Posts Tagged ‘Design’
SAVING THE WORLD ONE DESIGN AT A TIME.
Good design should inspire and move it’s viewers. Even better if it helps change the world. Cactus Dissney culled together some fantastic international works into a book of “socially conscious design.” From saving trees and environmental awareness, to running a marathon and walking gramps across the street, this collection should stir your humanistic duty. Luckily enough, Shilo made the list with their work for the “Burma” project. Click through to view. Read on
STUDIO A+I AND STEVEN ALAN.
This is a shout out to our friends at Studio a+i, who just wrapped up their latest project over at the Steven Alan flagship store in Tribeca, New York. Streamlining the store and amping up the post-modern vibe with the urban rustic aesthetic, the shop is on the progressive point. Make the jump for more flicks. Read on
JUST CALL ME LEIF.
The thing about people who are only referred to by a singlular name – like Elvis, Prince, Coolio or Sinbad – is they are either the most poignant person in the realm of culture or the complete demise of good taste in society. Leif, artist and designer from Melbourne, Australia, may not be either, but his cosmic art collages will get him a hall pass for the unaccompanied surname reference. Click “read more” for some well served spacey designs. Read on
BETTER THAN YOUR GRANDMA’S KNIT SWEATER.
There’s something in the water in Sweden because they’re racking up the style points in all things design lately. Sandra Backlund is a fashion designer with a sense of handicraft that’ll put your grandma’s holiday knit sweater to shame. Not limited to materials she can transform and mold, she can turn your girlfriend’s weave into a couture garment. Check out some of Backlund’s amazing work after the jump. Read on
BONG LOADED HIGH STREET FASHION FROM P.A.M.
Any suspicions that you may have had about the ladies from P.A.M. actually being a pair of extremely motivated, Australian stoners rather than a couple of uptight, design nerds were indubitably confirmed when their press release stated that their POP! Eyes collection was inspired by David Attenborough’s The Tribal Eye. Take a look at their new adventure onto high street HERE and load up the bong before you head out to the teepee. Read on
GODZILLA-SIZED GARBAGE PILES.
Brandon Blommaert is amazingly adept at conjuring up piles of garbage into godzilla-sized monsters who knock over volcanoes while tenderly caring for their fallen brethren. Check out more HERE.
Peter Saville & Ben Kelly: The Apartment.
Peter Saville’s 90s era “garçonniere” is like cocaine for the eyeballs. All terrifying minimalism, pale colours, and plush, satin, 3d letters seeping from the walls – AHHHHHHHHH. We want to live here forever!!!!
“An enigmatic figure in the design world, Art Director Peter Saville asked friend and collaborator Ben Kelly to turn a seventies-chic Mayfair apartment into a suitably ambiguous live/work/gallery space,
using minimal intervention. Boasting an original Verner Panton floor-to-ceiling light fixture, acres of smoked glass, tinted mirrors and high-gloss finishes, BKD added accents with bright green paint, creamy carpets, select artworks and dramatic lighting. A soft-sculpture telephone number rendered in pink satin, a startled mannequin and the occasional paint explosion, provided further layers of spontaneity within an otherwise super-cool interior.” – from benkellydesign.com Read on
Item Idem
We don’t fully know how to describe artist, designer, bon vivant: Item Idem, but we definitely have plus size boners for the art he makes. His wiki describes him as: ”Austin Powers pretending to be Philippe Starck, art directed by Marcel Duchamp and scripted by Oscar Wilde“. There’s really an endless amount of things to go through on his website and by the time you reach the end you’ll feel slightly cheapened and a little made-fun-of. But overall, if we had to describe a theme it would be: Item-Idem subtly says fuck you, disneyland. But that’s just our take away.
Westvaco II, Inspirations for Printers, 1953 to 1955
Classic Inspirations. 1953 to 1955. What an era!
Harry Everett Smith
It is a little known nugget of trivia that the obsessive music archivist responsible for the Anthology of American Folk Music was also an experimental filmmaker / artist / mystic lauded by Kenneth Anger as being the “greatest living magician” who died, while singing, in Paola Igliori’s arms in NY’s famed Chelsea Hotel. Read on
The BLDG BLOG Book
Geoff Manaugh is a senior editor at Dwell magazine and the founder and author of BLDGBLOG. Since 2004, he’s been culling together a fascinating look at the way humans shape and exist in their environment. On the website, you’ll find topics ranging from Ghillie Suits to Hydro-Manhattan and Planet Hardrive as well as a stockpile of incredible interviews. And now you can buy the book (or at least pre-order it from Amazon )!!
De Longhi’s Artista Series w/ Damien Correll
Artist/Designer Damien Correll has recently been commissioned to add his signature touch to De’Longhi’s Artista series of high-end espresso machines. High-five to us for beating Kanye’s blog to the punch on this one.