Cheapest store concept in Sweden
Afro Art was founded 1967 by Jytte Bonnier and have since that time been working with fair trade products and projects from the third world. In 2003, Afro Art changed hands. Six textile designers took over the business and infused new ideas and their own design into the organization. At this year, 2007, when Afro...
Olafur Eliasson exhibition
This exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in Malmö actually took place one and a half year ago. I found the pictures when I browsed through my iPhoto catalogue the other day. The exhibition took place in Malmö Konsthall (public Art Gallery) from 1971 by Swedish architect Klas Anshelm. It was a great experience and I would...
Complete speaker list for Designboost
Today we have announced the last ten speakers for the Designboost lectures on October 18th. The ten speakers are: Jody Turner Culture of Future provides visually flavorful conversation, inspirational POV and leading edge trend language encompassing tech to retail, generations to culture and design to sustainability. Founder and CEO, Jody Turner, is a “Trend Hunter”...
Smart cartoons from the New Yorker
Robert Mankoff is the cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine. Over the years he has also been doing some great cartoons. I think that the one above is the best of them all. Try to use the phrase next time an unpleasant sales person calls you! You will find this and a lot of...
Last day for “early bird” offer
Friday October 5th is the last day for the “early bird” offer for the lectures during the event Designboost which I’m organising in Malmö 18th of October. The overall theme this year is sustainable design and the speaker list includes Stephen Burks, Satyendra Pakhale, Jennifer Leonard, Eero Koivisto, Kristina Dryza, Brent Richards, Mathilda Tham, Ilkka...
Yoo Denmark by Philippe Starck
Yoo is a design-focused property development company enhancing quality and adding value through design, branding and marketing expertise to development project across the world. The mission of Yoo is to add a new approach to contemporary living by bringing good design into homes and make it more accessible. Among the persons behind Yoo you will...
Some different artworks in wood
Belgian designer Arne Quinze has recently finalised a new piece of timber art in Brussels. It’s called Cityscape (see first picture below). Where I live, in the southern part of Sweden, we have our own version of timber artwork (rest of the pictures below). It’s called Nimis (lat. “too much”) and according to the artist...
Infobar 2 mobile by Naoto Fukasawa
The Infobar 2 mobile phone by Naoto Fukasawa will be released by Japanese producer AU in November. The new images of this beautiful mobile phone speaks for themselves. Ping Intressant.se tags technorati : naoto fukasawa au infobar 2 mobile phone design Andra bloggar om: mobil, telefon, teknik, prylar, design, naoto fukasawa
Doom and hope in London
Reuse is the word of the day. From recently finished London Fashion week we have seen a recycling tendency in fashion, and during London Design Festival the pattern once again is to find amongst the interiors. At Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington I find the flagmen Campana brother´s well known trash aesthetics expressed through...
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