Check out this new LCD TV from Samsung. This 40 inch LCD is just 1cm thick, and uses an LED backlight, this is pretty thin for a HDTV.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Samsung’s New LCD TV: just 1cm thick
Check out this new LCD TV from Samsung. This 40 inch LCD is just 1cm thick, and uses an LED backlight, this is pretty thin for a HDTV.
The Mehrzeller Concept Caravan
The Mehrzeller (multi-cell) caravan concept from Graz, Austria takes faceted design to whole new level. An online application generates the design based on a customers specifications resulting in no two caravans exactly the same—just incase driving this polygon camper on the autobahn doesn't express your individuality enough.
via core77.
Patent: Apple Details Multi-Touch Mac User Interface
An Apple patent application published Thursday rehashes some concepts and diagrams from 2006 patent but generates continued interest due to persistant rumors that Apple may release a multi-touch tablet Mac. AppleInsider details some of the techniques in accessing small user interface controls when using your fingers on a multi-touch tablet Mac:
Apple explains that on a tablet Mac, the buttons of a control box may be smaller than a users finger and located close together. Therefore it may be difficult for the user to make a selection directly without possibly pressing an undesirable button. To solve this problem, at least a portion of the control box would be enlarged, including the buttons therein when the user places their thumb over the control box.
Apple also details the use of swipe and scrolling to manipulate on screen lists as well as the implementation of a full screen multi-touch keyboard.While we've heard rumors of a tablet Mac for years, this year we've heard claims that either a tablet or mini-tablet Mac could be coming soon.
via macrumors.
Interview with Lanie Alabanza of HELLZ
In a recent video interview with KarmaloopTV, HELLZ creative director Lanie Alabanza talks about her rise from a designer at Rocawear, the meaning behind her brand’s name and the inspirations that drive each collection.
Atmos: Donut Keychains
Atmos makes donuts the inspiration behind their newest set of key chains. Made out of a soft material, the chains come in 6 different "flavors". A great idea. Pick yours up now at atmos Japan.
:Phunk Studios x Phalax Creative Lei Gong Vinyl
According to centuries old Taoist and Chinese folklore, a minor god, Lei Gong (雷公), the God of Thunder, along with his wife, the Goddess of Lightning, oversee the realm of humanity, ready to strike down those who do harms to others. Recently, :Phunk Studios, along with PHALANX CREATIVE, added their contemporary interpretations to this ancient lore and released Lei Gong figure as part of its Control Chaos Collection. Armed with detachable bombs and mallet, the half-man, half-bird figurine, in metallic design, stands at 6-inch in height. Now available at Overkill of Berlin.
Source: Freshness
Incase EO Collection Preview
The luggage company known for their accessories for Apple was recently at the Project Tradeshow where their upcoming EO collection was on display. Look for it as part of their Spring ‘09 season.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Dropclock
Just an absolutely beautiful screen saver. It uses heavy Helvetica numbers that slowly drop into water to form a clock.
get it here!
Marc Jacobs Documentary Clips
Estate LA Watermelon Tearaway Fitted Cap
Estate LA are taking the tearaway concept to new heights with their upcoming Watermelon fitted. While the exterior features a detailed print of the outer skin of a watermelon, careful surgery will yield that familiar juicy red flesh complete with seeds. Only 24 hats of this creative concept will be available for sale on Sunday, August 31st at EstateLA.com/Store.
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The COWON S9 CURVE PMP
Cowon has announced the new S9 Curve PMP. S9 features a 500 MHz CPU, Bluetooth connectivity, digital television tuner, media player functions and an electronic dictionary accessible via 3.3-inch AMOLED touch-screen, capable of 16 million colors. All the technology is housed in a metal casing. Unfortunately other details including availability and price are not available.
Goyard Trunk x Billionaire Boys Club At Colette
The Billionaire Boys Club corner at Colette. Goyard, the French high end leather goods company, created a custom trunk to display the collection. Not for sale-
BlackBook’s 2008 Style Gallery
BlackBook's 2008 style gallery includes burlesque queen Dita Von Teese, artists Terrence Koh and Rita Ackermann. It highlights a further blurring of lines between fashion and art, showcasing what's truly important these days- the cult of personality.
DITA VON TEESE, actress, model, burlesque queen, photographed at The Way We Wore vintage store in Los Angeles. (See our extended interview with Dita.)
Dita Von Teese speaks with a blue-collar lilt, which does little to suggest the curvy, reigning empress of burlesque who controls gaggles of fans while splashing around in Brobdingnagian champagne glasses, sponge in hand. But then she says, revealing her circean charm, “I’m sitting here, having just rolled out of bed, wearing a vintage slip. I don’t have any makeup on, my hair is probably a disaster, but that doesn’t mean I’ll put on a tracksuit simply because no one’s looking. I don’t know why everyone wants me to wear jeans so badly.” Born Heather Renée Sweet in Rochester, Michigan, Teese trained to become a professional ballet dancer before landing her first strip-club gig. “Ten years ago,” she says, “you could have paid $20 for me to sit on your lap any night of the week. So it would be rude of me to say, I’m not a stripper, I’m a burlesque queen.” Today, however, the self-styled, 35-year-old star is more likely to be found working the red carpet than a greasy pole. “I never wanted to be a little girl, ever,” says Teese, of her Old Hollywood look. “A lot of my friends were into the whole schoolgirl fantasy—ponytails and the whole thing. I wouldn’t be caught dead! I’m a grown woman. I know who I am and I’ve known for a long time.”
