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Sensory Impact likes objects, people who design objects and people
who like people who design objects.
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10/31/2007
Miss Geschick & Lady Lapus is a collection of shock apparel and accessories that includes such novelties such as Hairy, a pair of underwear that has fake hair drawn in strategic locations, or Chewy Beauty, which is a chewing gum shaped hair clip.
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10/24/2007
If you don’t know Atypyk, you aren’t a regular around here. Atypyk is a secret cabal of design geeks who conspire to remix everyday objects into cheeky statements.
Consider their latest update – A 6 Pack of Cans that act as a Vase, a Non slippery Banana Peel (It’s a Sticker), a Brand Puzzle to indoctrinate your kids early on, a necklace made out of gold plated pasta, gold plated badges, a lighter you can flip in order to decide whether you should light or not, Sugar cubes that are shaped like candy, and a t-shirt that looks like you have a tarantula spider on your back.
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7/25/2007
The new Volksware Meterware shop by artist Silke Wawro is notable for two things:
One, it sells all of it’s products by the meter.
And two, these products are made of discarded items that are already considered ‘consumped’ i.e. the Volksware Meterware carpet is a made of used clothes stitched together that is supposed to be as long as the amount of clothes one would purchase in their lifetime.
Or, the meterware seat that is a roll of second hand clothes and blackets.
Or, the more amibitious Meterware table that is a long assembly of discarded tables assembled together to form a neverending stretch. The idea is that a customer can purchase one by instructing the shop to saw off their desire length.
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7/23/2007
Twists and folds have been growing rampant in the design industry imparting an inventive edge to textile, lighting, furniture and haute couture. Integrating the Japanese fine art of origami, the designs emphasize the relationship between texture and form. The intricacy of pleats and twists impart a 3-D effect and a suggestion of restrained, deliberate flamboyance.
Anne’s appliquéd designs and concertina effect instills a contemporary edge to her cushions. Echoes of ripples and pleats abound implying a demure sense of harmony.
Anthony Dickens’ origami table is constructed from three similar flat steel legs fused together to create a tripod base. There are no bolts, pegs or fastenings holding the legs together; the leg simply joints tauten to support any weight placed on the glass surface. Easily dismantled, the interlocking design is a patented system.
Jeremy Laing’s fall/winter ‘07 collection has drawn acclaim from global fashion capitals. His mineral-hued pieces are simultaneously fluid and semi-convoluted; a fashionable contradiction (and what woman wouldn’t love to be one?). The Canadian designer’s cleverly faceted designs of twisted seams and folds flatter severe shifts.
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3/27/2007
I pity the foo who needs a long winding post for this self explanatory T-shirt from Mixko.
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1/17/2007
This one’s for bibliophiles – in lieu of nifty slogans, why not opt for an entire page printed from one of the classics on your tee? It’s a surefire way to get you and those around you closer to literature (and perhaps closer to you as well). Available series of classics from And Cetera Press includes Bartleby, by Herman Melville; Ivan The Fool, by Leo Tolstoi; The Antichrist, by Friedrich W. Nietzche; The Raven, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, and The Masque Of Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe; and The Soul Of Man by Oscar Wilde.
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8/30/2006
A cruel joke, perhaps? Atypyk’s tshirt has the word “See You” written in braille.
The latest subversive products by Atypyk.
A popsicle that looks like a screwdriver where you like the handle bar of the screwdriver.
A ruler shaped like a gun
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8/20/2006
T-post is Swedish company that delivers a newly designed T-shirt every six weeks to its 534 subscribers. Each design is focused on a bona fide news item and is certain to incite conversations. The themes vary from brutally honest to amusing and defines this sometimes wacky, sometimes despairing and sometimes wonderful world we inhabit. Subscriptions are approximately US $20.00.
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1/10/2006
A fun sweatshirt with two eyes sewn in to the shoulder seam to appear as if someone is looking over your shoulder.
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12/5/2005
So what if you always get food on yourself? Embrace it and get yourself one of these cozy and watch scarves with silly and fun food themes.
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11/19/2005
Now you can keep mosquitoes at bay and look pretty in pink! Canadian sister team Anna and Carla, inspired by their experiences growing up in the country, have combined fashion with function using polyester and nylon.
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10/23/2005
If Adbusters started a fashion line, this would be it – Designers aforest / design have decided to make a statement against dead-end couch and zapping culture with their latest Winter 2005 / 2006 collection.
The collection features knitted pieces with patterns that reference color scales, turn off and turn on motifs.
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5/7/2005
This week’s glimpse of whats to come, comes from Richard Etter, Diana Grathwohl, and Sigmund Homolya who give us “Aware Fashion” – clothes that detect invisible communication technologies like cellphones and wifi signals, and hence also enables the wearer to sense the presence of other people.
The detection device is hidden in a detachable pocket and the fiber optics sewed into the cloth. When a mobile is near, small light spots appear on the sleeve.
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2/17/2005
American Designer Philip Madden has a solution for people who have a hard time breathing in cold weather – A scarf that takes in air around you and processes it, purifies, warms and even possibly medicate it, before releasing it front of your mouth and nose for your consumption.
Possibly a good solution for rescue workers in situations where the air is full of toxins. No word whether this will ever be released as a commercial product.
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12/29/2004
Now that everybody and their uncle can launch their own clothing line courtesy of Cafepress and a copy of Photoshop*, Its always refreshing to see some neat new low key apparel like the three below, which were designed and produced under the Thorsten Van Elten label:
Have you ever stretched your tee over your head? I know I have and I suspect so did El Ultimo, the designer. After all, where else could he have found the inspiration for his revolution tee.
Speaking of revolution, if someone ever created a Hamas inspired clothing line, this would be it. Of course, it would probably happen in the year 3000 when peace finally descends on the Middle East, and Che’s iconic face’s becomes more exposed (if it isn’t already) than the FCUK moniker.
Electric Wig decides to create a shirt for the domestically challenged – the shirt is stitched in such a way that it can be folded perfectly, hence the perfectly folded shirt. A great gift for perfectionists to give to their inferior friends and family.
I’ve seen t-shirts like these before where you could write your message or fill in the blank with a marker, so it isn’t exactly original, but the thought bubbles are a nice touch.
*Pre-emptive asterik: No offense to the designers behind these tees. I didn’t mean that their work is an amateur effort
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