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Brand Spirit : every day for 100 days, I will paint one branded object white, removing all visual branding, reducing the object to its purest form. I can purchase each object for less than $10, it can be something I own, something another person gives me, or something I find.

About me : I work by day as a strategic agent of change at Carbone Smolan Agency, I study by night at the SVA Master’s in Branding program, and I’m on a perpetual quest for the perfect burger.

Credits & copyright Andrew Miller / Brand Spirit

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Impossible Project Black Label Polaroid SX-70 Description likecool The Impossible Project introduces their new Black Label Polaroid SX-70 camera. The new Black Label kit($419) contains a carefully refurbished SX70 camera, documentation, two packs of PX600 Silver Shade UV+ Black Frame film and a ND filter for use of the camera with type 600 film such as the included film in this kit. All back version, I like  it. Price: $419   |   BUY

Impossible Project Black Label Polaroid SX-70

Description likecool

The Impossible Project introduces their new Black Label Polaroid SX-70 camera. The new Black Label kit($419) contains a carefully refurbished SX70 camera, documentation, two packs of PX600 Silver Shade UV+ Black Frame film and a ND filter for use of the camera with type 600 film such as the included film in this kit. All back version, I like  it.

Price: $419   |   BUY

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Tokyo Zoo Project | mapping animals on the streets of Tokyo

Description spoon&tamago

Tokyo Zoo Project is a website that has managed to transform the city of Tokyo into a zoo. How? By unleashing various cycling routes around the city that trace outlines of animals. There’s a panda that peruses Shibuya, a gorilla that goes to Haneda and even a zebra that zooms through my old neighborhood of Kichijoji.

The different animals were chosen based on requests they received on twitter. A team of cartographers then drew out animal-shaped routes on a map. But in all its topographic greatness, the project also has an interactive component, which of course involves a purchase. With Sony’s NAV-U personal navigation system (about 24,000 yen) you can try out all the routes yourself. You can even create new routes. The navigation system even logs cool stats like distance traveled and calories burned. But with a little creativity we can all try out these routes without making the purchase.

Tokyo Zoo Project is a nominee for a Webby Award this year in the “Best Visual Design-Function” category (which is how I discovered the project). It was created by ad agency Frontage – a joint-venture between Sony and Dentsu.

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TURNTABLE RIDER created by COGOO

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※TURNTABLE RIDERは数量限定でつくられたコンセプト商品で、一般には販売されておりません。


The bicycle sharing service “COGOO” developed the world’s first attached device for bicycles which converts a bicycle into DJ turntable.
You can enjoy this video, which for the first time shows a fusion of “DJ” and “BMX” cultures. Share a bicycle, like music！

※TurntableRider now is NOT mass produced for the consumer market.

For more information of TURNTABLE RIDER
https://cogoo.jp/turntablerider

Making of TURNTABLE RIDER
http://youtu.be/KntZfUQKGX0

COGOO WEBSITE
https://cogoo.jp

COGOO CHANNEL (Youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/user/cogoojp
http://youtu.be/-JRTfLjyAhE

Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CogooBicycle

Twitter
https://twitter.com/CogooBicycle

[CREATIVE STAFF CREDIT]


Creative Director / Copywriter KENTA IKOMA

Art Director / Designer JUNPEI FUJITA

PR Planner KAZUAKI MATSUI

Producer YUMA KIMURA

Director YUSUKE TANAKA

DP YUSUKE OKA

Interactive Designer TOSHIYUKI SUGAI

Offline Editor RYAN MCQIURE

Lighting Designer JUN SAKAI

Production Designer NAOFUMI YONETSUKA

Sound Designer DJ BAKU

Music Producer HIROKI SAKAIDA

BMX Coodinator HIROSHI UEHARA

BMX Rider KOTARO / YUKI / KAORU / MIYUKI

Sound Mixer MASAYUKI OODAIRA

Production Manager KOYA AOYAGI /RYOHEI KAKU/TOMOHIRO OGUCHI

Photographic Producer HISAKO SUDO

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Google Art Project Expansion

The inception of the Google Art Project has created a more accessible approach to museums, street art and art in general. Following up on the project’s debut which counted 17 museums in nine countries and 1,000 images, at latest count there were over 30,000 high-res artworks with Street View of 46 museums. There will be a continual update to allow global art-goers to visit a plethora of galleries online. Some notable inclusions include the White House (Washington, D.C.), Museum of Islamic Art (Qatar), Santiniketan Triptych (National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi), Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, South Carolina), and the SCAD museum of art (Savannah, Georgia).

