Props to Beardie for sharing this with me. ”The William” … why have I not seen this before? Who’s concept is it?? Aside from everyone calling it a Stove-top, when it is actually a cook-top, I can’t Google this one to the root cause. Anyone? Sheesh… poor person who’s concept it is an they’re not getting credit.
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“The William” Cooktop: Who’s concept is it?
Monday, August 30th, 2010A Million Tiny Alarm Clocks: Graffiti can be sensual
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Courtesy Brizo
Ok, I’m not trying to make a big point, but here’s another example of how graffiti can incorporate into our daily lives as a print ad, or imagination, or pure visual bliss. All be it more stylized and more of a sketch-book like concept drawing; but, that’s where the good ideas really come from anyway. It’s no Old Spice commercial, but freedom comes from within and it starts every day with your cleansing rituals. Who doesn’t want to shower and feel like bright bursts of energy are caressing our skin?
Oh, and I’m going to New York with Brizo for Fashion Week.
It’s shocking, I know. It’s brillz, really.
Vancouver Public Art: Beatty Street
Monday, August 30th, 2010
600 BLOCK, BEATTY STREET, VANCOUVER, BC – This baby has taken on the best of any life in this no-fun city. Graffiti is either an annoyance or beauty, but wow, this is awesome. Having been painted over on December 23 ’09 by the Engineering Department (aka City Works) in a boring, lifeless, blue that would make anyone vomit profusely, life has returned with new public art.
“The Beatty Street Mural Project aims to explore the effects of applying various social networking concepts to a monumental public art installation. Creating an interactive platform between the community, the artists, photographers, bloggers, etc.”
Life’s better after the Olympics.
IKEA’s kitchen of 2040
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Everyone has a vision, I guess, and this is IKEA’s vision of the kitchen in 2040. In a report commissioned by the Swedish home furnishings giant, they seem to think that food will be “printed” (#2)… ah whom am I kidding. I’d rather see a Jetsons Food-a-Rac-a-Cycle.
MP Lighting is Vancouver-chic
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
X61CS by MP Lighting
And now for the mysterious lighting and RCP!!! So excited to do one, it’s been a while.
Your biggest fan
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Our fan finally broke down (for the 5th time) which caused a sleepless, sticky, night. I immediately started searching for a new fan, at 1:30am, but why is it that I only find these (or these, or these) monstrosities of ugliness with power-sucking venom? I mean, fans need to be practical, but in this city there is a 90% chance that I’ll need to use my fan during every day because of the constant +40% R.H. so I also want something that fits my mid-cent-mod style.
Then I found this:
For the whopping price of $300 SPR, it better give me the best blow of my life.
Improkitchen: The kitchen that sets the stage, literally.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Improkitchen via Keung Caputo
ZÜRICH – Art imitates life. This was bound to happen sooner or later. Keung Caputo constructed this mobile kitchen stage for performance artists Maria Küpfer and Stefani Grubenmann where they curate dinners showing their improvisation of cooking dinner.
Lisa Smith at Core77 writes about Improkitchen:
We like it because it takes a stand against all the overwrought, polished counter, empty cabinet, super modernist kitchen designs depicted in so many magazines. Instead, the improkitchen celebrates cooking for what it is: cluttered, fast-paced and creative, where a quick-wit, resourcefulness, and experience trumps polished appliances any day.
What is, or perhaps isn’t, addressed, is that people LIKE polished counters with beautiful cabinetry that sets the stage for great food, great family and friends, and a great user cooking experience. My ideal kitchen design is one constructed of grade a plyboo and concrete, where there are no hinges, no drawers, no straight lines and no separation from living and eating. I just haven’t found the space to hold this idea in yet, so, for now, improkitchen is where it’s at.
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- Improkitchen via Keung Caputo
Takashi Murakami funks up Versailles
Monday, August 9th, 2010
I pretty much hope that you’re looking at this photo wondering “What the EFF is that doing in Versailles?” I equally hope that you’re now seeing the juxtaposition of over-the-top camp of high French style and the ultra-pop artwork of Takashi Murakami. It’s no joke, and it’s not a bastardization or defecation of Chatêau de Versailles, but it is going to be the most amazing show on earth, yet, from September 14 to December 13.
“I am The Cheshire Cat who greets Alice in Wonderland with his devilish grin, and chatters on as she wanders around the Château.
With my playful smile, I invite you all to the Wonderland of Versailles.” says Murakami
Play, you amazing inspiration of a man, play with your child-like innocence that inspires us all.
