Cool Hunting
| 12 December 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Audrey Kawasaki
by Carol T Chung
I was thrown this link the other night. And as I went through it, I was just astounded by how sensual and startling Audrey Kawasaki's work is. It's kinda hot and freaky so I thought I'd just share. I'm sure you're thinking "Oh great, lucky me..." But seriously, take a look for yourself. I find the looks the girls stare back at me slightly mesmerizing. Her paintings and ink illustrations are stunning. There's also a doodle page where you can see how her style has matured over the years. A former student of Pratt, she lives in L.A. now and has shown some of her work at White Walls in San Francisco.
Colani
by Ami Kealoha
Berlin-born Luigi Colani, with his trademark moustache, all-white ensembles, and stogie, was the 60s rockstar of design. Since graduating from the Sorbonne where he studied aerodynamics, for over 50 years he's given everything from high-heels to "meditation" chairs his utopianist, biomorphic makeover, but the streamlined, ultra-futuristic contours of his cars are what he's most well-known for. A new book (titled Colani: The Art of Shaping the Future) documents his prolific ouevre, including his DIY kit car, studies for a four-winged Mach 5 passenger aircraft, and a massive super-truck featuring a circular windshield fitted with a star-shaped windshield wiper. Other designs mimic Manta Rays, sharks, and insects, illustrating the heavy influence of natural forms on Colani's impossibly sleek-looking output. The extensive catalog full of photos and background info, pays Colani his due as a visionary among designers, "a philosopher of form," as Colani himself puts it.
Available for $75 from Amazon.
Start Mobile
by Josh Rubin
First there was Start Mobile. What do all these things have in common? Their aim is to bring great art to your mobile phone's background screen. Launched today, Start Mobile was created by the San Francisco art gallery Start SOMA and features downloadable wallpapers ($1.99 each) from over 100 urban artists. By far the most comprehensive collection of street art [for mobile phones], Start promises to offer new downloadable art every day.
