After a few months of hanging out with boys who tag walls when they drink, I’ve found myself restless. I don’t have the artistic or delinquent tendencies to vandalise public spaces so I end up skulking in the shadows while they bomb. My left-brain sees all the ‘creative’ spelling and grammar of lesser artists and [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Grafit-typo
Posted in Advertising, tagged grafitti, guerilla marketing, LCC, University of Arts London on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shunsuke Umiyama + Oooms
Posted in Commercial design, tagged Oooms, Shunsuke Umiyama, technology, USB drive on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shunsuke Umiyama’s conceptual mobile phone charger for KDDI and Oooms’ USB drive… a little cutesy but I’m happy to see new takes on a tangle of cords and rectangular flash drives that feel like a pack of Juicy Fruit at the bottom of a bag.
Source: Oooms, Spoon & Tamago
Sam Songailo + mola
Posted in Art and installation, Tactile and Textile, tagged abstract painting, mola, Sam Songailo, South American art, tapir on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been especially hyped on South American art, textiles and illustration lately. Sam Songailo’s paintings remind me of Panamanian molas, unfinished fabric panels embroidered with a reverse appliqué technique. A reverse appliqué involves several layers of fabric quilted together, the top layer being cut to reveal coloured fabrics underneath (a sort of textile equivalent to [...]
To Go
Posted in Industrial design, tagged Asia, UK on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been a staunch supporter of reusable coffee cups for years and have a shocking collection of travel mugs ranging from functional stainless steel 20oz to purely attractive transparent Perspex 8oz. As much as I love them, the dimensions are simply too cumbersome to carry on a regular basis, and I have used too many [...]
