This really would be the best way to get kids into Tofu
Well that, or the wet marshmallow lie. Still a concept but, this should move forward into every day life.
A Most Definitely Modern Prison in Norway
Before all of the prisoners start showing up, Halden Prison in Norway opened its doors to the public for a look see. Featuring stencils by street artist Dolk, along with a recording studio, basketball court, and climbing wall, the prison sure looks comfy for a little state sponsored vacation. You can find out more here, and see some pics after the jump.
A Ridiculously Sick Persian Bear Skin Rug
‘Barenjager (Bear Hunter)’ By Lise Lefebvre (2009)
Reformed vintage wool Persian style carpet, wood, glass eyes, and painted plastic mouthpiece
67″W x 94.5″L x 8″H
please tell me this will be produced!
Teenage Engineering’s Styrofoam Turntable
If this ever goes into production, count me as a buyer. Teenage Engineering is a great name for a brand too.
“The design is straightforward with same measurements as an LP cover and the turntable base has the natural color of white styrofoam. The arm is CNC:d out of orange styrofoam.”
Turntable specs:
• 45 / 33 rpm, with finetuning knob
• Built-in Speaker
• Built in Amplifier
• USB connection for transfering audio to computer
• Effects Knob for Delay, Chorus etc.
• Volume Knob
• RCA output
• 3.5mm Headphone output
This is Winston Smith’s Jacket
Justin Van Hoy recently had the opportunity to sit down with the legendary Artist, as well as visit his new studio.
See the magic here
Give your Banana a New Face
Metal iPhone Cases
Anyone that knows me, knows that I am on my 5th iPhone because the stupid things crack every time I drop one. I have started looking into cases, and am intrigued by Exovault’s aluminum and brass cases. The rectangleness doesn’t bother me one bit, I’m just wondering what the weight is like?
World War covers of Life
Life magazine’s emphasis was on photojournalism. Whoever art directed the covers from 1939 until 1945 was a beast.
See the magazine collection here
the Saint Tropez Lounge Chair by Christophe Pillet
This chair is beautiful. If this does not say relax, I don’t know what does.
doane paper
This may not seem like much but, Doane Paper combines Graph and traditional rule paper together. Perfect.
Random, Beautiful Objects from Partners & Spade
The Scout tipped us off to Partners & Spade’s new website, and they seriously have some cool shit for sale. The only thing that tops it, is the physical store itself.
lost posters of inglorious basterds
Upper Playground, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Weinstein, and the SA Studios Global’s Film Marketing Division have all come together to show these poster interpretations of Inglorious Basterds by a group of talented artists. Each poster will be made into an edition of 6 and sold for $300, with the proceeds benefitting Haiti. More info on all of that here if you’re interested. Grotesk did that killer above.
Snowboarding on Dead Celebrities
Cool Hunting previewed Vermont-based snowboard company Rome SDS‘s upcoming snowboard collection. This one above, Mike Forester’s Agent Rocker 157, caught our eye. It’s a take on The Last Supper, featuring MJ as JC and a bunch of other recently deceased celebs as Apostles.
quickly sketch your million dollar iphone app idea
A must have for anyone who wants to sketch out an iPhone app. It could also be a really cool bookmark in your moleskine notebook. Either way, $17.95 makes you look cool. The iPhone stencil kit is available from UI Stencils.
P.S. They also make one for websites….
