“Das Lachende Bild 1/2 (The Laughing Picture 1/2),” 2005 and
“The Poster Book Bookshelf,” 2006 by Henning Bohl.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Man Creates A Rolls Royce For Himself
As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. While the old cliche may not exactly apply here, it is pretty close. A man in Karaganda, Kazakhstan wanted to drive a Rolls Royce. But a RR requires a truck load of money to be bought, and that was beyond this person. So, he set out to create a Rolls Royce himself, modifying a Mercedes W123. Looking at the images, it can be safely assumed that he did the work pretty well.
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Cocoon Egg Shower Concept
A shower Darth Vader would be proud of! The cocoon isn’t just a shower, but also a bathtub and hydro massager, that might be a bit much for Darth. Concept by Arina Komarova.
Via Gizmodo8.9-inch ExoPC Slate has iPad looks, netbook internals, Windows 7 soul
via: engadget.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
“Primary Atmospheres” at David Zwirner
Artists: Robert Alexander, Larry Bell, Laddie John Dill, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, John McCracken, Helen Pashgian, James Turrell, De Wain Valentine, Doug Wheeler
Venue: David Zwirner, New York
Exhibition Title: Primary Atmospheres
Date: January 8 – February 6, 2010
Cold War-era Airplane Transformed In To Luxury Hotel
An aircraft from the 1960s, which has spent a long time grounded at the Teuge Airport, Netherlands , has been converted into a luxury hotel. The 120-seater German aircraft has earlier served as a restaurant for nearly 15 years, and is now a hotel complete with nuiances like sauna, jacuzzi, flat screens, Blu-Ray player. Hotel guests will also be able to enter the cockpit, or indulge in activities like parachute jumps and stunt plane rides.
pen pencil stencil
Pen Pencil Stencil is the studio and workspace of designer Mark Giglio. Originally from Southern California, Mark grew up drawing, painting, skateboarding and surfing. Currently he lives and works in Oakland, California.
Beginning as a designer at Cahan and Associates, Mark has since had the opportunity to work on projects with a diverse mix of companies, such as 2k by Gingham, Apple, Dwell, GSP, Nike, Tolleson Design, and others.
Ducobi
Ducobi is a company of talented designers and strategic-thinking developers from Korea, Japan and the U.S.A. with their mission being one to create designer toys for the true toy collectors of the world. Their figure titled "RB" is simple in design, and that is fine by them, because their main focus is on craftsmanship... seeing as these figures are covered in mother-of-pearl inlay & lacquer finish... some crazy detail on such small figures, would you consider these art toys?
The "RB" figures stand at about 6.5" inches tall, and are made in very limited quantities, some designs are created as low as 10 pieces and some as high as 100 pieces... now these are cool and all and I totally respect the "craftsmanship" of these figures but they are charging a TON of money for these unknown figures, and by a ton I mean $750-$1,400!! Okay now that you've picked your jaw off the ground, get ready because the White Tiger version has already sold out at the $1,400 range! What are all or your thoughts on these figures, is it worth the money, I would love to hear your thoughts!
via: spankystokes
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Jan de Cock at Luis Campaña
Artist: Jan de Cock
Venue: Luis Compaña, Berlin
Exhibition Title: Repromotion
Date: November 21, 2009 – January, 2010
Geocentric Watch Puts The Earth At The Center Of Action
The Geocentric Watch is supposedly a sci-fi inspired design that looks totally cool. Well, I'm not sure about the sci-fi part, but it does a lot of exercise in the planetary motion of the earth around the sun. The rings you see on the dial are in perpetual motion, and move around the watch to show time. Checkout designer Geoffrey Cooper's website for more intriguing designs.
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The Teasub
If getting conventional tea bags in cool designs makes you want for more, you could have a submarine full of tea romaing near the bottom of your cup. While crawling near the bottom of the cup, this sub purportedly creates "the perfect infusion of your favorite brew."
Random Good Stuff
North Kingdom
One of the most awarded web studios just got a new website with their full portfolio online. North Kingdom surely is worth a visit. Inspiring work.
Levi’s x Medicom Toy 1000% Bearbrick
Made exclusively for the opening of the Levi’s Concept Store in Taiwan was this 1000% Bearbrick, which was of course wrapped with Levi’s trademark denim. Only 5 were produced, being randomly given out to 5 lucky customers who purchase goods over $5000 NTD, which equals out to about $166 USD, which sounds like a deal, if that’s truly the case.
via: Overdope
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
BookBook For The MacBook
Ingenious and slightly ironic at the same time, the BookBook ($80) is a new case for the MacBook and MacBook pro that disguises your 'Book as, well, a book. Employing thick hardcover front and rear panels and a rigid spine, the BookBook provides ample protection for your laptop, while elastic corner clips let you use the computer while it's encased, and dual zippers let you charge the device while closed. Best of all, the hand craftsmanship and distressing ensure your BookBook will be unique to you, further reducing the fact that passerby will notice that it's not simply an aging hardbound tome.
via: Uncrate
Sony Bravia NX800
Sony Bravia NX800 HDTV
Sony has always lead the design for the small screen (not that small anymore), and with the new Bravia NX800 they are leaving competitors in the dust.