Of course Google+ and Hangouts will be integrated into the experience to allow friends from all over to partake in the experience together. Personal commentary on each of the pieces is also available giving you the opportunity to voice your opinion to a global contingency of art fans.

Source: Official Google Blog

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Unnamed soundsculpture

Description vimeo

Project by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer

produced by:
onformative.com
chopchop.cc

Documentation:
vimeo.com/38505448

Music: Machinefabriek “Kreukeltape”
machinefabriek.nu/

The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.

The body – constant and indefinite at the same time – “bursts” the space
already with its mere physicality, creating a first distinction between the self
and its environment. Only the body movements create a reference to the
otherwise invisible space, much like the dots bounce on the ground to give it
a physical dimension. Thus, the sound-dance constellation in the video does
not only simulate a purely virtual space. The complex dynamics of the body
movements is also strongly self-referential. With the complex quasi-static,
inconsistent forms the body is “painting”, a new reality space emerges whose
simulated aesthetics goes far beyond numerical codes.

Similar to painting, a single point appears to be still very abstract, but the
more points are connected to each other, the more complex and concrete
the image seems. The more perfect and complex the “alternative worlds” we
project (Vilém Flusser) and the closer together their point elements, the more
tangible they become. A digital body, consisting of 22 000 points, thus seems
so real that it comes to life again.
text: Sandra Moskova

nominated for the for the MuVi Award:
kurzfilmtage.de/en/competitions/muvi-award/selection.html

see video in full quallity:
daniel-franke.com/unnamed_soundsculpture.mov

HQ Stills
flickr.com/photos/37752604@N05/sets/72157629203600952/

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Biodegradable Shoes that Bloom into Flowers by OAT

Description zillamag

OAT is a Dutch company which specializes in making sustainable shoes with seeds embedded in the tongues. Once buried in the ground, the hemp and cotton will take a couple of months to degrade while the plastic will take about six, and a red wildflower will bloom. The project won the second place during last year’s Green Fashion Competition at the Amsterdam Fashion Week. Prices vary between €149-199 ($200-270).

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Google: Project Re:Brief

Google reimagines classic ads for modern day—and shows off its own technology in the process, with Project Re:Brief. The new effort, created out of Johannes Leonardo and Google Creative Lab, revisits old school favorite ads from Coca-Cola, Volvo, Alka-Seltzer and Avis and translates their messages for various digital formats.

For example, Coke’s classic “Hilltop” ad featuring the familiar jingle “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” and which already underwent a modern day makeover in 2005, becomes a display ad through which online viewers could send digital messages of good cheer—to someone in a city of their choice. Volvo’s 1962 “Drive it Like You Hate It” campaign, which posed that driving the car offered up therapeutic advantages “cheaper than psychiatry,” is translated through the story of Volvo Owner Irv Gordon, who put 3 million miles on his 1966 Volvo P1800S, an app-like filmic experience that leverages Google+ and Google Maps.

Further reinterpretations, of Alka-Seltzer’s “I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing,” and Avis’ “We Try Harder” campaign, are forthcoming.

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A 35-Foot-Long Camera That Exposes 6-Foot-Tall Negatives DEscription petapixel For his project Vanishing Cultures, photographer Dennis Manarchy is traveling around the country documenting various cultures with a one-of-a-kind, 35-foot-long camera called “Eye of America”. Styled like an old fashioned large format camera, it’s so large that a person can work comfortably inside it. The negatives measure 6×4.5 feet, and are so large that windows must be used as lightboxes to examine them. The detail in a portrait subjects’ eyeball alone is a thousand times greater than what you get with the average negative. Resulting portraits will be featured on prints 2 stories tall. Here’s an introduction to the camera: VIDEO …and an introduction to the project: VIDEO

