29 October 2009

AN EVENING OF SWISS DESIGN

This evening the Helvetic Centre held an event at Cafe OTO in Dalston called "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2008 in London". The event included a panel discussion with four London-based designers, which started as a discussion on Swiss design and quickly became a heated debate on the merits and downfalls of design competitions.

THURSDAY

GLASSER


FULL ALBUM HERE

28 October 2009

ATA KAK

Found on a blog called Awesome Tapes from Africa, Check out the whole album there or listen to a couple songs here:


Daa Nyinaa

Bome Nnwom

19 October 2009

ROGER HIORNS














THIS RULES.
Roger Hiorns, a British artist up for the Turner Prize, coated a flat entirely in electric blue copper sulphate crystals. According to the Tate's website, "his exploration of chemical processes took spectacular effect in Seizure, in which a derelict flat in South London was filled with liquid copper sulphate, which after a period of time encrusted every surface of the space with blue crystals." I love me some crystals.

The project was commissioned by Artangel and is on view until January 3, 2010.

17 October 2009

GRAY CHAISE


Interestingly, IKEA makes a chaise similar to the Neo from Design Within Reach. Kind of want this.

BRIGHTON




MATOCREATIVE burlap totebag

In collaboration with Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, Matocreative has made these recycled bean sack burlap market totebags. Want.

OCTOBRE

FOUND PHOTOS
Top: Jennifer Hodapp
Bottom, ICELAND
Gustaf Alstromer

JOACHIM SCHMID






Joachim Schmid, a contemporary artist creating photo volumes based on found imagery. http://schmid.wordpress.com/

SATURDAY

PHOTO: LEANNE LIANG

HELLO EVERYONE