Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last one is my favorite too - it is visual evidence that you can be both a successful designer, and a winner when it comes to finding your matching clothes by touch, half awake in the dark ? The architecture smacks of Gaudi, lovely lines overall. And congrats to the Chief Economist! :-) The XE-2 rules in his hands. OTT : Is ? Pol-in ? an echo sent back to Br-exit(eers) ? Keep documenting and sharing Amities Zubrowka-ly yours, Philippe > Le 28 nov. 2018 ? 10:12, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > > Every two years, our office sponsors an award for the best industrial > design by a European company. There are two categories: one for small > companies, and one for large ones, plus a lifetime achievement award to an > eminent designer. This year we are held the event in Warsaw yesterday, > part of the celebrations of the country?s 100th anniversary of > independence and hence also the 100th anniversary of the Polish Patent > Office. The venue was at first sight a bit curious: POLIN, the magnificent > museum of Jewish history, at the heart of what was Warsaw?s ghetto until > 1943. What does POLIN have to do with designs? Nothing in particular, > except that it is a fantastic building, and also, like many museums, it is > always looking for additional income sources, and making its auditorium > available for this kind of event is one such source. It was a very nice > event, and here are six images from the ceremony. > > The lobby of the museum: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RXWh4z2/A > > Colours and shapes: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QDCZkjf/A > > The event gets under way, moderated by professional moderators: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rcS3LrS/A > > To kick things off, a video about the value of industrial design is > played, including a short blurb from yours truly about the importance of > designs to the economy and to individual companies: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k8pVNw8/A > > The winner of the small company award, to my great pleasure, was a Danish > company that has designed a new kind of automatic self-service automatic > luggage drop-off for airports: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-x9bjVtH/A > > And the ceremony ended with a lifetime achievement award to a German > designer who has worked with some of best known companies in the world, > such as Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Lufthance and numerous others: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WgxbzQK/A > > This last one is probably my favourite image of the event. > > My week in Warsaw continues. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information