today and tomorrow

‘Touch The Sky On The Way To The Top’ by Damien Poulain for Uniqlo paper 4.

Shelf Space by Paul Loebach.
found at designboom weblog

‘The Level Tunnel‘ is a project for Level Vodka, designed by Hussein Chalayan. The tunnel a 15 meter long, 5 meter high, glass installation that captures the essence of Level Vodka. Visitors can walk through the tunnel blindfolded or experience it from outside. Chalayan used sound, scent and touch to create something unique. The sound for example, is created by a flute made from a vodka bottle. And when a visitor is going through the tunnel, his position is tracked and he can smell the scent of lemon and cedar as he goes further into the tunnel. When the visitor leaves the tunnel, he can of course taste the vodka. All these senses together should give the visitor an impression of what Level Vodka stands for. It is currently on display in Mexico City but it will travel to Paris and Athens later this year.

The making of video:

Fractal 23 by Takeshi Miyakawa Design.

Patricia Urquiola designed a new collection of different chairs for the Italian furniture brand Moroso, called Tropicalia. She used 3 different materials for the weaving, so you have outside and inside versions. This RGB one is my favorite.

Oscar and Ewan is a small graphic design studio in London. They were asked to participate in the Polygon Show and were given a 3D shape to respond to, a cube. They decided not to show a cube, but to remove it from a small furniture setup.

It is hard to say if Roy McMakin is an artist or a furniture designer. I really like how he plays with positive and negative space to combine different objects.
found at designboom weblog

Damn, my soapbox cars didn’t look like this Bentley, mine weren’t even electric powered. Back then gravity did the job, but this one will race in the “Greenpower” series. It was build by a team of youngsters with the help of some professionals of course. In the current Bentley line-up, the smallest engine has a 5998cc capacity … just trying to be ‘green’ huh.
More info here.

‘Commands’ a set of 3 posters by Christopher David Ryan, for sale at his online shop My Little Underground. I know … a little nerdy.

This is the ‘Divided Cube’, one of the 7 Numen Lights. It is actually a very basic object, made with two-sided mirrors and fluorescent tubes. Although the effect isn’t new, numen / for use designed 7 geometrical shapes who all have their unique reflections. Some even have flexible surfaces who move mechanically, so not only when you change your point of view you’ll get an amazing optical effect. The one below is the inside view of an Octahedron.