Posted in doors of secrets, dutch design, laser cut hangers, margaret wessels boer, marjet wessels boer, studio wessels boer, tacky teaspoon, wool-tini lamp on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes I think, ‘There are so many products on this planet, do we really need anymore? What can I add to that?’ In the end, I want to create things that people cannot put aside. –Marjet Wessels Boer
Below are just a few of those products:
And one of her fabulous projects; [...]
Posted in be flower chairs, capiton chairs, chairs with toys in them, duocroc, duolux chairs, duoskai, etc creations, laser butterfly chair, magali jeambrun, unique hand made chairs, unusual chairs on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Magali Jeambrun is clearly more than a furniture maker, she’s an artist. Creating original unusual and stunning chairs that combine traditional shapes and silhouettes with contemporary designs, fabrics and materials, she has created pieces used in some of the hottest restaurants and retail establishments around.
Despite being written up in every hot design and interior magazines [...]
Posted in Jenai Chin, John Maurad, body art, body painting, new york magazine feet pictures, shoes painted on feet, temptu, you walk wrong on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When New York Magazine needed to recreate the appearance of shoes on actual feet in the April 21st issue, using just makeup, they went to Temptu. Amazing body art artists John Maurad and Jenai Chin created airbrushing with Temptu Paints for the article titled “You Walk Wrong” in last week’s issue, written by Adam [...]
Posted in art and fashion collaboration, hello kitty dior pictures, hello kitty in japanese vogue, hello kitty in nippon vogue, hello kitty vogue pictures, simpsons harper's bazaar on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As promised, I told you’d I’d share the images from the Hello Kitty article in May’s Japanese Vogue (Nippon Vogue) as soon as they surfaced. Well, thanks to Sassybella and The Fashion Spot, here they are. But I must confess, I’m incredibly disappointed.. what a letdown.
I guess I was hoping to see something more like [...]
Posted in NYU cancer institute, brian bowen smith, dita von teese, eve mendes, heidi klum nude, marc jacob's skin cancer awareness, marc jacobs skin cancer t-shirts, nude celebrities, nude models on April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There was a lot of buzz about Victoria Beckham baring it all for the Marc Jacobs skin cancer awareness T-shirt this past March. And since then, as well as prior to that, many other celebrities stripped in support of the Cancer Awareness campaign.
There are numerous iterations of the t-shirt that bear the slogans: [...]
Posted in hello kitty japanese vogue, hello kitty and john galliano, hello kitty for dior, nippon vogue hello kitty spread on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Kitty, the popular cat character from Sanrio in Japan, is set for a designer makeover in the June issue of Japanese Vogue, which went on sale yesterday (april 26, 2008).
The fashion spread will show Kitty modeling the latest autumn and winter designs by John Galliano for the Dior brand, posing with the designer and [...]
Posted in bejeweled collars, diamond dog collars, dogs trust, fine jewelry for pets, gemstone jewelry for dogs, jari limited, jari pet jewellery, luxury items for pets, pet photo competition, pet portraits on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We know that nowadays people don’t seem to be sparing any expense when it comes to spoiling their furry friends. And Jari Limited in the UK, is no exception.
They create exceptional fine jewellery (or jewelry) for cats and dogs. And not just gem studded and embedded collars but necklaces, anklets and yes.. even cuffs! They [...]
Posted in birdhouse clock, feek furniture, hannspree tv purse, hip home accessories, hip home furnishings, hip products, ibride, if its hip its here, modern design, monotracer, puma on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Twelve terrific new finds, shown above.
Clockwise from upper left: Pascal Taraby’s Birdhouse Clock, Mlle Lilli’s beautiful lamps, Feek furniture’s Rocker C, Puma’s glow in the dark bicycle, ibride’s Sultan dog stool, MagBag metal magazine holder, the Monotracer, Orina’s Arista case for macbook air, Bird On A Wire wall hooks, Verv Designs midcentury modern knobs, Hannsmilano [...]
Posted in anatomic factory lamps, artsy lamps, bombo, bombo illustrations, illustrated milk carton lamps, illustrated milk cartons, limited edition, low brow art, milk gone bad, novelty lghts on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Milk Gone Bad:Two different artistic experiences come together in this project. Anatomic factory’s objects meet Bombo’s illustrations, giving us food for thought on the ambiguity of products that often have a hidden second nature.
“Milk Gone Bad” is a collection of eight lamps somewhere between toys and furnishing complements. Made like milk cartons, each piece is [...]
Posted in 2008 milan furniture fair, Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, design reports, milan design week, milan furniture fair coverage, milan reports, pictures from milan furniture fair on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So many great journalists and bloggers covered the Milan Furniture Fair /the Milan Salone Mobili / Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile/ Milan Design Week or whatever you prefer to call it. It would be redundant and pointless for me to do the same, so here are links to some of the round-ups, slide shows, video [...]
