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A Striking Sculpture Of Used Clothing Questions Our Consuming Ways
Finnish artist Kaarina Kaikkonen makes a ship out of clothing worn by workers in a Max Mara textile factory. Kaarina Kaikkonen says her most recent installation, Are We Still Going On?, is “about all of us as human beings.” Which is an ambitious place to begin. Show More Summary
20th Century Architecture
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Ai Weiwei Creates A Cloudburst Of Wooden Stools
Bang is the most clamorous of Ai Weiwei’s three installations at the 2013 Venice Biennale. It seems like Ai Weiwei is everywhere. Recently, the artist dropped his first single (and video) from his upcoming heavy metal album, opened the...Show More Summary
Will Starbucks Lose Its Coffee Smell To Fresh Croissants?
Starbucks is about to bake croissants fresh inside 3,500 of their stores. The pastry selection will improve immeasurably, but will a Starbucks still smell like a Starbucks? Aside from one stunning location in the Netherlands, Starbucks stores have never baked their own pastries. Show More Summary
A $34 Cap That Turns Any Water Bottle Into A Humidifier
The Amazing Humidifier lives up to its name. “College dorm room” is a design category in its own right. On the typological spectrum, it’s probably slotted somewhere between “micro-apartment” and “pet home.” Given the spatial constraints of college living, dorm decor requires a considered approach to modularity, function, and adaptability. Show More Summary
Intimate Post-Op Portraits Of Plastic Surgery Patients (NSFW)
Photographer Ji Yeo captures a behind-the-scenes look at K-Pop culture’s influence on standards of beauty. The South Korean plastic surgery industry is flourishing. One in five Korean women have gone under the knife (compare that to one in 20 American women). Show More Summary
The World’s Most Famous Logos, Organized By Visual Theme
Marks of Excellence, a freshly revised book from Phaidon, compiles today’s most identifiable logos according to their visual tropes. A brand is more than a logo. But a company’s mark is its calling card, a shorthand for all that other stuff--the quality of the product, the level of service, the history of the company--for its composite brand. Show More Summary
Thievery, Heckling, and Rape Jokes
This piece originally appeared on Patton Oswalt’s website.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller…
Projects in Cartmel and Venice This year we have studied two locations, one home and one away. Both have a direct connection with sanctuary and with water. It is fabled that Cartmel Priory was founded in a place where fresh water flowed in opposite directions, and Venice, for [...] (more...)
Tactile City Model
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Bizarre Still Lifes Of Food, Rigged Like Explosives
Catherine Losing creates "charged" foods that power their own destruction. Photographer Catherine Losing likes to play with her food. Flipping through her online portfolio reveals an array of odd, culinary-themed set pieces that combine biodegradables ranging from fungi to meats with nonedible luxury items such as jewelry and perfume bottles. Show More Summary
The Martyr’s Cause
KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands—Never mind why, but a few days ago I found myself in the far northern reaches of the British Isles, standing in a cathedral dedicated to St. Magnus of Orkney. The cathedral is the work of his nephew, St. Rognvald, and it dates back to a time when the Orkneys were a Viking kingdom. Show More Summary
“Jony Ive Redesigns Things” Is The Best Tumblr This Week
Not sure how you feel about iOS 7’s unicorn color palette? Wait until you see it applied to stop signs and Star Wars. By now we know that iOS 7’s abstract icons and fantastical color palette were likely inspired--at least in part--by Apple’s marketing department. Show More Summary
The Best Part Of Lomo’s Latest Camera: Building It Yourself
Why do you have to build the Lomo Konstruktor? Why do you add an egg to Betty Crocker cake mix? If you’re an engineer, it’s an awesome time to be alive. You have 3-D printers, inexpensive microprocessors, and a boatload of SDKs to build things with. Show More Summary
Renzo Piano’s Latest: An Off-The-Grid, One-Person Mobile Home
For over 50 years, the architect dreamed of building a one-room structure for minimal living. Now it exists, on Vitra’s campus in Germany. Around the time that the Shard skyscraper was completed in London, in 2012, Renzo Piano told The Guardian that “one of the most important things is to have happy buildings. Show More Summary
12 Amazing Miniature Replicas Of Famous Artists’ Studios
Joe Fig visits famous artists in their studios, asking questions, shooting photographs, and taking meticulous measurements. Then he creates these incredibly accurate dioramas. It’s always fascinating to pore over a photograph of an artist’s studio. Show More Summary
6 Clues About The Future Of Apple Design
WWDC wasn’t just another week in Apple news. It was a forecast of a design sensibility to come. This week was Apple’s Worldwide Development Conference--the time when the company announces all its new software, and generally a few pieces of hardware to boot. Show More Summary
Who Designed iOS 7’s Icons? Apple’s Marketing Department
In a bold maneuver, Jony Ive enlisted Apple’s marketing department to refresh the platform’s core icons (and newly branded color space). Getting out of a design rut is hard. It’s why car companies take at least a decade to turn their lines around, while in the meantime, they just eat it in terms of sales. Show More Summary
Watch: Apple’s Poetic Statement On Its Design Process
Minimalist? Simple? Flat? In this video, Apple reminds the world that its design goes beyond Bauhaus sensibility. At WWDC, the lights went down, the hollars went up, and then Apple played this video in a near whisper. In that moment, I thought it was mistimed. Show More Summary
