Posted in Antique, Art, Chair, Designer, Eco-friendly, Furniture on 30 October 2009
Unlike the popular belief, recycling can be a whole bagful of fun. In fact, lately we have come across several examples of recycling that burst the bubble of the aforementioned myth. Take the case of classic Vespa scooters for example. We have witnessed how the scraps of old autombiles have been used to contribute majorly to a green lifestyle. In fact, recycled bike furniture as well as the reuse of aircraft parts to make real stylish chairs and tables have all been greatly appreciated.
Well, this furniture range just got wider with the vintage Vespa scooters adding their own special charm. The Spanish design studio, Bel & Bel has taken up the task of converting the discarded Vespa scooters and into real cool office furniture.
Posted in Art, Designer, Display, Luxury on 23 September 2009
Quinn Gregory’s love for crystals isn’t any thing new. The talented designer has an uncanny knack for sculpting magificent artworks made from the sparkling ices that never go wrong. Yes, we mean they are never the sorts to give you an overdose of crystals, everything is in thr right amounts. Recently, we got to see the skull sculpture that was brought to life thanks to some 8,000 Swarovksi crystals and some gorgeous blue sapphires. And now it is a beautiful sculpture of Jesus Christ that has got the man in news all over again.
Called Infinite Hope this artwork is set to participate in an art competition. The winner will be granted acash price of $50,000. The sculpture of the Christian God has been made froma combination of wood, foam and crystals. The finishing has been done in metallic paint complete with a shiny look.
Posted in Luxury on 31 July 2009
Laurent Hongisto is a talented designer who has just used the existing components form IKEA Milk Frother in order to create something better and more useful. He used a sculptural approach in order to make the design artful and the frother which he has created in the end is amazingly cool and chic.
All he did was that he used the silicone in order to hold the components together. You could visit his website for more information and I am sure you would need something like this in your kitchen. The frother can stand on its own and is a thing of beauty. Titled Frullino, the frother is one of my favourites as it delivers frothy milk, milkshakes and other such goodies which you can enjoy at your own pace.
Posted in Art on 22 April 2009
Spanish sculptor Jaume Plenhas created a giant sculpture of a woman’s face called Dream after being requested by St Helens Borough Council in order to challenge their rivals Gateshead’s Angel of the North. The sculpture was created like a puzzle and will cost the taxpayer almost £2 million when completed. Many taxpayers and others have criticized this as self indulgence by the government.
The sculpture was created using different artistic methods but critics have been extremely critical about the amount of money being spent. In my opinion, the sculpture certainly looks grand but using taxpayers money in times of recession when Britain has been the hardest hit, isn’t a great idea.
Posted in Art, Diamond, Luxury on 4 February 2009
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we are living in the times of an economic recession. Well, more so if the ‘You Look Like a Million Dollars’ service is anything to go by. This new and exclusive form of art is the result of a collaboration between Laban Roomes of Goldgenie and the famous London-based sculptors Wrightson & Platt.
What this extraordinary service does is that it accepts individual requests for richly embellished portraits. Yes, believe it or not but now you can immortalize your loved one or even yourself in precious elements and stones. This is achieved by combining creativity with technology with a dash of traditional skills, and you can very well be assured that the end product will dazzle anyone who lays eyes on it.
Posted in Designer, Health on 10 September 2008
With time, the cultural association of any objects changes. There was a time in Nineteenth century when the physicians would go to funeral homes to pick up exhumed skull for research and then came a time when skull and cross bones came to be associated with the occult and later, danger. Now is the time when a skull can mean delving deep into your own space, having a great relaxing time with yourself. The Sensory Deprivation Skull does all that and more for you. It was created in 2007 by Joep van Lieshout of Atelier Van Lieshout.
The major component used in the construction is fiberglass, the structure measures 150 cm tall by 110 cm long and 137 cm wide. It has a bath and a sauna that can be enjoyed in complete privacy.
Posted in Elite Finds of the Week, Luxury on 15 June 2008
Kilan Nakamura reports a $399 air-conditioned bed
YST001: Yamaha’s creation of lightning speakers with in-built three 25W halogen lamps, Courtesy Keo from Akihabaranews
Rigel Gregg from Luxist features Monique Péan designer $25,000 Necklace designed using 12,000 year old mammoth ivory
Japan Offers shampoo less Bubble bath for your poochie, Courtesy GadgetsBlog.
