October 5, 2008
Thin is in!
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September 30, 2008
Oh The Cruel Cruel World
Need a gift for someone special in your life who seems to have everything? How about a headless teddy bear lamp brought to you by The Gift Experience. Let him win a place in your heart as he sits quietly on your shelf or bedside table, waiting for you to illuminate him and show him off in his best light. The black fabric covered shade supplied is a reflective gold on the inside to enhance Teddy's golden features and his plump body enables you to park him where you please without fear of him toppling over. Poor Ted may have lost his head, but he definitely lights up the room!
This is just not right, but. . . DO WANT!
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Showing my True Colors
It’s common to focus on emotions while ignoring or having any awareness of what that goes on inside our body. This lack of understanding between the two can lead to health problems, for serious. So if we could keep track of how our emotions and bodies relate, what would that look like?
This portable device lets the wearer express emotions with colors by correlating them with biometric data. The idea is to create another way to externalize how we feel in a language anyone can understand. Someone walking down the street with flash red might be upset, in a hurry, or angry. A computer keeps track of your colors, sort of a diary of emotions that can be turned into choreographed motion graphic pieces.
It’s an esoteric concept but one grounded in scientifically proven models. We all react to colors and in most cases, can assign specific colors to a range of human emotions. I’d love to see this concept come to fruition.
via Yanko Design
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September 24, 2008
Peek-a-Boo Kitty
This totally reminds me of that scene in The Orphanage when the kids play red light-green light. If you haven't seen that movie, NETFLIX asap. In the meantime just imagine creepy music scored to this video and you'll know how I feel.
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Knut's Foster Daddy Found Dead
Oh noes!! Knut's caretaker Thomas Dorflein was found dead in his apartment in Berlin. Authorities have ruled out foul play since Thomas (44) was very ill the past few weeks. The German zookeeper became an unlikely hero when he took care of Knut after his mother rejected him. Thomas fed and slept with Knut in his cage for months which is why he's the first polar bear to survive infancy in captivity in over 30 years. The two were forced to part last November because zoo officials feared Knut was now too big and dangerous.
Rumors are circulating of how heartbroken Thomas was after the separation which exaggerated his illness. Zoo officials also report Knut has been acting strange since Thomas' death.
via The Guardian
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September 23, 2008
Talking About The Abstraction
I'm mad about this Japanese men's label Talking About The Abstraction or TATA for short. Their aesthetic ranges from sweaters printed to look like coats to tailored and tattered. Everything looks so extremely comfortable. Hit the jump to see more from their 2008/09 Fall-Winter collection.
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Stuffed and Mounted
I am SOOO going to do this when I get back home this weekend.
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September 22, 2008
Butt Ass Naked in a Laundry Mat Thanks to Kris Van Assche
Designer Kris Van Assche and photographer Jeff Burton collaborated on a series of 12 layouts which will run in 12 select, international magazines as a unique advertising campaign for Van Assche’s FW 08.09 men’s collection.
Photographed in Los Angeles in March 2008 in a Laundromat, the series started as an artistic collaboration for A Magazine.
A Magazine is a bi-annual Antwerp-based magazine. Each issue is edited by a guest curator who freely develops the content of the issue. Van Assche is the curator of issue No 7 (on newsstands in May 08). Previous curators include Yohji Yamamoto, Martin Margiela, Martine Sitbon, Haider Ackermann.
The location for the shoot, a Laundromat, was chosen based on the set design of Van Assche’s FW 08.09 runway show, for which vintage washing machines were placed alongside the catwalk.
Typical for Burton’s work, the casting consists of real people and porn actors. His photographs capture the idea of seduction and sensuality, without any crudeness. Kris Van Assche, a longtime admirer of Burton, especially appreciates the poetry Jeff Burton pulls from the world of pornography : a place where it is hard to find.
Beginning with September issues, 12 layouts will run in 12 select international magazines. Each layout will thus be exclusive to the magazine. The full series can be seen on Kris Van Assche's site.
More pics after the jump
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Exquisite Graphite
So much more than just a writing implement, these exquisite graphite objects are decorative sculptures. Meticulously crafted in the studio of San Francisco artist Agelio Batle, he combines carbonaceous graphite (mineral remains of prehistoric plant life) with smudge-resistant compounds under intense pressure to create his source material. The resulting material is then fused into representations of various forms found in nature; our collection highlights land, water and air objects. All the surfaces of each object can be used for writing; they will not smudge the hands. The graphite wears very slowly; if used everyday each object should last 7 to 9 years. Comes in Leaf, Shell and Quill.
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September 21, 2008
Iceland Wants All Cars Electric Now!
Iceland made a promise in 1998 to become totally fossil fuel free by 2050. Of course being an island that's literally a geothermal hot bed helps, but they're running into a problem. All their vehicles still use gas. That's where Mitsubishi comes in.
The press seems fixated on Chevy's Volt which technically is just a super efficient hybrid. The Mitsubishi iMiEV is all electric and on track for production by 2010, the same time the Volt and the new Prius hits. Its only limitation is range since even the most advance lithium ion batteries only provide enough power for 100 miles. But that's more than enough for Iceland since 75% of the population lives within 37 miles of the capital, Reykjavik.
Do want!
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Huge Win for Biomimicry
I'm a big fan of biologist Janine Benyus, co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, an organization that helps companies and people examine how design and production could follow the time-tested formulas nature has already adapted. In a big win for the guild is news of HOK, one of the world's largest architectural firms, joining forces to become the premier bio-inspired innovation company.
We're talking buildings with paint inspired by plants - wonder why leaves never seem to get dirty? It's because the surface is textured in a way that prevents dirt from sticking. We're talking windows that change density to optimize heat. How about pipes inspired from seashells? They're made of the same calcium deposits clogging copper pipes yet they somehow control it. And all of this built from a revolutionary way of production - from the bottom up, molecule by molecule so there's no excess.
The future is now, for real!
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September 17, 2008
Dinosaurs and Jetpacks
Do I even have to explain how AWESOME the idea is? It's about as awesome as Care Bears vs. Klingons but this has a slight edge since it's an actual game in development by Flash Bang Studios. Just watch and grab a couple napkins. I know I made a mess watching it.
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