Boym Partners

Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym

Couldn't Resist

cool sculpture and drawing work

Kiel Johnson:

http://www.hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com/PROJECTS.html

not much info on his work unfortunately, but his sculptural work in cardboard looks really interesting, and his drawings are amazing:

http://www.hyperbolestudios.com/kieljohnson.com/awesomist.html

Time lapse video of a cardboard sculpture:
http://acriacao.com/2009/10/17/the-twin-lens-reflex-de-kiel-johnson-por-theo-jemison/

Ron van der Ende

Alright, we need some new action on this page.

Check out Ron van der Ende . He does some amazing wood relief paintings. Also be sure to go to his newer website.

A Lesson In Transitioning Service Retail from Online to Physical Space

Mission Bicycle Company
Retail Experience by Adaptive Path
Architecture by Grayscaled Design Collective
Web Design by Chapter Three

Rarely do I see such a seamless transition from the online to the in-store retail experience.Mission Bicycle is a custom fix-gear bicycle shop located on Valencia Street in San Francisco.

Website design by Chapter Three

"I had already heard about Mission Bicycle’s innovative model of selling fixed gear bikes online and was intrigued to hear about the company’s next step: opening up a retail shop that would challenge pretty much every convention in bicycle retail. What Mission Bicycle wanted to do was exactly in line with a few ideas that I had with some friends while in grad school"- Henning Fischer of Adaptive Path.

image source www.dezeen.com

image and copyright mission bicycle company

"Mission Bicycle's Zack Rosen, CEO partnered with Grayscaled to design the interior space and Adaptive Path to develop product selection and purchase experience and signage system. The store opened in May 2009 resulting in a 50%+ net increase in bicycle sales for the company"-Henning Fischer.

image source www.dezeen.com

Mission Bicycle Retail Experience from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

I highly recommend taking a look at the three company's that partnered to make Mission Bike brand experience. Adaptive Path designs consumer experiences for a variety of products and services, not to mention their experience designers produce great design literature and essay's most of which are free through their blog. Chapter Three is a full-service open-source consultancy and experts at designing great websites and deploying them. - from their webpage here.

image source www.dezeen.com

image source www.dezeen.com

image source www.dezeen.com

Mission Bicycle is located at 766 Valencia St.

check out ID suckas, this is the mother that gave birth to baby cintiqs!

More human based music

Chris Cairns created this video called Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratories Inc. that features the beats of The Scratch Perverts, Foreign Beggars, Shlomo and Will Clarke.

Meowzers

This is what design is all about.

Ruff said.

Just stumbled upon a site that features photos of creative's spaces. I'm always fascinated by others' work spaces. Its called The Selby.

Peter B Lewis gets a razzin'

Quoted from James Howard Kunstler's 'Eyesore of the Month' 

The Peter B. Lewis Building for Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. Architect: Frank Gehry. If your dog had a tumor like this the vets would just shake their heads and put him to sleep. The design follows the logic of cancer: invade and overwhelm the host organism. It's appropriate that this building houses the business school, because it aptly expresses the disfigurement of American economic practice in our time: banality meets pathology in a tragic duet.

Link to the P.B.L. October 2005

Link to Clusterfuck Nation

Calvin Harris + RCAID

Calvin Harris teamed up with the Royal College of Art’s Industrial Design Engineering program whose students created the Bare Conductive skin-safe ink seen here.

Yea baby !!

band-aid

Not only is this very cool packaging/design/(amazing)idea, check out the sweet blogspot site it is on. In case you only look, read this bit from the explanation:

"By redesigning the traditional bad-aid into a roll-type like tapes, we can not only reduce the paper waste but also reduce the volume of the traditional package by two thirds, saving transportation cost."

It's translated, so take it easy.

Bouroullec’s quilt couch

I thought this was somewhat interesting

Courtesy of designguide.tv

Beautiful Vid

World Builder from BranitVFX on Vimeo.

art design engineer

Maker Profile - Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television from make magazine on Vimeo.

555 kubiK facade projection

555 KubiK | facade projection | from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Meatpaper

above image from www.meatpaper.com 07.22.09

I thought I'd give you SF | West Coasters a little art and culture to chew on... This magazine is for anyone who loves food and art as much as I do!
Meatpaper is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. We like metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture.

Meatpaper is based in SF and their website ain't bad either. Tamara Kostianovsky, who's work you see below, is just on of their many featured artists.

above image from http://www.tamarakostianovsky.com/Actus-reus-1.html 07.22.09

Meatpaper | coming to a table near me soon!

