Erwin Wurm photographed Claudia Schiffer for the November issue of the German Vogue. The spread is called “Kunst Pausen” and these are my favorites images.
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T-post, the first wearable magazine
text by Pascal Panagiotidis for YatzerA magazine and a T-shirt. A magazine that is a T-shirt or a T-shirt that is a magazine?
T-post is the world’s first wearable magazine. A genius idea that allows you to wear your favourite magazine. T-post comes in limited edition so now you have an extra reason to subscribe.
The T-shirt has become a medium for self-expression and advertising, with any imaginable combination of words, art and even photographs on display. It has become a way of personal expression through the slogans or designs giving the opportunity to all of us to make a statement, sometimes offensive or shocking sometimes just funny. This is the reason that very often T-shirts inspire a conversation or even a movement but T-Post is not just that. It doesn’t say things about the person who wears it or the designer but also about the world. By using a design it stimulates for thinking, dialogue and action.
So what is this all about? We asked the T-post team to give us a clue about this concept. According to them “T-post = Offbeat news + graphic T-shirt. A T-shirt with news story on the inside and Artist’s interpretation on the front”. It works like any other magazine in a sense that the subscribers don’t know anything about the story or the designer behind every issue. Think it as a surprise that you receive every month as you’ll only find out at the moment you receive it in your mailbox. And note that there is no other way to have access to any issue.
In other words this is a magazine, the only difference is that once you subscribe you receive a T-shirt. The idea was born in 2004 as a fun project among friends and turned out to be so original that nowadays T-Post is distributed over 50 countries. So how does it work? Once someone signs up he starts receiving T-shirts. The “Members issue” is delivered in 3 weeks and after that a new issue is released every six weeks. The cost is 19 euros and can be delivered all around the world. Every issue collaborates with a different designer and the choice is based on the talent and the personal expression that has something new to say. Let’s not forget that we are talking about a T-shirt and a challenge is more than welcomed. A small bio helps people to get to know the artist of every issue and also his work.
The T-Post is printed in as many copies as the subscribers are. That means that if someone is not a subscriber he can’t have the issue! As simple as that. Moreover there is no environmental waste by printing more copies that needed.
So if you want to be part of this communication experiment which their creators like to characterize as an “underground phenomenon” just join T-Post and spread the word.
via: T-post
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What happens with photographer Mario Sorrenti asks artist KAWS to help him work over some photos? Well, you get two creative worlds merging into creating this fabulous spread.
The Graffi-Couture editorial is a glamorous photo shoot in the November 2009 issue of Vogue Paris. Graced by model Raquel Zimmermann, we not only get to see her strike a pose in her amazing clothes (and boots!), but we also get to enjoy KAWS's art in an unexpected way.
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By removing the unnecessary, this New York City map-cut reveals the “paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets” of the greatest city in the world.
Each of the four 3″ x 4″ paper panels fit together like panes of window. Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx are all represented, but it’s only when they’re combined and placed against a colorful backdrop that the city begins to take shape.
It must have taken a large amount of time and patience to create something like this. That’s probably why the one-of-a-kind piece is being sold for $550.00.
Also available is a Paris map-cut, which you can see in detail after the break. While New York was cut on regular paper, the Paris version was created out of an actual map, adding another dimension to this stellar concept.
The map-cuts come from Charlotte, NC-based Studio KMO.
Paris is available here for $250.00
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greek designer alexandros stasinopoulos has sent us images of his latest concept watch 'ora'.
the 'ora' concept is a study on the field of haute horlogerie. it focuses on the display of
time via an unconventional mode, by replacing the expected dial arrangement found in
the vast majority of the mechanical watcheswith a set of three interwoven tapes – one to
indicate the hour(s), one to indicate the minute(s), and one to indicate the day.
the design of the case reflects an 'inside-out' design approach as it was the mechanism’s
arrangement that prescribed the overall form in an attempt to enhance its uniqueness
and create a distinctive silhouette.
btw alex was a former design aerobics participant and designboom would like to congratulate
him on his quality of work. if you would like to participate in our current courses check out
the full list here
