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Ready to go, Antithesis mixes traditional craft skills with contemporary nomadic techniques to...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:01:03 -0600

Ready to go, Antithesis mixes traditional craft skills with contemporary nomadic techniques to create two versions of a hand bag line that are as traditional and nonconformist as they are natural and petrochemical.

Working hand in hand with the craftsmen of Marrakech, Mr.&Mr. deviates from the traditional natural materials commonly used, by creating in contrast, contemporary forms of handbags tailor-made to the highest standards. The design is self-evident with its rugged material made from palm leaves and its smooth leather, derived from calves.

The clash between a French fantasised vision and the realism of the North-African expertise is another characteristic feature. Be it a lunch box, a pouch or a piece of carry-on luggage, Antithesis is all about being on the move.

Through Antithesis, we embrace our contradictions between the desire for a better world and individual comfort. Antithesis brings two territories closer together with the subtle interplay of traditional techniques and a new aesthetic style. In maintaining the sacredness of each gesture, the two designers propose to displace traditions.

The watchwords for the Antithesis line are handmade and design, whether it is the soft version, in camel and natural, or the hard, so-called luxury version decorated with gaffer tape, that is, petrochemical and black.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:56 -0600

MUJI Redesigns Naoto Fukasawa’s Classic CD Player

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:41 -0600

Recycling the iconic, the Wall-mounted Bluetooth Speaker by MUJI recasts MUJI’s very similar wall-mount CD player by Naoto Fukasawa, one of the most popular pieces of industrial design in Japan over the last decade.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:59 -0600

TOUCH*PLAY- Research into Autism

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:48 -0600

TOUCH * PLAY is an ongoing project which explores how technology could be used to enable children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions to play, explore and express their emotions and feelings through their senses. It looks at autism from a design point of view in order to understand how design could benefit autism and people who lives around them. Via curiosity of exploring whether machines could augment social interactions in a way that improves human to human communication.

The current devices and system were developed along with Roberts family, which sound can be recorded by pushing a button. The only way to playback the recorded sound is to touch another person, requiring cooperation and interaction with others.

Lingjin Yin

Color Wheel from Siggi Eggertsson

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:58 -0600

Color Wheel from Siggi Eggertsson

We are working in one of our latest adventures: Toldo, a project...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:47:07 -0600

We are working in one of our latest adventures: Toldo, a project based in functionality and emotional simplicity.

Soon more info about it!

Robbie Porter illustration work.

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:01:06 -0600

Robbie Porter illustration work.

Like a Material Girl inspired by Madonna

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:01:18 -0600

Like a Material Girl

inspired by Madonna

. Thomas Danthony His work often contains a narrative, his...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0600

Thomas Danthony

His work often contains a narrative, his images tell a story and make the spectator think. Clever use of light is a common theme as is the role of nature. As he explains “I like to think about the place of human beings on our small planet.”

in the mood…

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:01:10 -0600

in the mood…

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Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:01:01 -0600

"The secret to mastering your time is to systematically focus on importance and suppress urgency."

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0600

“The secret to mastering your time is to systematically focus on importance and suppress urgency.”

- Oliver Emberton

The Skateboard Bible.

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:32 -0600

The Skateboard Bible.

Color Collision by Kirstie van Noort & Rogier...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:00:00 -0600

Color Collision by Kirstie van Noort & Rogier Arents

Materials are effected by circumstances. The pigment in red cabbage is subject to a striking change in color when the PH value in the environment changes. When applied to ceramics this results in crockery in unprecedented colors. The significant moment of color collision is captured in film and photography.

… Be a good one.

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0600

… Be a good one.

Mingei Artist, Minoru Kano Minoru Kano is one of the premier...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:00:36 -0600

Mingei Artist, Minoru Kano

Minoru Kano is one of the premier Mingei artists in Japan. Mingei roughly translates as “folk craft,” and is further explained by Kano himself during this documentary short. He also discusses the importance of moving away from a mass-produced culture and embracing, instead, the use of items that are hand-crafted from natural materials.

After learning economics, he questioned the value of mass production. It seemed that our culture was losing something and the only way to reclaim it was through the hand-crafting of goods items. He eventually met mingei craftsmen and that was when his career began.

A lot of people regard mingei as just a style, but is only one of its aspects. Mingei pioneers like Soetsu Yanagi said, “The essence of mingei exists when the Eternal Now is projected into the work.”

He didnt’t have any formal carpentry training. Instead, he traveled across Japan and observed older mingei handworkers for many years. Their work deeply affected him. By watching them, he learned how to make many things.

When he was 45 years old, he tried to build his own house. He showed his house design to architects, and they couldn’t understand why he wanted to use wood, which was out of fashion. It wasn’t the trend to use wood as a house-building material at that time. So, he decided to build the house himself. He collected, milled and dried the wood. With help from some other people, he was able to build his house. After that, other people started asking him to build homes and eventually he built about 25 oh them. Now he makes not only houses, but furniture, dishes and so on. He often feels deeply moved by the old saying, “Put your spirit into your work.” While working, he gets into a Zen space and experience total concentration. He often feels the moment when he becomes one with the material he is working on. When this happens, he feels he enter the piece that he is making as its soul. His work is shifting away from house-building to the crafting of smaller pieces.

what else..?

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0600

what else..?

Japan Handmade Digest

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:00:47 -0600

Japan Handmade Digest

Tell the truth…

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:00:33 -0600

Tell the truth…