Google celebrated the invention of everyone’s favourite method of automatic identification and data collection today, the Bar Code. The first patent for a bar code type product (US Patent #2,612,994) was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952. Random fact: The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigley’s Gum.
If you dig graff or light writing, you’ll love desinger Aïssa Logerot’s latest project. Logerot has manufactured a fake aerosol can, called the Halo, which simply replaces the traditional nozzle with a tiny LED. The Halo preserves the techniques and gestures of graffiti and transfers them to light writing. It is possible to change the color and the brightness of the LED to change the graffiti’s styles. If the light doesn’t have enough battery, users simply have to shake it to have energy again.
Turn off the lights and get busy!
[via Cool Hunting]
RE-SURFACE is a boutique factory and design studio based in Brooklyn that dedicates itself to producing interior lighting with a sense or urban art and culture in mind. Their D-Light Pillar Candles are contained in slender cylindrical glasses with printed urban graphics inspired by graffiti. Perfect to give your apartment that gritty urban vibe!
[via Freshness Mag]
The work of designer Bob Turek is focused on transforming the way we view the objects we use to make music. He remixed a mannequin with a stereo and came up with this. I fucking love it!
The eleven graduating students from the Canberra Institute of Technology’s Bachelor of Design (Fashion) will showcase their debut collections at ‘Notions’ on 7 December. The graduating parade is a culmination of three years of creative and dedicated work by the designers: Andie Meredith, Jacquelyn Hewat, Kelly Battur, Karen Clarke, Francesca Altenberg, Gemma Jameson, Tegan Kennedy, Simone Viljoen, Kiri Davis, Lyndall Beattie and Sara Wurcker. If you’re local or visiting the area, be sure to check out the latest fashion designs that Canberra has to offer.
When: Sunday 7 December, 7:30pm for an 8pm start
Where: National Museum of Australia
A limited number of tickets are still available online at www.outincanberra.com.au
Last week, Australian fashion/streetwear label Ksubi launched Lest We Regret, the first in a series of concept pop-up stores in Melbourne. The pop-up store is located at Don’t Come (the Schwipe gallery in Melbourne city) and has taken over half of the gallery space for 12 weeks. The store will stock the latest from the Ksubi range, along with one-off and exclusive pieces. The concept stores are anticipated to launch nationally, with Brisbane and Sydney soon to follow – and there are whispers the project will go global. Each new location will feature an original interior concept designed by the Ksubi collective to reject accepted retail practices and to make a statement on the impermanence of retail. Lest We Regret features 120 glass jars, suspended from the ceiling with wire, containing shredded Quarterly Economic Activity Survey’s from the Australian Bureau of Statistics – a not so subtle nod to the woeful economic climate…and kind of ironic given the price tag on Ksubi threads.
[via Highsnobriety]
As part of a project at the Maryland Institute College of Art, designer Micah Spear created the Money Board.
All up, Micah used $23 and a skateboard. So money! I think it would be cool to take the project global and create an international range of decks in various currencies, like the Belarusian ruble or Guatemalan quetzal…
It would be remiss of me not to also mention in this post that Micah is quite the photographer. This shot I had to share:
Scope out Micah’s website here.
[via NOTCOT]
My Delirium, the new single from Ladyhawke (aka Pip Brown) isn’t officially released until 8 December. But the debut video by Frater – that’s animation duo Benji Davies and Jim Field over at Partizan Lab - is out now. Again, it features the wonderful work (watercolour and animation) of Sydney-based illustrator/painter Sarah Larnach.
See more of Sarah’s work here.
Do you have a little black book that you use to catalogue your sexual exploits? Well, throw it away and buy this pillow case instead! In 1995, British artist Tracey Emin exhibited “Everyone I’ve Ever Slept With 1963-1995″, a tent that had the names of everyone Emin had slept with appliquéd onto its interior surface. Fastforward to 2008 and Emin has designed the “Everyone I’ve Slept With Pillowcase”. This screenprinted and embroidered pillowcase is lined and ruled to keep your handwriting neat – hell, there’s even enough room to incorporate a rating system! All you’ll need is a Sharpie. The pillowcase is available for purchase online at the Institute of Contemporary Art here. Word of advice: if you’re a Lohiltney type, you may need to buy in bulk…
Canberra-based designer Georgina Edwards is in the middle of compiling her final year graphic design portfolio at the University of Canberra. Between classes and her day job, she somehow managed to find enough time to do some stop-motion graff for local retailers iTrip iSkip and Unit Concepts. The result is the video above. It took eight days to complete and just over a week in post-prod to put the footage together. A shout out has to go to sisters Ana and Diana at iTrip iSkip. Great to see the girls once again showing their support for the local Canberra design scene.
I’m always stoked to paste up some news from my hometown of Canberra. Local t-shirt label, Luuk, was launched in April of this year by my mate Luke Chiswell. Last Friday (3 October) Luke dropped his second collection of tees and celebrated with a party at local retailer iTrip iSkip. The new collection includes designs which have all been lovingly hand screen printed.
Watch the vid from the launch:
The longer fit tees are custom made from an original pattern and come in the unique RGB colour size system: Red (small), Green (medium) and Blue (large). Scope the Luuk website for details.
This video by Carlos Lascano is mesmerising. The Spanish-based animator and graphic artist has created a flawless piece. The textures, the sound and the mood are just, er, well, lovely!
[via Shape + Colour]
