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Conheça os designers por trás do preservativo super do Bill Gates
Condom of the future ... The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $ 1 million in research grants to develop a sheath that significantly preserves or increases the pleasure.
It was hailed as the wonder-new material set to revolutionize everything from circuit boards for food packaging, a membrane of Super-strength magic there is bad at all. Now, thanks to the unlikely sex champion Bill Gates, Graphene can be used to make the thinnest condom, lightest, most inscrutable ever conceived.
"The common analogy is that using a condom is like taking a shower with a raincoat," says Dr. Papa Salif Sow, senior program officer of the HIV team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which awarded $ 100,000 (£ 60,000) to scientists at the University of Manchester's National Institute of Graphene to aid your pursuit of super sheath end. "Condoms redesigned which overcomes the inconvenience, hesitant or perceived loss of pleasure would be a powerful weapon in the fight against poverty."
In just one atom thick, of a condom all-Graphene would put the Durex Ultra thin the embarrassment – though the fact that the material is barely visible with the naked eye can lead to some strange moments between the sheets. A slight ruffle duvet and could only float?
Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan, who will lead the research team, explained that the focus is the development of a composite material with LaTeX, "tailored to increase the natural feel during sexual intercourse during the use of a condom, which should encourage and promote the use of condoms".
This will be achieved, he says, "combining the strength of Graphene with the elasticity of latex to produce a new material which can be thinner, stronger, more elastic, more secure and, perhaps more importantly, more pleasurable."
But Adam and his colleagues are not alone in your pursuit. The Gates Foundation stated that will give a total of $ 1 million in grants to establish a next-generation preservative that "preserves or improves significantly the pleasure" – and there is no shortage of competitors.
Researchers at the University of Oregon are using their grant to develop a polymer polyurethane preservative properties ultra-clear "shape memory", which would be vacuum-seal around the penis as he warmed up during sexual intercourse. The body heat generated during sex would make condom molecules to collapse, creating a comfortable fit twice as fine as the variety of normal LaTeX. If shrink-wrapping your manpiece is not enough, it comes embedded with antimicrobial nanoparticles, to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases.
If all this sounds very grumpy, so maybe Mark McGlothlin, of Apex medical technologies in San Diego, has the answer. "Many people are trying to get thinner and stronger material – which has always been my focus," he said the new Republic. But why innovate when the material already exists – in the form of collagen fibrils of cow tendon. After all, don't people manage for centuries with sheep intestines? "The texture of collagen is very similar to the mucous membrane," he said. "The feeling that the heat transfer and to touch, look a lot like the skin."
McGlothlin plan your beef tendon a Chinese food store source in California, but he says slaughterhouses, or even fish markets, are other potential sources. The next time you're at the butcher 's, you might think twice before stopping the nose in the bag of giblets.
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Prestigious American Craft Council San Francisco Show “Makes Room” for Designers and Architects
The American Craft Council (http://craftcouncil.org/) is pleased to announce its return to San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center (http://www.fortmason.org/) this August 2-4, 2013, where—in addition to featuring the work of hundreds of top contemporary artists—it will partner with nine celebrated San Francisco-based interior designers and architects to present “Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft.” The unique showcase will celebrate the symbiotic relationship between craft and design and offer attendees a host of ideas on how to incorporate fine craft into their personal home décor.
Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft will transform the show floor of the Fort Mason Center into a show-stopping setting of eight room designs that reflect the character of each carefully-selected, inspiring piece of craft. Each designer will start with a blank, 10-by-8-foot white space and a beautiful craft piece made by a participating show artist. Each room will give context to the handpicked pieces of fine craft, bringing the art to life while capturing the interior designers’ and architects’ unique styles, whether contemporary, classic, elegant, or eclectic.
“Part of the joy of collecting is incorporating fine craft into your home and we want to provide our American Craft Council show visitors with some great examples of how to do just that, using top designers from San Francisco,” said Pamela Diamond, the American Craft Council’s Director of Marketing and Communications. “In addition, we want to expose the local design community to the high-end craft made by our makers, many of whom have reached the level of artisan through years of studying and working in a specific medium, teaching and having their work displayed in galleries and museums all over the world.”
For the designers, Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft presents an exciting opportunity to meet potential clients and educate them firsthand on the relationship between craft and design. Participating interior designer Nicole Hollis says, “I am inspired by people who make things with their hands, artisans who find new ways of working traditional shapes and materials. I'm looking forward to this unique collaboration."
