Category: Thinking Design Differently
It’s in the name: MeChair – me, myself and I. You could also call this chair the epitome of an individualistic, capitalist society. MeChair is a chair that…
Photos (2)&(3) from francoischastanet.com, (1,4) from dokument.org A bucket of water, a brush and pavement. These three things make up dishu or “writing calligraphy on the ground”. Art…
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.
Marquees, signposts of cheap motels or gambling halls, gas-station enamel signs, police badges, naive logos or cheap playbills are all examples of visual references and inspirations used by…
Grey or other colored rectangles are the answer to graffiti in most North American cities, giving rise to some interesting new patterns of wall-painting.Matt McCormich made a film…
Photos:(1) Modern adaption of Shimanawa created with rice straw wattles for Little Tokyo Design Week LA 2011 photographed by Redteam, (2) Shimanawa at Izumo Taisha shintō shrine by Takashi…
maybe. Images: [1,4] raw.marz-chew.fr, [2] jsbj.tumblr.com out of book “Ma ligne” de Fuzi; [3] mns1.canal-plus.net; [5]: “Concept Spatiale”, painting by Lucio Fontana from en.wikipedia.org
I went to a bonsai exhibition a while ago where I saw the one above. This is asymmetry in 3D at its best. Asymmetry translates into the rule…
Images top to bottom: sneakernews.com / courtesy of seedsofenchantment.wordpress.com / blog.goo.ne.jp/be-guru0713 / belgium44.exblog.jp Real handwriting done with a real pen. A perfect choice to make your packaging really…
Image by: zen-images.blogspot.com Want to learn more about asymmetry and in all three dimesions? Take Ikebana lessons!Ikebana is basically arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers in vases with…
“What the fuck about them is street?”, asks REVOK in this interview about brands who use people from subcultures to ‘streeten up’ their image and designs. The interview…
Photos of broken deck: RotorPhoto Monster Dice: Nieves Publications Lately these three objects above have grasped my attention. The wooden wild cat which was given to me as…
How can pop culture, DIY, recuperation and health food go together? The project “MANGA Farming” by Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi from 2009 gives us a hint. Bottom line…
Recently I was thinking about the idea behind the cups I bought at a pretty much hidden parallel street to the classic and now very touristic pottery lane…