A 35-Foot-Long Camera That Exposes 6-Foot-Tall Negatives

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For his project Vanishing Cultures, photographer Dennis Manarchy is traveling around the country documenting various cultures with a one-of-a-kind, 35-foot-long camera called “Eye of America”. Styled like an old fashioned large format camera, it’s so large that a person can work comfortably inside it. The negatives measure 6×4.5 feet, and are so large that windows must be used as lightboxes to examine them. The detail in a portrait subjects’ eyeball alone is a thousand times greater than what you get with the average negative. Resulting portraits will be featured on prints 2 stories tall.

Here’s an introduction to the camera: VIDEO

…and an introduction to the project: VIDEO

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Holden x Tanner Goods x The Impossible Project SX-70 Camera Kit   Description hypebeast Holden Outerwear and The Impossible Project proudly present a photography partnership that will represent the backbone of the Holden Outerwear Fall/Winter ’12 collection. The progressive independent lifestyle outerwear brand expresses its keen support of Impossible’s efforts to resurrect analog instant photography with limited edition Holden X Impossible camera kits and T-shirts. The kits include a Holden-customized and refurbished vintage SX-70 Polaroid camera, Holden x Tanner Goods leather camera case, and custom Holden x Impossible co-produced instant film and filter presented in a custom wooden box. Ten well-known photographers have been chosen to use Impossible film to shoot and capture their vision of Holden’s independent lifestyle ideology through instant photography for the traveling multinational exhibition and T-shirt collection coming. These will be available at Holden Outerwear online, selected boutiques worldwide and Holden x Impossible exhibitions next Fall. Additionally, one winner of a corresponding consumer instant photography competition hosted by Impossible will have their work featured in the exhibition.

Holden x Tanner Goods x The Impossible Project SX-70 Camera Kit

 

Description hypebeast

Holden Outerwear and The Impossible Project proudly present a photography partnership that will represent the backbone of the Holden Outerwear Fall/Winter ’12 collection. The progressive independent lifestyle outerwear brand expresses its keen support of Impossible’s efforts to resurrect analog instant photography with limited edition Holden X Impossible camera kits and T-shirts. The kits include a Holden-customized and refurbished vintage SX-70 Polaroid camera, Holden x Tanner Goods leather camera case, and custom Holden x Impossible co-produced instant film and filter presented in a custom wooden box. Ten well-known photographers have been chosen to use Impossible film to shoot and capture their vision of Holden’s independent lifestyle ideology through instant photography for the traveling multinational exhibition and T-shirt collection coming. These will be available at Holden Outerwear online, selected boutiques worldwide and Holden x Impossible exhibitions next Fall. Additionally, one winner of a corresponding consumer instant photography competition hosted by Impossible will have their work featured in the exhibition.

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Artists Inspired Sandwiches

More about Low-Commitment Projects

One project each and every Monday morning of 2012.  Alternating brittany-tae-brittany-tae. During art school, our studios were connected by an open doorway.  We started as strangers, but for the first (and only) assignment of the two-year program, our instructor paired us together.  So began a back-and-forth of materials, ideas, and foods.

Since school, we’ve both returned to our home states.  Hawaii and Oregon aren’t exactly connected by a teletransporter, so it is hard to keep up the co-generation of ideas.  That’s where Low-Commitment Projects comes in.

Low-Commitment Projects provides us a chance to share concepts and schemes without a huge outlay of time, energy, or money.  These ventures are like the materialization of mental sketches; there’s minimal risk because they’re quick.

tae kitakata and brittany powell
Credits & copyright Low-Commitment Projects

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The Lexus Fashion Workshop: The Challenge - Reusing Car Parts

Description trendland

The Lexus Fashion Workshop tasks designers with reusing car parts – The four fashion designers (recruited by Lexus) who worked on the collection were Moss Lipow, Eddie Borgo, John Patrick and Alejandro Ingelmo, whose eyewear, jewelry, clothing and shoes will be featured in a six-page advert in Vogue, along with a display at Art Basel Miami Beach. These pieces will be auctioned off at the show, with proceeds going to the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund (CFDA).

