The Straw Lamp designed by Piotr Paszkiewicz of the Polish design firm Collective Studio, is an eco-friendly lamp with an MDF base, using energy-saving LED diodes as the light source and common straws to form the “lampshade.”
Classics in Lego
These classic photos recreated in Lego and photographed by Mike Stimpson made me chuckle. More here.
Mood Chair
The Mood Chair, designed by UK-based Aether and Hemera, changes color depending on the response its sensors receive from the user as well as the environment. via home design
Geeky by Nature
We attended the first part of Geeky by Nature yesterday here in NYC, a conference “exploring the best in art, code & design.” The day was filled with great presentations, the highlights for us being Joshua Hirsch from Big Spaceship, Hillman Curtis and his upcoming Stefan Sagmeister film, and Joshua Davis including his interactive graphics for IBM’s Watson. But, our absolute favorite talk was given by Hellicar & Lewis. Apart from being incredibly smart and talented, this team of UK interaction designers (Pete Hellicar and Joel Gethin Lewis) is witty, appealing, and immensely inspiring. The images above are stills from work on their site. I highly recommend that you look at some of their videos to get a taste of what they do. Brilliant!
Mik: 3D Wall Stickers
3D Wall stickers “Mik” are made to decorate home or office space. Sticky, glossy and unique made out of Plexiglass plastic. There are 5 different characters reflecting 5 different moods. Love, sex, power, sadness and guns. Designed by the Danish design company Optimistic Living and available at their online shop. via Industrial Design Served.
Vintage Collections
I think it’s time to start collecting old objects in series. I really love the way they look together. from Lost Found Art
Dig: Installation and Performance
“Dig is an installation and performance by Daniel Arsham/Snarkitecture
at Storefront for Art and Architecture and made possible by OHWOW that explores the architecture of excavation.
Installation. The gallery will be filled almost in its totality with EPS architectural foam, then excavated with simple tools to transform the material into an unexpected cavern. (March 29 – April 4)
Performance. In the final stage, Arsham/Snarkitecture will both create and inhabit Dig for the duration of the installation (April 23). There will be excursions by invitation only, but people will be able to view the performance from the street. More details here. via Creative Everyone
I’m No Banksy
iPhone photographer Aik Beng Chia created a series of photos he calls I’m No Banksy. He photographed people on the streets of Singapore and then used two apps (Blender and Cross Process) to combine them with Banksy’s images.
via mymodernmet
Luxxbox Tingle
Plastic Bag Installation
This beautiful installation was part of a workshop at the Lund School of Architecture in Sweden taught by Theodore Sarantoglou Lalis, Dora Sweijd and David Erkan. The mission was “to build a geometry with a component.” The participating students, (Emilia Thurin Melin . Karin Backlund . Kim Öhrström . Alexander Carlén . David Ottosson . Emanuel Kjellberg . Filip Mayer . Johan Svartnäs . Petter Nilsson . Robert Janson), constructed the installation using plastic bags and colored lights. Very dramatic. More at Robert Janson’s site. via notcot
Drop Coat Rack
“Normally, you don’t want to hang your coat near anything that looks like wet paint, but here is the exception.” The Drop Coat Rack, designed by Julian Appelius, comes in seven colors and two sizes. Fun concept. Available here.
The Blue Trees
Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos’ Blue Trees installations are part of the Vancouver Biennale. The blue forests will be created in the City of Richmond, Port Moody, as well as West Vancouver, and the artist hopes that his work will be part of a larger international discussion with blue forests in cities worldwide. “Each year an area at least the size of Belgium of native forests is cleared from around the planet. So much a part of our daily lives, they are the lungs of the planet and attention must be paid.”
Apparently, the color used on the trees is biologically safe pigmented water. As an ephemeral artwork, the color will naturally degrade and the trees gradually revert to their natural state. More information here. via Poppytalk
Character
Okay, how cool would it be to have one of these at home? Answer: very.
“Character saves fascia signs from demolition. We choose the most stylish letters and turn them into individual and unique design objects. We replace the old neon tubes with LEDs, add a transformer, install a power cord and give them a new life cycle.”
via Beautiful Life
Chupa Chups
I found this advertising campaign by TBWA for Chupa Chups amusing.
via bldgwlf
Fun fact: the Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dalí in 1969.
Alberto de Pedro
From Madrid, street artist Alberto de Pedro pasted a large photo of a detailed, decrepit interior on a detailed, decrepit door. Cool effect. via Colossal
Interaction Design: Studio Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde and his team of designers and engineers comprise Studio Roosegaarde. Together they create interactive artworks that instinctively respond to sound and movement, exploring the dynamic relation between space, people, and technology. Incredibly fascinating and at the same time very beautiful. From top to bottom:
FLOW is a smart wall composed of hundreds of ventilators that interact with passing visitors.
Sustainable Dance Floor (SDF) is an interactive floor which generates elecricity through the act of dancing.
LOTUS is a living wall composed of smart foils that fold open in response to human behavior.
DUNE is an interactive landscape that brightens according to the sounds and motion of passing visitors.
More information, photos, and videos on all of these projects are available here.
Reflect Light
Designed by Peter Simonik and Elena Bolcekova of allt studio, this lamp works with the light that the space offers without even being turned on. Then, once turned on, it flashes with an unexpected vividness from its semi-see-through orange facets. via designboom
The Naked and Famous: All of This
Definitely has that percussion quality that I like.
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