Helmut Lang ‘Alles Gleich Schwer’ Online

Last month I spoke of Helmut Lang’s much awaited online exhibition with Absolut Vodka entitled 'Alles Gleich Schwer'. Well the exhibit is now available to view online. If you're familiar will Lang's fashion design history it is evident in this new exhibit that his design aesthetic holds true between both clothing and art. You can view the show here and read the Press Release below.


"Alles Gleich Schwer" is not a statement or a final answer or question. It is about the consideration and the reflection to evaluate which weight or importance or meaning one as a single person wants to contribute in a changing world to personal, social, emotional, global and ecological or any other issues and arrangements which surrounds one or concerns one. The attribution of importance can be explored in a vertical or horizontal direction.



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John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen's Hidden Radio

John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen's Hidden Radio has no user interface, yet is completely user interface. Make sense? No? Well instead of having an obvious "control panel", the entire product itself is one. As you lift up the cap on top of the device, the volume of the radio increases proportionally. Likewise, if you push the cap down, the volume decreases until the point at which the device is silent (i.e. switched off). To tune the radio you simply rotate the cap. Brilliant!

Of All the People in the World.

A performer from Stan’s Cafe theatre company stands behind the rice mountain that represents the
population of the USA: one grain = one person

Visual artists love statistics. A new show in Birmingham UK uses grains of rice to represent the 6.7 billion of us on planet Earth. Stan’s Cafe theatre company presents Of All the People in All the World, a touring exhibition where a whopping 112 tonnes of rice was been used to replicate a whole plethora of statistics. The show is too extensive to write about but luckily the entire thing can be seen in a Flickr set, here.


From left to right: passengers on the Titanic, survivors of the Titanic, lifeguards who worked on the film
Titanic, stunt people in the sinking scene in the film, Titanic


Irish people who emigrated to the USA between 1846 and 1855


The 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon

The show runs from 13 September to 5 October in the AE Harris Factory, 110 Northwood Street, Birmingham B3 1SZ. More details here.

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Deanna Templeton, The Swimming Pool

Photographer Deanna Templeon's new exhibit "The Swimming Pool" will debut October 3rd at New Image Art in Los Angeles. The show fruns from 7 to 10 PM.

Shunji Kurimori

Shunji Kurimori's Cedar Sake Cups and Cedar Sake Bottle are made in the Japanese wood craft style called Magewappa. These are both a beautifullly designed sustainable work as well as a beautiful example of traditional technique (Kurimori is a sixth generation artisan)


[Coolhunting]

The Last Cigarette

I got a few friends that need this.

Didac Catalán

[Lowink]

Every Moment Now

A visualization on news on Obama and news on McCain. Everymomentnow

OriginalFake x Star Wars Storm Trooper KAWS Companion

THIS IS SERIOUSLY DOPE MATERIAL RIGHT HERE. This is Kaw’s Storm Trooper KAWS companion set to be released through his Original Fake store in Japan. CHeck out the cconditions of purchase for this thing, "There will be a 15 year old age minimum and admission tickets will be handed out at 9:00 am. Each ticket includes a special time and date for when the customer has to come back and purchase the companion, time and date cannot be changed under any circumstance and proper I.D is needed." Shame on you resellers.

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Paloma Rincon.

Serialcut's photographer Paloma Rincon. Im loving the feeling her photos evoke.

Erin Wasson for RVCA New York Fashion Week Launch

RVCA and Supermodel Erin Wasson debuted their Spring 2009 collaborative line September 4th in New York during Fashion Week. The event was heald in New York Lower East Side and featured models wearing the complete collection as well as a vast array of campaign imagery featuring the photography of Terry Richardson. The line is Erin Wasson high fashion take on the surf, skate market and the line looks pretty amazing. Above is a video of the launch event.

Visvim for Dita Sunglasses

Luxury eyewear brand Dita has teamed up with Japanese brand Visvim on a special collection of sunglasses. The sunglasses feature a classic Wayfarer-esque shape with a little dita flair and visvim detailing. They come in black fleck and tortoise colors. Each pair comes in a Visvim signature vegetable dyed leather case. These are now available at FIL and Dita Legend stores in Nagoya and Daikanyama, Japan.

Neighborhood Adidas aZX ZX-700 Boat Shoe & Interview

Japanese Streetwear giants Neighborhood have teamed up with Adidas and their ongoing aZX series to collaborate on this ZX-700 Boat Shoe. This is definately one of the most interesting released from Adidas as of late. In a recent interview, Neighborhood founder Shinsuke Takizawa and fragment design’s Kazuki Kuraishi sat down to discuss the development of the product as well as Neighborhood’s past association with adidas. You can read that interview [Honeyee] (Google Translation)

An Earth Without It's Surface

The British Geological Survey has teamed up with the OneGeology science organization to show what the Earth would look like without soil – or water, cities, or anything, really, but geology. It's an Earth without it's surface.
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Giant Plane Comparisons

I just thought this was an interesting way of plane comparison. I found it on Wikipedia.
Giant Plane Comparisons
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Peugeot concept vehicles

These vehicles are all entries in the Peugeot Design Contest 2008. Designers were asked to create a concept car for the cities of the future, concentrating on environmental awareness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency.

