Rachel Sussman photographed some of “The Oldest Living Things In The World”. This actinobacteria from Siberia is supposed to be over 400,000 years old. Mind blowing.
But actually this La Llareta from the atacama dessert in Chile, has the best looks for its age, it can be up to 3,000 years old.
found at kottke
September 30, 2009
Category: life style, nature, photography
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by Mylinh Trieu Nguyen & David Horvitz
A diverse group of artists were asked to conduct a Wikipedia search, and then to continue onto other articles through linked words, creating a “string” of ideas. The final form is a reader containing these articles …
September 29, 2009
Category: Varied images, graphic design
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Colophon says Bootleg/250…
September 27, 2009
Category: Loose associations and other lectures - Ryan Gander, bootleg, lecture, loose association
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* very nice publication i came across at Publish And Be Damned this afternoon. Mono.kultur issues contains one single interview and is designed by a selected designer. Very interesting.
September 27, 2009
Category: editorial, interrview, magazine, mono kultur #16 - Miranda July: Best at belonging to yourself., publication
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September 27, 2009
Category: BEAUTIFUL, MADE IN USA, bags, details, handmade
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the louis ghost chair by starck for kartell and my recycled wooden ‘louis ghost crate chair’ (both seen above) are being auctioned off together for charity. 100% of the auction price raised will go direct to the charity so please make a good bid. The auction will take place at 6.30pm on 8th October, Lifestylebazaar 11a Kingsland Road, London E2 8AA. Alternatively email the store info@lifestylebazaar.com to give them your sealed bid. please make a good offer!
about my chair…
LGCC Mk1. 2009
found scrap wood, varish finish & original ghost chair by kartell.
Blanchard’s own practice of turning his salvaged scrap materials into new furniture and interiors has strongly influenced his contribution to ‘Losing the Plot’. Rather than customise, illustrate or destroy Starck’s respected original, Blanchard chose to add to it by way of a second design and has produced a pair of stackable, affordable and usable chairs.
The starting point for this project was Blanchard’s amalgamation of two iconic chair designs. While many design classics are widely available to the public not all are affordable: constituent transport costs and taxes are often partly to blame. Here, Blanchard swaps plastic for found wood in the style of the Crate Chair (1934), a home-assembly chair made from a wooden crate by Dutch architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. Blanchard’s trademark metal hand-stamped makers’ plates adorn the rear of both chairs as a final signature.
September 25, 2009
Category: interests: chairs, interests: shop local
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September 24, 2009
Category: graphic design
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* picture of Martino Gamper installation at V&A: Chair Arch with Ercol.
September 20, 2009
Category: culture, design, exhibition
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September 17, 2009
Category: dropular
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The products presented here were designed and produced using an alternative design and development method that frees a designer to pursue creative expressions, realize them as industrially repeatable products and have the ability to globally distribute design.
Open Design is a personal attempt to close a creativity gap between product design and other fields (music, graphic design, animation and photography), Which found their creative output in phase with the realities of information technology and economics.
The Open Design method is based on the principles of the already successful Open Source method that revolutionized the software industry, and gave birth to a social movement that is cooperative, community-minded and seeks legitimate ways of sharing creativity.
Hello Ronen Kadushin. via Daniel Charny.
September 15, 2009
Category: Offline Products, culture, design, diy, electronic culture, nice products
Tags: chair, cut out, experimental design, hack, laser, lasercut, production
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DesignMarketo: interesting products directly from small and independent designers.
Since 2004, R-Echos is an experimental online magazine dedicated to republication; topics vary from biology to graphic design, from ecology to business. It agglomerates anything which is about art, computing, science. His form is made out of collages of texts, links, images, references, videos and sounds - choosen with care to take part to this very personnal publication.
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