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my friends and neighbours ‘frank’ and ‘erik’ have started an online poster shop; as an outlet for their extravagant screen print productions…. enjoy and don’t forget to consume of course…

m / 17-07-2012 09:07 - tags: , , ,  

denim demon

a nice little folklorist identity for a niche swedish denim brand, created in his own highly characteristic style by dutch designer boy bastiaens

m / 15-07-2012 13:29 - tags: , , ,  

delft white

reproduction classical ‘delfts blauw’ tiles made with a biro and… used coke wraps, made by local artist marc

i haven’t seen them in person yet, but the resulting effect looks quite strange and aesthetically pleasing somehow… the reference to hollands’ colonial past and trading heritage is a happy bonus i guess..

m / 10-07-2012 08:33 - tags: , , ,  

v+r x b = l+s

the latest production by ‘lernert & sander’ is it just me or is a bugaboo (overpriced baby pram) by ‘viktor & rolf’ a ridiculous notion?…

m / 06-07-2012 10:37 - tags: , ,  

shelf portraits

how great is this project? irish student darragh casey subverts the definition of a bookcase for his own ends…

…darragh’s current series ‘Shelf Portraits’, created and photographed in Cork, Ireland, ‘shelves’ 3 generations of the Casey family. It focuses on the traditional role of the shelf as a device to display, portraying people significant to the artist alongside objects relevant to their own lives and personalities…

(tip va ‘herr uwe’)

m / 04-07-2012 14:22 - tags: , , ,