Cool Hunting
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Zona Tortona
by m ss ng p eces
Earlier this month we traveled to Milan, Italy where we got to check out the Furniture Fair and the off-site Zona Tortona design festival. In this first of two episodes, you'll see some Milanese sights and sounds and get a visual tour through the installations and exhibits of Zona Tortona.
Hope Forever Blossoming Vases
by Ami Kealoha
Packable, mailable, and otherwise generally easy to transport, these plastic vases by the Japanese company Hope Forever Blossoming are held open and stable with water and fold flat when empty, making them as clever as they are usable. Filled with flowers, they make an excellent gift that safely minimizes hassle on subways and in cars. Or, slipped in a suitcase, they add a romantic touch to hotel rooms that's a far better alternative to balancing stems in water glasses.
Pick up a set of two for $25 from Flight 001.
Love Hate T-Shirt
by Ami Kealoha
For lovers, haters, and everyone in-between, French designer Rachel Plefger's clever tee takes the idea of an ambigram—a word that can be read from a variety of angles—one step further. Available so that it reads either "Love" or "Hate," the mirror image reads opposite.
Starts at $22 from Made in Design.
via Neatorama
For tattoo ambigrams see the recent piece on Needled. Also on Cool Hunting: John Langdon
Co-op Magazine
by Jacob Resneck
What are you doing today? If you have a hankering to write about it, get in touch with the editors of Co-op Magazine. For its second issue —in a seven-edition volume devoted to seven specific days—the editors have chosen Tuesday 25 April 2006. They stress they're not looking for journal or diary entries; rather it's a creative exercise in how different writers are able to capture a single day. An Anglo-Irish undertaking, Co-op was birthed in 2002 by a group of Dublin-based artists. Four years later the editors are based in Dublin and London accepting submissions from around the globe. The magazine carries no advertising and is completely reader-supported. Its 1,500 copies are sold direct from its website and in select London bookshops. Check out exclusive images after the jump.
Elbereth Moore
by Lost At E Minor
West Australian born artist, Elbereth Moore, is the daughter of a painter and has been studying art seriously since the age of fifteen. She had her first solo exhibition in Melbourne at the age of 24 and shortly afterwards was selected to participate in Berlin’s Galerie Taube’s annual Dezember Salon exhibition. Her art has been compared to Tim Burton, Edgar Allen Poe and to the American “low brow pop surrealism” movement.
Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings
by Ami Kealoha
San Francisco-based Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings's exceptional debut, "Freeze-Die-Come To Life," adeptly moves from pastoral melodies and harmonies to more intricate chamber-style orchestrations—all in the course of an album recorded by Wolfking members and friends of Talbott's, Scott Hirsch and MC Taylor of the Court and Spark. The result of a year in the studio, the finely-wrought instrumentation has a late-Beatles feel, incorporating an eclectic range of sounds, including cello, pump organ, banjo, harmonium, mellotron, pennywhistle, and pedal steel played by the 13-person group. Their record release party happens this Thursday, 27 April 2006 at Mighty in San Francisco. See the flyer and info after the jump.
