I have always been particularly drawn towards classical Greek mythology. The manner in which the Greeks deified the natural world enchanted me as a child. For a culture without the jaded facts of modern science, personification seems like an ideal way to approach and understand the temperamental nature of the sky.
Source: Charles Betz
Archive for October, 2008
Theoi Meteoroi
Posted in Photography, Sociology on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fragmented Landscape
Posted in Art and installation, Photography, tagged UK on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never been one to pick artists’ brains about a former piece of work when I meet them, but I haven’t stopped thinking about William Edmonds since I first saw this piece. His landscapes would be the first thing I would ask him about if I ran in to him on Brick Lane after plying [...]
Organic design
Posted in Industrial design, Interior design, tagged Europe on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I would be so happy to find this beautiful Reinoso bench in the atrium of a large public library, or against a vine-covered brick wall of a secret garden in South Kensington.
Source: InDesign Live
Inverse topography
Posted in Art and installation, Maps and graphs, tagged North America on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maya Lin’s inverse topography of the floor of the Caspian Sea, where liquid negative space is transformed into a solid sculpture.
Source: Arcspace
Bookshelf
Posted in Industrial design, Interior design on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Source: Josefin Hellström-Olsson
Lego Forever
Posted in Industrial design on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interactive design, unlimited potential. I’ve been thinking about Lego USB cards for ages – the perfect transition piece for quarter-life professionals.
Source: Do Something Pretty, Lego Shop
5T4R W4R5
Posted in Tactile and Textile on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know what took me so long, but it seems all my latest inspirations come from mid- to late-90s film and television. NFG has been thinking the same thing about Star Wars apparel. The Ecko sweatshirt is an especially welcome change after months of the cheap LRG full zip skeleton hoodie knockoffs that seemed [...]
Palace of Minos
Posted in Industrial design, Interior design on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: 5.5 Designers, Think Geek
Genetics with Agile J
Posted in Maps and graphs, Sociology on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have visions of a new genetic rubric being applied to Agile J’s Diagram Style generator fields. I’m loving the Inherited Values, Off Limits Colors and Unresolved Type Styles – it reminds me of the politics of family.
Twig Hutchinson
Posted in Interior design on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Twig Hutchinson’s interiors are straight out of a Tim Walker photograph where London and the British countryside are a land far, far away…
Source: Twig Hutchinson
