‘It’s an amalgamation of ‘sign’ (Korean written language) and ‘space’: signs become spaces, and spaces become signs’
The South Korean pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Designed by Mass Studies. More info here.
Found via Poketo
‘Contemporary artists interpret the iconic Playboy Bunny’
Pictured, detail of Vincent Cacciotti’s ‘Peek-A-Boo’ from Playboy Redux II.
More here.
‘Seven feet tall, weighing 265 pounds, humanoid in appearance, he could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words, smoke cigarettes, blow up balloons and move his head and arms.’
Westinghouse’s Elektro from his appearance at the 1939 World’s Fair.
More info (and construction diagram) here.
Meat Beat Manifesto: I am Electro, feat. Elektro
‘decades worth of the milliner’s designs and to get inside the head behind the hats.’
Fashion blogger Tavi headed to Antwerp in September to review Stephen Jones’ career retrospective exhibition, Accent of Fashion.
Review (with more photos) here. Monograph available here.
‘As in years past, there are No Pants Subway Rides happening in cities around the world on January 9.’
Info above, more detail here.
Found via Shandi Pierzina, who’s organized the Vegas trouser drop
‘In a huge space of 15m in width, fine feathers are blown up by the wind’
The work of Tokujin Yoshioka.
Found via Design Scene
‘The world’s first 4-dimensional experience featuring 3D imagery, digital sound effects and scents from Ralph Lauren fragrances.’
On November 10, Ralph Lauren celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its website with new media ‘feasts’ at its retail flagships in London (above) and New York (below).
‘Making of’ video here.
Found via Jake Favour
‘The installation consists of a paint-bucket and a reversed, continuous world map cut from polyester-coated aluminium.’
This piece by Jørgen Craig Lello and Tobias Arnell illustrate the disconnect. See more of their work here.
Aside from the breasts, ‘Reverse View’ is one of the main images used for The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia.
‘We’ll explore the hot button topic of web fonts; antique type and lettering of the textile trade; the typography of Disneyland; making smart fonts even smarter; the influence of Charles Eames; liquid typography; west coast ‘Cholo’ style graffiti; and so much more.’
typecon 2010: babel
Big typography conference next week in Los Angeles. Wood Type preview in Carson today. Designer talks, workshops, dealer room, font makers, stuff.
and me
I’ll be giving my first ever TypeCon talk as part of their Type & Design Education Forum. My title is Tell Lies in the Classroom and Get Away With It. It will be as weird as what I normally do in a classroom.
Promise. [Read more →]
Art by Patrick Drayus
The great Jennifer Jacobsen has kept me in the loop on this: The Corporate Wrath Art and Poetry Show at the Marco Fuoco Gallery in Sacramento. The show starts at 7 tomorrow night, Saturday July 24, 2010.
Artists featured include Brianna Lea Pruett, Keely Sadira Doran, Sue Dedina, Patrick Drayus, Bari Kenned, Willie, Sir Lucy Foot, Marco Fuoco, Shaw Reed, Gene Avery and more. Spoken word, music, interactive, live art . . . .
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