Drift Design's Eerily Beautiful Ghost Collection

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnWfQqlUv_z6DPOcOQYu4To6D2lXd2dMMskL_3B3uPMc9nmChJN9W1dORAneDRcEWjMh2HsI5IsYt8O2McQ8K3De7y27M77g8hqweH0WtgWtcs45CdGam3vz4qP-KD0YcjamLVymxKCNL/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219652585782817250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnWfQqlUv_z6DPOcOQYu4To6D2lXd2dMMskL_3B3uPMc9nmChJN9W1dORAneDRcEWjMh2HsI5IsYt8O2McQ8K3De7y27M77g8hqweH0WtgWtcs45CdGam3vz4qP-KD0YcjamLVymxKCNL/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 745px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFoZZf66_bCsYbNCgOtH3rztr_AgrPhjhfIUTRLY4DamXfUWySiLN4MS7KKoAOTNRX6_hgDJXgUvNBOzlj8vKUj5uK9dIqXDtvwJyYq4176_GrDEN5uvluTpqUk5UbzZdWduZu-4e0JnP/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219652250775368146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFoZZf66_bCsYbNCgOtH3rztr_AgrPhjhfIUTRLY4DamXfUWySiLN4MS7KKoAOTNRX6_hgDJXgUvNBOzlj8vKUj5uK9dIqXDtvwJyYq4176_GrDEN5uvluTpqUk5UbzZdWduZu-4e0JnP/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 54px;" /></a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br />Drift is the design duo of Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn, both graduates of the Design Academy Eindhoven, class of 2005. They design products, concepts and interiors for private and public spaces.<br /><br />The first prototype of their Ghost Chair was on display at <a href="http://www.designmiami.com/">Design Miami Basel</a> last month. If you weren't fortunate enough to attend, here are some photos of their eerily beautiful Ghost Collection:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c8koSCJqVPPfd1RclAxjXAjbZaDsSpR617AryiMI0GEQMcXiRhBxX_wTy2LbivXh5nOaf8wIlINCB5G_mLanO6YwhIrIDZYcE36YOhx0v2drC6Vbxx4uCOVaVpTqPHA2xpyYkEhvziwU/s1600-h/Picture+31.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219651353127203202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c8koSCJqVPPfd1RclAxjXAjbZaDsSpR617AryiMI0GEQMcXiRhBxX_wTy2LbivXh5nOaf8wIlINCB5G_mLanO6YwhIrIDZYcE36YOhx0v2drC6Vbxx4uCOVaVpTqPHA2xpyYkEhvziwU/s400/Picture+31.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 502px; height: 504px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigw1058dPCngyC-gvuD_iy6bAvuMTg7GpmqFlaUrvAnUZ8XpkKM920WiknYSfdrzUrhP0dC61uXvIqLH6vDzECoCaV7cjG-rUWAynJHfuzb-It2rPzDgCHVf6C0xyM_galz7MbJU1yO8aC/s1600-h/Picture+2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219651958717592002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigw1058dPCngyC-gvuD_iy6bAvuMTg7GpmqFlaUrvAnUZ8XpkKM920WiknYSfdrzUrhP0dC61uXvIqLH6vDzECoCaV7cjG-rUWAynJHfuzb-It2rPzDgCHVf6C0xyM_galz7MbJU1yO8aC/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 501px; height: 346px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46cd8mu_vr21ffNwy1t-04Jk4DEAC4gXgF9iMjLBHRPmVgT1J2vQz4toBhQz2wOJ8Oo4lU0adBatiKCcD5lfAHzg7i5KMftHsgK5bn1_TvDq00nOd9JYWig1wLGmAbgcgqBHJKu7qRj0n/s1600-h/Picture+9.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219651842753474994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46cd8mu_vr21ffNwy1t-04Jk4DEAC4gXgF9iMjLBHRPmVgT1J2vQz4toBhQz2wOJ8Oo4lU0adBatiKCcD5lfAHzg7i5KMftHsgK5bn1_TvDq00nOd9JYWig1wLGmAbgcgqBHJKu7qRj0n/s400/Picture+9.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 373px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh444pV6yBUCwipL80HP7WXQCdB4I5Amcr0Xdvw6WxCa5ZbXvoJGLxNssZZirSS-1DX3i6L4scMBIdl7fo1xLdfJoMrVGsueBEiivNb8-Eo1JoOhbO40DP97q1Xa0GtoKlBQQ1v5c03cK1x/s1600-h/Picture+10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219651748264194466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh444pV6yBUCwipL80HP7WXQCdB4I5Amcr0Xdvw6WxCa5ZbXvoJGLxNssZZirSS-1DX3i6L4scMBIdl7fo1xLdfJoMrVGsueBEiivNb8-Eo1JoOhbO40DP97q1Xa0GtoKlBQQ1v5c03cK1x/s400/Picture+10.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 366px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHRF49TzDl6GJA6Xsel8yKE-8lg2e_Zm61TquTJuKlNDH54KldX7Z4v42JCRlSj7Kj7av6swUm_8WB9RwWVktOoax4r-ZY5JY-P0d_5j4NAzua6M-QHnaC52IafNKWICxWbfjffw1eSed/s1600-h/Picture+11.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219651494861123986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHRF49TzDl6GJA6Xsel8yKE-8lg2e_Zm61TquTJuKlNDH54KldX7Z4v42JCRlSj7Kj7av6swUm_8WB9RwWVktOoax4r-ZY5JY-P0d_5j4NAzua6M-QHnaC52IafNKWICxWbfjffw1eSed/s400/Picture+11.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 317px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoalasc26EK5xuAvnGcsOI7DxkoricKnigZUhDkylh8DJX__BV87DlHueNamZOtUlWwLG0o3G1WHXjgBYNMn_wx19xDKke_I_Im528YO75NtXa2vxoHljeksLtU0Gxzht1vEg2nmtKI_G/s1600-h/Picture+12.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219654153445880354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoalasc26EK5xuAvnGcsOI7DxkoricKnigZUhDkylh8DJX__BV87DlHueNamZOtUlWwLG0o3G1WHXjgBYNMn_wx19xDKke_I_Im528YO75NtXa2vxoHljeksLtU0Gxzht1vEg2nmtKI_G/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 491px; height: 422px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-EdzZ7YKMR5S3Ziaux5lSJYzRrtE8LCk-r3pygQGJLguKkS1pRwN7r11p2AJARJO-ZeCgxPA-RNzWWE6A-oCdIFm351_d7t-M_R3sWJxJpg9u5prrCTUhKWAUvbKwVSTRJadkIO_uej3/s1600-h/Picture+4.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219653711064248850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-EdzZ7YKMR5S3Ziaux5lSJYzRrtE8LCk-r3pygQGJLguKkS1pRwN7r11p2AJARJO-ZeCgxPA-RNzWWE6A-oCdIFm351_d7t-M_R3sWJxJpg9u5prrCTUhKWAUvbKwVSTRJadkIO_uej3/s400/Picture+4.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 284px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.designdrift.nl/">Drift Design</a><br><br>

