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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Kiel Mead, Jewelry and Furniture Designer
by Cool Hunting Video
A Pratt graduate who cut his teeth in the Brooklyn design scene, jewelry and furniture maker Kiel Mead represents the next generation of New York designers. Taking inspiration from such disparate sources as everyday objects (car keys, chewing gum, retainers) and Catholic iconography (Saint Sebastian, crucifixes), his work mixes irreverence with first-rate craftsmanship.
In this video, we visit his Brooklyn studio where he shows us his work and walks us through his thought process. We also head to Brooklyn's renowned design outpost, The Future Perfect, to see his show with German design duo 45 Kilo called "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness."
Deus Ex Machina Wearable Motorcycle Concept
by Josh Rubin
Art Center College of Design student Jake Loniak combined motorcycle technology with an exoskeleton form for what is essentially a wearable motorcycle. Named Deus Ex Machina and branded by Yamaha, it's intended to serve as an extension of the body. Loniak found inspiration in Biomechatronics and used 36 pneumatic muscles, seven artificial vertebrae and two linear actuators to mimic human motion. He introduced the design earlier this month at an event on the school's Pasadena, California campus.
The Deus Ex Machina remains in the concept stage, but it's expected to go from zero to 60 in three seconds and achieve a top speed of 75mph. It has an incorporated helmet, but no storage space. The single motor is contained in the central wheel and, fortunate for the environment, runs off of nano-phosphate batteries similar to those in hybrid cars.
via Hell for Leather
Ghostpatrol Pencil Drawings
by Doug Black
Ghostpatrol is an Australian artist currently working in Melbourne. He cut his teeth as a street stenciler, but has since branched out into painting, sculpture and various other media.
His most recent work includes drawings on a canvas of pencils. Arranged side-by-side, the pencils' surface were shaved into a flat plane making it easier to draw on. His works feature cherubic kids with oversized heads—something like exaggerated Hummel figurines who are lost in daydreams. The example above is the artist's take on the video game character Zelda (click for detail).
Ghostpatrol also markets a collection of similarly styled dolls (above right) and other works for sale, including t-shirts and illustrations. He's featured—along with ten of Melbourne's best artists and illustrators—in the first exhibition at the new No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne, which opens today, 23 May 2008. He also has work showing in Spain and Los Angeles through the year and into 2009. Keep an eye on his website for further developments.
No Vacancy Gallery
23 May-6 June 2008
27 Red Cape Lane
QV Building, Melbourne map
For Office Use Only x United Bamboo Post-Its
by Ami Kealoha
by Jason Wilson
Typically, a pile of Post-Its is about as fetching as the office partition they're stuck to. Luckily, our friends at United Bamboo have teamed up with design firm, For Office Use Only, to transform the hoary cube into a cubicle centerpiece. Designed by Anh Tuan Pham, the cube lifts images from United Bamboo's campaign photography and places them onto an elaborate sequence of circular and geometric collages much in the tradition of artists Piero Fornasetti or Bridget Riley. The result is a functional block of peel-and-post masterpieces so artful, we doubt you'll be placing too many reminders.
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