Witty artwork of Craig Damrauer.
New Maths is the cool, witty artwork of American artist Craig Damrauer that manage to filter and compact bulging, complicated thoughts into snappy, insightful punchlines – a neat equation that adds to (or multiplies) the ways we can see the world. The observations covered in New Math covers everything from modern art, Botox, the workings of the legal system, economic failure and the importance of helmets. The humor is genuine, and we can't wait to see more such genuine works!
Read the artist's interview with the InsideOut Blog here
Girls, get ready to see your dreams come true!
The first ever Barbie Store has been designed in Shanghai, as the
world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Barbie dolls and
licensed Barbie products, as well as a range of services and
activities for Barbie fans and their families.
This is a store where ‘Barbie is hero’; expressing Barbie as a global
lifestyle brand by building on the brand’s historical link to fashion.
Barbie Shanghai is the first fully realized expression of this broader
vision. Slade’s design is a sleek, fun, unapologetically feminine
interpretation of Barbie: past, present, and future.
For the new facade, Slade Architecture combined references to product
packaging, decorative arts, fashion and architectural iconography to
create a modern identity for the store, expressing Barbie’s
cutting-edge fashion sense and history.The facade is made of two
layers: molded, translucent polycarbonate interior panels and flat
exterior glass panels printed with a lattice frit pattern. The two
layers reinforce each other visually and interact dynamically through
reflection, shadow and distortion.
The central feature is a three-story spiral staircase enclosed by
eight hundred Barbie dolls. The staircase and the dolls are the core
of the store; everything literally revolves around Barbie.The
staircase links the three retail floors:
The women’s floor (women’s fashion, couture, cosmetics and accessories).
The doll floor (dolls, designer doll gallery, doll accessories, books).
The girls floor (girls fashion, shoes and accessories).
Throughout the retail areas, Slade played with the scale differences
between dolls, girls and women. They reinforced the feeling of youth
and the possibilities of an unapologetically girlish outlook
(regardless of age) by mixing reality and fantasy and keeping play and
fun at the forefront - to create a space where optimism and
possibility reign supreme as expressions of core Barbie attributes.
Via Slade Architects...world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Barbie dolls and
licensed Barbie products, as well as a range of services and
activities for Barbie fans and their families.
This is a store where ‘Barbie is hero’; expressing Barbie as a global
lifestyle brand by building on the brand’s historical link to fashion.
Barbie Shanghai is the first fully realized expression of this broader
vision. Slade’s design is a sleek, fun, unapologetically feminine
interpretation of Barbie: past, present, and future.
For the new facade, Slade Architecture combined references to product
packaging, decorative arts, fashion and architectural iconography to
create a modern identity for the store, expressing Barbie’s
cutting-edge fashion sense and history.The facade is made of two
layers: molded, translucent polycarbonate interior panels and flat
exterior glass panels printed with a lattice frit pattern. The two
layers reinforce each other visually and interact dynamically through
reflection, shadow and distortion.
The central feature is a three-story spiral staircase enclosed by
eight hundred Barbie dolls. The staircase and the dolls are the core
of the store; everything literally revolves around Barbie.The
staircase links the three retail floors:
The women’s floor (women’s fashion, couture, cosmetics and accessories).
The doll floor (dolls, designer doll gallery, doll accessories, books).
The girls floor (girls fashion, shoes and accessories).
Throughout the retail areas, Slade played with the scale differences
between dolls, girls and women. They reinforced the feeling of youth
and the possibilities of an unapologetically girlish outlook
(regardless of age) by mixing reality and fantasy and keeping play and
fun at the forefront - to create a space where optimism and
possibility reign supreme as expressions of core Barbie attributes.
Something so simple and so clear, straight to the point and leaves the viewer smiling; here we have a classic example of the GOOD ADVERT.
Carried out by the agency Shanghai J&J Advertising Co in China, this is an excellent operation marketing placed in a magazine, with the use of a transparent paper between two pages with DHL worker on both sides of it. Therefore, when you turning the paper the worker can deliver the express mail to no matter Chinese or Japanese customers. By doing this, the fast and reliable international express mail service can be embodied.
We love it because it's almost saying so much without showing much of anything at all. Good designs make us ask ourselves: why hadn't I think of it before?!
Agency: Shanghai J&J Advertising Co., Ltd.
Creative Director: Aaron Cheng
Copywriter: Chen Rui
The PUMA Pitcrew work their magic with the Puma Ferrari range.
Via Puma...
Clockwise from top left:
Rick Ivey – 3 x 3 drawer. Here...
Sewperlative - Feather hairclips . Buy here...
Nixon - The spree pendent. Tangs/here
Nixon - Nomadic MIC, Tangs/here
Kiel Mead - Forget me Knot Ring . Buy here..
Alexis Bittar - Small gold corrugated inlay hinge bangle . Buy here
Nooka - NOOKA zot Classic Night. Buy here/ Tangs ( for a limited period of time)
Underwater through Holloway's lens.
One of the youngest ever fully qualified PADI SCUBA Diving Instructor at 18, Zena Holloway is in the forefront of underwater photography. Born in Egypt, now based in UK, she began photographing clients underwater and their families while living in The Cayman Islands. Her highly acclaimed images of babies swimming underwater have featured across a wide range of media campaigns including the front cover of The Radio Times, Paris Match, The National Enquirer and the BBC Human Body series.
Via Zena Holloway...
Next time when you are in Paris, be sure to check it out at Champs-Élysées.In the mean time, visit the architect's dizzying website. Subtle, yet powerful. This concrete panels facade for an extension of the Hôtel Fouquet’s Barrière is based on a cast of an original Haussmann facade design.
Photos courtesy of house42
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