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The 1976 Winter Olympic Games were originally awarded to the city of Denver, but they withdrew after some financial concerns. But during the bid, Massimo Vignelli designed a few things, including this wonderful candidate poster. This is one of my personal favorite posters from that era, the way the 76 is cropped off acts as a teaser.

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The first of its kind, the 2Wheela is a concept vehicle that merges the practicality of super-compacts with the spaciousness of vans. Confused?! It’s actually 2 cars in 1! The modular system features 2 sporty looking cars that can be joined at the ends when you need the extra room or want to travel as a group. When it’s time to split, simply pull over, detach, and go your separate ways!

Designer: Andrej Kregar

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From Broadway to Rockaway, Pelham to Freshkills, 8.2 million people call New York City home. On the occasion of New York Design Week 2012, Core77 takes a moment to survey the landscape of all five boroughs with an open call to designers to represent their hometown. Since its very beginnings, the city has been a trading grounds—a venue at the crossroads of ideas, commerce, materials and innovation. The 35 designers representing nearly as many neighborhoods in the ALL CITY ALL STARS continue to explore that space, negotiating technologies, materials, histories and futures in the crucible of a dynamic city. Interpretations may vary, but the voice of New York City is as bold, inquisitive and imaginative as ever.

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Being a successful web designer meanings honing your creative edge in order to stay a step ahead of your competition; as is the case in any creative profession, a lack of inspiration inevitably leads to a lack of productivity.

When keeping your technical design skills honed and your heart and mind focused on the steps leading to your next work of creative genius are a must, consider attending one or more of these most inspiring web design events to come!

Creative Exposure Baltimore (Monthly)

Web development and photography can be linked closely and present an opportunity for ultra creative and beautiful works of design when they are. With this thought in mind, consider the benefits of attending the monthly Creative Exposure meet-ups in Baltimore, Maryland in order to collaborate with some of the most creative minds the city has to offer.

Always boasting a varied and dynamic group of attendees, these meetings aim to inspire and educate photographers and web designers alike, bringing together creative minds and offering a good dose of inspiration to all in the process.

Location and Accommodation:

• Here’s the official website of Baltimore
• Check out Baltimorehotels.net for lodging information

WordCamp

When your web design efforts meet the WordPress CMS and blogging platform, there is no event better suited to help further your cause than WordCamp. Featuring an informal setting meant to encourage a community feel and free spirit, WordCamp events are held in cities all over the Americas, Europe and Asia throughout 2012.

Location and Accommodation:

• Upcoming camp: Kansas City; June 1-3

iStrategy Chicago

Boasting an inspirational atmosphere and a focus on all things related to digital media, the iStrategy Conference is lined up for venues in Sydney, London and Chicago throughout 2012. iStrategy 2012 will feature speakers and workshops intended to help web designers and developers to enhance their digital and social media efforts, leading to increased business success.

Location and Accommodation:

• The upcoming event is in Chicago
• See the official event venue information

No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposiums

Enterprise software development is becoming a bigger and bigger part of everyday business conducted online and the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium offers web designers and developers the opportunity to meet and hear from authors, consultants, software developers and other industry experts to learn more about what the future has in store.

Location and Accommodation:

• Upcoming event: June 29 – 30, 2012 – Salt Lake City, UT

An Event Apart

The Boston edition of An Event Apart offers a unique appeal to web designers that are as passionate about their code as they are their creative efforts. Aiming to be intensely education, this conference teaches the ins and outs of standards-based web design, helping you to understand not only how to be universally compliant, but why you should be

Location and Accommodation:

• Traveling in Boston
• Hotel and savings

Conclusion

Whether you’re looking to hone your web design skills or simply require a boost in the inspiration department, any one of these fantastically well-planned events is likely to have a large helping of exactly what you need, offering educational benefits and networking opportunities at every turn!

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We're pleased to present an abridged version of "20 Years of Kikkerland," a print piece commemorating their 'Vicennial' anniversary on the occasion of the ICFF, courtesy of our friends at the Dutch-via-NYC design company. Founder Jan van der Lande was happy to indulge us with the inside scoop on particularly memorable moments of the past two decades, adding a few anecdotes to the comprehensive chronology.

A houseboat on the Hudson river on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was the home of Jan van der Lande and Kazumi Hayama and it became the (home) office for Kikkerland when Jan incorporated the business in 1992.

As the name implies (Kikkerland is a nickname for the Netherlands, and literally means frogland), the original focus of the company was to import and distribute Dutch Design. Being that there are a lot of houseboats and water in Holland, the boat was the perfect starting place for Kikkerland.

A basement on the Upper West Side served as a storage and shipping facility, and many of the clients were in New York City, so in the early days, Jan delivered most orders personally, by bike. This was the base of operations for Kikkerland from 1992 until 1995.

Bottle opener (1994) designed by Gert Jan Vogel

After studying agriculture and environmental studies, Jan changed course completely and started working at the design store Gallery 91 in Soho (1989–1991). He learned a lot about the design business there and met a number of designers.

Jan also had friends from Holland who were active in the design world. Dick Dankers and Cok de Rooy from the Frozen Fountain and Rob Dashorst from Daskas introduced him to many other designers and products from Holland. In fact, Jan has represented independent self-producing designers since 1987.

During his research and scouting trips to Holland, Jan met many designers who had recently finished art school, such as Hella Jongerius, Richard Hutten and others. It led Kikkerland to start importing their designs to the USA.

Jan helped produce the "Mouse Lamp," designed by Martha Davis and Lisa Krohn, during his years at Gallery 91. These lamps turned out to be a precursor to Kikkerland: besides their design sensibility, these lamps foreshadowed things that define the company today: originality, humor, affordability, and environmental concern.

The "V Vase," designed by Rob Dashorst, was one of the early successes for Kikkerland. Jan and Rob went to the same kindergarten in Holland, so they had known each other for a long time! Originally Rob wanted Kikkerland to produce these vases in the United States to save on shipping, but it turned out to be a bit more complicated than expected, so they ended up being imported from Holland.

Prior to this catalog (left)—printed in black & white except for the cover—the promotional material was photocopied, and handed out in combination with color photos. With the first color catalog in 1997 (right), Kikkerland was starting to become a real company! There would be one more Xeroxed catalog after this one, but from then on, the catalogs were printed in full color. Kikkerland relies on these semi-annual catalogs, as well as tradeshows, web sites, and packaging for promotion.

"Duck Mirror" by David Dear

In the late 1980's and early 90's, many designers produced and distributed their designs in small quantities for design stores and museum stores. One of those stores, Mxyplyzyk in the West Village of Manhattan, was a client of Kikkerland and became an important source of information. Owner Kevin Brynan introduced Jan to a number of the designers whose products he sold in his store. (Later on, he joined Jan on several scouting trips to Asia and even now reports trends from the retail perspective to Kikkerland.)

In 1996 he introduced Jan to Chico Bicalho, who, in turn, introduced him to former classmates at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) David Dear and Jozeph Forakis. These seemingly small events turned out to have a big influence on the direction and success of Kikkerland.

The "Flip Clock" by Michael Daniel, who was another connection made through Kevin from Mxyplyzyk. Michael used to produce these robot clocks by hand with existing flip clock mechanisms. The factory that made those mechanisms burned down in the 1970s and so they were no longer produced. The whole mechanism needed to be retooled for Kikkerland production.