Filed under: art, design | Tags: amigurumi, craft, crochet, knitting, wool
So in the spirit of the cooler seasons, and following the realisation that i seem to have been collecting random balls of wool over the years, with no intent for use, or a place to store them, I have decided to take up crochet – more specifically the Japanese art of Amigurumi. I’m still getting to grips with the basics, so I’ll leave you with some examples of where I aim to be in a month. Maybe.
Developing a soft spot for these speakers by Sherwood Forlee… and the fact that he shares my passion for minesweeper means they must be brilliant!
Filed under: design, music | Tags: antler, breuer, chandelier, chapel, converted, festival, hold me down, hunting, kandinsky, the shoes, wassily
I want an antler chandelier. I know, it’s very ‘gone hunting’, but i want one. It would go well in the converted chapel I don’t own yet (and would need to convert), hanging somewhere above the breuer. Also, i’ve decided i’d like to go to a festival of some kind this year.
Filed under: design | Tags: architecture, design, ebay, esquire, graphic design, henry wolf, old magazine, print, progressive architecture, soviet design
There’s something about old design magazines that makes the hefty price tags very, very tempting. You’re effectively investing in a frozen moment of time. I’m not just talking the aesthetics – it’s the smell and feel of the paper, the inks, the worn corners, the threads. Old skin and fingerprints of people who could now be dead. It’s cool.
PRINT: May-June 1985 The first exhibit here of contemporary Soviet type design is a revelation // Fine Print celebrates traditional book arts in the age of the computer.
PRINT: March-April 1958 Henry Wolf: Proof that better design and better business can go hand in hand. Describes visually how Wolf upgraded Esquire’s design, thereby improving its advertising and circulation.
PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE: August 1967 Performance Design: Progressive Architecture examines in depth the new problem-solving methodology of systems analysis and its implications for the practice of architecture.
Filed under: design, music | Tags: music, festival, justice, electro, reading festival, wireless, daft punk, etienne de crecy, solidays, dance, stage design, lighting
What do you get when you mix electro, set design geniuses and a dance floor big enough to plow? idreamelectric heaven. Sadly i have only attended first one on the list (which, to be fair, kept me deliriously happy for months), but let’s set them as goals for 2009 – new years resolutions may as well be fun. let’s D.A.N.C.E…
Justice // Reading 2008
Daft Punk // Wireless 2007
Etienne De Crecy // Transmusicales 2007
Filed under: design, music | Tags: asos, fortuna, georgina goodman, heidi, pendulum, prodigy, rubbish, shoe
Right… music first. I’m not sure what the Prodigy were thinking when they wrote their new single, but its awful. Really, really bad. I’m the most diplomatic person alive when it comes to music, but this is nothing short of painful. Edging waaay too near Pendulum territory. Prodigy, it’s not that i’m angry, i’m just disappointed.
Actually, i am pretty angry.
Secondly, no-one has ever warned me about this. Serious government failure here.
Finally, i’m upset because i can’t afford these or these, and these are just plain offensive.
That’s all.
Filed under: design | Tags: data, design, information, interactive, mapping
I have a bit of a thing for data. A bit of a thing… ok, sometimes that may be an understatement, I do try to repress it, but there is something additively fascinating about it. When you collect a bunch of numbers from virtually any recordable scenario and find a way to map it out visually, you’ll create something that isn’t just beautiful, but also real. Then throw in a bit of interactive design and you’re freaking laughing.
Go here, or click on the images below, or both. If you learn something, I have meaning in my life. If you don’t, let’s just pretend this whole thing never happened.
£20… not sure on the quality of the speakers, but either way it’s gotta be totally worth it…
I’ll decide next week.
Sometimes I come across work that makes me sorely miss design. Those nights where you can work til daybreak on the most precise and repetitive projects. This is obsessive compulsive design that i can relate to. More info on these beautiful books by Brian Dettmer can be found here.
