Marcel, Mondrian & Miami: Wanders Designs Luxury Apt. Complex In Biscayne Bay.

Below are some images of the Mondrian South Beach apartment project in Miami with interiors by Marcel Wanders.

Mondrian South Beach, which was announced last December, is a luxury serviced apartment project at Biscayne Bay on Miami’s South Beach. The images shown here show (top) the stairs area, (second image) the porte cochere, and (third image) the lounge area. The fourth and fifth images are computer generated floor plans.






In addition to the above project, Wanders is working with architect Chad Oppenheim on an 85-acre site at Echelon, Las Vegas, which will feature a Delano and Mondrian hotels for Morgans Hotel Group, which is also Wanders’ client for the Miami project.

With a total of 5,000 hotel rooms, the complex will open in 2010. Download the press release about the Las Vegas project here.

Eye Candy: The Sweet Photos of Craig Kanarick

Craig Kanarick of Rockmade combined his passion for photography with a sweet tooth and created a now sought-after photographic collection of candy.

The monochromatic candy Digital c-prints below by Craig Kanarick are limited editions of 20 and cost $850. apiece. They are printed on archival paper and mounted behind gallery plexi glass. They measure 24" x 24":










Craig has a lot of other beautiful candy photography in other sizes and price ranges, see them here.

Personal Porcelain Plates (My Private Sky): The Ultimate in Custom Gifting

Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have designed a limited-edition set of parametric hand made and hand painted dinner plates for Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg titled MY PRIVATE SKY. The project represents the ultimate in personalization: each set shows the night sky at the date and place of birth of the buyer.

When a buyer orders his set of plates he gives his date and place of birth. The buyer's personal night sky map is then calculated by a custom computer program and printed onto a set of blueprints followed by Nymphenburg's master porcelain painters. Each set of dinner plates involves the hand-painting of some 500 stars, nebulae, planets and constellations in gold and platinum.

A thorough analysis of the traditional methods at Nymphenburg, the Bavarian Kings' former porcelain manufacturer, turned the designers' attention towards utilizing and manipulating centuries old processes in a contemporary context. By designing a program rather than a single drawing, the designers combine the excellence of the master porcelain painters at Nymphenburg with the potential of custom-developed computer code.

Nymphenburg will issue an edition of 100+10 unique copies of MY PRIVATE SKY.

More images below:



You can view/download the press release here

Funky Find Of The Week: The Valentina La Donna e Mobile Vita Privata four poster bed

Valentina
La Donna e Mobile
Vita Privata
four poster bed

designer:
Giuseppe Canevese

design year:
2004

manufacturer:
Ennezero, Italy

materials:
graphics printed on white polished MDF, sealed with lacquer
top and back in black lacquered MDF
lacquered aluminum feet

notes:
This piece of furniture features the artwork of graphic artist Guido Crepax (1933-2003), who was hugely influential in the development of European comic art in the second half of the 20th century. His most famous storyline, featuring the character 'Valentina', was created in 1965.

This series was very much in the spirit of the 60s, incorporating eroticism, and psychedelic, and dream-like storylines.

In Crepax's work, many references are made to the works of 20th century 'Avant-Garde' artists, such as Rene Magritte, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Piet Mondrand, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol.

dimensions:
82" x 66" x 81" high (to top of posts)

price:
$7,680.00

To buy this or other pieces from this collection, click here.





click on the above image to purchase.