Fuzzy Culture, an independent U.K.-based children’s label, mixes natural wools with an urban attitude for a line of colorful tops and beanie hats. Their merino wool comes from sustainable sheep ranches in New Zealand, who take animal welfare seriously. Strong on color and fit too, their designs make for the ultimate in versatility and longevity.
The Fuzzy Culture collection won’t show signs of age, encouraging users to pass clothing on to future children. Encouraging buyers to get as much use as possible out of the line, Fuzzy designs all their tops for layering or for wearing alone and with dimensions long enough to tuck in—doubling their life by creating room to grow.
Prices range from £9-21, and all items sell from the Fuzzy Culture online shop.
It’s that time of year again when all the boys and ghouls come out to play – Halloween!!! With the big night swiftly approaching and not much time on your hands, it may be tempting to head to your local big box store and pick up a lame, generic costume straight from the shelves – don’t do it! This year, why not get into the creative fun that All Hallow’s Eve is all about, and entering your one-of-a-kind, green-themed, DIY costume into our spectacular Green Halloween Costume Photo Contest???! Not only will you able to flaunt your mad costume crafting skills to everyone reading Inhabitat, you could also win exciting prizes like a sweet solar-powered Bogo flashlight, an awesome $100 gift certificate to the Inhabitatshop or our fabulous Inhabitat t-shirts and tote bags!
Check out last year’s winners here or submit here when you’re ready.
In this next interview in our series of Molteni&C Sofa Chats conducted at 100% Design in London last month, London-based designer Ilse Crawford discusses the unique skills of Italian manufacturers with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. (more…)
After premiering in Edinburgh earlier this year, the film of the best alternative music festival in the world tours the UK from this week; opening in Manchester on Friday and then taking in Glasgow, London, Leeds, Brighton and Bristol…
All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Film is a special piece of cinema. It’s been compiled from hundreds of video clips of the various artists that have performed during ATP festivals at the out-of-season Pontins holiday camp in Minehead, sent in by fans and then shaped into a film by director Jonathan Caouette.
The film brilliantly captures the experience of actually being at the festival – bands aside, there’s always plenty of fun to be had on the beach, in the water park, in the arcades and “eateries”, or in the chalets that house the festival goers for the three day event.
A clip from the film of Animal Collective’s performance from the Explosions in the Sky-curated festival from 2008, has just been released online…
…and to get an idea of the truly kaleidoscopic nature of the film, check out the trailer and the teaser short featuring Lightning Bolt that was released earlier this year, below.
Exuberance in the face of a drums and bass onslaught has never has looked so good.
Bands that feature in All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Film include: Belle And Sebastian / Grizzly Bear / Sonic Youth / Battles / Portishead / Daniel Johnston / Grinderman / David Cross / Animal Collective / The Boredoms / Les Savy Fav / Mogwai / Octopus Project / Slint / The Dirty Three / The Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Gossip / GZA / Seasick Steve / Iggy And The Stooges / A Hawk And A Hacksaw / Fuck Buttons / Micah P Hinson / Two Gallants / Akron/Family / Jah Shaka / Saul Williams / Shellac / Patti Smith / John Cooper Clark / Lightning Bolt / Roscoe Mitchell / The Mars Volta.
Pratt Institute and its Industrial Design Department are undertaking a search for the position of Chairperson of the combined undergraduate BID and graduate MID programs. The ideal candidate for the position possesses a combination of experience in the field with the academic credentials and vision to continue to build Pratt’s standing as one of the top Industrial Design programs in the world. The Department is located on Pratt’s historic 25-acre landscaped Brooklyn campus. This administrative appointment carries a twelve month per year workload and a three year contract which may be renewed.
Wireless solutions company Jabra has made quite a stir with their recently announced Stone bluetooth headset, so named because that’s what the minimal device looks like when nestled in its charger. CrunchGear has an interview up with Johan Birger, a member of the Copenhagen-based design team behind the Stone.
Says Birger,
[One of the challenges] was balancing the three key factors that drive the design: first, the sweeping shape in itself, which needs to be smooth; second, the STONE charger, which has to integrate perfectly with the headset to create a smooth shape; and last, the overall design needs to fit the gamut of ear sizes. All three have to be in perfect balance for the shape to work. Of course with the innovative headset shape alone, there were an array of mechanical engineering and production challenges with the materials used to achieve a twisting, sweeping, elegant design.
Read the entire interview, which amusingly starts with the question “I posit that Bluetooth headsets are the most boring technology on Earth. Convince me otherwise,” here.
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