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Ill Studio






Well this is just a chocolate-on-your-pillow kind of find friends... thanks so much Dylan for this tasty little morsel that is Ill Studio out of France... a collective of Designers, Typographers, Illustrators, Photographer, Motionogrphers, the list continues. They have a few projects that do make me flutter.

You ffffuckin' ffffound ffffreaks prolly ffffound them ffffriday...

And again

With so many voices (never enough however) speaking out against unjust, irrelevant or untrue accusations it is a wonder that this race isn't even more of a blow-out. We've seen some horrific accusations and terrific rebutles as of late, but I appreciate the cool and collected delivery via Colin (and its actually pronounced just like my name, but Colin (thats Call-in) Powell just got fed up with correcting people when they said "Colon"

I wonder how many times you have to be called "Colon" before you just give up... It'd be a fare few before I caved.

Stuart Mcfarlane

Aussie industrial designer Stuart Mcfarlane created this paper aeroplane looking chair from recycled plastic, it can support 100kg (just over 220 lbs.) I wonder if it wouldn't be possible and fun to make this out of a refrigerator box. See more pictures where I originally found this article on Dezeen.

"Modern architecture is defined by it's mediation, not by it's built form"

This is Zaha Hadid's Opera House in Dubai, found via SuperSpatial. I am far from knowledgable in the field of architecture, I am fascinated by it, and have architects in my family, I exist within it and take notice of/appreciate it. I say this becasue I also have an opinion, but want you to understand my lack of understanding... if that makes any sense.

This proposed Opera house has that intensely "futuristic" (whatever that really means) look. It is flowing liquid, or perhaps (much more likely) it is a shifting sand dune. To me however, it is forced progression, not entirely human. It looks like we are aspiring to build beyond our means or even ourselves, I feel like this is a mimic of what we think the future might look like, or even what something from another place in space might look like. Overarching point... the design of this is forced, not like the Sydney Opera house, which is beautifully unique, human, and perfectly placed for its surroundings. I think that the author of the SuperSpatial blog puts it painfully well when he says:

"Why not build it?

- Because the reality will never live up [to] where my imagination will take it.

- Because more people will see it online and in magazines than will ever visit it. Modern architecture is defined by it's mediation, not by it's built form."

Taken from the comments section of that post.

Two more thoughts that do not fit in to the above paragraph:

1) Does the building not look like an overly photoshoped graphic?
2) Is Zaha Hadid's website not only frustrating to navigate, but strangely "student" in overall design?

form & function

Takeshi Miyakawa



Fractal 23 is Takeshi Miyakawa's 23-drawer cabinet, to utilize each drawer the unit can't be against any walls, but if you can forgo the use of 4 of those drawers (you could hide your valuables in that one, and push that side against the wall) you've still got 19 to work with. It reminds me of Brian Lee's self-contained dining table (seen below).



Brian Lee Chubby Brothers 2008

Thanks

MOMMA'S BOY



Thanks Dylan, for reminding me to watch this video. You rule Dylan, you rule because you are a Momma's Boy, and are proud of it, and we love you for it. You rule Chromeo, because you were a sweet part of this summer with your sweet tunes. You rule Stephane Manel because you make amazing work.

Chromeo Momma's Boy
Directed By Stephane Manel
Produced By Partizan Midi Minuit

A Book 'bout Bunsen burners

This was our first assignment in Publication Design. We selected a question out of an old "family encyclopedia" sort of book (it was chock full of questions pertaining to science, culture, everything) and then were given one week to make a book based off of the question. My question was: What is a Bunsen Burner. I tried to define it every possible way, as slang, as an object, and anywhere else that it popped up as having a meaning or use. What I found was that a Bunsen burner is:

-a scientific instrument
-a very fast pitch in the game of cricket
-an easy job for which you are well paid
-a badass

A thoroughly enjoyable project lots of fun, and very fast.