Cheer up meal times. If you’re a bad cook, then you’re probably going to need some cheerful plates to lighten the gloom that your dinner guests feel when forced to eat your awful attempts at gastronomy. Luckily, the wonderfully colourful stylings of Geneviève Gauckler have been put onto plates for Domestic. In fact, there’s a whole range of cool plates available docorated by a number of great designers, illustrators and artists.
Check ‘em out at Domestic.
Art is dirty. I’ve seen a few clever ideas that use the removal of dirt and grime to create something new, but I particularly like Simon Heijdens’ ‘Clean Carpets’ project. Through the use of a high-pressure sprayer and a template, grime is removed from the pavement in the shape of a carpet. The clean spot appears, a place where one would want to sit. The image is made by taking away instead of adding. The carpet slowly disappears over time as the streets gathers fresh grime.
See more work at simonheijdens.com
Charles Eames + Tony Hawk = ? With references to classic designers such as Isamu Noguchi, Charles & Ray Eames and George Nelson, Pierre-Andre Senizergues and fellow skateboarder, Gil Le Bon de Lapointe, have been constructing modern design classics out of skateboard parts.
Read more on the Skate Study House.
Word up! (geddit?!! it’s a reference to… never mind.) I think these Coat Pegs are kind of quirky. Nobody really notices coat pegs, so by turning them into an object that resembles the cameos and the black paper silhouettes typical of the 18th century, they’ve been created into decorative items in their own right.
THe coat pegs are from Big Game, in collaboration with Adrien Rovero.
See more at Big Game
More shoot locations. I can’t get enough of the inside of other peoples houses. I can’t help myself, it’s a sickness. So companies that provide shooting locations for the media are like crack dealers to me. I’ve mentioned a few before such as Shootspaces and Shoot Factory, but I’ve found a new dealer in Zownir Locations. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to gorge myself upon some shoot locations.
Check out the house porn at Zownir Locations.
Chair Cushions! Designer Julie Wilkinson has come up with a creative way of advertising and inviting people to an exhibition she has been helping to organise in partnership with Joyanne Horscroft entitled LEGS; an event where 25 students have been asked to design a chair of some kind. Julie has created a set of miniature cushions which display the details of the event, which will then to be scattered around the city of Bath on benches, chairs and in bars. Legs: Creative Chair Design exhibition opens on 8pm Wednesday 30th January at Invention Studios Bath.
More details of the event, including photos, will be available at graphicdesignonallfours.co.uk following the exhibition on Wednesday
Slow down your world and relax. Set in motion by the heat of a single tea candle, the Carousel Candle is beautifully designed heat motion sensitive carousel. The warmth of a candle will power the Carousel into a clockwise motion, whilst it’s heat will scatter mesmerizing silhouettes upon your walls.
Find out more at Carousel Candle.
Conor Harrington Exhibition Dates: Fri 25th of January - Sat 23rd of February Opening on 25th January 2008 at Lazarides Gallery will be new works by Conor Harrington. The show will feature paintings made from oil and aerosol paint alongside a series of new charcoal drawings. Weekend Warriors explores the world of historical re-enactment, where men dress up at the weekends as warriors, generals and emperors to live out their escapist fantasies as heroes and supermen.
See more work by Conor Harrington.
Creative shelving. If I had a collection of beautiful things to show off, I’d definitely consider the Taapa display system from Hold. This flexible shelving system comes in four sizes with a selection of shelving components. The unique layer configurations are limited only by your imagination.
See more from Hold.
Looking for unbalanced balance? Then the Stick Chair design by Emmanuelle Moureaux is the one for you. The inspiration of “stick chair” came from the “Mikado”, a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe. A total of 7 round wooden sticks placed obliquely support the heavy chunk of acrylic seat at the perfect balance. This architecture like structure was developed after many attempts to achieve an “unbalanced balance,” which stabilizes the structure although looks unstable by coming closer to the structural limit. Due to its beautiful refraction effects, those sticks appear as if they are soaked underwater.