“Influenced by Dada and, especially, Fluxus, [Tobias Wong] questioned authorship through appropriation; held a mirror to our desires and absurdities; upended the hierarchy between design and art, and the precious and the banal; and helped redefine collaboration and curation as creative practices.” (Source) Early Sunday morning, May 30th, designer and artist D. Tobias Wong passed [...]

Thanks for the tip DV Clothing. Comme des Garçons is a Japanese fashion label created and headed by designer Rei Kawakubo. French for “like boys”, Commes des Garcons over the years has collaborated with various other labels including Lascoste, Louis Vuitton, Nike, H&M, and many others. A year ago, I attended a Comme des Garcons [...]

I don’t mean to be so vulgar…Wait this is my blog…I can. “To Pop A Boner” is a Furniture Exhibition featuring furniture from Rick Owens’ collection. Managed by German publisher Angelika Taschen, Owens’ furniture was created using bones and colored plywood. “To Pop A Boner” will be on display on the upper floor of the [...]

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo. Graffiti Analysis is an ongoing study of the motion of graffiti. More than customizing and recording the handwriting motion of the graffiti artist, special software captures the in-between-transitions, normally unseen as we are writing.  It records the flinches of the wrists or how you fingers [...]

Using a money counter, Rethink Communications promotes Icograda Design Week In Vancouver.

Stylish and chic. An alternative way to tote around your box wine. Perfect for tailgates, picnics, outdoor concerts, and the dinner table. I think you could walk down the street with this jug. Baggy Winecoat

“This movie by Scottish artist Geoff Mann of Studio*Mrmann represents an argument between unseen characters as ripples that distort objects across a dining table. Called Cross-fire, the movie features a soundtrack taken from the film American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes. Mann has also created a series of tableware and cutlery apparently distorted by these [...]

Finding the perfect bookcase is quite the challenge. Oh, and IKEA is out of the question. I hate walking into an apartment modeling the company’s latest showroom in their living. It’s a slippery slop. Take a look at this fine looking bookcase. Question: Do you still put books in it? “The Moving Mondrian bookshelf is [...]

I came across some cool stationary at the Etsy store. Its called Jetsetpaper. You can even customize it to your city. Check it out.

The Bicicleta Rug from Ariadna Miguel made out of recycled bibycle tires. On a trip to India, Nani was inspired by the main mode of transportation, bicycle. From there he design a functional household item using about 130 to 140 inner tubes he had collected in India. Samples of the Bicicleta Rugs are available here.