Posts Tagged ‘design’
Hygienic Kissing Apparatus
June 20th, 2011 • Art & Design
Tags: art, contemporary art, design, Fashion, sculpture, surrealism
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger kissing mask by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino.
It’s A Cliffhanger
February 17th, 2011 • Architecture
Tags: Architecture, design, san francisco
San Francisco is still a very provincial city when it comes to architecture but University of California’s recently opened ‘Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building’, designed by firm Rafael Vinoly architects, seems to have made it past the nimby approval apparatus with a very “edgy” design.
“The building’s location on a steeply sloping hillside – in a city plagued by earthquakes – was a defining element in its construction. The architects’ circuitous use of stairways and sloping walkways has deftly resolved the former, maximising all available space and ensuring a fluid and cohesive whole. Meanwhile, the entire complex is also supported by steel space trusses and concrete piers, which are specifically engineered to absorb earthquakes through seismic base isolation. ”
via Wallpaper
Ventricle Vessel
June 5th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: design, product design
Amazing heart vase designed by by Eva Milinkovic.
via: Design Milk
Ephemicropolis
April 26th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: art, contemporary art, design, sculpture
Ephemicropolis 2010
Check out this obsessive work constructed with 100,000 staples by UK artist and designer Peter Root.
Stacks of staples were broken into varying sizes from full stacks about 12cm high down to single staples. These stacks were then stood up and arranged over a period of 40 hours.
Yves Béhar and Puma’s Super Green Shoe Box
April 13th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: consumerism, design, industrial design, packaging
The new Puma shoe box design by Yves Béhar has been three years in the making and I think it’s a great idea and a step in the right direction. The outer bag is made from recycled PET but it’s unclear if it’s recyclable and I don’t think this design qualifies for Cradle to Cradle certification but it’s great to see Puma is taking an interest in new ways to package products, thus reducing waste and inefficiency in producing packaging. I would like to know how the shoes are going to be shipped. The advantage of the shoe box is it’s ability to withstand pressure when stacked and boxed for shipping long distances. If the cardboard interior of the new packaging can withstand the same pressure as an original shoe box design, while cutting down on waste and cost, then this design will go far but if this is just for show on the consumer side and it’s actually shipped inside a shoe box to the stores, then Houston, we have a problem.
Post–Apocalypse Nouveau Fashion
April 1st, 2010 • Photography
Tags: commercial, design, dystopia, Fashion, photo, Photography
Eli Schmidt photographs collections from Reid Prebenda and Ian O’Brien. The work has a very Post–Apocalypse Nouveau meets young Mathew Barney.
Read more »
The Graphic 80s
March 30th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: 80s, design, illustration, Inspiration, vintage
Collection of some great 80s illustration graphics and photo ads.
Read more »
To Live and Die for Bacon
March 12th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: books, design, graphic design, Inspiration, vintage
So many people I know are obsessed about Bacon. It seems to have an addictive quality that makes people love it ! I recently saw a friend post to her Facebook wall ” Is a life without bacon a life worth living?”. Personally, I don’t eat it, I’m sure it’s tasty but I’m just not going down that rabbit hole.
I found this excellent vintage book cover from one of my favorite inspiration sites and it made me think about my friends ♥ for bacon . The book was designed for the Danish Bacon Factories Export Association and probably dates from the late fifties to early sixties.
Read more »
3D Printed Cha Cha Heels
February 26th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: design, product design
3D-printed shoes by Stockholm students, Naim Josefi and Souzan Youssouf, using a Selective Laser Sintering process.
The concept for the shoes call for further exploration in ever-developing rapid prototyping processes. The pair envisage a world in which we could produce and recycle such objects in a closed loop.
Twilight Fans Bloody Shower
February 24th, 2010 • Whatever Else
Tags: commercial, design, product design
Now all those brooding tweens that wish they could find the perfect vampire can at least have a bloody shower. Introducing Blood Bath Shower Gel by Spinning Hat. Read more »
Foosball Table For That Fussy Ultra-Modern Interior
February 11th, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: design, furniture, industrial design
If you love foosball but can’t imagine having that kitschy looking table mess up your ultra-modern fussy interior. Then this new foosball table called 11 will fit perfectly next to your Apple gadgets and Eames lounge and ottoman reproduction.
Read more »
Design Does a Milk Carton Good
February 3rd, 2010 • Art & Design
Tags: 80s, advertising, design
At least it did for Ducats brand milk in the 1980s.
via Re:Collection
