Sunbeam Poem Projector by Jiyeon Song. The type is formed ( as you can see ) through a complex array of perforations aligned with the passing of the sun. The poem takes about 8hrs to sweep through the full text. Based around the solar calendar, winter and summer display different poems. Extremely clever. Read the detailed description, …
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When Cristina Lanza, a cosmetics executive, and Davide Carbone, a graphics designer, met in their native Italy, their mutual love for their country’s style and culture as well as for their soon-to-be-adopted city of New York led to a collaboration of mind, spirit and talent that is now known as Gessato. Gessato’s men’s skin care …
“Making the switch from the energywasting lightbulb to new energysaving lightsources has been a tough journey. As designers many of us has started drawing lamps hiding the the new lightsources that in generel are seen as ugly compared to the old lightbulb. In the Cubelight we wanted to do the opposite, show the lightsource, embrace …
The Swedish creative agency Acne, which is mostly known for its fashion brand, presented its first furniture collection during the Paris fashion week. They started off from a Swedish design classic by Carl Malmsten: the Nya Berlin (New Berlin) Sofa. Malmsten designed it for the Swedish consulate in Berlin and it hasn’t been in production …
Retail Facility makes available the designs of Industrial Facility, some for the first time, and many of which were previously only sold in certain countries. Industrial Facility has become well known for its design of relevant and progressive projects. Its founders, Kim Colin and Sam Hecht are dedicated to the principal that things we use …
For those of you who loved his design as much as we did, we are giving away one exclusive pair of Puma McQueen shoes of choice to one Polkadot reader. Keep reading to find more…
THIS is a new up-and-coming Los Angeles art gallery run by a group of photographers and designers. Their first opening was last Friday, February 12th. Check out their event promo video. THIS is a group of 5 artists pooling their resources under one roof to provide an outlet for themselves and other creative people. The …
At ARTIC DESIGN you will find the best of Scandinavian design to give a new and refreshing Scandinavian touch to your home. Artic Design sells the highest quality products and homewares from Scandinavia but offers only the top in each category. Their products are modern, simple and timeless and are perfect for everyday use as …
With the emergence of lotta, iida has once again achieved a mobile phone with simultaneously natural and supple stylistic sense. Iwasaki Ichiro, the designer of iida’s first product, G9, has imparted to lotta a sense of purpose you don’t see in mobile phones anymore. A sense of balance—elegance and casualness, strength and flexibility, simplicity and …
The second Norse Project collection is inspired by Scandinavian weather, natural surroundings, tailoring traditions and fashion. The collection is basic and functional with a Scandinavian and workwear inspired twist. The SS10 line includes tops, bottoms, shorts, jackets, headgear, artist projects by Adrian Johnson (UK), typography legend Edward Fella (US) and a collaboration with Danish rainwear …
Nümph is the result of the dreams and skills of these seven young women. Each woman is a specialist within design, print, graphic and marketing. Together they are so much more, though: they are indeed a dream come true. They take part in building the brand from scratch and therefore have particular obligations towards each …
This is an idea coming from Berlin, from the brand 11Null and the project is named “The future is bright“. We are talking about a new eyewear model: just sunglasses and nothing else. Is functionality the password for a bright future? The brand agree with this philosophy. Glasses as film, completely roller blind into a …
Dutch design firm Oooms has recently developed an adapter they call “Rocker” that converts nearly any four-legged seat into a rocking chair. It solves the dilemma faced by anyone who craves the nostalgia of their grandparents rocking chair without upsetting modern design sense. Developed with in cooperation with Meinte van de Meulen for the Designboom …
