We picked some of our faves for the latest IDEA Awards this week, but Valerie Casey’s got a fun piece up about designers and their beloved forms. She was actually a judge on the thing, but noticed some conspicuous repetitions from the field. Read the piece here for more, and for several other “before and afters.”
To celebrate the 2009 launch of the State of Design Festival in Melbourne, Australia our friends at the Portable created a short film competition they call “Film the Future” (in keeping with the fest’s theme, “Sampling the Future”). After hundreds of entries and hours of debate they finally selected Takafumi Tsuchiya‘s music video “Apoptosis” as the winner. Check it out above.
A mental journey, ambient electronica guides the viewer through scenes ranging from skylines to leafy suburbs, which Tsuchiya distorts into a spiraling circular image. The mixture of sound and visual effects make for mesmerizing entertainment, sparking the imagination to work overtime to construct meaning out of the fleeting forms.
Melbourne designer and Film The Future judge Jeremy Wortsman comments, “The first thing that grabbed me was the excellent use of soundtrack. Apoptosis used sound as an integral part of the piece, especially in engaging the viewer in the first moments, setting the visual foundation for the formal experimentation that occurred throughout the piece. To that end, the idea was simple, yet very effective. The source video seemed carefully chosen to yield the most fruitful results in the kaleidoscopic meanderings of the work and in the end, it left me being able to view these ubiquitous scenes of nature and everyday life in a new light, which is definitely a challenging feat to accomplish in a short film.”
Portable‘s objective is to make film and new media storytelling accessible to everyone regardless of their experience, location or technical proficiency by offering audiences the chance to download an entire curated selection of international film and video program for free to their iPods, mobile phones, PSPs and laptops. Now in its fourth year, their Portable Film Festival starts this 1 August 2009, offering nearly 180 films, from over 800 submissions from 46 countries, across the festival categories of Short Film, Music Video, Look at Me, Get Animated, First Hand Capture and Feature Film. Get more info and all the content at Portable.
 | We were certain we’d had our fair share of drama but we were wrong- turns out, once you channel it into jewelry design, you can’t get enough. That’s the story behind Hello Drama (you can find out more in our interview), the totally fun and edgy collection designed by Katt and Kaila. Earlier this week we told you all about Hello Drama and gave you the chance to win one of THREE jewelry goodie bags- and all you had to do was tell us which of their designs was your favorite (don’t ask me why, but this one is calling my name)! Read on to find out if you were one of the lucky ones! |
Excellente publicité et campagne print pour le client Omax à propos du “bénéfice produit” des objectifs grand angle. Une idée de l’agence Publicis India sur une direction artistique de Raylin Valles. Plus de visuels à découvrir dans la suite.
It’s not official yet, but we have it on good authority (Women’s Wear Daily) that Michael Fink, who left his post as vice president and women’s fashion director of Saks Fifth Avenue earlier this year amidst massive layoffs, has been named dean of the new School of Fashion at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Previously part of the School of Design, the School of Fashion encompasses fashion and accessory design, fashion marketing and management, and luxury fashion management. Fink, a former member of SCAD’s advisory board and a guest critic for the school’s senior fashion class, is preparing to move to Savannah (although something tells us we’ll see him back in Manhattan for Fashion Week come September). “I think it is an incredible change,” he told WWD. “Especially based on what’s going on in New York.”
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The British painter and illustrator Peter Blake‘s book, Alice Through the Looking-glass: And What Alice Found There offers another stylish, modern interpretation of Carroll’s classic tale of a young girl’s strange journey of imagination.
Beyond offering affordable comfort and style, Ace Hotels distinguish themselves by integrating into the culture of their home city. Our recent visit to the Ace NYC proved no different—the property embraces a deep history of art, music and design that speaks to New York originality. The Ace perspective on NYC style even shows up in their staff uniforms, compiled from iconic New York staples and thoughtful designer collaborations.
Standard issue footwear is either drab green monochrome Chucks created by Converse exclusively for the Ace or classic black Doc Marten’s embossed with a skeleton key. The jeans are by Levi’s and Newark-based L. Gambert created custom fitted shirts, handcrafted from patterning to production and overseen by second and third generation family artisans. L. Gambert also created the housekeeping uniform, a utilitarian shirt-dress. The vintage Glen-check Coto tie and blackened silver Surface 2 Air tie chain complete the look.
Once the weather turns cold, doormen will wear a simple Spiewak pea coat and Uniqlo cardigan juxtaposing classic and contemporary from Spiewak’s WWII roots and Uniqlo’s clean lines.
Check Ace NYC for details on reservations. And stay tuned for the Fall openings of Stumptown Coffee, Breslin, a new restaurant from April Bloomfield and the Spotted Pig crew and a store with the Project No. 8 team behind it.
All photographs courtesy of John Mark Sorum.
Sometimes you’ve got a need that you fill by designing a product, which is why we have carrot-peelers and hair dryers; other times you start with a material and come up with a use for it, which is why we have Post-Its and Velcro straps.
So what would you do with the latter approach if you had a warehouse full of Viscoelastic Polymer? As the name suggests, VP is nothing more than a polymer with both viscosity and elasticity; which is to say it’s adhesive, squishy on a molecular level and moldable.
3M uses the stuff to dampen vibrations in hard drives. But a far sexier use was struck upon by Monsterpod, which incorporated Viscoelastic Polymer into the base of their disc-shaped “tripod,” which holds your 20 oz. camera in any position by sticking to whatever surface its applied to, for 1-10 minutes. And when the VP gets dirty, you can just wash it off with water. Runs about $30, available here.
If you are in Calgary and looking for some theatre to spark up your summer, check out the Mount Royal College’s Shakespeare In The Park performances which run July 3 – August 22nd, evenings (7pm) and noon hours at Princess Island Park.
Click here to check the performance guide for a full schedule of plays and dates. Tickets are free or you can reserve special front row seating. This summer’s roster of plays includes a street-wise production of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ scored by the beats of MIA and Notorius B.I.G. as well as the modern pairing of the bard’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with the music of Queen.
To reserve advanced seating or order a picnic basket from The River Cafe, click here.
 | When Pierre Cardin tried to make designer clothing more accessible for women by producing a ready-to-wear line in 1959, he created quite the scandal and was expelled from the Chambre Syndicale. But he didn’t let the ire of those haute couture folks stop him! No, he continued to produce designs that were innovative and futuristic. And what gal wouldn’t lust after his 1968 crepe evening gown with the built-in sculpted silver necklace and its $60,000 diamond! Cardin’s work from the 1960s and 1970s captured his trademark minimalism, use of geometric shapes and exquisite tailoring and iconic pieces from these collections are still highly sought after by today’s vintage fashionistas. Just click the slide-show to see a selection of fab vintage Pierre Cardin finds! |
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