Archive for May, 2009

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Desu Limestall is a 24 year old who lives in Seatlle Washingon and who has been drawing all her life. Although she has taken a few art classes, she is mostly self taught. We discovered her work while surfing some sites and loved the cute characters she has created. Your greatest inspirations or influences?Music, my friends, other artists and fashion are my greatest influences.  Japanese gyaru fashion magazines like Egg   Read More ...

I Collect Art That I Don´t Understand- Boros The Bunker in Berlin currently belongs to Christian Boros, who exhibits here on rotation  his monumental art collection of contemporary works by some of the biggest names including Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst annd Thomas Zipp.The German landmark was built during WWII as an air raid shelter and over the years has been used as a Soviet prison, a fruit warehouse,   Read More ...

Barnaba Fornasetti presented a collection of tiles designed by his father, Piero Fornasetti, at Milan Design Week 2009. The face says it all – the designs are classic Fornasetti’s.

” Everything can be transformed into art. There is enoughunused and abandoned material out there screaming forattention, as well as conventional everyday objects that wouldlove to be pulled out their mundane life for a more excitingexistence.”‘Ginou Choueiri was born in Beirut, Lebanon. After completinga degree in Marketing at the University of Connecticut, she returned to Beirut to work with Saatchi and SaatchiAdvertising. Seven years later, Ginou finally decided to pursueher   Read More ...

Designocracy- Democratize Design Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design. His award winning designs include democratic objects such as the ubiquitous Garbo waste can and Oh Chair for Umbra, interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant, Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel, Athens and exhibitions for Deutsche Bank and   Read More ...

A key piece from the Fall 2009 Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony Collection.  Among the designer’s first unisex collection, Chloe created a pair of wedges that always manages to be the perfect final touch. These much buzzed about buckle boots, available in both black leather and suede, are effortlessly paired with the collection’s Faire Isle printed knits, floral button downs, and meticulously tailored moleskin trousers. With her references ranging all   Read More ...

Andrew Bellamy graduated with a degree in Graphic Design in 03 and worked in London at Live & Breathe. His book Colour Selection was published by AVA in 2004 and was distributed in Europe and North America, and a Japanese edition soon followed. After two years in London it was time to do something new so he moved to Oslo, Norway in search of new challenges. There he worked at   Read More ...

Longtime friends Misha Nonoo and Deborah Lyons, (also the talented shoe designer for Mechante), have recently launched Nonoo Lyons which is an exclusive fashion brand that focuses on tailored jackets and coats. Their line has just been picked up by Bendels, Takashimaya, and Intermix and a denim collaboration or menswear collection could also be in the works soon. Greatest Inspirations? Misha Nonoo: Travel, characters that we meet and even glance upon   Read More ...