Two man surf rock outfit Cayucas quickly gained widespread attention with their 2013 debut Bigfoot. The band, composed of twin brothers Zach and Ben Yudin, went from recording in their bedrooms to touring, almost overnight, thanks to their throwback……
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After spending much of our 2014 Miami Art Week at the cultural and events epicenter that is the Miami Beach EDITION Hotel, we have been eagerly anticipating this spring’s launch of the New York EDITION Hotel. First, because of its location at the……
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C’est dans la ville de Kichijoji, près de Tokyo que l’artiste Kengo Kuma et ses associés ont orné la totalité de ce bar-restaurant d’une multitude de cables colorés recyclés. Une superbe décoration qui confère à ce lieu une atmosphère à la fois sauvage et chaleureuse. À découvrir à travers les superbes photos d’Erieta Attali.
Situé en Russie, le lac Baïkal est connu pour son eau très claire, qui dans les mois les plus froids de l’hiver se transforme en cristaux de glace turquoise. Le photographe Alexey Trofimov a capturé des images de ce lac glacé, et nous livre ici des images féériques de ce phénomène naturel, entre neige et glace.
MW. Martini & Whiskey or Men and Woman glasses. You just need to turn it upside down. Funny and functional tableware. It is ideal for the party or..
Admittedly, flipping a store sign from “Open” to “Closed” isn’t a huge difficulty. But it still tickles us that this man came up with a more kinetically interesting way to change one to the other:
Fine, so he left the “D” out and the “N” is backwards. The meaning is still clear.
The strange thing is that the inventor, Ikeda Yosuke , isn’t a designer at all—but a mime. No white makeup and striped shirt, but a professional mime nonetheless. And interestingly enough, he incorporates graphic design and typography into his performances:
We know pantomime isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if you enjoyed either of the videos above, you’ll want to take a look at some of Ikeda’s pieces.
Industrial designer Jessica Chan was working on a sustainable printer concept when she made an interesting discovery: “I learned that inks—even those made with vegetable and soy—used in traditional printers are not 100% biodegradable,” writes Portland-based Chan. “I [subsequently] re-evaluated my approach toward product design as a whole and began taking into consideration the full cycle of products; everything from how materials are first sourced to the manufacturing processes, as well as environmental footprints pre- and post-consumer use.”
This led her down the path of using ink alternatives, and designing a vessel to deliver them: The WINKpen.
By designing a glass nib, Chan created a pen can dispense unlikely “inks” like wine (hence the name, from “wine as ink”), beer, tea, and even liquid condiments. She also designed the pen to be easy to clean and reload:
Having sunk some $13,000 of her own money into the project, Chan is now seeking to crowdsource production:
At press time the Kickstarter campaign was at $7,404 of a $47,000 goal, but there was still more than a month left. To get it over the hump, perhaps a more specific range of folk need to be targeted, like:
– Banks. Previously it was inconvenient to have borrowers sign their mortgages in blood, but this removes that barrier.
– Hip Hop Moguls. Because how pimp would it be to sign million-dollar checks with an ultraexpensive Burgundy?
– Frequent Fliers. Your plane is seventh in the queue to take off, and the snippy flight attendant isn’t willing to break protocol and break out the drinks cart until you’re at cruising altitude. Sure would be nice to reach into your pocket for a little backup hooch….
A cold reality: Now that Style.com is being transformed in into an e-commerce site and any remaining articles are getting absorbed into Vogue.com, there isn’t really a need for editorial staffers.
The axe fell after Condé Artistic Director and Vogue editor Anna Wintour met with the Style.com team. A source told The New York Post “Anna gathered everyone at Style.com, told them thank you for your service,” and then… Well, they’ll have better days, let’s just say that.
Rumor is at least five staffers were cut, including a fashion market editor and photo editor.
Now based in Brisbane, Australia, Tim Page was just 20 years old when he started photographing the Vietnam conflict in 1965. For the next five years, he would freelance for Life, Paris Match, AP and UPI, somehow escaping the fate that befell 135 killed and missing comrades.
It’s a chapter that Page has now powerfully revisited via Newsweek essay. Here’s a taste:
We who survive have one foot in nostalgia. One of the strongest, enduring band of brothers and sisters who believed to the end that their photographs made a difference. It was ungarnished truth, in-your-face reality made more memorable by the lick that each shooter put upon his or her images. It was a war you lived in, not just one you visited.
It sucked you into the beautiful country — its women, its food. The ’60s additive of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Cross cultures. Surfing at China Beach and peace prayers on an island midstream the Mekong. One hour in an ambush, the next reclined over a soothing pipe or propped at a bar with a dollar beer, retelling the last escapade as a temporal catharsis.
Page, together with Horst Faas, co-authored the 1997 book Requiem, a tribute to those aforementioned fallen photographers. Read the rest of his Newsweek piece here.
Previously on FishbowlNY:
Honoring the First American Woman Correspondent Killed in Action
[Jacket cover courtesy: Random House]
Observer Media has named Matthew Talomie chief revenue officer of Observer.com, a new role at the company. Talomie comes to The Observer from Hearst Magazines, where he served as associate publisher of Town & Country.
Previously Talomie spent six years at Elle Décor.
“I’m extremely excited to welcome Matthew, who brings significant experience in crafting luxury publishing brands,” said Observer Media CEO Joseph Meyer, in an announcement. “He will help us continue to build Observer as a leading innovative digital publisher, while delivering our smart and sophisticated sensibility to our growing influential audience.”
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