Welcome to the website of Matt Decker, an Industrial Design student at Virginia Tech. Below is my blog hosted by tumblr.; it includes posts by myself as well as an RSS feed from core77's design blog. Feel free to visit as often as you like.

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  1. The Future of Design, October 9-10

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    We’re excited to announce that the Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, headed up by Office dA’s Monica Ponce de Leon, is hosting the Future of…

  2. London Design Festival 09: Sunny Memories

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    The Royal College of Art is hosting the Sunny Memories exhibition during the London Design Festival. On display in the nicely designed show are the results of an international design…

  3. Coroflot Design Job of the Day: Design Manager, Steelcase, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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    Design Manager for Wood/Executive Furniture Group
    Steelcase
    Grand Rapids, MI

    Reporting to the Director of Design; North American Design Studio, the Design Manager will lead a small team…

  4. London Design Festival 09: The Ten Collective at 100 Percent Design

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    100% Design has opened yesterday and I had a good look around (still counting the blisters on my feet). A very nice little show within this big one is, as every year, the work of the TEN…

  5. Robrady Design folds...electric bicycles, that is

    Florida-based Robrady Design, the diversely talented design firm behind the Vectrix Electric Super Bike and floating X-Tools we blogged in months past, is now making a foray into a different…

  6. Alex Steffen on Planetary Boundaries and The Failure of Environmentalism

    Full-on piece from Alex on Wednesday at Worldchanging:

    Small steps, personal responsibility. incremental reform, gradually better standards, 50-year targets for action — most of the solutions…
  7. Product Placement 1.4: September 30th

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    Product Placement aims to change the way the public perceives products, revealing their amazing back-stories to the public through their blog and a series of live events.

    Each Product…
  8. VentroVentilato turns windows into heating and A/C units

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    Windows are the “thermal weak points” of most buildings, allowing heat to escape or invade, depending on the season. Italian company VentroVentilato has devised a solution for this with…

  9. London Design Festival 09: Video Drive-By: Home Office by Valentin Vodev

    Valentin Vodev, who is exhibiting at The Dock at this years London Design Festival, is taking his mobile office for a walk: He designed this need little and very versatile…

  10. IDSA National Conference 2009 - Day 2 Update

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    It’s been a busy two days here in Miami so far. A few highlights so far:


    • Yesterday’s presentations by Steve Portigal, discussing the role improv can have in improving communications,…