding is used to form the PA 6/6 insert, which increases structural stability, eliminates a metal ring, and precisely controls the most NVH-sensitive element. Windows on the insert can be modified to tailor it to specific vehicle requirements. It is, in turn, insert molded in the 2D blow molding process to form the outer resonator, whose shape flexibility contributes to the packaging requirement.

This is a transformer from a desktop computer. It transforms electrical energy into magnetic energy, then back into electrical energy again. Because its operation depends on electromagnetic induction between two stationary coils and a magnetic flux of changing magnitude and "polarity," transformers are necessarily AC devices.

Both coils of wire can be seen here with copper-colored varnish insulation. The top coil (primary winding) is larger than the bottom coil (secondary winding), having a greater number of "turns" around the core. In transformers, the inductor coils are often referred to as windings, in reference to the manufacturing process where wire is wound around the core material. The powered inductor of a transformer is called the primary winding, while the unpowered coil is called the secondary winding.

Since the secondary winding has about 100 times as many turns as the primary winding, the secondary voltage can also be about 100 times greater than the induced primary voltage. The current flow establishes a magnetic field around the windings. The field is intensified by the solid iron core.

Transformer dynamics is a complex subject. What is important to understand is this: when an AC voltage is applied to the primary coil, it creates a magnetic flux in the core, which induces AC voltage in the secondary coil in-phase with the source voltage. Any current drawn through the secondary coil to power a load induces a corresponding current in the primary coil, drawing current from the source.

Sources:

electricianeducation.com/theory/electric_transformers.htm

www.cdxetextbook.com/electrical/ignition/conBreakIg/windi...

Gestamp effectively combines components of all our different manufacturing processes using welding, clinching and adhesive technologies.

austin, texas

1977

motorola semiconductor plant

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com