Posts from — June 2008

Speaking of Nendo, I was rummaging through their website when I came across this project called 1% products. And let me tell you, I was blown away! I loved their lineup of quirky housewares, not to mention their concept in which they only create a quantity of 100, thereby allowing the purchaser to buy 1% of the collection. Neat huh?

string candle creates the illusion that the actual candle stand is an extension of the candle wick.

hie-hie glasses create the illusion that your drink is always ice cold.

And my favorite is vase vase. Thought it was a mirror? Well think again!

vase vase helps you add some much-needed irrationality to your life!

I didn’t get to post this last week, so kicking this week off are these pics from Ooki Saito’s home/office renovation. Ooki Saito is one of the designers over at Nendo, and has an ongoing blog at Elle Japan. As the story goes, he and his wife fell in love with an old fixer-upper and decided to renovate. During the process they kept uncovering loads and loads of moss, hence the concept for the interior motif.

photos by Daici Ano

I had just a few more things I wanted to get off my mind and onto my blog, before I sign off for the weekend.
First of all, the playful art of Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset.

(images courtesy of galleri nicolai wallner)

I love how the artists poke fun at the notion of the “serious gallery” for serious art!

via grijs

a slightly dark, slightly brilliant short animation by Tomek Baginski. One of my favorites out there!
Watch it here.

You know you’ve failed as a blogger when your parents are sending you material…
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard (20 min long, but well worth the time!)

via Mom & Dad

Today has been a long day…

(via Arts & Letters)

Here is a tidbit that should satisfy your trivia hunger for the day. Toshiyuki Tani, the lighting designer who designed this gorgeous lamp…

…and more recently this spectacular pendant lamp…

images courtesy of modern-t.com. top image: kazaguruma (wind mill), bottom image: hokore pendant (respect the pendant). available for purchase here and here.…

was a senior classmate of Kanno Daimon, one of the three designers of A4, which I wrote about yesterday.

(Image courtesy of A4)
I was thrilled when I saw happy mundane’s post that tumi ishi (designed byA4) will finally be made available by Umbra. Tumi ishi, literally meaning piled rocks, is a children’s toy derived from the simple creativity that a child possesses to turn everyday objects into enthralling games. I can’t wait!!

Read the original post here
See the official tumi ishi website here

Today marks the 2nd year of fatherhood for me. It also represents a continuing appreciation and astonishment for what my dad did for me. “The Jacobson’s” is the perfect short film for all those dads out there!
Whatch it over at the NYT!

(image courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates)

Yuichi Higashionna just completed his solo show “refract” at Calm and Punk. There are some cool images over at designboom.

(image courtesy of designboom)

(image courtesy of calmandpunk)