Marlies Romberg :: Product Designer

A porcelain and silicone USB stick complete with a seal to “hide your techno-secrets.” aka Diary

Marlies Romberg

MUTO an ambiguous animation painted on public walls

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Artist :: Blu

Piece :: Muto

Above is a Graffiti Artist From Buenos Aires, I'm sure many of you had seen this before but it is still very cool to watch. Very much reminds me of the South African Artist :: William Kentridge


Piece :: History of the Main Complaint

Now thats using your noodle

creative creations by some deep southerners

Using copper tubing and a grill to create a Hot Tub heater

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection

Compass in Hand

comprised of nine digital images of disasters taken from mass media. The images are arranged in a grid and superimposed with a constellation of circles made by the artist. Walker stipulates that the images can be reproduced and disseminated as often as desired and on any variety of materials. In consultation with the artist, the work was reproduced as wallpaper for the exhibition Compass in Hand—and it’s also available as a free download.

Courtesy :: Moma

The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary works on paper. Through a selection of more than three hundred works, this first comprehensive presentation of the gift surveys the various methods and materials within the styles of gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration, and systems-based and conceptual drawings. The exhibition brings together historical works by Lee Bontecou and Joseph Beuys; Minimalist and Conceptual works by Donald Judd and Hanne Darboven; detailed narrative drawings by Elizabeth Peyton and John Currin; collages by Amelie von Wulffen, Mona Hatoum, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska; and large-scale installations by Nate Lowman and Ján Mancuska, to name just a few. In its exploration of diverse artistic tendencies at the turn of the twenty-first century, this exhibition proudly celebrates the panoramic state of drawing today.

Above piece :: Kelley Walker - nine disasters (Florida City; Maui; Moran; San Fernando Valley; Anchorage; Kobe; Elba; Los Angeles; TWA Flight 800) (2002)

One of many works of art to be displayed in the MoMa exhibition

Mutant Objects

Shay. Shafranek :: Mutant Objects
Shay is a designer from Israel, I thought he had some interesting stuff and the fact that he does it himself, was pretty inspiring.

Deconstruction

Deconstruction: Zipit Chair

by Viktormatic

Zipit by Viktormatic is a unique chair that is made from a kit that includes wood modules, a cardboard seat and backrest cushions. It is assembled with zip ties, and can be just as easily disassembled.

Featured by :: Design Milk

Form Follows Freedom

Form Follows Freedom


By Sara Ivanyi

I though this stuff was pretty interesting, and I enjoy how she represents herself throughout the website, ergo I like the website, good character

Hey, I'm working on a wordless blog site right now, basically images that are cool/inspiring/weird/etc. for you people to scroll through and be mesmerized by. It's heavily based off of Haw-Lin.com, but mine will probably be more design oriented. Its called Things_I_Take. Blurp it, or let me know what you think.

House Industries

A cool type site I came across the other day - lots of really great typefaces, merch, blog etc. The free print catalogue is really dynamic and fun. If you request one you're sent a link to download three faces for free. Check it out.

www.houseind.com

Aluminum poles + Herman Miller = Lifeguard chair

An interesting photo article I came across.  www.strangeharvest.com

Mike and Maaike's ATNMBL

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, what we're talking about here is the ATNMBL, a recent transportation concept from the studio of Mike and Maaike in San Francisco. What it promises is nothing short of the end of the driving experience. No more traffic jams, no more eating, talking / texting, no more reading or doing your nails while trying to drive, no more putting your life on hold so you can get to where you're going.

I've seen this concept making the rounds for a few weeks now, and I hadn't honestly given it too much thought until I saw it on Core77 yesterday and began reading the comments section. What struck me was the sheer volume of comments (many Core77 posts get very few if any posts as far as I can see) It is clear from the reaction (among the design community no less) that this is a polarizing concept. Many comments were simply criticizing its lack of feasibility (airbags, etc.).

Personally, I think the concept is extremely well presented. I have no issue with showing an idea that is unfeasible as a concept; its value and role as a catalyst is invaluable.

What I'm most interested in is how you guys feel about a driverless transportation system! Personally, I love driving, but I absolutely hate all of the things that Mike and Maaike identified that go along with driving in built up urban areas. I could see a future in which such a system becomes more mainstream and the personal automobile becomes a pastime or a hobby, much as what happened to the horse when cars first came about. What are your thoughts?

