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Dessau,Germany by Walter Gropius

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Philippe Starck designs deluxe objects and posh condos and hotels around the world. Always witty and engaged, he takes special delight in rethinking everyday objects.


Why you should listen to him:

Philippe Starck is a legend of modern design. He's known for his luxurious hotels and boites around the world -- notably the Peninsula Hotel restaurant in Hong Kong, the Teatron in Mexico, the Hotel Delano in Miami, the Mondrian in Los Angeles, the Asia de Cuba restaurant in New York -- designing the tota

Company: YKK, the zippers but also building elements. Video shot in Holland because of the light. Video: Dentsu co.,Tokyo, Designs: Deltainc. Music by Sangatsu.

http://www.deltainc.nl

Living and working in Brussels, Belgium, Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived pornographic magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision. If you look closely you can see hints of hair, lips, neck and genitalia, but it's the paper's flesh tones and curvature that stand out.

Soft spoken and a self-proclaimed compulsive collector, he describes

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rose tinted spectacles at designersblock
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rose tinted spectacles is a collective of artists who create work that views the past through 'rose tinted spectacles'.
featured here are designboom's pictures of maisie broadhead's victorian plates.



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inventive toasters
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'toast messenger' by sasha tseng from sashapure

We recently came across a blog listing some pretty

Via Zach Wheeler, representing the DWR Berkeley Studio, comes a link from Core 77 spotlighting the Eames Lounge Chair’s television debut in 1956. It’s a piece of modern history.

via blog.dwr.com

Villa dall'Ava, Rem Koolhaas, Saint-Cloud, 1990, une maison pos�e sur une structure en verre
film documentaire Stan Neuman
la suite > http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2tope_villa-dallava-2_creation

Proyecto 33-34 HOXTON SQUARE de la Arq. Zaha Hadid

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http://kostasvoyatzis.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/taking-the-%e2%80%9cdis%e2%80%9d-out-of-disabled/

one week of japanese art directed by daisuke yamamoto

Annika Larsson
Pirate, 2006-7, video, colour, sound, 8’ 25’’ loop.
Sound by Tobias Bernstrup & Annika Larsson.
Courtesy the artist
©Annika Larsson

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In order to raise awareness for global warming, Greenpeace and the photographer Spencer Tunick got hundreds of naked people to pose for photos on a melting glacier.

Spencer Tunick was on a ladder with a mega phone as he directed the massive crowd of nearly 600 people from all over Europe who were concerned for the environment.

http://kostasvoyatzis.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/spencer-tunick-and-greenpeace/

The video is starting to blaze through the blogosphere right now - a wonderfully romantic video of an elaborate proposal to his girlfriend. I’d not spoil the story for you - but suffice to say, sometimes skills you learn in industrial design could just be useful in your real (romantic) life!

via http://gemssty.com/