Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Problem of design in Gabon
An example the UK's council promise , to place design at the hearth of growth and renewal in Britain and had launched for design growth fund.
Indian design council joins the Japan design council.Government don't trust in national designer.
JMD CEO, DESIGN for AFRICA
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Le Design gabonais
Friday, December 2, 2011
African Plane
The first military aircraft designed and built by African companies was unveiled Tuesday by a South African arms company which said it had already received orders for the lightweight plane.
Ivor Ichikowitz said the AHRLAC plane can be used for peacekeeping missions and reconnaissance and is armed to defend itself.He said he’s received an order from a country he would not name for 50 of the planes, each costing about $10 million
or Ichikowitz, head of Johannesburg-based arms maker Paramount Group, called the plane a breakthrough
Paramount Group is one of Africa’s largest military hardware producers and has markets in West Africa and the Middle East
African Airplane
A South African arms company has unveiled what it calls the first all-African military plane.
Johannesburg-based Paramount Group boss Ivor Ichikowitz, showing reporters the Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC) on Tuesday, says the lightweight aircraft can be used for peacekeeping missions and reconnaissance and is armed to defend itself. Ichikowitz says it's the first such aircraft to be designed and built entirely by African companies.
He says he's received an order from a country he would not name for 50 of the planes, each costing about $10 million.Paramount Group is one of Africa's largest military hardware producers and has markets in West Africa and the Middle East.
(AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
AADA
The AADA (The African Automotive Design Association) together with an Italian Engineering group headed by
Leone Martellucci have started an
ambitious project: to design and build a legendary
Italian sports car.
The "New Strada" is the name of the supercar, and is inspired by the classic 1969
Bizzarrini Strada GT 5300.
The “New Strada” is a project started by an Italian Engineering group in partnership with AADA (African Automotive Design Association). The mission is to build a modern riedition of the 60′s Bizzarrini Strada GT 5300 supercar. We report some exclusive preliminary design studies.
The AADA (The African Automotive Design Association) together with an Italian Engineering group headed by
Leone Martellucci have started an
ambitious project: to design and build a legendary
Italian sports car.
The "New Strada" is the name of the supercar, and is inspired by the classic 1969
Bizzarrini Strada GT 5300.
Design
The main designer for the "New Strada" project is Jonathan Kasumba, representing the AADA (African Automotive Design
Association).
For his preliminary sketches he took inspiration not only from the 1969
version of the Strada, but also immersed himself in
the world of contemporary African Masks.
The long
hood, low roof, shallow windows, give the observer the
sense of an athlete waiting to spring into action.
In
African masks a lot of detail is place on the eyes,
nose, mouth and facial surface texture; this is done
to carefully portray the characters true nature.
| A preliminary sketch by Jonathan Kasumba |
lines, flush surfaces and conical surface caps all
help in expressing my interpretation of the legendary
