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A Fine Mess

May 16, 2013 Art

Alarma is a design team that is launching a project referred to as “artfully conceived and meticulously designed dinnerware.” The dinnerware has alarmingly realistic spills and leftover smudges printed on it, giving a brief shock to your dinner guests, and probably jumpstarting your dinner conversation as well. The project is in funding stage at Crowd Supply, a new site similar to Kickstarter. We encourage you to take a look, there’s some really cool stuff there.

The “A Fine Mess” series is a 12-piece, fine-porcelain, modern and whimsical dinnerware set. Each set is comprised of 4 dinner plates, 4 side plates, and 4 bowls, and every piece will have its own unique artwork. The photorealistic art will be printed on the porcelain using the latest ceramic printing technology. All items will be dishwasher and microwave safe.

Animals

Insecto-Splash

May 7, 2013 Animals

Dimitriy Reinshtein is an Israeli photographer who brings living insects into his studio. He places a single drop of water on them, and photographs them with a super-sharp macro lens. Via FastCo Design:

Architecture

Colorful Kicks

May 7, 2013 Architecture

A Rainbow of Shoes and Legs for Breuninger by John Breed shoes sculpture rainbows installation anatomy
Colossal has a look at John Breed’s colorful leg installation at shoestore Breuninger.

A Rainbow of Shoes and Legs for Breuninger by John Breed shoes sculpture rainbows installation anatomy

Architecture

A Master of Neon

May 3, 2013 Architecture

Todd Sanders is a master of his art. And his medium is neon, which is awesome. Neon signs, when done right, are magical, and digital displays won’t ever hold a candle to their visual impact. Sanders runs a shop called Roadhouse Relics, and it specializes in custom neon and other vintage signage. Here are just a few of the beauties in the collection. Via FastCo Design:

Art

Rope As Art

May 2, 2013 Art

SerpentSea makes hand woven rope mats that are beautiful to look at, and functional when taken apart.

Architecture

Paintings You Can Sit In

April 25, 2013 Architecture

Have you ever seen an image of a chair that you just really want to sit in? The concept comes alive through designer Designer Naoki Ono’s project, Canvas. The wood and aluminum frame is covered by an elastic fabric print. Pretty clever. Via HyperAllergic:

Art

This Art Does Not Suck

April 21, 2013 Art

This body of art by Francesca Pasquali does not suck, though the materials sure do. Made of nothing but drinking straws, these canvasses become 3D forms that resemble coral, clouds, and even digital renderings.

Food & Drink

Juice!

April 18, 2013 Food & Drink

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I was somewhat stunned walking down the drink aisle in Whole Foods the other day and seeing a 16 ounce bottle of juice selling for $10. I thought my $3 kombucha splurge was decadent. But apparently, these super-premium pressed juices are flying off shelves. The NYTimes has a colorful and interesting read on some of the latest juice trends, companies and ingredients on the market today. For instance, one bottle of BluePrint can have as much as six pounds of produce in it. Drink up.

Architecture

Drip House

April 15, 2013 Architecture

A house in France known as GUE(HO)ST HOUSE makes new inroads into bizarre and stand-out architecture. Not sure if we like it, but it sure is hard to miss! Looks like someone spilled a whole lot of Wite-Out. Via DM.

Animals

Making an Insect Menu Chic

April 10, 2013 Animals

Fast CoExist has an article about the future of food, and it involves creepy crawlies. You’ve probably heard that insects are sometimes considered the food of the future because they’re high in protein, low in fat, and take a fraction of the resources to farm and produce. The biggest hurdle for us in the West, though, is to make them appealing. Enter a UK startup called Ento (Bento box + Entomology) that aims to make insect-based food appealing, and even sexy. Their asian-influence stems from the notion that a clean and slightly exotic take on edible bugs may work to bring in skeptical (and squeamish) eaters. After all, it was only a few decades back that sushi was an odd and revolting concept to many Westerners. Cricket sashimi, anyone?

Ento – the art of eating insects from Ento on Vimeo.

Design

Ressence Type 3

April 8, 2013 Design

Watch design is an interesting area of study, because its a small canvas, and people are always trying to tinker with the look and layout of the watchface. Not too often do you find a watch design that breaks barriers, but the Type 3 by Ressence certainly does that. Ditching physical hands for a series of rotating discs, it has a ‘you’ve never seen this before’ style, and the elements are sealed with a naphtha-type liquid that makes them appear to be projected directly onto the crystal. With no announced price, you can be pretty certain that this timepiece will be in the luxury price range. But that doesn’t mean it’s not high on the “I Want” list.

Art

Rubber Barber Erasers Change Shape As You Use Them

March 27, 2013 Art

rubber barber - create hairstyles for each character by simply erasing

Adorable and hilarious, the ‘Rubber Barber’ series of erasers from Megawing are bound to bring a grin to your face.

Via DesignBoom:

“The ‘Rubber Barber’ by Chen Lu Wei for megawing, is a simple eraser that will make you smile. Each one has a face at its center, surrounded by a square of colour, which as the user erases, gradually creates various funky hairstyles, depending on how you work it. This process not only results in a happy interaction between user and the eraser, but also reminds people to use their imagination, and that sometimes mistakes can bring humour!”

In the process of erasing…

Different expressions on each eraser.

The way the erasers start.

Creating hairstyles comes with your erasing style.

Pretty clever.

Design

Bamgoo

March 18, 2013 Design

DesignBoom has a look at the Bamgoo Bicycle Transportation System. It was designed by Sara Urasini, and won first place in the cargo/utility category at the International Bicycle Design Competition. Simple to make and use, the Bamgoo looks like a winning design for the developing world, and maybe for some of us in the developed world too!

‘Bamgoo’ Transportation System overview
Images IBDC

System Attachments

Art

Paint Vortex

March 10, 2013 Art

Spinning paint, by Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner. Using a modified power drill, Oefner captures flinging paint at just the right moment.

The motion of the paint happens in a blink of an eye, the images you see are taken only millisecond after the drill was turned on. To capture the moment, where the paint forms that distinctive shape, I connected a sensor to the drill, which sends an impulse to the flashes. These specialized units are capable of creating flashes as short as a 1/40000 of a second, freezing the motion of the paint.

Via Colossal:

Black Hole: Photographs of Paint Flung by Centrifugal Force by Fabian Oefner paint high speed

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The Healthiest Infographic

February 26, 2013 Art

Pop Chart Lab has a beautifully crafted infographic all about vegetables. It’s called The Various Varieties of Vegetables, and it’s informative, and would look fabulous on a kitchen wall. Did you know about Borage Greens or Sculpit or Melokhia? I sure didn’t. Buy it here.

Animals

How 3D Printing Is Being Used to Turn Natural Data Into Stunning Physical Sculptures

February 4, 2013 Animals

I’ve posted quite a bit about 3D printing lately, from small ornamentation to printing livable structures on the moon. Here’s an example of 3D printing resembling dramatic sea organisms.

Via Data is Nature:
Jessica Rosenkrantz of Nervous System has recently posted a Flickr set documenting a test run of 3D printed forms that resemble oceanic organisms such sea anemone, coral and barnacles. The prints make use of bold colour palettes to accentuate the topologies of the shapes. The diffused hues combined with subdivided geometries, and sometimes employing strict symmetry, create some exuberant aquatic hyper-realities that wouldn’t seem out of place on a plate from Ernst Haeckle’s Art Forms in Nature.