Mixed Rabbit/Duck

I had to look twice when I saw this Rabbit/Duck, which currently is part of the Anticipation exhibition of London’s best emerging artists at the Ultralounge at Selfridges. 
Charlotte

A retail Christmas nightmare!

If you have ever tried to wrap gifts in a retail store during the Christmas season, then you know that even your dreams can be invaded by Scotch tape…this presentation put the product in a different light and almost made it look like stars. Found at this year’s Tendence Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Today we have less than 6 months to Christmas…
Peter H

Trees made out of Wood!

Great things come out of our fellow Scandinavian countries these days - especially from our Finnish friends. This design got tons of focus on the Tendence talent zone 2008 in Frankfurt. Do check out their homepage http://www.lovi.fi/ 
Peter H

Beautiful swirls

I really like textile designer, Astrid Krogh’s workers. Lately I saw her decorative wall-mounted ‘Swirls’ in Milan.

Denmark’s coolest advertisements pillar

This cool car covered with grass works as awareness advertisement for Artville - The Worlds largest art fair – for artist running September 5^th-7^th 2008 in Copenhagen.

If the commercial media looks like this, I can’t wait to see the artists work at the fair.

 

Peter E

A friendly reminder

 
You can still submit your design to “Time to design” and have a chance to win 3 months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, DKK 50,000 to cover material costs, an apartment (if needed) and a two weeks exhibition in our Flagship Store at Trianglen, Copenhagen.

Application deadline is June 15, 2008

Earth phone

At the 21st Century Museum in Kanazawa, Japan they have installed these underground phones for those not interested in talking face to face. If you are not in the area, then you can visit it online at Kanazawa21. These days they have a stunning exhibition of Ron Mueck if you are quick getting there. Man in Boat was a personal favorite.
Peter H

Photographer Karl Blossfeldt

Maybe you already know his work. If not, I like to show you some of his sublime photos. He usually placed the subjects of his photographs against white or grey cardboard. The light came only from windows, to make a diffused light and to created volume of the objects. It is a very delight way to tell a story about form.
Rikke

Jewelry box

I spotted this exhibit of jewelry and even though I liked the jewelry, I fell in love with the way they were displayed. Very cool.
Louise

Fun mosaic

Who wouldn’t like some extra color in their bathroom - or somewhere else in their home? A flying carpet or a pretty lady. These mosaics are spotted at a Sicis showroom in Soho, New York.
Louise

         

Fun wall decoration

Each little face has been hand painted and colored in the fitting rooms in Barney’s in Chevy Chase. Besides that they all have their own little comment. Sylvia needs a life, Miki likes to speed up her car, Quimby loves popsocks, June hates the ocean, Janet sings badly, Felicity was attacked by dogs etc.
Charlotte

True feelings

“True feelings” a fun Dogme project by Claydies. Produced with the fingers - and the fingers only!  Read more about it on Claydies.dk

Hang it high!

Mega installations realized using objects by Italians Arnolfo di Cambio. I liked the shadows of the installation more than the installation itself. And the man in orange was an extra bonus for the whole experience. Milan again…

Rikke H

You’ve got mail – boxes

If your American mail box takes up too much space then find a nice and functional way to make it smaller without losing space inside the box: Here the mail boxes has been build into the wall at the entrance to an housing area. Spotted at Canyon Road in Santa Fe, NM.
Louise

New award for young designers

What do you need when being in the beginning of your career as a designer?

- Professional facilities and guidance in well equipped workshops?
- DKK 50,000 to cover material costs?
- Show the public your design in one of the best exposures in Cph?
- The attention that comes along with winning an international award?
- Time to design?

Time to design – New talent award offers you this. Submit before 15 June 2008!

More info www.timetodesign.eu

 

How would you like your Egg?

Cool Egg chairs decorated by the Danish artist Tal R.
Spotted in Milan by Peter E

Hip store in Sweden

Cool wallpaper art, products and Knitted “Kanelbullar”. Spotted at Björklund & Wingqvist in Sweden.
Stig

Karim Rashid as DJ at “Forårsudstillingen”

Art from the Spring Exhibition “Forårsudstilling” at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. Bonus info. Did you know that before Karim Rashid became a world famous designer, he made a living as a DJ.
Peter E

          

Fusion of cultures

A skeletal whale made of plastic lawn chairs, a series of aboriginal masks sewn together from disassembled Nike Air Jordan basketball shoes and totems made of golf bags. Amazing sculptures by Canadian artist Brian Jungen. First it makes you smile but then it leads to a deeper analysis of the context. Born to a Swiss-Canadian father and First Nations mother and raised in the Dane-zaa nation, his art explore the elements of an hybrid cultural identity and the complex exchanges of goods and ideas in a globalized world…
Francis

A fish and the water

Part of the True Feelings project by Claydies.