Los Logos: Compass - published by Gestalten and described as ‘a competent classification of prevailing tendencies in design’ - will be released end of September. Huschang Pourian is happy to be one of the contributors to this book. Find more detailed information on the Gestalten website.

This is the design sketch that we submitted for the Redbull Flugtag HK design competition: The AnD-Fire Starter gives you wings! Like the Chinese Phoenix it will come from above bringing good luck & peace.

Promotion for ‘Supor’ Non-Stick Pans in Shanghai.

Last week we met WHITEvoid, an award winning interactive art & design agency from Berlin. They are doing amazing work for museums, exhibitions and events being specialists in interaction design, media design, product design, interior architecture and electronic engineering. Get more information about Christopher Bauder and see their portfolio at: www.whitevoid.com

8 more days to go for all World Cup soccer fans! And still time to complete your personal sticker collection album. Nowadays Panini seams to be the biggest publisher with the exclusive FIFA Official Licensee worldwide in collectible sticker albums. Not really being a collector but looking forward to the big event we scrabbled through our archives and found a complete(!) album of the World Cup’78… felt like opening a time capsule. Click here for more images.

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The Hong Kong International Art Fair 2010 ends today. Even though we went twice we probably didn’t see all of the artwork… Here are some snapshots - you will find more under the link below.

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A project for Philips Design Hong Kong in 2009 for the US market, now in shops. The task was to create a collection of iPhone and iPod touch cases. Later these and more of our designs were realized for the iPod nano. Overall a fun project…

Kickstarter - a new way to fund creative ideas. The concept is great and simple: via www.kickstarter.com creators have the opportunity to introduce their idea to the public and to inspire people to buy pledges by offering products, benefits, or fun experiences. A project must reach or exceed its funding goal or no money changes hands. Each project has up to 90 days to reach its funding goal. The creators keeps 100% ownership. Have a look for more details at their website.

The Big Book of Bags, Tags and Labels published by CollinsDesign shows parts of our work. Find a preview here …