Erased Classic

November 25th, 2009

Erased Classic is a collection of carpets by Jan Kath. They are based on classic patterns from Italian wall coverings and Indian saris. The carpets are produced by weavers at manufacturing sites in Kathmandu. But their final look is caused by acid, which makes the patterns fade and disappear. The customer cannot only define the color, materials, size, knot density, and design, but also the degree of erosion.

Erased Classic by Jan Kath

Erased Classic by Jan Kath

Erased Classic by Jan Kath

found at stylepark

Scan Processor Studies

November 24th, 2009

“Scan Processor Studies” is the result of a collaboration between Woody Vasulka & Brian O’Reilly. They made the footage for this film with a Rutt-Etra Scan Processor in the 1970’s and manipulated it some more afterwards. It’s actually quite hard to describe it, but it’s full with beautiful shapes and patterns.

Scan Processor Studies by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly

Scan Processor Studies by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly

Scan Processor Studies by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly

Black Wardrobe

November 24th, 2009

Black Wardrobe by Anna Barriball, it’s just tape on a wardrobe but it looks great.

Black Wardrobe by Anna Barriball

found at designboom weblog

New Stripes

November 23rd, 2009

New Stripes is a new PANORAMIC DIORAMA by Mitch Trale. It’s actually just an interactive 3D cube with a colorful texture. And some weird music.

New Stripes by Mitch Trale

found at rhizome

Ricky Swallow

November 23rd, 2009

Ricky Swallow is an Australian artist who also makes sculptures. These 2 pieces are made of Jelutong, a tropical hardwood. His style reminds me of Fabio Viale, who uses marble for his sculptures.

Fig. 1 by Rickey Swallow

Private Dancer by Rickey Swallow

found at acidolatte

Good Things Take A Second

November 23rd, 2009

The quotes on these billboards are from the emails Tim Rehm and Tim Sürken wrote to and received from clients during their freelance work at HORT. They then made these billboards for an exhibition called “hier und anderswo” at the MARTa Herford museum last summer.

HORT

HORT

HORT

HORT

MUJI & LEGO

November 20th, 2009

The Japanese retail brand MUJI and LEGO teamed up to develop a set of 4 different boxes. Inside those boxes you’ll find the classic LEGO bricks but also a few sheets of paper. No big deal. But when you also have the right punch hole tool, you can combine both to create something new. I really like this concept. You can order a set here (when you speak sone Japanese).

MUJI & LEGO

MUJI & LEGO

MUJI & LEGO

MUJI & LEGO

found at hypebeast

Deformscape

November 19th, 2009

Deformscape is an optical illusion designed by Faulders Studio for the garden of Jeff Dauber. It was designed with 3D software and then custom-milled using marine-grade plywood.

Deformscape

Deformscape

found at Metropolis Mag

Steak Filter

November 19th, 2009

Steak Filter: a video signal of a steak is sent through the steak as it cooks. A project by Aka Media System.

found at kottke

The Techno Viking Archive

November 19th, 2009

Everyone knows the Techno Viking video, right? It’s that weird guy dancing in the street during the Berlin Fuck Parade in 2000. But what I didn’t know it that the original title is actually Kneecam No 1 and that it was filmed by Matthias Fritsch. He did some research on his video and found out that it was viewed over 20,000,000 times and made a small exhibition about it: The Techno Viking Archive.
Remember: “The Techno Viking doesn’t dance to the music, but the music dances to the Techno Viking”.

Technoviking


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