Kick into high gear with Keds’ latest 1940s military-inspired throwback
Keds’ latest addition to the Century Collection is the Call of Duty, a solid shoe echoing the war-laden 1940s. Offered in military-inspired colorways with camouflage interiors, the men’s shoe is built to last with leather bindings and rawhide laces.
The fourth shoe created for Keds Original Sneaker campaign, the Call of Duty is sold exclusively online and comes in khaki, olive or indigo for $55.
Following up on last week’s most exciting museum story, the blooming of “Lois” the Corpse Flower at the Houston Museum of Natural Science finally took place over the weekend, releasing its terrible stench upon the excited visitors and staff who had been waiting for the moment for the past three weeks. But as quickly as it bloomed, it has already begun its slow, exhausted decline. While the museum’s big burst of enthusiasm (and likely a nice burst of extra revenue) is now over, the Houston Chronicle reports that they plan to leave Lois on display for a while before she’s put in more stable, quiet keeping:
She’ll eventually be unearthed, weighed and dusted with powdered sulfur to prevent damage. When Lois dries off, she’ll be repotted in fresh soil and kept dry until next spring, at which time experts hope she will produce a leaf.
It could take years for Lois to recuperate enough mass to bloom again, experts said, adding that they hope the next time her tuber is bigger and that she’ll be able to produce fruit.
The paper also hints that another rush of publicity with news that “The museum has another corpse flower in the greenhouse that could flower sometime in the future.”
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London designer Tithi Kutchamuch has added new pieces to her Secret Friend collection of jewellery, including this wooden necklace with a deer-shaped base to keep it on.
Called Secret Friend Family, the collection also features bracelets cast from rings of toy animals, a necklace with parrot entrails as charms (see our earlier story) and smaller jewellery pieces with animal-shaped bases (see our earlier story here).
Une excellente initiative de Adele Enersen, en provenance d’Helsinki avec ce projet intitulé “Mila’s Daydreams”. Pendant la durée de son congé maternité, elle met en scène et imagine quotidiennement les rêves de son bébé. L’ensemble est à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Having trouble making a decision about if you should keep or get rid of something? My friend Ann found some good advice for you:
There was a thread on Ravelry about minimizing stuff. One person had a twist on the velvet rope test: If your hated ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, or a friend-turned-enemy had the item, would you be willing to contact them and talk to them to get it back?
I love this evaluation technique, especially for clothes, tools, and knickknacks. If you wouldn’t contact an ex to get it back, then you know you’ll be okay getting rid of it. On the other hand, if you would go through the pain and frustration of talking to an ex to get an item back, it’s definitely something you’ll want to strongly consider keeping. It’s simple and straightforward — a good litmus test!
Do you have similar questions you ask about your things? Share your techniques in the comments.
Some nice music promos. First up is this great new video for Grum’s track Through The Night (still shown above), directed by The General Assembly…
The video will no doubt draw comparisons to Spike Jonze’s 1994 Sabotage video for Beastie Boys – just because it features moustachioed cops from a bygone era going about their business in a tongue-in-cheek style. However, we’re very much of the opinion here at CR towers that this video for Grum is worthy of merit in its own right. Set in the 70s it features two buddy cop partners who spend a lot of time together – on and off duty. Perhaps too much time together… The casting is great – as is the acting and characterisation, and, well, it’s very, very funny. Check it out:
The General Assembly is repped by Townhall in the US and by Skin Flicks in Europe.
Last we heard of Chilly Gonzales – he was spotted playing piano in the foyer of ad agency BBH in London – but here he is starring in the video for his track I Am Europe which is, essentially, a montage of footage from a feature length film he’s made called Ivory Tower which is also the name of his forthcoming album. The film (that also stars Feist, Tiga and Peaches) charts the story of two champion chess-playing brothers who fall in love with the same girl… Yes, people, more tongue-in-cheek music video action:
Next up is Blink director (and one of our 2008 batch of Creative Futures) Tomas Mankovsky’s new video for Dancing Pigeons‘ track, Ritalin. The promo features two hillbilly characters who meet on a deserted stretch of road one night to dual – in glorious slo-mo. Their weapons of choice: one has a flame thrower, the other a fire extinguisher. But what will be the outcome of this modern day dual? Find out…
Ritalin credits:
Director: Tomas Mankovsky Production company: Blink Productions Producer: Patrick Craig Commissioned by Diesel:U:Music Casting director: Sophie North Editor: Julian Tranquille Post Production Supervisor: Justin Brukman Production Manager: Adam Shaw DOP: Adam Frisch Art directors: Arthur De Borman & Sam Ludgate Special effects: Artem Special effects supervisor: Simon Tayler Special effects technicians: Toby Stewart, Jonathan Bickerdike, Matt Loader VFX Producer: Justin Brukman
Director Alex Turvey got cake artist Lily Vanilli involved to make, among other things, a huge cakey heart – in this new video for track Carnal Love by Ash:
Carnal Love credits:
Director: Alex Turvey Producer: Ann-Marie Negre DOP: Daniel Trapp Cake artist: Lily Vanilli Design / art direction: Alex Turvey Editor: Bradley Josiah @ Family Post: Alex Turvey Grade: Simone Grattarola @ Rushes Set Builder: James Hamilton Assistant Art Dept: Kristina Feldman
OK, so the next film isn’t a music video – but an online film to promote clothing brand Firetrap. The brand’s mascot, a rather mean looking garden gnome called Deadly, has been absent from the brand’s communication for over a year. Now he’s making a comeback via a series of online films – of which this is the first. No prizes for recognising which classic Ridley Scott film the piece takes its cues from…
Deadly Returns credits:
Client: Firetrap Director: Steve Glashier Agency: New Selecta Producer: Sean Stuart Commissioner: John Hassay
Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen HD. Can’t see the movie? Click here.
French designer Renault talks about his Hand Forged series of furniture (see our earlier story) that adapts traditional steel manufacturing techniques to aluminium, Jessica Hansson of Sweden discusses the play of light created by her Cabinet Filled With Shadows, and Rémi Bouhaniche of French design duo Usin-é explains the intention behind his stretched-fabric Entirement light (see our earlier story).
See our story about all the winners and participants here.
More information about the talks here. Keep an eye out for more Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents interviews over the coming weeks…
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