Giulia Ruffatti is an Italian artist creating pieces of wearable history, or more simply, jewelry about you. If you have a certain memory, passion, dream or identifiable trait, Ruffatti (with the help of several people now that her business has grown) will select and create a variety of bobbles, creatures, symbols and materials to create a necklace, bracelet or even a compass to represent her customer. Oh, and she’ll pair each piece with an original poem that further describes you, the wearer.
On the surface, if I hadn’t seen the actual pieces, this description alone might make me cringe and think of patchouli. That may just be because I’m a fairly cynical, judgemental beotch. However, I’m also incredibly self-absorbed and the idea that someone could make a piece of loudly over-sized jewelry that would describe my deepest desires and nightmares for all to see around my neck – well that made me look.
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Beautiful art for a beautiful Friday. Brooklyn based, born in Seoul, and talented for days—that’s Dan-ah Kim for you. Enjoy.
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Now that the London Olympics have (sadly) come to an end, we can all go back to watching crap reality TV. Oh, and getting excited about Sochi and Rio.
After the not so warm reception of the London 2012 logo a while back, it’s nice to see a really beautiful logo waiting in the wings for 2016. Below is a short film about the agency and thinking that went into Rio’s Olympic logo.
Making of Rio 2016 from Tátil Design de Ideias on Vimeo.
I read about Helsinki-based Bond on Graphic Exchange this week. Surely you’ve seen their work on your favorite bookmarking sites. This project is worth featuring because it brings such joy to what can be a daunting place—the children’s hospital. Bond’s manifesto states that they are a “creative agency focused on branding,” and that they can certainly do. Exceptionally well.
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Moss Robot makes stuff. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Matt and Lisa Wood are busily reshaping + repurposing anything they can get their hands on. From furniture to jewelry to skateboards to light fixtures, their scope is seemingly wide open. Have an idea for something really amazing? Quit pretending that you’ll make it and contact these folks. They’ll make it happen.
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We went to one of my favorite places in the world this weekend, Mass Moca, to see Girl Walk // All Day play on the big screen out in the courtyard and under the stars. That all sounds wonderful I’m sure, but nothing compares to how actually wonderful, uplifting and exciting it really was that night.
You’ll have to watch the movie (you can see the whole thing on the website, buy the DVD or come to 3S Artspace in Portsmouth where they’ll be showing it on a huge, inflatable big screen to close out the tour in September) to get the full effect of what kind of all-consuming happiness it fills your soul with – but here are a few pics I snapped at the DANCE PARTY that happened after the screening. That’s right. Dance party. If you watch this movie, there is NO WAY YOU WILL NOT WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE.
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One of my guilty addictions: The weather. Raureif, a design consultancy based in Berlin, has just released an amazing app that’s getting quite a lot of press, and rightfully so—Partly Cloudy may be the most beautiful and unconventional weather app ever made. It reconfigures the visual language we are used to in identifying weather, and makes it more precise and beautiful. Totally worth it.
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Purple is amazing. So is Aya Takano, who’s exhibiting “To lose is to Gain” at Perrotin Gallery in Paris.
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MADE BY PRISONERS from Surplus Wonder on Vimeo.
Surplus Wonder is an amazing firm. With an amazing website. And amazing work. Take time today to look and play (it’s Friday!!). On the above:
To build awareness of CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility and introduce the website GoCSR.dk Surplus Wonder created “Made by Prisoners” a CSR brand based on the idea: don’t talk about it – just show it. Made by Prisoners launched a series of unique and handmade accessories produced in Copenhagen prisons by Danish prisoners. The fashion items were introduced during the Copenhagen Fashion Week august 2010.
RAD.
Thanks to everyone that participated in our giveaways! An especially big thank you to our sponsors for graciously donating such amazing art. Everyone do us a favor & visit their shops and buy something nice for someone you admire. Or something vicious for someone you hate.
Without further ado – the winners of this fine set of giveaways are as follows:
Giveaway #1 – Karla W!! Hi-five, Karla. We’ll be in touch soon for your address!
Giveaway #2 – Callie P!! Slamma-jamma, Callie. We’ll holler in a jiffy with details!
Giveaway #3 – Ethan G!! Veal done, Ethan. You know what’s coming.
