For those of us growing up with the amazing football skills of the brazilians, Carlos Alberto is something of a legend in his field.
It seems that there is another legendary Carlos Alberto in his own field that I didn’t know about. I was recently sent some examples of his work, expecting something else – I won’t fill you in on the whole conversation, but needless to say it wasn’t leading up to this.
The pictures above are photographs of a Vespa Scooter, which is made from wood by the brilliant Portuguese carpenter, Carlos Alberto. The really cool thing is that this thing actually works and on his website you can see someone zipping around town in one of the photos.
Classic scooters are cool, that is taken for granted, but the way that this one stands out from all the rest is extraordinary and even cooler than those ‘Mod’ scooters doing the rounds in the 60’s in England. As a carpenter his work is great, the usual doors and cabinets are perfectly made, but check out his motorbikes and other items.
Everybody says good work fella but wonders if it is available in a range of metallic Varnishes like more modern scooters are?
You might have noticed recently, there has been the odd day when it’s got really cold, this winter especially. We found a great way to get away from that creeping cold though… one which doesn’t involved fire and brandy.
These “sleeping bags with arms and legs” are intended as just that, sleeping bags but I can see us wrapped up nice and snug in the evening watching television and doing all the things you normally do. See, unlike most sleeping bags, these give you the ability to use your hands without exposing the top half of your body, something which always annoyed me. They are intended for those hard code campers who need to sleep out in the wilds, but they are more than likely going to be used for raves or by people just wanting to stay snuggly warm in the house. (No, I’m not talking about my wife.)
These are, again a simple solution to a simple problem that no one bother to solve until now. The picture above takes you to a Dutch distributor where you can buy these wonder bags.
Everybody says… Genius and thanks for keeping us warm, and making us look like ‘teletubbies’.
Filed under: innovation
As with all design, the simple and obvious solutions are often over looked for a more “clever” solution. I’ve bought clips, clamps, cut holes in tables and generally tried to be too clever to hide my cables, but I was never this inventive. Meet Flexicord.
It’s a range of cables like, USB, HDMI, Composite and Ethernet which hold their shape, thus meaning you can place them behind the printer and not have them stretch, tangled up around everything on your desk. (Honestly, you should see the number of cables I use). You can stretch them to the position or shape need, or coil them up and they won’t unravel.
Flexicords rock. Everybody says well done for thinking of such a simple thing (even if we say it with a hint of jealousy).
Hello again, it’s been a while – not gonna make any apologies, we’ve been busy which is a great thing. Anyway, first post for a long time, we wanted to show you another example of something in a long line of lighting design posts on our blog.
This is a great piece which is just as beautiful when switched off, as it is when it is actually on. The light, called “Concentric” – for obvious reasons is designed in by Rob Zinn, for the “Blankblank” company and is made from powder coated aluminium and brass. We’ll let Blankblank tell you about the design.
When off, this satin white fixture has a subtle glow of color that washes its planes. But when turned on, the hidden colors illuminate, becoming vivid and mesmerizing. Aluminum, steel and brass construction enable this fixture to achieve scales up to 48” in diameter, making a bold, durable, artistic statement in commercial and residential applications. Fabricated by the makers of a 100 year old lighting line, this fixture is made with quality and care.
Everybody certainly recommends a good look around the Blankblank site for some great interiors inspiration. Take a good look at the work that Rob Zinn has produced for them in various guises, from seating to lighting you can see why this designer has achieved many awards in his career.
Everybody says well done Rob, and we really want a couple of these on the wall in the office to light the gloomy Rotterdam afternoons we seem to be experiencing recently.
Welcome to the new year… it’s been a busy busy time for a couple of months for Everybody, so if you’re still with us, then thanks fro checking back.
Anyway, we’re kicking this year off with this great light concept from the Spanish company called MERRY. Based in Spain their interest is improving lives and injecting a style with value for money. The work shown on the website is a huge and varied range, which encompasses everything from lighting to bottle design and tables to exhibition stands. Each piece is a really strong element in a great overall portfolio.
Ziplamp is a great idea. Putting a floor standing light inside a zipped neoprene suit to allow an adjustable amount of light out. No variable resistors, no over the top tech. Classic. The principle of variable light is something I love, as I hate strong light while I am trying to read or work, so being able to soften the light off in such an unusual manner is, for me, a great idea. Two or three of these in the office is a must.
