Swedish furniture giant IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet at Port Island. The redecorated train, which features a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains, will carry passengers in style until May 6. from pinktentacle
Here is a collection of digital illustrations of mechs, droids and borgs discovered via the Pixiv image sharing site. Follow the link below each image to view the artist’s website. POLIZEI ROBOTER [Hikaru Kanefusa] COMBAT BALL [Hikaru Kanefusa] Cyborg [Hikaru Kanefusa] e9 [MAUVE] L2C4 [MAUVE] electric girl [Denki] Armor Suit [Denki] UE [VVV] Hyaku Shiki Kai [Saburo] Cyber Ninja [元村人] Major Maint..
‘fallingwater seasons remix’, 2008 the architect's house rare gallery, new york november 15 – december 20, 2008 eamon o’kane is a belfast born artist who is currently exhibiting his debut solo show at new york’s rare gallery. ‘the architect’s house’ feature large scale oil paintings that demonstrate o’kane’s interest in architecture and design. many of the works show masterpieces in the modern a..
Dezeen podcasts: in this latest in our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, illustrator Alan Aldridge gives a talk recounting stories from his career, which spans nearly 50 years. A retrospective exhibition of his work is on show at the museum until 25 January. Involving characters from Princess Margaret to the The Beetles, the stories cover Aldridge’s early experiences of illustration, his..
Here’s another project from Dutch designer Anke Weiss, this time a table made from 150 bonsai trees. The trees take seven years to grow. Weiss then joins them using traditional carpentry techniques and coats the structure with epoxy resin. The flat top of the table exposes the structure of the wood itself, achieved through years of compressed growth. Weiss also created the Packaging Lights we fe..
An exhibition of the British graphic designer Alan Aldridge opened at the Design Museum in London last week. It is the first UK retrospective featuring illustrations and graphic design works by Aldridge, who was one of the key graphic designers of the sixties and seventies and who worked extensively with The Beatles. Above: Beatles illustrated lyrics, A Hard Days Night 1969 The exhibition runs t..
Surface integration, 2008. ink on paper, 12" x 9" National radio quiet zone, 2008. ink on paper, 17" x 14" 2008. ink and aluminum foil on paper, 12" x 9" "Space projections + the process of organization" 2008, ink, graphite, acrylic and medium on paper, 72" x 36" "Support structure" 2008, ink on paper, 9" x 12" "Satellited" 2008, ink on paper, 9" x 12" "The radar building" 2008, ink and graphite..
He gives the impression of wanting to tidy everything up and clear away any unnecessary visual ballast. Meticulously and with surgical precision Richard Galpin breaks down the fine top layer of large-scale architectural photographs into geometrical forms and lines. Some of their elements are removed entirely, leaving the white bottom layer of the photographic paper, while others remain in place ..
march 31 - may 25 , 2007 heliumcowboy artspace, hamburg, germany http://heliumcowboy.com german grafitti- and street-artist boris hoppek is challenging every surface: taking his strong characters not only onto walls, but also on various materials from all kinds of backdrops (furniture, papers, blinds, advertising posters ...) to huge sculptures he builds from used cardboard boxes and sewing his ..
Venice Architecture Biennale: Dutch architects NL present this series of images in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Fly United - go with the flow! Google Forest - the sea levels rise. Less land is available. How can we increase the capacity of our cities? Flower Power - can we move from what the Dutch call “pollution of the horizon” to “heroic” configurations? Is it poss..
