jopo story begins from the 1960’s when Eero Helkama had a dream. He wanted to create a bicycle that all people could use, no matter what age, size, sex or financial status. Almost 50 years later the same dream is a crucial part of Finnish cycling culture. Three generations of jopo bicycles live in perfect …
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Just a few days before the 2011 London Design Festival opens! Now in its 9th year, the festival is a firmly established cultural and commercial event. From exhibitions to trade events, installations to talks and seminars, from product launches to receptions, private views and parties, you’re really spoiled for choice. Don’t miss the Landmark Projects, …
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!).
Lo skyline delle città cambia incessantemente. Nuove formule di progettazione urbana, unite ai concetti chiave di sostenibilità e progresso, si insinuano nella quotidianità accelerando mutamenti nella nostra percezione dello spazio. Ma in quale direzione si avvia il futuro della città? Quale ruolo occupano il design, l’architettura, i media e le scienze nelle problematiche urbane? Una …
Swatch ha collaborato con Kidrobot per una mini collezione di 8 orologi Gents, ognuno accompagnato da un Dunny con gli stessi colori e fantasie. Dunny è il famoso coniglietto vinyl toy diventato ormai un’icona, e nel tempo oggetto di personalizzazione di artisti provenienti dai più diversi background. Per questa collezione sono stati scelti Gary Baseman, …
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).
Another masterpiece – a fifteen minute production by Sebastian Lopez – drags you in with drama. A mysterious woman finds a red balloon attached to a gift box on an abandoned street. The sound of shoe soles scraping on dirty cement fills your ears. The harsh music builds up….the Tarantino-esque suspense is paired with action and characters similar to C. Nolan’s world. Filmed with Canon 7Ds in lovely hues of midwestern-American burnt reds, The Killing Joke ends with tasty graphic credits, so make sure to stay for the finale!
bobble is a stylish, patented water bottle that filters water as you drink. Bobble’s ingenious design removes chlorine and organic contaminants from municipal tap water. In doing so, bobble replicates the experience of drinking crisp, clean portable water without incurring the significant costs – environmental and monetary – associated with plastic water bottles. A single …
Corinne Laurie and Louise Unger began four years ago by turning unattractive green garden covers into scenic photographic designs that blend subtly into their surroundings. They developed the Utility Chic inside storage range of bags,’boxes for life’, duffel carriers and foldaway trays. Their products are feather weight, efficient, reliable, foldaway, wipe clean and versatile, the …
Vi siete mai chiesti il motivo per cui quando pensi a Volkswagen pensi alla qualità? Non è solo perché realizzano automobili di valore assoluto, ma perché ogni cosa che fanno la fanno bene, con un livello qualitativo e di progetto superiore alla concorrenza. Non si nascondono dietro ad immagini fornite da cantanti populiste, o a …
NuDe is “Nu Design”: not only “new design” but also “now” design, contemporary. GreenLantern is a product of the work of NuDe, and is the first real design object in liquid wood. With the creative management of Romolo Stanco, the scientific knowledge of Politec Valtellina and the partnership of CNR-IENI, NuDe brings the public the …
Float away on a cloud with this charming paper balloon by Yoko Noguchi from Japan. It’s white, light, and oh so dreamy and comes with everything you need to create the cutest ever cloud mobile. Hang it by the window and watch as the light comes shining through. There is a straw for inflating the …
How would products of great brands of alcoholic spirits look like, if they were packed in beverage cartons instead of their prominent bottles? Times are changing, what remains of the brand? . This thought has moved the artist Jorn to create beverage cartons for popular alcohol brands, like Absolut Vodka and Jack Daniel’s. Different appeal? …
