Hasta La Ideas

La designer Renata El Dib a pensé ces posters fantastiques pour la marque de crèmes glacées Kibon. Ces posters ont été pensés en double impression, avec d’un côté un imprimé rappelant la texture de la glace et de l’autre côté un imprimé faisant référence au cornet de glace. Une idée simple mais très bien exécutée.

Emerging designers from The Netherlands and Belgium showcase their best efforts in contemporary design

Over the last year or so a number of smaller nation players in the global fashion game have gotten a creative boost from new cultural institutions funded by their respective government organizations. In the Netherlands, a new venture called High Fashion Low Countries has been initiated by the Dutch…

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I often go into one of those modes when I do nothing but look for the hottest products around the world. Literally weeks on end of just surfing the net, contacting studios and manufacturers. I came across a new Korean studio called 11+ who are about to launch two products – a case for the MacBook Air or any tablet sized device and a case for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Hit the jump.

The Felt Case reminds me of Hard Graft but this feels lighter – effortless whereas the Hard Graft cases/bags feel quite engineered. Neither is better, just different strokes for different folks. It’s made mostly of felt designed to hold an iPad, MacBook Air, Galaxy Tab or any device within those dimensions. I’m particularly fond of how the offset sleeve provides a perfect surface for an external mouse. Just clever.

The Color Case for the Samsung S III threw me for a loop because it never occurred to me anyone would want to spend time/money of producing a case for the “other” phone. Yes, I’m guilty of letting my own bias for the iPhone sometimes ignore all the peripherals created for Samsung smartphones. The Color Case is beautiful and as its name suggests – there are seven to choose from. Made of polycarbonate and treated with a scratch resistant finish, each case features an interesting set of alphanumerics inside which I’ve yet to decipher.

Both will be hitting retail soon and I have exciting news about that when they do launch. Keep your eyes peeled this October.

Designer: Cloud and co for 11+ (Yeongkyu Yoo, Youngduk Song, Sunman Kwon, Sungmin Kim) Facebook

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Back in March, we caught a tantalizing glimpse of “FLIZ,” an unconventional (to say the least) concept bicycle that was on view at the first annual Munich Creative Business Week. With nary a project page (their current site remains scant on details) to follow up with the design team, we were pleasantly surprised to see that they published the project earlier this month, as an entry for the James Dyson Award:

FLIZ comes from the German “flitzen” and means speeding… with your feet… Based on the very first bike—the “Laufrad”—it is a velocipede concept of healthy, ecological mobility in overcrowded urban space. Its laminated, innovative frame with 5 point belt system does not only mark the outstanding appearance, but first of all it provides a comfortable, ergonomic ride between running and biking. The frame integrates the rider and due to its construction it works like a suspension whereas the belt replaces the saddle and adjusts your position. These aspects reduce pressure in the crotch and distribute the body weight while running, which is a unique feature. On the bottom of the rear stays special treads are located to place and relax the feet.

That takes care of what; as for why:

After analysing the original running machine constructed by Karl Freiherr von Drais, the inventor of the velocipede that was basic to the bicycle, we liked to revive that principle. So we put some questions: “Does the running machine make any sense for adults nowadays? If yes, how and where could it be useful?” “How can we offer a certain amount of mobility to people, who are by any reason not able to ride a bike (or drive a car)?”

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Inspired by the recent news story of amateur art restorer Cecilia Giminez’ botched restoration of Spanish church mural Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez, a creative team at BBH has created the The Cecilia Prize website which allows all and sundry to have a go at “restoring” the destroyed painting…

Created by Viv Yapp and Ak Parker, the site (screengrab above) shows Giminez’ “restored” version of the work (which, despite my horror at the work’s destruction still makes me bust out laughing every time I see it) on the left while in the centre the mural appears as it did before Giminez took it upon herself to “restore” it. Choose your colour, brush size and paint over the masterpiece…

Of course, it’s entirely up to you as to how you proceed. I’ve tried a few times to be irreverent in my approach, but try as I might I can’t produce an image as side splittingly ridiculous looking as Giminez’ image.

Get involved at ceciliaprize.com. Or look up the #ceciliaprize on Twitter. View the gallery of works created using the site at pinterest.com/ceciliagimenez0/www-ceciliaprize-com.

If you missed the story in the news, read the Guardian’s coverage here.

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