Monthly archive January, 2009
Can we still talk about unique logotypes?

Can we still talk about unique logotypes?

Uniqueness is one of the most classic arguments when creating and presenting a new logotype for a company or organisation. Although we see a growing number of conflicts where companies take legal action when accusing the other party of stealing or copying their corporate symbol.  John Mellkvist, Creative Director of Stockholm based graphic design company JohnLook.com with business...
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year

Brit Insurance Designs of the Year

The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Oslo. Photography: Jens Passoth Brit Insurance Designs of the Year is the Design Museum in London’s annual design award. Its aim is to explore “innovative, interesting and forward-looking new work in design of all kinds, from around the world.” Over a 100 objects in 7 categories are presented and...
More Clouds images by Bouroullec

More Clouds images by Bouroullec

Here follows a couple of more images from the Clouds exhibition by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at Galerie Kreo in Paris (which I wrote about the other day). tags technorati : design bouroullec Andra bloggar om: design, bouroullec, utställning, paris

Ross Lovegrove in DSTV

Designspotter just launched their Designspotter TV (DSTV). Here is a fresh interview with Ross Lovegrove during the Cologne design week.
80 square metres of Tokyo in Paris

80 square metres of Tokyo in Paris

500 square metres of the 65,000 square metre biannual fashion trade event Prêt à Porter Paris is dedicated to Explosion de Modes, an inspirational trends area. The trade event in Paris – one of the global fashion industry’s most important events – showcases more than 1,500 global fashion brands, runway shows and art installations, and receives...
Jethro Cave by Hedi and Nicola

Jethro Cave by Hedi and Nicola

Hedi Slimane and Nicola Formichetti get together to shoot Jethro Cave (Nick Cave’s son) for DazedDigital.com. Andra bloggar om: foto, fotografi tags technorati : photography
Clouds by Bouroullec

Clouds by Bouroullec

If you are in Paris the next couple of days you have the possibility to check the Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec exhibition at Galerie Kreo. It’s called Clouds and is produced in collaboration with Danish manufacturer Kvadrat. The exhibition runs until Saturday 24th this month. The address is 31, rue Dauphine. tags technorati : design Andra...
Milan - Man fall winter 2009

Milan – Man fall winter 2009

From Saturday 17th to Tuesday 20th of January 2009, nearly 90 shows and presentations were presented in Milan. Due to economic slowdown men’s fashion for winter 2009-10 shows a certain classicism as indicated by the great comeback for conservative colors such as burgundy, gray, black and bottle green.  Among the many shows and presentations viewed,...
The Futurenatural beauty products

The Futurenatural beauty products

The goal of Futurenatural is to provide people of all ages, gender and race with luxurious, modern, well-designed, effective alternatives to conventional beauty products, and to enrich the planet in the process. We’ve become really vigilant about what we put in our bodies – now you can be equally vigilant about what you put on...
A vision for Gothenburg

A vision for Gothenburg

KjellgrenKaminsky architects just presented a vision for Heden in city of Gothenburg. It’s a new multifunctional and sustainable Heden with parks, apartments, shops, offices and sports facilities. After interviews with inhabitants in Gothenburg a conceptual vision of a new Heden has emerged: “With a unique identity of sustainable densification the new town block Heden creates a...