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Concept Design

March 5, 2012
Registered Designs

Concept design is a form of illustration where the main goal is to present a design for use in films, games, animation, or products, cars, buildings, before it is put into the final form.

Concept design is also referred to as visual development or concept art. References to the term Concept Design can be found being used by Disney Animation as early as the 1930′s.

A concept designer is an individual who generates a visual design that does not yet exist. Interpretation of ideas and how they are realized is where the concept designer’s individual creativity is most evident, as subject matter is often beyond their control.

Concept designers may use different types of software such as Photoshop and Corel Painter, or hardware such as graphics tablets, even traditional mediums such as oil paints, acrylic paints, markers, pencils, etc.

Conceptual designs may be protected by means of Registered Design, which is also referred to as Design Patents. A South African registered design protects the appearance of a product, unlike a patent which protects the  invention on which an product is based.

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World Design Impact Prize

January 23, 2012
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The World Design Impact Prize recognise, empower and stimulate socially responsible design projects and initiatives from around the world.

Presented by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, the World Design Impact Prize will honour and reward exceptional industrial design driven projects that are making a positive impact on the quality of life.

The World Design Impact Prize creates an exciting opportunity for members and the general public to play an active role in recognising and honouring projects that create a better world through design.

Finalists for The World Design Impact Prize:

Bahikhaata (India)
A financial literacy tool for the empowerment of women, to be used by NGOs in India. The accent is on teaching micro financing to groups with limited literacy skills.

Chulha (India)
The Chulha stove was designed to replace the traditional stoves that were contributing to respiratory diseases, especially in rural India.

Community Cooker (Kenya)
The community cooker is a combination of stoves and ovens for use by many people at once, fueled by waste paper.

Innovation Center (Chile)
This social innovation lab has generated instances of co-creation between people in vulnerable communities, the academic world, and private and public sectors in order to create models for the elimination of poverty and other global threats.

Jaipur Prosthetics (India)
The Jaipur prosthetic feet, knees and limbs, have help re-mobilise thousands of amputees all over the world and rehabilitated these individuals economically and socially.

N200 (Haiti)
The Nokero N200 solar light bulb is an all-in-one photovoltaic LED lighting system that is sleek, portable, and affordable. It is a safe, energy and cost efficient replacement for Kerosene lamps.

Size China (Hong Kong)
Helmets and other headgear have been designed based on the head size and shape of those in the western hemisphere. SizeChina has created the first 3D digital database of Chinese head and face shapes to help manufacturers of headgear.

The first recipient of the World Design Impact Prize will be announced at the World Design Capital International Design Gala on 2 February 2012 in Helsinki, Finland.

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Angola Intellectual Property

December 6, 2011
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Jimmy Choo

November 22, 2011
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Jimmy Choo was born in Malaysia to a family of shoemakers. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old.

He graduated from Cordwainers Technical College, England in 1983.

In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd / J. Choo Limited with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.

Jimmy Choo Ltd is a British high fashion house specializing in luxury shoes, bags, leather products and accessories.

The company owns more than 400 design patents and has been the target of counterfeit imports in the UK, US and Australia.

Jimmy Choo Ltd  has also had several cases for copyright and trademark infringement regarding the company name, logo and slogan.

In 2006 the company took action against Marks & Spencer for selling a copy of the Jimmy Choo Cosmo silk satin evening bag. The case was settled for an undisclosed amount of money.

In  2008 the company threatened to sue a New Zealand website, Kookychoo.com, for trademark infringement. Kookychoo sells toys,  jewellery and bean bags.

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Henrik Fisker

November 8, 2011
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Henrik Fisker was born on 10 August 1963 in Denmark.

He is a leading automobile designer and CEO of Fisker Coachbuild.

Henrik Fisker graduated from the California’s Art Center College of Design in 1989 in Switzerland.

He is best known for the designs of the Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and BMW Z8.

Henrik Fisker worked as a designer at BMW Technik GmbH, BMW’s advanced design studio in Munich. He designed the Z07 concept car and the exterior of the production BMW Z8 roadster.

Henrik Fisker was the president and chief executive officer of DesignworksUSA in 2000.

He also worked for Ford Motor Company where he served as Design Director for Aston Martin. He was creative director of Ingeni, Ford Motor Company’s London-based design and creativity center.

Henrik Fisker was the Director of Ford’s Global Advanced Design Studio (CAPC) in Irvine, Southern California and he also sat as a member of the Board of Directors at Aston Martin.

He also teamed up with Bernhard Koehler to start a new luxury car company, Fisker Coachbuild. The company built and sold tailor-made cars based on production platforms.

Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies have teamed up to form Fisker Automotive. The first car to be produced by Fisker Automotive was the Fisker Karma, a hybrid luxury car.

Henrik Fisker also performed initial design on the electric car Tesla Model S and designed the body of the Artega internal combustion sports car.

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