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Support the Impossible Project
Urban Outfitters has collaborated with The Impossible Project to bring back 700 special edition Polaroid camera kits and deadstock films. Buy deadstock films and cameras to support their their mission to restart and reinvent instant film photography. Let’s bring back Polaroid!
[Source: Urban Outfitters]
Verner Panton – The Collected Works
“Most people spend their lives living in dreary, beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting.” – Verner Panton
As a child, Danish designer and architect Verner Panton (1926–1998) had always dreamt of a large room full of colourful cushions. His designs reveal that love for bold colours and his preference for spatial harmony and comfort.
Unlike his peers who followed the Scandinavian handcrafted tradition, Panton was eager to explore new possibilities and seek new ways of living. As early as in the 1950s, he was experimenting with new materials and industrial production techniques to create playful and radical works such as coloured plastic and steel wire-framed furniture. In his opinion, ‘colour is more important than form’, and a good combination of colours could add depth and three-dimensionality to a space. But he did not neglect the object’s form either – the simple geometric shapes or organic forms in his works often challenged conventions and encouraged ‘interaction’ between the user and the object.
Over a career that spanned almost half a century, Panton emerged as one of the most colourful, imaginative, innovative and forward-looking designers of the 20th century. This exhibition showcases more than 100 of his chairs, lamps, textiles and sculptures, seeking to capture the diversity of his works, which contributed significantly to the development of design in the latter half of the 20th century.
An exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
FRI 15 MAY 2009 – SUN 12 JUL 2009 10:00am – 6:00pm
National Museum of Singapore – Exhibition Gallery 2
For information please visit http://www.nationalmuseum.sg.
Image: Phantasy landscape Visiona 2. Cologne furniture fair 1970 © Panton Design, Basel
Battles
It’s be a long time since I’ve posted. But this is something I really wanna share. A guy from metacritic says “If the Flaming Lips mated with Marilyn Manson and ate Underworld for breakfast, the end result might sound something like Battles’ debut album, Mirrored.”
I don’t know how to describe them. I might not be the best person to advise on music. But is this the sound. “People won’t be people when they heard this sound.”, they sang. Probably the most understated band that I’ve seen.
The son of jazz musician (with amazing voice sampling/efx), a superb guitarist, a mad-scientist with effects on bass, and ultimately a crazy endurance drummer. All in a band. Here’s the Battles
The Best Job in the World
Earn AUD$150,000 (S$156,646) to live on this island, watch whales and scuba dive.
It is the perfect job to help you forget freezing, credit-crunch Britain.
Tourist officials in Australia are looking for somebody to look after a desert island. Hamilton Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Glorious: The view from the balcony of the caretaker’s three-bedroom villa
They are willing to pay AUD$150,000 (S$156,646) for someone to work 12 hours a month for six months while carrying out such duties as feeding turtles, watching whales and picking up the island’s post.
No academic qualifications are needed, but good swimming skills and a love of snorkelling, scuba diving and other water sports are a must.
A passion for the great outdoors and the ability to speak English are also considered to be an advantage.
To good to be true? Ha Ha! It’s actually a tourism campaign by Tourism Queensland for Great Barrier Reef. But the money is real tho! Btw, saw another nice campaign for Sydney Festival 2009. 30 street pianos were place on the streets…
Check it out… http://www.streetpianos.com/sydney2009/
[Source: Straits Times]
Fontstruct
One of the coolest, simplest online app that I’ve seen so far. We’ve seen many drawing canvas, pixel art maker, emoticon maker. This is by for the oldest trick of font customizing made simple. Make your own font now!
[Source: Springwise & Fontshop]
High Life Bubbles
Moet came up with the Tulip flutes. Marc Newson’s magnum set with Dom Pérignon. Now Veuve Clicquot launches their ultimate designer piece by Karim Rashid, Loveseat. Beautifully crafted. I must say champagne makers are taking design serious now. And designers are taking passion for drinks to the max.
[Source: NotCot, Luxist & Veuve Clicquot]
Food Fight
How better to illustrate our world’s conflict? A food fight! From Hamburgers to Sushi. Our world war history is creatively presented by the cool dudes from Tourist Pictures. Here’s a legend or cheat for gives you better understanding about this short film.
[Source: Tourist Pictures]
18th Jan 2008
Merry X’mos
Many years ago Mos Burger gave away limited X’mas lego’s. This year they’re selling super cute limited edition mobile strap designed by Devil Robots. Better grab a meal and get them while stock last.
Looking for Flashers
I’m looking for freelance resources such as Flash designers, Flash coders (for backend/installation) and Director coders that are based in Singapore. Anyone free for freelancing, please email your details and portfolio to clara.hairycoo[a]gmail.com.
