Monthly archive September, 2008

Helmut Lang and Absolut virtual gallery

ABSOLUT vodka is today launching a radical medium to view and experience art, as a new online virtual “gallery” goes live, showcasing Helmut Lang’s “Alles Gleich Schwer”. This, a bold new exhibition of artworks, will be brought to a global audience as part of the artist’s vision of an ABSOLUT WORLD, eradicating traditional barriers between...
Robert Mapplethorpe photographs

Robert Mapplethorpe photographs

Phillips de Pury & Company to offer important Robert Mapplethorpe photographs from the collection of Lisa Lyon at New York auction on October 16, 2008. Photographs from the Collection of Lisa Lyon features an exceptional selection of  eighteen images from Robert Mapplethorpe’s celebrated series Lady Lisa Lyon. Between 1980 and 1982, at a pivotal moment...

How to build your brand on internet

As a company, you can choose either to just be on the internet, or to fit in your commercial offer so it captures all the opportunities that a full feathered internet concept will give you. Communication pro John Mellkvist, entrepreneur behind the design company JohnLook.com and the fashion community SaleRacer.com shares his best advice on...
Julian Schnabel at Saatchi gallery

Julian Schnabel at Saatchi gallery

Julian Schnabel will show Chinese paintings at Saatchi gallery in London October 9 – January 18. It is a serendipitous coincidence that the ground of this image happens to come from a Chinese mirror that Julian found 20 years ago and gave to his ex-wife Jacqueline, one of the many influences that he has drawn...
Wire management device by Harry Allen

Wire management device by Harry Allen

Designer Harry Allen has made an innovative approach to wire management. It’s called WM25 and is extruded rubber and the grooves flex; it is easy to push wires in or snap them out. There are a total of 5 grooves and comes in powder blue, mango and avocado. WM25 is produced by Doug Mocket. Andra...
Timeless quality from Skultuna

Timeless quality from Skultuna

For 400 years Swedish company Skultuna has produced objects of the highest quality design and goods for both everyday use and for special occasions, always with that same sense of quality, function and design. You could amlost say that Skultuna of today creates tomorrows antiques. Timeless design and definitely sustainable from a holistic point of...
Selected images from The Yokohama Triennale

Selected images from The Yokohama Triennale

This year’s theme is Time Crevasse. More information about Yokohama Triennale. This is a post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza. tags technorati : art yokohama triennale
Filio Ring by Thomas Feichtner

Filio Ring by Thomas Feichtner

The value of a ring generally depends on the material used. ”Filio” is a ring beyond all material values. It is an idea sketched with lines and outlined in its body. It is the fiction of a geometrically cut gemstone. Its inside is open, leaving room for sentimental and immaterial values. The Austrian designer Thomas...
Chanel preview scenography for a new N° 5

Chanel preview scenography for a new N° 5

A Parisian apartment was the discreet venue to which Chanel invited press and VIPs to discover their new perfume – ‘Eau première’. French designer Jean-Marc Gady laid out the 250 m2 set for the new baby, in an itinerary that evoked the heritage of the name and its enduring style, which is simply beyond ostentation....
The best of Japanese design on display in NYC

The best of Japanese design on display in NYC

If you can’t first hand experience the array of novel and ingenious Japanese products on display at NY Felissimo Design House, you can still ‘see’ them online here. This high design showcase is part of Japan C, an 11-week celebration of contemporary Japanese design and culture. Over 70 Japanese designers and firms have come together...