Design

Ribbons will never be the same with Ribbonesia!  It is the art project of artist and illustrator Baku Maeda imaginative world turning into reality!  He has found this interesting and creative way of using fabric like materials and ribbons to create a three dimensional and sculptural way of producing a variety of animals ribbons.  Each design is made by hands and colours are carefully chosen so it makes each unique and special in their own way.  Time to spice the conventional gift wrapping up!

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Check these amazing car covers, each designed to fit Alfa Romeo Brera for Intersection magazine.  These covers are not any other covers, they are designed by Maison Martin Margiela, Bless, Richard James, Adam Kimmel, Visvim and Ksubi.  How we wish we can get one of our own? But the only problems we had is that we don’t have the car, anyone?

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In no time, the ground floor of the High Street section in One Utama will be transformed into a paper wonderland as Antalis Paper Fantasy unfolds. This exhibition, organized by Antalis Malaysia, aims to showcase the endless possibilities of creative paper usage by fusing design, architecture, art and fashion into a visual and tactile experience.

Antalis Malaysia is the subsidiary of Antalis Group, the number one ranked paper distributor in Europe. Some of the most recognizable paper brands distributed by Antalis are the Conqueror, Curious, Rives and Cocoon papers.

The theme of the de-greening of the environment provides the backdrop for the exhibition, thus, the exhibition will be set up in a fantasy, almost harsh, white environment to illustrate how we might actually lose our warm, green world if we handle our natural resources carelessly.

The exhibition will be built to showcase large-scale paper architecture, sculptures and models. The very structure and walls themselves are made from paper – crumpled, folded or rolled to bring out the best textures and shapes. At the heart of the exhibition is 4ft tall paper unicorn, flanked by a landscape of 15 paper trees contributed by various local designers and design schools. Other exhibited components include paper lampshades, origami and printed samples.

Local fashion designer Micky Tan (MT Fashion Studio) has been roped in to create a series of paper fashion for this event, with scheduled fashion shows running on both 17 and 18 July.

This exhibition is under the creative direction of Figtree Design. They are working in collaboration with paul+pris, an interior design duo who are designing the exhibition space, the interior and its products.

For more info, please visit their website

Antalis Paper Fantasy exhibition will run from 16 -18 July 2010 at The High Street, Ground Floor, One Utama.

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Every year when it comes to the time for fashion graduates, many sit up and source for the next big thing in the fashion world!  No matter it is stylist, fashion editor and designers; they all would pay attention to the ‘newbies’ to discover their talents.  After three years of hard work, finally it is the time for the students from London College of Fashion to show the world they got!  Here are some pictures that taken by Dazed Digital. Enjoy.

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Oh, this is too cute.  In the midst of World Cup football fever, the crayola crayon carver Diem Chau has just completed her latest project with W+K for Nike:  The Write the Future Press Kit.  The packaging is awesome and the player faces were carved to each of the crayon stick, how cool!  Even though it is nearly impossible to see the resembles on the stick, it is definitely a nice memorable item to keep as remembrance of World Cup 2010.

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It is very rare to come across people who still dedicate to certain era of their lives whether it is fashion wise, interior wise or even life style…  Somehow society pushes you ahead…  But people remembered.  That is what makes our lives so beautiful – memory.  What if you put your memory into your everyday’s life?  Just designer Jean-Christophe Aumus revamped his apartment in Paris in a very fifties style, bringing back those lovely memories into his daily life…  Isn’t it fabulous?  Just like a flashback.

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To continue to celebrate the success of Maison Martin Margiela for 20 years, ‘20‘ a traveling exhibition of the fashion house has just landed in London’s Somerset House.  Show casing all things which make Margiela different, from blind folded models to the MMM staff, oversized items to different states of deconstruction over these twenty of years.  This is one exhibition that Margiela fans should not missed. And we mean it.

Maison Martin Margiela 20 The Exhibition runs at Somerset House, South Wing, London, from 3rd June to  September, 2010.

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The Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design of the BA Graphic Design course will be running a pop up shop under the name ‘2060‘ for a week.  The design students will designed and produced objects which will be put up for sale.  The project took six weeks in planning and preparation, which now the store is up and running.  Check out more pictures after the jump, it is sure interesting and we are hoping our side of the world will soon have concept store like this.  It is definitely a good way to promote young talents and their work.

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Jeans have always been our basic fashion item, and now it’s for our little love ones. The famous diapers company Huggies introduced the Little Movers “Denim” diapers which help your baby look fashion forward yet keeping dry. This is kinda cute to me, what do you think ??

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Asia is definitely picking up in arts.  Just take Yii for example, their conceptual designs are super fine.  An interesting creative collaboration between Taiwanese designers and traditional craftsmen.  It consists 15 designers and 20 master craftsmen working together to put on a show at the salone di mobile at the Triennale of Milan.

Injecting their creative ideas into the designs and not loosening the Asian cultural influences, the finish products are both chic and practical.  Check out more of their amazing work on their site.  They sure will blow your mind away.

More images after the jump.

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