Lately I’ve collected a few skate related links in my favorites and the Not in a forthright manner exhibition hosted at the haute cuisine showroom, reminded me that I had to share these with you. I haven’t seen the exhibition yet, but I’m planning to visit on Sunday (the closing day) as I’ve heard so many good things about it. By the way, I’ve never skated myself, but I’ve always loved watching others do so!
1. Wonderful collages by Mowgli Omari. They remind me of this year’s Unité covers, which is always a good thing. (Remember the magazine me and some friends started last year? A younger generation has taken over this year, and you can still read every edition here.) (source)
2. Julian Hansen helps you pick a font. For the eternal doubters among us. (source)
3. A flat entirely inspired by and partly made of Lego! Too cool. (source)
6. Mischer’Traxler developed ‘Collective Works’: a basket machine that stops working when nobody’s looking. One person results in a plain basket and when a second person arrives, the machine will add color. The more spectators, the more color is added. (source)
7. This is a detail of a piece of street art called timeline, which documents the evolution from little kids drawing on the walls to grown-up graffiti artists. See the entire piece here.
8. Not sure if this belongs in a ‘things that make me smile’ list, but at least it’s a humorous take on a serious matter. Dorothy designed this limited edition snow globe, titled No Globes, to protest the construction of several dirty coal-fired power stations in 2009.
9. CLAP is a small camera with a built in USB plug, developed by Tokyo based SuperHeadz. CLAP can film and photograph and is available in 6 colors. It’s even magnetic, which means you don’t need a tripod as long as there’s metal around, so clever! Mmm I want this. (source)
Remember the polyester lamps shaped like trees and human figures at the existenz location? They’re designed by haute cuisine, two designers from Leuven. During kunstroute (an event where several visual artists in Leuven open their workplace for the public), I visited the loft where haute cuisine’s showroom and workplace is located, and of course I took a few photos.
Chances are I’m not the only one who has been disappointed by the outcome of a polaroid photo at least once. (px 600 silver shade first flush, anyone?) But as it turns out, even failed polaroids can turn out gorgeous. William Miller collected his ruined polaroids, results of a broken PX-70 here.
I think I’ve told you before how I choose my wine: I just go with the prettiest label. No need to tell you this would be my pick! (by Ali Labelle, source)
It’s always inspiring to see the design process, right? Claire from fellow fellow posted a few sketches of a logo for an online shop.
Amazing branding for a bakery. I know where I’ll get my baguettes when I’m in Melbourne! (by Fabio Ongarato, source)
This design for a fictional brand of high-end greek imported products, is the result of a graphic design assignment at the IED Barcelona, Spain. (by Mergime Raci, source)
1. Flickr user bisybackson photographs collections and uploads them to her flickr. Despite the fact that I have no idea what exactly she photographed here, this is my favorite. (source)
3. For 44 weeks straight, Mikko Kuorinki formed new words every week on a wall of the Kiasma museum in Helsinki. (source)
4. Lee Washington created the little romance bookmark, shaped like a tiny person with a cut-out heart. There’s also a paperclip version! Find them here. (source)
5. Album sleeve art has been done over and over again, but I couldn’t help but smile when I bumped into these, they are so well executed!
6. Great street art + a declaration of love to new shoes? YES please. (source)
7. Andy Gilmore creates kaleidoscopic art simply by devoting hours and hours of time to photoshop and illustrator. If you want to give this a try but are a little less patient, take a look at this old TTMMS post!
8. Switcheroo by Sincerely Hana: an ongoing series of couples switching clothes. (source)
Over 20 photos in one post isn’t too much, or is it? Sometimes I just can’t help it, sometimes I really can’t kill my darlings! (Oh wait, you should’ve seen the amount of photos I started with…) A few weeks ago, me and some friends paid a visit to our Belgian king, or much rather the gigantic greenhouses in his even more gigantic garden. The royal greenhouses of Laeken are wonderful and certainly a must-see, too bad they are only open for the public during the month of April and you’re not allowed to visit all of the domain, only a specific route is public.
(all photos by Switn, via 283 days)
