February 2011
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Why I Draw (new illustrations by Marcos Chin)
“… And so I draw.
I draw because I enjoy simply moving the paint around on the page, and stylus on the tablet. I enjoy mixing colours and arranging them next to each other to create patterns. I enjoy making marks on the pages and allowing them to twist and turn into something figurative or abstract. I draw because I have things that I want to say that I might not be able to...
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Glass Food Covers by Switch Design
“Hiromi Taki and Tomonori Ohata, the design duo known as Switch, created these glass food covers. Each was designed for aspecific type of snack – onigiri (rice ball), shu cream (cream puff) and a slice of cake – and debuted last year in the Oyatsu Dougu exhibition, a show dedicated to showcasing tools and accessories related to the snack time. They were hand-blown by Sayaka Kanazu, a...
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“All choices lead you somewhere,bold choices take you where you’re supposed to be.”
In this film, a young Dafoe is at a crossroads, faced with a choice. To boldly leave his hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin, and head for the bright lights and long odds of an acting career in New York City, or stay put, and let fate play a leading role in deciding his future.
As he reflects on his decision,...
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Star Slinger - Mornin'
Star Slinger - Mornin’ by Star Slinger
Nice song, perfect for a sunny morning.
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Camper + Tomás Alonso
Nice interiors by Tomás Alonso for Camper. This is one of the latest opening for the shoes brand in London; more precisely, at Covent Garden.
Alongside beautiful tables and benches constructed using Alonso’s particular language of bright tubular structures and wooden planes, there are specially designed ceramic lightshades and a very interesting exercise in tiles and perspective.
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Masters: Achille Castiglioni
Born in Milan in 1918, he graduated in Architecture in 1944.
Since 1940 he had dedicated himself to experimenting on industrial products with his brothers Livio ((1911-1979) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968). Their interests were directed towards Urban Planning, Architecture and Design; they performed analysis and research on new forms, techniques and materials, aimed at developing a process of...
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Watchmaking you happy is my desire, keeping you is my goal…
Yes, this one its quite old, thats why we can consider it A Classic, so, a must-watch.
Never forget, dylan marshall brady was 16 years old by the time he filmed this.
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WatchLe Grand Content by Clemens Kogler, examines the omnipresent Powerpoint-culture in search for its philosophical potential. Intersections and diagrams are assembled to form a grand ‘association-chain-massacre’. which challenges itself to answer all questions of the universe and some more. Of course, it totally fails this assignment, but in its failure it still manages to produce...
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“The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions”
– Susan Sontag
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STRANDED HORSE - And The Shoreline It Withdrew In...
STRANDED HORSE - And The Shoreline It Withdrew In Anger by TALITRES
Stranded Horse releases his brand new single ‘Shields’ through Talitres Records. The outfit is the vehicle for French solo artist Yann Tambour and his unique kora/guitar/vocal song-writing style. Parent album ’Humbling Tides’ (out 11.04) effects subtle but significant changes to musical formula that finds Stranded Horse...
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Airplanes, by Local Natives
Formerly known as Cavil at Rest, Local Natives is an indie rock band based in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, USA. Their debut album, Gorilla Manor, was first released in the UK in November 2009, and later released in the US on February 16, 2010.
Pitchfork review
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According to Fast Company.
“An artificial heart and its lightweight power drive. A better airline for Brazil. Chocolate from Madagascar and a soccer shirt made of plastic water bottles. A fashion leader escaping its pattern, a smelter, and that little coupon startup in Chicago that’s suddenly worth billions. All this from one simple word: innovation.
The 50 companies on our 2011...
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WatchLjósið
“This project was inspired by two things: the wonderful music of the neoclasical icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds and the incredibly awesome Trapcode Particular 2 plugin by Peder Nordby. It started as an experimental take on an organic music visualizer. I used two color palletes (helped by my talented friend Sol Valladares) to visually separate the piano and the strings; the blue...
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Masters: Jasper Morrison, talking about Super...
The next its an essay (quite old, but still valid) by the Industrial Designer Jasper Morrison. Here we can find the background behind the super normal approach that Mr. Morrison and his colleague Mr. Fukasawa have been into for the last decade. Enjoy:
I was having a cup of tea with Takashi Okutani in Milan, during the 2005 Salone del Mobile, talking about projects underway with Muji and...
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WatchLOSTiNSOUND by ONSOMBiL
“Meandering through the shapes of sound this music video leaves the most intriguing stones unturned even as it visualizes the physical essence of music. Shot on location in Stockholm under near perfect atmospheric conditions. Commissioned by the Southern Society for the Visualization of Sound.” PMK of Onsombil. onsombil.com Directed by Edward Saltau (esaltau@gmail.com)...
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How Segregated Is Your City?
Every city is integrated (and segregated) in unique ways.
Recently, cartographer Bill Rankin produced an astounding map of Chicago, which managed to show the city’s areas of racial integration.
Eric Fischer saw those maps, and took it upon himself to create similar ones for the top 40 cities in the United States. Fisher used a straight forward method borrowed from Rankin: Using U.S....
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WatchBeirut, Soirée de poche.
Nice and long (bit old: 2009) video-concert by Beirut. Some parts couldn’t sound more mexican to me, and i like that.
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Frank Chimero on just-right-ism.
There’s no name for this way of thinking, but if I had to steal a term, I’d use Merlin Mann’s Appropriatism. It’s not minimalism, it’s not maximalist, it’s just-right-ism. Goldilocks was on to something. The idea sits somewhere in the middle, exactly at the crux of whatever works the best with the least amount. The core precept of all of it is this:
“Add things until it starts sucking, take...
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WatchLisa Hannigan in session for Bandwidth, playing two tracks from her Mercury-prize nominated album ‘Sea Sew’ in The Craft Village, Derry - outside the wonderful “Boston Tea Party” tea rooms.
Filmed on location in Derry, N.Ireland by Will McConnell & Matt Bohill.
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WatchOne day with Scott Schuman.
The film explores the life of street style fashion blogger The Sartorialist (Scott Schuman). Documenting his unique approach to photography and his keen eye for style, we give viewers a glimpse into the Visual Life of the man behind the lens.
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Lucrecia Dalt - Vacio
Lucrecia Dalt - vacío by Lucrecia Dalt
Lucrecia Dalt creates a whimsical, star spangled electronic indie experience that blurs old fashioned distinctions between studio and stage, performing and recording. Cooking up late night lullabies with a finely tuned setup of guitar, laptop, bass, voice and percussion that ranges from floor toms to kitchen chairs and programmed beats, she’s not...
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Shifting focus - the Decade interview: The...
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, born in Brittany in 1971 and 1976 respectively, hit the design scene at the start of the Millennium. Today they are considered two of the hottest young designers working in Europe.
Q: What were you doing 10 years ago?
We were 29 and 24 years old. It was the beginning of our career: we had just started a collaboration with Cappellini and we were preparing our first...
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In Motion, by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
In Motion by nullcorp
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“Being a “Professional” doesn’t mean you do it for money; it...”
11 of the Best Innovation essays published at... →
from Bruce Nussbaum on the dangers of design imperialism to Gadi Amit on what’s wrong with American design schools (hint: everything).
