Pratt Institute and Felissimo Design House were proud to present _idesign_02, an exhibition of the 2002 industrial design graduate thesis projects.

Lovingly made and donated by our Japanese customers, the Happy Reindeer toy adorned trees at Rockefeller Center (600 Fifth Ave. at 48th Street) and Felissimo Design House. Learn more about the Happy Toy project here.

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Felissimo Design House and the acclaimed artist Seitaro Kuroda staged a workshop for children in their beautiful design studio. This creative installation coverd the walls and the floor, providing a fun space for children of all ages to enjoy. Through this workshop, children had an opportunity to express themselves creatively through design projects.

Cybercouture.com presented the new edition of its publishing series "The Bridge." Pia Myrvold, the founder, artistic director and head designer put together an incredible team for all of the different aspects of production. The main collaboration was with industrial designer Karim Rashid for a collection of three parts: Hypermix, Slow Tech and Cyberware. Hypermix and Cyberware were created with innovative tools and technologies to produce highly complicated prints, whereas Slow Tech utilized traditional production techniques.

Location: 5th Floor

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designRAW is a collective of industrial design professionals working in San Francisco, CA. The collective, the brainchild of Tad Toulis, was formed with the objective of offering members an opportunity and forum for exploring design issues outside of their professional activities.

Taking the form of a giant maze, the installation investigated how notions of community are reinforced and reaffirmed through the decisions and assumptions we make every day. Using devices as seemingly unrelated as oranges and saws, Community presented participants with a series of vignettes designed to prod, poke, and unearth the range of preconceptions and beliefs that shape the ways in which we perceive the world about us.

So join in, step up and step in. The choice before you may be yours but the consequence is ours: Community.

In the 1980's, the campy television series "MacGyver" highlighted a resourceful spy that used his wits and whatever he had on hand - a piece of wire, sunlight, a glass shard - to get himself out of tricky situations.

This exhibition by Danny Seo focused on resourceful design and showcased designers and manufacturers who, like MacGyver, have found uses for items normally destined for the landfill.

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The members of Group Inc. presented "Commune," an exhibition that was a reaction to the current trends in: technology (allowing easier and faster communication over distances), global community (which gives the individual a sense of community beyond their immediate sphere of experience), and product specificity (the ability to cater products to suite the specific needs of each individual consumer).

The previously mentioned factors, although in most ways beneficial, have resulted in voids in human interaction. The greatest effect has been felt at the communication level of immediate company (ones that you live or work with i.e. co-workers, roommates and/or family).

The Commune exhibit took this symptom of progress and addressed it through design.