It is one thing to design a space-saving idea for a single room, or a piece of multi-purpose transforming furniture…but this collection is on another level entirely. From all-in-one living, kitchen and work spaces to sofas and entertainment centers, Boxetti has raised the bar on modern interior designs.
Designer Rolands Landsbergs is the Latvian mastermind behind this series of ingenious designs. Following basic principles of “functionality, advanced technology and [modern] minimalism,” each ‘box’ can transform at the push of a button but is also constructed out of high-quality materials to remain rigid and durable during conversions and use.
Using traditional designs from his home country,Slovenian born artist, Franc Grom, creates some of the most intricate carvings I have ever seen. What makes Franc’s work so unique, is that all the carving is done on eggs in egg shell. Anyone that has blown an egg, knows how fragile the shell gets once the reinforcement of the yolk and white inside has been removed. So the fact that Franc’s designs have anything between 2,500 – 3,500 cuts and holes says something for his steady hand and delicacy of his work.
What will happen if we shift the mouth of the bottle from the top to a 45-degree angle? You may not be able to fill it to the brim, and drinking from it may be a bit weird, but filling the bottle from a water cooler or fountain will surely become easy. This simple placement difference can do a heck lot for the packaging design and I think it’s radical and awesome. Designers: Hsu Hsiang-Min, Liu Nai-Wen & Chen Yu-Hsin
You may think the pizza box is as good a design as it could ever be, however 'Green Box' have produced a piece of genius. Their pizza box breaks in half, producing four 'plates' and a fridge friendly storage box for the remaining pizza.
South Korean grocery chain Tesco was looking for a way to one-up their major competitor – impossible to do in terms of physical shops due to a lack of actual stores; hence, they turned toward the world wide web with a combination of mobile phone and QR code technologies.
Using smartphones, shoppers can browse the isles during time normally spent idle anyway on their way to or from work. Their purchased products are then delivered by the store, waiting for them when they get home and ready to be put right into the kitchen cabinets, refrigerator or freezer.
If you want to create your own font sometimes it’s no need to use graphic programms. Just use various objects and try to form letters. These unusual fonts were created byVladimir Koncar– artist from Zagreb, Croatia.
London-based artist and animatorNicos Liveseycreates these mind-exploding animations using intricately built loafs of plasticine.
The colorful clay is formed into morphing and shifting geometric patterns that are revealed as he slices and photographs the cross-sections at painstaking 2mm intervals.
Photography project.
Based on the idea that when you're a child your parents tell you what you can and can't do, the things that are frowned upon, that are out of order. However when you are older, you can do what you want. We visited things we did or wanted to do when we were children.
I watched this last night and sat with my jaw hanging open for the whole thing.
The cinematography is breathtaking. I also want to go and snowboard for the rest of my life.
My friend showed me her passport today. Haven't seen the new ones before, but one of the security things is a picture of yourself made up of your surname and date of birth.
Visited the Aram Gallery on the weekend. Had an exhibition on as part of design week, which was pretty cool. 'Geenen + Hoon' featured some work by the artists Bram Geenen and Il Hoon Roh. Both artists had some very interesting work and what I really liked was that they displayed all the work from initial sketches to working models to final piece.
What I really liked though was the graphics used for the exhibition.
I like how each artist had a sheet about their work in the exhibition, but when laid out next to each other the '+' joined, simple but sweet.
The gallery itself also had some pretty cool bits and bobs around the place as well.
Thought this was sweet. Floral wall paper with a mesh over the top and painted.
This is impractical in most homes, and its extortionately priced, however its rad and I want one.
I did like the display showing the past, current and future exhibitions though. Again very simple, but eye catching and when looking at the whole wall i thought it was a piece of art initially.
I've had a very very busy summer this year, and between traveling, performing and tour with the band, I haven't had a huge amount of time to go to galleries and shows. But I did manage to find some interesting things, and visit an amazing show in London.
I've never been to paris and just walking round I thought it was a beautiful city. From the Arc de Triomphe to the streets of the Shanzelize. But while I was in Paris I thought it would be a trip wasted if I didn't go to the Louvre. So had a little look around, and of course saw the Mona Lisa. In such a large room with what felt like hundreds of people all cramming around, I struggled to see what was so amazing about the painting. Eventually I squeezed myself right to the front, and there it stood, the Mona Lisa. Still don't get it, don't even think its that great compared to other work.
What I did see in Paris which I liked a lot was one of Invader's (http://www.space-invaders.com/) pieces. It has suffered and is not in fantastic condition, but seeing one in his home streets was pretty cool.
Something else I saw was a small exhibition of Nathan Wyburn, you might know him as the Marmite guy from Britain's Got Talent. It only consisted of about five pieces but each were quite good, certainly made me smile.
My favourite however has to be Diva Zappa's 'Bruce' exhibition. Hidden away in Maison Bertaux on Greek Street, Soho, Diva's work hung beautifully. The mixed use of photography with wool looked beautiful.
Probably helps that I'm a huge fan of her Dad's music...but have a look at some of the work from the exhibition here.
I have no idea what I'll be doing in ten years. It will be something graphics related, and I will be happy doing it. But other than that, as long as I have a roof over my head, music in my ears and a pen in my hand I'll be happy.
I have no idea what sort of graphics I want to go into, I don't know if I want to work for a company or set up my own, I just don't know! I'm kinda hoping that this all becomes clear in the next few years here, That would be pretty useful!
In the mean time I'm going to carry on doing what feels right and what I enjoy, in the end if I'm not happy and enjoying it, why bother!
My three all time favourite designers are Saul Bass, Godmachine and Alan Fletcher. Sadly two of whom are dead, however Godmachine is very much alive and churning out some amazing work.
Godmachine (http://godmachinedesigns.blogspot.com/) is a Cardiff based freelance artist who's subject matter tends to be very dark. Often based around zombies, horror and death his work is awesome! He is known mainly for his computer pieces, however i am much more keen on his screen prints and ink drawings. Recently he has been doing much more work by hand including several exhibition with 'The Dead Sea Mob' (http://thedeadseamob.com/portfolio). He is a regular designer for clothing company 'Disturbia', 'Iron Fist' an more.
This summer he has been busy designing more t-shirts such as the 'Dark Roast' shirt.
He also designed a poster and t-shirt for Sonisphere festival this summer.
However my favourite of his work this summer has to be the pen studies.
I love Godmachine.
As for Saul Bass and Alan Fletcher, their work will remain as important and significant as it ever was.
