Etapes video interview with Tronic … “In this exclusive interview they explain their background in architecture and their interest in using the moving image as a means to explore the ‘virtual and actual divide’. They reveal one of their latest works for the prestigious firm, Herzog + DeMeuron–a stunning 3D visualization for the future 57-story […]
Marc Atlan Design updated their facebook group with several new projects including designs for these James Perse Window displays. Join their group for all the latest updates. We’ve heard there are some big things coming in early 2010.
The thing about people who are only referred to by a singlular name – like Elvis, Prince, Coolio or Sinbad – is they are either the most poignant person in the realm of culture or the complete demise of good taste in society. Leif, artist and designer from Melbourne, Australia, may not be either, but his cosmic art collages will get him a hall pass for the unaccompanied surname reference. Click “read more” for some well served spacey designs.
There’s something in the water in Sweden because they’re racking up the style points in all things design lately. Sandra Backlund is a fashion designer with a sense of handicraft that’ll put your grandma’s holiday knit sweater to shame. Not limited to materials she can transform and mold, she can turn your girlfriend’s weave into a couture garment. Check out some of Backlund’s amazing work after the jump.
Any suspicions that you may have had about the ladies from P.A.M. actually being a pair of extremely motivated, Australian stoners rather than a couple of uptight, design nerds were indubitably confirmed when their press release stated that their POP! Eyes collection was inspired by David Attenborough’s The Tribal Eye. Take a look at their new adventure onto high street HERE and load up the bong before you head out to the teepee.
Pop! Eyes: — A sophisticated excursion from the studio of Perks And Mini (P.A.M.)
Ten years on from P.A.M., the designers unveil the Pop! Eyes debut 09-10 collection inspired by the David Attenborough documentary, The Tribal Eye and a recurring fascination with moments of historical significance rediscovered and translated.
Pop! Eyes is the result of a collision between deep interest in other societies far removed from our own, and the exploration into the feminine virtues of womenswear. This has brought about a refined collection of charming, off beat pieces made with high quality natural fibres including cottons, silks, and linen blends which are seen in a colour palette that pops with yellow and pulls back with earthy tones of chocolate, grey, charcoal and cream.
With a marked movement away from the more casual styling seen in P.A.M; Pop! Eyes has not lost the potency so inherent to its creators. The ethos in the creative process remains the same, with the pair having no desire at all to pander to the waxing and waning of the movements of trend. Their objective and the result are much the same, the creation of something incredibly beautiful but wholly innovative which has overcome the temporary nature of seasonal trends.
Brandon Blommaert is amazingly adept at conjuring up piles of garbage into godzilla-sized monsters who knock over volcanoes while tenderly caring for their fallen brethren. Check out more HERE.
Peter Saville’s 90s era “garçonniere” is like cocaine for the eyeballs. All terrifying minimalism, pale colours, and plush, satin, 3d letters seeping from the walls – AHHHHHHHHH. We want to live here forever!!!!
“An enigmatic figure in the design world, Art Director Peter Saville asked friend and collaborator Ben Kelly to turn a seventies-chic Mayfair apartment into a suitably ambiguous live/work/gallery space,
using minimal intervention. Boasting an original Verner Panton floor-to-ceiling light fixture, acres of smoked glass, tinted mirrors and high-gloss finishes, BKD added accents with bright green paint, creamy carpets, select artworks and dramatic lighting. A soft-sculpture telephone number rendered in pink satin, a startled mannequin and the occasional paint explosion, provided further layers of spontaneity within an otherwise super-cool interior.” – from benkellydesign.com
We don’t fully know how to describe artist, designer, bon vivant: Item Idem, but we definitely have plus size boners for the art he makes. His wiki describes him as: ”Austin Powers pretending to be Philippe Starck, art directed by Marcel Duchamp and scripted by Oscar Wilde“. There’s really an endless amount of things to go through on his website and by the time you reach the end you’ll feel slightly cheapened and a little made-fun-of. But overall, if we had to describe a theme it would be: Item-Idem subtly says fuck you, disneyland. But that’s just our take away.
Classic Inspirations. 1953 to 1955. What an era!
It is a little known nugget of trivia that the obsessive music archivist responsible for the Anthology of American Folk Music was also an experimental filmmaker / artist / mystic lauded by Kenneth Anger as being the “greatest living magician” who died, while singing, in Paola Igliori’s arms in NY’s famed Chelsea Hotel. Also, his wife’s name was Rosebud. Here is a video that barely scratches the surface of what an inigmatic talent the world had in Mr. Smith. We recommend some heavy googling with the left hand and repeated toasting to a great man with the right. Check it out.
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