Everyone loves Legos

http://www.likecool.com/LEGO_Architecture_Building_Sets--Toy--Gear.html

Great ad campaign

Pretty amazing ad campaign for a suppressed Zimbabwean newspaper. The journalists were exiled by the government regime and a tax was put on the paper making it unfordable to the citizens. The campaign raised awareness around the globe to spread the word of the oppressive regime and the shittiness of their situation. Great video here.

Short

Red Rabbit from Egmont Mayer on Vimeo.

Different POV

SURFACE : A film from underneath from tu on Vimeo.

Fun

http://thereifixedit.com/

Check out this new blog. ID (and duct tape) at its best.

NOTE: I beat Core77 to it. Take that suckers!!

http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Maybe you saw this on core77 as well. Pretty cool Jello competition. In the video you'll see that Thu Tran, former CIA grad and now host of the show Food Party also hosts the short video from this competition. Check it out!

Sir Ken Robinson gives commencement speech at RISD

Many of you may have seen this on Core77, but if you haven't done so yet, check out this video. British author Ken Robinson spoke at the Rhode Island School of Design's commencement this year, and delivered what I thought was a truly inspiring speech. It's a bit long, but stick through the first 2-3 minutes of introductions and watch his address, you won't regret it - it might just be enough to keep your head up for another day through your job search!

INSPIRED! A new model for haircut efficiency!

Tired of that pesky clean up after cutting your hair? Well fret no more! We've got just the solution for you! VACUUM!

Amazing Image Archive from NASA

The Horsehead Nebula - courtesy of nasaimages.org

The above is an image from nasaimages.org - an archive of many years of collected photos. Unfortunately not hi-res, but these images are rights free as long as you cite NASA and don't imply that they promote whatever you're selling.  At the very least, they're inspirational. They can also make you feel really insignificant. The image above is also strangely phallic. Moving on...

Hmmm what do you do with abandoned buildings? Make a statement of course!

Fellow Youngstownians use abandoned buildings as a canvas for public art. More images coming soon...

Some Cool Stuff in Cleveland?

These are several interesting things that are going on in Cleveland. They celebrate keeping Design and Art local to Cleveland. This is from the local designer Room Service

This is an Interesting place that uses letter press and other such media to make cards and other random stuff. Thought it was definitely Cleveland:: Oddball Press

Both of these groups will be represented at the Made in the 216, which is an event that celebrates Cleveland Art and Design, more info is provided at this LINK! It starts this weekend Friday and Saturday - June 26th and June 27th

installed out

Encastrable, a French collective goes around Paris making guerrilla installations inside stores. Very clever and inspiring, and doesn't cause any damage.

For those of you wanting to become more professional and protecting ones self during FREELANCE work. This is a good article posted several months ago by Core 77, on creating proper Contracts.

I wanted to try my hand at an animated gif.

If you haven't seen this, it is always a source of inspiration

The Talk is composed by Paola Antonelli the head curator of architecture and design at MoMa

Courtesy of the TED talks

For the love of goldfish (and stop motion animation)

Loveless is a short film completed a couple years ago with the help of a few good friends and a heap of construction paper.

Winter Check

Maybe you saw this on core77, but I thought a lot of us would find Wintercheck an interesting new furniture company. They seem really dedicated and bent on establishing something cool, watch the videos. Only big concern: prices, a little high? But I think they are handcrafted pieces

10:28am/10:28am

An altered piece of clothing to suggest two contrasting adjustments and the possibility of a correlation. The piece can be worn in two fashions; one may wear it as a standard hoodie, or they may wear the altered side. There is no back to the piece, it was designed to incorporate two fronts, creating a dialogue of choices and adjustments.

Title:: 10:28am/10:28am

Summer Solstice Unveiling Party Event at the Cleveland Museum of Art

If you are in Cleveland and can afford 15 bucks, go to the Summer Solstice Unveiling Party Event at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Saturday: 6/20/2009

Hours: 10pm-2am

Music:

Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry- sound artists 10pm

DAN (freak'n) DEACON - 10:15pm

Dj Rehka- Melds Indian dance with electronica - 11:30pm

Emeralds - Improvised bliss-out music - 1:00am

Link: http://www.clemusart.com/events/EastWingOpening.aspx

Bio, Auto - Images of Frank Zaremba

Bio, Auto- an exploration of oneself. Images of Frank Zaremba

a series by Frank Zaremba