He’s back. I’m proud to announce that Creature made it into Lark’s 500 Cabinets. It was juried by John Grew Sheridan, and is the third title in a series of books focused on furniture making. I’m sure that many of you will remember the piece, but here he is in case you don’t.
500 Cabinets is going to be released on August 3, but it can now be pre-ordered at Amazon or Barnes and Noble. I was privileged enough to receive an early copy and must say that it is a fabulous showcase of cabinets. It is great for a reference book or to add to your design library.
Here is a little animation jewel from 2006. It was done by David OReilly and is titled WOFL 2106. I like much of the design aspect (black and white with splashes of color, squared trees, etc.) and its true randomness. Those of you with earphones might want to turn down your volume. You can click here to see more of David’s work.
These pictures are from a post earlier this moth courtesy Dezeen. The photos are from the FASHIONCLASH Maastricht that took place in the Netherlands. Click on the Dezeen link for a few other photos or the FASHIONCLASH Maastricht for video and other goodies. In good faith to fashion designers the outfits were created from a range of disciplines in the design world like product designers, artists and architects.
Any way you cut it, these pictures show that these people had some less than par ideas, and I feel lack in their vision of art and design. I admit that I am taking the best (worst) I have to work with and like any field with an artistic touch that is easy to do. It’s just really easy with fashion design. Zip ties, wood frames, balloons, old men in what looks like an oversized garbage sack, trying, but trying too hard and they have lost site of form, function and art as beautifiers.
Here is a little video from Maxim Zhestkov. Most of his videos have a black and white theme with a splash of color when needed. His way of story telling is not my favorite; I wish it was more transitional with less start and stop. I do however find them inspiring and appreciate his art. It’s a whole other feel than animated videos that I have shared in the past. These two are not his most current and you can go to his Vimeo account to view those more recent and any others you might wish to. I just liked these two more.
I’ve been stewing for sometime now with what to do with the little piece of cultipacker. This has been a hard one, but after much thought and sketching I have decided to do a jewelry box of some sorts. The negative space under the cultipacker is 3.1875″ high, 2″ wide and 13″ long. This should help when visualizing my sketches. I left the notes off the sketches, I don’t read them and figure no one else would either. The ideas shown are my favorite so far; I wanted to post them to show where my mind is going on it.
I used a color pencil for the sketches, one of my favorite mediums before I found my way into industrial design. I questioned once again why my instructors back in college ever convinced me to leave it behind. I love using it for exploration and the soft feel of it. I also discovered that my scanner is no longer working properly so sorry that they are not fully in color and a bit speckled. Materials, color combos, etc. haven’t even been a thought yet, just the function of everything either being push drawers or a hidden box accessed by lifting up the clod breaker. Any thoughts or opinions are welcome before I continue to go down the avenue that I am.
