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Not shocking but different

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Lori Weitzner, 31-year-old textile designer, currently licences her designs to a variety of products, including museum gift shops, and Estee Lauder. She is also involved in Rodolph, an all-woman, US-based textile design firm. Recent activities include: teaching at Parsons School of Design, and also at The Manhattan Center for Living; and designing for Creation Baumann and Heberlein Textildruck, both Switzerland. Details of Weitzner's career to date are included.

Author: Vickers, Graham
Publisher: Design Council (UK)
Publication Name: Design (London, England)
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0011-9245
Year: 1992
Innovations, Interview, Textiles, Textile fabrics, Weitzner, Lori

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Furniture for our future selves

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The exibition, 'Furniture for our future selves,' was shown at the Royal College of Art on Nov 24, 1993. It exhibited furniture designed for elderly people, combining functionality with style. Elderly people represent an increasing proportion of the population, and have the greatest spending power of all age groups. Speakers at the exhibition included Francis Kinsman, Ronald Welch, Gabrielle Rankin and Ron Carter.

Author: Vickers, Graham
Publisher: Design Council (UK)
Publication Name: Design (London, England)
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0011-9245
Year: 1993
Exhibitions

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Graham Vickers on the Quaderno

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The Olivetti Quaderno portable computer retails in the UK for about 800 pounds sterling. Features include: A5 footprint, smokey grey case, voice processing facility, seven-inch diagonal LCD, MS-Dos operating system, Personal Accessories software, and rechargeable NiCad battery; however, its practicality is questioned.

Author: Vickers, Graham
Publisher: Design Council (UK)
Publication Name: Design (London, England)
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 0011-9245
Year: 1992
Product/Service Evaluation, Olivetti Quaderno (386-based subnotebook)

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