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Smile for London is the name of a new initiative designed to introduce great, non-commercial visuals to the gloomy environs of London Underground stations – via the freshly installed equipment that projects ads onto selected platforms of stations in central London…

The plan is that for two weeks from January 17, 2011, Smile for London (SfL) – in conjunction with its media partner CBS Outdoor UK (which owns and manages the projectors) will be taking over the platform screens on weekday mornings during rush hour. A programme of film, art and animation will showcase the best of London’s emerging and established creative talent. Also, during the evening rush hour, the screens will display listings and previews of art events coming up in the capital.

“This is a hugely exciting project for us,” says Jo Kotas, co-founder of Smile for London. “We want to celebrate the creative talents of our city and at the same time lift the spirits of London’s commuters. The project has already captured the imagination of some very talented and respected individuals. We hope to extend this support to the whole of London as the campaign grows so it becomes a permanent London fixture.”

SfL is on the hunt for non-commercial animation, film or motion graphic pieces – up to 20 seconds long – to potentially showcase on the screens in January. You can find details of how to submit work on the website – but please be aware there is no sound / speakers attached to the projectors in the underground so all submissions for this SfL programme must be silent. You can submit work to via a dedicated Smile for London Vimeo group.

For more info about Smile for London, and to download the brief for submissions in full, visit smileforlondon.com/

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Sweden’s neo-burlesque celebration of pasty-twirling, glitter and skin

With winter clipping at the heels of the Northern Hemisphere, what better way to celebrate being indoors than by seductively disrobing? Opening 27 October 2010, the first-annual Stockholm Burlesque Festival invites striptease fans and performers alike for four days of pasty twirling, fan shaking and coquettish pouting in the appropriately faded glory of the Berns Salonger. Alongside Scandinavia’s finest burlesque artists—including The Amazing Knicker Kittens, Miss Lilly Deluxe, Bettie Blackheart and the world’s quickest showgirl, Kiki Hawaiji—the event heats the city up with some of the scene’s top performers from around the globe, including Miss Indigo Blue, Trixie Little, World Famous *BOB* (the incredible female-female impersonator) and holder of Mister Exotic World 2010, The Evil Hate Monkey .

Lending support to the Pink Ribbon Campaign for breast cancer relief, the cleverly-named Octbooberfest showcases amateur talent with the Tassel Twirling Championship, open to anyone with ta-tas who wants to shake them.

Saturday’s events include the world’s most seasoned burlesque stars, who will stun the crowd with their ingenuity, experience and innovation. The fantastic lineup includes The Evil Hate Monkey, World Famous *BOB*, Miss Indigo Blue and Trixie Little performing all strands of this genre of performance.

Sunday finishes the weekend with a more civilized schedule inviting guests to dine well with afternoon tea and buffet while enjoying yet more sumptuous delights of the Amazing Knicker Kittens—a perfect way to wind down before rejoining the realm of the clothed.

As well as the evening (and afternoon) entertainment, Stockholm’s Burlesque Festival has organized a series of workshops led by some of the evening’s star performers. Choose from learning about The Art of the Tease or Tassel Twirling for the Twenty First Century, both led by Miss Indigo Blue, and World Famous *BOB* will be divulging tips for confidence building in her own special way, as well as leading a workshop on stage beauty techniques.

Considering this is the premiere for this event, organizers have set the bar high for what promises to be one of the future highlights of the European burlesque calendar.

The Varnish Table, top and the FX10 Stripped, pictured bottom.

For Vienna Design Week’s Passionswege, Graz-based White Elephant design lab collaborated with Neue Wiener Werkstatte &mdash an established, family-run furniture and upholstery business based in Styria, Austria &mdash to create five furniture pieces based on the techniques used in the company’s workshops, breaking open upholstered furniture and making poetry out of the production process.

At their opening, we spoke with Tobias Kestel, one half of White Elephant, who provided some insights into the lab’s collaboration with NWW. He discussed time capsules, inner voids, stalactites, seeing the world from the Moon and the future of the industrial designer.

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At Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk this week Amsterdam architects UNStudio present a set of two tables that incorporate upholstered seats.

Called SitTable, the design for Dutch brand Prooff comes in oak with one seat or a longer version in white with two seats.

The slab-like tops are supported by a network of steel rods.

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Photographs are by Roel van Tour and Pim Top.

Here are some more details from UNStudio:

SitTable , PROOFF, 2010

Sit down, sit up, lounge, hang, repose, move, work, read, consult or relax. Alone or together.

People communicate in a variety of ways. The design for the SitTable caters to the needs of these divergent varieties. It allows for the table to become a thinking place as well as a social meeting ground, whilst offering a diversity of options for functionality.

It may become a quiet reading table found in a library, or a work and relaxation place located in an airport lounge. It could simply be used in a waiting room, in a front office or in a school. It may also act as a meeting space for exhibitions or in shops. Whichever role it fills, everyone is given the opportunity to discover their own practical use for the SitTable. It is designed to serve one’s own intended purpose for functionality and arrangement.

The hybrid form of the SitTable combines two pieces of multi-functional furniture, offering a variety of space-creating authority to the user. Numerous tasks can be carried out simultaneously at the SitTable – both solitary and social, or a combination of the two.

Ben van Berkel: “The SitTable is designed for the various ways in which people communicate. Through a cross combination of usage possibilities, it extends the traditional role of the table as a social meeting place.”

UNStudio has long been interested in hybrid forms of all scales, from large scale mixed-use urban projects through to programmatic and volumetric transitions in public buildings and private residences. A similar approach is often taken to products designed by the studio, where hybridisation offers increased performance potential to a wide variety of users. The SitTable is a new addition to this family of designs.

Client: PROOFF

Materials/dimensions:
SitTable Type 1 (pictured):
tabletop: wood veneer, dark oak A32 – Morado
fabric seat: Divina 462 ( mustard yellow )
frame: steel C3, Anthraciet Grey
l x w x h: 3800 x 1750 x 750mm.

SitTable Type 2 (pictured):
tabletop: white HPL, white veneer
fabric seat: Divina 692 ( purple )
frame: steel C3, Anthraciet Grey
l x w x h: 5450 x 1750 x 750mm.

UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos with Juergen Heinzel, William de Boer and Machteld Kors, Martijn Prins, Daniela Hake

Advisors
Prooff – Leo Schouten, Tim Orriens, Antoinette Veneman
The SitTable is produced by Arco Contemporary Furniture/ Arco – Jorre van Ast, Roelof Janssen

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