Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Waikki Edition Hotel is a new Marriott International Urban Resort developed by Ian Schrager in collaboration with architects George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg. Its luxury designs exudes high style and true innovation.  There’s not much that you could dream up in the realm of dining, relaxing Read more

Seattle sculptor Scott Fife has been exhibiting his larger than life cardboard sculptures around the globe since 1976. Most of his pieces feature well-known iconic figures (whether man or dinosaur!) crafted completely out of cardboard and adhesives. Read more

Born and raised in Toulouse France, Fafi is hands down the coolest chick in the graffiti game.  I was introduced to her work by a good friend back in 2006 and fell in love with her girly, vibrant, super cool characters, the Fafinettes. You might have seen some of her work featured in M.A.C., Coca- Read more

Below is Nendo‘s  2008 Cabbage Chair design. Fabricated from a roll of pleated paper, its form is slowly revealed as the layers are peeled away. I’m not sure what’s cooler, the chair or the technique used for its construction. Read more

Check out the vibrant array of colors boasted in the new Newton collection by Nixon design. I want one in every color!  Read more

Below is featured a cleverly constructed product design by John Nouanesing. Entitled ‘Paint or Die But Love Me,’ this table gives the illusion of a floating form overflowing with fresh paint. Read more

The ‘Book Autopsies’ collection by innovative artist Brian Dettmer is simply put, beautiful. His cutting designs are filled with such intricate detailing that one can only imagine the time they take to complete.  I have some textbooks I wouldn’t mind donating to the cause. Read more

Winner of the TED 2011 Prize street artist, Josh Rubin believes that art can be used to change the world. With the city streets as his canvas, JR uses black and white photographic portraits to relay the untold stories of various people around the world. By pasting these pictures in the city streets, JR has turned hillsides into dramatic and emotionally moving pieces of art.

In 2006 he launched “Portrait of a Generation,” a gallery in which large-formatted portraits of suburban “thugs” were posted on walls of  upper class communities in Paris. Read more