DITA VON TEESE, actress, model, burlesque queen, photographed at The Way We Wore vintage store in Los Angeles. (See our extended interview with Dita.)Dita Von Teese speaks with a blue-collar lilt, which does little to suggest the curvy, reigning empress of burlesque who controls gaggles of fans while splashing around in Brobdingnagian champagne glasses, sponge in hand. But then she says, revealing her circean charm, “I’m sitting here, having just rolled out of bed, wearing a vintage slip. I don’t have any makeup on, my hair is probably a disaster, but that doesn’t mean I’ll put on a tracksuit simply because no one’s looking. I don’t know why everyone wants me to wear jeans so badly.” Born Heather Renée Sweet in Rochester, Michigan, Teese trained to become a professional ballet dancer before landing her first strip-club gig. “Ten years ago,” she says, “you could have paid $20 for me to sit on your lap any night of the week. So it would be rude of me to say, I’m not a stripper, I’m a burlesque queen.” Today, however, the self-styled, 35-year-old star is more likely to be found working the red carpet than a greasy pole. “I never wanted to be a little girl, ever,” says Teese, of her Old Hollywood look. “A lot of my friends were into the whole schoolgirl fantasy—ponytails and the whole thing. I wouldn’t be caught dead! I’m a grown woman. I know who I am and I’ve known for a long time.”
TERENCE KOH, artist, photographed at his studio in Chinatown, New York City.
Manhattan galleries brim with characters, none of whom come close to capturing the eccentric magic (and sartorial insanity) of Canadian artist Terence Koh. Formerly known as “asianpunkboy,” Koh has exhibited his work—everyday objects covered in his bodily fluids; a neon rooster titled “Big White Cock”—throughout the world’s most hallowed art halls. And while his controversial creations have won praise from critics, it’s his inimitable personal style—improbable costumes made from human hair, Cossack fur hats and iMac cable cord scarves—that sets him apart from the black smock set. When asked about the relationship between high art and high fashion, he says, “The sun lights the moon as the moon lights the sun.” Okay, but how does the 28-year-old provocateur express himself through the clothes he wears? “I repeat, when you clap your hands, they make an impact.”
RITA ACKERMANN, artist, photographed at her studio in Chinatown, New York City.
“I’m an exquisite walking corpse drawing,” says Rita Ackermann. The Hungarian-born, New York-based artist, who was featured at this year’s Whitney Biennal, has created buzz for her idiosyncratic renderings of pubescent girls, her audacious ensembles and, of course, the red ballpoint pen she’s applied to runway models’ faces (“I’m still surprised that I don’t see more people wearing ballpoint pen makeup,” she shrugs). Known for her singular, rococo brand of style, she says, “There are no clothes that I consider outrageous. My favorite page in tabloids is ‘When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People.’ I have a funny bikini that I wear all summer with popsicles on it saying ‘Lick Me.’ Is that outrageous?” Her most prized possession is a custom-made, pink couture suit she bought for $30. The two-piece costume once belonged, appropriately, to Ilona Staller (stage name Cicciolina), a Hungarian porn star turned democratic politician who was once married to artist Jeff Koons. Ackermann says, “She had put it up for auction to bail out her pop singer girlfriend from jail.”
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Peskimo’s Monster Burp!
I love this design! 6″ tall and there will be a few colourways when released. This is just the prototype.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Mercedes x Murakami
Recently, Murakami was invited to Art Forum Taiwan, to talked to a stadium packed audience in regard to his formula to success and popularity worldwide. Murakami also narrated about his concepts and works, from Miss Ko² to the 2 figures that made him famous, the sexually charged Hiroppon and My Lonesome Cowboy.
source enavant
Gallery 1950 x Original Fake KAWS Ashtray
Hooking up with Gallery 1950, Original Fake will be releasing these ashtrays on August 30th to select retailers across the globe, coming in a solid black or white ceramic finish.
via secret base and hypebeast
Numero TOKYO x Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton Mouse Pad
Women’s fashion magazine Numero TOKYO of Japan is looking to create some buzz with monthly giveaways. A contest during the October issue will feature a winning prize of a Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton mouse pad decorated by Murakami. Numero will continue this trend through December - each issue will include select products done with much sought after brands.
CrappyCat from Jamungo
The 9" tall vinyl figure will be available in the main colorway (limited to 750 pieces) and a grey colorway (limited to 250 pieces).
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
BULB CAP
The Bulbcap is a lightbulb lampshade. The caps are directly pulled over the lightbulbs of up to 40 watts.
"Hip-Hop's Crown Jewels": Auction at Phillips de Pury
On October, 1, Phillips de Pury & Company is hosting the first auction of hip-hop jewelry. Pieces owned by the likes of Missy Elliot, 50 Cent and Lil' John are set to hit the block. A major highlight is John's record breaking "Crunk is Dead" pendent, even some pieces from Pac and Biggie's adversarial years.
Part of the proceeds will benefit Rush Community Affairs.
Creeping Oobleck
A non-Newtonian fluid that changes from a liquid state to a solid state when stress is applied (ie shaking of the metal sheet with sound waves)
Honeybaby x Touma - 2nd Series
Honeybaby x Touma:
They’re naughty. Not Evil! It's the 2nd generation of Honeybaby.
This new blind-box series consists of ten 3″ characters: Ki / May / Zmy / Tommy / Undressed Ki / Undressed May / Undressed Zmy / Undressed Tommy + Secret Golden & Secret Debbu.
Designed by GaryThinking & Touma. They sell for around $8 bucks a pop.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Urbanspoon Time-lapse
Urbanspoon is an iPhone app that helps you find places to eat. Even cooler than the app is this time-lapse video which shows every Urbanspoon user in the U.S.
via Surfstation
New ipod Nano etc?
Digg.com's Kevin Rose has posted a new blog entry and YouTube video claiming to have knowledge of upcoming iPod updates with a significant number of details:
- Revamp of entire iPod line.
- Small cosmetic changes to Touch, Nano to see significant redesign (see above)
- iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone.
- iPod touch 2.1 software, iPhone to get update very soon after.
- iTunes 8.0 ("it's a big update w/new features").
- All of this coming in the next 2-3 weeks.
- Blu-Ray support coming in Mac OS X 10.5.6
via macrumors
Jon Burgerman’s Heroes of Burgertown Prototypes
These drop Sept 25th from Kidrobot. I think the design here is absolutely incredible. More info can be found at Vinylpulse.