“Designed to create a remarkable sense of space, the BRAVIA® NX800 HDTV features a stunning monolithic design and innovative six-degree tilt, so you can position your TV at lower levels for a more comfortable and enjoyable viewing experience. An Edge LED backlight and BRAVIA Engine™ 3 video processor delivers superior, life-like image with amazing contrast and color. Integrated BRAVIA Internet, build-in WiFi®, a USB input and Energy Saving Switch round out the feature set.”
More at Sony.
Converse Japan January 2010 Footwear – Trio CC, Marine Sea Hi, All Star Chukk Mid
Some interesting new releases are coming from the Converse Japan Spring 2010 Collection. From their new Dresscode 1/2 Collection, the brand presents the Trio CC and the All Star Chukk Mid. The Trio CC is a canvas version of a classic slip-on shoe and the All Star Chukk Mid, is a mid version of the Chuck Taylor, inspired by the Chukka boot. The Marine Sea Hi is a high version of the Converse boat shoe and it comes with a polka dot lining in three colorways.
via: highsnobiety.
Creative Control: Dee & Ricky Episode 1
Dee & Ricky - Episode 1 from Creative Control on Vimeo.
Sometimes people live life as spectators and some are active participants in life’s processes. Twin socialites, Dee and Ricky, live life with an ADD mentality switching through scenarios like a Ritalin deficient pre-teen with a remote control. Following the two on a day in the life takes us from the bustling Lower East Side of NYC to the hoods of Staten Island and back as the two show us the makings of their omnipresence on the NYC scene. The creativity of their customized clothing, the inner workings of their entrepreneurial Lego Brooch empire and dinners with up-and-coming art star Kehinde Wiley are all on display as Creative Control brings you Dee and Ricky – Episode 1.
via: hypebeast.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Damien Hirst Pill Cufflinks
Most of you know the artworks by UK superstar artist Damien Hirst involving pills. Now the artist has released sterling silver cufflinks.
“Damien Hirst’s bespoke pill cufflinks derive from his Pharmacy body of work as solid silver tablets and capsules. They are engraved with the HIrst/Hirst logo and are hallmarked. The pills are presented in a black leather box with a black satin interior which is also stamped with the Hirst/Hirst and Other Criteria logos.”
The cufflinks are now available from Other Criteria.
Coarsetoys “False Friends” Series – Signature Edition
false friends loser – signature edition
The young noop and paw! duo come in a thriving yellow sunrise version, nurtured in protective sponge. They are packed in a lifesize paw! and noop face box, enclosed with a clear sleeve with an attached monkey rabbit nose. Each set includes one coarse family and friends application card.
In stores February 3, 2010 and at www.coarsehkg.com.
Suggested retail HK$ 3388.
Dee & Ricky x Pepsi Logo Brooches
Dee & Ricky have been commissioned by Pepsi and Epiphany to produce a limited-edition run of Pepsi-logo branded brooches. True to their style, the twin duo have once again flipped pop iconography and re-contextualized it into their unique language of LEGO mastery. The pins were made in a super-limited quantity, with the first batch being gifted to a select range of cultural influencers. A later retail release date will be announced in the near future.
via: hypebeast.
Damien Hirst’s ‘End of an Era’ at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue through March 6th
Currently on view at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue are new sculptures and paintings by Damien Hirst. The exhibition takes its title, “End of an Era,” from the central sculpture of the exhibition: a severed bull’s head with golden horns and a solid gold circular disc cast in formaldehyde and encased in a gold vitrine on a marble pedestal. Hirst’s September 2008 monumental Sotheby’s London auction, where he famously circumvented his dealers, is widely recognized as marking the top of the recent art market rise. In this this auction the centerpiece was the “The Golden Calf” which sold for £10,345,250 with buyer’s premium and was cited as a reference to Hirst’s representation of cultural excess, worshipping false idols and likely Hirst’s own myth making. The current exhibition title, and the decapitated head of basically the same artistic work, certainly has Hirst again presenting self-referential messages in light of his work’s current cultural and economic context.
Another piece featured in the exhibition is Judgment Day (2009), a thirty-foot long cabinet filled with close to 30,000 manufactured diamonds. Accompanying this piece is a series of a photorealist paintings of famous diamonds including The Golden Jubilee (2008), The Agra (2006), and The Premiere Rose (2006) shown here together for the first time.
Hirst, beginning in August 2008 and just prior to his direct-to-the-buyer Sotheby’s auction, called an end to various series of which he has become known. These include the butterfly, the spot, and the spin paintings. And, as such, Hirst’s most recent work in London, both in his own sponosored exhibition of ‘Blue Paintings’ at the Wallace Gallery and separately at White Cube in the ‘Nothing Matters’ exhibition, are works on canvas, though they generally have not been well received by the critics and the press. Thus again the title of this current exhibition may be marking Hirt’s change in oeuvre.
Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol, UK . He has held major solo shows at important public and private collections throughout the world. Hirst lives and works in London and Devon, UK.
via: artobserved.
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