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16.12.08 BoDW concluded successfully!

After an inspiring week in Hong Kong GBO has made new contacts with nine different Chinese companies. During so-called matchmaking sessions in the Hong Kong Centre for Trade and Development GBO was linked to these businesses based on conforming profiles. Several potential projects have emerged from these sessions.

Update: Dutch designer Marius Veltman made an online BoDW photoalbum on Flickr.

Also during the BoDW an exposition has been organized by Design Connection Brainport within the theme ‘Top Design is the Bottomline’. At the exhibition GBO introduced the iRex Digital Reader 1000S. The by GBO designed product is a revolutionary reading device with a large size screen based on E-ink. This results in a natural and clear image, comparable with regular print. With the used technology it’s possible to save and manage large (amounts of) documents on a product with an extremely low energy consumption. Up.