Everybody says good work Spanish fellas. As ever, click the picture above to go to their site and explore their work.
Filed under: Architecture, Design, car | Tags: Architecture, car, Porsche
It’s been a long time coming and the Stuttgart car makers’ museum to themselves has been slightly delayed again. The Viennese architect-designer, Delugan Meissl, designed this masterpiece to showcase the history of one of Germany’s most iconic brands.
The whole building is intended to look as if it is floating above the ground when you are inside and houses some of the best examples of German sportscar design from the last 100 years of so. Everybody would love to give you more details about the museum, but it is a little hard to decipher the language used on the site. It’s probably best that you just look at the pictures and pop in to the actual museum next time you are in or near Stuttgart. As ever click the picture to see the site and the building works on it.
If you were with us back a few months ago, you might have seen the post we did on the New York City bike rack competition that was held to design the bicycle racks to be placed around the city. Have a look if you want more background information, the link is here if you didn’t see it.
Well, the winner has finally been announced. It’s a design by Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab) based in Copenhagen (in Denmark), they haev designed the very simple, but very elegant solution to the city’s problem. The hoop is a single piece anchored in the concrete and allowing great access to both sides. Class. In the usual manner, you can click the picture to read more about it at the official blog.
Everybody admires this piece of design a great deal, and wonders if it might happen here in Rotterdam, as the “Bent tubing” which we currently attach our bikes too is starting to look very old, very quickly. Might be interesting to see if it could be a competition run here too. Hmmmm. What would ours look like?
Filed under: Art, photographer | Tags: justin ponmany, photography, portrait
Just a quick post this time, nothing much to say other than we wanted to show everyone these amazing photographs from the Indian born photographer, Justin Ponmany. The works shown here are somewhat strange but are quite beautiful and original in their execution.
It’s been a while since we saw portraiture so captivating and Everybody really recommend you take a few moments to check out these stunning photographs, as usual, click the picture above to see the images.
Filed under: Art, Design, car | Tags: aston martin, automotive, car, Design
Not very often does a designer get an amazing brief. We seem to be lucky here at Everybody, we get some great ones, but we are open minded and remember that we have a commercial responsibility.
Now. When you are the head of design at a world renowned sports car company, you grab the chance to produce a piece which is ‘definitive’ and marks the mark as far as the future of the company and the whole sports car genre. That was pretty much the brief that was given to Marek Reichman by Ulrich Betz, CEO of Aston Martin. The idea was to inject all the beauty and emotion that Aston Martin can put into a car. Distil that further and you basically have to produce a piece of hand crafted Art. The Brand Essence poured into a bottle and sold as a car.
Before you rush out and buy one, there is a very limited edition of only 77 of these – which are probably already sold, even at the £1,000,000 pound price tag. If you want to make it even more perfect, you can tailor it to match your needs, tastes and driving style.
It is also worth noting that this is the first completely new, from the ground up Aston Martin since the brand was sold to the Ford group. The great thing for us as Brand designers is that Aston really understand the need to communicate their brand in the best way they can, produce the best car they have ever made and show off their abilities, simple as that. For now, though, Everybody will make do with looking at pictures of the car as it is a true piece of art in the truest sense of the meaning.
Filed under: Art, Design, innovation | Tags: Ciussai, Giorgio Di Tullio, radiator, Stefano Ragaini, warm
As we’ve already mentioned, it’s getting colder and colder now the nights are drawing in a little, and since the heating is needed most days now, we thought we’d show you this new radiator concept from Ad Hoc, designed by Stefano Ragaini and Giorgio Di Tullio. As you see, its design is based on the old traditional garden hose, which most of us have outside the house or in a shed somewhere knocking around.
The real beauty of this idea is that the hose is, as a hose would be, movable, thus allowing you to put a portion of it nearer the couch or wherever you need it to be to get warm, the website even suggests that it could be coiled up in the bed to warm it up before you go to sleep. The list of useful possibilities is as long as the coil itself. Simple. Pure genius.
The designers are a pair of Italians who have produced pieces in the past for Ad Hoc using steels of various descriptions and with the addition of Ciussaì to their portfolio, confirm themselves in Everybody’s eyes as a duo worth keeping track of.
Good work Italian lads, we’re warming to your ideas… See, warming, warming to your ideas, oh, if I’ve got to explain it, it just doesn’t work.
