A camera that takes pictures in two directions and a square bicycle are among the items under discussion in the revolutionary design book NONOBJECT. Academic scholar Barry Katz and designer and author Branko Lukic, the co-writers, explain in an interview what exactly can be done with a tablespoon comprising a hundreds of mini-teaspoons. Hint…

MIT Press asked NONOBJECT to write a book on its innovative design philosophy. NONOBJECT saw a unique opportunity to extend printed content onto an interactive device. What resulted was an iPad app so innovative and engaging that Ellen Faran, president of MIT Press, considers it to be “the future of publishing.”
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Within the world of product design, only a few lone voices have dared to challenge the reductive dogma that form follows function. Included in this group of visionary individuals is Branko Lukic– founder and principal of Nonobject Studio. Nonobject design philosophy presents an entirely new way of developing and experiencing the world of objects that totally refreshes our relationship with them…
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As part of the ID Lecture Series, California College of the Arts invites the authors of NONOBJECT: Branko Lukic and Barry Katz.

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This is a visual exploration of space and design, of the interstices between object and space, of .. well, it is just plain fun. But don’t just look at the pictures, tantalizing though they may be.

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Core77 has announced its inaugural Design Awards, created to celebrate the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. NONOBJECT founder Branko Lukic was designated as the Jury Captain for the Speculative Objects / Concepts competition, which focuses on pure…
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In a telephone call from NONOBJECT’s studio in Palo Alto, California, Lukic and Katz reminisce about how their collaboration came about four years ago. Lukic, who was working at IDEO at the time, showed Katz his portfolio and asked him if he would be interested in adding narrative structure. “I was amazed by what I saw and immediately agreed,” Katz said.
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Competition was intense for this year’s award, one of the most coveted in the product design arena. Just 59 products were awarded out of 203 entries from 114 contestants in 24 different countries.
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William Wiles, senior editor of ICON – preeminent design and architecture magazine advises readers to “Wipe that smile off your face. We are not here to be entertained. This is serious… Humour, a useful mental lubricant, is in use here, but the aim isn’t to make you laugh, it’s to make you think.
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“It seems somehow appropriate to wrap up this list, with their serious, thoughtful, often intellectual analysis of their subject matters with a book that is entirely unlike all the rest. This is a book of ideas, concepts and provocations that are witty, thought-provoking and poignant…”
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ROTTERDAM — What’s the most perceptive part of your body? The bit that tells you more about what’s happening around you than any of the others? Your eyes? Ears? Nose? Perhaps. But for many of us, it’s something else — our fingertips…
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Over five years in the making, NONOBJECT hits the shelves! Wired.com’s “Beyond the Beyond” columnist Bruce Sterling says: “Branko Lukic is the best design-fiction designer in the world.” Dive in and inebriate yourself in concepts so startling – yet so familiar. You’ll never see design the same again.
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Designer and NONOJBECT founder Branko Lukic and design authority Barry Katz are hosting a party for over 200 friends, media, and luminaries in design, art, and architecture at New Museum in New York City on November 5 to launch NONOBJECT, a new book that offers entirely unique insights on design and the charged space between the user and the object.
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BRANKO FEATURED ON THE COVER OF MILANO FINANZA GENTLEMAN MAGAZINE. “IL GURU DELLE TECNOLOGIE” : Italians always say it with flair, and Milan’s “Gentleman” magazine – avatar of the business of design – says it best. NONOBJECT’s latest ideas and creations intrigue them, and the editors capture the essence of NONOBJECT in a dramatic multi-page layout.
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In Surface magazine’s December profile “NONOBJECT of our Affection,” Tim McKeough reveals what inspires and drives the team at NONOBJECT, from IDEO roots to extreme design and technical chops. Did we mention vision that wins awards and gains vital market share for clients?
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NONOBJECT helps negotiate the future at leading Swiss design forum // James Auger of RCA and Julian Bleecker of the Near Future Laboratory present keynotes at “Negotiating Futures” conference “Negotiating Futures – Design Fiction” is this year’s theme for the 6th Swiss Design Network Conference taking place in Basel, Switzerland at the end of October.
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The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s new director, Bill Moggridge, is very much of-the-people, for-the-people. For starters, he designed the first laptop computer, which made its debut in 1982 and is now…

A leading Bay Area nonprofit joins forces with NONOBJECT to beat teen obesity with style.
HopeLab and NONOBJECT have joined forces to develop a completely new, wearable kids’ activity meter, creating a valuable tool in the fight against childhood obesity.
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Designer, author, and NONOBJECT founder Branko Lukic has been invited to join a prestigious lineup of influential speakers at TEDx Belgrade, which kicks off on July 17, 2010. This is the first time Belgrade has hosted a TEDx event.
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NBC’s Today Show gear and technology editor Paul Hochman interviewed NONOBJECT’s Branko Lukic – along with a provocative group of 13 well-known futurists, psychologists, technologists, actors, game developers, and bloggers – at PlayIt4Ward, a two-day technology forum in June.
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Webble Active Footrest will appear along with other notable GOOD DESIGN winners at the Chicago Athenaeum’s GOOD DESIGN Show, running from June 14-16, 2010. This show is eagerly anticipated each year by discerning fans of the best and brightest in design. Attendees get close-up views of winning entries in areas as diverse as …
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Drawing from a lineup of 150 provocative and impressive offerings, MIT Press chose Branko Lukic’s and Barry’s Katz’s book NONOBJECT as the featured title on the cover of its influential fall 2010 catalog.
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Cyberpunk Sci Fi godfather and Wired.com’s “Beyond the Beyond” columnist Michael Sterling likes the concept of NONOBJECTS. He notes: “I’ve been keen to see Branko’s book for quite a while now. Apparently, NONOBJECT will soon cease being a nonbook and become an actual book.”
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Bradshaw International – creator of the “Good Cook” brand and number-one market share holder for kitchen tools and gadgets in the grocery trade – has asked NONOBJECT to help them redesign key offerings, reposition their brand, and transform their product experience.
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The UK’s ICON magazine IS an icon to readers who are drawn like a magnet to its broad and thoughtful coverage of the latest news, trends, and happenings in design, architecture, and culture all over the globe.
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The Webble Active Footrest yet again earns its spot among the best and most innovative products of 2009, winning its fourth design award and one of the world’s most prestigious: The Chicago Athenaeum’s GOOD DESIGN award.
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