To make a hipster sit down is never an easy matter, because reading the smart quote on the tee would become more difficult. Now you have one more chance, thanks to these irresistible beanbags, half cartoons half product placement. Young design studio Woouf, born in Barcelona in 2008, bets for a combination of creativity, functionality and quality: the result is the development of products which are not only simple pieces of furniture, but original eye candies. You can have a look at the whole collection (every piece is proudly hecho en Barcelona) and buy them directly at Woouf online store or if you pass by Paris supercool concept store Fleux.
Standing against ironic Lanvin’s models who dance in a Jersey Shore attitude, Chanel decides to go viral with this Shade Parade: a whimsical, synchronized hand choreography which makes us romantically remind of Daft Punk’s remake of Harder Better Faster Stronger in a Broadway flavour. Glamorous fingers dance on stage, swing on a pearl strand or move around a spiral staircase: creative and unforgettable. (…credits are my favourite!).
Minimal humour and awful truth in a design package? This witty set of typodesign spreads a new light on many historical facts. By always fantastic Agency H-57 (Milan based).
Electro-goth and dark chic, a shy echo of Giorgio Moroder, a strong resemblance with The Knife, Fever Ray and Zola Jesus, a powerful theatrical instinct like Bat For Lashes, the sexual synthetic soul of Ladytron and The Organ: all of this is Feel it Break, the first work by the Canadian band Austra (newborn of …
Paris spirit and London base, Malika Favre merges naughty coquette attitudes (France) with pop kaleidoscopic colors (England). Best described as “Frank Miller meets Shag”, in a few years she developed a rich portfolio which led to a variety of projects from editorial to advertising. She realized stunning works in collaboration with high profile magazines (Wallpaper, …
“A beautiful reinterpretation of the past, the Phonofone may be the heirloom keepsake of early 19th century technology.”
Wish list time? For you, nostalgic geeks or 2.0 coquettes, Canadian designer Tristan Zimmermann invented the Phonofone (model II, in particular). In short, the Phonofone is a speaker for your Ipod/Iphone which needs no power or batteries: it’s enough to hook up your ear buds and the Phonofone, through passive amplification alone, boosts the audio output up to 55 decibels (more or less the maximum volume of a laptop speaker). Entirely made of ceramic, not only environment friendly, it takes advantage of the material’s “rigid and resonant” qualities in its application of producing sound.
If the Phonogram was the first device for recording and playing sound, the Phonofone is the first device to bring an elegant form to the marriage of old and new technology.
“People aren’t hearing all the music.” Officially Beats by Dr. Dre is a brand of headphones and loudspeakers, created by hip hop celeb Dr. Dre. Actually they represent the best of sound quality and design lines in headphones market: half a great listening experience and half an eye-candy appeal. No doubts about two facts: – …
“If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question.” Half The Selby, half a dandy Fight Club (the flat scene), The Burning House Project …
No design lover, nerd or timewaster in the world can’t really forget Wally (or Waldo for U.S. and Canada). This tiny hero in striped sweater and striped bonnet who lives in a striped world crowded with striped friends was created in 1987 by British designer Martin Handford and has since been published in over 50 …
Rob Ryan is a London based artist who produces exquisite paper cut designs using a scalpel. He literally transforms his thoughts, dreams and stories into paper, creating intricate works which never fail to make me smile. The result is a series of romantic laces and complicated structures made ??of colored symbols, words and human figures designed to tell stories full of …
