LIFE-SIZED LEGO CELLO

Via: likecool
The new Lego work by Nathan Sawaya, Cello.Text from the Artist:"I built a cello out of LEGO. It is the actual size of a non-LEGO cello. It also sounds different from a non-LEGO cello. Here's the YouTube video that everyone is talking about of me creating the cello brick by brick."

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: FIRST LOOK

Directed by Tim Burton.Starring: Johnny Depp & Anne Hathaway.
Via: usatoday

Text Via USA Today: hose who have grown curiouser and curiouser about what the offbeat reinventor of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory might conjure up in his version of Alice in Wonderland can feast their eyes on this array of concept art and publicity images, due to hang in movie theaters this week to promote the March 5, 2010, release."It has been Burton-ized" is how producer Richard Zanuck describes the director's vision of the Lewis Carroll classic. Many elements are familiar, from the enigmatic Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) to the fierce Jabberwock (Christopher Lee). But none has been presented in this sort of visually surreal fashion."We finished shooting in December after only 40 days," Zanuck says. Now the live action is being merged with CG animation and motion-capture creatures, and then transferred into 3-D.The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember.Among those who welcome her back is the Mad Hatter, a part tailor-made for Johnny Depp as he collaborates with Burton for the seventh time. "This character is off his rocker," Zanuck says.Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska, 19, best known for HBO's In Treatment, has the coveted title role. "There is something real, honest and sincere about her," Zanuck says. "She's not a typical Hollywood starlet."There is the usual Burton-esque ghoulishness (Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen, whose favorite retort is "Off with their heads," has a moat filled with bobbing noggins), but Zanuck assures most kids can handle it. "The book itself is pretty dark," he notes. "This is for little people and people who read it when they were little 50 years ago."

DUSHI

Via: todayandtomorrow
Dushi is the title of the solo show of Florentijn Hofman at Galerie West in The Hague (The Netherlands). He supersized stuffed animals so that they complete lose their function and feeling.

DISPOSABLE TECHNOLOGY

By artist Kylebean.
Via: kylebean
A response to our sonsumre relationship with technology and obsolescence.

CHEWING GUM SCULPTURES

Chewing in Venice, by Simone Decker.
Via: booooooom

A TOUR OF THE STANDARD HOTEL IN NEW YORK

Via: contemporist

The rooms come in a variety of layouts that André Balazs explained were made possible by designing the building from the inside out. Bankette seating with an adjustable height table that faces both the HD plasma TV and the view, were a common feature in all the rooms we toured, they look great for working, eating, or a place for visitors to sit and chat. The bathrooms are of the exhibitionist variety, meaning that there is often only a clear glass wall that seperates you from the rest of the room or the rest of the city! The beds are comfortable, and of course they face the signature views that the Standard will become known for.

THE WAVY BOOKCASE

Italian designer Giuseppe Bavuso has created the Wavy bookcase for Alivar.

Via: contemporist

WAVY is a bookshelf system that rigorously combines design and function. It is a minimalistic product in which the thin structure and the wavy design, both vertical and horizontal, gives the ensemble an image of great solidity and lightness. With its extremely characteristic accuracy of detail and use of materials, Wavy is made entirely of “HI – MACS Natural Acrylic Stone” by LG in S28 Alpine White color.

KEVIN CYR ILLUSTRATIONS

Via: highsnobiety
In this series the artist presents cars and motorcycles. The artist has exhibited both nationally and internationally and his work has also been included in the New American Paintings.

CHAIR / CHAIR

Via: ericku
An inspiration from the American contemporary artist Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chair. Instead of giving new definition, I redefined the concept of a chair by using alphabet. One is able to construct a chair by assembling the redesigned alphabets.

MORGAN AERO SUPER SPORT

Via: materialiste
The Super Sport is designed for the enjoyment of passengers. The interior looks like a cocoon covered with leather. There is quality and design of another time.In addition, the beautiful does not just show off with his body. It also loads a V8 BMW 4.8 and offers you the choice between manual or automatic transmission (still original BMW).Thus, combining the expertise of current best engine and the quality of a car manufactured by hand, you enjoy an unusual car chase.

LOFT IN AS | JMA

Via: totonko
JMA started the loft part of a monastery being converted into a residential complex in the city of Como, Italy. the use of white, the Canadian maple floors and the use of indirect lighting beneath the walls give the place and extent counteract the lack of windows.