Archive for April 24th, 2009

Comme Des Garcons Black Shop…

…At DSM | Giant Bearbricks

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The Comme des Garcons Black Shop arrived at Dover Street Market London today, who will be the only shop in the world carrying the range, aside from the Tokyo store. For the occasion three custom giant 210cm (6.8 feet) tall Bearbricks have been created and stand proud in the windows of Dover Street Market as of today. The CdG Black Shop will be inside DSM for three month.

Of course they also received the Comme des Garcons Black Collection, a range created in collaboration with Medicom. The range includes t-shirts, hoodies and Bearbrick metal jewelry. 

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Inspirational Quote…

…#0001

“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire and persistence.”

- Milton Glaser

 

Titi Freak…

…And His Beautiful Koi Fish

titifreakI am absolutely in love with this latest street installation by Brazil-based Titi Freak. After making his way over to Japan, he’s been keeping himself busy by painting the streets of Osaka for the past three months. Seamlessly coinciding with Japanese culture and landscape, his brightly colored koi fish really sets the bar high for other street artists.

Hamilton Yokota (aka Titi Freak) is a São Paulo native with Japanese ancestry, resulting in a mixture of personal qualities that stem from his combined cultural backgrounds. He has painted in the streets of cities around the world, and his fine art has been exhibited in galleries throughout Asia, South America and Europe. Titi Freak first began writing graffiti in 1995 on the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. His style fuses Eastern and Western cultures, with fashion, pop imagery, illustration, graffiti and comic influences.

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unusual residence…

…by Pedro Gadanho

offbeat-interior-design-ideaAs this unusual residence by Pedro Gadanho (images by Fernando Guerra) reveals, complexity does not have to mean using unusual colors or complex color schemes – highlighting already-unusual architectural elements in primary colors calls out the function of each place and the connections between internal spaces.

Inspired by Pop Art and the Transformers, Gadanho gives an incredibly life to the various geometries that come together to form this interior living-and-dining set of spaces. Red, the color of passion, takes residents to the master bedroom. A mellower blue connects the living area to the kitchen.

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