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| 18 January 2007view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Nicholas Feltron Annual Report 2006
by Ted Cahill
Last year at this time we posted designer Nicholas Feltron's ingenious personal annual report and this year he's at it again with another clever visual journal of 2006. The Feltron Report 2006 was conceived as a booklet to be distributed later in the month. You can preview the report and sign up to receive a copy via snail mail on his site.
Banksy's Online "Store"
by Wendy Dembo
After the stellar success of his star-studded LA show (where Brad and Angelina walked away with quite a few pics) and setting a personal record at auction back in October 2006, Banksy is offering free downloads of some of his images for those that can’t afford to buy his art. No doubt a response to the many profiteers who've turned his images into unauthorized tees and other goods (an practice antithetical to Banksy's work), the move is a very Banksy like response. As he reminds on the site, please note that the images are for personal use only and should be printed at work.
via Agenda Inc.
Seth Balliett: Paper to Canvas
by Evan Orensten
Graphic Designer Seth Balliett has just launched an online gallery dedicated to his highly unique textural portraits (click on the images above for a larger view). By applying personal elements from the subject's life (such as fabric swatches, newspaper clippings, and handwritten letters) with archival glue over a hand sketched stretched canvas, Balliett is able to create a one-of-a-kind biographical tableau. Commissions usually cost around $6 per square inch plus materials, and take about 12 to 16 weeks to produce.
For more information visit his site, Paper to Canvas .com.
Casa Decor London 2007
by Ami Kealoha
Casa Decor (CAD) is nothing new to any up-to-speed designer and trend reporter located in either Spain or Portugal. This yearly appointment was established around 15 years ago in Madrid, with the goal to gather all the new trends for living spaces in one single building for a month, free of any creative limits. The temporary experiment, meant to be a display without commercial purposes, also accepts pieces yet to go in production or one-of-a-kind, proved to be so successful that it was replicated in other Spanish locations, then in the nearby Portugal and finally, in 2006 it crossed the ocean landing in Florida.
But Florida is not the only new landing point for Casa Decor. Between November and December, the first Italian Casa Decor was organized in Milan inside a gorgeous 1920s garage, right at the fringe of the fashion district. As is customary with this event, local design companies and artists are asked to take over the space and create new, unexpected living environments for sleeping, dining and playing. This specific installment, able to rely on the multitude of design firms orbiting around this style capital, was an obvious success.
And the real surprise is yet to come. Just a few days ago, CAD announced a new location for 2007, opening to the public between April and May in London. The building chosen is an old Royal Mail sorting office in Islington called the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, adapted to this purpose in 1905 after being used as a wood warehouse. And, with the amount of prized architects, designers and companies orbiting around the British capital, this edition of Casa Decor, could just be the unmissable event of 2007.
by Tacita Vero
Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour
by Ted Cahill
For King lovers who can't make it to Memphis, now you can have an all access tour of Elvis Presley's famed mansion right in your own living room with the arrival of Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour. The book contains nine different three-dimensional spreads designed by pop-up master Chuck Murphy, dedicated to the most popular aspects of the castle of rock 'n roll, including the Music Room, Television Room, Jungle Room, Trophy Room, Kitchen and Meditation Garden. Each room has numerous interactive elements, like a removable cut-out pair of kingly sun glasses. Graceland also includes a forward by Priscilla Presley and is available from Amazon.
