What about this phone case delivered by Maison Martin Margiela? Made of fine leather, lined with wool, the phone holder looks pretty like a broken chocolate bar. Love the concept!
Category: Design
New Expectations
Talking about men’ s wardrobe and men’ s fashionable silhouette, yes, we have great expectations. I must admit, the shapes featured in Document Journal magazine look very promising.
New Expectations – editorial in the debuting issue of Document Journal magazine/ photographer: Catherine Servel / styling: James Valeri / Hair style: Shin Arina/ Makeup: Chiho Omae/ model: Adrien Sahores /images via thefashionisto.com.
Dressed For Dinner
In a light-hearted way, this dinner set ‘Dressed for Dinner’ wants to illustrate the social aspects that are involved during that special night out. Dining involves so much more than eating alone. Be it a date, a dinner for work or a first meeting with the in-laws, we all know how anticipation of the event, lingering over the right wardrobe, getting dressed, attraction and seduction during the evening all
are as much part of dining as enjoying the food itself.
The “Dressed for Dinner” ceramics set is created by Marianne van Ooij, a Brooklyn based Dutch designer, who works in a variety of disciplines, including textiles, furniture design and ceramics.
That’s a smart concept. And the objects are beautiful, too.
6 Salad-Inspired Objects To Look After
Julian Hakes, Mojito Shoe, shop it here or find about it here
Mushroom Green Zero Travel Charger, shop it here
Nooka watch, model Zub Zoo 40 Charcoal/Green, find it here
Sony Vaio C Series Green Laptop, shop it here
Lime Green Baby Banz Adventures, shop here
Green Samsonite F’lite Young Luggage, that you can shop here
Stitching Concrete
Stitching Concrete is a project developed by designer Florian Schmid. The objects displayed above are able to mix the furniture design with the textile techniques, in order to obtain unusual effect. I mean, it’s unusual to see concrete looking like textiles, or the outdoor furniture looking like a handmade garment. So, how did he do it?
These stools are made by folding fabric that’s impregnated with cement then drenching it in water. It consists of cement layered between fabric and a PVC backing. Once soaked it can be manipulated for a few hours before hardening. A wooden mould supports it while drying within 24 hours. Before that the edges have been stitched together with brightly coloured thread.
The Project plays with a visual delusion that actually cloth can not give the strength to sit on.
Discover more on florian-schmid.com
Traveler
Sneakercube
What’s the Sneakercube? It’s all about “favourite sneakers cubed up!” Being inspired by the everyday objects, the author of the Sneakercubes displays aesthetically pleasing non-products, some sort of impossible objects.
“Sneakercube is a personal design project by Pawel Nolbert, a graphic artist. How does it work?
“Simply, I take a sneaker that I love & I re-envision it as a cube. It’s also a creative way to represent my wish list of sneakers, though I own some of those.”
Visiting the Sneakercube site, you’ll find a sneaker wishlist, too. There are various models, from different brands, a continuous inspiration for the artist to cube them up. I like this project, because it’s dealing with the symbols of our contemporary lifestyle. Then, it’s the object presentation- the minimalist aesthetics is driven to impossible and absurd, as the sneakers are turned into cubes. Pawel Nolbert, the author, says it’s the Raf Simons Yellow Astronaut sneaker that made him start the Sneakercube project. Which is quite understandable – check out the model posted below (Raf Simons sneaker versus the Sneakercube) .
*I’m curious about the Marc Jacobs’ sneakers from the S/S 2012 Marc line (my favorites !). How would that sneaker look like if it’s turned into a cube?