Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami. Part 2
A model poses during a Betsey Johnson swimwear show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2014, Saturday, July 20, 2013, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo) Continue reading »
Ladies from Uzbekistan Bring Japanese Emoticons to Life
Tokyo web planning company Nuuo showed a series of Japanese emoticons to models from an Uzbekistan model agency.
Nuuo only told them the bare minimum about what each emoticon meant and allowed the women to interpret the emoticons on their own. Japanese emoticons are slightly different from emoticons in other countries, and thus, the nuance of meaning might not be readily apparent. So while this Japanese emoticon m(_ _)m might look like a butt with wings, it’s actually the image of someone bowing on the ground. Continue reading »
iPhone 6 Concept
The only way to create a true edge-to-edge display is to remove the edge all together. This lokks real! iPhone 6 design concept by Johnny Plaid. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Shape of a Heart
Shape of a heart is made using the reflection of an amphitheater in the center of London, on July 25, 2013. Known as “The Scoop”, the site attracts people who like to have lunch outdoors. (Leon Neal/AFP Photo)
Encounters and Positions
Two aluminum figures of an installation are silhouetted on a rooftop in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The installation of German artist Hubertus von der Goltz is called “Encounters and Positions”. (Gero Breloer/AP Photo)
A Scary Side of Beauty Culture
“Mask of Perfection” will be available in October as editions and single prints by Adamson Gallery http://www.adamsongallery.com in Washington, DC and Amstel Gallery http://www.amstelgallery.com in Amsterdam. The series will also be shown at (e)merge art fair in Washington, DC and Pulse Art Fair in Miami Beach.”
To some plastic surgeons, a naturally stunning woman looks more like a work-in-progress. What does this somewhat terrifying reality say about the state of beauty in our culture? That’s what photographer Marc Erwin Babej wanted to explore in his new series, “Mask Of Perfection”. Babej worked with his close friend, plastic surgeon Maria LoTempio, to illustrate the difference between a woman’s natural beauty and the “correctable flaws” a plastic surgeon has been trained to see. Continue reading »
‘Staying Civil Right Down the Line’ Campaign
The RATP Group is the world’s fifth largest public transport company operating all modes of collective mobility – bus, metro, trains and trams. With over 10 million passengers riding the RATP public transport networks daily, incivilities are a major source of concern for the company. 83% of the residents of the Greater Paris region feel that it is the RATP’s role to encourage passengers to behave properly, and 90% are in favour of a communications campaign on passenger behaviour being conducted in all of RATP’s public transport networks.
With today’s new communications campaign “Staying civil right down the line”, RATP is pursuing its commitment to speak out against incivilities in public transport. Continue reading »
Giant Image of Marilyn Monroe is Grown in a Japanese Rice Field
The image of Marilyn Monroe is made from nine rice species with seven different colors has popped up on a rice filed in Inakadatemura, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. (AP/Daily Mail) Continue reading »
Super Mario Ice Pops
What better way to escape the summer heat than with ice pops…make that super mario ice pops!
Chungkong has created a fun series that takes some of our favorite mario game charters and turns their likenesses into frozen treats. The catchphrase? Simple. “Frozen Bros. on a stick.” (Wonder if Mario tastes like strawberries.) Continue reading »
A Day to Remember
Nicole Kidman in editorial “A Day to Remember” for Vogue Germany, August 2013. Photographer: Bruce Weber. Continue reading »
Wallpaper* Handmade 2013
Welcome to Wallpaper* Handmade, the annual documentation of the show-stopping exhibition we present in Milan during the Salone del Mobile. For more of the stories behind the designs, turn to August issue (out now) or download the iPad edition.