Above is Ying Hui Choo's Peugeot Blade, designed for 'pure driving enjoyment', it actually has a wind turbine attached to the back to charge its electric battery.


Michael Witus Schierup of Denmark says his Peugeot Verde is designed to be able to change its length depending on the environment it is being used in. It has three settings: Highway, Urban and Park. In Highway mode it extends to its full length - about 16ft 5ins. In Urban it compacts itself to about 12ft . Finally, in Park mode it shrinks further to take up as little space as possible


Ke Guo, of China, has designed an aerodynamic 'water drop-shaped vehicle' inspired by Formula One. The PRO has a windscreen which doubles as an opening cockpit and gives 180 degree visibility


Emre Yazici's lightweight 'EGO' runs on just two wheels and is driven using a joystick rather than a steering wheel. Mr Yazici, from Turkey, says the single-passenger electric car needs just a third of the parking space used by a typical modern saloon and can do a u-turn on the spot. The flexible windshield also operates as a door by rolling back into the drum at the back of the car


Oskar Johansen's Peugeot 888 pivots in the middle to 'shrink' for easier parking, manoeuvrability and increased visibility

via Gizmodo

Balenciaga Hi Top Sneaker

I'm really into these Balenciaga Hi-tops. A good mixture of mesh and leather on a nice high cut solhouette. These are now available at Browns.

Karl Lagerfeld’s La Couture in Numero Issue 96

Fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld recently held a photo shoot for a feature titled La Couture . The "film noir" inspired fashion editorial combined the designer’s passion for black and white photography with top models Karmen Pedaru, Heidi Mount and Vlada Roslyakova, whom were featured in Lagerfeld’s most recent Chanel show. This feature will be printed in the September 2008 issue of Numero Magazine.

Comme Des Garcons Guerilla Skateboard Decks

These are Comme Des Garcons "Guerilla" Skate Decks now available at the CDG Guerilla store in Downtown LA. These are also available online at the DSM online store.

Louis Vuitton Shoot for Vogue Japan

Here are shots from the Louis Vuitton photoshoot for the new Vogue imprint, Vogue Japan. Photographer Daniel Sannwald wanted to emulate somewhat of a 3-D world.

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Activi-tea

TBWA was comissioned to come up with packaging designs for number of up and coming restaurant chains' in-house teabags. I dont think they could have done it any better than this. Each one has a different sporting activity hanging off of the string.

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Our Legacy for Gram 378g Fall 2008

This is the Our Legacy for Gram Design 378g shoe. The shoe features a nice use fabrics against the classic oxford cut of the shoe - white leathers and waxed Millerian (the same supplier for Barbour). Each pair comes with a bag, shoe horn, and brush.

via Men.Style

“Wild Horses” A Nan Goldin Exhibition For Dior Homme

Renowned photographer Nan Goldin is set to release his latest work "Wild Horses" at the Dior Store on Omotesando in Tokyo. The show is comprised completely of images of Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2009 Collection show. This exhibit will run from September 14 to sometime mid-october.
via Tokyo Dandy

Undercover 2008 Fall/Winter “Unreal Real Clothes” Backpack

Here's a new collection of backpacks from Undercover's ongoing "Unreal Clothes" collection. This is a great use of zippers as a function/non funtion piece. These are now available at Undercover Hong Kong.

via Think Silly

Florentijn Hofman

Florentijn Hofman

1940's Rolex Made Panerai Radiomir for Italian Navy

This is a very interesting story I read over at Honkidee. it goes as follows: "The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to....Rolex. Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex." This is a piece of watch history right here.
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iWood

This is the Miniot "iwood" iPhone case. It is available for the 1st generation iPhone, iPhone 3g. The woods available include oak, pouduk, mohogany, cherry, maple and walnut. A cherrywood iPhone case? Ballin.
iWood

Electrolux AEG Santo Refrigerator

This is the Santo 75598 KG side-by-side refrigerator from Swedish manufacturer Electrolux AEG. Each section has independent temperature controls, and an alarm alerts you if the temperature rises. As you can see the fridge also includes an integrated section for wine storage. If I made like 10,000 times more money I make now, and owned a home, this fridge would be in it.

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mastermind JAPAN x Visvim Folk Shaman FBT

This is the latest release in an ongoing collaboration between Japanese streetwear giants Visvim and Mastermind. This is Mastermind's take on Visvim's FBT Folk Shaman. The shoe features a higher cut than the regular FBT SHaman as well as a zipper on the tongue as seen on a majority of the shoes they have done with Visvim. Trhe will be available at Isetan Japan and most likely Maxfield in Los Angeles.

via Isetan

Luke Williams

Luke Williams

W)taps Comb And Nail File Set

This is a lesson in brand identity 101 for all those streetwear brands out there. Here is a beautifully packaged W)taps nail and file set featured in this months issue of Japan's Huge magazine. A nice gentlemen like grooming set for all you jets and sharks.....
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