Get Active With Gap’s New “Athleta” Line

imageFinding cute workout clothes can be a challenge, especially when you don’t want to shell out for those designer Stella McCreditcardmaxout lines. New from the Gap Group: Athleta, a line of workout clothing for women that’s affordable and attractive. We’re not going to say the styles are to-die-for, but it’s worth checking out. You can shop by sport, which doesn’t just include your basic yogawear and running gear, but also covers ski/snowboarding, golf, and hiking. In the mix you’ll find bra-tanks in punchy colors, skirt-capris, patterned performance swimsuits that are the anti-Speedo, and nylon tennis dresses. There are some crazy prints that vary from loud graphic flowers to hippie mendi designs that you may want to be cautious about wearing. At least you can say they’re not boring!

Read more at theFrisky.

DAD New Blood Part Two

Part two of our round-up of D&AD’s New Blood graduate show, including a lovely film for Hewlett Packard from two Kingston student

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Matthew Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth created this short film for HP, in response to a D&AD Student Awards brief (more here)

Rose Blake, also from Kingston, created this lovely comic about David Hockney

This poster for a child obesity campaign is by Jon Massey of Stockport College (jon.massey@hotmail.com)

Also from Stockport, this lovely print from Rose Lloyd

Ken Wong of Leeds College of Art and Design (who is coming to CR on a placement in September) created his college’s degree show campaign

Also from Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art and Design, a course with its first graduating year, comes Daisy Argyle, who created this rather nice poster

And Jimmy Smith, who made this newsprint publication about football hooligans

Ryan Boyd (ryan@boyd-design.co.uk) from Duncan of Jordanstone made this typographic installation concerning the consumption of concrete. Each block represents a different country and has their usage of concrete detailed on its side. Boyd salvaged leftover cement from building sites around Dundee for the raw material which he then cast into the blocks.

He even made a business card dispenser the same way

 

For more (and better…) images of each project, go to the students’ linked websites. New Blood is on until 4pm on Wednesday July 1

Tree Guard Bench by Benjamin Mills

A dynamic and multi-functional piece of street furniture; ‘Tree Guard Bench’ aims to challenge perceptions of how public seating should lo..

Walking Berlin by Fantastic Norway

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DMY Berlin 09: Norwegian designers Fantastic Norway have sent photos of Walking Berlin, a project in which they dressed up as their latest building and walked around Berlin. (more…)

Revolving Door: Tim OKennedy Takes Role as DADs Chief Executive

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A big move at one of the biggest creative awards shows around, the D&AD has announced that they’ve appointed Tim O’Kennedy as their new chief executive. O’Kennedy, who has worked at nearly every hot ad agency since the 1980s, including spending time working on Nike‘s launch of “Just Do It”, comes to the position from the agency Perfect Fools in Sweden. He’ll now be overseeing the entire awards, making sure that it stays up top in the business of giving creative things recognition. Here’s a bit from Brand Republic:

He said: I feel honoured to take the reins at this amazing organisation, which has always lived in my mind as the absolute reference for creativity in the communication arts. D&AD’s multi-disciplinary purview is a big part of the appeal for me.”

Anthony Simonds-Gooding, the D&AD chairman, said: Tim will bring an entrepreneurial mindset and fresh thinking to D&AD, which will take the organisation into new territory. His wealth of international experience will help cement the company’s position in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

He’s no Banksy, for sure, but we guess maybe we should just give up on that rumor now.

Alarm by Mesai

Un impressionnant court-métrage d’animation 3D d’une durée de 8 minutes 50 et intitulé “Alarm”. Dirigé et réalisé par le collectif de créatifs coréens indépendant Mesai et le jeune artiste Moo-hyun Jang, il est à découvrir en HD dans la suite.



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Design Your Own Married To The Mob T-Shirt And You Can Win A $500 Karmaloop Gift Certificate!

imageFor all you OFFICIAL b*tches out there, quit frontin’ and show us your top-notch skills! Today is your lucky day, ladies– one of my favorite streetwear brands, Married to the Mob, is holding a T-shirt design contest in celebration of the launch of their new lips logo. This is your chance to have your design made into an official T-shirt by the all-time iconic streetwear brand for ladies! The winning design will be made into an official Married to the Mob tee to be sold exclusively on Karmaloop.com. In addition, the winner will also receive a $500 gift certificate to Karmaloop! The winning design will be determined based on votes and a panel of Official B*tches! Take a look at some MOB’s newest collection, available at Karmaloop, in the slideshow, then peep the T-Shirt Contest information to enter your own design. Also, don’t forget to check out the Karmaloop TV segment here!

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Druzhba 4 by Design Apparat

An unexpected paring of materials: while DRUZBHA 4 table legs are made of plywood finished with wax, the tabletop features the solid presence of fiber..

Hydroelectric fixed heaven

Un bel giorno scopri che la stazione idroelettrica ti permette di fare un giro nel proprio bacino artificiale prima di essere riempito d’acqua! Per certe cose devi essere al posto giusto nel momento giusto. Photos by keki&subtilen. Prendetevi 10 minuti di libidine e guardatevi qui l’intero servizio!
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Math Signs Coaster Set

Io non amo la matematica ma questi sottobicchieri si 😉
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Math Signs Coaster Set