Anatomy of a shoe | FEIT shoemakers

I would like to talk about FEIT shoes from two different point of view: their style and the underlying online made-to-order concept. Style is the more "subjective" issue - you can either like FEIT shoes or think they are not that cool. To me, they are very stylish - I particularly like the  PNTHA LOW CLOUD and [...]

L’art du rouleau | Anastassia Elias

I am pretty sure that my babygirl will try do re-create one of these incredible work of art made with ... a toilet paper roll! Anastassia Elias is a French artist working with paint and paper. Her last creation, Rouleaux,  is a series of miniatures, landscapes and cityscapes, made using a toilet paper roll and [...]

Crochetaxidermy? Oh YES!

Crochetdermy, as in Shauna Richardson's work, combines themes such as objects, collecting, craft and realism and experiments with accessibility and audience, evolved out of the exploration of the theory that  ‘Anything can be art’. Shauna uses crochet to sculpt realistic life-size animals – uncanny taxidermy-like forms. In 2009 Shauna won ‘Artists taking the lead’ part of [...]

Time | Drzach&Suchy

Swiss artists Drzach&Suchy use rapid-prototyping to turn 3-D computer models into mind-blowing optical illusions. Look at Conversation, a new installation by Swiss artists Drzach&Suchy, and you’ll see a huge pixely portrait of Albert Einstein. But look again a few seconds later, and you’ll see--as plain as the mole on her face--a portrait of Marilyn Monroe. [...]

Fortune | Mark Braun

I first met Mark at the Salone Satellite in Milan in 2009. He had to leave his booth for a sec and asked me and my friend to keep a look at it - and we were very happy to help him, so that we had plenty of time to admire the displayed prototypes which [...]

Book of Art | Isaac Salazar

I have always thought of Flickr as a community of photography lovers. To my great surprise I have also found great art projects not photography related such as Book of Art. I have been unable to find other information about the project elsewhere - but I will keep you updated. In the meanwhile, enjoy these [...]

ThreeASFOUR InSalaam InShalom Exhibition

Apologies to I>K male readers, by I could not to help myself from  pressing this post by Cyril Foiret- Trendland. I find the designs by ThreeASFOUR wonderful - I am a fashion addicted after all! Last week in Tel Aviv the innovative New York fashion collective threeASFOUR opened its anticipated exhibition “Insalaam Inshalom” at the Beit [...]

nendo | oki sato

I stumbled upon one of latest nendo designs while reading Wallpaper - featuring the "bell-orgel" collection,  wooden music boxes for Isetan which I found very interesting. The ‘bell-orgel collection’ project was  launched with the cooperation of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto's moretrees initiative, which promotes the protection of forests as absorbers of CO2. The music box, which was then decorated [...]

dmvA Architecten – Antwerp

I could not help myself from sharing this project from one of my favorite architecture design studio - dmvA Architecten. Blob VB3 is a small mobile home, - a great medium-sized office if placed in my garden 😉 - the product of 18-months work of skirting around strict building codes. The result is a a [...]

UXUS -Design Agency

This is the Agency where many designers would like to work for - at least, I would! Founded in Amsterdam in 2003, UXUS ( shorthand for ‘You Times Us’) is an international multidisciplinary and award winning design agency specializing in strategic design solutions. An with multidisciplinary they really mean MULTIdisciplinary offering  Retail Design,  Architecture,  Hospitality Design, Brand Identity & [...]

Misako Inaoka

You might say that I am having a crush with Japanese art and design. True. Actually, I have always had it. Born in Tokyo, living in San Francisco, Misako's works are influenced by  "manipulated urban nature (..). I emphasize the subtle details of surviving nature and exaggerate their illogicality to cultivate my own version of [...]

Introducing Miharu Matsunaga’s Ten-Ten

Another great design related spotted in Nicole's blog. Enjoy this wonderful "ten-ten"  (dots) flow by Miharu Matsunaga, talented Japanese Designer, Artist and Photographer. Miharu Matsunaga's Got Me Seeing Spots. In Mihaur's  website, you can also find other interesting works, such as the below featured Tarzan.

It is just an illusion | VIDEO

Astigmatism has always created me problems with 3D vision and depth, this is why I have always had hard time with anything that involves stereoscopic vision - this is maybe why optical illusion has always fascinated me a lot. Thanks to Quora, I have found a couple of great optical illusions I am happy to [...]

Are 21 bathrooms enough for a home?

Some call this a home, some call this a dream, I would call it a great architecture design a little bit intimidating. I would not mind to spend a short holiday there though. Designed by Paris-based Agence Jouin Manku for YTL Design Group, this amazing residence belongs to a Malaysian power family, hosting three generations of the family [...]

This guy rocks (at BigRock) | VIDEO

I am very happy to share with you the last "corto"  my friend Giacomo worked at as animator and in the character modeling and shading department, with the supervision of Alex Ongaro, actually Head of Effects in Dreamworks Animation - LA. Giacomo is a very talented  guy who comes from my small village in the North [...]