Author: Marion HFsPage 7 of 16
The door already tells you if Owl Kitchen in Bukchon, Seoul, is open. A few steps downstairs, a simple, yet welcoming atmosphere awaits you. There will be no…
Lately more and more hardcore bands add mugs to their usual merchandize. There are also some mini-dealers that sell hardcore-inspired mugs with triple xs, crossed x-ed up arms…
This lamp right in the corner of Retna’s studio that looks like a customized Nelson cigar floor lamp caught my eye. Photo from Retna’s Iphoneogram
Posters for calisthenics/street workout meetings in London designed by Benjamin Wachenje. I like this reviving of 1960-70s African-American graphical art. The first one purposely references the work of…
Fancy sneak peeks from fancy homes or fancy creative work places is what I see most of the time.But there are a lot of other interesting spaces that…
Concrete planters by Chinese Shenme Design aka designer Sun Xin. Photos from here, here and here.
Having a thing for lightboxes and reader boards, this “Lightbox Project” by The Goodhood Store looks fun. Every month they display a quote and one can tweet propositions….
“Shoe Toss” pendant by Vancouver artist Jeremy Hatch, founder of Ricochet Studio Inc. This lighting is inspired by the practice of shoe flinging where shoes with their laces…
Beginning of February 2013, Go Design Go posted “graffiti rugs” made by Marc Phillips Rugs in collaboration with Retna, Shepard Fairy and Kenny Scharf (the second rug here…
Special edition ramen bowls by Mastermind Japan in collaboration with clothing store Contemporary Fix and the ramen chain Hidechan for a pop-up restaurant in Tokyo in February 2013.Photos…
Limited edition figurine by Bettina Bergmann for the German wood carving studio Helbig.
It always fascinates me how many pre- and misconceptions people carry around with themselves. All of these conceptions influence perceptions, the interacting with things and people and the…
The full beauty of Bonsai probably only comes out when seeing them wholly. But the stems of these Bonsai at the Huntington Library are just amazing.
I finally got the DYS Brotherhood (1983). Apart from their classic Wolfpack, I love the cover – so it was just natural to write about it and make…
Simple.Stool made for Nike’s Running event VCXC by Brooklyn-based illustrator and menswear brand founder Jon Contino in 2012. Needless to say that Contino played in hardcore bands when…
Saw these wood blocks inspired by Kokeshi dolls by House Industries the other day. I like that one face of each block can be transformed into a wood stamp –…
End of October every year people will gather with their DIY choppers and tall bikes at Bike Kill in NYC – organized since 2003 by the NYC chapter…
Dry stamps/seals should be used more often. Photos from: (1) Rice cake packaging bought in Seoul, (2) dry stamp of Barcelona based graphic artist mikeljaso-prints.com; (2) dry stamp on one of…