Sunday, October 31, 2010

Friday, October 29, 2010

The Shapes Project

Cookie cutters and rubber stamps from Allan McCollum’s “The Shapes Project,” a project to create a unique shape for every person on the planet.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Crayons


Via Native Kee
Herb Williams crayon sculpture

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Totems

French conceptual photographer Alain Delorme's series of photographs entitled 'totems' reflect
images of the crazy everyday ingenuity…(plus balance, innate and strange gifts for architecture and engineering, gumption and bungee cords). Although exaggerated for effect, this is amazing to think about.
From his website it states:
"The new Totems series by Alain Delorme plunges us into the core of contemporary China and its complexity. Under the blue sky of a highly colored Shanghai, men carry throughout the city unbelievable piles. These precarious columns made of cardboard or chairs appear as new totems of a society in complete transformation, both a factory for the world and a new El Dorado of the market economy." Read more here.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Women

Women is an art project by 28mm that’s raising awareness about violence against women. The above pictures are of an installation in Rio.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010

Hair dos



Via Labour of Heart via Lost
How beautiful are these hair dos?

Thursday, October 21, 2010

High







1. Balengiaga 2. Nicholas Kirkwood 3. Prada 4. Bottega Veneta 5. Louis Vuitton

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bea Szenfeld

Designer Bea Szenfeld is the woman behind these jaw dropping costumes created by layering paillettes and sharply-creased geometric forms out of paper. From Szenfeld’s ‘Sur la Plage’ (‘On the Beach’) collection, the pieces pull from 50s burlesque silhouettes and tribalism. The talented Polish designer says she draws inspiration from oceanic myths also. Szenfeld’s client list includes Hello Kitty, Swarovski Crystal, Tommy Hilfiger and Stella McCartney. She points out that her material of choice is stiff cardboard because it provides so many options for creating structure.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Trampoline

George Nissen, father of the trampoline.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

African Baskets



1. Ilala baskets from Zambia via nativekee 2. Kwazulu Natal, South Africa via innumerablegoods
I love the shape, pattern and color of each one! I would love a bunch of them on a table.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Abandoned

Detroit photographer Kevin Bauman has compiled a beautiful series of photographs entitled 100 Abandoned Houses, highlighting home abandonment in the Detroit area. Prints are also available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds going toward housing (and related) organizations. (Images copyright Kevin Bauman.)