FASHION

MBFW 2011 PERRET SCHAAD

We’ve covered this name before on POLKADOT and we are excited to once again return to Berlin fashion house Perret Schaad. Despite Jil Sander’s return with UNIQLO, the runways has been waiting for a worthy continuation of minimalist german fashion design and Perret Schaad has confidently stepped forward into the spotlight with their Autumn Winter …

WEB

Fermati ad Ascoltare

Siamo tutti dei computerdipendenti. Chi di voi che oggi è capitato su Polkadot passa meno di sei ore al giorno davanti a questa macchina infernale tutta luci, colori e musichette, che nemmeno il casinò di Campione d’Italia. Che vi devo dire, el ordenador calamita la tua attenzione per intere giornate, in maniera così sconvolgente e …

PRODUCT

Softy Lamp

Handmade Softy table lamp brown by Laurens van Wieringen. This dip-moulded table lamp is completely flexible. The soft textured material gives it a soft felt like feel and turns out to be flexible when touching. The possibility to bend the lamp in various positions gives the lamps its various characters. Also available in black, grey …

PRODUCT

Designed by Tim-ber

Take  enthusiasm, passion,  style, timber and Tim Hitchens  and…ladies and gentlemen, you will land in Designed by Timber! Have a look at his website and surely you will find very cool, stylish and most of all, functional pieces of british design directly from Wiltshire. The mind which lies behind them is a charismatic guy who worked also …

DESIGN EVENTS MILAN

A Focus on Young Creativity

Per chi è costantemente alla ricerca di nuove tendenze e novità, quelle da sfoggiare tra gli amici come l’acquisto più curioso in un mercatino, arriva questo weekend (21-22 gennaio 2011, presso il Museo della Scienza e della teconologia di Milano) la mostra fiera che raccoglie le ultime idee di giovani designer e artisti italiani. Il …

ARTS Experiment INTERACTIVE NEW YORK

“Long March: Restart” Video Game Exhibition

Currently on view at New York’s MoMA PS1 (the branch of The Museum of Modern Art devoted to exhibiting contemporary work) is Beijing-based artist Feng Mengbo‘s video game installation Long March: Restart. Taking cues from 8-bit side-scrolling games of the past like Double Dragon and Contra, “Long March: Restart” is a fully developed beat-‘em-up video game based on …

LIBRI

Cars

Cars è la storia di un viaggio attraverso la Scandinavia, ma scordatevi fotografie di luoghi e paesaggi. FourLines, collettivo formato da Gabriele Chiapparini, Andrea Colombo, Andrea Morosini ed Elena Vaninetti, si sofferma sulle automobili (e sugli automobilisti). Attraverso una serie di polaroid scattate in corsa, sfidando i rigidi limiti di velocità scandinavi, i quattro colgono …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – ASANDRI

The 60s are back! But thankfully, in an incredibly tasteful manner with the Los Angeles spirit gleaming through, intact with sunglasses. This year, Asandri gives us the contemporary woman, the lady of the NOW, spotted in Midtown NYC, London, Paris, Hollywood Hills. The design philosophy is for a woman enjoying a luxurious and cultiated lifestyle, …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – Plauener Spitze + Irene Luft

We witness a german winter and yet the onset of spring with this year’s show from Plauener Spitze in collaboration with Irene Luft. Or perhaps a contemporary take on Natoire’s “Le Reveille de Venus”? Transparency and opacity intersect as the designers play a hide and seek game with the primary use of lace. The absolute lack …

FASHION

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

It is finally JAN 19th and the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here in Berlin. The lineup of designers is staggering and we at POLKADOT will be sneaking into a few shows armed with a notepad, a trusted old Nikon, and a 20mm! We’ll be reviewing several hot designers, young and fresh, and on the …

ADVERTISING PRODUCT

Stop the water while using me!

Stop the water while using me: è questo il nome di una nuova linea di cosmetici che ha fatto della filosofia ecologica la sua bandiera, dal packaging biodegradabile a materiali ed ingredienti impiegati, esclusivamente naturali ed organici. La marca presenterà a marzo la sua seconda linea di prodotti, dopo la prima, disponibile solo online e …

INTERIORS

Barcelona chair

The Barcelona Chair, designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, was created in 1928 as furnishing for one of Mies’s many architectural jewels: The German Pavilion building at the Barcelona World Fair 1929. The chair that he designed for the Pavilion is said to have been inspired by both the folding chairs of the Pharaohs and …