Cool Hunting
| 07 April 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Living in a Box
by Josh Rubin
Last year, German design firm Transalpin conceived a way to pass electricity through wood and named it Wood.e. The 12V current doesn't actually pass though the wood; there's conductive material layered in to the plywood.
This year, they created Living In a Box (above) as an example of how this innovative material could be applied. Normally separate pieces, chairs, tables, lamps and shelves, are integrated in to a singular installation with the profile of a box. While this concept may go above and beyond how you or I would use Wood.e, it's an interesting study in form and function. What excites me the most is that there are no ugly wires disturbing the nice clean lines.
Mind What You Wear
by Josh Rubin
Instead of trying pass that knock-off for the real thing, isn't it time to embrace the truth?
Dutch design boutique Mind What You Wear calls a fake a fake with this new series of brilliant bags. Founder Bea Correa's perspective extends beyond the simple hand bag:
Despite all efforts to eradicate counterfeits goods, we receive thousands of e-mails every day advertising anything from luxury label
replicas to phony life-saving medicines. Every city has a crowded black market. And ‘Fake’ is not merely limited to b-grade products: how many times have you seen a beautiful woman and wondered which parts were authentic? 'Fake’ has become one of the defining keywords of the current age, and Mind What You Wear is embracing the trend.