Interior designers and architects participating in Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft include:
Lisa Bakamis of Lisa Bakamis Interior Design (http://www.lisabakamis.com/)
Marin-based Lisa Bakamis specializes in high-end residential and commercial interiors that offer an eclectic and cohesive blend of style, spontaneity, elegance and function
Mimi I. Chen, AIA of Three Legged Pig Design (http://threeleggedpigdesign.com/)
Three Legged Pig is not your typical architecture firm. The boutique firm specializes in creating spaces that are highly tailored to reflect and reinforce its client’s unique personalities.
Lauren Geremia of Geremia Design (http://geremiadesign.com/)
Recently named a Forbes Magazine ’30 Under 30,’ Lauren Geremia is a hands-on designer who draws on her fine arts background to design interiors with eclectic modern materials that tell a story.
Nicole Hollis of Nicole Hollis Design (http://nicolehollis.com/)
Bridging the worlds of art, fashion and architecture, Nicole Hollis’ work is known for its dark glamour, imagination and curatorial vision.
Steven Miller of Steven Miller Design Studio (http://stevenmillerdesignstudio.com)
Founder of San Francisco’s chicest new gallery, the NWBLK, Steven Miller is a celebrated and award-winning interior designer and furniture designer.
E.B. Min, AIA, and Jeffrey L. Day, AIA, of Min | Day (http://www.minday.com)
Award-winning architectural firm Min | Day is known for work that is “an exemplary demonstration of craft in the digital age.”
Melina Raissnia, Peace Industry (http://www.peaceindustry.com/)
Founder of San Francisco- and Turkey-based Peace Industry, Melina Raissnia is a designer best known for revitalizing one of Central Asia’s oldest rug traditions from extinction.
Nicole Socia, Socia Design (http://www.sociadesign.com)
With the belief that good design should be accessible to everyone, Socia Design specializes in crafting intimate interior environments that blend good humor with exceptional taste.
The American Craft Council San Francisco Show already draws thousands of fine craft collectors from across the Bay Area who find great joy in learning the master makers’ creative processes, developing relationships with the artists and learning the stories behind each handcrafted piece. With the addition of Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft, the American Craft Council hopes to inspire attendees by offering them a rare opportunity to preview the work of nine sought-after interior designers and architects, while also promoting awareness of the multitude of opportunities to commission an artist to create custom pieces for the home. As the largest juried fine craft show on the West Coast, the 2013 San Francisco Show is expected to draw more than 10,000 fine craft collectors and design enthusiasts.
WHERE
Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
Located on Marina Boulevard at Buchanan Street, along the northern waterfront between Aquatic Park and the Marina Greene. Shuttles will be running from Marina Greene to the show on a regular basis. Click here for driving directions and a map.
WHEN
Friday, August 2: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 3: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, August 4: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
TICKET INFO
On-Site Admission
$14 one-day pass
$20 three-day pass
FREE American Craft Council members, children 12 and under
SPECIAL FRIDAY EVENING ADMISSION: $5 after 5 p.m.
Advance Tickets
Attendees can purchase tickets online (craftcouncil.org/sf (http://shows.craftcouncil.org/sf)) and be entered into a drawing for a $250 gift certificate to spend on the craft of their choice at the show.
$12 one-day pass / $18 three-day pass
To reach the American Craft Council directly, please call 612-206-3100.
NOTE TO EDITORS
For high-resolution images and/or interviews with the American Craft Council, exhibiting artists, and/or Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft designers at the American Craft Council Show in San Francisco, please contact Erin Cullerton at erin@designagencyco.com or Ann Chou at ann@designagencyco.com or 323.522.6391.
About the American Craft Council
The American Craft Council is a national, nonprofit educational membership organization founded in 1943 by Aileen Osborn Webb. Our mission is to champion craft. We promote the understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft through our award-winning magazine, American Craft; leadership conferences, symposia, and workshops; four annual juried shows for established and emerging artists held in Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Paul, and San Francisco; the ACC Awards, which honor outstanding artistic achievement and leadership in the field of fine craft; and a one-of-a-kind research library and archive documenting the history of the American studio craft movement. For additional information about the American Craft Council, call 1-800-836-3470 or visit: www.craftcouncil.org.
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Ride a Wave of Creativity at Conference for Life Science Photographers, Designers, Illustrators
Learn new skills and technologies while networking with professionals in the field of visual media in the life sciences at the BioCommunications Association’s 83rd Annual Meeting, BIOCOMM2013: Creativity by the Sea, June 17-21. This year’s meeting will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds at Asilomar State Park on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
BIOCOMM2013 is a five-day international meeting packed with three days of classroom and workshop sessions culminating in a two-day hands-on post-meeting interactive workshop sponsored by Nikon. Topics include new advancements and upcoming technologies in photography, microscopy, software, design, illustration, social media and mobile device solutions.
