Green roofs "are living, vegetative roofing alternatives designed in stark contrast to the many standard non-porous roof choices."
posted by dhruva
on Mar 12, 2005 -
22 comments
Project Fox (
Flash Inside) brings together young artists, designers, cooks, hotel industry professionals and managers to develop and implement their own ideas.
These will be presented to the public in 3 sites (hotel, factory, warehouse) in Copenhagen for three weeks in April.
"21 Artists. 61 Rooms. 13 Countries"
via
posted by peacay
on Mar 12, 2005 -
3 comments
We all seem to know
about
Gary Panter: set designer
for
Pee-Wee's
play house and author of the
JIMBO
comics. His site archives an increasing radius: see his
comics, for instance,
some Jimbo covers:
1,
2, 3.
Or his
custom
drawings, which are done based on one to three words you supply. The ink drawings:
1,
2, 3
and the
sketchbooks
are nice, too:
1,
2, 3,
4.
Seems like he's everywhere: writing on his
blog
or that oft remembered
manifesto,
sometimes
being
taught or
written
about. And, as connective tissue, his
Screamers
design is one of the more well regarded punk images out there. When I think
of Panter, I also think of
Raymond
Pettibon, brother
of
Greg
Ginn (Black Flag/SST). Featured in
PBS
ART 21 (check out the multi-media), his work graced numerous
Black Flag and
Minutemen
album covers and
flyers.
Zines
also played an early role in his development.
Mike
Watt's own
Hootpage documents some of
Ray's
art from the summer of 2003. Known for his
interplay
of
image
and
word,
some
pieces
seem to be in
process,
but
all
are
still
striking.
More
pieces can
be seen
at tractor.com. When I think of Pettibon, I sometimes think of
Art
Chantry. His
posters
(
1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7) are
inspirational
and his
logos
ain't too shabby either. Mr. Chantry has been known to
debate
the rise and fall
of rock and roll graphic design,
speak
up on issues of the state of
graphic
design today (as well as
Seattle).
Some people can't
surf, indeed.
posted by safetyfork
on Feb 18, 2005 -
30 comments
Thinking with Type The online companion to the book of the same name offers a nice little online primer on the finer points of typography, including my favourite new online game: Dumb Quotes. Remember kids: only
you can prevent poor kerning.
posted by Robot Johnny
on Jan 31, 2005 -
15 comments
Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the nation's defining social movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to the producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. This Library of Congress exhibit outlines major themes of the Eames' life and voluminous works, including
architecture,
furniture, and the film
Powers of Ten. It is wonderfully illustrated with
artifacts,
photos of their life and work, and
examples from the Eames' collection of 350,000
slides.
posted by carter
on Jan 12, 2005 -
14 comments
Great Political Yard Signs on the Ohio Lawn of Dischord co-founder/Minor Threat drummer Jeff Nelson. I've always enjoyed his design work, and these are just really cool and worthy of sharing, methinks.
posted by glenwood
on Nov 4, 2004 -
10 comments
Philippe Starck's been making lots of stuff lately, but I didn't know he was
producing shoes for Puma until today (flash site features an odd naked guy you can make jump and walk). Clean and sleek, but they're fetching $200+ a pair which is kind of outrageous. Another bunch of freaky expensive wacky shoe designs I found are from
Fessura.
Click through their gallery to get an idea of what they offer.
Medium continue to be my personal favorite shoes, but I'm always on the lookout for more interesting things to wear. If you've seen any interesting shoes lately, do share.
posted by mathowie
on Nov 3, 2004 -
25 comments
Utopian Christians, despisers of all ornament, in some rough sense protomodernists, the eighteenth- and nineteeth-century millenarian cult known disparagingly as the
Shakers has had an impact on the history of design far in excess of its size. (At most, there were only ever a few thousand, and it's easy to understand why, given their emphasis on "perfection" to the point of celibacy.) Key to the Shaker world view was
the perfectability of the material world - its purgation of all decoration, artifice and frippery - as an act of worship. This ethos of design, summarized in these
theses toward the improvement of the domestic environment, has gifted us with a
legacy of highly esteemed craft objects. None has been more celebrated than that canny apotheosis of domestic utility,
the Shaker rail, which survives
here in a particularly nice contemporary interpretation. If only half the artifacts we're currently offered were as thoughtfully designed...
posted by adamgreenfield
on Sep 29, 2004 -
11 comments
Some of the results from the city of Vancouver's
Art Underfoot contest. "The competition invited anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Vancouver to submit design ideas for new manhole covers..."
posted by dobbs
on Sep 16, 2004 -
11 comments
Follow the Rhinos Weblog tracking two white Rhinos as they travel next month to the Phoenix Zoo. Nice looking site (via
CSS Vault). In related news, poachers have killed about half of the world's population of wild white rhinos in the last year (
more here).
posted by oissubke
on Aug 19, 2004 -
2 comments
Allmusic for Windows Clicking on some deep links into allmusic.com tonight turned up this-
Notice: You are accessing allmusic.com with a browser that is not currently supported. The appearance and functionality of the site could be impacted. allmusic.com is optimized for Internet Explorer 5.5 and above for Windows.
posted by bendybendy
on Jul 12, 2004 -
47 comments
Un-Fold. (quicktime clip) City Magazine asked 9 designers, from 9 cities across the world to design a chair in 90 days. Oh, and it had to fit in a FedEx box.
Pics and
more about the designers and the project.
posted by madamjujujive
on Jun 18, 2004 -
26 comments
