4.13.2011

Nendo. Design. Japan.






Transparent table. Nendo presented 'textured transparencies' at Milan design week 2011 with Galleria jannone. The collection included tables and lights, each constructed from different materials. For the table: they cast clear acrylic in a wooden form- treating the acrylic pieces exactly like the natural material, bevelling their edges like floorboards, matching grain ends and dimensions of the wood to create a unified piece.




Think black lines.



Fade-Out chair.

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4.12.2011

Thaylor. Life + Market. Canada.



The Thaylor Corpo T.


Frederic Law Olmstead.


The Thaylor Century T.


The Thaylor Teamster T.


The Thaylor Zip Duffle Hooded Sweatshirt.


The Thaylor Royal T.



Button T.

Thaylor T's are printed in MTL using water-based ink, giving a softer more comfortable feel and causing less environment impact. They are made from high quality lightweight 100% combed cotton in Canada.


ALENA Ancestor x J. Thaylor x ACE x Solitary Arts. Solid maple boards, with J. Thaylor hand drawn graphics + a wedge block kicktail in mahogany. Wheels and bearing from Solitary Arts. Limited to 20.


Featured on THAYLOR's 'Life' section: Happy Crimes. Original drawings by Sophie Jodoin, text/sound by her collaborator Jhave.

THAYLOR is a web based creative community and marketplace, founded and run by designer, friend, and fellow Montreal-native Jeremy Bresnan. THAYLOR is a platform for creative ideas and people, selling select items by and for the creative community, along with its own brand of timeless goods. Life: The Culture section of the site is constantly updated with new, inspiring artwork, writing, photo essays, video etc. by THAYLOR's contributors.
Market: "A city without a good market is a suburb. We see our market as a direct reflection of what we’re doing in LIFE and as such the products we choose are pretty close to our hearts. There’s a great mix and we add new things on a regular basis. We are very particular about the brands and the people we work with. We appreciate good, creative, independent ideas that are well crafted and designed with a respect for the environment and everybody involved in the process of bringing the product to life."
Thaylor Products: "We craft THAYLOR product based on timeless design, performance, old age thinking and modern know how (...) We try to make our goods as close to home as possible so we can more easily oversee the sampling and production and cut down on our carbon footprint. Less distance + less shipping costs + less travel time = Easier all around, and it keeps things moving in our local economy, which we see as a good thing."
Thaylor is a member of the 1% for the Planet alliance- founded to build and support businesses who were financially committed to creating a healthy planet. It's a growing global movement of nearly 1500 companies that donate 1% of their sales to a network of close to 2500 environmental organizations worldwide.

Shop THAYLOR products and experience more THAYLOR LIFE here: thaylor.com

4.11.2011

Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal. Architect Koen van Velsen. Holland.






The Netherlands not only has an amazing health care system, but also fantastic hospitals like the Groot Klimmendaal located in a forested stretch of Arnhem, eastern Holland. Its brownish/gold anodized-aluminium facade riffs, and floor-to-ceiling glass gives the illusion of a seamless divide between the building and its surroundings. There’s actual science behind turning a health-care facility into a little, needle-wielding Walden, as Dr. Esther Sternberg writes in the fascinating book Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being. She describes how hospital patients (in general) with a view of trees require fewer pain meds than patients with a view of a brick wall - No doubt!
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Alison OK Frost. Artist. California.













watercolor on paper.
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4.10.2011

Paul Smith. Fall 2011.















ADORE this collection.

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Moving Brands. All About Tea. London/Zurich/Tokyo/SF.








Moving Brands was commissioned to re-work the branding of All About Tea, a UK based tea wholesaler. "The mark represents the process of making tea; the blending and the straining (...) it also references a seal or stamp — an iconic industry standard — and is used in this way as a stamp of quality across the various applications. In all print applications these dots are laser-cut, inspired by the factory elements and tools involved in the making and distribution of tea." -Moving Brands.
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