Innovative 26 year old designer Jethro Macey has been hailed as a ‘Name to Watch’ in 2008 by the Telegraph Magazine and the recipient of several impressive design awards. He has self-produced many products and collaborated with companies like Decode London and Worldwide Fred for both mass produced and limited edition products.
Side boards, wall hooks, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Small Spikey Mammals Serve As Design Muse: It’s A Hedgehog Heydey.
Posted in hedgehog art, hedgehog decor hedgehog products, hedgehog designs, hedgehog jewelry, hedgehogs, mini glow hedgehog on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hedgehogs have appeared in tons of products lately. Sure, they’ve always been a favorite amongst the serious gardening crowd, but these little critters have become the new hip design muse for many a product.
I’m not talking about those little crafty hedgehogs made of pine cones or cuddly stuffed animals, but instead hedgehog inspired designs and [...]
Guitars That Will Stir Your Soul – Prior To Being Played: Moollon
Posted in basses, custom guitars, dragon speakers, effects pedals, etched guitars, hand crafted guitars, moollon guitars, south korean guitars on December 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Moollon of Seoul, Korea designs and crafts some of the most beautiful looking guitars, basses, pickups and effects accessories I have ever seen. In addition to several custom creations for various artists, they have an impressive collection of private stock and retail products. Etchings of dragons, carp, wings and lotus flowers adorn some of the [...]
Karl Lagerfeld’s Sexy Photo Essays To Promote Dom Perignon
Posted in Dom Pérignon ŒnothÈque, brad kroenig, champagne ads, claudia schiffer, dom perignon advertising, dom perignon rosé, eva herzigova, karl lagerfeld and claudia schiffer, photography on December 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the spirit of upcoming New Year’s Eve, as thoughts turn to champagne, I wanted to share these two very sexy campaigns for Dom Pérignon with you since they have rarely been seen.
Karl Lagerfeld promoted two different vintages of Dom Pérignon with sexy photo narratives starring super models Claudia Schiffer in 2007 and Eva Herzigova [...]
More Bubbly For Your Buck: 10 Top Sparkling Wines For New Year’s Eve
Posted in 2008 best sparkling wines, NY times picks for sparkling wines, all about champagne, best bubbly, best sparkling wines, champagne, champagne alternatives, premium champagnes on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As New Year’s Eve approaches, several of us are in search of the right bubbly (and undoubtedly this year, the best ‘deal’) with which to toast the ringing in of 2009.
Eric Asimov, chief wine critic for the NY times gives us sparkling wine alternatives to the pricier ‘champagne’, selected by a panel of 25 [...]
Sales Sucked This Year, So Stimulate The Economy By Taking Advantage Of These Post Xmas Sales
Posted in best after christmas sales, christmas retail sales 2008, christmas spending 2008, discount shopping, links to after christmas sales, online sales, post-christmas sales, spending down for 2008 on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For stores, a very un-merry holidaySales during the crucial year-end shopping season evaporated as economic woes trumped gift-buying enthusiasm among consumers. By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer
The 2008 holiday sales season is one of the worst for retailers in decades, as consumers’ concerns about the economy and job losses crushed the typical year-end [...]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in dog as reindeer, jack russell terrier, merry christmas on December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Merry Christmas to all my wonderful readers. Thanks so much for the many nice mentions, notes and gifts. May your holidays be filled with health, love and happiness.
love,Laura (and Indie, of course)
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5th Christmas Tree Exhibition- HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Posted in HfG Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, artist christmas trees, christmas tree exhibition, designer christmas trees, modern art, oh tannenbaum christmas trees on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s another year for the exhibit of various designer interpretations of the traditional Christmas tree at Germany’s Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. The images below are from various submissions to the exhibit over the past few years. The show is in its fifth year this year and has had hundreds of unusual and [...]
From Bleak To Beautiful: The American Dollar’s ‘Anything You Synthesize’
Posted in Kasper Verweij, Rogier Hendriks, The American Dollar, anything you synthesize, music video, onesize time lapse video, time lapse music video on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to NOTCOT’s early morning tweet a couple of days ago, I’ve been made aware of a beautiful music video from Dutch studio Onesize for The American Dollar’s “Anything You Synthesize.” A time lapse video focusing on a changing landscape, from bleak to beautiful, for the band The American Dollar.
Unfortunately, in it’s full size [...]
Emma Hack Takes Body Art To A New Level With Her Latest Collection
Posted in body art, body illustration, body painting, emma hack, florence broadhurst, naked bodies painted as wallpaper, painted animals, painted bodies against wallpaper, painted nudes, veruschka on December 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We’ve seen body painting before. I’ve posted about well-known hand painter, Guido Daniele and the body painting of shoes on feet by Temptu. And how could I forget Veruschka?* But it wasn’t until I saw her work on the cover of India’s Platform magazine, that I was introduced to Australian artist and body illustrator Emma [...]
