Wonderful project by Zimoun. Some info from their about page, images and a movie at Read more. «The sound sculptures and installations of Zimoun are graceful, mechanized works of playful poetry, their structural simplicity opens like an industrial bloom to reveal a complex and intricate series of relationships, an ongoing...
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A series of three lightweight steel chairs inspired by the bicycle. American designer Max Lipsey presented this project in the Rossignoli Bicycle shop (Corso Garibladi 71, Milan) during the Salone Furniture Fair. The Acciaio Series (“acciaio” is Italian for “steel”) of three lightweight chairs is inspired by the classic racing bicycle. The chairs...
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Cash for trash is a stylish design and vintage market. It is a place to discover young and inventive designers, where second-hand trophies will be sold, there while excellent sound amuses you trying on fashionable clothes and drink your coffee at leisure. With Cash For Trash, a market place has been created where way-out...
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Crap is good is organizing a competition + exhibition! Inspired by the idea of the infinite loop of an animated gif. We aim to collect as many GIF’s as possible, all circles, and put them online as well as in a series of exhibitions. To make these exhibitions possible we...
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Swedish architect Nils Strinning (1917–2006) was one of the leading mid-twentieth century designers who built the foundation of what we now call “Scandinavian design”. The line of String Furniture contains shelving systems that are incredibly practical while remaining light weight and stable. The side panels are easy to mount while...
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“Game of trust” by Greek designer Yiannis Ghikas. He uses three identical Y shaped elements which support each other (secured by little screws). This makes the coat-hanger easy to take apart, reassemble or transport. On his (very ugly) website you can find some more nice objects.
The first Amsterdam Art/Book Fair will take place the 14 & 15 of May 2011, presenting a high end international selection of art publications. The fair aims to reflect on the emerging practices and new development in art, through a selection of publishers from 16 countries. Printed matter and digital...
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The theme of the first TEDxAmsterdam conference was “Breakthrough”. In this book Silo decided to focus on how children view the world. Children younger than three years old are still “free” of the confines of assumptions and of rules with regard to our (acquired) reality. This creates an opening for...
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Today I went to visit Wilfried Huet, editor and creator of Gagarin. For the (few) ones who don’t know Gagarin. Gagarin is a self-published art magazine which is completely unique from all the rest. Instead of focussing on images or on artwork Gagarin publishes texts from the artist. Each edition...
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For my master project last year I’ve organized a competition with the assignment “Design the missing tower for the Cathedral of Antwerp” after a lot of response all the submissions (495 in total) are being exhibited in the KBC tower in Antwerp. More info and opening hours you can find...
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A nice zine from USA based designer Vanessa Lam. I let her explain the project in her own words. Society for Scientific Inquiry of Paranormal Atmospheric and Cosmic Anomalies (SSIPACA) came about through researching the vast databases available on the internet regarding UFO sightings, abductions, and conspiracies. I found it intriguing that...
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The Mobile Museum is a traveling museum, with contents contributed by people from all over the world. They welcome everybody and all backgrounds whether your an artist, designer, illustrator, photographer or someone else who wants to be seen. Unlike a conventional Museum the collection is always changing, evolving depending on...
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A nice project of Dries Wiewauters. I don’t have to much time today so I’ll give you what he wrote about it. This specimen is part of a series of 3 posters that show the transformations and distortions possible with the Pantograph — an instrument to duplicate drawings to an...
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For The Precarious State SKOR (Foundation Art and Public Space, Amsterdam) an exhibition with Eliza Newman-Saul, Paloma Polo, Katarina Zdjelar and Noa Giniger about the concept of identity. Felix Weignand designed the invitation. It combines general information about the concept with the individual projects of the artists. With a nice...
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A one day conference organized by Sara De Bondt and Catherine de Smet at at St Bride Library, London. The speakers will be practicing graphic designers as well as design historians. Amongst the speakers : Christopher Burke, David Crowley, Rick Poynor, Sonia de Puineuf, Alston W. Purvis, David Reinfurt, Catherine de Smet...
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