The real McCoys

Article Abstract:

The Cranbook Academy of Art's design department has attracted international attention and has been called the American Bauhaus and the world's 'most dangerous design school'. The department is run by Michael and Katherine McCoy, who have based the course around 'product semantics', a design language for objects. The McCoys teach that cultural messages and meanings can be integrated into physical products so that the products become more obvious, accessible and understandable to people. The significance of Cranbrook may be that it inspires a general spirit of exploration.

Social policy, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Study and teaching, Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, McCoy, Michael, McCoy, Katherine

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Casual work

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Yasayuki Hirai, a designer for Kokuyo, a Japanese furniture company, has displayed design furniture for refreshment areas in offices at the Royal College of Art degree show. Hirai studied employees behavior when taking their breaks in four European countries to design the furniture. The result is pieces against which employees can lean. Kokuyo sponsored him to spend to years at the RCA design college in London.

Officials and employees, Exhibitions, Office furniture, Hirai, Yasayuki, Kokuyo Company Ltd.

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The future of work

Article Abstract:

The traditional working environment is changing and office designers and manufacturers need to take key ideas and technologies into account. New ideas being developed in Europe, Japan, and the US include cableless communications, such as microwaves and infra-red

Equipment and supplies, Office buildings, Office layout

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