*Environmental Crown of Virtue (1st image) – A truly head-turning piece designed by Moss Lipow using a transmission starter and exhaust manifold gasket.


*The Valve Collection – Designed by jewelry creator Eddie Borgo using valve lifters, crank bearings and hose clamps.


*Nomadic Sanctuary – A sleek trench coat, shorts and clutch designed by John Patrick, featuring floor mats made from plant-based plastic, sustainable sound-dampening material, wire harness, leather seat covers and cargo covers.


*The Luna Shoe — Created by Alejandro Ingelmo using armrest leather trim and clear plastic tubing.

The four pieces will be used in a six-page advertisement in January’s Vogue, and will be featured individually in videos on the Lexus Youtube page

More information at http://promotions.vogue.com & www.lexusenthusiast.com

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Penique Productions

Description trendland

Penique Productions is a group of artists from different disciplines create these temporary interior installations. The projects consist of the creation of inflatable color balloons that completely occupy spaces, giving them a new identity. The relation between the full and the emptiness works, generating a dialogue with the space that is inhabited. When swelling itself the balloon uses the lines of the building to acquire its form and the color varies according to its context.

Their projects are strongly influenced by the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude as well as Rachel Whiteread, Kimihiko Okada, Doris Salcedo, Hans Hemmert, Michael Landy, Tomas Saraceno and Ernesto Neto.

To see more from Penique Productions go here

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The Dumpster Project

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A lifetime of found treasures meticulously collaged into one 30-yard container

Like a young, curious boy trapped in a grown man’s body, collagist, animator, director and all-around creative renaissance man Mac Premo has collected a lifetime’s worth of somehow-sentimental objects in his Brooklyn Studio. Now, spurred by the move to a smaller studio, he was forced to get rid of many of these innumerable “treasures.” Rather than discard them Premo decided to build one massive collage inside a 30-yard dumpster, and thus The Dumpster Project was born.

Previously residing in Brooklyn’s Dekalb Market, the Dumpster Project recently made the journey down to the Miami Design District for The Pulse Art Fair. Here Premo displayed his walk-in-collage and its 500-or-so inhabitants for all to see and experience.

Once inside it’s immediately apparent that this is no dumpster simply full of junk, but a collage in every essence. And although the concept sounds overwhelming, the execution is anything but. As a skilled craftsman on many levels and certified carpenter Premo has meticulously built every object into the structure, filling each and every nook to form one free-flowing, interweaving three dimensional collage.

Perched atop never-ending shelving and tables—which stand above a salvaged hardwood floor—you’ll find some 500 unique treasures each holding an equally unique story. From Premo’s favorite skateboard he’s owned for 30 years to half a portrait of Chinese Communist leader Chairman Mao and half-a-Jesus, to a ticket stub from a baseball game that never happened.

To tell their tale Premo photographed and cataloged each talisman prior to assembling of the Dumpster. All of which can be seen alongside a cheeky blurb on his explanatory blog . Updated with one object each day to keep readers on their toes for the next year and a half, the blog makes a perfect between-work-assignments site to check.

To learn more about Premo and his art keep an eye on The Dumpster Project, now touring with future sites and dates soon-to-be announced.

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Urban Jewellery

Description ilovebelgium

How do you reinvent something? You take it out of its context and you blow it up! That’s what designer Liesbeth Bussche did with her urban jewellery project. Small interventions to the street scape transformed street dividers and concrete balls into a charm to a chain or earring backs to a concrete ball. 

Liesbet whipped up a collection of super sized beauties for an entirely different sort of clientèle: the streets of Amsterdam. Resulting in jewellery that easily make any passer-by smile upon finding a serendipitous change in the uniform vocabulary of the urban landscape.

Concrete balls became black-pearl earrings, warning tape is made of woven red and white beads and a construction site is transformed into an oversized pearl chain with a spring ring necklace clasp. And although these elements are blown up, a meticulous attention to detail is still present!

But Liesbet, we have one remark… As a Belgian designer we want to urge you to make propositions to the local Belgian city councils as we want your work spread over our little country. We love it!

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