Archive | August, 2010
· DESIGNERS ·
Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair FW 2010/11 – Womens CollectionBack in May we featured the men’s Fifth Avenue Repair F/W 2010/11 Collection, but I cant for the life of me recall why we didn’t feature the women’s collection along with it. Anyway there is no way we can overlook the perfection of this collection and the production of these photos. So Enjoy!
· DESIGNERS, HEARSAY ·
Zara Man vs Balmain Homme: Zara Guilty!We knew that brands like H&M / Zara / TopShop were amazing at knocking off designers and analyzing trends (due to their worldwide offices and bunch of employees, running the streets, reading blogs and shopping). With enormous budgets, these companies are able to create “Fast Fashion” at unbeatable prices, compared to young designers or established [...]
· INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ·
Studiomama : Recycled Furniture DIYStudiomama created these great pieces of furniture using recycled wood from discarded shipping crates. Rather than buying the piece Studiomama sells DIY instructions on their site – buy here.
· AD CAMPAIGN, ADVERTISING, DESIGNERS ·
Who is Patrizia? (Pepe) CampaignNo famous models or photographers for the Patrizia Pepe F/W 2010 Ad campaign. Instead the faces of models are covered with different accessories – mask, dog, balloons, boom-box, bags and other interesting attributes. The idea behind the campaign and the mysterious Who Is Patrizia? slogan is
· MUSIC ·
Graffiti6 : Stare Into The SunHere’s a little gem that I came across recently and immediately was entangled in its soulful sound. The hot British indie-pop outfit known as Graffiti6 is a somewhat of a new development but by no means are its components anything short of talent, from the infectious soul bitten vocals delivered by singer/songwriter Jamie Scott to [...]
· DESIGN ·
Lorena Barrezueta Ceramic Dishware SetsLorena Barrezueta took disposable tin food containers transformed them into reusable ceramic kitchenware design objects. Who would have though that those throw away tins could be re-imagined into something so aesthetic.
· FEATURED, MIXED MEDIA ·
»FACE/project« by Tina Berning & Michelangelo Di BattistaCamera Work gallery will show a solo exhibition of the artists Tina Berning and Michelangelo Di Battista in Berlin ( September 4 – October 30, 2010) for the first time. More than 30 works of “Face/project”, most of them unique pieces, will be on display in the exhibition. Within their collaboration, Tina and
· ILLUSTRATION ·
Vladislav Erko’s Playing CardsI absolutely love the illustrations by Ukranian artist Vladislav Erko for this playing cards series. If you are a Paulo Coelho fan you may recognize Erko’s illustration style from his books. The two have worked together on most of Coelho’s best known stories.
· EDITORIAL ·
Miranda Kerr in 3D by Steven Meisel for Vogue ItaliaNot the first magazine to shoot fashion in 3D, but its always interesting to see that the big players are adapting to the trends. For their September 2010 issue Vogue Italia featured Miranda Kerr (half naked) in 3D by Steven Meisel. I am personally not a fan
· INTERIOR DESIGN ·
TrendHome: Bohemian Dream Building at 190 BoweryI just stumbled on this old article from New York Mag about this dreamy building located at 190 Bowery, and it’s funny because we were just talking about this building the other day. A staple of the downtown New York landscape, with it’s walls full of graffiti and posters, the six-story, 72-room, 35,000-square-foot building was [...]
· FOOD, ILLUSTRATION ·
Dan Beckemeyer : Typographic IllustrationsA brilliant series by illustrator/graphic designer Dan Beckemeyer, that uses the ampersand to represent foods that are almost always associated, like peanut butter and jelly or hamburger and fries.
· PHOTOGRAPHY ·
Jeffrey Milstein : Aircraft ArtAirCraft: The Jet as Art, a series by Jeffrey Milstein, features large-scale images of airliners in flight, shot at the precise moment when the aircraft is overhead. This work combines passions for form, symmetry, color, and flight. As a typology of aircraft, these photographs open up conversations about the complexity and beauty of modern technology.