Industrial designer Patrick Frey’s “Gregor Calendar” poignantly illustrates the unbearable lightness of being by slowly unraveling with the passage of time into a useless heap on the barren floor of infinite nothing. Available for purchase here. | via & via
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Old-school basket weave is fine if that’s your thing, but what real choice is there if you care about how your bike looks, and your style is more urban than country cottage? What if you ride a stylish single-speed but you also want to carry bags and groceries? Our response? The Bike Porter. The Bike …
Like hot meets cold, the new Freitag Reference line is the meltdown of neo and retro: on one hand inspired by horse messengers of the 1800s, on the other hand initiated and endorsed by contemporary journalists.Messenger comes from message; and today, the media are the horse that carries him. A new chapter in the Freitag …
The idea of this flipbook by Masashi Kawamura is simple but very effective: when you flip it, it creates a rainbow in your hands. This book started as a personal project in summer 2007, but soon it was published by the Japanese bookstore “Utrecht”. | via
Il ponticello in ferro che dalla periferia di Budapest consente l’accesso sull’isola di Obuda è un pò come la porticina che varca Alice per giungere nel paese delle meraviglie. Sziastoc, Privet, Salve, Welcome recita il cartello multilingue, che accoglie all’ingresso una moltitudine impaziente di giovani con i volti arrossati dal sole e le spalle cariche …
Alice Rosignoli presents the 20 Hangers wardrobe. This auto-produced wardrobe is made of common wood hangers and black ropes. Each of these items is used in its ordinary function in the product and yet, when assembled, confers a decisive evolution to the structure and aesthetic of a familiar item, the wardrobe. The wardrobe illustrates the need …
Shoes from Denmark, shoes from Portugal, shoes from Sweden, shoes from Spain, shoes from Germany – this is the shoe/bag store that you dream about in your deepest sleep cycles….or drool over. Fortunately, it does exist in real life! Next to a couple of the best coffeehouses of Berlin, this Rosenthaler Strasse boutique by name …
Drawing aid created by korean product designer Giha Woo. Once attached to the pen, this device helps to draw straight lines without using a ruler, measuring the drawn distance at the same time. | via
A line between earth and sky – an escape route – the harmonious yin-yang balance – recollections of a sea-crossing and getting to a safe harbour. Spontaneous symbols and references for a piece of almost ready-made functionality and designer aesthetics. A hanging rope for attaching whatever can he hung. Vestibule, bathroom, kids’ room, bedroom, studio, …
Coupled with Cabasse’s loudspeaker driver support, the LaCie Sound2 Speakers, design by Neil Poulton, provide premium sound quality to computers. Additionally, users can use the line-in connection to experience the same high-quality sound from audio/video devices like iPods and portable multimedia players.
MultiPot, dell’italiana Rotaliana, realizza nuove condizioni di comfort in casa e negli ambienti di lavoro, intrecciando vecchi rituali d’uso (ad es. riporre le chiavi o altri oggetti personali in un contenitore vuota tasche) e nuovi comportamenti (ad es. l’utilizzo sempre maggiore di apparecchi multimediali a ricarica,). MultiPot riprende la forma di un vaso, l’archetipo del …
On late July I have been invited ( as Polkadot boss ;) ) with just a few handpicked European bloggers in the wonderful Zurich to visit the FREITAG headquarters including cutting our very own iPad sleeves and enjoying a night out with the FREITAG crew. It was an amazing experience, the guys @ Freitag are …
LTD Tee works with a variety of artists from around the world, ranging from well-known to undiscovered. LTD Tee provides the complete t-shirt experience by combining art and fashion together in a single, elegant package. For his last t-shirt in the J3 August Takeover, J3 is bringing some happiness into peoples lives with this awesome …