‘Soapack’ Bottles Made From Useable Soap by Mi Zhou.Part of her Material Futures post-grad degree, Central Saint Martins student Mi Zhou has re-imagined toiletry bottles usually made from disposable plastic into sustainable and usable soap vessels. Combatting the incredible waste and...
FEIT San Francisco Store by Jordana Maisie Design Studio.Slow-fashion Australian footwear brand FEIT has opened it’s third U.S store, following two New York outposts with a spot in San Francisco’s Jackson Square designed by Jordana Maisie Design Studio. In keeping with FEIT's ethos of...
Suzanne Jongmans Uses Waste Materials to Recreate Dutch Renaissance.Suzanne Jongmans takes her inspiration from the old Dutch masters, the painters of the past, specifically focusing on the 15th, 16th and 17th century. Rembrandt, Holbein the Younger and Rogier van der Weyden - you’ll find references to...
From Code to Confectionary: Not A Single Origin by Small Multiples & Bakedown Cakery.Australian data visualisation specialists Small Multiples have teamed up with artisan chocolatier Bakedown Cakery to explore the relationship between ethnicity, population and taste in this data-driven chocolate project titled Not A Single...
FedEx Works by Walead Beshty: Shipped Glass Boxes Become Shattered Sculptures.London-born, LA-based artist Walead Beshty describes himself as a photographer, although his practice is far more extensive than that. He often works with processes that mirror photography, beginning with a blank medium and allowing a...
Interview: Sydney-based Graphic Studio Design by Toko.Whether or not you're consciously aware of this - if you live in Sydney - the chances are you will know the work of Design by Toko. Their graphics are currently pasted all over City of Sydney hoardings, and their work, varied in scale, can...
Study of Fashion House Logos.Let’s stop for a moment and discuss my predilection for fonts, branding and packaging. Particularly teamed with some of my favourite fashion houses. In a self-conducted analysis across fashion label logos, interestingly both Futura and...
Playtype Typography House & Concept Store in Copenhagen.So, day after day I will ride my bike between Nørrebro and Vesterbro, and nearly every time I will ride straight past the front door of Copenhagen typography house Playtype. Not from a lack of intrigue, more a lack of time, it took me a...
The Future of Sustainable Packaging Design by Tomorrow Machine.Tomorrow Machine is a Swedish design studio based in Stockholm & Paris, specialising in package, product and food concepts. Designers Hanna Billqvist & Anna Glansén have a vision to build a better world through research, new technologies...