The Beijing Olympic Torch boasts strong Chinese characteristics, and showcases Chinese design and technical capabilities. It embodies the concepts of a Green Olympics, a High-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics. (more…)
The Vascabarca-Barcavasca Tub, an unusual limited edition stone tub by French artists Anne and Patrick Poirier for Antonio Lupi of italy is a little dinghy....…
As you know, the 2008 Olympics are taking place in Beijing this year, beginning this week. What you may not know is that Nike designed…
The 2008 Olympiad games begin this week in Beijing and so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share with you some fun Olympic design history as well as some present Olympic design-related news all this week. Today we’ll start with the Olympic Posters, and the meaning behind the five rings. (more…)
When I first learned of Maude Decor Rugs and Art by Patricia Baun (shown above), she simply had fabulous hand-painted canvas rugs which were first introduced in 2002. Those alone were worth a blog post. However, now the range has greatly expanded to include silk, flax and wool rugs, art prints, wall hangings and more– all graphic and colorful and unique. Even unusual collections inspired by Canadian Mountains and Constellations. (more…)
Once upon a time, given my old design snob tendencies, the only benches I'd consider owning were the classic slat bench, the Platform bench, by…
Designed by Eero Aarnio, the Copacabana Guitar is made in collaboration with Lottonen Guitars and is handmade by in Finland by Juha Lottonen. It's limited…
Graffiti: Etymology: Italian, plural of graffito [scribbling; graffito, a scratch]: usually unauthorized writing or drawing on a public surface. (source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary) Everything Graffiti…
Pharrell Williams is an Emmy award-winning producer, frontman for N.E.R.D., partner of A Bathing Ape/ Bape brand, founder of clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club and…