Mickey Mouse: Public domain???
The LA Times rounds up the epic story of how the original Mickey Mouse may just not be “copyright Disney” anymore:
All signs pointed to a Hollywood ending with Disney and Mickey Mouse living happily ever after — at least until a grumpy former employee looked closely at fine print long forgotten in company archives.Film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney’s long-held copyright, though a Disney lawyer dismissed that idea as “frivolous.”
Although studio executives are not yet hurling themselves from the parapets of Sleeping Beauty’s castle, the unexpected discovery raises an intriguing question: Is it possible that Mickey Mouse now belongs to the world — and that his likeness is usable by anybody for anything?
As the story explains, Disney owns the trademark on the more recent evolution of the Mouse, but the earlier versions are in public domain–despite Congress constantly passing copyright extensions for just this very reason — so copyright is a bit hazy.
via the Beat
Revealed: the art Damien Hirst failed to sell
The Art Newspaper has this weekend disclosed the extent of unsold inventory, over 200 works, that are held at Damien Hirst’s gallery in London, White Cube, run by Jay Jopling. The article illuminates a situation for the artist, one of the most successful in the world, but also one of the most prolific, in which his traditional market may be less able to absorb the works at the pace at which he is aiming to produce them. This evolving landscape has presumably led Hirst to explore, through the landmark and controversial upcoming September 15th Sotheby’s London sale, new sales portals and new pools of buyers. The Art Newspaper disclosure however, could perhaps have some ramifications for the Sotheby’s sale itself, as sophisticated buyers may take into account this newly exposed trove of similar work to that being auctioned, and simple supply and demand economics might as a result negatively affect pricing.
Hirst’s Marketing End Run [Wall Street Journal]
via Artobserved
Doc Von Block by Scott Tolleson
This one is a very limited (qty. 25) piece. He’s called “Doc Von Block” by Scott Tolleson
He measures 6″ in height and comes with his sidekick beaker “Ivan”. He looks like he’s made of wood but is actually made of solid resin. Due to the process of making these, each piece will have a unique quality. No two toys will look alike.
The piece went for roughly $125 each. What didn't sell at the SDCC will be for sell at a future show at Red Hot Robot in Phoenix, AZ in August.
BIG props to JulieB and the Pretty in Plastic Team who put this together.
via vinylabuseBrandt Peters – SDCC Exclusive Vintage Slap Happy
The SDCC Exclusive Vintage Slap Happy from MINDstyle's Brandt Peters. This is done in a sparkling white.
via vinylpulse
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Low & Poorman Pro Team Hi
Converse just released two new pairs of shoes: the Chuck Taylor All Star Low and Poorman Pro Team Hi. Both are available at Rock Paper Scissors.
Jeff Koons "Guilty"
Art superstar Jeff Koons has landed another hit, and designed his first yacht. The"Guilty", owned by art collector Dakis Joannou, features an extravagant artistic take by the US artist on the exterior.
"Of course, Sarah Morris' text painting "Guilty" hangs on the wall of one bedroom - bought after the yacht was named. Owner and major art collector Dakis Joannou simply had to have it!
The exterior design was created by international art star Jeff Koons, famous for his basketball in perspex case, three-storey high "Puppy" made of flowers, and the "Made in Heaven" erotic series of photographs with Italian ex-wife and porn-star-member-of-parliament La Cicciolina.
Although the blown up print and poster colours will be familiar to art fans from Roy Liechtenstein's signature Ben-Day Dots style, Jeff Koons actually based this design on a WW1 camouflage pattern." Via Monacoeye.
Charles Burns @ Adam Baumgold Gallery
Adam Baumgold Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings by Charles Burns from September 5 through October 12, 2008. This will be Charles Burns' first New York solo exhibition and will include fifty seminal drawings executed in the last 25 years that showcases Burns' masterful pen and ink drawings for his award winning comic books and other publications.
Waterdrop by Roca
The Monofin
Biomimetic pioneer Ted Ciamillo has come up with a revoluntionary monofin that promises to propel a person completely out of the ocean. The 42-inch dolphin-tail look-alike, dubbed the Lunocet, uses winglike hydrofoils—the same technology that keeps an airplane aloft—to help propel swimmers through the water at nearly ten miles per hour. That's theoretically fast enough for a strong swimmer to mimic a dolphin's breach. Ciamillo plans to debut his invention this April in the Florida Keys, where he and his two-man crew hope to become the first swimmers to get completely airborne. $1,250–$1,800; lunocet.com
Also be sure to check out the videos of the monofin in action.
via outside
New L’Amour Supreme @ Super7
this new L’Amour Supreme figure coming from Super7 (shown in proto form) is incredible. Part of the Snakes of Infinity Line, sculpted by Cosmo Liquid, 100% Japanese vinyl.
via vinylpulse
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Crappy Cat
Here are a few new photos of Jamungo's Crappy Cat 9" tall vinyl figure. Each figure comes with with only one beer left out of their six-pack (although the plastic six-pack ring is still there). Look for them to run around $65 (although the more limited mono version will likely be slightly more). Wholesale inquiries can be directed to DKE Toys.
via plasticandplush
OpenClip.org Offers Copy and Paste for iPhone Across Apps
Cut and Paste for iPhone from Cali Lewis on Vimeo.
Many will remember Proximi's MagicPad [App Store] iPhone application which was the first to offer a 3rd party notepad application for the iPhone with copy and paste functionality. Of course, due to the constraints of the iPhone SDK, Promixi was only able to provide copy and paste functionality within their own application.
Promixi, however, took it a step further and proposed an interface for system-wide copy and paste on the iPhone. While Apple has acknowledged that iPhone copy and paste is in their plans, it has simply not been a high enough priority for them.
Student developer Zac White has since taken matters in his own hands and founded a non-profit, open source, community project called OpenClip which is offering iPhone developers a free Copy and Paste framework that will add this functionality to their applications. This will allow users to copy and paste data between supported applications.
