Ahhh, so now we know why maths was so important in school! It gave birth to one of the most ingenious and creative fashion websites around - Fashematics by Jonathan Zawada. Ever wondered where the inspiration for those wacky outfits that walk down the runway came from ? Here’s a tongue-in-cheek look at how those designers might’ve possibly come up with these strange couture concoctions.
Remember the good old days when we used to make out familiar shapes of clouds? A photography group has taken it a step further by documenting the wonderful works of Mother Nature with a quirky twist.
The SKYplay group on Flickr features an entire album of beautiful yet whimsical compositions of real objects juxtaposed against cloud formations in the sky. With the sky as the canvas and the cloud formations as the starting point, let your imagination and creativity run wild - the sky’s the limit.
New Yorker Luz Azul, who goes by the moniker Marco has decided to bring art to the sidewalk, amongst the hot dog and newspaper stands, making his creations easily accessible to the public. Driving a striking yellow truck covered in his zany pop art illustrations, the idea behind purchasing the former food truck was to bring the art to the customers, instead of waiting for them to come to him.
Depending on the size, the cost of the original, wacky pieces of art ranges from $20 to $500, complete with hand-painted wooden frames. Followers of Marco on Twitter are updated regularly with the Mobile Gallery’s current location, reaching out to New Yorkers everywhere with his ubiquitous pop artworks.
(Photos courtesy of CoolHunting.com)
Luxury car brand Porsche has just received the ultimate compliment of having teNues publishing group pay homage to them in a new book. Chocked full of glossy, colour photos devoted to the style, design and performance, The Porsche Book’s facade consists of a bold foil cover in luminous pink. With over three hundred pages, separated into 24 chapters detailing every angle of every model ever made, this latest coffee table book is for every Porsche aficionado.
Check out smaller versions of the larger-than-life pictures (the book is measured 11.5″ x 14.5″)
Move over fro-yo, a new icy craze has hit. Europe has opened the first liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour, Chin Chin Laboratories, serving up delectable, brain-freezing icy goodness, made by adding liquid nitrogen to custard mixtures. This ice-cream lab, complete with beakers, flasks and servers in white lab coats and safety goggles, creates their creamy creations with a 180-litre tank of nitrogen, and offers a wide yummy range of toppings for its three standard flavours. Ice-cream lovers can choose between Madagascan Vanilla Bean with fresh mint, Valrhona Chocolate and Lemon Curd whipped up fresh on the spot.
Check out the pictures of this novel ice cream parlour.
You walk into a celebratory dinner, be it a wedding or an anniversary. You go through the motions of sitting down, enjoying the meal and making small talk with your dinner table companions. After dinner, you down a couple more drinks and continue making small talk about politically correct topics with your new acquaintances. Jennifer Rubell, artist/caterer/conceptualist, takes everything you know about dinner parties and deconstructs the ritual; merging food and performance art for astonishing effect.
Rubell’s concept for celebrating the union of auctioneer Simon de Pury and Michaela Neumeister in the Saatchi Gallery was referencing art in food. Guests were confronted with an interactive experience instead of the usual wedding banquet, with food installations reminiscent of Tracey Emin’s ‘My Bed’ and the glass casing of Damien Hirst’s shark in formaldehyde - both artworks owned by Charles Saatchi. Sausages were hung from the ceiling, and guests were invited to cut them down as part of the series of food installations throughout the gallery space. The result, although disconcerting for guests at first, was an ingenious fusion of art and food, making the deconstructed dinner party worth remembering.
Dinner beds - much like Tracey Emin’s ‘My Bed’
Guests were invited to break champagne flutes - reference made to Damien Hirst’s shark in formaldehyde.
Hanging sausages
One of the highlight exhibits at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles is the ‘Strange Kozmic Experience‘; devoted to legendary artists who defined a generation and epitomized the counterculture movement of the 60s. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and The Doors were the front runners of everything that 60s rock stood for - power and freedom, experimentation and creativity. 40 years later, the impact of their unsurpassed skills and revolutionary music still resonates in pop culture and rock circles of today - and ‘Strange Kozmic Experience’ aims to find out why.
Boasting an impressive collection of the most coveted 60s rock memorabilia, the exhibition features Joplin’s hand painted (by friend Dave Richards) 1965 Porsche, Jim Morrison’s poetry books, iconic wardrobe pieces, handwritten lyrics and letters and much more. Museum Executive Director and music historian Robert Santelli sums it up, “Provocative, counter-cultural, and experimental, these artists stirred senses and celebrated personal freedom like never before, so we’re pleased to offer fans the rare opportunity to engage with them again in such a personal way.”
Here are some pictures of Janis Joplin’s custom-painted 1965 Porsche 356c (Pictures courtesy of NOTCOT.com)
When a colleague goes on vacation, you’d think most people would be pretty upset about having to take on the extra workload. Not these office mates. As a welcome-back-from-vacation-present, they had his entire office transformed into a cardboard wonderland. That’s right, from the office swivel chair to computers, bookshelf and even Poptarts were replaced by cardboard replicas. Amazingly creative! How we all wish we had colleagues with too much time on their hands!
Before cardboard transformation.
After - Check out the bin!
Yes, we all know The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, yummy mummy Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay - but frankly, there are way too many cooking shows these days that we’re getting a bit bored. And honestly, it’s getting a bit difficult to actually learn any new recipes when we’re too distracted by Nigella and her sound effects after every bite. So here’s an animated cooking show, The Geometry of Pasta, that presents it’s recipes in fun graphics and a range of typography that makes learning how to cook easy as pie.
Here’s the recipe for Farfalle pasta with cream and prosciutto.
After the hoof shoe phenomenon and Alexander McQueen’s 10 inch death defying armadillos (made famous by Lady Gaga) came - caused a couple of catwalk models to quit - and then left, now a new breed of wacky designer shoes have emerged.
Dsquared2’s new skeletal stilettos look perfectly normal from the front; ranging from strappy, simple leather designs or lace-ups, the simplicity makes room for the organic formed skeletal heel. Shaped like spinal cords, the bone-white structured heels now give models the confidence to ‘break-a-leg’ during a runway show.
