mikhail gorbachev is the new pop icon. (the ad is from last year, but I find out now and like it. currently keith richards is the ‘head’ of the campaign) after pharrell williams and jennifer lopez the luxury luggage maker choose the last head of state of the USSR to be the jewel in the crown.
| louis vuitton |
a little piss-tale of phillipe starck‘s juicer. actually it’s an example of good design which defuses the tension between functional and aesthetic goals. in my judgment: the juicer is overused. I can’t and don’t wanna see him again. you find it in almost every design book. besides this rocket-shaped squeezer appears expressly designed to spray orange juice all over the person who is attempting to use it. anyhow it’s the ultimate designer accessory.
philippe starck – juicer – alessi
yes, I affect dutch design and moooi has some products I love, like the v.i.p chair from marcel wanders, the smoke chair from maarten baas or the horse lamp from the swedish front design girls.
marcel wanders v.i.p. chair
the great part is that moooi (mooi is ‘beautiful’ in dutch and the additional ‘o’ implys super beautiful) will also present his new collection on the designweek (16-21.4 in milan). I haven’t seen many sneak peeks yet. I just know that this hanging lamp, the sofa lamp, from culdesac design studio will be a part of it. to be honest, the lamp looks like a softish ufo. anyway I am looking forward to the rest of the new collection.
inspired by the iconic chester sofa – consists of a sculptural moulded polyurethane shel
sanaa from japan –
In my opinion a pick of the bunch of architecture!
zollverein school of management – essen, germany
architects: sanaa
here another scary moment of a knock-off:
villa garbald – castasegna, switzerland
architects: miller & maranta
I am up for the designweek. as you can see I already hang up the zona tortona board from last year. my former flatmate ‘accidentally’ took this board with her. it was all but on the ground. and because she is such a provident person she couldn’t leave the board alone…
If I give some thought to the zona tortona I would say that it’s the heart of the design week in milano. every year hundreds of companies, like abc, tuttobene, tom dixon, park, maarten baas etc. offer a preview of their products in all the locations of zona tortona district. there are some good brands and design to see and, of course, some stuff I would like to delete of my knowledge. but the area is full of design interested people and the ambiance is unbeatable. we should pray for last year’s weather now and everthing will be perfect in 2008.
some impressions from 2007
zona tortona ‘entry’
creative hanging around
tales from eindhoven crew
maarten bass
zona tortona guide
I am a constant reader of morf, a dutch magazine about design which is published by premsela, which is a platform for design and fashion. the aim of morf is to stimulate the students to think about their profession and their own future place within it.
I found this article in an old issue, no.3 – november 2005. ted noten gives advice. reading the article is more than a pleasure. finally I found my godfather. (check commandment 7)
2 months ago I got an email from a friend who wanted to write an essay about hysteria on design. he is from spain and also a designer. guillem ferran asked me to send him some informations about maxime ansiau, a dutch-french designer. he saw a picture of his work on matandme. I’ve send him all he needed and now his article is printed. he compilated different works of studio job, wok media, maarten baas, martino gamper, maxime ansiau, ted noten, atelier van lieshout and jerszy seymour.
yeah, guillem! but is there an english version? my spanish isn’t that good.
d[x]i is a quarterly publication devoted to creativity, visual culture and contemporary art making. you find subjects about industrial design, graphic design, interior design, photography, illustration, art, architecture as well as other cross-media disciplines. d[x]i is a 100% experimental platform which goes beyond the limits of editorial work, generating an independent environment in which different viewpoints of contemporary culture converge with up to date information.
another media conglomerate is launching an award. sony presents a photo award for professionals and amateurs which will be presented from the 21st – 25th april in cannes, france. the good part is that they also have an university shoot out. in this competition you will see two students from each of the 10 participating countries from europe. the assignment was to sum up your country in one image. here is one picture which was choosen to be presented in cannes.
germany – ‘sum up your country in one image’ – black – red – yellow!!
sebastian müller and jan-philip welchering are students at the university of applied science and arts in dortmund, germany. sebastian is studying photography and jan-philip graphic design. the funny story is that jan-philip actually wanted to sign on photography but he made a mistake in the application form and end up in the graphic design department. not sure if it’s destiny, maybe, but it was just a stupid slip. what doesn’t bar him from taking good pictures.
jan-philip welchering + sebstian müller
the ‘mustard’ collection is hanging in the kitchen
that’s how the massacre started
that’s how it get out of hand
