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Entdeckt von SEBASTIAN beim Netto am U-Bahnhof Turmstraße.

Date Night by Hannah K. Lee.

Previously on BLDGWLF…

Am 28. und 29. Januar 2012 findet in Wien das Kleidertauschevent TOP SWAP statt. Im FOX HOUSE in der Westbahnstrasse im 7. Bezirk kann an zwei Tagen Kleidung getauscht werden.

 Als Guerilla – Store nistet sich der TOP SWAP SHOP im Wiener FOX HOUSE ein und lädt dazu ein, über den Wert von Kleidung und Verwertungsprozesse nachzudenken, letztendlich Mode zu tauschen statt zu kaufen und sich lustvoll neu einzukleiden.

Um beim Kleidertausch dabei zu sein, reicht ein Aussortieren des eigenen Kleiderschrankes. Die nicht mehr gebrauchte, aber gut erhaltene Kleidung kann man beim TOP SWAP abgeben und gegen Kilo-Gutscheine eintauschen. Diese gelten im TOP SWAP SHOP als Währung für den hemmungslosen Tauschrausch. Im Gegenwert darf man sich vor Ort andere Mode aussuchen und neue Lieblingsteile mit nach Hause nehmen.

TOP SWAP ist ein temporäres Kleidertausch – Shopkonzept, anonymisiert, strukturiert, fair und offen für alle und wird wie eine richtige Boutique inszeniert. Ein passendes, entspanntes Rahmenprogramm mit Cupcakes, Coffee, Sekt und Co sowie loungige Musik versprechen eine angenehme Atmosphäre.

DATUM: 28. + 29. 01. 2012 jeweils 12:00 – 20:00 ORT: THE FOX HOUSE, Westbahnstrasse 11-13, 1070 Wien

Unkostenbeitrag pro Person: 5.- Euro

We first picked up on graphic designer Malika Favre's remarkably expressive vector artwork last year and she's pleased to present her latest project, the cover illustration for the forthcoming Penguin Deluxe edition of the Kama Sutra.

Favre gladly shared some insight into the brief and process:

I was approached last summer by Paul Buckley at Penguin US about designing the cover of a new Deluxe edition of the Kama Sutra for Penguin.

This book is part of the Graphic Classics series: Basically every classic they re-edit is paired up with an artist that pretty much has free range to design the cover. The whole concept of this specific range is to make each classic a collectable item and to push the boundaries of book cover design.

The book itself is the original text written by Vatsyayana (no pictures inside the book) so the challenge was to make the cover sexy, modern and daring without being vulgar or over the top. I decided to create a very bold and playful alphabet that would run across both flaps and front and back cover spelling KAMA SUTRA.

Once folded, the words become hidden and the big letters themselves turn into acrobatic positions.

As with our previous post on Favre, it gets semi-NSFW after the jump... in extremely good taste, of course.

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Photo: Leon Zidek

Applications are now open for the Summer Workshop of the new MFA Products of Design program. Held at the beautiful Domaine de Boisbuchet in Southwestern France, this year's workshop will run for 10 days, inviting participants to immerse themselves in the evolving field of product design.

The Products of Design Summer Program in France offers hands-on, collaborative experience and instruction in rapid sketching, materials investigation, prototyping, iteration, narrative creation and environmental stewardship. In addition to work completed during the days, participants will enjoy opportunities to sight see, socialize with designers from around the world, and attend lectures in the evenings.

The program invites applicants from various backgrounds: design professionals, students (in at least senior standing at an art & design college), or graduate students in any field. Faculty will be MFA Products of Design chair Allan Chochinov and faculty Emilie Baltz.

All info is at the site: http://productsofdesign.sva.edu/curriculum/summer/

Products of Design Summer Program in France June 17-27, 2012 Domaine de Boisbuchet, Southwestern France Tuition: $2,500 (includes room & board) Applications due: February 10, 2012

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While the last entry saw me complaining about an example of shoddy Chinese manufacturing, now we'll look at an example of Chinese manufacturing might. In this six-minute video currently making the blog rounds, we see an astonishing feat of design, engineering and execution: The 30-story T30 Hotel constructed in Hunan Province, taking just 15 days to erect.

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Eurobus is a series of 58 digital photographs shot by Taylor Holland on bicycle commutes in Paris, France in Spring 2011.

BLDGWLF has received this project via the Submit your work form, where readers are welcomed to submit their own work for publication.

Ikea has just introduced two LED pendant lamps, both so new that at press time they were not yet posted to Ikea's website. We were excited to get an early look at their VASTER (first shot above), made from steel and acrylic, and their KLOR (second shot above), made from nickel-plated steel and polycarbonate, as well as hear the design stories behind them. (Note that both stories have apparently been translated from Swedish--or it's Ikea policy to drop the article and refer to objects as if they're people.)

VASTER, interestingly enough, started with a design failure:

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At last year's Interior Design Show in Toronto, Ikea pulled the sheets off of their bold country kitchen look, an aesthetic departure from the blonde-wood kitchens with which their showrooms had become associated. The kitchen won the show's Gold Booth Award and our entry on it quickly caught Facebook fire.

At this year's IDS, the design pendulum has swung the other way: Ikea's display kitchen features a distinctly sleek and modern look, one reportedly inspired by "the classic fashion combination of a black dress and pearls." In sharp contrast to last year's kitchen, where pots, pans, and kitchen storage objects were all made visible, this year's kitchen design renders most objects invisible, tucking them away behind glossy surfaces. In a second nod to the fashion world the backsplash tiles are meant to evoke patent leather quilted handbags and the island has received special focus.

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Recent work by Dan Matutina.

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New work by Seacreative.

Previously on BLDGWLF…

Terschelling, Netherlands-based Bart de Graaff has got good hands and an imagination to match, as evidenced by the copious renderings in his book. With expressive work spanning graphics, transportation, and conceptual design of the sort you'd find in a sci-fi movie, de Graaff could be mistaken for a grizzled vet of the design field. Which makes his personal statement all the more surprising:

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The first 3 years of Ludlow 38. Spector Books / Goethe-Institut

Ludlow 38 is the downtown satellite for contemporary art of the Goethe-Institut New York.

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Late 60s photographs by Franco Rubartelli Title via the tumblr Malicious Glamour Will 50 Watts

Listen up Weekendudes and Weekendettes, have I got a fact for you. So it turns out the South Kensington area of London where all the museums are is known as Albertropolis. How fricking sweet is that, and what a boost for all of us with names that end in “-bert” who up to now have had only the nagging fear someone might call us Bertie. My desk has been renamed Robertropolis and it has laws and a flag and a national anthem (I’ll sing it if you ask me nicely). Where was I? Oh yes, live from Robertropolis, it’s the Weekender!…. (Read more)

Dazed Digital interview Aaron Chan and premier this exciting new collaboration. The film has been chosen for Channel 4′s Random Acts series too. Check out more now! Links underneath:

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12519/1/random-acts-aaron-chan

http://randomacts.channel4.com/#view/179