This year’s Maria Ikenberg Lindberg Keynote speaker is John Sexton, an internationally respected photographer known for his finely crafted, large format black and white photographs. Sexton will transport viewers “on location,” as he shares the amazing photographic heritage of the Monterey Peninsula and anecdotes drawn from working as photographic and technical assistant for Ansel Adams.
Ted Kinsman, a specialist in time-lapse cinematography, radiography, scanning electron microscopy, and high-speed flash photography, will present the Anne Shiras Pioneer Lecture. Kinsman’s images have appeared on CSI, The X-Files, The Discovery Channel, South Park, and Spongebob Squarepants.
The meeting features two workshops, “Creative Boot Camp,” by Stefan Mumaw, and “Adobe Digital Publishing Suite: Building Rich, Interactive Tablet Apps for Designers,” by Colin Fleming. Callahan Creek Creative Director Mumaw will share the key creative characteristics of daily creative output and identify the obstacles to effective creative training, breaking down ideation into digestible steps. Adobe's Colin Fleming will share the new features of Adobe Creative Suite 6 and the amazing possibilities with Adobe Creative Cloud. Take your images and publications mobile with InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, and the new Adobe Edge animation software.
Chief Medical Officer of Leica Biosystems, Jared Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D. will illustrate how ePathology enables the creation of electronic slides, providing mobile access to skilled pathologists and research. Join Nikon’s Bill Fortney for a two-day post-meeting photography workshop in Saratoga, California, for hands-on instruction on photography techniques, composition and creativity.
The BioCommunications Association, Inc. (BCA) is an international professional association of photographers, designers, illustrators, and videographers working in visual communications for the life sciences. Founded in 1931 as the Biological Photographic Association, today's BioCommunications Association promotes the highest standards of education, performance, and professionalism. Members are from health care, universities, research institutions, government and private industry throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Australia. BCA is the oldest organization devoted to the development of visual communication material in the biological sciences.
Peroni Nastro Azzuro Launches 2nd Annual Search for Emerging Designers
Peroni Nastro Assurro, one of Italy's leading brands and the world's number-one premium Italian beer, along with The Fashion Group and FUNKSHION, is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Emerging Designer Series contest in South Florida. This is an unequaled opportunity to participate in a cutting edge, high-profile runway show which is attended by press, buyers, celebrities and fashion industry professionals, all at NO COST to the designer.
Open to fashion, swimwear, and accessory designers who are 21 and older, US citizens and based in South Florida, the stylish competition helps identify and support up-and-coming local talent. "This is truly the chance of a lifetime for young designers interested in creating and launching their own collection," said Katya Bravo, Miami Import Brand Developer, Peroni Nastro Azzurro. "Peroni, The Fashion Group and FUNKSHION have come together to support and champion exceptional emerging talent and craftsmanship in the fashion world, with an emphasis on attention to detail and effortless elegance and style, hallmarks of iconic Italian brands today."
To apply, designers submit one design that best illustrates their view of Italian style; the competition begins on March 21 and submission deadline is by May 1, 2013. A panel of industry experts from Fashion Group International will select 10 finalists who will have the opportunity to showcase three looks in a group fashion show during the upcoming Swim Week in July 2013. One of those lucky designers will be announced as the winner of Peroni's 2nd Annual Emerging Designer Series and will be awarded a trip to New York Fashion Week as well as a complete runway production showcasing their full line at Swim Week 2014 in Miami.
Last year's winner Nathalie Kriado will be presenting her eponymous collection, Kriado as the finale of Italian Style Night during the upcoming Swim Week at FUNKSHION in July 2013.
Designers can apply online and learn more at FUNKSHION, www.funkshion.com.
About Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Italians are known for their passion, effortless style and flair. Peroni Nastro Azzurro - Italy's No. 1 premium beer - is a crisp, refreshing lager with an unmistakable character that exudes Italian style. Globally enjoyed in style cities in six continents, the iconic Italian lager has won over tastemakers and trendsetters looking for a crisp, clean beer that complements their style. Launched in the United States in 2005, it is stylishly sipped across the nation, from New York to Miami, Chicago to LA, San Francisco to Seattle. The brand's partnerships with well-known Italian chefs, designers and exclusive fashion events reinforce the beer's stylish Italian heritage. For more information, please visit www.peroniitaly.com
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