For its spring-summer 2015 advertisements, Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have chosen Michal Pudelka of Slovakia. This is the photographer’s first international campaign and features an ethereal take on the new collection. via fashiongonerogue.com
Represented by the same studio of Lara Kiosses, vegetal artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc has collaborated with photographer Isabelle Chapuis for two poetical series : “Etamine” and “Dandelion”. The first series of portraits focuses on a man dressed up and masked by carnations’, anemones’, iris’ and chrysanthemum’s petals. The second one pays tribute to dandelions through women’s portraits, full of finesse. via fubiz.net
Designed by japanese practice JP Architects, this tokyo-based gift shop selling european sundries is defined by its white gridded pattern that delineates the store’s shelving units, furniture and door frames. The base color of ‘le mistral’ is navy blue, the signature tone of the company that also provides a stark and refined backdrop. At the center of the volume, products can be placed on a table that features markings designed to accommodate each size of display tray. The nature of the plan means that items can be presented in a variety of formats, with the possibility to rearrange the objects daily. via designboom.com
Uiliuili bench, designed by the architect Piotr Zuraw, is a piece of city furniture of an intriguing aesthetic form. Its curious shape encourages unconventional behaviors – on the uiliuili bench users can sit, lie down, stretch, curl up, sit a bit higher, climb, jump… Possibilities are endless, and new ones will surely be discovered by the users according to their own preferences and creativity. via contemporist.com
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The Sound of COS. COS, a brand under H&M, wants you to not only see their designs but hear them as well. Dutch duo Lernert & Sander arrive on the scene with oven mitts, umbrellas, and more
Leo, a Hi-Tech ‘pet’ robot, wanders alone in Paris following the mysterious disappearance of nearly all living species. He spends his days trying to entertain himself but to no avail. Then one day he meets a new living being…
Alexis Decelle, Cyril Declercq, Vincent Defour and Pierre Jury (all students at the animation school Isart Digital), have directed the short animated movie “L3.0″. The movie tells the story of a “pet” robot named Leo who wanders alone in a post-apocalyptic and boring Paris until the day he meets a new human being.
Effets Spéciaux 3D : Alexis Decelle, Cyril Declercq, Vincent Defour, Pierre Jury
Music & Sound Design : Victor Battaglia, Nicolas De Ferran, Rémi Haentjens, Maxime Ferrieu
The foursome group OK Go are accustomed to put their music in pictures with videos out of the ordinary and always Including creative and technical innovations. The last release is no exception to the rule. Directed by Morihiro Harano with the help of drones, it shows dancers and theirs umbrellas looking like pixels. This beautiful wink to Busby Berkeley
Creative Director: Morihiro Harano
Art Director: Jun Nishida
Choreographer: furitsukekagyou air:man
Cameraman: Makoto Okuguchi
Lighting: Akiyoshi Irio
GRIP: Takashi Taniguchi
DIT: Taito Oyama
Multi-Copter Pilot: Kenji Yasuda
Stylist: Kazuki Yunoki
Hair Make: Asuka Fujio
Sound Operator: Isao Yoshida
Location Coordinator: Kyohei Kitamura
Online Editor: Shunsuke Kakuuchi, Takashi Tanaka
Colorist: Shigeyuki Toriumi
Translator: Aiko Ishikawa, Ryuzo Tsutsui, Sumire Matsumura
In a new prank film for Toyota AYGO, Saatchi & Saatchi Dusseldorf shows the car’s playful side by launching ‘Aygo Crazy’ to appeal to young people who meet the littleimperfections of life with humour. The main character of the prank is an extensively remodelled AYGO-Low-Rider, which cruises through the streets of Berlin and draws attention to itself by humorously marking it’s territory. Client: Toyota Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Dusseldorf Country: Germany
In a new prank film for Toyota AYGO, Saatchi & Saatchi Dusseldorf shows the car’s playful side by launching ‘Aygo Crazy’ to appeal to young people who meet the littleimperfections of life with humour. The main character of the prank is an extensively remodelled AYGO-Low-Rider, which cruises through the streets of Berlin and draws attention to itself by humorously marking it’s territory.
Tricky surrealism of Paweł Fabjański photography is an inside joke for a neat show biz. Fabjański uncovers digital know-how, reveals what should be hidden and emphases the puzzling ERROR. Like an illusionist he creates a world of his own without rules of gravity and in contrary to standard expectations. ERROR breaks the scheme and creates the true magic of digital photography.
Parametric design is a way of generating ideas using mathematical algorithms based on a set of rules and parameters. This can reduce the amount of work for repetitive, mundane tasks that must be performed on a large scale or in massive quantities. For this reason, the process has been applied to art installations, pedestrian bridges, and skyscrapers. Following suit, Format Elf Architekten has used the method to generate a pavilion for ‘Campus Netzwerk’, an interdisciplinary office space for formstelle, kantine and netzwerk in toging, germany. The collective hopes to provide evidence of a successful structure transformation from heavy industry towards the use by architects, engineers, and designers. via designboom.com
This angular steel chair by Georgian designer Sandro Lominashvili has a seat with four corners, but only three are attached to the frame.
Chair 3/4 has square-sectioned steel tubes that have been welded together to leave one corner disjointed from the backrest. The seat floats above an angled leg that gives the appearance it has been wrenched away from the frame. via dezeen.com
After twenty years of its “Art of Fashion” campaigns, fashion retailer Neman Marcus has released imagery for the fall-winter 2014 season. London-based photographer Nadav Kander took over the reigns this season for a series of surreal images putting models in boxes and trippy situations all while wearing looks from designer labels like Tom Ford, Oscar de La Renta and Valentino. ModelsSuvi Koponen, Heather Marks, Tian Yi, Lais Ribiero, Soo Joo Park, Mirte Maas, Bruna Tenório, Alana Zimmer, Vlada Roslyakova and Irina Kravchenko take center stage for the images. via fashiongonerogue.com
Canadian director Edlyn Capulong directed an animation film entitled “Lucy & The Limbs” in which we follow a little girl living in the pines who does an unexpected encounter while she was feeling boring. This film was produced by Sheridan College for a fourth year’s work.
The latest music video Metronomy for their song “Month of Sundays” from their new album “Love Letters”. Produced by GOOD EGG and directed by Callum Cooper, the clip shows a travelling camera making us giddy and crossing concrete buildings and green spaces, from the air.
Producer – Joshua Smith
Line Producer – Rupert Savage
Camera Assistants – Chris Vickers and Charles Vallance
Grade – Lewis Crossfield
Grade Producer- Arianna Maniscalco at ETC electrictheatre.tv
Sculptural Fabrication: TOR Fabrication, London
Thanks to – Matt Moult and Jack Hunter
Executive Producers – Juila Reed and John Hassay
Production Company – GOOD EGG goodegghq.com
To promote the new BISSELL Symphony, the first All-In-One Vacuum and Steam Mop, Ravi Delchand, BISSELL’s senior brand manager, set out to create the ultimate product demonstrationvideo and stand behind their claim to kill 99.9% of germs and bacteria.
Client: BISSELL
Agency: KBS+, Toronto
Production: KBS+ Toronto
Country: Canada
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