As part of the “Art in the Streets” Exhibition at MOCA in LA, Nike SB has created 24 unique pairs of Paper Dunks, each made from an original piece of Geoff McFetridge artwork. The shoes are on display at MOCA’s shop and will be auctioned on May 26, 2011 at 1pm. In addition, Nike SB has produced a series of specially packaged t-shirts by artists and skateboarders Neckface, Futura, Lance Mountain and CR Stecyk III.
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“Pratt Industrial Design senior Q Kyu Seop Lee combines the work of Isamu Noguchi with a familiar object most students appreciate and love, a pizza box. The result embodies the iconic simplicity of Noguchi’s coffee tables and maintains the accessibility and youthful quality associated with the pizza box. Q’s side table is perfectly crafted to provide easy assemblage without any tools, and comes apart to fit inside the box of the top.” Part of the Pratt Show 2011.
“The ‘Drink Tap Water’ bottle is a bio disposable plastic refillable water bottle with a lid shaped like a faucet handle. The motion of opening the water bottle is like that of turning on a tap, making us reconsider drinking from the tap rather than buying bottled water.” Designed by Junggi Sung.
I might have to go from no-handle cups to mega-handle cups. I’m loving these Mono mugs by Norwegian design trio Angell Wyller Aarseth. “Mono has much of its character in the handle, which is grown out of the thin porcelain to provide a steering wheel or knob…”
When you adopt one of artist/graphic designer Roy Barazani’s Offbits, you are not only saving an exiled, independent-thinking, malfunctioning Bitbot from the Babylonian Kingdom, but you are joining a community of Offbit adopters! The whole concept is done very well and, honestly, it’s hard to resist these little bots. The community photos made me laugh. Check it out here.
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A beautiful, and interesting, set of animal-themed logos from the 1950s and 60s on Sandi Vincent’s flickr stream as well as from her posts on Aqua-Velvet. The logos were reproduced from various design publications. Sources given, where supplied.
Bouncing on the forty stretched, colorful elastics of the Lastika Armchair, made for Lago, would probably satisfy the wannabe-gymnast in any of us.
Designed by Velicho Velikov.
The Lobot, designed by Jin Seok Hwang, is a desk lamp with an LED lighting source and an anodized aluminum body. Jin Seok was inspired by the movements of the humanoid robot from movies and comic books and tried to give emotion to the lamp. I’d say he was quite successful. The Lobot could pass for a Pixar character. Very cute.
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Inspired by photos of clouds that he took with his iPhone and blew up until pixelated, Brooklyn based artist Daniel Arsham used a total of 21,000 ping pong balls (hand-dipped in paint) to recreate the different shades of pixelated color and constructed these 10 to 15 ft cloud sculptures. Daniel Arsham is co-founder of Snarkitecture and is presently finishing up his Dig installation in New York City.
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Swiss company Axylo makes these cool Alphabet Rings. You can wear just one or create a word or message using multiple fingers. Necklaces and earrings are available too, but the rings are my personal favorite.
This Panels 02 concept chair, designed in plywood by Sebastien Wierinck Workshop in Marseille, France, has an interesting joint system; functional, decorative, and packs flat!
Origami expert Won Park constructed these figures from new currency as part of YIU Studio’s rebranding of Payment Systems Group.
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This humorous in-house promotional calendar postcard for Paper Stone Scissors in Melbourne, was designed by Ammanda Choo, currently a freelance designer in Singapore.
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How fun are these, huh? From the tights to the packaging! Patternity is a London based design studio that specializes in the application of patterns. Available at their online shop.
The Lekue Steam Roaster designed by Compeixalaigua Design Studio of Barcelona “is a multifunctional bowl; it takes advantage of silicone’s flexibility to change its shape. In a closed position it combines the advantages of steam cooking with a crunchy finishing produced by the air circulation from its opened ends. When opened it is merely a bowl, but you can prepare, weigh and mix all the ingredients and even serve straight from the oven.” Available here.
Pantone toothbrushes and contact lens cases from Kikkerland.
Video directed by Yoann Lemoine. Cinematography by Mathieu Plainfosse. WoodkidMusic. via Coudal
This four-in-one modular furniture piece becomes a table and chair, or lounge chair when unstacked and reassembled. Made of wood with acrylic matte paint and designed by Sanjin Halilovic. via Yanko Design
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