a visual collective outlet of inspiration
really don’t know where this feeling came from but i’m totally obsessed with the eames dowell chair. i guess it’s a designer kind of obsession as noone around me seams to relate except other designers. whatever, considering that buying an original is not even an option, I wonder which version of the new releases are the bests ones?
herman miller of course is the original manufacturer but they shifted to plastic shell and modernica is the only manufacturer now to built the original fiberglass shell versions. i checked the herman miller version and even if mr eames, as HM states, wanted to use plastic originally but couldn’t at the time, the plastic version still feels a little cheap. so what can one do, since none are “original”? any advice? by pp’
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Dutch Football Federation 2010 World Cup Shirts
leave it to the dutch designers… now that’s whimsical and coooooooooool… or is that, goooooooooooooool. by dd
Puma: clever little bag by designer Yves behar
i surely would prefer to get my next set of shoes in a box/bag like this rather than the usual trash inducer. clever indeed… but did you really have to print the word “clever” on the bag? i mean your not really that clever if you have to say it now are ya? by dd
Richard Meier: the Rachofsky house-Dallas Texas
“a visit to the rachofsky house unfolds as a kind of procession through a series of zones, taking one from the outdoors to indoors, and then back outdoors again. all of the spaces of the house, works of contemporary art, and vignettes of the surrounding landscape combine to animate the interiors of the house. grass, trees, pond and sky are visible from every angle of the house.
the heart of the house is the second floor living room. secrets of the entire site are revealed through the double-height plane of windows that serve as a permeable membrane between nature and home. whereas the front façade of the house is reserved and opaque, the back façade dissolves and allows constantly changing plays of light and silhouette to amaze people within and outside the house. ultimately, the purpose of the rachofsky house is to provide a place of residence and respite. the potential of the house as a work of architecture is as a catalyst for further contemplation of nature and art, and the science of bringing them together in harmony.” richard meier by dd
what’s behind the logo
I know we are not in any way a political blog. so please feel free to disregard the message and simply appreciate the community of graphic designers coming together through greenpeace’s behind the logo initiative to express their point of view on a certain oil spill in the mexico gulf… this one is my favorite, but you can see them all on flikr. by kv
chanel cosmetic adverts: malgosia bela photographed by solve sunsbo
for the record, aside the early lancôme campaigns approx 3 years ago, these are some of the most beautiful cosmetic advert ever. polish model malgosia (actually malgorzata) bela photographed by norwegian photographer solve sunsabo. i remember when i first saw one in a publication, it just stunned me. i stopped and had to take notice. it was quietly screaming and making me want something… i’m still wondering what that was. by dd
Prada logo treatment: follow me to hell
nop! this package and its logo placement was not the result of some chinese quality control
the double logo and the label appears to be an afterthought. really?so what does a luxury brand like prada do when everyone’s trying to be lux? seeing the latest logo treatments at the parda store made me wonder for a bit… i saw a random half cut logo on the cap of some cosmetic pack, the fragrance box with the double logo on the box, one covering the other… like someone saying their name twice upon introduction. the first name quietly and muffled and the second, bold and pronounced. this of course is a major no no in design, but with fashion in general anything goes, all bets are off. they even make wallpaper patterns out of their logos (i bet that made the marketing directors excited), i cant help but equate such behavior with one of those tacky celeb PR shots infront of some logo plastered wall for some vodka of the day, after all that’s the real purpose, so lets not be shy. but this is not always the case with madam prada. not only the double logo is there for no good reason, they took great pains to design it as thought it was haphazardly placed over the second, or even better, just casually running off the cap. like one of those “i just woke-up” haircuts that took hours to do. but to their credit what else could prada do? whatever prada does is knocked off within weeks, i mean every monkey now has a perfume with one of those ‘squeezable testicles’ that prada reintroduced… maybe this is the latest way to separate yourself and say… ok you wanna follow/copy me? go right ahead… i’m jumping out the window. by dd
Puma: the king kong of ping pong
tag it up!
or just wipe your hands…
storage plus a pair of ash legs
hmmm… metal chain link fence? not my favorite bit
that said this is one hell of a ping pong table, considering the details and manufacturing, such as the ceramic chalk surface backed by steel plate and the black ash wooden legs. the table not only looks amazing its guaranteed to perform considering its designer, and our friend, johan liden himself is an avid ping ponger. (the clip link is just like johan… on vacation). chalk – for puma by aruhliden. debuts in new york, early june at the conran shop… bring your black chalk amex. by dd
Gallery: international edition volume 5
some nice work in the latest issue of gallery
dzuae tatanako (tokyo), sergey tarasenko, anastasiya litvinenko (russia), 
ceft and company, ucef hanjani, kimberley norcott USA, eduardo del fraile, aurelia gonzalez (spain)
landor associates, jason little, malin holmstrom (australia), landor associates, jason little, malin holmstrom, james cockerille, nocola dearn, mike stainford, joao peres
ceft and company, ucef hanjani, pierre jeand’heur, kimberley norcott, james brown, thomas lagrange, USA, ampro design, irinel ionescu, oliwer lovanovici, alin patru (romania)
dirty
absolutely beautiful piece by brooklyn based designer roland tiangco. sums up everything!
described as follow on his website: “a poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster, the back of which is coated with powdered pigment. this is the first of a series of posters.” genius! click on the images to get a better look
by pp’
tankette table by paolo pallucco and mireille rivier
the little tank (tankette) table, by paolo pallucco and mireille rivier. i saw this coffee table at a friends house and loved the idea and finish so much that i considered getting one. it can be rolled around the house (if the floor finish can accommodates) but it’s not the most practical of coffee tables as far as what you place on top of it but its a piece to be dealt with. ca. 1987-1988 painted metal. manufactured by pallucco, treviso italy. 13 3/8 x 48 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (34 x 122.9 x 80 cm) estimated price $6000-$8,000 as seen at philips de pury & company. by yb
yeh it’s just that kind of a day
this is sort of like… one of those uber fancy parties you end up in… and everyone you talk to is bitching about something or another (yes myself included). i saw it and i just had to smile. available for just $64, yet another reason to be unhappy.
turns out of course it has nothing to do with that, it was a phrase, or so i learned, that was refering to technology and how its made us all more miserable… hell, i agree lets bitch about that at least anyway. by uh
