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Tag: industrial design

LET THERE BE LIGHT: THE HOT, SEXY NEW LAMP TAKING OVER NYC!

According to the New York Times, there’s a new lamp that seems to be ubiquitous in New York City restaurants. … More

decor, frederico de majo, furntiure design, industrial design, lamp, lamp design, lighting, lighting design, new york city, nyc, pina pro, zafferano

BRUSHED UP : HOW A GIANT COMB SCULPTURE BLEW OUR MIND!

The first time we saw Latvian artist Vija Celmins’ giant plastic comb at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art … More

art museum, art world, artists, california, consumer culture, contemporary art, giant comb, industrial design, la, lacma, los angeles, modern art, museum, pop art, sculpture, vija celmins

BUILT FOR SPEED : JAPAN’S NEW “BULLET TRAIN” DESIGN REVEALED!

Japan Railways (JR) recently unveiled the design for its newest shinkansen, a.k.a., “Bullet Train.” It’s called the “Kamome,” which translates … More

asia, bullet train, high speed rail, industrial design, japan, Japanese culture, kamome, kyushu, shinkansen, trains

SUBLIIMELY CAFFEINATED: THE INTRIGUINGLY MINIMALIST COFFEE THERMOS!

We recently got this ultra-minimalist travel mug for our coffee. The form factor and style of the container can’t get … More

caffeine, coffee, coffee culture, espresso, fellow, industrial design, product design, thermos, travel mug

WHIPLASH: LOOKING BACK AT THE “COOL” CARS OF THE 1980s!

Did you live through the 1980s and now pine for the cars of yesteryear in some mid-life crisis-induced reverie of … More

autos, bmw, car and driver, cars, classic cars, delorean, ferrari, industrial design, vintage cars

Bicycle-Shaped Bicycle Rack

There must be a word in the English language for when a thing is designed to look like another object … More

architecture, bicycles, bike rack, bikes, city life, cycling, industrial design, la, los angeles, silver lake, slake, socal, street furniture, urban design

The Awesome Design of a Vintage Porsche 912 … Los Angeles

We’re not “into cars” nor have we aspired to possess a stylish sports car. That said, we love great design and … More

9/11, 912, cali, california, car, car design, carrera, classic car, german car, industrial design, la, local, los angeles, marina del rey, porsche, sports car, sw912, vintage car, vintage porsche

Vintage Apple Macintosh Computer in Design Gallery of SFMoMA … San Francisco

At the recently re-opened, renovated and expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), there’s currently a first-rate design exhibition that … More

apple, apple mac, computer, design exhibition, design museum, industrial design, mac, macintosh, macintosh computer, museum of modern art, product design, san francisco, san francisco museum of modern art, sfmoma

Mural of Native American + Hipster Vehicles … Leucadia, California

artwork, california, contemporary art, ephemeral art, indian, industrial design, leucadia, local, minibus, mural motorcycle, native american, painting, public art, vw, vw bus

Cool Time-lapse Video of Pills Dissolving in Water

funny, industrial design, photography, pills, pills dissolving in water, time-lapse, video, video art

Abstract Skateboard Art by Steve Adam … Dana Point, California

artwork, california, crank and grind, dana point, industrial design, local, skate culture, skateboard art, skateboards, steve adam, surf culture

Cool Architecture – The Reception Building at TBWA … Playa Vista, Los Angeles

ad agency, architectural design, architecture, cali, california, cool spaces, industrial design, la, local, los angeles, playa vista, style, tbwa, tbwa chiat day, tbwa la

Cool Design … The Hess “Moraga” Surfboard

boards, cali, california surf culture, cool design, danny hess, fcd, hess, hess surfboards, image, industrial design, la, longboard, los angeles, moraga, moraga surfboard, patagonia, patagonia surf, photo, santa monica, socal, surf, surfboard design, surfing

Cool Design – Vintage Thunderbird Car … Venice, Los Angeles

abbot-kinney, cars, classic car, industrial design, la, los angeles, socal, style, thunderbird, venice, venice beach, vintage car

Classic Surfboards … Malibu Beach

These are some sweet, beautifully designed (and, we’ll guess, expensive) longboard surf boards lined up a long a wall (but … More

beach, boards, cali, california, industrial design, la, longboards, los angeles, malibu, malibu beach, socal, surf culture, surfboard design, surfboards, surfers, surfing

Why the Museum of Modern Art Chose to Exhibit a Helicopter

The galleries of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York are not someplace you’d expect to find a … More

art museum, campcopter, chopper, design and violenc, design exhibition, drones, e moma, helicopters, industrial design, manhattan, midtown, modern art, museum of modern art, New York, nyc, s-100, schiebel, schiebel s-100 helicopter, warfare

On the Scene … At the Intelligentsia Coffee Truck in New York

We stopped by the recently minted New York City outpost of Intelligentsia Coffee in Chelsea, an NYC neighborhood that is … More

architectural design, architecture, chelsea, citroen, citroen coffee truck, coffee culture, coffee truck, downtown, espresso, foodie, high line, highline hotel, hotel, industrial design, intelligentsia coffee, manhattan, New York, nyc, restaurant design, retil design, vintage car, vintage citroen

Our New Coffee-Making Toy

We just picked up this artfully crafted “La Cupola” espresso maker by Alessi at the Eataly foodie emporium in Smeraldo, … More

alessi, coffee, eataly, espresso, espresso maker, industrial design, italia, italian design, italy, la cupola, milan, milano

In Miami … At Artist Laz Ojalde’s Studio

We recently visited the South Beach, Miami studios of artist-designer Laz Ojalde and took pictures of the space and his … More

artists, Culture, design studio, designers, florida, furniture design, gallery, images, industrial design, laz ojalde, lincoln road, lmnoq, miami, miami beach, photos, pix, product design, south beach, studios

DESIGN CLASSIC: THE BRIONVEGA RR226 STEREO AT THE POMPIDOU MUSEUM

The RR226 by Italian electronics maker Brionvega is a modern-design classic from 1965 that can be found in the permanent … More

blogs, brionvega, classic design, design museums, images, industrial design, modern design, museums, paris, photos, pictures, pompidou center, stereo

Cute Napkin Sketch of Ikea Flatware

Over drinks with friends on a recent hot, humid evening in New York’s  Lower East Side, the conversation turned to … More

brands, cutlery, drawings, flatware, furniture, ikea, illustrations, images, industrial design, napkin sketch, new york city, photos, pictures, pix

The Notebook with First VW Sketches

This is one of the more interesting things we’ve seen in a museum lately. It’s the notebook of the man … More

amsterdam, ben pon, cars, dutch, german, holland, images, industrial design, museums, netherlands, notebook, photos, pictures, rijksmuseum, sketches, trucks, vehicles, volkswagen, vw, vw bus

Super Awesome “Adhocracy” Design Exhibition at the New Museum

Last weekend Global Graphica  paid a visit to a new design exhibition at the New Museum’s Studio 231. The show … More

3d printing, adhocracy, architecture, bowery, diy, galleries, industrial design, les, lower east side, maker movement, makers, manhattan, museums, new museum, new york city, studio 231, technology

Wall-Mounted Fiat Car as Ready-Made Conceptual Art?

The color-blocked Fiat by British conceptual artist Simon Starling, mounted on a wall at the New Museum in downtown New … More

artist, arts, british art, conceptual art, contemporary art, Culture, fiat, fiat car, found object, industrial design, modern art, new museum, New York, new york city, nyc, post-modern art, sculptural object, sculpture, simon starling, simon starling artist
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