Deepa from Bornrich picks the $23,190 limited-edition Ardbeg Double Barrel
Brian Krepshaw from CNet picks up a water-cooled grill that purportedly keeps meat from charring
Cory Doctorow from BoingBoing captures the steampunk jewelry and sculpture
Posted in Art, Designer, Events, Exhibitions on 26 April 2008
The yearly Kips Bay Decorator Show House started in New York on 24 April and will run through 22 May. To my utter surprise, around 22 designers would be using this as a platform and are provided with six apartments at The Manhattan House, 200 East 66th Street to participate in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. For the first time in the history of 36 years, the show is being held in an apartment building rather than a town house. In coming days I would be updating you with designer credits. Tickets for the show would cost you $30.
Some interesting stuff direct from 2008 Kips Bay Decorator Show:
An Audi-design prototype chandelier hangs above a table in the Daniel Boulud kitchen. Also, the artwork of Caceres + Miranda designed by Geoffrey Bradfield is quite interesting. Simon Horn crib, configured here for a toddler, sits on display in a children’s room designed by Bograd Kids. A teak torso of drawers with superimposed silver breeds luxury. The BKH-designed living rooms, modern furniture, including a Vladimir Kagan sofa are amongst the attraction of the Show House.
A Vic Muniz drawing of chef Daniel Boulud hung in a Kitchen designed by Daniel Boulud and Rita-Louisa Garces.
The wavering 60’s chicks room, designed by Ellen Ward Scarborough Ltd. Is mind blowing. Sculpture by Jean Arp (R) features well in a therapist’s room designed by S. Russell Groves. Another elite attraction was chairs designed by Stephen Miller Siegel which have upholstered in horsehair fabric. Lastly, a bedroom suite designed by White Webb is worth a pick.
Check out the gallery:
Via HabituallyChic/ NYT
Posted in Chair, Designer, Furniture on 1 April 2008
Design to me is synonymous to revolutionary creations that are bound to not only turn heads but break them. It might be a form of a concept, sculpture or a functional artwork but should shake the minds of people. I believe if you live in the vicinity of designer accessories then possibility is the creative vibes thus produced would surely infuse something within you. And furniture and fittings is one obvious thing that have a huge variety. By now you must have seen a hand chair but the designer creation of hand foot chair sculpture by Pedro Friedeberg is still a less popular product that should reach right ears.
Imprinted out of wood and refined in gold leaf, the chair presents a classic hand seat on an anatomical foot base. Friedeberg designed this chair in Mexico during late 20th Century and is priced at $24,000 from Todd Merrill & Associates.
Posted in Fashion on 8 August 2007
Louise Bourgeois (born 1911) and Lynda Benglis (born 1941) are poles apart yet closely linked. Maintaining a visible space between an age bracket, Bourgeois’s work is endemic with vulvas and castrated phalluses embedded in Surrealism and Freudian traumas. While Benglis leads the way of Postminimalism and is recognized for her stimulating feminism and process-based creations made from poured polyurethane or plaster-soaked gauze. Yet in contrasting works created by both of them around 1970, this exhibition “Circa 70: Lynda Benglis and Louise Bourgeois” at Cheim & Read in New York teases out their surprising similarity. Their artistic creation will be displayed through 31 August 2007.
“Avenza Revisited II” by Louise Bourgeois is a 1968-9 bronze with silver nitrate patina sculpture measuring 51 1/2 x 41 x 75 1/2 inches (130.8 x 104.1 x 191.8 centimeters), edition 6 of 6.
“End of Softness” by Louise Bourgeois, a 1967 bronze with gold patina sculpture measuring 7 x 20 3/8 x 15 1/4 inches ( 17.8 x 51.8 x 38.7 centimeters), edition 6 of 6.
“Quartered Meteor” by Lynda Benglis, a 1969 lead sculpture measuring 57 1/2 x 65 1/2 x 64 1/4 inches ( 146.1 x 166.4 x 163.2 centimeters), edition 1 of 3.
Bravo” by Lynda Benglis, a 1972 stainless steel, copper and babitt sculpture measuring 27 x 10 x 10 inches ( 68.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 centimeters).
