The In Crowd - design

Chanel Snowboard

noreply@blogspirit.com (ian) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:13:14 -0500

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Helvetica: the movie

noreply@blogspirit.com (ian) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:22:00 -0500

A movie about a typeface?! Yes! Helvetica is one of the world's most widely-used, ubiquitous fonts and this movie explores its origins and impact from its late 50 European, modernist roots to the present day. I just watched this and it's a surprisingly engaging movie, although more so if you have an interest in design-related topics and themes.

Online:

Helvetica - website

The Stussy x Burton Snowboard

noreply@blogspirit.com (ian) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:50:00 -0500

This Stussy x Burton collab board looks super dope. But it's also super limited so you better go cop ASAP if you're feeling it. $650 for those who got it (unlike me). Details as follows from the Stussy online store:

Burton Air 157cm model features World Tour screenprint, superfly core, dualzone EGD, sintered vision base, infinite ride, base color black/red, imported, Stussy store exclusive, limit one per customer.

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Ettore Sottsass Retrospective

noreply@blogspirit.com (ian) — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:20:00 -0400

Before there was Frog Design there was designer Ettore Sottsass who is profiled in this weekend's New York Times just as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art launches a retrospective of his work:

"Long before Apple made computers look like toys by issuing the iMac in playful colors, Ettore Sottsass made typing seem like seem like child's play by designing the Valentine, a bright red plastic typewriter for the Italian company Olivetti. The "anti-machine machine," as he called it, had several unusual features, like a carriage dropped to the level of the keyboard and a nifty storage case for easy portability. But it was the red color that proved most memorable.

These days, the Valentine has a home in many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art. And for now, it takes center stage at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the first major American survey of Mr. Sottsass's work. The show features nearly 100 works from the last 50 years, including office equipment, furniture, blown glass, ceramics, lighting, metalwork and jewelry. Works on view range from early objects for Olivetti to recent pieces for the design giant Alessi, with a good look at his irreverent contributions to the Italian design groups Studio Alchymia and Memphis in between." (click here to read more)