While we don’t usually go missing without a heads up, this week was a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants week in terms of hopping the ferry for the beach. Thanks to a Sunday night of scouring Craigslist for cancelled trips, we scooped up a little last minute gem. Cheers to instant gratification and a nice work/play balance. Anyhow. Wherever you may be- have a wonderful week, we’ll be back very soon.
-Shayna
1. Rainbow-tastic photos from Kerstin Zu Pan via Trendland
2. Frames from the Louvre digitally filled with their own content via Miss Moss
3. Lovely, colorful and elegant scarves from Louisa Parris via Plenty of Colour
4. This pretzel floatie is pretty brilliant via Oh Joy!
5. Digging Renate Vos’ silicone rubber and concrete lighting via Poppytalk
6. A very bright version of the Proust armchair via Honestly WTF
7. Chinese watercolor landscape pieces recreated with only nails via Jeannie Jeannie
8. André Feliciano’s delightful gardens made from plastic cameras via Design You Trust
9. Absolutely loving Imogen Heath’s patterned textiles via design*sponge
10. Love the color, shape and movement in Chris Trueman’s art via Pattern Bank
11. A fan of Terrence Payne’s art & new collection of wallpaper via The Jealous Curator
12. Jason deCaires Taylor’s submerged sculptures become artificial reefs via Colossal
Coverage by Emily Gup
While at the bookstore last week this cover screamed for attention. After a quick gander into it’s massive tome, it’s easy to see why Information Graphics (and it’s architects) are becoming more influential by the day.
Our lives are constantly bombarded massive influxes of content, and those able to parse the data are quickly making a name for themselves. This book presents a fascinating perspective on the subject, highlighting the work of the masters who have created industry breakthroughs as well as the primitive cave paintings that laid the groundwork for communication back in the day.
Every time I start a new project I’m introduced to a cast of creative characters- all of whom I google (who doesn’t?!). This week a new project’s been added to the mix and with it comes some fun new faces and sites to explore. Don’t Not Look belongs to Ian Hall. Interestingly, I’m not certain if it’s the Ian Hall I’m working with or perhaps his doppelgänger, nonetheless, the photography, collage and art on the site is stunning, as is the accompanying blog.
The latest feature on Patterns of Science is derived from a program created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization shortly after WWII. The goal was to promote cultural compassion and awareness in the hopes of thwarting further war and xenophobia.
This program encourages people to see the world as a joint community with common values. Using vintage catalog imagery, each fashion sprad presents a mashup of cultures through pattern.
While a clothing pattern is designed to make the wearer look and feel different, when it is expanded over a model’s exposed skin it instead represents the biological and emotional framework that we all share.
My mother-in-law recently sent me this link to the textile exhibition at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan, Israel. I’m sharing it with you! First we have Blue and White by Dikla Ben-Ari. Below are African and Maori motifs by Eldad Trka.
Ronnie Frankel has devised lighting fixtures made entirely from disposable cutlery (forks, spoons and knives), focusing on the nature of recycling, laser cutting the elements into leaf-like sculptures. Just below are works from Erez Grenade and Levi Moore. The hand knit pieces are made of mohair and silk thread.
Edelman Jasmine’s fine prints emulate intricate stone patterns, reminding us that they’d be beautifully applied within fashion where Nuphar’s leather designs push the boundaries of etched design and technique.
Eden Koren is a watercolorist and paints on cotton paper, investigating the world of ancient seals while Natalie Walker dips cotton to achieve leather looking effects.
(Photos by Tammy Dahan, Yael Maoz & Sasha Refugee)
If you take a look around, you may think today’s designers are rummaging through thrift store bins for pattern and material inspiration. Mismatched both graphically and proportionally, these pairings are reminiscent of print layouts from Another Mag and Dazed and Confused, publications that push the print and design boundaries.
Interestingly, they all have polished silhouettes and modern finishes, proving that a good clash can work, so long as the fusion is seamless. From Creatures of Comfort’s Geijo bathing suits to Preen’s graphic dresses to Miu Miu’s quilt-like accessories, we like what we’re seeing. This direction’s approachable for the masses with a hint of DIY edge.