posted on September 07, 2011 by admin
It takes a lot to impress a New Yorker, but objects and art in the current exhibition, "Power of Making" at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, left us pleasantly surprised. The wide range of curiosities show the diversity and ingenuity of "makers" of our time.
Above: Blonde Lips headpiece by Charlie Le Mindu, 2009, © Manu Valcarce
Above: Picking Daisies glass hand grenade by Layne Rowe, 2011, © Layne Rowe
Above: Widow dressmaker pin dress by Susie MacMurray, 2009, Loaned by Manchester Art Galleries, © Ben Blackall 2011
Above: King Silver’ gorilla sculpture by David Mach RA, 2011, ©Private Collection, photographer Richard Riddick
See the full feature on [Dezeen]
Power of Making is the second exhibition in the V&A/Crafts Council partnership.
6 September 2011 – 2 January 2012 in the Porter Gallery
Open daily 10.00 – 17.45 and until 22.00 every Friday
posted on September 03, 2011 by Gina Hong
Finally starting to cool off! Enjoy our weekly links as you lounge about, enjoyin' a cool breeze or two :D
Check out these great aerial photos of tulip fields that Apartment Therapy has drawn graphic inspiration from!
The amazing intervention art collective Luzinterruptus strikes again with these unsettling glowing nuclear suits.
UK Museums have been waging a war on cloth-eating moths that are threatening priceless artifiacts--ewww.
TrustoCorp has refused to stop at installing fake Houswives ads around the city: they've stuffed newstands full of fake tabloids (in which they've killed of Lindsay Lohan)
This is the most amazing anti-stress chair in the world. That's all.
Naked actess gets painted in Times Square before getting whisked away (wrongly) by the NYPD!
This Queens graffiti mecca has now officially been blacklisted for demolition--to make way for residential space.
This is the best fashion video we've seen in a while: 100 years of fashion (and dance!) in 100 seconds!
Speaking of fashion, Vogue Nippon hired a white model and then taped her eyes back to look Asian. That is all.
posted on September 01, 2011 by admin
Created by Gustaf Mantel, these animated GIFs of famous moments from Stanley Kubrick films are incredible. Most importantly, they bring to life our fantasy of a world with Harry Potter-eque portraits that can wink back from newspapers and photographs. More please.
See the full collection via [FastCoDesign]
posted on August 29, 2011 by admin
Documentary photographer Balazs Gardi captured this selection of iPhone photographs in Afghanistan, documenting the quiet, intimate moments of war. From soldiers behind the lines to villagers his images defy the typical action-packed, dramatic documentary photography of an internet generation producing toned, Hipstamatic images that are both subtle and profound.
[Foreign Policy Magazine]
posted on August 26, 2011 by Gina Hong
We hope that all the New Yorkers are keeping safe and checking evacuation locations--better safe than sorry!
Now, if the internet doesn't fail us when Hurricane Irene hits, here are some links to pull you through the storm:
Agyness Deyn is featured in the new Doc Marten's campaign--First and Forever--Check out the video, where an unscripted Agyness talks about her first heartbreak!
Improv Everywhere (the same collective responsible for the No Pants Subway Ride) asks you to Say Something Nice in Union Square!
Trustocorp's fake Real Housewives ads around NYC stir things up.
Marc Jacobs may succeed Galliano at Dior?! 'Nuff said.
Check out this amazing short video from autobahn studios on making a digital version of an old stone mason's font--a must for design and type lovers.
And yeah, Banksy's in the Hamptons. Again, 'Nuff said.
This ^ is a picture of a teacher's lounge after a before/after makeover from designer Brian Patrick Flynn! Gorgeous.
Apparently, a company is selling dirt from NYC in little vials for $120. Wut.
And for $200, you can get what looks like plain a NYC bodega plastic bag, but is actually a leather handbag from Cast of Vices.
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