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Aqueous Electreau | Mark Mawson

London based photographer Mark Mawson has captured ghostly electro ink colored images which have been captured underwater. The artist explores the usage and the behavior of vibrant colors which are captured underwater. This is his fourth series of electro-colored images, which is titled Aqueous Electreau.

Aqueous Electreau, Mark Mawson | (C) Mark Mawson

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Posted 11 months ago

Kenzo x Vans Era Collection

If you are looking for the perfect beach shoes for this summer, look no longer! Paris-based brand Kenzo has teamed up with Vans to create a colorful line-up of the original lace-up skate shoe, titled the Era Collection.

The Era Collection adopts the ”fishnet” print which was introduced by Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, the new artistic directors and founders of the Opening Ceremony brand. The fishnet print comes on a blue, white, green, or red upper, while the color pattern blends differently across each of the styles. The Era collection is available in many assorted colors for this summer while setting the tone for a warm summer-time style. The Era collection is available for both men and women and will be released during June and July.

Make sure to pick up your favorite Era Collection beach shoes from Kenzo’s online store, and stay tuned for what July has in store!

source: Kenzo

Posted 11 months ago

(POP)culture | Parking Canopy

Nebraska based designer Garth Britzman has reused recycled soda bottles in a rather creative way. The project is titled (POP)culture and creates a stunning topographical shade canopy for a vehicle while using recycled soda bottles which have been filled with colored water. The installation creates an intriguing environment, which appears as if colored leaves are hovering above; this allows the viewer to explore the surface qualities of the bottles at eye level while providing for a visually stunning result. Undoubtedly, this creative project stimulates the senses as well the fact that we can recycle and reuse materials in utterly creative ways.

(POP)culture, Garth Britzman | (C) Garth Britzman

source: Behance

Posted 11 months ago

Canon EOS 650D

Canon has announced a new DSLR in its entry-level lineup with a number of exciting features. The new Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i is the first Canon EOS model ever to feature a dual AF system and to offer touchscreen capability. Featuring an 18MP hybrid CMOS sensor, a 9-point AF sensor, a 3:2 flip-out 1.04m dot screen are all familiar features from the 600D; but each of these features has been significantly up-scaled with fine and very interesting details that make the 650D so interesting, while giving us a look about Canon’s view of the future.

Moreover, the 650D is packed with an ultra fast Digic 5 14-bit processor - a feature commonly found in Canon’s more expensive models; this enables maximum continuous shooting rate of 5fps. The 650D allows you to make full HD 1080p video recordings while maintaining constant autofocus tracking allowing for sharper stills.

Sensitivity has also been pushed in the Canon 650D/Rebel T4i featuring a native range of ISO 100-12,800, which can be extended to ISO 25,600. Moreover, a new 3” vari-angle ClearView LCD II touch-screen supports simple multi-touch gestures such as pinching and swiping from image to image in playback just like your iPhone. Additionally, you can select AF points in Live View Mode for tracking faces and objects, and refine image settings using Quick Control.

Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i key features

18MP APS-C ‘Hybrid CMOS’ sensor
Phase detection AF from imaging sensor for Live View and Video
Continuous autofocus in movie mode with subject tracking
14-bit DIGIC 5 processor
ISO 100-12800 standard, 25600 expanded
5 fps continuous shooting
9 point AF system, all sensors cross type, central sensor F2.8 (from 60D)
63 zone iFCL metering
1080p30 video recording, stereo sound with internal or external mics
1.04m dot 3:2 touch-sensitive vari-angle ClearView II LCD (capacitative type, multi-touch support)

The Canon EOS 650D will be available as of June 15, 2012 at a retail price of £800 GBP (approximately $1,240 USD) in the UK and €950 in Europe with a standard kit lens EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens.

source: Digital Photography Review

Posted 11 months ago

In Your Face | Shikhei Goh

Just by looking at these images by “macro addict” Shikhei Goh you immediately understand that the creatures that live amongst us are a piece of art. Very unique, breathtaking, and almost alien-like. The intricate detailed images seen here are from Batam Island a 45 minute boat ride south of Singapore, where Goh lives and works. This series of photographs titled “In Your Face | Insect Photography” makes us reconsider the way we’ll look at a bug the next time we’ll see one; and makes us realize that sometimes we’re too ‘big’ to see and appreciate the beauty of nature.

source: Juxtapoz | image copyrights: Shikhei Goh

Posted 11 months ago

2012 Heritage Black Bay | Tudor

In 2010 Swiss watchmaking manufacturer TUDOR introduced the Heritage Collection that was originally designed for expeditions, it included the Heritage Chrono, the Heritage Advisor and the Heritage Black Bay which was lately introduced to the TUDOR family. The new TUDOR Heritage Black Bay is steeped in the mysterious aura of a hidden bay that gradually yields its secrets to those who venture there, a long-lost treasure returning to the light of day.

