Cut&Paste is a social arena for the discovery, advocacy, and elevation of design. It lives as a global movement of artists, firms, and media working to strengthen creative networks through events and local support. Born in New York City in November 2005, Cut&Paste’s signature event is the Digital Design Tournament, held live throughout the world …
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Angelo Superti
An impressive (and vintage) video about how they were used to make an Eames Shell Chair. via swissmiss
The Goodfella is a precision-made metal shaving tool inspired by the old fashioned method of shaving. Using the latest design and technology coupled with carefully sourced modern materials, The Goodfella ensures the absolute best quality shave is achievable for all good Kiwi fellas out there. With an understated elegance this new razor is classic in …
The International System Of Typographic Picture Education was developed by the Viennese social scientist and philosopher Otto Neurath (1882-1945) as a method for visual statistics. Gerd Arntz was the designer tasked with making Isotype’s pictograms and visual signs. Eventually, Arntz designed around 4000 such signs, which symbolized keydata from industry, demographics, politics and economy. Otto …
Great packaging design by the swedish agency Amore. Amore is an independent agency that collaborates freely and willingly with other agencies: their main job is refine how different feelings are translated into visual terms and in the emotional positioning process bridge the gap between strategy and design. Amore uses a Brand Creation System that revolves …
positivebox.it: the new year’s minisite for MilanoAd, communication agency based in Milano. Visit the site, choose the object you want to write on and leave your whishes or positive comments for 2009.
After all, it’s a rough, cold and tumble world out there. The new F22 iPhone sleeve features individual roadkill tarp designs, a nifty quick-accept strap (inspired by parachutists) and a nice, velvety lining that automatically cleans your precious. Arguably the next best Swiss invention since Ricola. Of course, the new F22 also fits the iPod. …
Passione e logica, arte e scienza, rigore e improvvisazione, artificio e natura. Può essere sconcertante come dalla simbiosi di concetti antitetici, storicamente concepiti come alternativi, belligeranti e contraddittori, possano nascere percorsi creativi di grande potenza, concettualmente innovativi, emotivamente sconvolgenti. Nella esposizione “The Opposite” l’architetto e designer Romolo Stanco presenterà, insieme al collettivo romano Paula Design, …
After Dongyun Lee has received his BFA in Visual Communication Design, he has worked as a graphic designer for a while in Korea. Then he moved to United States and received his MFA degree in Illustration as Visual Essay at School of Visual Arts. Currently Dongyun Lee lives in New York City and focuses on …
Throughout Polaroid’s history of innovation, they have consistently redefined the concept of Instant Photography. Edwin Land was always searching for new ideas and inventions to “remove the barriers between the user and the product.” He brought us Polavision, Polaroid Slide Film, and many other instant tools that changed the history of photography. Now, in 2008, …
Elizabeth Peyton (b.1965, Connecticut) has been credited with infusing the ancient art of portraiture with a new life. Published this autumn to coincide with her major solo show at the New Museum in New York, Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton features full-colour reproductions of the artist’s portraits of contemporary pop stars, royalty, artists and friends. The …
Zachariah Johnsen, is a young artist concentrating in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper. His medium of choice is the micron pen and he uses them exhaustively to describe a world of ghouls, monsters, and misfits – the shady characters in everyday life, but just hidden from normal view. Zach focuses …
