Filed under: Design, innovation | Tags: 3d printing, Desktop Factory, prototyping
With the advert of technology comes the reality of ideas. Sounds like a bit of a high brow quote for me to say, but it is something which is true. I make it in reference to one of the more desirable things I have recently seen on the internet. In fact it is hands down the most desirable thing I’ve seen in years.
The advent I am talking about is something we have been keeping on the radar for a while now, it’s the developments in Desktop Prototyping. The value and possibilities of it are, pretty much endless. The system is, to all intents and purposes, a desktop printer, which is capable of generating your concepts with the added depth of a third dimension. Nice.
There is already a large internet based community who are creating objects which you can download and use, like cutlery and cups etc. The process has been around for years, but is now within the reach of the average designer to bring in house, as this machine is available for only $4995 – which, as they rightly point out, is the same as a good laser printer would cost you 20 years ago. How long will it be before every design studio in the world has one of these next to the colour printer?
Everybody wants one of these. And if the wife is reading… yes, I now know what I want for Christmas. Thanks.
Filed under: Design, Furniture, innovation | Tags: Brodie Neill, Chairs, Design, Furniture
We just wanted to bring this chair by Australian Designer Brodie Neill to the attention of everyone out there. It’s a simple continuous shape which is representative of the ever popular @ symbol on our keyboards. It’s produced in the ultra-light and ultra-cool Carbon fibre, with a chrome finish and looks brilliant.
This versatile designer has many great seating options which are produced in ay varied materials including a carpet and aluminium combination which sounds just as interesting as it looks. His forms are more often than not very organic in nature and if placed in an industrial setting would provide a great foil to the bare brick walls, looking even more stunning.
A great tip is to keep an eye out for his Chase Longe made from laminating many different materials, from fibre board to PVC and then CNC machining the shape out of the resulting block of colours. Stunning.
If you want to check out his work you can click the image above to go to his website for more images of his works and information about the designer.
Everybody likes shiny.
Since we have been ignoring the more painterly aspects of the arts recently, we thought we would introduce you to a friend we made recently who is painter, based in Austin, TX, in the United States of America. She is a like minded individual with a good ability to capture the moment and its movement. Painting quickly and with confident strokes her work captures the feeling in the local coffee shops she frequents in and around the city of Austin.
Everybody likes her style which is has a quite European feeling, impressionistic in nature and feels like it is painted with vigour. We recommend you have a look at her work over at her blog, which you can link to by clicking the picture above.
Thanks Lavanna, it’s good to see painting be brought back out of the studio again and into the public eye, keep up the good work.
Of recent it’s started to get quite cold in northern Europe which is not surprising as winter is coming… In fact, as I look out of the window here at Everybody Towers the huge clouds headed our way up the river seem to be Winter itself. Good job I brought my coat this morning.
Anyway, one place that is still hot is Scandinavia, which – for years, has been a great source of inspiring design in many forms to a great number of designers around the world. So it’s only fair to show you the work of one designer from the northern reaches of the continent for whom we have a great deal of respect, Matti Klenell, A Swedish native, who creates many wonderous items in glass and other materials.
In the years since he started his own studio at the turn of the century, he has won many awards and worked for some large clients and furniture makes, Including the Dutch company Moooi. One of our favourite pieces by him is these beautiful glass sculptures which are created in blown and solid glass. They are on show as part of the permanent collection at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. The picture above shows a perfect example of how his feeling for form and shape shows through his work.
If you click on the image it will take you to his website, where you can see many other items designed by this talented Swede.
Everybody likes glass, and everybody likes nice things. Everybody likes Matti’s work.
Filed under: Art, Landscape, photographer | Tags: Iceland, Landscape, Tim Gasperak
Every now and then we have a look around the worlds photographers’ work to see if there is anything new or inspiring kicking around their websites. Every now and then out of those now and thens, one really sticks out as a great and wonderful photographer. With a broad body of work which encompasses everything from people to landscapes, this time Tim Gasperak, based in San Francisco, is that stand out photographer and Everybody wanted to show you his work.
