Vice & Vanity is a jewellery design studio in Joo Chiat, Singapore where the feeling is that vice belongs in your heart and soul. But accessories usually look better on limbs, clavicles and on your vain outfits.
Vivi Masturah Lim and Aaron Kao are the designers behind the collections that focus on necklaces, bracelets and brooches.
Care for the pieces requires common sense. No crocodile attacks, nuclear fusion or genetic experiments.
Lower East Side style of the ’70s and Lower East Side style of today look almost the same - people never stray from the basics. Taking a cue from the timeless simplicity of downtown New York, Chrissie Miller’s company SOPHOMORE caught the public’s eye with a single T-shirt design in 2003. She initially planned to make shirts exclusively for her friends, but the overnight success of her design and the attention SOPHOMORE received from celebrities, retailers and the press inspired Miller to think big.
Joining forces with designer Madeleine von Froomer, who most recently worked for Proenza Schouler, SOPHOMORE has expanded its offerings from a single T-shirt to a full collection of contemporary sportswear. The new line of tank tops, T-shirts, sweatshirts, dresses, leggings and jackets never stray from SOPHOMORE’s classic inspiration. In a one dimensional world of basics, SOPHOMORE brings a fashion twist, soft washed fabrics, perfect fits and a New York vibe that will make the line a clothing staple for years to come.
Zoo York asked Mark Owens and Matt Owens to develop a line of six skateboards for their artist series. The six boards represent the socio-cultural realms of Literature, Architecture, The Arts, Transit, Food and Tourism. Together the series encompasses New York’s “Urbane Jungle.â€
Great work!
The album cover is a subject of perennial interest among graphic designers. Sleeve design remains a popular subject for college projects, and many young working designers aspire to design for the music industry. Revealing state-of-the-art contemporary music graphics, Cover Art By: is packed with more than 400 examples of sleeve art. As well as CD and album covers, the insides of CD booklets and the backs of vinyl sleeves are shown. The book opens with an in-depth essay reviewing the current scene, then focuses on the work of 30 international designers/labels who are the most influential in the field, making this a must-have for designers and students, as well as music industry professionals and fans.
Cover Art By:
Adrian Shaughnessy
320 pages
250 x 195 mm
ISBN 1 85669 527 1
paperback
£24.95
Jade Jagger and Katharine Hamnett have joined forces with the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Justice, Rihanna and Timbaland to create a new collection - Fashion Against AIDS - with H&M.
All the artists involved have participated free of charge to design a range of T-shirts, tank tops and hoodies for the project, which was initiated by charitable organisation Designers Against AIDS with the aim of raising awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people.
The pieces run the gamut from subtle patterns representing those affected to more overt means of getting the message across; a contribution from Hamnett - a T-shirt emblazoned with “Use a condom!” - is typically vocal.
“It’s a collection that’s rich in colour, with considerable commitment going into every garment,” explains H&M’s head of design, Margareta van den Bosch.
“The artists have created personal prints with a strong sense of style.”
And with a top price of € 12,90, there’s no excuse for not getting involved. H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS range will be available from February as part of its younger-end Divided label, with 25 per cent of the proceeds going to HIV/AIDS-prevention projects around the world.
The classic tradition of Dutch Delft craftsmanship hits the streets of New York City.
Presenting the ‘New York Delft’ Porcelain dinnerware collection.
Each place setting is made of fine porcelain and has five pieces; a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer.
A 5 piece place setting is about $ 100..
You can order it via lovegrove & repucci..
Jayson Scott Musson from Philadelphia rap trio Plastic Little talks about his provocative poster art at his recent exhibition at the Dazed Gallery… Check it out here!
But now my BIG LOVE Jeremy Fish throws his hat in the accessories ring with his Superfishal line…
I really like the lifestyle products expansion route my favorite artists is taking just so long as he keeps it tasteful. Both these guys have done just that…
Apples secretive slogan that something lays in the air could be taken calmly literally:
FINALLY….. Introducing the MacBook AIR. The world’s thinnest notebook.
The MacBook AIR is ultrathin, ultraportable and ultra unlike anything else…
The MacBook Air is really a cool device. Excellent design, the multitouch trackpad is a killer and it’s so damn thin, really thin. It’s so thin I would be in the fear of breaking it when I use it.
VERY SAD: The MacBook looks so clumsy now…
The thinness of MacBook AIR is stirring. But perhaps more impressive, there’s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. And at just 3.0 pounds, 1 MacBook Air is more than portable — it’s with you everywhere you go.
The glossy 13.3-inch, widescreen LED backlit MacBook AIR display is the same viewable size as the screen on MacBook. The 1280-by-800 resolution gives you vibrant images and rich colors at full brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. So you get full-screen performance with all the benefits of a slim design.
The keyboard is full-size with crisp keys just like the ones on MacBook. But MacBook AIR goes further by adding backlit key illumination, making it easy to work in low-light settings such as airplanes and conference halls. A built-in ambient light sensor automatically adjusts keyboard and display brightness for optimal visibility. And with the oversize multi-touch trackpad, it just keeps getting better for fingers.