The Tudor Heritage collection aims at drawing together some of the brand’s emblematic models, inspired by its past and revisited. The Heritage Black Bay is a perfect embodiment of TUDOR’s vintage spirit. The Heritage Black Bay model pays tribute to the company’s rich history, with a fresh interpretation of an old standard
created in the 1950s that left a lasting mark on the history of divers’ watches.

Inspired by the lines of the 1954 model, the 2012 Heritage Black Bay is reworked and re-sized to result in a contemporary steel case with a diameter of 41 mm, waterproof to 200Ometers (660 feet) and enhanced by a domed crystal. The elegant black dial, displays generous luminescent hour markers for perfect visibility. Like that of the hour markers, the pink gold of the hands represents a gentle hint of nostalgia, suggesting the characteristic patina of older timepieces. The burgundy red of the unidirectional rotatable bezel, an original feature exclusive to TUDOR – faithful to the original 1970s models – given a matte finish here, to beautiful effect. The 2012 Heritage Black Bay is equipped with the new folding clasp developed by TUDOR, the Heritage Black Bay model is delivered with a black fabric strap and a steel bracelet, or with a black fabric strap and a second strap in exclusive aged leather: another original touch for an elegant, contemporary watch. The 2012 Heritage Black Bay ensures peerless comfort and incomparable design on the wrist.

source: TUDOR

Posted 11 months ago

Louis Vuitton | YAYOI KUSAMA Collection

It’s no news that French fashion house Louis Vuitton has collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama on a series of new products including leather goods, ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories such as watches and jewelry. Following are some images of the full LOUIS VUITTON collection made in collaboration with Japanese contemporary artist YAYOI KUSAMA.

Louis Vuitton x YAYOI KUSAMA Collection | (C) Louis Vuitton

Posted 11 months ago

Evan Hecox | Dark Island @ Joshua Liner

Joshua Liner Gallery recently presented Dark Island, an exhibition of new mixed-media works by the Denver-based artist Evan Hecox.

Evan Hecox has a roving traveler’s eye—it is the gateway to his art. His passion for exploring unfamiliar cities has taken him to London, Mexico City, and Hanoi. With vintage Polaroid camera in hand, he scours the urban landscape, looking, lingering, absorbing, and editing. The images he captures are not documentary records, per se, but rather impressions of cities left behind in his memory. They set the stage for a stimulating dialogue with personal experience that crosses between different artmaking media and disciplines.

Dark Island—a suite of acrylic and gouache works on vintage newspaper—is inspired by Hecox’s recent hikes across lower Manhattan and west Brooklyn in New York City. As in earlier series inspired by specific locales, the artist focuses here on telling urban fragments: a building façade, rooftop, isolated alleyway, waterfront, or elevated train trellis. Working precisely from photographs, he uses a highly refined process to subtract certain elements, laying down a skeletal vestige of a remembered setting that is then reimagined (or “amplified”) with painterly techniques. Though photography is an early stage in his artmaking practice and employed only as a reference, Hecox relishes the use of his near-obsolete cameras and film, noting, “I like to have a high level of materials and artistry run through the whole process.”

The exhibition is running as of May 24th, until June 23, 2012 at Joshua Liner Gallery, 548 W. 28th Street, 3rd Floor, New York - U.S.A.

Images Via | Source: Joshua Liner Gallery

Posted 1 year ago

Tembo Trunks | Powerless Speakers

Tembo Trunks are the first collapsible earphone amplifiers designed for iPod shuffle, iPod nano & iPod classic. Using horn acoustics, Tembo Trunks amplify the music from your iPod’s ear-buds up to 80dB of clarity-enhanced stereo sound (3x the regular sound).

Tembo Trunks don’t use batteries or drain power like external speakers or docking stations. By using Tembo Trunks you will get much more battery life from your device than you would from your internal speaker (with the added benefit of amplified, clearer, stereo sound). With no cables, chargers or converters, Tembo Trunks will amplify your music anywhere and anytime (indoors or outdoors). All you need is an iPod and the ear-buds that came with it.

The Tembo Trunks are light, small, flexible, stackable and virtually indestructible – they’re 100% waterproof, shockproof, and dustproof; they’re speakers that aren’t really speakers. These high-grade silicone rubber speakers have no moving parts or electronic components to fail on you, Tembo Trunks will keep working whenever and wherever you’re sharing your tunes.

