this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
some incredible work by the folks over at chips, friends to the south all the way in brooklyn (shudder). knocked it out of the park with this website. a quick tour through it, made available by the agency, can be viewed here, above.
digital floorplan
a bookcase for ‘japan’
detail view of that bookcase
every single book is listed, has its own data sheet, and is linked on WorldCat to find at your nearest library.
the donald judd foundation put this together, judd’s library is a space rebuilt all over in the desert and now available to us all online. i cannot overemphasize how priceless this work they’ve done is. truly a place to get lost.
it takes wits, guts, arrogance, lack of management and a good dose of stupidity to pull this off. but don’t worry, we have the talent, and the means. few things come to mind here, i recall when hedi slimane took out the yves from saint laurent. ego? perhaps? after all balenciaga did not have its founders first name in the brand, so why should saint laurent? not like fashion has to follow any precedents now… but to change that beautiful and iconic logo to such a lame, ubiquitous, poorly spaced, infantile typography was surely hard to digest. not that the rest of the fashion crowd just followed hedi right? fashion never repeats, “we don’t look back darling, we don’t follow… we lead the world into the future”. well here they are, following hedi right off the edge of the cliff into the grand stupid canyon. by cl
love the new moncler designs by london-based menswear designer craig green
a nod to the frenchies… the michelin man would be proud of mister green
samurais looked cool in japan – people who try to look-like samurais in aspen, a whole ‘norther story!
skepta drinking his cool-aid : no… you don’t look cool dude, you look ridiculous
again not that these are intended to be worn, although no doubt kanye and his fans will, there’s also those who wear pineapples on their heads, or anything that is obnoxious, attention is on the decline, but this exercise in shape and proportion is simply a breath of fresh air for us. they make us love moncler for their bravery… and that alone is worth every penny they spent…
drooooool…
asymmetric anyone?
love these silhouettes – Hattori Hanzō
invincible in the tube
sculptural
and there’s always a variation of the label to insure your money is well spent…
maison martin margiela label
the label is very margiela-knock but that’s ok, you can copy legends. we did it too. well done moncler for the statement, love the trickle down variation also on ssense.com and congrats to you on having a silly market that will wear anything you dish out as long as its reassuringly expensive – its called desperation by uh
ikea/balenciaga homage. its a gas… but two thumbs up to those who “bite the hand that feeds them”. its pretty punk of demna gvasalia especially for a georgian who studied in antwerp! this is a TOTAL fuck you to all rich people. and we love it for that idea, but no clue if that is indeed even close to what demna had in mind? more like something from tobias wong R.I.P!!! by xy
the new supersonic jet to replace the concord for the same price as today’s business class.
meet boom. boom is a prototype for a new supersonic passenger airplane that will be able to fly new york to london in just 3.5 hours, slightly quicker than concorde used to. but here’s the best part, boom states that it is using existing technologies to keep costs low, and the business model is based on flights being about the same price as a current business class is today, that is approx $2500 each way. apparently boom is already in development and test flights are planned for late 2017. fasten your seat belts, were coming to london for dinner. read more about boom supersonic jets here. by ac
a theoretical look at designing inefficient packaging. a project i found online by erik askin that deals with designing “bad” packaging to make smoking more annoying.
what if to discourage smoking, cigarette cartons were designed to be less convenient? in 1940 raymond leowy re-designed the packaging and logo for lucky strike cigarettes revitalizing the brand and bringing great success to the company. the standard flip-top cigarette box is an excellent design. in terms of presentation, accessibility, and branding, a pack of cigarettes is fantastic. currently, cigarette companies are required to put warnings on their packages about the dangers of smoking. what if we took it a step further?
first, what makes the cigarette carton such a good idea? 1) convenience. cartons allow smokers to easily access and store cigarettes, and the design is easy to manufacture. 2) branding. the logo orientation and point of purchase display provides excellent brand advertising and turns the area behind the register into a huge billboard. 3) portability. cartons fill well into our daily lives by accommodating items such as wallets and cell phones, and fit easily into our pockets.
within reason, how impractical can we make cigarette cartons?
by testing out different orientations, sizes, and flip tops, the least-ergonomic and least efficient design within reason was discovered…
“the diamond carton”
by addressing issues such as accessibility, portability, branding, and manufacturing, the diamond carton makes life subtly harder for smokers.
the box’s physical orientation makes it hard to display the logo and brand.
the orientation and taper of the carton, makes access and sharing difficult (some might say that is a positive thing).
the multi-faceted sides fit poorly in the pocket.
the point of purchase, the carton is oriented in such a way that brand advertising is minimized.
the manufacturing pattern for the diamond carton is more complicated and requires more material.
the diamond carton is an example of packaging which is meant to make your life harder. while this concept would be tough to implement, it is an interesting look at how by ‘breaking the rules’ of design, we could discourage the use of a harmful product… make smoking inconvenient for smokers. by lb
very excited to attend the “the most incredible thing” at the new york city ballet this saturday that features scenography and costumes by the artist marcel dzama. if you dont know the artist make sure to look up his work and check out the short feature above. by kt
love this amorphous chair called “species II” by fredrikson stallard. the chair is made out of polyurethane foam and fiber glass and was presented at the london design festival 2015, find out more at david gill gallery.by kt
a great promotional film from the 60’s by walter landor and associates showing the design process from start to finish. unfortunately or luckily (..?) the process has slightly changed today due to 3d- software and 3d- printers. by kt