OpenClip accomplishes this feat while still following the rules of Apple's SDK. iPhone applications are allowed to read from other application's files but only write to their own. By creating a standard location for each application's "clipboard", applications can "copy" by simply saving data locally and "paste" by pulling the most recently saved data across all applications.
A demonstration of the OpenClip is shown in GeekBrief.tv video with early versions of Twittelator [App Store], WordPress [App Store], and MagicPad [App Store].
via macrumors
New Bike Racks, Courtesy of David Byrne
New York City’s bicycle racks have suddenly become much more hip and colorful.
The city’s Department of Transportation, in partnership with the art gallery PaceWildenstein, announced today that it had installed nine temporary bike racks designed by the musician and biking enthusiast David Byrne.
The nine racks — in shiny red, black and silver — are intended to promote bicycling, which has been a main emphasis of the current transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan. That emphasis includes Summer Streets, the program to close off a 6.9-mile north-south route for six hours on three consecutive Saturdays (this Saturday is the last day); the Cityracks program, which provides free sidewalk racks for short-term bike parking; and a design competition for newer, sleeker racks.
Not only was Mr. Byrne, of Talking Heads, a judge in that competition, but he also decided to submit his own designs (outside of that competition).
“It was important to me that these new racks be the same thickness and material as the existing racks—to help identify them as practical bike racks and not just modern art,” Mr. Byrne said. “The locations about as perfect as one could imagine — Wall Street for the dollar sign and Bergdorf’s for the giant high heel!”
Eight of the new racks were installed in Manhattan, with the other in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
“By bringing attractive yet functional sculptures to our streets, we are elevating the profile of cycling, and we believe that more and more people will begin to think about cycling as a mode of transportation, and not just a mode of recreation,” Ms. Sadik-Khan said in a statement. “Regular bike riders have an eagle eye for our current bike racks but these nine installations will capture the attention of all New Yorkers.”
The nine racks will be removed about 11 months from now; they were made of durable materials but are intended as temporary public art, not a permanent installation. (A temporary art project cannot remain on public land indefinitely without approval by the city’s Public Design Commission.) Mr. Byrne arranged to have the racks fabricated and hopes to have the chance to sell them, eventually, as works of art.
The department explained:
These new racks will be easy to distinguish from the city’s other 5,000 bike racks, but were constructed with steel with a powder coat to resemble the square tubing from which the current racks are made. Additionally, they will bear identifying plaques. DOT is also developing marketing concepts for the racks, including a bike route map to guide cyclists to tour all nine.
The names and locations of the nine racks follow:
- The Jersey: Northwest corner of Ninth Avenue and 39th Street, near the Lincoln Tunnel
- The MoMA: South side of West 54th Street, east of the Avenue of the Americas
- The Ladies’ Mile: West side of Fifth Avenue, north of 57th Street (in front of Bergdorf’s)
- The Chelsea: In front of 530 West 25th Street, east of 11th Avenue (in front of PaceWildenstein Gallery)
- The Hipster: West side of Bedford Avenue, near North Sixth Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- The Olde Times Square: South side of West 44th Street, west of Seventh Avenue
- The Villager: In front of 536 La Guardia Place, between West Third and Bleecker Streets
- The Wall Street: North side of 82 Wall Street, west of Water Street
- The Coffee Cup: West side of Amsterdam Avenue, between West 110th and 111th Streets
Chris Cunningham : Early Reel
7.5 min reel that got Chris signed to Blackdog. Really impressive work from one of our all-time favorite directors.
via cpluv
Petit Lapin X Marie Paysant-leroux
Each comes with a different scarf made by Marie, it comes with a 14 page pencil drawing comic as well as an envelope accessory. Limited to only 100 pieces which means 100 different scarves at £20 each (roughly $40 US) this little mustached guy will be gone in no time.
available through Mr. Clement’s shop here.
via vinylpulse
Stussy x Delta Robot Key Chains
Part of the Stussy Fall/Winter 2008 collection are getting into stores, this is a Delta collaboration on a robot key chain.
The key chain comes in black and in a glow-in-the-dark version and is now available at The Reed Space in NYC.
info via hypebeast.Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Kanye West’s New Line - Pastelle
Keds Champion OX For Beams
Keds Champion OX sneakers, made for Japanese retailer Beams. The Champion OX comes in red, blue and white, all with a complete patent leather upper.
Lifelike Animation Heralds New Era
There's been a new development in life-like animation. Check out the video on the article about this new animation technology.
There's been an effort to bring 3d "actors" into commercials and film for a few years now, most notably in Japan. This takes it to the next level.
"Emily - the woman in the above animation - was produced using a new modelling technology that enables the most minute details of a facial expression to be captured and recreated."
Text and Link courtesy of Times Online.
Mixtape Club x My Morning Jacket video
Mixtape Club released some character-based motion with a full music video for My Morning Jacket’s “Touch Me I’m Going To Scream, Part 2."
Made primarily with Photoshop and After Effects.
Body Parts Made Of Bread
Gruesome body parts greet customers of a bakery in Ratchaburi, Thailand. Artist and baker Kittiwat Unarrom has sculpted life-like heads, feet and hands from dough in the bakery's kitchen and exhibits them in glass cabinets in the shop. He says his edible art lures one hundred visitors a day.
BAPE Leather Folding Trays
Here comes a great new product from Bape - the folding trays. A product that is useful, but usually only produced by very high end brands, such as Hermes, Bottega Veneta or Asprey. Good quality leather with a simple Bape head logo in the middle, the Bape folding trays are perfect for at home to put your keys, jewelry or watches, or on the road. Comes in a variety of sizes.
HONDA PUYO
From Honda. The smooth body of Puyo is also luminescent and changes color the night.
Its electric motorization functions thanks to a combustible battery. The instrument panel takes the shape of a simple glass plate on which information is posted. Lastly, the instruments of order take their place automatically when the vehicle starts.
