 | At this past Fashion Week, our favorite Contributing Editor, Geri Hirsch of Because I’m Addicted, had the good luck to go backstage at Altuzarra and snap some first-hand beauty pics! We love the trends we saw and can’t wait to try them out! Here’s our three favorite style! Then click on the slideshow to see our fave products that will help you get the look!
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Charming advertising characters are thin on the ground these days, so it is with some sadness that we discover Cravendale has decided to kill off the quirky group of housemates that has graced its ads for the last four years, in order to move its advertising in a new direction. Ad agency Wieden + Kennedy in London has created this amusing film to bid farewell to the cow, pirate and cyclist (and sheep on a skateboard)…
The ads were directed by Belgian directing duo Pic Pic Andre. To view more of their work, including a trailer for their film A Town Called Panic, visit Not To Scale’s website here.
Industrial Designer
Microsoft
Redmond, WA
The Microsoft Hardware Team is looking for a passionate, talented Industrial Designer to join our User Experience Team.
The Microsoft Hardware Team design and manufacture consumer electronics for customers all around the world. Our product portfolio spans from navigation, input, gaming and communication devices that shape the future of how we interact with our PC’s. As a User Experience Designer with emphasis on Industrial Design, you will be responsible for taking concepts to the end product for personal computing, communication, and entertainment scenarios. Design plays a key role in our organization and our designers enjoy the creative challenges and opportunities that come with it.
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Une excellente idée de campagne publicitaire “Make your own story” pour la célèbre marque Lego avec la licence Star Wars. Une réalisation de l’école de publicité Escola Cuca à Sao Paulo, et des étudiants Diego Mourão et Gustavo Dorietto. A découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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Our March issue features a profile of Gerd Arntz, a feature on the return of the great movie poster, and a look at the secretive world of banknote engraving…
The front cover features a selection of Arntz’s pictograms, designed for Otto Neurath’s Isotype language system, while the back cover shows an engraving of a Yemeni man by Tony Maidment.
If you would like to buy this issue, simply call +44(0)207 292 3703. Issues cost £5.90 including P&P for the UK.
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Inside, we have a first look at our iPad app. And one of photographer Luke Stephenson‘s bird images (shown on the iPad below) is our Hi-Res page this month.
Our Case Study feature looks at Honda’s new campaign from W+K London.
As a new book of his work is published (Gerd Arntz: Graphic Designer, 010 Publishers), David Crowley examines the work of the designer of Otto Neurath’s Isotype symbols who brought a human touch to the impersonal world of statistics.
We also feature the intricate work of Tony Maidment, a steel plate banknote engraver with an important cause.
And Gavin Lucas looks at a possible resurgence in the art of movie poster making.
In Crit this month, we have a personal account of the power of Crass’ sound and image by punk art collector,Toby Mott, on the eve of a new exhibition of the band’s visual art.
Andy Cameron looks at the digital artists most referenced by ad agencies.
Jeremy Leslie reviews The Daily iPad app.
And Gordon Comstock applauds Polaroid’s appointment of Lady Gaga as their creative director (illustration by Stuart Whitton).
Our March Monograph ties in with the extensive feature on Gerd Arntz and features 18 of his Isotype symbols as featured in 010 Publishers‘ new book. The opening page shows him at work on the symbol for an unemployed man.
The March issue of CR is on sale from February 24.
If you would like to buy this issue, simply call +44(0)207 292 3703. Issues cost £5.90 including P&P for the UK.
Czech designer Maxim Velčovský presents a cabinet comprising stacked wooden boxes at Křehký Gallery in Prague.
Called Story Cabinet, the piece was designed to display items from the gallery’s collection.
It has turned wooden legs made from the profiles of the two gallery founders Jiří Macek and Jana Zielinski.
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Here are some more details from Velčovský:
Křehký Gallery presents the cupboard Story Cabinet designed exclusively for Křehký by Maxim Velčovský.
“Every cupboard is a storeroom in fact,” explains Velčovský. His cupboard enables the user to create a unique system for storing stuff without getting lost in it thanks to a classical frame with a ledge and a socle. Its legs are shaped along the profiles of gallerists Jana Zielinski and Jiří Macek and hand-made by Czech design legend Antonín Hepnar. The cupboard itself was produced by Process.
“I conceived the cupboard for Křehký as a small storage unit where individual limited editions, made exclusively for the Křehký collection, would be displayed. With regard to the minimalist design of the entire space by Olgoj Chorchoj, I wanted to introduce a piece of furniture that would refer to old cupboards and consist of basic geometrical modules.
The feeling of the cupboard should be evoked by the socle and the upper ledge between which the boxes will be piled. Every cupboard is, in my opinion, household storage where objects are placed for various reasons.
Thus, I chose a configuration of boxes in which each object can find its own territory, its own world. Apart from a profiled ledge, the shape of the legs also represents a specific feature of a cupboard. As for old wardrobes and cupboards, the attention focused primarily on the front legs, while the rear legs were reduced to simple shapes. It occurred to me to make the front legs in the shape of the heads of the two Profilmedia founders.
