Art & Design

Openaire - Laptop Case & Portable Workstation

Openaire is an interesting portable worrkstation concept from Nick and Beau Trincia.

Openaire combines is a hybrid of a laptop carrying case, work surface, and chair. The system consists of a semi-rigid protective sleeve designed as an ergonomic laptop work surface and a protective shell that also functions as a comfortable seat. Together, they offer the portability and comfort to support work anywhere.

Webclock by Vancsa Domokos

webclock

Vancsa Domokos webclock tells the time and what is happening at that moment somewhere on the web:

For every minute of the clock, a fragment of text is taken from a webpage which contains the current time, but from a different day and / or year in history.
The WebClock contains text traces for 1440 minutes of the day and reflects the relation between man and time. It is a collection or subjective time experience, relatively, even though the absolute clock is represented as numbers.

Her conclusions based on her analysis of the text:

In the morning people are more interested about the weather. Even if they have different motives in finding out we ather than a farmer who works outdoors!
The Night-owl type of person tend to talk about sleep. When they watch the clock they realize that they are distanced to what they should normally expect to do at this time.

Webclock by Vancsa Domokos. Via Mocoloco.

Shadows and Scars - Singapore Street Art

Shadows and Scars by Singapore Graffiti Artist Trase

Shadows and Scars by Singapore Graffiti Artist Trase. Trase is seen as one of the leading artists in Singapore pushing the boundaries of the street art movement. This series uses stenciled skateboard figures which incorporate the urban environment to great effect. Small and inconspicuous they help us notice the subtleties of the city around us.

Courier Boy

Courier boy photoshoot

Editorial photoshoot by Ruud Baan, Published in JFK magazine.

Thuy Linh Trinh Ephemera

ephemera

Lovely colors, lighting and costumes in these series of images from Hanoi based Thuy Linh Trinh. Capturing movement is always a wonderful exercise and she has done it so well.

Prada "First Spring" by Yang Fudong

Prada presents 'First Spring', a short movie directed by Chinese artist Yang Fudong for the Prada Mens Spring/Summer 2010 advertising campaign.

It seems that Shanghai is becoming the go-to spot for the world's top fashion brands, not only for new customers but for inspiration as well.
... Prada released a short film made in partnership with the Chinese contemporary artist Yang Fudong, one of the country's most renowned photographers. For the film, "First Spring," Yang employs the stark black-and-white aesthetic employed in his epic five-part film, Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest (2003-2007).

Via Jing Daily.

Visual Music

A music video about a man trapped in a dream with his world, consisting of "plattenbauten" (buildings made with precast concrete slabs) beginning to fall apart. This short film by 12frames was a ONEDOTZERO selection.

Hermès × Tokujin Yoshioka: Window Display

Tokujin Yoshioka's window display for Hermes Japan. In his words:

'On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people's daily 'movements' with a suspicion of humor. there are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them. the window is designed with an image of woman projected on to a monitor. the scarf softly sways in the air in response to the woman's blow.

New York is Miami Cabinet

newyork is miami cabinet

This piece is part of an exhibition by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder at Spring Projects in London.

A description by the artists:

Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder have worked together since meeting in Italy in 2003. American Chateau, is their first public collaborative exhibition. This new series of sculptural and two dimensional pieces is a creative departure for both artists, taking inspiration from the iconic cultural exports of the USA and the opulence of 17th century European craftwork. Jaime and Nienke's pieces are the icons of the booming, fast-food American dream, a kind of Versailles meets Disneyland hybrid. This unusual juxtaposition transcends historical, social and contextual boundaries through its eclectic influences and overlapping of historical periods and high and low culture. It challenges the elite notions of art and design and gives them a frame of reference in contemporary everyday culture.

New York is Miami Cabinet by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder

A trip to Nolan House

nolan house

Nolan is a short film and photo shoot set in an abandoned plantation near a town called Bostwick in Georgia. Featuring Peppermint magazine covergirl Rhiannon and produced by filmmaker Drew Tyndell the shoot has a wonderful dreamlike quality to it.