Monday, August 18, 2008
First HTC Dream phone from Google
The high-end phone is expected to match many of the capabilities of Apple’s iPhone and other so-called smartphones that run software from Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia to access the Internet and perform computerlike functions. The HTC phone, which many gadget sites are calling the “dream,” will have a touch screen, like the iPhone. But the screen also slides out to expose a full five-row keyboard.
Craola - Gosho
by GREG "CRAOLA" SIMKINS
produced by SUPER RAD TOYS
• Vinyl
• 10 inches tall
• 300 produced
From acclaimed artist Greg "Craola" Simpkins comes his take on the traditional Gosho doll, part of Super Rad Toy's project to bring together contemporary artists and a traditional Japanese art form. From the "I'm Scared" tattoed across both knuckles to the bat and crossbones on the back, Craola leaves his signature touches all over this highly detailed piece.
$80.00Creative Recreation - Italian Collection: The Corozzo
Part of the new Creative Reaction Italian Collection. This high end sneaker collection speaks to a more grown-up customer and offers subtle high quality sneakers, made in Italy. The more styles these guys put out, the more they become my favorite brand.
Here you see the Corozzo, a high top sneaker. The Corozzo comes in an all white and all black colorway. Via Highsnobiety and Evil Monito
Friday, August 15, 2008
Alife NYC Fall/Winter 2008 Shell Toe
Alife presents the Shell Toe- part of their Fall/Winter 2008 collection. The mid sneaker comes with a suede upper, logo tag on the back and shell toe as well as another plastic piece on the side, inspired by skate sneakers.
The new Alife NYC Shell Toe comes in a black and grey colorway and is now available at Lafayette.
info via highsnobiety.
Married to the Mob 2008 Fall Collection
NY-based brand Married to the Mob is releasing their 2008 Fall collection for women. MTTM is one of the first and few streetwear brands made for girls.
Stussy Fall 2008 T-Shirt Preview
A quick preview of the Stussy Fall 2008 collection of t-shirts that will be coming out soon.
Several Lucrative Art Series To End, Says Damien Hirst
Beautiful Red Spin Painting, Damien Hirst, 2007 via GettyImages
In a video interview from July recently posted on Sotheby’s website, Damien Hirst casually revealed that several of his highest earning series would be coming to an end in 2008. These include his spin and butterfly paintings and conceptual medicine cabinets. Hirst also speculated that production of his dot paintings would significantly slow, and that his formaldehyde works of animals are growing numbered as well.
Damien Hirst: An Interview with Tim Marlow [Sotheby's]
Damien Hirst Says He’ll End High-earning Series [Artinfo]
Hirst Will Stop Making Spin, Butterfly Paintings, Drug Cabinets [Bloomberg]
Simone Legno on KarmaloopTV
KarmaloopTV interviewed Tokidoki's founder and designer Simone Legno. It's really well done, offering some great insight into the designer's process.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Collectible I am 8-bit Paper Toy Fliers from Scott C.
I am 8-bit has combined art and toys with their smart series of fliers from Scott C. Each flier can be cut out to assemble paper toys featuring a fictional arcade game, player, and flavorful accessories. Taking a cue from collectible toys, Scott C. created not one but four different fliers – one main edition and three exclusive variants, each available at a different retailer – Munky King, Gallery Nucleus, and Golden Apple Comics. Customer bags at the three exclusive flier locations will include the exclusive show flier. Be sure to ask.
via vinylpulse
Andy Warhol x Hysteric Glamour 400% Bearbrick
Hysteric Glamour worked on a Bearbrick in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Isetan Japan. The collaborative Bearbrick will be available from 10th to 26th September 2008 at Hysteric Glamour's Concept Store in Isetan Shinjuku. The 50% version of the Bearbrick will be given to customers who purchase at the store and the 400% Be@rbrick will be available at ¥8190.
Via Toybeast.
K-Swiss x Yigal Azrouel
K-Swiss worked with high fashion designer Yigal Azrouel on a limited edition collection, which was first shown during NYC Fashion Week. The collection consists of overall four sneakers, which come in subtle fall colorways.
via highsnobiety
Anime-eyes
These over-sized contacts give your eyes a manga-sized look. The anime/manga movement has had a great cultural impact as a fashion/lifestyle trend. This certainly pushes the fashion further.
Parra x Enjoi Skateboards
Illustrator Parra Rockwell artist-designed skateboards. He recently teamed up with Enjoi to create a fresh edition of five new decks due out this Fall. Keep a look out for these in the coming weeks at both Rockwell and Enjoi.
DIY Pusher
by THOMAS HAN
produced by MUNKY KING
• Vinyl
• 6 inches tall
• Limited
• Comes with 4 removable masks (Spirit, Pirate, Monster and Animal)
And yet another wave of THOMAS HAN's PUSHER bursts onto the scene with the DIY Version! These are limited, so if you're into customizing your own toys scoop one up ASAP! This awesome piece comes with all the masks from every pusher....Come on, can you really pass this up?
available at munkyking
Experiments in Advertising: The films of Erwin Blumenfeld
Erwin Blumenfeld, considered one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. An experimenter and innovator, he produced an extensive body of work throughout his thirty-five year career including black and white nudes, celebrity portraiture, advertising campaigns and his renowned fashion photography.
SHOWstudio featured Experiments in Advertising: The films of Erwin Blumenfeld.
A unique chance to see the undiscovered, historic film footage of one of the most influential fashion photographers of all.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Kaniza from ToyQube
ToyQube's Kaniza mini-figs designed by Keith Poon. The DIY versions come in five shapes for customizing.
Number (N)ine Fall/Winter 2008 "Disney Series"
Number (N)ine Disney t-shirt series. 5 t-shirts, each featuring a well known Disney character with a skull head. Nice stuff, I can see a whole line made up like this.
The t-shirts are now available at Cliff Edge.
