Spanish street artist Dosjotas has cleverly placed his Escenas con Tiza (Scenes with Chalk) in corners of Madrid. From top to bottom:
Lucha de espadas láser (Laser Sword Fight)
Skater matemático (Mathematician Skateboarder)
Trampolín mortal (Deadly Diving Board)
I’ve always liked manhole covers with their interesting patterns and type, but I must say this NYC Sewer Pillow cracked me up with all the grit and grime included. Available here.
Some of the very interesting (and fantastical) interior (and a few architectural) designs of the Ukrainian architect, designer, and artist Sergey Makhno of Kiev. More at his site.
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“Industrial design group Postfossil presents its new collection of home furnishings ‘Trattoria Utopia’ with the intent of bringing up the conversation of resource scarcity into the everyday lives of consumers.” The Personal Cutlery Set, in the top two images, is an answer to today’s increase in personal mobility with its ability to combine compactly for easy transport, while the bottom ‘5 forks on the Subject of Critical Design’ are designed with rounded ends to address the topic of meat eating by making it virtually impossible to skewer meat.
Made of chrome steel.
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Part of Stefan Brüggemann’s Text Pieces, which are worth checking out, especially if you enjoy conceptual art. Other works that made me smile on his site include Show Titles and the Obliterated Paintings.
The Amourette Lamp is a suspension lamp that features multiple stacked, colored layers with space in between. Designed by Dima Loginoff and available here.
Argentinean artist Pablo Lehmann lives and works in Buenos Aires. His paper cutouts, of type and shapes cut out from large sheets of paper or cloth, are extremely intricate and impressive. In many cases he uses multiple sheets/layers to create 3D installations that seem to also play with their shadows. Lovely.
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The Fia Carafe by Swedish designer Nina Jobs, is at once elegant and playful. Love it.
Available here.
I’ve been intrigued by Yotel since my first sighting two years ago in the Amsterdam airport. Fast forward to last weekend when I noticed a new Yotel façade with its 70s-style signage near Times Square, here in NYC. Turns out Yotel has three cabin-style airport hotels with cabins ranging in size from 75 sq.ft to 108 sq.ft and each comes equipped with wireless internet, flatscreen tv, fold-out desk, en-suite bathroom with shower and 24-hour room service. Oh, and a bed! All for about $50 for the first 4 hours and $12/hr for each additional hour for a standard cabin. In addition to the one in Amsterdam, there is one at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, in London.
The NYC Yotel is the first non-airport site, with larger “cabins” at 170 sq.ft and $149 per night. There will be an airport-style self check-in and a robot (Yobot) to store left luggage. Here’s a video tour:
You can learn more at Yotel’s site.
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Czech book covers and bindings from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. On 50 Watts.
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“Little Talks” by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men. Hey!
“Haroshi makes his [three-dimensional] art pieces recycling old used skateboards. His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece.”
His upcoming solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NYC opens April 16th and runs through May 14, 2011.
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On April 13, 2011,
add your voice to an open, digital dialogue on design. One Day For Design brings together a global community of designers and design enthusiasts to exchange ideas, challenge viewpoints and push boundaries—collaborating in real time on the future of our profession and the organizations behind it. Spread the word. Join the conversation at onedayfordesign.org or via Twitter.
Moderators include: Alex Bogusky, Doug Bowman, Liz Danzico, Debbie Millman, Erik Spiekermann, Armin Vit, Alissa Walker and Katherine Walker.
Begins tonight at 12 midnight EST
I like the idea of jewelry for your scarf. These loops (this one is the Pepita Loop) were designed by Momantai in the Netherlands. Available through their site.
This contemporary lighting fixture designed by Karim Rashid for Italian lighting/furniture manufacturer SLIDE, has been dubbed DNA lighting due to the aforementioned’s similar twisty structure. All illuminated with LED technology, DNA comes in modular pieces that can be interlaced to create different effects in various colors.
SLIDE also manufactures Karim Rashid’s Koncord stools (bottom right photo) that would go very nicely with the color scheme in the outdoor lighting shots.
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The winner of this year’s two-round City of Dreams Pavilion competition, hosted by Figment, ENYA, and SEAoNY, is Bitterang and their Burble Bup entry. Entrants were asked to imagine a socially and ecologically-sustainable public meeting space.
Burble Bup will be constructed on Governor’s Island for an early-June opening date. Bitterang “strives to bring happiness and pleasure into the built world by referencing that pleasurable world which surrounds us. Our work explores multiple themes including pleasure, frothiness, biological matter, animal posturing, babies, sculpture and coloration all unified through bel composto.” Burble Bup certainly fits the bill with its biological quality.
According to Figment: “…The recyclability of the project occurs at various levels, some materials are recycled into other projects or reused, while others are toys to be enjoyed by children. None the less, all materials chosen will enhance our surroundings after their deployment in our pavilion.”
The other four finalists can be seen on Figment’s site, as well.
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The weather today has me thinking about the beach. If I were the type to use a beach umbrella, this would be the one to get. Le Pixel beach umbrella from Basel Bangs. via sub-studio
The Fun-filled Coffee Table is a clever design by Rush Pleansuk, utilizing folded powder-coated metal that, once filled with your favorite magazines, creates a solid surface and, hence, a “fun-filled” coffee table. Available in yellow, red, black or white. via Six Different Ways
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