Humans and animals and nature have a lot in common, which is a fact that constantly fascinates and infuriates many. On one hand, you have people fighting day after day for animal rights and for the protection and conservation of nature. On the other, you have people who blatantly disapprove of global warming and deny [...]
The guys over at Shwood,makers of fine wooden sunglasses, seem to be having a lot of fun these days. Recently they teamed up with Keith Hufnagel of HUF to ride around the streets of Los Angeles and to create a pair of Skatebaord Shades, which are made from the plywood of skateboards. It’s a pretty [...]
If you’ve not heard of Tinker Hatfield, you’re sorely missing out. Tinker Hatfield was originally hired by Nike as their corporate architect in 1981, designing showrooms and stores. But then in 1985 he was asked to start designing shoes, realizing that designing shoes was going to be a big deal in the near future. He [...]
Sometimes, my favorite part of a movie is the title sequence. In this instance we have a very clever title sequence for a movie that doesn’t really exist: a documentary about the history of the title sequence. Directed and edited by Jurjen Versteeg, A History of the Title Sequence pays homage to the influential designers that [...]
I’ve already posted the song, but I have to post the video to Björk’s first single, Crystalline. Once again she’s collaborated with Michel Gondry on the video, just like she has so many times in the past. What’s great is that this feels like one of Gondry’s old videos, lots of beautiful weirdness. Gondry collaborated [...]
Today we have images of iconic architecture sprayed onto the sides of a particular building in Lisbon. I found this gallery on SpaceInvading, where the homem (or mulher) behind the spray can has depicted works from a range of architects including SANAA, Niemeyer, Utzon, and others. Maybe you recognize the Bruder Klaus Chapel by Zumthor above, or below that the Casa [...]
