Alex Solis est un illustrateur américain qui a pu déjà dessiner de nombreux visuels. Avec un trait simple, sympathique et reconnaissable, ce dernier nous propose de découvrir ses mises en scène d’objets de la vie quotidienne, prenant une autre dimension avec son trait. De bonnes idées à découvrir dans la suite.
Baldwin Denim has opened its very first store that showcases both their men’s and women’s collections. Located in central Kansas City, it’s the brand’s first physical expansion since their brick-and-mortar flagship selling just men’s attire. Baldwin—which…
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UnCommon Beat a imaginé ce projet typographique de toute beauté appelé The Black Book of Cards. A l’origine un projet Kickstarter qui va pouvoir se concrétiser, il s’agit ici d’un deck de cartes de jeu réalisé par des typographes voulant rendre ce jeu unique en y insérant des mots et valeurs propre à chaque carte.
New York designer Francis Bitonti worked with students to 3D-print this dress using commercially available MakerBot machines (+ movie).
Francis Bitonti created the dress while leading a three-week digital fashion workshop over the summer, which aimed to introduce students to computer software and additive manufacturing equipment.
“The project wasn’t to design a garment, the project was to design a method of making form on the computer that could be deployed across the body,” said Bitonti.
During the New Skins Workshop, students experimented with form-building software and created samples of their designs using the 3D printers.
“The MakerBot provided the students a direct link with the material world,” said Bitonti. “While they’re working on all these complex computer simulations they were able to get tactile, physical results through the MakerBot.”
Interim reviews of the groups’ work took place with guest critics, including designer Vito Acconci, who chose their favourite 3D-printed dress designs to develop.
Intricate patterning from one group and the silhouette from another were combined to create the final design, which was then printed in sections using a new flexible filament created by MakerBot.
“The idea was to create a landscape of geometric effects, things that would have different material behaviours in different parts of the body,” Bitonti said.
The result was a garment that referenced muscle fibres, veins and arteries to look like an inside-out body. It was named Verlan Dress after the French slang word for the reversal of syllables.
The workshop took place at the Digital Arts and Humanities Research Centre of the Pratt Institute in New York.
Bitonti previously worked with designer Michael Schmidt to create a dress for burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese using selective laser sintering. We’ve also featured 3D-printed clothing by Iris van Herpen and Catherine Wales.
Last month Microsoft began selling MakerBots in its US stores, while Makerbot unveiled a prototype of a desktop scanner earlier in the year. Read more about 3D printing in our one-off magazine Print Shift.
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Coup de cœur pour l’agence Cattelan Italia a imaginé cette colonne de rangement pour livres très impressionnante. En s’inspirant de la structure de la molécule d’ADN, cette création justement appelée « DNA Bookcase » peut être acquise contre la somme de 800$. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
We wrote enthusiastically about our road test of the new Mercedes-Benz S Class just a few months ago. With the introduction of the latest cars joining the family at the ); return…
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London Design Festival 2013: Royal College of Art graduate Bilge Nur Saltik has designed a collection of minimal white plates, bowls and cups that tip backwards and forwards, revealing a flash of fluorescent pink on their undersides (+ slideshow).
Share.Food tableware by Saltik features a small bowl, a large plate and a cup, each with a v-shaped base.
Saltik intends to playfully encourage people to share food and drink by tilting the vessels in different directions, rewarding them with a warm glow of colour from underneath as they do so.
“It is a bit of a balancing game around the dinning table,” Saltik told Dezeen. “Users can either balance everything towards themselves or they can tip them over and open their plate to other users.”
“It is quite a nice gesture to tip the plate and offer your food to someone – it is kind, surprising and playful,” she added.
Each object has a painted base that creates a soft glow when placed on light-coloured surfaces. “The glow is to underline the angles,” the designer said. “It is to indicate the direction of sharing and to create curiosity.”
Saltik’s tableware was on display at design showcase Tent London and the Going Into Business exhibition of work by this year’s Design Products graduates from the Royal College of Art during London Design Festival.
We’ve also featured Saltik’s OP-jects dimpled glassware that creates kaleidoscopic effects, which she presented at Show RCA 2013 earlier this summer.
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Questa serie di lampade-dock disegnate da OKAYstudio e presentate durante la scorsa London Design Festival sfruttano il led del vostro iPhone per illuminare e al tempo stesso ricaricare il vostro device. Consiglio di usare un bel ventilatore per tenere tutto al fresco se non volete friggere la cpu nel giro di un paio di giorni. Visto su Designboom.
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