Un nouveau projet en stop-motion avec ce spot viral dont le principe est l’animation de 355 images, imprimé en taille billboards (affichage urbain). Une vidéo produite avec l’appareil Olympus PEN, sans aucune retouche. A découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Dezeen podcast: curator Nina Due gives a guided tour of the Sustainable Futures exhibition on show at the Design Museum in London. (more…)
Un court film afin de célébrer dans la ville d’Amsterdam, la fusion avec Osdorp, Slotervaart et Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. Elle illustre la fin de 20 années de restructuration des zones urbanisées, et la publication du livre “The Metamorphosis of Osdorp”. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.
“A lot of the designers I’ve met are either in bands or they DJ, or music packaging design has been a big part of their careers. And most musicians I’ve met also have a strong design sense. They care about expressing their music visually. When I told Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth that I was doing a film about Helvetica, he looked a little nonplussed and said, ‘Yeah, well, I’ve always rocked the Garamond.'”
–Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica and Objectified
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Reminiscent of toy building blocks, the 1eighth bench is big fat fun. When arranged radially, each individual bench represents a 1200mm long arc compr..
Tucked away on an anonymous street in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, the storefront and gallery The Index Ltd is almost as rare a find as the objects it harbors. The space—home to the work of Jonathan Roquemaure—represents the culmination of his healthy obsession with sourcing and documenting materials and objects that have singularly fascinating purposes, characters and origins.
While each object’s uncommon looks are compelling enough on first blush, the history behind their materials and past utility often requires a little digging. Reflecting Roquemaure’s own ingenuity in finding and learning, his catalog comprises a carefully considered index of objects—from an eerie surgical table to children’s fencing masks and rare Mexican pottery (recently acquired through an iPad swap) to an 18th century Japanese dye-shop ledger, and so much more. Currently hanging from the pressed tin ceiling, a remarkably brilliant and ultra-rare seven-tier Italian Crystal Venini chandelier from the ’50s weighs in at over 300 pounds.
Thanks to his quest for these obscure commodities, Roquemaure has become a walking tapestry of intriguing stories, arcane cultural knowledge and craft expertise. His search for tribal textiles, for example, took him to the isolated area of Xieng Kok in Laos, which he describes as so remote “the last foreign traveler they had seen was six months prior.” Traveling from Switzerland (where he lived for a time), the journey took eight days and included a combination of air, bus, taxi, rickshaw, collective bus, walking and then hiking into the hills before reaching his final destination.
Roquemaure, who traces his unusual interests to merchant ancestry, has a natural insatiable curiosity but also cites a roster of talented professionals and peers as interests, such as Paula Rubenstein, Roman & Williams, Bob Melet, Josef Koudelka, Graciela Iturbide and the man behind Wyeth Home.
More than just a fascinating gallery of extraordinary objects and materials, the range and depth of Index doesn’t just respond to current trends but makes its own contribution to the language of interior spaces.
The Index Ltd is now open on Saturdays from 1-6pm. See 15 more striking photos in the gallery below.
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pAt ICFF this year, a href=”http://mmbartosik.com/”Michal Bartosik/a, an architect and designer based in Toronto, showed Dominion, a series of lamps/coffee tables that reflect the ceiling grid of Mies van der Rohe’s Toronto-Dominion building ad infinitum. Because the pattern is modular, the reflection planes compound to produce a never ending effect. The pieces are available through Nienkamper, and are part of the emKlaus Collection./em He explains above./p
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pAfter a nice conversation with Michal about his architecture and design practice, we looked into some of his past work. It’s awesomemdash;check out the fluorescent domes he’s made, a smartly detailed nod to Bucky Fuller./p
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 | While the early spring gave way to plenty of leather moto and denim vests, the season ahead has more lightweight, bedazzled versions in store! Embellished vests are a great way to amp up your summer style, whether you’re looking to add some sparkle to your everyday casual look or hoping for a night-time staple to throw on over a tank on your way out. Opt for something silky and floaty like this beaded chiffon vest by Diane von Furstenberg, or rock your desert boots with some Western-inspired studded suede like this one by Shyde. Whether casual-cute or evening-appropriate, vests are the perfect no-brainer add-on to any outfit, and an instant way to dress up your basic tee. For my 9 favorite embellished vests for a stylish summer ahead, take a look at the slideshow! |
Wenlock and Mandeville, official mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, respectively
Anthropomorphic steel slablets born from the girders of London’s Olympic stadium. Monikers that hint at mischief and Savile Row. A flair for the digital. It all sounds like a promising recipe for Olympic mascots, those eccentric, nationalistic, and frequently controversial creatures that rise to prominence for a couple of months every couple of years. “Our original brief asked us to create a mascot which would actually engage and kind of get young people across the United Kingdom. into sports,” said Grant Hunter of Iris. He and his colleagues responded with Wenlock and Mandeville, two aerodynamic cyclopses who watch your every move through giant, all-seeing eyes. Unfortunately, nothing kills the cuddly quotient faster than steel—and vaguely menacing monocular vision.
“The eye is actually a camera,” explained Hunter. “So it allows them to examine and record things on their journey.” The chromium pair, whose head shapes reference the distinctive roof of the London Olympic stadium, are also crowned with headlights of the sort found on the city’s black taxis. Wenlock, who will do the heavy lifting as the Olympic mascot, wears the Olympic rings as bangle bracelets (“friendship bands”). According to his last tweet, he is currently stuck in an elevator. Meanwhile, Mandeville’s a booster for the Paralympics, born in 1948 as a competition for World War II soldiers with spinal injuries and inaugurated in the Buckinghamshire town of Stoke Mandeville. Although he’s slightly behind Wenlock in Twitter followers, Mandeville is keeping it positive. “I’ll be honest—I’m on a mission,” he confides to readers of the official mascots’ website. “On a mission to be the best I can possibly be. Because that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?” Funny, we could swear we heard Jeff Koons say the same thing just the other day. Maybe it’s something in the steel?
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