Archive for September, 2009

With these bare boned designs, the space between becomes an integral part of the whole. Despite the use of common industrial materials, the resulting products have an airy, weightless, and, in some cases, organic appeal.

1. Jaime Hayon’s Grid Vases for Gaia and Gino // 2. Designer and sculptor, Harry Bertoia, said of his Wire chair, “If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them.” Pictured is the Side Wire Chair, first produced in 1952 by Knoll // 3. Ten Thousand Things Cage earrings, at Ylang23 // 4&5. Incredible lightness of being. Spanish architect, artist and engineer, Santiago Calatrava, adds an unmistakable ethereal touch to his buildings and bridges.

A few items from Fluke Collective’s well-edited selection of home goods.

1. Waveform, powder-coated sheet metal shelf designed by John Paul Plauché. Also available in white // 2. Reddish Studio’s Just a Moment clock // 3. Kouichi Okamoto’s Honeycomb lamp is a reinterpretation of the Japanese paper lantern // 4. I’m Boo carafe by Norway Says for Muuto // 5. Love letters are transcribed into braille relief on Jessica Lertvilai’s Love is Blind vase // 6. Louise Campbell’s [for Muuto] The More the Merrier candlestick can be disassembled and reconstructed in infinte ways.

|| All at Fluke Collective ||

Colour Mania, published by Victionary, showcases a collection of design work and the little pixels that compose the big pictures that shape the characters in our everyday life.

Taking a glance at a rambling collection of works, extensively covering campaigns, illustrations, branding, packaging, products and more, Colour Mania manifests how unicolour designs draw on the essence of nine colours and a rainbow tone, and project powerful impacts in an era ablaze with all sorts of hues. A cluster of designers from all around the globe would articulate how colours connect to them in every sense alongside their designs showcased in ten colour categories and the composition of every one of them.

Jo Ratcliffe studied illustration at Central St. Martins. Ratcliffe’s work includes illustration, set design and hand-drawn typography. Her work has been featured in such publications as Vogue Nippon, British Vogue, Another Magazine and Nylon. Detailed versions of her work can be seen on her site, Jo Can Draw, where she shows that she most certainly can.

|| Via le Book | Jo Can Draw ||

Hubert Blanz’s work presents a unique vision of photo collaged expressways and tarmacs. The resulting images are compositionally graceful, albeit endless, concrete mazes.

No, you won’t find Half Pint here.

1&2. Victorian heart pendant and earrings with real human hair, Erie Basin // 3. Over-sized braided sweater, at PixieMarket // 4. A hair nostalgic. Tess Giberson, F/W 2005 // 5. Dries Van Noten F/W 2009 collar, via Style // 6. Burberry Prorsum F/W 2009 braided platform sandals, image via Style // 7. One of a kind, hand-drawn, Converse All Stars, by Bruno Levy for I Don’t Like Mondays Gallery series // 8. Alexander Wang’s S/S 2010 too-cool-to-bother, so-naturally-gorgeous-I-don’t-need-a-blow-out jock-girl.

BOYY accessories is headed up by New York designers Jesse Dorsey and Wannasiri Kongman. Boyy’s two-fer bag, Slash, a shoulder/clutch, was recently spotted on cool-girl Lou Doillon. Boyy’s fall 2009 line-up also includes a python version of Slash, called Slash Ltd., the top handled Frank, Clyde [which comes with detachable wallet], and the clever 2-sided and 2-toned flap Loui. With it’s jaunty chain strap and hanging chain bits, my person favorite is Slash’s little sister, Lucien [also in python]. The bags are available at Boyy’s online shop.

The incredible Lou Doillon for Vanessa Bruno. See the movie online.

|| Stills via Soir de Fete ||

Vanessa Bruno, A/W 2009

Vegetable tones: carrot, celery, tomato.

Vanessa Bruno Athé, A/W 2009

In chevron stripes.

1. Printed leather bag, Balenciaga F2009. Image via Style // 2. Throw pillows from Missoni Home’s Modernism Collection. Available at Auto // 3&4. Ebonized ash wood + woven cotton Shaker-inspired chair, designed by Jaime Grey and available at Matter Matters.