History of the Internet

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Nufabric

nufabric

§ 153. Lebedev’s pyramid

"The proportion shown below is true of any company, organization or community."


[Art Lebedev]

Sam Basset

Sam Basset

Type as Image

Type as Image is a collection of typographic words that consist of the things in which the words says. I've seen a lot of collections of the same concept, and this one has some pretty good ones. You can view the complete collection here.

Todd Hido

Todd Hido

Maison Martin Margiela | Elle Deco Suite

Maison Martin Margiela has completed their redesign of the Elle Deco Suite. The suite was once the apartment of Palais Chaillot architect Jacques Carlu. With the Eiffel Tower a short distance away this project was initiated by the Cite de L’Architecture & du Patrimoine in the prime location. The suites design is in true Margiela aesthetic with minimal white, and brush painted white filling the entire suite. The suite should be open till October.





[Diane, A Shaded View of Fashion]

Jil Sander for Damiani

I noticed these Jil Sander for Damiani ear rings when I first saw the Jil Sander S/S 2009 runway show a few months back. These are some of the most memorable accesories ive seen, they almost give the impression of having pierced cartilage.





[The Cut] / [Style]

Undercover Spring/Summer 2009 “Neoboy & Poptones” Collection

Jun Takahashi's Undercover Spring/Summer 2009 collection will be split in two themes, "Neoboy & Poptones". Neoboy is more lifestyle driven technical wear, while poptones seems to go back to Takahashi's love of the UK punk scene and the Sex Pistols. Expect this collection to hit stores in the coming months.

My Money, My Currency

"My Money, My Currency" by Hanna von Goeler

[MAKE: Blog]

Cocaine for a Honeybee

The New York Times has a piece on a group of Australian scientists who conducted an experiment on the effects of cocaine on bees as opposed to humans. The scientists dropped liquid cocaine on the back of certain bees, and when the cocaine reached the brain, they recorded some interesting results. They found that bees react to cocaine much like humans. It hinders their judgement, alters behavior and causes enthusiasm about things which would ordinarily not excite them. The bees also exhibited the same withdrawal symptons as humans

The researchers looked at honeybees whose job is finding food — flying to flowers, discovering nectar, and if their discovery is important enough, doing a waggle dance on a special “dance floor” to help hive mates learn the location.

“Many times they don’t dance,” Professor Robinson said. “They only dance if the food is of sufficient quality and if they assess the colony needs the food.”

On cocaine the bees “danced more frequently and more vigorously for the same quality food,” Dr. Barron said. “They were about twice as likely to dance” as undrugged bees, and they circled “about 25 percent faster.”

The scientists are now conducting further tests to see if bees, like humans, needmore quantity to recieve the same affect. It's a very interesting experiment, you can view the NY Times in it's entirety here.

Speedo | Fast Skin

This Speedo packaging is amazing. It was inspired by Sharks eggs, being that the speedo inside was inspired by sharks skin. Im not a fan of the speedo personally, but none the less this is great presentation. It was done by the Checkland Kidneysides design firm from Leicestershire, UK. They had this to say about the project.

"The skin of the shark was the inspiration for the fabric of the Speedo Fast-Skin suit; the shark’s egg formed the inspiration of our packaging design. A net pouch was created into which the suit can be compressed into the smallest form. A tactile, semi-translucent pouch contains the ‘net’ and printed/embossed graphics subtly brand the packaging."

Objectified | The Trailer

Objectified. The new film by Gary Hustwits, I can't wait to see this film.

Heres a high quality quicktime version of the trailer

[Objectified Film]

Theresa Honeywell | Knitted Motorcycle

This is a knitted motorcycle made by textile artist Theresa Honeywell. Honeywell is best known for reinterpreting consumer products as knitted objects. The motorcycle, entitled "everything nice", was a part of a collection which also consisted of a series of hand knit tattoos. The beauty of Honeywell's work to me is the blended of two almost contradictory thins, pink knit and motorcycles/tattoos/jack-hammers/machine guns etc. She has a lot of great work which you can see at her official website here.

Maison Martin Margiela Cut -Out Suede High-Top

So ive been drooling over these shoes for a few weeks now and the other day I saw this womens sandal version on eluxury. How sick is this? This is a nice alternative to the mens version, a pink sandal cut out. These should be hitting retailers now.

Viktor & Rolf Spring/Summer 09

Viktor & Rolf have released an online presentation of their S/s 2009 collection seen above. In the video you can see an assortment of looks as well as hear Viktor & Rolfs thoughts on their work with use of Swarovsky chrystals. You can view their S/S entire runway show below

Hedi Slimane | Photographs from the Yves Saint Laurent Home

Famed photographer, former Dior Homme Creative Director and one time YSL designer Hedi Slimane took a visit to and photographed the home of the late Yves Saint Laurent late last yeah. I saw these photos a few months back, but just recently found out that the home was indeed Laurent's residence. You can view the complete series of photographs here.

















[Hedi Slimane]