the big caption, of the big picture!

http://thebigcaption.com/

glass flower pot.

The Life Pot is a clear glass container that shows subsoil growth. That plant’s roots become part of the sculptural element.

• Dimensions: 150 x 150 x 170 mm
• Material: Pyrex Glass
• Distribution: Sotanosiete

Designers: Jomi Marco & Josep Armengol

Tribute to Sergio Leone ("The good, the bad and the ugly")

by Mr Talion, Zangief and Epoxy

 

www.flickr.com/photos/epoxy_one/
www.flickr.com/photos/zangieftw/
www.general-orlov.com

Debra Baxter

 

http://debrabaxter.com/index.html

The Alarming Clock by Natalie Duckett

Olympic mascots.

really?? are you kidding.. this is terrible, how come the logo and mascots for the uk have both been ridiculous.

i cant wait to see what's next.

Francois Robert

The human skeleton is a powerful visual symbol. It’s come to represent the “remains”, what’s left after life has ended, after the flesh and mind cease to function. In my photographs, I use the human skeleton as the formal visual element, the subject of the image. In this manner, the skeleton is both the protagonist and antagonist (the Buddhist notion about, “the duality of man” seems apt).

For each photograph I disassemble the modular system of the skeleton and reconfigure the elements to form a new image. These images are man made. Images of aggression, images that cause suffering, devastation and conflict. I intend the images to plant the notion of restraint and charity in an effort to promote peace and tolerance.

http://francoisrobertphotography.com/#/portfolio/fine_art/stop_the_violence

Julia Randall

simplicity

simple [ˈsɪmp^əl]

adj

1. not involved or complicated; easy to understand or do a simple problem

2. plain; unadorned a simple dress

3. consisting of one element or part only; not combined or complex a simple mechanism

4. unaffected or unpretentious although he became famous, he remained a simple and well-liked man

5. not guileful; sincere; frank her simple explanation was readily accepted

6. of humble condition or rank the peasant was of simple birth

7. weak in intelligence; feeble-minded

 

just to prove i understand the concept….

shame the design part of my brain doesn’t.

glasnost

glasnost
soviet non-conformist art from the 1980s
haunch of venison, london
april 16 – june 26, 2010

FUCKING LOVE IT

rugwind: guerilla bench

the german design studio rugwind has designed this seemingly normal electrical box that transforms into a bench for sitting when needed.

Also known as guerrilla bench, the project aims to subvert the
objects of the typical urban environment, making them more human and functional.

The bench neatly folds up inside a standard electric box case. a user simply opens the box, unfolds the bench and takes
a seat by themselves or with friends to create a small congregation point. the box blends into the street
scene, only coming to life when a user with knowledge of its hidden life walks by.

http://www.rugwind.de

love ring

chutapat wittaya

dadahack: TAP3

developed by london and stockholm based design and musical duo dadahack, ' TAP3' is a
custom-made mp3 playing cassette. it can be used as a personal music player by plugging
in your headphones to the device, and can be loaded with more music via a mini USB.
alternatively, it also functions as a cassette when played in a standard tape deck.

 

http://www.dadahack.com/

'tufted pigs' by yvonne fehling & jennie peiz

Still lives
Objects for domestic space.

Fitment, toy, luxury good, sculpture.
Stuffed toy, gym equipment.
Projection area.

Confounding.
Adorable.

They deliberately defy all definition.

There is both something confounding and liberating about it.

In any case, they are a welcome change in an unexpected direction.

Brucie .. darling

In time, CAD/RP will move to the background, and the polemic, so dependent on antiquated modernist verities, will become unnecessary. More jewelers will have the confidence to harness the tool to good ideas, not just extravagant forms. RP will be perceived as just one resource among many, and we will see composite structures: RP and found objects, say, or RP and textiles. The technology will reach maturity when we see jewelry that fully exploits CAD/RP -- and nobody cares how it was made.

 

CAD/RP Jewelry: Beyond the Whiz-bang Factor

BRUCE METCALF

Metalsmith 29 no5 14-15 2009

contemporary is for suckas

Douglas Bucci is a designer and educator in the field of jewelry and metalsmithing. He designs original jewelry pieces using CAD and cutting edge production processes, such as rapid prototyping. A CAD/CAM/RP consultant and designer for several national companies since 1995, Bucci views his process as one that allows for a creative freedom unfound in traditional hand-made jewelry methods. Bucci’s work has appeared in multiple periodicals & texts including Metalsmith magazine, American Craft magazine, and Lark Book’s, 500 series & Darling Publication’s, The Jewelry Compendium.

http://www.dougbucci.com/

Hanson & Knight.

‘Family Communion’

Silver & anodised aluminium
2004

Commissioned by a catholic family in the USA to celebrate a Golden Wedding Anniversary
The religious and secular communion is represented through symbolic ecclesiastical references.
Interaction – Sharing – The singular rosary bead, intimate and contemplative – removing the formal ostentation of the high church and altar, without removing the significance of the action.

Collaboration Hanson & Knight

‘Nurture’ Decanter and drinking cups

Silver and glass
2006/7

Recent personal experiences influenced these pieces, stimulating a more
reflective and emotional engagement with the creative process. They question
the nature of objects and the function and value that they have in our lives.
The ‘Nurture’ drinking cups and decanter is a response to parenthood and a
heightened sense of the fundamental responsibility of nurturing and nourishing.
.
Collaboration Hanson & Knight.

‘Ritual is the means by which individual perception and behaviour are socially appropriated or conditioned; and rites are determined modes of action that can be characterised in terms of their intention and the objects used to perform the action.’
(C. Bell ‘ Ritual Theory - Ritual Practice’)

In this project, supported by Arts Council, ACJ, and Goldsmiths funding Maria Hanson has investigated the role contemporary artefacts have within both identified rites of social passage and ritual acts found within domestic contexts.

gleefully extracted from: http://www.objectsandritual.co.uk./

matali crasset for alessi

designer matali crasset and pastry chef pierre hermé have collaborated to create essentiel de patisserie', a series of pastry tools designed for alessi.
the four piece collection consists of a cake plate, cul-de-poule mixing bowl, whisk and spatula. the utensils themselves are designed to be rational and straightforward.
the new collection was presented at macef 2010.

'I decided to define a clear use scenario for each instrument with the aim of maintaining the simplicity I had observed in pâtisserie utensils. I therefore designed objects that are at once professional and generous, by which I mean that they are also accessible even to non specialists.' -MC