GAS DESIGN

Examples from selected projects

Furniture design for DIETIKER
Stein Am Rhein, Switzerland

Volio is a family of chairs designed for Swiss furniture manufacturer, DIETIKER. Volio is designed with the concept of deceiving form in mind. The upholstery is hidden behind the thin profile of the chair through a contoured bowl-like structure, resulting in an unexpected comfort. The idea of unexpected surprise is shown again in the use of the slit on the seating surface. The slit opens up when a person is seated, allowing for a larger surface to emerge. Four different pieces complete the family: a recliner, lounge chair, straight chair, and stool.

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Lighting design for
The Appropriate Technology Collaborative
in collaboration with the University of Michigan, USA

The design group was a cross discipline, 3 country team with engineers, designers and fabricators from
the Art Institute of Chicago's Designed Objects department, Parsons Paris School of Design's
Design & Management department and the production center at Xela Teco, a workshop in
the town of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The lights are built in the country where they are
going to be used creating designer lights & local jobs. To minimize cost and maximize ambient light
the diffuser is a recycled water bottle cap. The translucency of the bottle cap diffuses the harsh
LED light without absorbing too many photons. Clustering a "chandelier" in the center of a room
was also considered and different designs have been prototyped. Desk and wall options have been
considered and pre-production models of these have been developed at the workshop.

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Lighting design for MIZAR, Badoere Di Morgano, Italy

We, as men living in a civilized world and inside a vast cityscape that is filled with uncountable number of artificial light that each produce their own amounts intensity and color, accept and adopt to this chaotic parade of artificiality everyday. Still, in a larger scale, we are governed by the schedule of the nature even inside of the largest metropolitan environment: routinely, we get up when the sun comes up, we go to bed when it becomes dark. We are living between the two worlds: the world of natural lights and the world of artificial lights that take turn and overlap with each other continually. As we live through the day, we constantly switch between the natural lights and the artificial lights. For example, we get up in the morning under the morning sun, and go to the bathroom, turn on the light is completely different from the morning light from minutes ago. We get out to the house to the daylight, and then to the underground subway station which is, again, a completely artificial light environment that is different from the daylight. When the sun is about to come down, the color of the sky changes dramatically from the color of the sky during the day and during the morning. At the sunset, the contrast between the natural and the artificial lights become very apparent. Various hues of lights of the city turn on and make a contrast with the sunset. As we make this numerous environmental changes throughout the day, we have grown to be customized and numb to the changes of our environment. Are we giving up the beauty of the nature that are still available to us in our daily lives in the cityscape?

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Lighting design for INTERIEURS, New York, USA

Floro was developed for a New York city showroom with the intent to have the use of alternative shades and lighting textures depending on: the time of year, the aesthetic & general feeling of the showroom and on the collection to be presented. Floro is constructed of simple sinuous materials and was produced in the US.

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Facade Architecitre for LOUIS VUITTON, Paris, France
Supervised by Clino T. Castelli, Milan, Italy

Topiade is a lay-over facade structure designed to enable a renewal of an existing retail store building without major reconstructions. The concept of Topiade was created by identifying central attributes of the famous French fashion brand, Louis Vuitton : luxury, French, and craftsmanship. The designs that we produced were of this nature and could be thought of as conduits to the outside and the inside. Simply the goal was to create a LV building "alive" and to make it so that people are able to experience this "aliveness" each day that they own and use a LV product. A comprehensive research was carried out on the design, brand perception, brand identity, global marketing & sales, plus competitor strategy before the generation of the concept which suggest a slight shift in the current art direction of Louis Vuitton. 4 independent concepts with a total of 12 permutations of these concepts was investigated. Each of these designs addressed the needs of expanding the idea of LV facade design, the use of topiary art as well as pushing further with the idea of modular facade systems applicable to Louis Vuitton. Topiade brings to the facade of a building a vertical version of the luxurious and traditional french garden that redefine Louis Vuitton's virtue. Several variants are proposed within the concept. Real topiary blocks are arranged on the facade, behind them is a net of water / nutrient feeding system. every so often, a real gardner is to be dispatched and maintain the topiary plants while creating an interesting scene around the building.

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Facade design for MEDIA MARKT, Rostock, Germany

"dot mm" is a cross over project between brand identity and building facade for the a large european electronics retail chain, media markt. The project, took second place in an international competition and is a structure that incorporates the function of billboards and interaction while providing a visual spectacle and serving as a landmark.

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Package design for SUNSTAR, Tokyo, Japan
Project supervised by Mario Trimarchi, Milan Italy
Awarded winner of the competition

"m.onde" is a family of hair and body care products for japanese manufacturer SUNSTAR. The design incorporates a paper based external shell with hidden paper based mechanical structure. The strength of the shell functions as a spring for the pump which dispenses liquid from the bottom of the container.

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Medical device for FUJITSU, Tokyo, Japan

One of GAS's most substantial and intricate projects is the OM system. After witnessing first hand many people suffering in returning to a normal life after a calamity: a heart attack, cancer, family deaths, loss of job, work related stress, old age symptoms, and most recent the 911 attacks in the U.S. it became clear that many people, including close friends, become almost paralyzed with fear, anxiety, depression, etc., after such events. The OM system is based directly on assisting: patients in dealing with their symptoms, doctors with their patients, and drug companies with clinical trials.

