Cool Hunting
| 14 March 2006view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
adidas Oki-Ni Wilhelm Bungert and Gazelle
by SummerSeventySix
While everyone's attention is focused on the launch of the Adicolor whites later this week, elsewhere, adidas quietly continues its long and successful collaboration with London-based design group Oki-ni.
The pick of the new spring releases are the ocean-colored Wilhelm Bungert, on the left, and the all-leather Gazelles. Also available are new versions of the Rod Laver and Safety Lo. You can place your order at the oki-ni website, or head to the flagship store on London's Savile Row.
via Sneaker Freaker
Cool Hunting Video - Whitney Biennial 2006
by Josh Rubin
Fred Eerdekens
by Josh Rubin
Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens creates sculpture that masterfully manipulates light and shadows. Short Story, pictured above (click to zoom—it's really amazing) is a work recently shown by Spencer Brownstone Gallery at the Armory Show here in New York. Copper is twisted and turned in a seemingly abstract squiggle that reveals text when light is aimed at just the right angle.
Other work from Eerdekens includes text hidden in clouds and trees, both pictured after the jump.
Pimp My Doll
by Carol T Chung
Pimp My Doll is a plushie exhibition taking place in Venice, Italy from 24 March (launch event at 7pm) to 21 April 2006. In addition to the majority of French artists, there will also be artists from all around the globe participating. Exploring the fetishistic consumption of these plushies/dolls, the exhibit seeks to question the relation between the artist, the doll and the collector. With over two dozen artists, it's bound to be a vivid showcase of international talent.
Studio Camuffo
Cannaregio 4132
30131 Venezia
Italy
Zero 7: Futures
by SummerSeventySix
If, like me, you're in the Northern hemisphere and are about ready for the sunshine of summer, then the release of Zero 7's new single Futures couldn't be better timed. Available on the iTunes U.K. store this week, it's a collaboration with Swedish troubador of the moment, José González (whose song Heartbeats accompanies the celebrated Sony Bravia ad with the bouncing balls in the streets of San Francisco), and for once, his effortless vocals sound less like those of a mournful folkie, with the lush, soulful backing of the London-based duo nudging him more in the direction of Bill Withers. It bodes well for Zero 7's third studio album The Garden, which is scheduled for a May 2006 release.
Persephone Books
by Evan Orensten
Persephone Books, a small artisan book publisher in London, has resurrected dozens of forgotten or passed-over fiction and non-fiction titles written by, for and about women. Each book features a unique endpaper fabric, subtly connected to the setting of the novel.
William—an Englishman (1918) is the timeless tale of a working-class couple torn apart by the Great War in the early 20th century. The endpaper fabric dates from 1913, the setting of the first chapter, and includes the same colors worn by the suffragette characters in the novel while the curves are meant to evoke the rolling Belgian hills, the novel's setting.
Another selection, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (1938), is the story of a young governess sent to the wrong address by her employment agency where she is introduced to a fast-living nightclub singer. The endpaper fabric pattern hails from the same year of this light-hearted novel, the story of a prim and proper young lady given a second chance to blossom.
These esoteric gems with their smart, stylish packaging, make great gifts or additions to a personal library.
