Artist Decorated Eames Chairs For Auction Benefit Operation Design

above: Ideas Are Cheap Eames Chair by Joe Iurato

If you're like most design lovers, you either own or have always wanted to own a molded Eames Plywood Chair. Well, now's your chance to have a very unique one and benefit a good cause, all at the same time. From May 11 Through June 1st, the Public Works Department is featuring Eames Inspiration, an online ebay auction of customized Eames molded plywood chairs to benefit Operation Design.



Curated by Billi Kid and Luna Park, each chair has been decorated by various street and graffiti artists and the reserve price is set at $1,000 each. The chairs will also be featured in the windows of Barneys New York on Madison Ave and 61st.

Here's a look at all the chairs available for auction.

Left: Aakash Nihalani and right: Billi Kid

Left: Blanco and right: Cake

Left: Celso and right: Cern

Left: Damon Ganandes and right: Darkcloud

Left:David Cooper and right: Elbow-Toe

Left: James and Karla Murray and right: Joe Iruato

Left: Matt Siren and right: NohJColey

Left: Peru Ana Ana Peru and Skewville

Left: Sofia Maldonado and right: Stikman

Left: UR®New York and right: Veng


some detail shots for you...

above: detail of Elbow Toe's On The Wings Of Desire Eames Chair

above: detail of Sofia Maldonado's Caribbean Clouds Eames Chair

above: detail of Joe Iurato's Ideas Are Cheap Eames Chair

above: detail of UR® New York's Nyc Layers Eames Chair

above: detail of Matt Siren's Skullboy Takes A Seat Eames Chair

above: detail of Damon Ginandes' Awaiting Eames Chair

above: detail of James and Karla Murray's STORE FRONT: The Disappearing Face Of New York Eames Chair


Start bidding here.


About Operation Design:

Operation Design offers students direct interaction with professionals and challenges young people in public schools, grades K-12, to put their creativity to practical, important, and real use.

Operation Design organizes architects, graphic artists, design professionals, construction professionals and related professionals to work with public school students to create motivating and inspiring spaces and projects.

Operation Design is an independent 501c3 not-for-profit organization based in New York City.

LOST: The Animated Series Project By Michael Myers

I was lucky enough to come across the amazing drawings of Michael Blaine Myers Jr. quite by accident. This then led me to do some googling and I was thrilled to find the portfolio and work of this extremely talented artist.

He has so many wonderful pieces that it's hard not to reproduce his entire portfolio right here on my blog for my readers to see.

But first, given that I'm a huge LOST fan and the series is soon coming to an end (*sob* tonight is the second to last episode), let me share with you his fabulous character illustrations of most key characters on the Island:

Kate:

Jack:

Sawyer:

Sayid:

Charlie:

Hurley (Hugo):

Sun:

Jin:

John Locke:

Benjamin Linus:

Daniel Faraday:

Miles:

Desmond:

Charles Widmore:

Mr Ecko:

The Smoke Monster:

Jacob:

Richard:

even Walt:


You can purchase posters of most of each of his animated characters or the whole gang here.

See more work of his on his website, Drawsgood.

Super Sexy CPR Sells Fortnight Lingerie

Here's a case where the blatant use of temperature-raising -and quite possibly body part raising- video of two scantily clad women touching one another is actually appropriate (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write).

The product being sold is lingerie. Handmade in Canada, Toronto-based Fortnight Lingerie is modern, highly tailored and yes, sexy. The small company has come up with a clever way to sell themselves: an 'educational' video of cpr training as demonstrated by models donning their product.



The company's product difference is that they sell pieces especially designed and tailored to fit more women than the narrow range offered by most North American manufacturers, which is sizes 34–38, A-D, and represents only 30% of women. Fortnight Lingerie offers sizes A-F, 30 -40.

 

The actual product line is minimal (in more ways than one) with 6 styles for Spring 2010:


 above left: RITA soft cup. above right: RITA

 
above left: SOPHIA. above right: VIVIENNE 1

 
above left: GRETA. above right: NATALIE

To purchase directly from Fortnight Lingerie email them at info@fortnight.ca Select designs are also available at their store on Etsy.com Stdio visits and consultations are also available.



Photography by Zoe Brigman, Project Management Prepare yourself. Another video.. Super Sexy Abdominal Thrusts, is coming out in June! Fortnight Lingerie

Sweet New Book! Lolli-POP by Massimo Gammacurta

Over a year ago I introduced my readers to a very talented photographer named Massimo Gammacurta. Within his diverse portfolio of work was a series of lollipops made in the shape of famous brand logos. Now, the photographer's lollies are presented in a new book.



press release:
Massimo Gammacurta and Visionairs Gallery present: Lolli-POP, the lollipops show.

Lolli-pop is the latest conceptual still life project by Italian born photographer Massimo Gammacurta. Each piece is a real Lollipop sculpture is handcrafted by Massimo Gammacurta with real hard ball candy. His lollies are edible icons.



The brands are as sweet as candy for the palate and the eye. The brand association has in fact been replaced by a new meaning through the materiality and the abstract action painting dynamic gestures. When Massimo first distributed his lolli-pops on the Internet as an art experiment, interest amongst bloggers and fashionistas exploded. With this book, his lolli-pops of world renowned brands are released into the world once again for consumption, but now in print.

Some spreads from the book:



Buy the book here.

Book presentation and solo exhibition, Paris may 18 to june 7
Visionairs Gallery, Rue des Carmes 14, 75005 Paris – France
T +[0|1 42 61 15 15
Opening May 18th, 6pm