I saw this fancilful floating bridge in the latest issue of Elle Decoration last week, and I was surprised to read that it has actually been built. Called ‘Pont de Singe’, the bridge is an art installation by French artist Olivier Grossetete that is currently on display at Tatton Park’s third biennial of contemporary art. Read the rest of this entry »
My trip to Brimfield Antiques Market reminds me that our generation of designers didn’t invent ombre, we just really like it.
A commenter on youtube summed up my feelings towards this video when they wrote “that’s so awesome, too bad it’s just a tv ad”. This giant xylophone structure was built in the middle of a forest by Japanese agency Drill Inc. to promote the eco credentials of NTT DoCoMo‘s wood-encased SH-08C phone (below), which is made from trees that have been culled from overgrown forests in Japan.
Here’s a look at the process behind the MINI exhibit Colour One by Scholten & Baijings. The Dutch design duo peeled the MINI One like an onion, layer by layer, while analyzing the car as such and its individual components. Applying their conceptual approach, the designers questioned virtually every aspect of design along the way, extracting the essence of each component, whether this was revealed at its core or during the dismantling process itself.