New York Fashion Week Runway: BCBG Takes It to the Future

For the BCBG Max Azria fall 2009 collection, designing couple Lubov and Max Azria took it to the future with a highly artistic, beautifully crafted collection that surpassed the bounds of the safety zones their known for sticking within. The collection centered around draped silhouettes and geometric cuts, all of which moved beautifully with each and every step. The delicate silhouettes were enlivened with the occasional jeweled embellishment, intricate pleating, and hand painted prints. Adding fuel to the futuristic fire were the accessories– metallic tights, chunky platform, and lucite jewel-box clutches. Overall, while this collection was a bit more on the serious and sophisticated side than those of seasons past, it still possessed all the classic timelessness responsible for the brand’s massive appeal.

Colors: Ivory, Purple, Green, Yellow, Navy
Fabrics: Wool, Jersey, Satin, and Silk Jacquard
Celebs: Amanda Bynes, Nastia Liukin, Kellie Pickler, Solange Knowles, Amanda Beard
Photo credit: Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

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Concours Fubiz

A l’occasion du premier concours de cette nouvelle version, nous vous proposons de remporter un caméscope Samsung Camcorder HD ainsi que 5 souris Microsoft BlueTrack.

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Plopp by Oskar Zieta

PLOPP is composed of two ultra thin steel plates cut into shape and welded around the edges. When air under high pressure is shot into the unit, it ca..

Fireplace by After 6 Design Studio

Production: limited productionSales: taking ordersPrice: please inquire

Air France – No Excuses



Air France – No Excuses

the small object

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I’m usually not a big fan of tissue box covers … but when I spotted a great tutorial or DIY project on the fantasic website of the Small Object I changed my mind and understand how a tissue box cover can look nice in your home…

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Sarah Neuburger from the Small Object creates the most lovely little things which you can buy in her shop, but I often visit her website because she so very kind to share with us super handy tips for DIY projects and lovely free downloads… Sarah believes "Sharing is good" and I believe that too…

“Life Cycle Assessment” Enters the General Vocabulary, via LED Lamps and the New York Times


Sustainability-minded designers have known about Life Cycle Assessment tools for years now, but it’s only lately that they’ve emerged from academia into something closer to their intended use: a means of letting manufacturers and consumers know the hard facts on the environmental impact of products. Stepping up the public notoriety for the process is this post from Friday’s NY Times’ Bits technology blog, in which an assessment from a research team at Carnegie Mellon is used to answer readers skeptical about the efficiency of LED lighting.

The results are no surprise (yes, they’re way more efficient, so there), but more exciting is the acknowledgment by a major publication that these are questions with real answers, and that we now have the tools to answer them. If this keeps up, maybe we start seeing LCA results in product reviews?

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Satilde;o Paulo Fashion Week Winter 2009

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Gregory Mitnick

This episode of Cool Hunting Video surveys the fashion and people at São Paulo Fasion Week’s Winter 2009 shows. With commentary from designers and writers, as well as plenty of runway looks and peeks backstage, it’s a snapshot of what’s happening in Brazilian fashion now.

Huaxi city centre by MAD and others

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Architects MAD have revealed a masterplan created when they invited 11 young architecture practices – including BIG, JDS, Mass Studies, Serie and Sou Fujimoto Architects – to design conceptual projects for Huaxi city centre in Guiyang, China. (more…)

At long last a spice mill with a no-spill fill.

We left you with the new Microplane grater or citrus tool and we thought we’d stay in the kitchen for a little bit longer. What you see above is the Spice Boy spice mill designed by Oliver Hemming. This is a step up from your ordinary pepper mill, and after using one for a few weeks we love it already. Not just because Hemming has managed to give it an easy to use filling bowl, but also for the adjustable ceramic inner workings. This spice mill can handle a lot more than pepper; if it’s dry and in manageable chunks you can grind it with the Spice Boy. Make your own favorite mix and keep it in the mill for later use. Available in eight colors, the Spice Boy is dishwasher safe (not the little black stop) and it’s USD 38:- here.brbr