QHUIT X DSL X ED BANGER
QHUIT™ and DSL, a band signed on ED BANGER RECORDS, associated with the graphist BUS, in order to realize a hawaian design with a french touch. This capsule collection made of one shirt, a hat and a cap 5 panels is available @ http://store.qhuit.com/ + http://www.club75.fr/ Continue reading »
Flown Rigidity
Wonderful Victorias Secret angel Sarah Stephens in cover story of the LE MILE Magazine Summer Issue (July). Styled by Ginevra Valente and Make up and Hair by Mark Jordy Gonzales. Photographer: Alban Smajli. Continue reading »
TAN SKIN: Crazy Days Long Nights
Photographed by Alban Smajli. Continue reading »
Ana Lisboa for SHK Magazine
Ana Lisboa for SHK Magazine, New York, NY. Photos by Alban Smajli. Continue reading »
Liza Yermalovich for WOMEN, NYC
Liza Yermalovich poses for WOMEN, NYC in photo shoot by Alban Smajli. Continue reading »
Move Over Libero and Huggies, Armani Now Makes Diapers
Forget the Huggies high fashion diapers, which followed the Libero fashion trend in Scandinavia, now Armani Russia sells diapers. Or diaper covers, rather. Because if you are a filthy rich Russian, of course your heir should be strutting their porch-baby stuff in branded cloth. Silver spoons don’t just appear from nowhere, people! They have to be bought. It’s not just diapers, or rather diaper covers, it’s the clever launch of Armani Ba Why not? Continue reading »
CRANE “POLKA DOT” by NooN
K.Olin tribu is proud to present a new collaboration with a French Artist NooN. Here is a new crane with a new design: polka dot. NooN to work on the polka dot to embellish his skull. This crane is a tribute to the master on the subject at the skull : Mr Damien Hirst.
Extra white porcelain. Series of 50 pieces, all numbered. Size: 20 x 13 x 13 cm
Feature: the installation of the decor being made by the artist on each crane, each piece is unique!
New Poketo x Adventure Time Wallets!
Quirky tales of friendship and exploration collide with art in Poketo’s eagerly awaited limited edition collection of Adventure Time artist-designed wallets. Capturing the fantasy world that is the Land of Ooo in the signature style of four diverse and talented artists, the series features an explosion of colors and imaginative renderings of its kooky characters. This collection marks the second Adventure Time wallet series by Poketo, inspired by the hit Cartoon Network animated series. Continue reading »
Sweet Pony – Rocking Cookie Cutter
Rock Sweet Pony gently on flattened dough and cut out a classic shaped biscuit. A sweet addition to any kitchen. Yummy… Continue reading »
Anti Vase by Cake
Designed in Cake studio, NYC, this metal vase is unlike anything ever seen and questions not only the purpose of a vase but the perception of death. Usual vases hold water to try and prolong the ending life of a cut flower but this vase is different. This vase knows that your flower is going to die regardless of what you do, so why not celebrate it? Death can be just as beautiful as life itself. Solid steel piece, Cake triangle logo engraved into bottom face, measures 3″ x 5″. Continue reading »
The Cube Project
The Cube restaurant interior design by Igor Sirotov, Ukrainian designer. Continue reading »
New York State Shaped Skillet!
State-shaped cast iron pans once a limited edition art piece, soon to become a national product line… launching with New York! Under the creation by FeLion Studios, a design/build sculpture studio in Madison Wisconsin, specializing in iron casting and fine wood working techniques to achieve unique and custom pieces of art for homes and commercial spaces.
After a year long regional pilot project producing Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota skillets, they’ve decided the next state-shaped skillet to be commercially produced is NEW YORK.
Support the Beginning of This Story, And You Can Become A Part of This Great American Dream! Continue reading »
Raleigh Spitfire Cases
Classic hard case with iconic spitfire finish, the Raleigh Spitfire Cases, designed by Timothy Oulton, can be used as luggage or as a briefcase. The spitfire finish takes its cue from the historic English spitfire airplane in World War II, it echoes the plane’s multi-riveted construction of interlocking aluminium panels, and is finished through a five-stage process that creates an impression of worn, distressed metal.
The Raleigh’s name pays tribute to the eponymous British explorer, soldier, historian and poet Sir Walter Raleigh. Continue reading »
Denim Doll
Nimue Smit by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Exit Spring/Summer 2013. Continue reading »
