2009.09.29
The disintegrating process continues still ....
Johanna Inman’s Lantern Slide Photographs
The disintegrating process continues still, in a different sense, for when, nowadays, I attempt to follow in memory the winding paths from one given point to another, I notice with alarm that there are many gaps, due to oblivion or ignorance, akin to the terra-incognita blanks mapmakers of old used to call “sleeping beauties”.
-Vladimir Nabokov
2009.09.28
Studio Toogood | About us
Studio Toogood designs, directs and executes interiors and environments from concept through to creation. Offering event, interior and exhibition design as well as styling and set design for the interior and fashion industries, the Studio’s projects range from the two-dimensional page to the three-dimensional space, and from the real to the conceptual.
Under the creative direction of London-based interior stylist Faye Toogood, the Studio collaborates with clients who seek alternative ways of developing their brand. Its distinctive approach disregards convention in favour of something altogether more brave, joyous and impulsive.
The members of the Studio are able to draw on a wide range of talents and diverse backgrounds, including fine art, history of art, curation and interior design.
ANACHRONORM アナクロノーム
Each collection is inspired by a fictitious man and his personality and way ...
2009.09.27
Timothy Liles
Rings cast in washable crayons. Packaged in sets of 8, basic 8 count crayon colors, please be aware various computer screens will show colors slightly differently. Available at: The Future PerfectOye Modern
Between the soul and flesh / What war? I never heard: / I know a singing fish, / A silent bird.
"Beauty is a major component that I strive for in my artwork. I design with elements considered universally pleasing to the eye by employing features found in nature, specifically botanicals. The shapes, forms and colors of flowers transfer well into jewelry and art. Some of the jewelry pieces I create are stylized representations of botanicals made of sterling silver. Others are composed of actual petals and blooms. The real petals and blooms are dried, coated in beeswax and often combined with silver. Even with a coating of wax they are still quite fragile. The fragility of these pieces is a commentary on the delicate and fleeting nature of life. The manner of these works forces the wearer to take care not to do damage. It is my hope that people will see my work and take it (even on a subconscious level) as a reminder of life’s brevity and preciousness." -C. G.
Title Quote: Theodore Roethke
I can push the grass apart And lay my finger on Thy heart.
Link: Droog products :: Limited editions:: Push and store cabinet.
"Chung-Tang Ho created a bookshelf that changes shape during use, a solid volume that opens up when books are stored in it. The volume of the moved space becomes literally visible through the beams of wood sticking out. This way the volume of the cabinet could be doubled."
title quote: Edna St. Vincent Millay
2009.09.26
Untitled Document
The intro to the site is exciting! The projects and products amazing.
"Afroditi Krassa (born London, 1974) studied Product Design at Central Saint Martins College, London from 1993 to 1996. She was employed by two of the leading London design consultancies, Seymour Powell Ltd. and Priestman Goode. In 1999, she was accepted at the Royal College of Art, where she studied Product Design under Professor Ron Arad. In 2002, she founded award-winning design consultancy Afroditikrassa Ltd. In a short period of time, she has built an impressive international client list, which includes Pret a Manger, Topshop, John Lewis, Fired Earth Interiors, The Big Issue, sketch, Athenaeum Hotel and the Obsidian Group in London, E&Y and Cassina in Japan, WMF, Vapiano and Vogt + Weizenegger in Germany and Paola C. + Aldo Cibic in Italy and British American Tobacco in Cyprus amongst others. She was recently appointed Creative Director of Itsu Ltd, London as well as Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College, London." -AK website
via www.afroditi.com
Stylepark - News & Stories: The Codes of the Invisible
The Codes of the Invisibleby Markus Frenzl | August 27, 2009
2009.09.25
There is a providence in it all ...
Assemblage, Illumination, Installations and Commissions ... by James Plumb via Haute*Nature
Title Quote: Charles Dickens
2009.09.20
Light's here to capture / And thereins the bind: // Delight is to enrapture / As spell is to blind.
