1. Art for Everyone
Art/
Meant as a response to how art ceases to exist if it is produced in mass quatities, The Shape project, as it is called, is artist Allan McCollum’s system of producing 31 billion unique graphic shapes – each one representing …
2. Laser Cut Vase
Kitchen & Household/
The Latest from Nendo: Designer Oki Sato’s laser cut vase for an art charity in Japan. related links Nendo
3. Webbed Feet
Furniture/
Synapsis is a simple table with a visually arresting web of welded pipes for legs that gives it a fresh look. Designed by Jean Marie Massaud for Porro. related links Porro
4. Avaf Bag
Accessories/
Psychedelic Artists, Assume Viviv Astro Focus go Takashi Murakami* with their own line of bags by Le Sportsac *Reference made to Japanese Artist Takashi Murakami’s collaboration with Louis Vuitton even though Le Sportsac is hardly LV. related links Assume Vivid …
5. Sound Suits
Art/
Nick Cave’s soundsuits are suit sculptures made from found and recycled objects that are named for the sounds made when they are worn. The suits are Nick’s response to facing prejudice as a black male in America. As he explains, …
6. Bamn!
Spaces/
Bamn! is to Automat, as Casio is to Marc Jacob. What do i mean, I hear you ask? Well, remember the old casio watches of yester years? They were meant to be functional wrist machines that went away and came …
7. Design is Kinky
Furniture/
Inkywood by Kinky form is a limited edition version of their easy to assemble table that doubles as a canvas thus creating limitless collaboration possiblities like the two they explored with designers Chuck Anderson and Zach Johnsen. related links Kinky …
8. Assume Vivid Astro Focus
Art/
Psychedelic Art Rockstar, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, specialize in pop art as they gorge on every possible motif from art history and popular culture and then spit them back into stupefyingly extraordinary installations. related links AVAF: Assume Vivid Astro Focus
9. Skew and Parcel
Furniture/
The parcel is an easy to assemble table and the skew is a simple book shelf that can make for an interesting wall fixture. All by the Design Can. related links The Design Can
10. Tjep does Radio 1
Interior/
Design mavericks, Tjep were commissioned to re-design Radio 1′s lounge and they asked themselves: What does 1 do when designing the Radio 1 studio’s? Answer – 1 uses the 1, and they did, using it not only as a motif …
11. Arcade Mosque
Art/Culture/Inspired by Retro Gaming/
Polish artist Janek Simon subverts a muslim prayer rug by combining it with a old 70′s arcade game, thus creating, in his own words – “a new shopping item for the homecoming marines and the kid back home”. related links …
12. Ikea inspired Lamp
Lighting/
Eureka! is a lamp made from a lasercut sheet of aluminium and a high power led. It operates on 2 button cells. related links Buro Vormkrijgers
13. Luxury Punk
Furniture/Seating/
British Duo, Burke & Hazelden, remix luxury furniture for a living, by using graffiti art to inject them with a bit of much needed attitude adjustment. related links Burke and Hazelden
14. Camper and Jaime sitting on a tree
Interior/
Alternative footwear brand, Camper takes a break from Guixe, their regular designer, to give latest design hotshot, Jaime Hayon, a chance by letting him have his way with their new store in London. related links Jaime Hayon Camper
16. Champagne Packaging
Packaging/
Jaime Hayon’s latest – Fresh new packaging for champagne brand, Piper Heidsieck, that could have easily been used for a chocolate brand. related links Jaime Hayon Piper Heidsieck
17. Art Soles
Footwear/
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past year, you’re probably aware of the new breed of customizable sport shoes where brands like Adidas scan your feet in order to create custom shoes that not only are an exact …
18. La Buche
Miscellaneous/
French Gourmet Cake and Pastry Kings, Lenotre, recently collaborated with designer Philippe Starck on the La Buche, a cake that looks like a log of wood that tastes like Broad bean Tonka. related links Philippe Starck Lenotre
20. Brb
Announcements/
I’m currently traveling and I won’t be able to post daily until I’m back on the 14th.
