WASTE LANDSCAPE

I can't lie...as a freelance art director for the music industry, this makes me feel a certain way. HOWEVER, the dazzling creation that was formed by collaborators Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard can't really be denied. They used 65,000 discarded CDs to create this landscape on the floor of an art space (and aptly, a former funeral home) in Paris. They named it Waste Landscape.

If you happen to live or be traveling in Paris, the piece will be up until 9/10/11, and then will tour other locations. 

Check out this video too.

Photos courtesy of Yannick Fradin, Martin Eliard and Marc Sirvin

RUN THIS CITY

EVOL created this miniature streetscape in Hamburg Germany. He calls it Rural City, and it was designed in only 8 days for the MS Dockville Music Festival. He even had his artist friends tag the mini buildings.

Trippy.

See more of his work here.

Photos courtesy of www.inhabitat.com and www.unurth.com

 

THE GOLDSTINES

Untitled by Jim Goldberg, 1981

Gelatin Silver Print

Image courtesy of http://www.pacemacgill.com/

 

LITTLE NEXT DOOR

I took a short trip down to LA this weekend, and picked up some food at Little Next Door, an adorable little French spot in Fairfax. Not only do they have the tastiest almond croissants and coffee cups the size of my head, but the interior is gorgeous yet quaint....luxurious yet comfy. It has a great outdoor patio too.

Electric blue paint coats the walls and ceiling and is paired with lots of gold accents, a wall of wine and French bistro chairs. And did I mention coffee cups the size of my head??

TAKE A LOAD OFF

Yoichi Yamamoto Architects fooled us all.

They created a window display for Issey Miyake's Tokyo store that features a set of blue chairs, cut mid-way, that with a bit of strategically applied blue paint on the floor gives the appearance of whole chairs.

Magic!

See more of their work here.

All images courtesy of Yoichi Yamamoto

MASSIMALS SCHMASHIMALS

"Massimals are 1:1 design objects that serve as prototypes to examine how physical form can engage the public realm. These constructs are mass abstractions of animal forms fabricated in systematic fashion from one material. The suggestive forms and their specific arrangement imply docile behavior similar to animals in a petting zoo augmenting the way visitors approach and engage built form."
— Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin 

Translation: "This is a polar bear made of plastic zip-ties. And it's pretty amazing."

All photos courtesy of http://dots-ky.com/index.php

I  AM NOT A BIKER.

Anyone who knows me will tell you that. I prefer my own two feet over two wheels (or four) any day, and so would any pedestrians that get in my way.

But there's something so fantastic about this wooden bike by Chicago-based Lagomorph Design, that I'd gladly turn in my walking shoes. 

...Hello? There's a bunny in front. Toto: move over. Pedestrians: watch out.

See more here.

All photos courtesy of http://lagomorphdesign.com.