Have you ever had to remember how many hours ahead Abu Dhabi is? Right, me too, but with this clock designed by Giha Woo and Shingoeun you don’t have to remember that it is 8 hours ahead of EDT. The Bent Hands clock tells time with a single spiralling arm to indicate the time in different countries around the world. The clock face features countries written inside concentric circles, with linked points on a spiralling arm indicating the time. The product is part of a series of work by the duo entitled The Wrong Objects, which they presented at DMY Berlin last month.
Design graduate Julian Bond of the Royal College of Art has created a moulding machine to produce vases, each with its own unique design. Called Pixel Mould, the machine produces vessels using a single mould made up of over 1300 individual plaster sticks which can be individually reconfigured to create unique moulds. The vases are created using a traditional slip casting technique, which usually uses fixed moulds, however this machine allows users to create their own one-off designs. This is a rapid manufacturing tool, not rapid prototyping, each piece that is made can be used as a final product.
Check out this cheeky Eres + Chanel cobranding campaign done by Karl Lagerfeld himself, who is known to push the envelope. This campaign tempts you to explore your voyeuristic side by clicking to reveal the Eres (underthings) of the classy Chanel clad beauties.
I said, “Give us the black sheep. I want artists who are frustrated. I want the ones who have another way of doing things that nobody’s listening to. Give us all the guys who are probably headed out the door.” A lot of them were malcontents because they saw different ways of doing things, but there was little opportunity to try them, since the established way was working very, very well. We gave the black sheep a chance to prove their theories, and we changed the way a number of things are done here.
Kaoiro means “facial expression” in Japanese and is the name of this emoticon stamp. It has 7 belts with around 20 symbols each, so you can create 2000 kaomoji (japanese emoticons). Here you can find all the possible combinations.
If you’ve ever thumbed through a skateboarding magazine, you’ve inevitably come across an ad or an article that lays out a trick in a series of photographs. Tilles Singer takes those photographs and recreates the shots by creating short stop motion clips with them. Love the attention to details like the sound effects. It isn’t the urethane wheels that we’re accustomed to hearing, but a creative recreation that mimics the style of the video. He even got a bail in there and a quick lounging shot too. Pretty rad!
In a world where we are all seen as workers, Levi’s® is launching it’s most recent Go Forth marketing campaign extension that highlights this new generation. These “real workers” see the many challenges that surround them and are passionate about creating meaningful change. The campaign will highlight stories of the new american worker and continue to embrace the pioneering spirit of the recent Go Forth campaign. Together with the Go Forth campaign efforts, Levi’s® hopes to spread the vision of hope and progress.
“This year, we’re turning that energy into something tangible by engaging in meaningful conversations around ‘real work’ and celebrating the individuals who are craving the way for a better tomorrow.” -Sweeny, VP, Levi’s® Brand Marketing
Nathan Vincent challenges feminine and masculine stereotypes by creating traditionally masculine objects using the traditionally feminine technique of crochet. More pictures after the jump and check out the Q&A over @ Dwell where he talks about his beginnings, his collaboration with Jonathan Adler, and his fabric urinal.
Our friendly neighborhood graffiti animator does it again. This time he produces a spectacular stop-motion graffiti animation depicting “an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life … and how it could probably end.
Lock up your LEGOS and throw away the key unless you want someone as talented as Jack Streat to get a hold of them. He’s pretty handy with the bricks and has created full LEGO replica guns…that actually work.
Let that sink in for a minute before you proceed to the jump //
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