The idea was born after Mike and Scott Norrie travelled through Africa while being frustrated at not being able to kick back with some tunes during night in the Veldt.

source: Tembo Trunks

Posted 1 year ago

JR x Jose Parla – Wrinkles of the City | Cuba

Street artists, JR and Jose Parla who are currently in Cuba are completing a public art project entitled Wrinkles of the City. The street artworks are part of the Eleventh Havana Biennial 2012, turning the streets into works of art. On Sunday, May 13, JR and Parla are going to present their street artwork to the public, so make sure to make a visit if you are in the area.

via: BKRW

Posted 1 year ago

Once Upon a Sponge Exhibition

Creative platform papairlines proudly present the design art exhibition Once Upon A Sponge, or rather many, which opens on Thursday, May 10th @ 8:00p.m. and will last until the 16th of June 2012, at TAF (5 Normanou Str., Monastiraki, Athens * GREECE). So if you’re in Athens*GR during those dates make sure to check it out as it’s an exhibition you wouldn’t want to miss!

Twenty or so Greek designers (passengers of papairlines) leave their creativity run free as they create surprisingly imaginative narrative objects from the iconic dish-washing yellow sponge in an attempt to showcase the different perspectives of design.

This neglected everyday object, is assumed as ’invisible’ in our daily lives, making it a challenge as the designers of the exhibition ONCE UPON A SPONGE use this material to reinterpret its form and use as well as the perception of visitors.

For papairlines design is not just encountered in windows of high-end shops, but also as something we experience and interact with on a daily basis; for instance a sign, or a widely recognizable piece of furniture, or a love note, or a D.I.Y. object that adapts random and accessible materials. Design is about identifying, analyzing and solving problems in our everyday life as well as commenting on social phenomena and behaviors. The objects emerging from this process will be landing in TAF.

Concurrently, a collection of photographs showcases a series of spontaneous, D.I.Y objects, created by non-design professionals who, lacking resources, creatively subvert existing objects to solve problems and overcome design weaknesses.

Stay tuned as we’ll soon be ‘boarding’ at TAF and provide you with images of these unique design items which have been created with the yellow iconic sponge!

Participating Designers: 157+173 Designers, Ritsa Anastasiadou, Marcia Argyriades, CTRLZAK, DEDE Dextrous Design, Jazzt Design, Kanella, Sotiris Lazou, Christina Biliouri, Vassilis Mylonadis, Alexandros Xanthakis, Kikos Papadopoulos, Stathis Petropoulos, Kallirohe Spyridonos, Zaxos Stathopoulos, Marc Schulthess, Giorgos Tsirkas, Wedid-ID, Aggela Chrissaiti

source: papairlines

Posted 1 year ago

City Transit Line Posters

Infographics seem to be the latest trend, and we’ve seen plenty of them lately; however, graphic designer, Cayla and engineer, John Breznicky have designed a set of modern, graphic interpretations of your favorite city transit systems, the collection is entitled Lineposters. These creative posters are hand made in Brooklyn, New York and come in a variety of colors according to the city. The collection offers an array of world cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Paris, Tokyo, Barcelona, Moscow, Sydney, Rome, Madrid, and last but not least Berlin. Visit their online etsy shop to get a print of your favorite city today!

source: etsy

Posted 1 year ago

FFFFFFF!!! A Bucket of Fresh Air

This bucket is like no other! Instead of fresh water there’s plenty of fresh air to cool you down during the hot summer months. Italian industrial designers Ivan Colominas and Marco Fossati have designed the FFFFFFF!!! A Bucket of Fresh Air desk and floor fan. This desk/floor fan is constructed from plastic and polyurethane from the concept of a plain old bucket. Makes it the ideal choice to keep the heat away, and we undoubtedly love it’s super compact, and a very cute design.

source: behance

Posted 1 year ago

adidas Originals Spring 2012 Superstar 80s ‘LTHR’ Pack

adidas Originals has just released some new models of the ‘LTHR’ Pack - the legendary Superstar SS and CP 80s version. The adidas Originals CP 80s Model “CP” followed from the 1980s classic Street (campus). “CP 80s” is a slender shoe for everyday casual wearing, very eye-catching 80’s style; the new CP 80s comes in three impressive spring-like colorways!

Additionally, adidas Originals has also released the new Superstar SS which comes in two colorways of the iconic model which was originally released in 1968 as the first all-leather basketball shoe.

source: SHOES MASTER, adidas Originals