Sure it’s a bit hillbilly, but I like the idea of the MasterVision Cap Light, which gives you hands-free illumination without having to strap on a headlamp. Choose between three or five LED lights. If you’re the type that’s never not got a cap on, you’ll find clipping one of these to the bill is as easy as popping the top on a can of Schlitz. Plus it’ll only run you like five bucks and change.
Il collettivo italiano Carnovsky composto da Francesco Rugi e Silvia Quintanilla ha di recente esibito alla Johanssen Gallery di Berlino con il loro celebre progetto RGB. In base alla luce proiettata vengono risaltate alcune figure a discapito di altre, l’effetto dev’essere notevole. Mi avete fatto venire la voglia di prendere il primo Ryanair x Shoenfield!
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Ogni volta che si viaggia, la cartina della città si riduce un cencio, se fosse per me, ogni giorno me ne dovrebbero dare una nuova e profumata! Le mappe di Crumpled City risolvono tutto, sono morbide ma resistenti, impermeabili e appositamente fatte per essere schiacciate e sgualcite. Ideata da Emanuele Pizzolorusso con illustrazioni di Alvvino.
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It’s got nothing to do with design, directly, but everything to do with inspiration: National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010 has entries up for public voting, and the photos do not disappoint. Within the three categories of People, Places and Nature are astonishing shots of everything from thunderstorms in Montana to Himalayan monasteries to the long-exposure flight patterns of moths.
For a condensed version check out Boston.com’s faves, or look at the full galleries here. Shutterbugs still have time to enter–the contest ends in five days, and submitting an entry is just 15 bucks.
Oggi ho trovato questa serie di toy in legno dal vecchio sapore, disegnati da uno dei miei artisti preferiti: Gary Taxali. Il Wirkly che vedete in foto e tutti gli altri toys, li trovate in vendita sul suo store.
Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara of Jahara Studio has created a collection of furniture made using scrap wood.
Called Neorustica, discarded strips of wood have been painted in bright colours and joined together to form cabinets.
The collection also includes tables, desks and benches which have been painted white, with slithers slivers of the wood beneath showing through.
The cabinets and desks are finished on the inside with a laminate made of recycled PET bottles.
Jahara’s collection is an homage to Brazil’s rural traditions and culture, with the bright colours, and each piece has been named after a Rio de Janeiro shanty town.
The following information is from the designer:
NEORUSTICA FURNITURE COLLECTION
JAHARA STUDIO Brazil
Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara has just finished a collection of furniture made out of scrap wood in Brazil, called Neorustica. It pays homage to the country’s rural background and has the strong colors of the brazilian culture.
This is a collection of 10 items that function as containers, tables and benches. Each piece is named after a shanty town or favela in Rio de Janeiro, which is Jahara’s hometown. The designer wants to highlight the living condition of people that moved from the countryside into big cities searching for a better life (i.e. improvised homes made of scrap).
Using these conceptual elements to develop the pieces, with regards to the materials used, he teamed up with a furniture factory which specializes in working with wood that is left over from construction sites or demolition.
This factory is now launching NDT BRAZIL, an international brand which is committed to working in a sustainable and design conscious way. Specially crafted out of rough wood, the slates are carefully painted in bright colors making every piece unique and full of character due to the natural texture of aged wood.
The result is bridging the distance between object and user, by inviting one to touch and feel the texture of the pieces. The pieces have names such as Vidigal, Rocinha, Dona Marta, Tuiuti, Caricó, Vila Canoa, Uribu and Pavão.
They are built with a feel of improvisation, with low tables and dining tables in two sizes, a vertical and a horizontal cabinet, a compact desk with a long drawer, a bench with a roof and a side table. The varnish chosen is non toxic and water based paints were used.
The inside of each container is made of a special laminate made out of recycled PET bottles. This laminate is both durable and easy to clean.
NDT BRAZIL will also produce another series of furniture by American designer Harry Allen and as well as their own collection designed by owner Ricardo Augusto, an architect from Bady Bassit, Brazil.
NDT will have their international launch at this year’s at the week of Miami Design/Basel and will happen the 29th November at the Ornare Showroom, also in joint venture with ViaLight that will show a new table lamp in aluminum from Brunno Jahara.
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| Batucada collection by Jahara Studio | PLET Table by Reinier de Jong | More furniture on Dezeen |
Torna la terza edizione del Poster_42 organizzato da 42 Below Vodka in collaborazione con Busta e 55DSL. Per l’occasione, si festeggia domani tardo pome da 55DSL. Special guests Mauro Gatti e YO Clas!
Data inizio contest: 1° dicembre, tutte le info qui.
Progetto di laurea dello studente rumeno Dragos Bardac, neo-laureato della National University of Arts from Bucharest.
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