The Lively Hood Series: Adam’s Rib
This project was a bit of a pleasant surprise and one that we will gratefully welcome into our archive with open arms. It's been put together by filmmaking duo James Arthurs and Cam Roden and they've basically set about creating a series which shares the individual stories of craftsmen and women ope
Collection of works from María Aparicio Puentes
Time for a little visual arts now as we visit the work of Chilean creative Maria Aparico Puentes and her mixed media imagery. By combining film photography with textiles Maria curates a playful yet eye pleasing series that emphasises the geometry found in these wonderfully taken black and white stil
Designer Yrjö Kukkapuro for Apartamento Magazine #9
The fantastic blog that is Wo and We put me onto a series taken by photographer Osma Harvilahti for Apartamento Magazine issue number 9. Osma, who currently resides in New York, also has a wide array of other photography on her portfolio website, although it does mainly revolve around commissioned s
Short Film: Portrait of a Surfer
It's curve ball time as we throw this short film from the Swamis Surf company into the format which investigates what makes British and European longboard champion Sam Bleakley tick. Although surfing is a little out of the scope of our staple design content Sam takes his sport to the point of artist
Collection of Works from Sculptor Hirotoshi Ito
The combination of a sublime skill set and a playful imagination is one that has won so many of us previously by the likes of Dali, Warhol and in more recent times Damien Hirst. The art of surrealism reminds us all that the impossible is plausible which is why this playful set of sculptures from Jap
Riola Church and Parish Centre in Italy, Alvar Aalto
You probably already know this but I’m a massive fan of Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, his works never fail to inspire and impress me. Also, every time I research the man I come across new information that I’ve never seen/heard before, the Alvar Aalto architecture file is a particul
Casa de Lavre by Nuno Merino Rocha
I felt it was about time we brought across some architecture that was more recently constructed, yet just as considered as those we've been highlighting from the past. My search landed me in Portugal where architect Nuno Merino Rocha has undertaken this functional, understated build which looks to b
Furniture Imagery from the Finn Juhl 2012 Catalogue
Finn Juhl, a man we’ve discussed many times before, captured my attention yesterday after I had a quick browse of their website. It was a pleasant surprise to see a new catalogue released this year which not only features some classic Finn Juhl furniture but also some nice text to accompany it, a
Balancing Blocks by Part & Parcel
First up I have to thank the creative duo over at Baron Wells, Dominick Volini and Mads Madsen, for putting us on to this fantastic creative film that their friends at Part and Parcel have put together, it’s barely been touched but I have to credit them for the find nevertheless. For those interes
Sculptures by Erik Thommesen
It seems like I've been unleashed into a furniture frenzy lately so when I came across these sculptures by the great artist that is Erik Thommesen I had to fit them into the schedule somewhere. Although I'm not technically an "art" sort of guy I do get drawn in to different forms mixed with a variet
Yasuaki Onishi by Mark & Angela Walley
As many of you may already know I'm quite a big fan of the filming style of Mark and Angela Walley, I'm just glad they're equally adept at sourcing out some really innovative artists like Yasuaki Onishi who features in this film of theirs that I'm sharing today. I've not come across Yasuaki before b
Film on Architect Gene Summers
Unfortunately the greatest creative minds can't live on forever but one of the refreshing things about the digital age is our new found ability to capture an essence of what a person was all about and share this with future generations. American Architect Gene Summers dubbed by many as Mies van der