Futuristic Cowboys: Nicholas K winter 2012

Earth colours, knitwear, fringes, coolness and looseness: Nocholas K's winter 2012 collection at New York Fashion Week.

R.I.P. Whitney Houston

One more superstar left us - we will always remember her!

Peppers Delight

A pepper mill is not just a pepper mill. This oiled nut one, created by Thomas Kreuz, is from the Wauwau series "Peppers Delight".

Cut Chair by Peter Bristol

Sit on a cut chair? Peter Bristol maked it possible: The chair and the three leg stumps are bolt-on a plate under a carpet. A great optical illusion:

www.peterbristol.net/projects/cut-chair

James Franco directed 7 For All Mankind's campaign: Making of!

Actor, director, author, film producer and visual artist James Franco directed and photographed the new campaign of the jeans brand 7 For All Mankind. Print and video components will be released around March. And the full art movie will be released in Mai.

"People are used to movies being told in a certain way," James said. "It has an emotional arc and there’s a beginning, middle and end. But in a fashion campaign like this, you have some of those elements — actors and performers and a set and wardrobe — but you don’t have the burden of telling a story in the same way or attracting audiences in the same way. So you can use all the elements from a film but explore it in a new way."

Faces - the champagne cooler

"Faces", the new champange cooler designed by Sieger by Fürstenberg, visualised the femininity artful in chinaware:

Also available in silver and gold:

"YOU CAN'T FAKE fashion" - the second

CFDA and eBay start the second collection of "YOU CAN'T FAKE fashion": Over 75 designers, among Prabal Gurung, Tory Burch, Maria Cornejo and Thom Browne, signed on to create a bag this time - for good reason: “Authenticity is a big part of what we do,” Billy Reid tells Style.com. “We strive to make the best-quality goods that we can and we take a lot of pride in our work, so we are 100 percent behind supporting the CFDA and our fellow designers through You Can’t Fake Fashion.” The bags are available on eBay March 20. All proceeds go to the CFDA. Order fast! The last ones were sold out very fast!

Designed by Milly

Jean//phillip Winter 12: avant-garde

The Copenhagen designer Jean-phillip uses unconventional materials and shapes to challenge the boundaries imposed by fashion norms on gender and sexuality:

 Credit: Copenhagen Fashion Week

Veronica B. Vallenes Winter 12: Geometry

Purism meets geometry: Copenhagen based fashion designer Veronica B. Vallenes' new collection.

 Credit: Copenhagen Fashion Week

Spon Diogo Winter 12: Contrasts

The Danish designer duo Spon Diogo presented a debonair leather collection at Copenhagen Fashion Week:

 Credit: Copenhagen Fashion Week

50s Design by Folke Jansson

The "Facett" sofa by Ihreborn is a re-edition of Folke Jansson's design of the 1958s:

Mantra Mobile

Remind yourself and others to stay positive and confident: Two New York artists write words on both sides of wooden panels and hang one below the other. Each "pozie" is written as a poem so that it makes sense in many different ways.

My favourite is this one:
love / more
laughter / together
enjoyment / fulfillment
dancing / dreaming

www.poziepoems.com

Animals by Ring King

Gold and silver meet manga style: The Austrian goldsmith Maximilian Grün alias Ring King is known for his elaborate animal rings - lovely!

Homepage: www.ring-king.com

The Cube: Pop-Up Restaurant atop and near European Landmarks

"The Cupe" is a lightweight restaurant that could easily be assembled and disassembled in order to travel around Europe and find a new location on top of important monuments and spectacular locations. Designed by Park Associati for Electrolux, the 140 sq meter restaurant is covered in a white, laser-cut, aluminum skin that works to maximize daylight and views while reducing solar heat gain. In each location, top chefs from the area would be asked to prepare special menus and cook for clients. It started in Brussels on the arc of the Parc du Cinquantenaire. Now "The Cube" is in Milano - open until April 26, 2012. Next stops will be London and Stockholm.

Link: The Cube

Visions

In Milano with views of the Piazza del Duomo.

Inside The Cube.

On the arc of the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels.

Visions

Stine Riis is the winner of the H&M Design Award

Stine Riis experiments with colours, cuts and materials:

Louis Vuitton's "Maison Roma Etoile"

Louis Vuitton's "Maison Roma Etoile" was built by the New York architect Peter Marino in the oldest cinema of Rome. The three floors are connected by an exceptional stairway:

My little tea robot riend from Berlin

At Pylones in Berlin I found this little cute tea robot:

Places in Berlin: Kjosk

An old double-decker as a kiosk? Why not! Rosmarie Köckenberger's "Kjosk" of the 60s stands in the middle of Berlin and offers beer, limo, coffee, newspapers and sweets. Upstairs you can have a seat, play cards, other games or just talk.

Where?
Parkplatz vor der Skalitzer Straße 38

3D figure: Missoni's summer 2012 campaign

 
“Spontaneous and dynamic. We all improvised freely. I would like for the images to talk about the company, not only of the product.” For the new Missoni campaign Angela Missoni, her daughters Teresa and Margherita, Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar, Almodóvar actresses Rossy de Palma and Blanca Suarez, and model Mariacarla Boscono perform in the summer 2012 designs. Take an look at the campaign film by Marco Maccapan:  HERE