Title Poem: Spellbound by Vazambam
via miapearlman.com
Lea: Infinite Possibilities
"Infinite Possibilities: A Game of Artifact Associations
Infinite Possibilities is a non-competitive poetic game in
which everyday artifactual detritus is allowed to reveal
its marvelous meaningfulness. It is a game of unexpected
relationships and associative thinking." -Lea from leaf cutter designs
2009.09.19
. . . she blushed like a well-trained sunrise.
Title Quote: Margaret Halsey
You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be color.
"What would one color be without 499 others?
Introducing 500 Colored Pencils: the only set in the world that matches the span and wonder of human creativity.
Express whatever you dream, with beautiful visual precision.
Each pencil is its own story. A unique hue with an inventive name to inspire the far corners of your creativity.
Together, the colors suggest infinite possibilities." -Social Designer
Title Quote: Vincent Van Gogh
2009.09.13
Francine Seders Gallery: MAR GOMAN
MAR GOMAN was born in 1947 and grew up in Fall City, Washington. In 1979 she returned to the Northwest to attend graduate school at Portland State University and soon after established her studio in Portland. She has been showing around the Northwest since 1981. Mar is a multi-media artist who works in a wide variety of media ranging from drawing and painting to collage, fibers, embroidery, book arts, assemblage and sculpture. She works with many different materials including found objects such as sticks, stones, bones, rusty metal, and old papers and fabrics. Her work frequently addresses the human psycho-spiritual journey and often includes text and human, animal, or spirit figures. She is influenced by tribal art, outsider art, and the religious symbolism of many traditions. Mar’s work is eccentric and does not fit easily into any particular category of art. She thinks of herself as a ‘thing-maker’ and her relationship with the art world is an uneasy one. Her primary instinct as an artist is to make things by hand, and this obsessively hand-made quality is a thread which runs through all of her work.(click on images to enlarge)
Book Sconce - Iron Design Company
Iron Design Company was established to promote modern designs in hand formed iron objects, transforming a bold material into everyday items that are innovative and inviting. Additionally, IDC supports an apprenticeship with the local highschool, giving students a unique opportunity to work with their hands.
2009.09.12
2009.09.08
Zeitgeister
For the last 2 years I have worked on a self-initiated project:Always With Me: Stories from my ChildhoodAt the same time this has become my MA in Fine Art.The Private View is on 10th September 2009 from 6-8pm at London Metropolitan University Central House, 3rd floor, studio CE3-17 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7PFThe show will be on from 10-14 September.Here, I present my latest work, which is a series of 'shrines' dedicated to childhood memories.I investigate childhood memory and storytelling from a personal individual perspective and experience of memory work. My childhood memories have an almost religious importance to me, in this project I have developed a series of 'visual stories' based on these memories, which are displayed in the form of shrines. Similar to souvenirs, my 'shrines' are to create a feeling of anticipation and intend to visually communicate and celebrate a sense of longing, magic and enchantment. In my work I aim to confront the viewer with a conceptual blend of commonly accepted iconography and my individual metaphors.Craftsmanship and the notion of 'play' are vital aspects of my working method.Discarded and forgotten by others, found objects are re-interpreted and given a new lease of life by becoming part of my storytelling 'shrines'.The Sky is full of Birds, shrineAnnabelle Hartmann 2009The Sky is full of Birds (close-up)In the Woods (2) close-upFor this shrine I have used a small porcelain doll torso, I bought at a Berlin flea-market. I liked it a lot immediately and knew I had made a good find. I sculpted legs to fit and made a cloak from fabric, then I painted the figure. It is meant to represent me as a small child in the forest. The shrine in its entirety, is below:In the Woods (2), shrineAnnabelle Hartmann 2009It measures approx. 12x12x17cm.
2009.09.03
Kariann
There is not a particle of life that does not carry poetry within it. -Gustave flaubert
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