Cool Hunting
| 16 May 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Gumball 3000 Live
by Josh Rubin
The 7th annual Gumball 3000 is underway in Europe. This year the Cannon Ball Run style, drive all day and party all night rally begins in London and does a 3,000 mile European tour before ending in Monaco. There are over 100 vehicles-- some old, some new, many fast and a few driven by stars. My favorite is the Biodiesel Tourag driven by Daryl Hannah, Quentin Tarantino and Tina Basich.
Thanks to I4U for pointing out that as a sponsor, T-mobile is delivering live updates on each car's position.
OOH OOH
by Josh Rubin
No doubt the most playful and light hearted exhibitors at ICFF were the San Francisco based, nights-and-weeekends collective LIFT. They presented OOH OOH, a larger than life upholstered gorilla that disassembles to become three comfy loungers.
Lounging above are LIFT's Nick Cronan, Eric Bergman, and Pichaya Puttorngul (left to right).
New Vasarely Book
by Josh Rubin
A new book of work by Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian painter who played a critical role in the evolution of Op Art in the 40s and 50s, is being published. Vasarely created a plethora of amazing pieces in his day, but what's even more impressive to me is the fact that those were the days before we had computers to assist us with the creation, repetition and distortion of simple geometric forms.
Due for release this Summer by Taschen, you can pre-order at Amazon.
