Dutch photographer Sebastiaan Bremer’s Schoener Goetterfunken collection reads as both nostalgic and magical.

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1. Citing Frida Khalo’s fascination with anatomy and mortality as his source of inspiration, Riccardo Tisci rendered a seemingly dark subject manner in a romantic way. With chantilly lace, dégradé ostrich feathers and fringe-work, Tisci’s collection for Givenchy Couture Fall 2010 conjured the human anatomy. Featuring column dresses intricately embroidered with pearls to mimic the skeletal frame, zipper pulls made of little bones, bangles resembling a spinal column, the collection was [as the designer put it], “a romantic way to see death.” How would you like to have these skeletons in your closet? // 2. Each piece in Dutch designer Joris Laarman’s bone furniture series is created according to the way bones develop; growing where strength is needed and shrinking where it is not. In his own words, he sculpted “using mother nature’s underlying codes.” Known for his use of new technology to explore biological themes, Joris Laarman had his first U.S. solo exhibition on March 4th, 2010. In 2008, Laarman’s Bone Chair and Bone Chaise [shown above] were displayed in the MoMA and the chair subsequently, was added to the museum’s permanent collection. Mother nature would be so proud.

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Corinne Day, whose frank, unadorned photos of a teenage Kate Moss in the early 1990s helped inaugurate a new era of gritty realism in fashion photography that came to be called “grunge,” died Friday at her home in Denham, a village in Buckinghamshire, England.

“Photography is getting as close as you can to real life,” she said, “showing us things we don’t normally see. These are people’s most intimate moments, and sometimes intimacy is sad.”

Ms. Day built her reputation on unrelenting visual honesty. She refused to airbrush the bags from under models’ eyes or de-emphasize their knobby knees. She eschewed pretty locations or even studios in favor of shooting people in their own environments.

It added up to a startling detour from the glossy world of supermodels — “subversion,” in Ms. Day’s own phrase.

— NYTimes

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A collaboration between jeweler Abakus and sculptor Lanny Zamora results in a flight of fancy. The sterling and black rhodium cuff, which can be ordered for either left or right wrist, is said to be inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Using common, everyday objects such as tape, paper and plastic, artist Claire Ashley and jewelry designer Lauren Manoogian create uncommonly stunning objects.

1. Claire Ashley’s Big Bagpipes, detail 2010, plastic, duct and masking tape / Bagpipes, 2010, masking tape on plastic / Untitled 2, 2009, cardboard, house paint, duct and masking tape / Bagpipes, 2010, masking tape on plastic // 2. Lauren Manoogian necklaces crafted of paperclips, silver rings and vinyl tape. Select styles of Manoogian’s jewelry are available at Shop Pour Porter and Bona Drag.

ContainerPLUS is a multidisciplinary art and design collective. By combining illustration, photography, set design and animation, the collective creates incredibly multifaceted, narrative fantasy worlds.

Shown are pieces from Literary Fragments, an installation for West London bookshop Lutyens and Rubenstein [October 2009] and Hay Festival, book installation for SkyArts [May 2010].

By superimposing and cutting old photos, maps and tourist brochures, British artist Abigail Reynolds creates multilayered abstract collages from otherwise familiar images.

Defragmentation of Beauty | 25 Magazine Spring 2010 | Photography by Marcin Tyszka; illustrations by Tomek Sadurski and styled by Barbara Martelo; featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw, Anja Rubik, Karlie Kloss, Maryna Linchuk, Constance Jablonski, Alana Zimmer, Valerija Kelava, Shu Pei and Karmen Redaru.

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1. Missoni Home’s Cordula chair combines a sleekness in shape with charming sense of color, Unica Home // 2. Sonia Rykiel A/W 2010 // 3. Las Vegas-based painter Tim Bavington translates rock music into rhythmic visions. Physical S.E.X., from 2005, is shown above (other titles include Weezer, Get Happy, Soul Kitchen).

A piece of Chocolate Pie Chart that is.

What started in the couple’s home kitchen as gifts for family and friends, Mary & Matt’s Chocolate Editions has grown into a line of artfuly conceived candies. Slightly fudged, their pie chart is 70% dark, 20% milk and 10% white chocolate.