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Interactive architecture & system design for CINECITTA, Rome, Italy

Simply: a nationwide, internet connected system of games that can be played on cell phones, kiosks, and fully interactive public devices. A user dials a number for the Cinecitta system on the side of a kiosk and answers trivia questions for points. A user can address or call a movie wall, images projected on the side of a building in real-time to answer movie questions for points. The "match sticks" game allow users to transfer famous movie images between rotating sticks to gather points transferred to their cell phones. Technically plausible and easy to maintain the devices are best for major city centers and shopping areas. The final portion of the Cinecitta project was that of "the pivot point", a self contained transportable location where people come to redeem points for the games that they have won throughout Italy. Dial the number of the pivot point where you are standing, select how much you want to transfer, and then once confirmed by the pivot point employee, a user can get merchandise, food, etc. The pivot point can also project images onto buildings and nearby walls or onto itself as a movable movie / media projection system.

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Jewelry design for BANANA REPUBLIC , New York, USA

A basic design aesthetic with the use of handmade ebony sculptural objects. These objects were incorporated into several prototypes for Banana Republic fashion designer Jenny Breeden and displayed in fashion shows in New York City. The basic design criteria was to create a more organic connection between the juxtaposition of synthetic fabrics and wood or natural materials.

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Consumer electronics design for SAMSUNG, Seoul, Korea

Radius is the investigation of alternative forms of cell phone interaction. Set as the basis for tabletop use, radius has specific functionality for hand held use as well as shared conference call capabilities.

GAS DESIGN was founded in 2001 to fuse an amalgamation of design
personalities, capabilities and cultures under one roof allowing us to
serve some of the most forwarding thinking, successful and cutting
edge orginizations from all over the globe.

Designing and launching products for corporations, R&D Labs, universities and
startup organizations in the us, europe and abroad, our team has attended
institutions such as: University of Connecticut, Cambridge University,
Domus Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Tokyo Metropolitan University,
Parsons School of design New York, University de Milano, Columbia University,
Harvard University, and Berkeley University has allowed us to collaborate with
designers such as Ico Migliore, Clino Castelli, Mario Trimarchi,
Laurence Pichon, Paolo Rizzatto, Tim Power and Dante Donegani and many others.

Over the years, many of the GAS DESIGN team has been fortunate enough to be
BA/MBA/MS/PhD associate professors on the topics of: strategic management,
innovation & entrepreneurialism, spatial concepts, aesthetics,
market research methods for new product development and product
innovation at institutions such as: The ENPC Ecole Nationale des Ponts et
Chausses MBA/PhD program, Paris; The University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA;
European School of Economics, Milan & Rome, Italy; Parsons Paris School of
Design, France; IFM MBA in Luxury Management Program, Paris, France; Lucerne
School of Art and Design, Lucerne Switzerland; Sook Myung University in
Soeul, Korea; and Art Institute of Chicago, USA.

GAS breathes design - our life.

GAS innovates products - our passion.

GAS DESIGN is currently seeking the following positions:
please email careers@gasdesigngroup.com with your details.

Head of Program Development: Europe

You are a product design professional with strong business
development skills and have the personal versatility to handle
multiple, sometimes even simultaneous roles: from hard-nosed closer to
trusted client counselor. You love design, product development and brand
marketing. You understand the technical aspects of development, from
your education or from professional exposure. You have faith in your own
judgment, but you can defer to your colleagues when you sense that they
have a passionately held or logically derived position. You know how to
manage projects, but you would rather manage relationships. You can
write as well as you think. You listen as energetically as you speak.
You want to be in the middle of it all, taking part in design and
development programs, helping your clients succeed in their
organizations and coordinating with project managers on budgets, timing
and team morale. You have strong negotiating skills, comfort with legal
contracts and are fully proficient in PC programs. You have reverence
for consumers and passion for products in all industries.
Multiple language speaking individuals preferred and references required.

Senior Industrial Designer: Chicago, USA

You understand that design is a powerful tool in helping create
commercially successful and emotionally compelling designs. You are an
experienced designer, have a healthy amount of project management
experience but are still very interested and involved in hands-on
design. You have the ability to guide a project through the concept and
detail development stages and are adept at verbally expressing your
ideas in a way that thoroughly engages your audience. Most importantly,
you're interested in working with energetic people who strive to create
compelling design solutions. You are an expert in some or all of the
following: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Maxwell Renderer, Pro-E, Solidworks,
3dS Max, Indesign, STL export, rpaid prototyping and model prototyping .
A resume and sample PDF portfolio is required. Please no individual jpeg pages.
Multiple language speaking individuals preferred and references required.

Internships: Chicago, USA & Paris, France

You like to push the envelope and have endless energy to do so. Your
appetite to learn about design or engineering is never satisfied. You
have a strong curiosity about life in the professional work environment
and are eager to experience it. Depending on the type of internship,
design, strategy or engineering, you will help with concept generation,
model building, product research, data analysis, instrumentation, and
administrative activities as part of the product development process.
Internships in marketing and research will also be considered.
You are comfortable with some or all of the following: Photoshop,
Illustrator, Rhino, Maxwell Renderer, 3dS Max, Indesign, Adobe Premiere,
Solidworks, Pro-E, HTML, CSS, Flash, PHP, Microsoft office suite, Act!

send a sample portfolio including sketches, work processes, technical
drawings and final product pictures in addition to your resume. Your
portfolio should express who you are and how you work. Unique one-liners
are always apprecaited. Candidates should apply at least 2 months prior to their
desired start date. A resume and sample PDF portfolio is required.
Please no individual jpeg pages. Multiple language speaking individuals
preferred and references required.

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