Short On Space? Need Art & Furniture? How About buroJET's Plano Series?

Below are images from the "Plano" series by Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam (of buroJET) A collection of flat furniture that explores the relationship between Art and Design. Not only that, but it's a great space saving device! Produced and developed by buroJET.




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UK Artist Barnaby Barford's Sick & Twisted Ceramics

Above: Mary Had A Little Lamb

Barnaby Barford is an artist whose produced works you've probably seen on blogs, in design magazines and in the hippest of stores. But as an artist, his ceramic work may not be as familiar to you.

He creates unique narrative pieces using primarily found objects (both mass-manufactured and antique figurines) and turns them into sinister, sardonic and humorous sculptures. Well-known sentimental figurines from companies like Disney, for example, become characters in his twisted narratives, taking on an explicitly vulgar appearance that express some fundamental truths.

Here are a few of his one-off pieces from the collection he calls Private Lives:


Above: She Needs More Than A Makeover


Above: Imposter!


Above: Dear lord, for what we are about to receive make us truely (sic) thankful


Above: French Kiss


Above: J'adore Le Coq D'or


Above: Stick That On You Tube!


Above: That Wasn't In The Script!

As well as creating his one-off pieces, Barford has made projection based installations, worked with prestigious companies including Nymphenburg and has designed products for Thorsten Van Elten.

You may already be familiar with some of these:

Above: Stamp Cups designed with Valeria Miglioli for Thorsten Van Elten.

Above: Solitaire Olive Bowl, O's and X's Ashtray, Battleships Napkins designed with André Klauser for Thorsten Van Elten.



Above: Limited edition set of Global Service (World Plates) in blue or pink, designed for Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Münich.

About Barnaby Barford:

Barnaby Barford (b. 1977) graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2002. He has been the subject of several solo exhibitions in the UK, and has shown in major exhibitions in the US and Japan. In 2004 he was named Young Designer of the Year by Wallpaper magazine

His most recent exhibit:

From June 24 to October 15, 2008 the Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud is hosting an exhibition entitled Petits bouleversements au centre de la table (Minor revolutions at the center of the table).

Barnaby Barford

12 Designers Create Olympic Fashion To Benefit Quake Victims: Synergy In Fashion

To celebrate the 2008 Olympics, Lane Crawford, the Chinese luxury retailer, commissioned 12 fashion designers to each design a uniform for their favorite sport. All 12 designs, called “The Collective: Synergy in Fashion,” will be displayed for two weeks at Beijing’s Today Art Museum as part of its “Fashion in Motion” exhibition, then displayed at Lane Crawford in Beijing.

Below are some beautiful photos by Chad Pittman for the New York Times Magazine that I put beneath some of the designer's sketches of the initial concepts. Following those are more sketches, courtesy of Lane Crawford.


Above: Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy sketch - Archery (leather clad)


Above: Givenchy - Archery


Above: Stella McCartney sketch - Equestrian (billowing blouse over jodhpurs)


Above: Stella McCartney - Equestrian

Above: Alexander McQueen's sketch- Fencing (to be embroidered in India with little mirrors)


Above: Alexander McQueen - Fencing


Above: Matthew Williamson for Emilio Pucci sketch (based on the winter 2008 Pucci collection)


Above: Pucci - Gymnastics


Above: Stefano Pilati for YSL sketch -Track & Field (notice how the belt becomes the necklace in the shot below)


Above: Yves St. Laurent - Track & Field

All 12 designs, called “The Collective: Synergy in Fashion,” are to be displayed for two weeks at Beijing’s Today Art Museum as part of its “Fashion in Motion” exhibition, then it will also be be displayed at Lane Crawford Beijing during July and August.


Above: Christopher Bailey for Burberry - Sailing (Prosum jacket in leather with classic Burburry hardware)

Above: Martin Margiela - badminton (those are over 100 plastic and feathered shuttlecocks!)

Above: Alberta Feretti - Gymnastics

Above: 3.1 Philip Lim - Table tennis (also known as ping pong)

Above: Costume National's baseball outfit design by Ennio Capasa


Above: Rick Owens- Judo ensemble


Above: Neil Barrett's vision for fencing (jersey knit pants with sheer blouses)

After the exhibition, the pieces will then be auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting UNICEF’s Special Relief Funds for Children affected by the Sichuan earthquake. Participating designers/brands include 3.1 Phillip Lim, Alberta Ferretti, Alexander McQueen, Burberry Prorsum, Martin Margiela, Stella McCartney, Costume National, Givenchy, Neil Barrett, Raf Simons, Yves Saint Laurent and Rick Owens.