Foldboat ‘Boat 1′ is made from a single sheet of plastic and folds into an easy to carry pack measuring 1m,50 by 60cm; This allows it to be easy to store and transport. Boat 1 is extremely accessible, easy to transport and very low maintenance. Link here.
Main Point Karlin has received appreciation for its distinctive sustainable architecture and high technological level. The building uses a number of approaches in its sustainable design, among them, use of the River Vltava’s water throughout the summer for building cooling, eliminating the need for compressors and chillers; cooling is further naturally regulated by the coloured fibreC elements on the facade which are not only aesthetic but serve to reduce heat gains from sunlight penetration.
Cool stand created by Japanese studio Nendo for Elecom. This original stand “Jaguchi” (‘faucet’, or ‘tap’) for iPhone and iPad was made in the form of a crane with flowing water. Stand is made from polycarbonate and available in four colors: white, black, blue and colorless. Link here.
Bradley Platz’ intricate oil paintings deal with the alternating nature of worship in the modern age. Using classical symbolic imagery from old world traditions and transposing subtle hints of modernity, his work might best be described as tarnished elegance. Ever present also are certain whimsical and subtle symbols that carry the viewer through his body of work as a reader through a story, or a craft on the sea.
The TEA.Tanic is a stainless steel tea bag holder designed by Gordon Adler that is made to look like the Titanic sinking.
The paintings in this series by Michelle Doll titled Shelter ‘are introspective, an exploration of vulnerability versus strength (external and internal) and ultimately finding empowerment through one’s inner calm and sense of safety.’
Antonio Pedrosa from ADR studio has come up with the brilliant Instagram Socialmatic Camera based on the Instagram App icon. Unfortunately this is just a concept.
South Korean artist Seung Mo Park created a stunning series of giant portraits made with layers of wire mesh.
In the peculiar and multicoloured landscape of contemporary art, Wouter Steel’s oeuvre tries to capture it’s own space. Averse from trendy and hollow boasting, but with a headstrong stubborness and attention for the metier, he tries to turn a personal mythologie in to sensual and compelling images wich stay burned on the retina long after. He knows and honours his old masters. His paint application is very intuitive and his finishing touch fanatic, everything to create the perfect illusion. His oeuvre is a neverending search for true authenticity, never totally adequate, neither sufficient. His themes are contemporary and universal, sometimes alluring, sometimes humoristic, but always with an underlying existentialist questioning to the essence of seduction, and the sense and nonsense of our society. The versatility of his ever changing thematic and stillistic aproach betray a rich imagination, connected with a precise and merciless perception.