MacBook AIR includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook.
T-post is a wearable magazine. Subscribing to T-post is a lot like having a subscription to a magazine but instead of receiving magazines in your mailbox - you receive T-shirts. As a subscriber you receive a new t-shirt every six weeks based on a current news item. The topic is interpreted by select designers and the written story printed on the inside.
“What’s fascinating about T-post is the interaction. Nobody asks you about the article you just read in the bathroom. But if you’re wearing an issue of T-post, people tend to ask what it’s about. The next thing you know, you’re talking about the ethical treatment of robots or some bank robbers in Brazil who got away with 45 million bucks, you’re forming your own opinion, getting someone else to think about the topic, and it just keeps going. That’s what’s magic about this media, it gives everyone a chance to interpret a news story and communicate it in their own way.“ said Peter Lundgren Editor-in-Chief at T-Post.
Current Issue “Sexual Confusion”
A subscription is 26 EUR per T-shirt, and can be delivered anywhere in the world. All shipping costs are included in that price. For more information visit www.t-post.se
…or just easily upload ur own pic ‘n make it ya Plate! U’ll find da form 4 Custom Photo License Plates right here!!!
U can also choose between a whole bunch of categories like Cars, NBA/NFL/NHL/MLB Merchandise, Celebrity, Movie Theme, Religious, Smiley, Patiotic, Bulletz, Sculls & Bones, Hardware Productz …..’n a loooooot mo’! Motorcycle Plates & Frames r available as well!
ONLY 4 NEW YORK!!! cREATE yA pLAtE wit Organizations, Professional Sports, Tourism, Causes or Regions of New York!
Supermandoliniâ„¢ are two graphic designers from Thessaloniki, Greece whose love and passion for design resulted in the creation and launch of Supermandoliniâ„¢ - Online Boutique in 2007.
Starting only with a range of t-shirt designs in mind they ended up producing and designing more than just apparel.
At the moment their boutique has a range of handmade accessories like earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and pins and a limited number of high quality posters and canvases which all have been designed with the same energy and eye for detail that describes their work…
Steve Aoki.
He is the big star of the Indie Rock Scene in L.A.
Remember? The guy who owns the Hollywood Label Dim Mak Records (means as much as “Death Touch”, based on Chinese Martial Arts). He also creates fashion collections and not to forget his status of a Celebrity he reached as DJ.
Is God a DJ?
Steve began with djing when he was a small boy. Later at the age of 20 he created the label Dim Mak, including releases of the Klaxons, Whitey and Bloc Party so far.
“I’m fucking disco” fits in such a way quite well on Aoki, maybe this is the reason he probably has designed Shirts with statements like this.
Here and there you can see a small selection of the Shirts from the Dim Mak’s.
designer’s own words:
The product turns two plastic bottles into a clothes hanger by screwing the bottles into the hook. By the concept that reuses empty plastic bottles, I try to present to consumers a realistic idea to address environmental realities and encourage the reuse of already “consumed†items to form a new functional product. The design incorporates the following features that make it practical and appealing to both producers and consumers: • Low cost, realistic commodity • The shape of the bottle provides more fit support for the shoulder of clothes than traditional ones • Inspire the interest of users: the concept will attract consumers and inspire a rethinking of consumption habits
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name of design : hanger
design by : xuan yu from usa
interesting:
the winner of the competition:
name of design : watering can
design by : nicolas le moigne from switzerland
designer’s own words:
The idea consists in reusing PET and glass bottles. A PET closing piece is able to fit different shapes of bottles and to change it into a watering can.
more:
name of design : my little sister’s tea party
design by : mydesign ronen&mikulsky + MYDesign- + Yaron Ronen + MIchael Mikulsky from israel
designer’s own words:
Large quantities of disposable plastic cups are common site after any party. This is a modular structured system made of used disposable plastic cups and paper clips. In day time it functions as natural light source lighting and at night time it functions as light fixture with 220 volt light bulb situated inside the system. Similar to bee-hives structure this system can grow to any size and it is much stronger then its component.
and:
name of design : medusa
design by : anette kithier from netherlands
designer’s own words:
an industrial product of our days as a material source, imitating ancient roman and crystal glassware
So we wanna hype his latest Zoo York collab decks and feel this edition (above) that he did for 20×200.
Michael Perry works in Brooklyn, NY making books, magazines, newspapers, clothing, and drawings. He is currently curating two new books. He also recently started a magazine called Untitled a… That explores his current interests. Doodling away night and day, Perry creates new typefaces and sundry graphics that inevitably evolve into his new work, exercising the great belief that the generating of piles is the sincerest form of creative process…
If you’re out and about tomorrow, stop by Jen Bekman’s gallery, where he’s giving a talk and signing his Hand Job book from 3-5pm.
rotterdam designer susan bijl’s colorful tote bags make the trip to the supermarket or department store (or wherever) more eco-friendly and more fashionable!!
weighing in at less than thirty bucks, the rain-resistant nylon bags are available in assorted colors (some more nu-rave than others) and two sizes. either one conveniently packs down to stow away inside of other bags for on-the-go use.
