I found this interesting filmed interview with Tom Dixon by Tyler Brule for his magazine Monocle. Tom Dixon talks about sustainability in a way that goes hand in hand with some of the thoughts that was brought forward in the conversation between myself and Satyendra Pakhalé the other day. Among other things Artek (where Tom...
I just cannot stop posting the great videos of Robert Hodgin every now and then. As the other ones Magnetic Sphere is made with Processing and the Audio from a mix by Karri O. (Maximum Minimum). Move your cursor from the play button (after you hit it) to get a full view of the video....
The great internet radio Pandora is struggling with different licensing issues outside of US and is since a few days not available any longer. We are a lot of listeners that suddenly lost a great opportunity to discover new music. But don’t fear. The internet web radio Musicovery is a comparable jukebox that brings you...
The paper art by Richard Sweeney is fantastic. Influenced by structural forms created by both man and nature Richard Sweeney is creating never before seen geometric paper sculptures. Richard is saying that the objects produced are simply one stage in an ongoing process of exploration. He uses paper modelling as a means to generate form...
The web shop 20ltd which I wrote a post about a while ago is launching new products. 20ltd is only selling limited editions in small series of luxury high end products. The new products at 20ltd contains (among other) a Flag of St.George Che Guevara humidor by Elie Blue, Norum 1958 crystal cottom acetate sunglasses...
The inspiring OeO Design Day event takes place on Thursday 7 June 2007, 9:30am-4:00pm at the atmospheric waterside Boathouse at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk (north of Copenhagen), with its panoramic views of the sea and beach. Internationally celebrated designers Alfredo Häberli and Satyendra Pakhalé and creative director Chris Sanderson from The...
Danish wonder architect Bjarke Ingels and his office BIG has been working on the new Slussen in central Stockholm. A place which connects the northern and southern parts of the town. Stockholm town has been talking many years now how to best replace the current Slussen which actually is slowly falling apart. Cars, bikes, pedestrians,...
Welcome to the second edition of the talk about design between myself and Satyendra Pakhalé, international designer and cultural nomad based in Amsterdam. This time we will talk about sustainability, a subject highly relevant in a time when the climate change is on the lips of each and every one. It is quite easy to...
I found this headline at Gapingvoid: “Buying space in someone else’s brain is far harder than buying space in someone else’s media”. It is very true. A brand is a perception in the minds of the consumers. But still businessmen and marketers put most of their investment in advertising. It is puzzling why they take...
Core 77 has made an impressing guide for this years New York design week. Still you cannot compare the New York design week to the ditto one in Milan, but New York is a cool town and if you are going don’t forget to print the guide by Core 77. Among the shows there is...