wow, just look at these sheep constructed from old telephones by artist jean luc cornec
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type gun
a letterpress weapon from ‘toby & pete’
techno-kinetic wave sculptures
absolutely stunning sculptural work from ‘reuben margolin’ including a piece he has installed in the ‘pentagon’ building in washington…
dream hub
an incredible new twin skyscraper being built in the near future in korea, created by dutch architects ‘mvrdv’, check their facebook page to see more images…
…a 260 meter tall tower and a 300 meter tall tower are connected in the centre by a pixelated cloud of additional program offering amenities and outside spaces with wide views. The towers with a total surface of 128,000m2 are expected to be completed in 2015…
(via ‘syb’)
1962-1977
when i initially saw some of this packaging it brought about a certain nostalgic feeling, not only because it is clearly old but also because i can vaguely remember some of it myself as a kid…
supermarket chain ‘sainsburys’ developed an untypically british ‘modernistic’ range of ‘own label’ products during the ’60s and ’70s of the last century and it turns out (to my surprise) that they had a dedicated in-house design team, something which to my mind is more often associated with german (braun), dutch (randstad) or swiss brands (geigy) than british ones of that era… the first golden era of ‘helvetica’?
the extensive archive has been lovingly documented in a fabulous little book, called simply ‘own label’ compiled & designed by london-based ‘fuel through their own publishing wing…
this is a rewrite of a dutch article i wrote last week for ‘fontanel’