The Image shown above is one of 15 images on his website from a trip to Iceland, which is a great looking place to start with, but the manner in which Tim has captured this stunning place is quite incredible. Having looked at the landscape for years as a source of inspiration, these photos leave me with a sense of scale which is so oft lacking in many landscape shots I see.
Everybody just wanted to say well done Tim. You can see more of his work by clicking the picture above to go to his site. The four selections on show are well worth a good look around.
OK, the teapot is a little bit defunct in general terms these days due to the tea bag and our seemingly endless need to speed things up. Now I’m admittedly a bit of a tea addict (surprisingly for an Englishman, I know) and guzzling down so much of it each day means a tea pot for me it not that much use, I’ve too much to do rather than “mashing”.
But. I love this tea pot for it’s form and its simplicity and it would make me use it each time, just to see the brew forming in the water you added. The way the pot functions is also beautiful, hinged in the middle of the handle and folded back together when the water and tea are in, secured by a metal rod along the bottom of the pot.
It’s available now for between $200 and $250 depending on what you want, brushed or polished steel. If you are interested in packaging, by the way, it also comes quite beautifully packaged. Buy one online by clicking the picture above. We’re getting one, but let us know when you’re coming round for tea, cos we’ll need to buy some good stuff to use in it.
Everybody likes to track what they were doing and when things happened. It’s part of life, memories and the such like.
British designer Mark Owens has come up with this clock that prints out the time and a little blank area which allows you to write your thoughts for that particular time. Simply press the button and out prints the paper receipt, write your thoughts on it and file it, or throw it away.
Everybody wants one of these, but hooked up to the internet, and using some kind of interface linked to Twitter, we can see what people are saying at what time… mmmmm.
More than a little bit reminiscent of the posters, printed in an iridescent ink, which lit up a dark and dingey walkway under a bridge in London last year, this little piece takes the concept a stage further.
We all need a little piece of enlightenment, and now you can carry it around in your pocket. The ink is charged up by holding it in a light source for a period of time, then kept in a place where it is easily accessible, and when it is needed (trying to find the keyhole on the car door at night for example). The designers, Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee, have used a thin metal base which can also be folded to allow it to stand on a table like a real light bulb.
Everybody likes this, despite the pitfalls (forgetting to “charge” it up when it is sunny would be one) but one can see a real and useful application for it in everyday life.
Filed under: Art, Design, photographer | Tags: Chris Jordan, Graphic, Running the Numbers, USA
Everybody loves a good piece of communication and once in a while a great piece comes along which demonstrates its purpose extremely well. The work of artist/photographer Chris Jordan is amazing in many ways, not least the lengths to which he goes to get a point across. His latest work is a series called “running the numbers” which illustrates a wide range of statisics from the United States in a visual manner. In the artist’s own words it is intended to remove the anesthetizing effect of statistics upon the reader and push them to think more and realise the quantities involved.
For example, the piece above is, at first glance a great replication of the wonderful work of pointilism by Georges Seurat from 1884, called ‘Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte’ which everyone knows from many places including “Ferris Bueller’s day off”. Chris Jordan’s work from 2007 is Titled “Cans Seurat” and shows the number 106,000. Nothing too spectacular yet, but when you look closely, the piece is made from exactly that many used drinks cans and represents the number of cans consumed every 30 seconds in the USA.
Other pieces range from the number of Disposable paper cups used every 15 seconds in the US (410,000) to the number of deaths caused by guns in the US in 2004 (29,569). The pieces are all large format photographs
Everybody has been a sucker for great information design for years, but this takes it to a whole different level. Well done Chris. We want the Barbie doll print for our wall.
Filed under: Design, innovation | Tags: Cutlery, Demelza Hill, Design, Disposable, Plastic
British designer Demelza Hill integrates the concept of traditional silverware with disposable cutlery. It is a nice way of turning a picknick in the park or any outdoor eating into a stylish three-course lunch or dinner. Great for receptions as well instead of the usual and rather crass toothpick stuck into your food.
Also this proves a good opportunity to practice your perhaps long gone correct cutlery skills. The Snap and Dine is built up in the manner of a formal table setting, so it reminds you in a fun and interactive way how to set a table.
Everybody really likes this and says well done to Demelza, for this and all the other inspiring pieces on her website. You can see for yourself by clicking the picture above to go there.
