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Editor in chief e fondatore di Polkadot. Ingegnere, curioso e appassionato, da sempre spettatore dell'eterno duello tra razionalità e creatività, tra idee e limiti di tempo. Papà di Cleo ed Eva. La Puglia è la sua casa.
PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCT

Lomo LC-A Gold

For Lomographers worldwide the Lomo LC-A+ has always been worth its weight in gold. This is why the Lomographic Society International decided to bring the inner values of the Lomo LC-A+ to its outside and created the Lomo LC-A+ Gold. Entirely plated with 24 karat gold and wrapped in smooth leather with croco-stamping, this treasure is limited to …

GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATION

Tavis Coburn’s BAFTA Nominees Retro posters

Graphic designer Tavis Coburn designed the program covers for this year’s BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. Each one is in a retro-style and features elements from the nominees for the Best Picture Award. Bigger versions of the posters after the jump…

ARCHITECTURE

Flat #1

Facing the Eglise Saint-Gervais on one side and the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on the other, this 95 sqm apartment occupies the whole of the the two top floors of an 18th century building. The project comprised a full restructuration of the existing space and the conception of some design elements. The first floor, formerly consisting …

FASHION MADE IN ITALY

Camo FW10 – Circus Collection

After the Horses Collection, with the Fall Winter 2010,  Camo want to enchant people again by something spectacular and surprising. Once upon a time the circus world was an amusement for everyone, especially for those who couldn’t travel or see an yother ethnic groups or strangeness.The circus was also a smash athletic and entertainment exhibition …

PRODUCT TECH

Speck’s SeeThru Iphone Case

Now available at SpeckProducts.com and other dealers, Speck SeeThru Hard Shell features a smooth, comfortable soft-touch finish on the exterior of a slim hard shell, giving your iPhone a cool, colorfully frosted look that is soft to the touch and tough against drops. The entire SeeThru Satin for iPhone 3G/3GS line includes six colors: black, …

EVENTS MUSIC

Sónar 2010

Sónar 2010 splits for the first time in its 17-year history, in two simultaneous festivals between 17 and 19 June: in Barcelona and A Coruña. Major names from the Spanish and international scene will be presenting their new shows live at Sónar 2010:  The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Plastikman, Air, Dizzee Rascal, Hot Chip, Jónsi, …

DESIGN PRODUCT STORES

Gessato

When Cristina Lanza, a cosmetics executive, and Davide Carbone, a graphics designer, met in their native Italy, their mutual love for their country’s style and culture as well as for their soon-to-be-adopted city of New York led to a collaboration of mind, spirit and talent that is now known as Gessato. Gessato’s men’s skin care …

DESIGN PRODUCT SCANDINAVIAN

Cubelight

“Making the switch from the energywasting lightbulb to new energysaving lightsources has been a tough journey. As designers many of us has started drawing lamps hiding the the new lightsources that in generel are seen as ugly compared to the old lightbulb. In the Cubelight we wanted to do the opposite, show the lightsource, embrace …

MUSIC VIDEO

Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun

Jake Gyllenhaal is part of a superstar cast for Vampire Weekend‘s new video for ‘Giving Up the Gun,’ which also brings together another fine tennis player, Joe Jonas, as well as Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Lil Jon. The clip is a stylish but decidedly weird dreamlike sequence where Vampire Weekend video muse Jenny plays the …

LIBRI PRODUCT

GreenMarkers

GreenMarkers are grass-shaped page markers from Japanese design studio Yuruliku. Marks you make appear and cover like new grass on your books and reference materials. | via bauldoff

DESIGN JAPAN PRODUCT TECH

lotta

With the emergence of lotta, iida has once again achieved a mobile phone with simultaneously natural and supple stylistic sense. Iwasaki Ichiro, the designer of iida’s first product, G9, has imparted to lotta a sense of purpose you don’t see in mobile phones anymore. A sense of balance—elegance and casualness, strength and flexibility, simplicity and …

CYCLING

Let it ride, ride, ride

Steven from San Francisco and Peteris from Latvia rode their bikes from Stockholm, Sweden to Barcelona, Spain in 2009. About 2700 miles fixed gear. We are against pessimism and recession. We are about mustaches, fixed gear bikes, and great ideas. We are going to heavily document our adventure, and hope to inspire others to pursue …

ADVERTISING VIDEO

Nike – Human Chain

Another piece of magic from our friends at W+K Portland and directed by Smuggler’s Brian Beletic with visual effects by MassMarket. Agency: Wieden+Kennedy, Portland Creative Directors: Alberto Ponte & Jeff Williams