Emily and Laura of Orange Beautiful have created a lovely and clever perpetual calendar design for 2010 and beyond. I really like the three-tier design and paper stand. Available now in their Etsy shop.
Last week I was showing some of the fabulous things Rachel Peloquin designs for kids. But this creative lady from Paris also makes stunning designs for us grown-ups… her screenprints, patterns and handmade jewelry are according to me stunning! She calls herself Rose Patate and you can find her blog and shop right here…
Wintercheck Factory, makers of the wonderful Paul Desk and Aaron storage table we blogged earlier this year, are now rolling out a new line of accessories. They’re starting with the Julian Scarf, a 100% rodeo flannel scarf with brightly colored, rip stop nylon pockets. According to Wintercheck, this scarf is mostly to carry stuff around with you in the winter without having to leave valuables in your coat or your oversized bag while out on the dance floor.
Last winter, Kristen and Sarah were at a club in downtown New York (They’re still not sure why). The coat check was expensive and the dance floor was hot and sweaty, so Kristen stashed her jacket in a dark corner somewhere in the vicinity of the DJ booth, praying nothing would be stolen out of the pockets, while Sarah kept accidentally whacking people on the dance floor with her gigantic purse. Determined to avoid this in the future, Kristen designed a scarf that functioned as a small tote so that someone could shed his or her coat or bag but still keep valuable items safe and close. Thus, the Julian Scarf was born.
More shots after the jump, or click here to order.
Brothers, artists and Colorado natives Andrew and Peter Sutherland are having their first ever show together, called “Amateur Hour” and opening tonight at NYC’s ATM gallery. The title of the show celebrates the time we live in now and the line between professionals and amateurs.
The thought comes from the duo who are psyched that people are doing it themselves—making music on their computers at home, taking pictures with a point and shoot or recording news on their phones on the street. For this show, the brothers worked in a variety of mediums including video, video stills, photography, sculpture, found objects and collage. Peter Sutherland says, “Come on down and meet the whole family. Mom’s gonna be there. It is going to be a brodeo!”
Check out more images after the jump.
Amateur Hour
Opening reception: 22 October 2009, 6-9pm
22-31 October 2009
ATM Gallery
621 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001 map
tel. +1 212 375 0349
Nine individual, young product designers join forces to overwhelm you! During the Dutch design week in Eindhoven we will show our work, which is made ..
Check out this awesome–and quiet–no-electricity-needed tablesaw:
Made by Bridge City Tool Works, the Jointmaker Pro R2 uses custom Japanese saw blades and a little elbow grease to achieve what look to be ridiculously accurate (and easy) cuts. Unfortunately the thing was so darn successful that it’s sold out, and Bridge City is “anticipating a second production run” but has no ship dates yet.
Any of us who have left their car in a sunny parking lot for a few hours and returned to an oven-like interior know that there’s a lot of wasted energy right there. To make matters worse, we usually then crank up the A/C to compensate, increasing the environmental damage.
Well, here’s a clever way to leave cars in shade and generate electricity at the same time: A solar-power-gathering parking lot. Above is a shot of a “Solar Grove” built by Envision Solar for Dell Computer’s corporate headquarters in Texas. The panels not only generate juice for the facility, but are also connected to two CleanCharge stations that electric vehicles can plug into.
Hit the jump for the full press release, and a nine-minute video explaining the concept.
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Kids sporting laminates on NYC subways signals CMJ‘s descent on the city once again. Friends of CH, The Roulettes—a band accepted into the music showcase on their first try—put together an awesome lineup that we’re sponsoring this Saturday. Other bands performing include Red Wire Black Wire,
Renminbi, Sini Anderson, The Fancy and Beluga and we’re stoked to be on board with co-sponsors
Etsy (who will have a couple vendors on hand for shopaholics), Sadie Magazine and Tom Tom.
In addition to some of the most exciting up-and-coming names in indie music (and the kind of DIY event we think CMJ should be), the show promises BBQ and $3 bloody marys.
Check the Roulettes out on their MySpace page to listen and Facebook to learn more. Buy their first LP (engineered by Larry Crane of Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus, etc. fame) from Lucky Madison or download from iTunes.
View the poster for the Roulettes at CMJ after the jump.
Bruar Falls BBQ Spectacular
24 October 2009, 12-6pm
Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
map
tel. +1 347 529 6610
The Harley-Davidson Museum and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design are teaming up for the former’s first feature exhibition, “The Helmet Project,” which will involve the labor of over 100 art and design students:
The Helmet Project challenged students to deconstruct the conventional notion of a helmet and re-envision its function and meaning through art and design that push visual and conceptual boundaries. Students are also creating the show – from exhibit fabrication and installation to exhibition graphics and marketing.
“Harley-Davidson is renowned for its iconic motorcycle designs – both the industrial design of the motorcycle and the artistic design of distinct paint, graphics, parts and accessories,” said Fricke. “The Helmet Project was expressly developed to create an ambitious college-wide project focusing on art and design – skills that are very important to Harley-Davidson. Our rewarding partnership with MIAD has resulted in an exhibition that is informative, bold and fun and will interest fans of art and design, history, motorcycling, and pop culture.”
The exhibit opens Wednesday, October 28th. Click here for more info.
Here at UnBeige, we love a good dust jacket almost as much as we love a good book (which we store in teetering stacks on any flat surface we can find), and so we were intrigued to read Ron Hogan‘s recent post on Galleycat, our bookish brother blog, concerning the dust jacket switcheroo for Mathilda Savitch (FSG). The debut novel by Victor Lodato started life as an advance reading copy (ARC) wrapped in an illustration with a macabre Alice in Wonderland quality. We also found a slightly tweaked American ARC (pictured above, at center) that tightened up the typeface selection and toned down the Alice factor, ditching the girl’s headband and sash, trimming her hair, and ensuring that she was outfitted in more sensible shoes for a scramble through the forest, which has also been tidied of a craggy tree.
“Both my editor, Courtney Hodell, and I thought this was a great cover,” Lovato told Hogan, “but maybe it just needed to be…sexier in some ways. It was a little cold. So they wanted to play with some other ideas.” The new dust jacket cover (above, at right) of the novel, which hit bookstore shelves nationwide last month, features what you’ll probably recognize as the work of artists and snowglobe wizards Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz. Specifically, it’s “Traveler 48 at Night,” a photo of a snowglobe they created in 2003. “The novel’s about a child alone in an emotionally frozen landscape, and she’s trying to figure out lots of things, from where her sister went to death in general,” said Lodato, pointing to the final cover. “And this just seemed very resonant to that.”
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