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North Meets South By: Lidewij Edelkoort
Lidewij Edelkoort & Trend Tablet
TAGS: "chairs", africa, artisan, cooking, Finland, furniture, li edelkoort, Lidewij Edelkoort, sculpture, spoons, Toys, trend forecasting
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
East-meets-west in this visual representation of the subconscious unification of world culture. No matter how far the distance, elements from two parts of the globe are compared and surprisingly unified in design and aesthetic. Moving into a more raw era of design, the importance of artisans and resourcefulness is key and these modern designs beautifully mimic their tribal cousins.
Lidewij Edelkoort is the trend forecaster responsible for Trend Union. Li has proved how cultures are effected by one another in this North Meets South comparison for her online forecasting blog Trend Tablet. She compares a Finnish blonde wooden spoon resembling a Nigerian dark wooden spoon, a Danish stool of organic design mirroring a similar piece from the Ivory Coast, and many more in sync elements of design. These beautifully curated images in Lidewij Edelkoort’s book North Meets South are available for purchase on her website: http://www.edelkoort.com/
May 25 13 @ 5:50 PM
James Murphy and Special Guests at Grand Prospect HallMay 26 13 @ 5:54 PM
Oneohtrix Point Never at Saint VitusMay 27 13 @ 6:01 PM
A conversation With James MurphyMay 28 13 @ 5:46 PM
Naoaki Funayama: X-don at Ouchi GalleryMay 29 13 @ 6:06 PM
Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCXMay 30 13 @ 6:10 PM
Lee "Scratch" Perry at Le Poisson RougeMay 31 13 @ 6:15 PM
Azari & III at Highline BallroomJun 07 13 @ 10:42 AM
The Govenors Ball NYC Music FestivalAug 28 13 @ 3:55 PM
Venice Film FestivalMay 02 13 @ 2:18 PM
Medium Concepts Sample Sale
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beautiful work! posters for posterity!2
I like it. And it grabbed your attention esp. if you posted a comment below. whether you love it or hate I don't see anything where it promotes violence or degrading women.. what i see is government taking away the rights of a citizen n the rights away from people. Failure to follow instructions will land us in prison like the model. Now if steven photographed the same concept with average shmucks would we pay much attention to it? i dont think so. it'd be just another political journalistic photograph.3
i agree4
Lovely inspirations <3www.whitebluebird.com5
Perfect inspiration for our soon to be flat : )6
This list is one of the best of restaurants around England.7
... Tilda is like kristen mcmenamy - magic in everything8
the tilda shoot is magic.9
Boring10
LOL this is such a frumpy campaign. Raquel Zimmermann looks so awkward dancing those bad bad moves. WWTT??? a.k.a What Were They Thinking?