francis ford coppola’s literary magazine and their upcoming fall 2012 issue. featuring cover art by irreplaceable iranian filmmaker, photographer, and poet abbas kiarostami. by sv
design
the smoking chair
i’ll take two please. or a carton? by sv
is that a chair you’re sitting on…
or are you just happy to see me? just a couple of unrecognizable geniuses hanging out. from left to right, george nelson – one of the founders of american modernism and angular poseur, edward wormley – dunbar designer but clearly not your typical model, earo saarinen –finnish designer and pipe smoker, harry bertoia – italian-born artist, sculptor, chin-holding enthusiast and modern furniture designer, the one and only charles eames – quintessential contributions to modern architecture, furniture, graphic design, fine art, and film (what a show-off) and lastly, jens risom – danish furniture designer and tie-tucker. party on, guys. by sv
PIMP MY WAFFLE
louis vuitton waffle maker by andrew lewicki by ak
saturdays magazine
the other day, saturdays surf throw a party for the launch of their magazine, the issue one is beautiful, designed by our friend javas, the man about town. lovely! more here by pp.
HEDI SLIMANE – (Y)SL NEW LOGO
what a surprise this morning when zoning through blogs and news to see hedi slimane’s updated (y)sl logo… seriously!? first relocating the ysl studio to LA and now replacing the logo with helvetica? sorry, i don’t get it… is it a LA team, hedi and marc atlan? by pp.
park life good life
park life is a store + gallery based in san francisco, selling art and design. you can find cool tshirts, jewelry, books, cameras, design objects and anything that they find interesting and relevant in this store, and the best part is that you can buy them online. i particularly loved these functions deck of cards but math is soo high school. yep- they’re sold out. by ak
retro modern
if social media had existed in the 60s i guess this is what the ads would have looked like…enjoy ;) by wn
FORMAFANTASMA – FENDI
formafantasma studio came with these “craftica furnitures” made in collaboration with fendi, using discarded fendi leather. more please! by pp.
room for art
the clarion hotel in stockholm has announced that they will now be accepting art as payment for a room. this is great news for me, as going to my home town is expensive så bra jobbat sverige!
by wn
Serif Bag
do you have to be a design nerd to think the serif bag is sort of beautiful? ….. fine, i guess you’re right. i still think it’s a very elegant tote 🙂 by kl
knock on wood
even though i can’t imagine walking on these, these shoes by cat potter look pretty unique. more designs here. by ak