Musical maestro, Beck has re imagined David Bowie’s 1977 single Sound and Vision, in an interactive, 360° multi-sensory performance.
Over a single evening, Beck performed alongside a magnificent ensemble of over 160 musicians at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Musicians comprised choir members, and an orchestra, guitarists, harpists and even a theremin player, as well as members from the Dap-Kings band
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Seven Italian designers and a material scientist got together to explore the traditional techniques of glassblowing in Murano, Venice.
It took three steep climbs of stairs, across the beautiful Aram space, to reach the actual Gallery where the exhibition was held: a white, wide space where the shapes and colors of glass play with light and reflections.
Called Breaking the Mould, the
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L'enfant terrible of the art world, and one half of the famous Chapman brothers, Dinos Chapman has turned his attention to music, releasing an album with industrial and horror-movie influences.
Alongside his younger brother Jake, the brothers have created a slew of installations for some of the most renowned art spaces in the world since the 1990’s, such as Gagosian Gallery in
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East London-based design practice Studio Weave has created a musically inspired installation for the courtyard of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Lullaby Factory comprises an intricate labyrinth of metal listening pipes and gramophones that play out a selection of soothing melodies by composer and sound artist Jessica Curry. These sounds can be heard through height-level pipes near the hospital canteen,
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The Serpentine Gallery in London has announced that award-winning architect Sou Fujimoto will design the 2013 edition of its annual Pavilion.
At 41, Fujimoto is the youngest architect to accept the honor of designing the temporary Pavilion in Hyde Park, London. His project will consist of an ethereal web of 20mm steel poles creating a semi-transparent delicate structure where the surrounding
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Acclaimed Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland has turned his hand to furniture design, creating a range inspired by the process of writing.
Working with Vancouver-based, design firm SwitzerCultCreative, the collection comprises a desk, a writer’s seat, a lamp and a bookshelf, made using locally-sourced wood from Coupland's native Canadian surroundings. Each piece utilizes traditional Japanese design techniques, such as ancient lacquering, while
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"I have absolutely no idea and no desire to describe myself. I am interested in humanistic aspects, but you can't work with morals. I try to design things that are true to themselves and not too influenced by marketing factors, things are for people, because my clients are people, not industry." – James Irvine to Designboom
It is a very sad day for the design
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The city streets of Bristol can finally communicate with their surroundings, thanks to the Hello Lamp Post! project by London-based experiential design studio, PAN.
Winning Bristol’s inaugural Playable City Award, the project has taken everyday, ubiquitous items dotted around the urban environment, such as lampposts, post boxes and bus stops, and transformed them into open and personable objects that can communicate
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"What I enjoy the most is doing something I've never done before." —Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld has been known to dip his toes in waters beyond fashion before; this time, he partners with famed furniture manufacturer Cassina in the role of the portraitist.
Lagerfeld photographed, in both color and black and white, over 30 hand-picked iconic pieces from the brand’s collection, among which
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Unveiled recently at the Berlin International Film Festival, The Grandmasters is the dazzling new film by Hong Kong-born director Wong Kar Wai, depicting the life of martial arts master Yip Man.
Highly stylized and set in the 1930s, the film’s aesthetic comes courtesy of Los Angeles-based cinematographer, Philippe Le Sourd whose visual style “merges Chinese aesthetics with subatomic reality”, explains Cultural
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Somewhere is a new online platform matching pioneering creative companies with potential employees.
The site enables individuals and companies alike to create and easily update interactive and content-rich visual profiles that mirror their values, work style, personality, and aspirations.
From Instagram pictures of office pets to snapshots of inspiring projects, companies are more likely to discuss their authentic passions for urban gardening
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Last week Stylesight attended the unveiling of U.K. brand Earthborn’s stunning new color palette consisting of 60 contemporary shades of eco-friendly paint.
The Yorkshire Moors
Free of harmful emissions, Earthborn has been awarded the EU Ecolabel for its imaginatively named paints and the color forecast presentation for 2013/14 presented key trends including LA Diner, Crafternoon, The Yorkshire Moors, and Midnight Tales.
Humorously named paints
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Created by illustrator Margot Bowman and designer Alex Tieghi-Walker, The Anonymous Sex Journal is a collection of candid and anonymously-submitted stories about sex.
“Awkward, amusing, touching, weird and surprising, this first issue is made up of twenty-one stories, which have been left as submitted and true to their tone,” reveals Bowman and Tieghi via their Facebook page.
These intimate and candid tales
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British architect practice Foster + Partners is working with the European Space Agency to explore the possibilities of creating 3-D printed houses on the moon.
Design investigations include a house that could shelter its inhabitants from the extreme moon environment and withstand high temperatures, meteorites, and gamma radiation.
The house would be built directly on the moon's surface utlizing an inflatable dome skeleton,
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The concept by RCA Interior Design student Rob Vinall has been chosen to facelift the Topshop Oxford Street flagship store during the upcoming London Fashion Week.
The brief challenged the participants to design a fresh interior system that would “encourage shoppers to engage with boutique clothing and provide an inspirational and stimulating customer experience.”
On the strength of his experience as a
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