new thing:mad men

I know it was long overdue but I just started watching mad men and I am adoring everything. It was impressive the way they captured the atmosphere, the styling, the interior designing of the 60's. I like the plot too

(and the cast more).

DIY madness

I feel like it is about time I post some of the cool DIY concepts I have gathering in my space disk. Some of them might be waiting to be found and transformed in the garbage near you.

party tent

ROTGANZEN is a Rotterdam/Schiedam based artist collective formed by Robin Stam (1981), Joeri Horstink (1982) en Mark van Wijk (1984). This tent from their PARTY series is so cool.

playful lamp

I just came across some brilliant design filled with humor, so I looked it up and it appears as if the designer and illustrator Meirav Peled Barzilay has more where it came from. She is a 30year old, Tel Aviv based, product designer. She graduated the Holon Institute of Technology and founded her design studio in 2009. She is now launching products for worldwide distribution. 

What I first discovered was her very cool paper lamp that you can squash into a ball and reshape-I am loving it!

gossip girl's sets

This time around I decided to look into the set designing behind the series Gossip Girl. I was lucky enough to find out that the set designer, the very talented Cristina Tonkin has her own site with all of her work and that where I found these great pictures. The space I love more is the humphrey loft in Brooklyn, which is an open plan apartment with a very authentic real life sense to it. 

gianlucca fallone rocks

Gianluca is a 26 year old artist-illustrator from Argentina, now based in London. He started his career in Buenos Aires working as a designer at the Punga design studio. At the summer of 2007 he dedicated himself to graphic design joining Roy Garcia’s studio Rock Instrument Bureau and worked with fashion brands and music bands around America.