rebeccathewrecker

http://rebeccathewrecker.blogspot.com

Henry Hargreaves : No Seconds, Last Meal

henryhargreaves.com

IKEA; The book.

Opening its first store in 1958, Ikea ranks as not just one of the most successful Swedish companies alongside Volvo but was an early pioneer in making good design accessible. Its hard to imagine modern living without the brand's inexpensive, self-assembled products (and those mysterious leftover screws!). While some of its pieces have begun to turn up at international design auctions, the lusted-after Verner Panton Vilbert chair from 1994 being one such cult item, there's little to tell of the unsung design team behind the Ikea brand.

Kate Moss for top shop,

 

Kate teamed-up with Brighton-based Topshop concession jewellery brand Orelia to produce a capsule collection of necklaces and rings, which are unashamedly boho, featuring oxidised metal for a true vintage look.

so go buy it yeah, look at that fantastic casting, simply fantastic.

Joana Ribeiro

 

click to image to enlarge.

Normally i really dislike this kind of stuff, but i love this girls style, plus that logo is peng.

http://www.joanaribeirojoalharia.blogspot.com/

x-ray today.

Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): print of Wilhelm Röntgen's first "medical" X-ray, of his wife's hand, taken on 22 December 1895

as i’m sure a lot of you will know (thankyou google) today is the 115th anniversary of the discovery of the x-ray.

x-ray of pregnant woman.

Efficient Dynamics; BMW

 

extracting maximum driving pleasure from every drop of fuel: this is the aim of EfficientDynamics. With an array of intelligent technologies, it is able to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions while simultaneously enhancing your vehicle’s dynamic performance.

The array of leading-edge technologies that are part of the EfficientDynamics philosophy

are as diverse as they are innovative. From new fuel combustion technologies to lighter construction materials, low-friction components and improved aerodynamics all the way to comprehensive and highly sophisticated energy management. However, the aim of each of these innovations is the same: to deliver maximum driving pleasure from a minimum of fuel.

http://www.dontblogaboutthis.com/

Steven Lefcourt; Pure Imagination II

Pure Imagination II

by Steven Lefcourt

http://www.tastypaints.com/

nendo: pyggy bank

'piggy bank collection' exhibition which is being held as part of tokyo designers week.

unravelling the history of the piggy bank, nendo learned that the name for the money collecting objects, dates back to medieval europe, when unused coins were saved in household jars made of unglazed reddish clay, or 'pygg'. a play on words from 'pygg' to 'pigg' led to the piggy bank, as we know it today.

nendo's 'pyggy bank' takes this history into consideration as its design concept.
its form offers money savers a pig-snouted bottle and jar, existing somewhere between 'pygg' and 'pig',
made from unglazed fired clay, in which individuals can place their hard-earned coins.

www.nendo.jp/en/

bitplay at tokyo designers week 2010

'bang!' lamp
'bang! lights out!'
to operate simply 'shoot the lights out'.
Point the accompanying gun at the lamp and it turns the light off,
the the lampshade knocks to an angle, showing its been hit.

http://www.bitplayinc.com/

Paul Ryan - No Country for Dreaming

Whenever there's an uproar over art, when an artwork or an exhibition gives serious offense to people, it's a kind of measure of the tenor of the times -- what is and isn't okay to say and show, what is and isn't tolerated.

At the Wollongong City Gallery, an exhibition of paintings opened earlier this month that was subsequently closed down, temporarily, because of protests that it was racist and offensive to Indigenous Australians. The exhibition's called No Country for Dreaming, and the artist is Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan lives in Thirroul and he's regarded as one of the Illawarra region's leading artists.

After the opening of the show, and before this controversy erupted, the artist left for Bali with his Indonesian wife.

Anthony Burrill; Oil & Water Do Not Mix

Limited edition of 200 posters, screen printed with oil from the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
The oil was picked up on the beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
http://www.anthonyburrill.com/

Lipstick Enigma; Janet Zweig

Lipstick Enigma from Janet Zweig on Vimeo.

Florentijn Hofman: “Fat Monkey”

The Fat Monkey is a site specific work which was created out of the question from the Pixelshow to make a sculpture during their conference in 2010. Made with the help of local students and made from the brazilian icon; the flip flop which obviously works as one of the 10.000 pixels. The fat monkey is a work in the series Obeastitas.

concrete rings

by 22 design studio, taiwan

'not as nature intended' by ronald pari - endangered species graphic design competition

 

'not as intended' by ronald pari from canada is one of the shortlisted entries from more
than 2000 participants in the 'endangered species' graphic design competition,
organized by designboom in collaboration with tokyo designers week 2010.
highlighting the ivory trade as the main cause for the dwindling number of asian elephants,
the poster displays many other statistics on endangered animals worldwide.

designer's own words:
'the design shows the elephant with carvings on his tusks. poaching and the ivory trade
is one of the reasons the elephants are becoming endangered. the alarming numbers say it all.'

dirk schächter: typomaps

A map that combines the elements of geography with typography. the shape and size of
the countrys' names are set to correspond with the respective land mass. to attain a level
of likeness that couldn't be achieved with automatically generated computer program,
each letter is carefully handset. dark blue on one side and light blue on the other,
the double-sided poster uses helvetica neue black condensed as its font of choice.

http://www.ds03.de/

Badman

Dealing with the surviving signatories to his father's execution, Charles II had six publicly hanged, drawn and quartered, several more just hanged, and those who had fled into exile hunted down and brought back home for more punishment. Little wonder that no-one admitted to actually beheading Charles I.

One likely candidate is Richard Brandon, an East End ragman who 'claimed the headman's axe by inheritance' from his father, Gregory Brandon, former common hangman of London. He once said he was offered £30 in half-crowns to do the job, but even on his deathbed declined to say whether he took it.

Maria Nilsdotter

You might have seen her in this months vogue, (it was on the last page) if not, then go have a look at her blog, she is sick, in a good way.