Thus, each leg is made according to the profiles of Jiří Macek and Jana Zielinski and symbolically bears the burden of their collection. I asked Antonín Hepnar to manufacture the legs because he is one of the greatest experts in using the woodworking lathe – his entire work is bound up with this machine.“
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| Reveal by Studiomama | Unique Standard by Folkform | Primary Cabinet by Peter Jakubik |
The saga of “Banksy Meets the Oscars” continues. You might recall that we reported that the Academy Awards producers were concerned that the faceless-yet-famous street artist, whose Exit Through the Gift Shop is a nominee for a Best Documentary award, would show up to redeem his prize wearing a disguise, perhaps his familiar monkey mask, something they weren’t to pleased about. As was reported immediately after, the Academy apparently eventually struck up a deal with the artist that, should his film win, his co-producer, Jamie D’Cruz, would accept the award on behalf of both of them. Now, following a few weeks of Banksy-esque art popping up on Los Angeles streets, possibly to help wage a campaign for the win, it’s come out that the Academy has flat out refused the artist’s entry into the ceremony. The same story prevails, that they do not want a mysterious man in a mask among the crowd, let alone storming the stage. Fortunately for the producers, Banksy seems comfortable in obliging their “stay away!” demands. Here’s what he told the Guardian:
When his nomination was announced, Banksy called it a “big surprise.”
“I don’t agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I’m prepared to make an exception for the ones I’m nominated for,” he said, adding: “The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.”
However, the paper also hints that “reports suggest he will be in the vicinity.” So Joan Rivers, please keep an eye out.
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Dezeen promotion: Swiss company Ruckstuhl will present their collection of rugs, carpets and acoustic panels at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this April, including these wool panels by Italian studio Matteo Thun.
Established in 1881, Ruckstuhl produce rugs in coir, wool, linen, cotton, jute and sisal.
Edition Ruckstuhl will be on show in Hall 20, stand E02 at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Here are some more details from Ruckstuhl:
Edition Ruckstuhl
In comparison with the attention which the design-conscious public repeatedly pays to furniture and lights, carpets are all too rarely the focal point of attention. Yet the type and appearance of textile floor furnishings is certainly no less decisive in creating a room’s atmosphere than is an attractive lamp or a sofa. It is a realisation that seems slowly to be gaining currency of late. Whether this is due to the current “homing” trend postulated by opinion and consumer researchers is neither here nor there. The Edition Ruckstuhl being presented here is certainly another good reason to take a closer look at carpets, a subject which was underappreciated for far too long.
Edition Ruckstuhl is, in short, nine authors, designers and artists and twelve out-of-the-ordinary limited edition carpets. This traditional Swiss carpet manufacturer, world-renowned for its design awareness and its quality “Made in Switzerland”, is entering uncharted territory with this collection. Edition, which will be presented to the public for the first time during the Milan Furniture Fair, owes its origin to the belief that it would be nice for once to ignore the constraints imposed by larger production runs and by the marketplace, and to create an exquisite selection of “floor concepts” which interpret the ancient carpet concept in new and unconventional ways. The authorship of each creation, and the associated individual design approaches of each creator taking part, was to remain recognisable; practical and functional aspects, on the other hand, were to play a subordinate role. The Edition also offers scope for experimental approaches. An obligation to work primarily with natural materials – which is of course standard procedure at Ruckstuhl – was practically the only condition that had to be fulfilled for this project.
The selection of authors was anything but representative. Peter Ruckstuhl, who not only initiated the Edition collection, but also oversaw it as curator, relied entirely on his knowledge of textiles and his personal assessments. He consciously resisted the temptation of selecting one or more “stars” from the design scene, in spite of the marketing advantages this could have entailed. Instead, he strove to acquire the services of designers and artists who have demonstrated their expertise with textiles and those with potential – even if some, such as Ursula Spicher-Waldburger or Céline Sorigue – have not yet been prominent in the field of carpet design. Some of them, such as Fiorella Fasciati, Jutta Bernhard and Hugo Zumbühl, have had professional relationships with Ruckstuhl for many years now. Others, including Claudy Jongstra and Deborah Moss, are practically new discoveries. For Marcello Morandini and Atelier Oï, Edition represented a welcome opportunity to deepen existing connections.
The reasons for which these authors were selected are as varied as their backgrounds – all, however, could be expected to engage deeply with the matter at hand, and to provide their own innovative approach, whatever form it might take. In light of the designs which have resulted, it is clear that this plan has been a success.
Edition impresses thanks to its wealth of motifs and to the variety of techniques employed. Taken as a whole, it offers an exciting cross-section of contemporary carpet design. While there are a multitude of design approaches and aesthetics in evidence here, each work also has some fundamental things in common: the care which went into each design and the outstanding craftsmanship and quality of the finished products guarantee that each carpet in the Edition collection will enjoy a long life.
Ruckstuhl have an online shop (shop.ruckstuhl.com) plus three showrooms:
Milan
Via Cerva 23
Phone: 0276 009 294
Paris
20, rue du Mail
Phone 0144 82 03 30
New York
29 Ninth Ave
Phone 212 741 1180
 | Chloe Sevigny is once again teaming up with Opening Ceremony to create a line of clothing and accessories that bring back that nineties nostalgia she’s touched on in fashion lines and her own sense of style. One of the stand out pieces of this collaboration is this cross-body leopard print bag! It’s the perfect day-to-night going out accessory, with it’s small but functional size and a strap that can be slung over the shoulder for a day-time excurison! Then tuck it in for a clutch type style and let the animal print take center stage while dancing the night away! Fun without being too flashy or gaudy, you can wear it with any color or any neutral!
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Voici ce concept de Spotify Player imaginé par l’étudiant Jordi Parra pour son projet de fin d’étude : un transistor à puce RFID connecté à votre compte pour l’écoute de la musique et des playlists Spotify en streaming. Un design minimaliste à découvrir en images et vidéo.
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