LIGHT SCULPTURE - SITOOTERIE II
The directors of the National Malus (crab-apple) Collection invited Heatherwick Studio to develop the design of the structure called the Sitooterie for their site in Essex.
The structure is a cube punctured by over 5000 long thin windows that project from all its surfaces and lift it off the ground. The cube, which measures 2.4 x 2.4 metres, is precision-machined from 15mm anodised aluminium and the windows are 18mm square-section aluminium tubes glazed with transparent orange acrylic.As the long thin windows all point at the exact centre of the cube, it only takes a single light source, located at this central point, to send light through every tube, causing the windows to glow orange. A small number of them also project into the cube to form seating.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
DESIGNER TOY CONTEST
For those that don't already know (i mean, it's only all over the site :) -we're throwing a designer contest. Winner gets his/her design manufactured! Here's our new postcard ad thing. Click on it to see a bigger version.
bugworld - an interactive vermin installation
bugworld is an interactive installation that lets people play god. More precisely, they become the god of a world inhabited by bugs. Through a very simple interface, the user could influence parameters such as speed, interest or field of vision. Each bug has a set of »genes« which it passes on to its children. Those genes are conveyed visually through different sets of bodies and legs.
The installation has been shown at the exhibition »Für den Fall« in Vienna and Graz.
Try it yourself on http://www.bugworld.at
Animal Pusher- Thomas Han
by THOMAS HAN
produced by MUNKY KING
• Vinyl• 6 inches tall
• Only 20 produced
Munky King is proud to present the 2nd wave of our production of LA artist Thomas Han's PUSHERS.
The Animal Pusher is the fourth and rarest in a series of four mystical influencers: Spirit, Pirate, Monster, and Animal. The Animal has a unique mask and "face" with candy-colored pin-striping over a gradient magenta pearlescent base, reminiscent of Thomas's unique colors and fine line work.
LA artist Thomas Han’s original art work is noted for the extremely clean rendering achieved through screening techniques and electric pastel palettes combining primarily pinks and blues.
Marty McFly's Mattel Hover Board
I still want this. Recently auctioned off on ebay. Starting bid was $30,000.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Bape August 2008 Footwear
Bape has once again released some new footwear. This month they came out with a nice brown leather/canvas Bapesta. Also the Roadsta comes in an array of new colorways, all inspired by the most recognizable Bape camouflage patterns that came out over the years.
via highsnobiety
Lanvin Fall/Winter 2008 Hi Top Sneakers
Cymbolism
Color is the ultimate tool a designer has at his or her disposal to communicate feeling and mood. Cymbolism is a new website that attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect.
Jobs: $30 Million App Store Sales in First Month
In an interview with Steve Jobs, The Wall Street Journal reports that the iTunes App Store has delivered over 60 million programs to customers over the course of the first month. While most of those applications were free, Jobs does reveal that Apple has sold an average of $1 million a day in applications for a total of $30 million in sales over the first month. Jobs says he's "never seen anything like this in my career for software."
Some of the big winners amongst the sales include Sega's Super Monkey Ball [App Store] which saw over 300,000 downloads in the first 20 days. This represents over $2 million in net revenue for this $9.99 game alone. Meanwhile, the popular medical reference Epocrates [App Store] has seen over 125,000 downloads during its short time in the App Store. This compares quite favorably to Epocrates previously installed base of 500,000 other mobile users.
Also addressed is the recent discussion surrounding application removals. An Apple spokesperson described the pulling of the I am Rich application as a "judgement call".
Finally, Jobs confirms the ability to remotely disable an application:
"Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull"
BUS AD MADE FROM 7563 DICE
Bus shelter ad for the Treasury Casino in Australia was made from 7563 pieces of dice. Just sick!
THE RIPPLE TABLE
The Ripple Table Series, by designer Lee J Rowland.
Produced by artist Lee J Rowland whose surface finish has been taken to the extreme in this dramatic example of aerospace engineering.The contoured table top is the result of a CNC 3D machining process followed by lap polishing, a technique responsible for some of the most perfect finishes on the planet. It's produced in chrome plated copper and steel.
The Blackheart Gang for American Airlines
South African design/art collective The Blackheart Gang is back, this time for United Airlines. Backed by the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra, TBG’s Hieronymous Bosch-like paintings in motion are brimming with lush, organic details that make “Sea Orchestra” a joy to watch again and again.
If you’re not familiar with The Blackheart Gang, make sure to watch their amazing debut, The Tale of How.
Jeff Koons sets up at the Palace of Versailles, France in September
Photomontage of Lobster, Jeff Koons, set in “Salon de Mars” at Versailles via MSNBC
In September, one of the worlds highest-paid living artist, Jeff Koons, will invade the Palace of Versaille and (controversially) install up some of his best-known works around the chateau and gardens. The 52-year-old artist will exhibit 12 to 15 of his works, including Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold), which sold in 2007 for $23.7 million, his highly recognizable Balloon Dog (Magenta), and his 1986 chrome steel Rabbit. Versaille’s President Jean-Jacques Aillagon, who previously managed the Palazzo Grassi, Pinault’s contemporary-art museum in Venice, has announced that the show will go from September 10 until December 14.
Koons Goes to Versailles [Artinfo]
Koons brings kitsch to Versailles [Guardian]
Jeff Koons to Exhibit at Palace of Versailles Next September [Bloomberg]
KOIBITO - BLACK (SDCC EXCLUSIVE)
Yoskay Yamamoto is a rising Japanese artist in the LA art scene. His varied work spanning painting and sculpture blends pop iconic characters from his new Western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements, balancing his Asian heritage with urban pop art. Central to his work the is combination of apparently innocuous human characters with larger than life mystical forces and symbols.
