Posted by Harry
Meta MoCo | 04 Nov 06 | Comments (7) | Stumble
This week's MoCo picks.
+ Sebastian Brajkovic's Homegrown table @ RESETDESIGN with "crops that you grow in the same place where the daily ritual of eating takes place.".
+ Designer Chris Jackson's Superlow Sofa. Via Cribcandy.
+ William Ngan's fractals images, based on Karl Blossfeldt's photography from the 1920-30s. Via design*sponge. "Generative compositions of plant forms, based on photographs by Karl Blossfeldt and generated through algorithms similar to L-System.".
+ Richter Studio's politically-charged American Gulag bracelets and necklaces are "realistic representations of barbed wire made out of rubber or sterling silver" @ Cool Hunting.
+ Sarah Kate Burgess' Do it Yourself- Rings, "...simply download the pdf file by clicking on the image of the Do it Yourself-Ring Pattern. Print the pattern onto the material of your choice.". Via Why Not?
+ Studio Ditte's scrap wood wallpaper. Via Reluct. "Inspired by the scrap wood trend started by Piet Hein Eek. Use it on your wall, or your Ikea furniture.".
+ decor8 takes a peek at Dutch Design Week and the Lift-Off Loves exhibition at Buro Vormkrijgers' studio.
+ Casa BRUTUS magazine publishes a daily magazine (PDF), one-a-day, for each day of Tokyo Designer's Week (in Japanese). Via Dezain.
+ PingMag has a list of Must-do-Design-Week-experiences for Tokyo Designer's Week. "Where to start and where to end? PingMag was busy rushing around the last days to present you a little “not-to-miss-list” in a handy format.".
+ Storm From The East visits the Tokyo Designer's Week Student Exhibition.
It is unbelievable to me that you would think the "American Gulag" bracelet is appropriate for this site. You obviously have every right to post it in THIS country, but you certainly wouldn't have the right in Stalins or even Putins Russia. I find it highly offensive that a progressive site could have such a blatant disregard for historical accuracy or fairness. I enjoy this site a great deal, but frankly I'm stunned that you would flaunt such a polarizing political item. I would like to continue coming back to this site, but with items like these on display, I'm not sure that I can. It is an affront and an outrage to the millions of people who suffered and died under Stalins reign.
in my trot through the blogs today, found a new word that is picking up quite a following around the world. 'Starkish', which even has it's own blog, started in little ol' NZ but is quickly spreading throughout the online globe. Take a peek at the blog
http://thestarkishdebate.blogspot.com
Weird in a cool kinda way
I was disappointed with the design show "coverage" you linked to on the Decor8 blog. A whole lot of talk and not a lot of interesting design commentary. I would hope MocoLoco is above posting fluff blog links in the future.
Karen
Silas, there is no disrespect here for the millions who suffered and died - may they rest in peace. As your comment aptly suggests, we are exercising a precious right. The object was chosen because it conveys meaning beyond the material, a growing trend in object design.
I was surprised to find so little "meat" at your link to Decor8's post about the Dutch design week. I thought the big bruhaha = unending chatter and the poor photos and even less design information was pretty lackluster for you peeps. I love your blog and this stuff was just not on par.
Timothy
Thanks MocoLoco for the link!
Timothy + Karen: Just read your comments, I missed them earlier.
DDW was my first int'l design show outside of the U.S., so I didn't sweep in there waving my scarf around with a know-it-all grin. I was clumsy, felt out of place at times, and with most of the materials being in Dutch, rather clueless to boot. Returning back to my hotel in Germany, where I blogged daily for two months, I collected the hundreds of Dutch pamplets and cards along with my 700 photos and tried to make sense of it all. Being more or less on vacation, I am amazed that I even found time to blog it - but bottom line, I had the time of my life in Eindhoven and plan to do it again sometime.
I'm sorry if my coverage didn't appeal to you, I understand though, as sometimes I even step back from my own blog and think "What were you doing while you wrote THAT?" But, I laugh and try not to take blogging too seriously. Maybe you can laugh along with me - I mean, let's keep blogging fun while we still can.
Holly