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June 24, 2011
always look on the bright side of life: 100 smiles
9:47 AM | Geplaatst door
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Cool Collector # Art Files
The future is insecure, when you turn on the news you instantly get tired and annoyed and all fun things and securities seem to be disappearing one after another. So here something to chear you up, a project by a very positive person. According to Juan Astasio a dose of happiness can be found anywhere, as long as you look with an open mind. He is demonstrating this philosophy with his project titled 100 Smiles. Using a camera, Astasio set out to find “smiles” in his surroundings and photographed each one. All photographs were then compiled into a website that plays Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle, as you browse. Guess we need to be reminded of that spirit a lot in the coming months.
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New life after death
9:46 AM | Geplaatst door
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Here a pretty cool idea by Spanish designer Martin Azua. He has come up with the idea of a mortuary urn containing the seed of a tree. Bios Urn is made from biodegradable materials including coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose. Once the ashes have been placed and the urn planted, the seed inside starts to germinate and will eventually grow into a tree. You can choose different types of tree or plant seeds depending on their suitability for the area you wish to plant it. I really love the idea, it's quite romantic! You can also literally dig into your family roots!
via Big Think
Choco Shot
9:39 AM | Geplaatst door
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Austrian chocolate maker Zotter offers products that are organic, fair trade, and very creative. Choco Shots are available on their website; syringes full of chocolatey liquid that comes in packaging designed to look like it’s real medicine. These strange but inventive chocolates come in seven different varieties including Raspberry Brandy, Mandarin, Whisky and Almond. Each is presented in a 12ml syringe and they are €2.50, with worldwide delivery. An imaginative novelty gift, along the lines of the “emergency chocolates”, for when you’re in desperate need of a cocoa fix.
The Cosby Sweater project
9:38 AM | Geplaatst door
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When I was little a was a big fan of the Cosby show, just like almost everybody else in the eighties.
Kelly Tucker is probably a big fan too! She devoted a whole project to the Huxtables, or to their sweaters to be precisely. On her blog the Cosby Sweater Project she documents the crème de la crème of Huxtable fashions through the show’s eight seasons. By showing little pictures and a drawing she's creating a wonderful spot of inspiration for 80's lovers. Visit her blog here! Enjoy!
June 14, 2011
Anti Nuclear Wear
10:22 AM | Geplaatst door
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Cool Collector # Editorial Files
This is by far the coolest editorial I’ve seen the last months! It responds to the actuality and looks pretty amazing to! The styling in the editorial, Yes we care!, could best be describes as a rehashing of new wave style accorging to Mad Jac. Jac Jagaciak and Zombie Boy (Rick Genest) raise their voices with fellow protesters for a call to action for clean energy in Fashion Poland’s summer issue. Lensed by Zuza Krajewska and Bartek Wieczorek, stylist Andrzej Sobolewsi’s wardrobe is both colorful and irreverently cool in these dynamic images.
The Playroom: Kids and Media
10:13 AM | Geplaatst door
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How kids are reacting to the media ?! A lot of studies show that children are overcome by major current events and headlines of our time. In this ‘In The Playroom’ series by Canadian photographer Jonathan Hobin, utilizing only kids props, created a metaphor for the impossibility of a protective space safe from the reach of modern media.
Events such as 9/11, hurricane Katrina, the north Korean missiles, Princess Diana’s death and the Jonbenét Ramsey trials are represented here in a very disturbing way.
Maybe it is disturbing, but the men has a point! By confronting the watcher with 'possibility’s' he makes you think!
Diamond in the Roughage
10:02 AM | Geplaatst door
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Cool Collector # Editorial Files
This editorial takes 'Flower Arranging' to a whole other level and makes fashion very contemporary!
This editorial 'Diamond in the Roughage' was photographed by Richard Burbridge and styled by one of my favorite stylists of the planet Robbie Spencer. You can find it in the summer issue of T Magazine 2011.
Art with Dice
9:49 AM | Geplaatst door
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Frederick McSwain used 13,138 dice to create this portrait of Wong(his friend artist Tobias Wong) called Die(died at the age of 13,138 days (35 years-old). It was part of the BrokenOff BrokenOff exhibition at Gallery R’Pure in New York City, which was a memoriam to the artist during New York Design Week.
Tobias is lucky with a friend like Frederick! It takes a lot of patience to put 13,138 dice in the right place! Besides that I think it's very original, when you think about it you can do a lot creative things with dice!
Vegetable Art
9:42 AM | Geplaatst door
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Now ain't this is a original campaign for a kitchen-machine! The concept was developed by the advertising agency: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive in Tel Aviv, Israel. I have to admit I am not a total vegatable freak, I rather have it with some meat, pasta of potatoes but watching the vegetables styled like this, in a Margritte, Davinci or Picasso, it makes me hungry!
The 'washed up' project
9:23 AM | Geplaatst door
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The images above look esthetically beautiful but there is more that meets the eye!Washed Up is an ongoing project by Mexican-born, New York-based artist Alejandro Durán that addresses the issue of plastic pollution making its way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve. With more than twenty pre-Colombian archaeological sites, this UNESCO World Heritage site is also home to a vast array of flora and fauna and the world’s second largest coastal barrier reef. Unfortunately, Sian Ka’an is also a repository for the world’s trash, which is carried there by ocean currents from every corner of the globe.
Starting in February 2010 and over subsequent visits, Durán has used this international detritus to create his color-based, site-specific sculptures. He conflates the hand of man and nature, distributing the objects the way the waves would, like wind-scattered seed or roots tunneling through soil, echoing the organic forms of the surrounding landscape. In order to photograph the sculptures, Durán uses a mix of natural and artificial light, further blurring the line between existing and constructed realities.
Check out all the pictures and more information about the project here!
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