Koibito is based on the original painting featured in his recent "In a Foreign Land" joint show at Project:produced by MUNKY KING only 150 produced
Gary Hume, ‘Door Paintings’ @ Modern Art Oxford, UK, through Aug 31
Hume, Four Doors I, (1989-90)
Almost two decades after Gary Hume emerged onto the British art scene with his famous “Door Paintings”, the Modern Art Oxford will present the first survey of his work. The exhibition will go through August 31 and was curated by Suzanne Cotter. The first of his “Door Paintings” was inspired by an ad for a British private health insurance company, which featured an image of waiting in a dismal hospital waiting area. Since then, the style of his doors have evolved and the series has provided Hume with great success. His works are large scale, monochrome, painted with household gloss paint.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sunday Post: FAT Plimpsouls
While few clothing companies venture off into the realm of footwear, FAT is among the smaller labels to create their own footwear. The Plimpsouls revolve around tonal leather uppers with an overlay running the entirety of the shoe. The clean minimalistic look is available in black, navy blue and red over at Dedue.
via hypebeast
Suckadelic Bootlegs
Suckadelic has a trio of new bootleg releases. First up is the next installment of the Self-Bootlegging Vinyl Enterprise. As a nod to one of Suckadelic's most popular bootlegs, they'll be releasing Gay Empire: Sucklord 669. This hand-painted piece is limited to 50 pieces. It's numbered, repackaged and only 25 are available for $75 each. Secondly, the retro-style bootleg Afrodisiac: Scorpio. This Day-Glo Blacklight Series figure is limited to 50 pieces. Only 25 are being made available and will run $35 each. Finally, Suckadelic is releasing their newest Suckpeg. The Necromancer Suckpeg revives the Sucklord's nemesis in a limited run of 40 pieces (although only 20 will be made available) for $30 each.
via plasticandplush
Urban Art Auction At Phillips de Pury September 6
On September 6, Phillips de Pury will present a sale of some of the biggest names in the growing Street Art movement at their Saturdays @ Phillips sale. The preview will run from September 2 to 6. Among those presented at the sale are Kaws, Shepard Fairey and Invader. Phillips de Pury is located at Horwick Place, London, SW1P. A similar sale comes to the New York sale room in October.
Sunday Morning Post: Tricycle Terror
Designed by Scott Tolleson. The Tricycle Terror poly-resin figure is approximately 5” in height. This original colorway is limited to an edition of 450 pieces. And each one of those figures comes with a card that serves as a Certificate of Authenticity.
via plasticandplush
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Saturday Post: adidas Rod Laver Clean Pack
Saturday Post: Micheal Rea Wooden Sci-Fi Sculptures
Sculptor Micheal Rea takes inspiration from an array of "geeky" things. Equipped with an amazing knowledge of Geek culture and a quirky sense of humor, his work spoofs and pays homage to video games, movies and more. His work will be shown at San Francisco's Fecal Face Gallery come October, but Wired allows us a preview. Above is his "Instruments" which stems from pseudo-musical performances he and friends put on in Chicago.
via highsnobiety
Saturday Post: THE MASKED KARIMBAH
This Paul Pope designed toy was only available during the SDCC convention, in a limited edition of 300 pieces. $150 a piece. Came with a 16pg comic. Awesome.
Saturday Post: DKE Toys
DKE Toys is the distributor for a number of the top designer toy companies. Here's a sample...
via plasticandplush
Friday, August 8, 2008
Kehinde Wiley @ Studio Museum in Harlem
Kehinde Wiley currently has a solo exhibit at the Studio Museum In Harlem, where his latest monolithic paintings from the World Stage series are on view. This is not the first time the Studio Museum has welcomed Wiley. In fact, it was during his 2001 tenure as artist in residence that Wiley first experimented with having his subjects (then picked off the streets of New York) take on historical poses present in classical European portraiture. On view till October 26, 2009, free on Target Free Sundays
Studio 4°C Working on In-Game Street Fighter IV Footage
The game developer CAPCOM confirmed at its Comic-Con International panel today that Studio 4°C (Memories, Tekkonkinkreet, Genius Party) is animating the in-game footage for Street Fighter IV, the latest version of its fighting game franchise. The panelists previewed two videos, including one of the fan-favorite character Chun Li that had never been shown publicly before. They also showed the English-dubbed version of a previously seen video of franchise mainstay character Ryu versus Akuma. CAPCOM announced that director Koji Morimoto (Memories' "Magnetic Rose," The Animatrix's "Beyond" short, Genius Party's Dimension Bomb, ) and animator Jiro Kanai (computer graphics in Akira, key animation in "Beyond," Mind Game, The Wings of Honneamise) are involved in the project. Image ©
iMac Transport Bag
I think this is a first for a desktop. Compatible with both the new Intel-based iMac and G5 iMac edition, these handcrafted bags apparently even have room for the keyboard, mouse and all the cables.
Visit Reinda to purchase the iMac Transport Bag for 20" or 24" model for €90 or €96 respectively.
via coolhuntingReactor-88’s Totem Sharky
Ryan Crippen’s (Reactor-88) Totem Sharky matches the lines of the Sharky with his totem inspired designs and a fresh color palette (orange, red, black) rather than the more traditional blue, red, white and black. The piece is nice and clean, especially the fin work. Ryan’s design showcases the figure’s shape rather than overpowering it.
via vinylpulse
The Shift Bicycle
The Shift Bicycle helps children learn how to balance on their own.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Chinese Studios Deliver Olympic Animation
Just in time for opening ceremonies in Beijing, Cheerland Entertainment and Itscartoon Animation Studios have joined forces to deliver an Olympic themed animated series. Olympics Is In Our Family combines Flash animation with 3D environments to delivery a rich looking world.
I Am Rich
I Am Rich is an iPhone application that will cost you €799,99 or $999.99.
Its description:
The red icon on your iPhone or iPod touch always reminds you
(and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this.
It’s a work of art with no hidden function at all.
Unfortunately, it's been removed from the iphone app store.
Boxfresh x Pete Fowler Collection
The Boxfresh x Pete Fowler collection has finally been released. The artist has created a series of product for the UK brand, including a lightweight windrunner jacket and a series of t-shirts. We reported about it a while ago.
