New Shoes?!

On route to Milan last month, Core77 caught up with the Campana Brothers to get the lowdown on their latest project, the Corallo flat for Brazilian jelly shoe giant Melissa. These look completely impractical, but then again what beautiful shoes are??

ReVase

New way to hold those Mother's Day Gifts from core77: article here. I'm not sure I would personally put this in my home; I am more one for the pretty with the pretty, organic with orgranic, abstract with abstract, etc. But I understnad the juxtaposition. And I totally respect the innovation...I mean how many times can you design a vase??

Recyyycle Everything

More recycleables! Tel Aviv designers DEMO / design clinic have designed a series of lamps using plumbing parts. And the lamps are made of galvanised iron; the bulbs are turned on and off using a tap-like switch. Here's a couple of the collection!

Here I come Real World

***This survey was left open from November 5 to December 16 of 2008. Respondents comprised a broad sampling of the global creative community, representing over 60 countries, and ranging from recent graduates to seasoned senior managers. They were asked to identify themselves as one of 18 different Positions (see the second graph, below) and one of the eight Specialties used by Coroflot to tag portfolios: Design Management, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Fashion, and new this year, Web Design.

Read analysis here.

Perspective much?

Lisa Rienermann won eighth place in a student design competition with Type the Sky, an alphabet formed of shapes buildings make against the sky. I think its fantastic!!

Rub a Dub

Welcome to the Tender Tub....the most wonderful looking tub I have ever seen. I'm not sure if ergonomic is the right word, but this looks like it is perfectly made to be the most comfortable thing for the human body. Although thinking in terms as a college student and an RA who monitors drunk college students, I feel as if one too many classes of wine and a hot bath equals one step away from impaling yourself on those corners.

Vacuum creeper

Introduced by Panasonic and called the Fukitorimushi, or "wipe-up bug," the device provides feedback by activating a Cylon-like red light when it detects dirt, so you know when it's working. Because otherwise, as you can see in this video, it's not very clear it's doing anything at all. Its supposed to be an improvement on the Rumba, but if I saw these crawling around at night, I'd be freaked.

Call Me

So granted these telephones are pretty cute, but don't you think the land line is becoming obsolete. I mean, I can;t necessarily predict the loss of the inherent need for them, so maybe they're trying ot pick it back up?: London-based ChauhanStudio will launch four new telephones for SunCorp Communications in Milan during the furniture fair next month.

For my apartment? Yes?

Screw IKEA, I want these for my apartment! These are from Italian lighting brand Foscarini launched Le Soleil by Spanish designer Vicente García Jiménez at Euroluce in Milan last week. In this showcase, the designers’ aim was to create “a kind of urban metaphor of a possible Foscarini city, where the central square, an open space of dialogue on the quality of light, is the fulcrum of a dynamic vision that opens onto free roads of discovery of the new products and collections.” Too bad they probably sell for an arm and a leg.

Paper

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Mac Lovin

Still one of my most favorite blogs:
30 years of apple in 3 minutes

Thats Interesting

Your everyday....made not so everyday. A core77 article that was definitely an eye catcher image wise: