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Theresa Honeywell Knit Motorcycle
by Josh Rubin
Apparently, everything that can be knitted will be. Currently on display at the Georgia Museum of Art, this motorcycle and several other manly items were knitted by artist Theresa Honeywell. More examples of this blatant yet wonderful contrast (including knitted tattoos) can be seen on Extreme Craft's Flickr set.
via MAKE: Blog via Extreme Craft
Cool Hunting Video is Back!
by Josh Rubin
I guess this is one of those "good problems"—we've exceeded out our allotted bandwidth over at .mac, where we've been hosting our video files for Cool Hunting Video, and they have shut us down till the end of the month. We're scrambling to find a new (cheap, fast, reliable and understanding) host, so in the mean time you'll notice that our videos won't load on the web or iTunes. We'll be sure to let you know when they're back on line.
Cool Hunting Video is back in business. The understanding folks at Apple have given us a temporary bandwidth extension until we find a new host. Thanks! Go check out CH Video on the web here or in iTunes.
Ryan Frank: Hackney Shelf
by Jacob Resneck
South African-born artist Ryan Frank unveiled a line of "free-range" art recently that is truly novel. Take the Hackney Shelf: a blank shelf is put out on the streets of Hackney (East London) and is invariably tagged and graffitied. Once it has "matured" Ryan cuts out the shelves making this utilitarian piece of furniture a true piece of street art. For those who would prefer not to display graffiti in their sitting rooms, Ryan's "Hackney Lite" boasts the same designs without the tags. Ryan also has a piece called "Traffic"—a sort-of coffee table on wheels. The white surface has been "decorated" after being placed on a busy London pedestrian and cycle paths. After being trod upon and indelibly stamped by London's frantic traffic, this mobile coffee table is ready for use. The inkuku (Zulu for chicken), a colourful chair made from plastic carry bags from London supermarkets, was shown as part of Hidden Art's exhibit at the recent Salone Satellite 2006 in Milan.
Vonhideki
by Ami Kealoha
No designer represents the rising-tide graphic design strategy of commingling traditional drawing and digital technique more than London’s Hellovon. Moving into three-dimensional deviancy, he's now collaborating with product designer Hideki. Their virtual Morte Per collection, meaning “to die for” in Italian, is the debut from their Vonhideki brand currently boasting five proposed products: the Suicide Bath, the Choker, the Tip, Youth and Beauty Body Cream, and the Columbian Table. Ironically, the Suicide Bath is the least dramatic among the shard-glass tiara looks of the Choker (pictured above), a diamond-tipped sex toy (the Tip), and the urn-shaped packaging of the Youth and Beauty Body Cream.
According to Hellovon, the duo “are in the early planning stages of something big for Design Week 2006.” Hellovon and Hideki are also featured in this month’s The Royal Magazine and the KDU "Omerta" exhibit that opens Thursday 27 April 2006 at the Triple 5 Soul store. More images and exhibit info after the jump.
Gadgets from the Lasarium
by Josh Rubin
Over the weekend Jeff Staple posted a few gadgets recently tricked out at the Nike Lasarium. Don't go getting your hopes up, the Lasarium is a room on the Nike campus in Oregon where they do all their laser work—it's not open to the public. On the left is Justin from Dime Magazine's Blackberry 8700 with the Jordan XX allover print. The RAZR in the middle and the Sony Cybershot T1 on the right belong to Jamie from Juxtapoz Magazine and feature a hot skull Mark Smith pattern.
Closer pictures after the jump.
Lilly Allen
by SummerSeventySix
This is Lily Allen and there's a good reason for that knowing wink as she's highly likely to be the next musician to follow the Artic Monkeys' template and turn a buzz on MySpace into much wider success.
The 20-year-old daughter of actor and sometime booze-hound Keith Allen, her voice is as effortless, sexy and enigmatic as Martina Topley-Bird, but her lyrics are as brutally honest and cutting as Lady Sovereign's. Check out Nan, You're A Window Shopper, where she lays into her grandmother for being a cheapskate who smells of cough drops and does her Christmas shopping in April. The sunny skank of LDN talks of pimps and crack-whores, and ingeniously rhymes Tesco with al-fresco. Backed with Knock 'Em Out, it's also set to be her first single proper for British label Regal, released 24 April 2006 with a 500 copy vinyl pressing.
If you can't get one, then you might just be able to get to her first gig. Starting on 4 May 2006, Lily's taking up a month-long Thursday night residency at yOyO at the Notting Hill Arts Club. Say you were there at the start.