The collection is now exclusively available at Shotgun.via highsnobiety.
Alife NYC Fall/Winter 2008 Footwear
The new Alife NYC Fall/Winter 2008 collection is out. Alife introduces some new models offering both colorful and loud styles, as well as more subtle, high end looking shoes.
available at Flauge. knowledge via hypebeast.
Artist Alters Keith Haring Mural As Part Of Legal Dispute
JERICHO PARMS
ARTS BRIEF: WRITING ON THE WALL
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At first glance, you might not realize the Keith Haring mural on Houston Street at Bowery had recently been bombed. “I walk by that spot all the time, and just the other day I noticed the new paint,” commented Jed Silverman, a nearby resident.
Anyone aware of the local graffiti writers or the history of the neighborhood’s art scene might recognize the style and scrawled letters of LA Rock (also known as LAII)—the signature tag of Angel Ortiz, a street artist from the Lower East Side whose flurry of added lines fit right into the piece. This telling detail begs the question: Was this an act of vandalism or a renegade artist’s statement revealed?
For those unfamiliar with the mural in question, it is the recreation of Haring’s Houston Street and Bowery mural, painted by Gotham Scenic and based on extensive photographic documentation of Haring’s original piece. It was unveiled on May 4, what would have been the artist’s 50th birthday.
Ortiz’s involvement with the artist can be traced back to the summer of 1980 when, at 13 years old, he met the 22-year-old Haring in a Lower East Side schoolyard, working on a wall.
Their partnership lasted nearly six years, during which the two often met in Haring’s Broome Street studio, producing hundreds of pieces of art. Their signature styles mingled on canvas, pieces of metal and found urban surfaces, and were hung in joint shows in New York, Tokyo and Europe.
In the years that followed their collaborations, Haring became a cultural icon while Ortiz struggled to navigate the art world on his own. Frustrated, Ortiz contends that the Haring Foundation accrues millions from sales, licensing, and exhibition of Haring pieces, including many of their collaborations, yet largely ignores Ortiz’s role in the timeline of Haring’s work. Nonetheless, Ortiz bears witness to his own past, scrawling his name on the slabs of urban history, for anyone who will take notice. “I saw LA Rock up there,” Silverman remarks, pointing out the familiar tag. “Then I knew it was the real deal.”
Is Ortiz to Haring what Basquiat was to Warhol? History has yet to confirm. “Keith is dead, but LAII is alive and maintaining,” explained Clayton Patterson, who was on the scene with Ortiz to document the event. “So we took over the wall today. It’s a long story…but they hooked it up.”
World Without Strangers Tee Project
With the Olympics happening in China, fashion lifestyle brand Giordano has recently invited 12 artists from around the globe to participate on their latest project called “World Without Stranger - Giordano Tee Project.”
This collection consists of 16 printed t-shirt design for both genders that are created around the theme “World Without Strangers” that duly echoes this year’s Olympic Games 2008 slogan - “One World, One Dream.”
Featuring works by Phunk Studio, Saiman Chow, Benny Luk, Rex Koo, and more.Via: Tongue Chic
Szajka Figures
An interesting creation coming out of a small Poland company called Szajka. This unique toy company steps up with these traditional Polish ceramic figures. This set of 9 pieces stand at 3 inches tall and will be available from Warszawska Nike store in the not to far future.
FRANC VILA SUPERLIGERO SKELETON TOURBILLON
The Franc Superligero Skeleton Tourbillon merges design with new materials.
Franc Vila experimented with new materials for this watch – Lightnium.Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Topper x Jun Watanabe
Jun Watanabe worked with Topper on a series of sneakers. The pack consists of a high top canvas sneakers and a slip-on. Both come with custom design in stencil style and are now available at Flauge.
as seen on hypebeast
$100M Caravaggio Stolen From Ukranian Museum
The Taking of Christ (Or, The Kiss of Judas), Caravaggio, 1573-1602
A painting by the master artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ (Or, The Kiss of Judas) was reported stolen from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Ukraine. Thieves were able to sidestep the outdated alarm system, and escape through the museum’s roof. Originally purchased by a Russian ambassador, the painting had come into the museum’s hands last century.
Caravaggio Stolen From Odessa Museum [Artinfo]
Caravaggio’s Christ Painting Stolen [Abc News]
Ukraine Laments Theft of a Caravaggio from museum [Reuters]
Caravaggio Work Stolen from Ukranian Museum (IHT)
The thieves evidently entered through a window with by removing a pane of glass in lieu of the traditional smashing thereby avoiding the alarm. The frame of the window itself was rotting and in ill-repair making the pane quite easy to remove. Upon entering the room with painting, the thieves proceeded to cut the painting from its canvas, rolling it and escaping through the roof. The robbery took place sometime between the museums close Tuesday evening and Thursday morning (the museum is closed on Wednesdays). Although the London auction houses neglected to estimate a price for the legendary piece, experts estimate it to be worth more than $100 million. A picture of the stripped canvas is above.
Originally the painting was purchased a Russian Ambassador to France as a gift to a Russian Prince. The painting was most recently restored in 2006 and a duplicate exists in the National Gallery of Ireland. Odessa Police had been urging the museum to upgrade their alarm system since the 1990’s.New Macbook Sneak Peek?!?
We're eagerly awaiting Apple’s next-generation laptops, and if these spy shots are genuine, we’ve just been given a sneak peek at them!
They purport to show the back of the new laptop’s lid, and the screen housing (without the LCD screen in place.
Falling into line with recent rumours, the new design is made out of aluminium, and looks very smooth indeed, if a little chubbier than we’d imagined.
What’s notable, is that the shell clearly carries the name “MacBook” rather than MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, falling in line with predictions of all-new aluminium notebooks that’ll match the Air and Pro models, but without the high price of the latter, or featherlight frame of the former.
There’s no sign of the rest of the body, however, so we’ve no idea if rumours of Apple’s plan to include glass trackpads is true.
Are they legit? Are they optimistic fakes?