Drift Design's Eerily Beautiful Ghost Collection

Drift is the design duo of Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn, both graduates of the Design Academy Eindhoven, class of 2005. They design produ...

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Moss Introduces Studio Job's Robber Baron Series at Design Miami

For those of you who are not familiar with the work of Studio Job, they are best known, at least here in the US, for their collection of stark white edgy porcelain dishes and containers designed for royal tichelaar makkum in 2006.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTQ2lP__o6HnIrSQ9iDmNMofa_zJ9sUj0IourV6wRaBoD8CqAmWS9Pz4-4vR2CNRrb_fTrpQi4KSjgUlDgvt2OKafuwWZir2KVQ3LtB3tXfuCs_JB6_l2CAZg_OxkYadJAfvroQPUx-mT/s1600-h/24806.33CC8BB0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145895314967858370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTQ2lP__o6HnIrSQ9iDmNMofa_zJ9sUj0IourV6wRaBoD8CqAmWS9Pz4-4vR2CNRrb_fTrpQi4KSjgUlDgvt2OKafuwWZir2KVQ3LtB3tXfuCs_JB6_l2CAZg_OxkYadJAfvroQPUx-mT/s400/24806.33CC8BB0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 390px;" /></a><br /><i>Above: some pieces from Studio Job's collection for Royal Tichelaar Makkum, 2006</i><br /><br />This makes their new collection, recently unveiled at Design Miami, in stark contrast, literally, to their previous work. Read on.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source: </span></span><small>Dezeen Magazine, December 9th, 2007 <!-- by admin --></small> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/table02-008sq.jpg" style="width: 387px; height: 387px;" /></p> <p><strong>Design Miami 07:</strong> <a href="http://www.studiojob.nl/">Studio Job</a> present new pieces from their Robber Baron series at <a href="http://www.mossonline.com/">Moss</a> during <a href="http://www.designmiami.com/">Design Miami</a>.<span id="more-7672"></span></p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/tower01-010a.jpg" style="width: 388px; height: 578px;" /></p> <p>The five monumental pieces, cast in bronze, combine stylized elements from famous landmarks around the world and represent industrial power, wealth and corruption.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/table01-005.jpg" style="width: 386px; height: 257px;" /></p> <p>Details from Moss follow:</p> <p>Robber Baron~tales of power, corruption, art, and industry, cast in bronze,by Studio Job</p> <p>Conceived in 2006, Robber Baron is an important suite of five cast-bronze furnishings, consisting of a Cabinet, Mantel Clock, Table, Standing Lamp, and Jewel Safe, each to be offered in a limited edition of five, exclusive to Moss.</p> <p>Magnificent in scale, exceptionally finely modeled, detailed, and cast, with precision mechanical movements where required, incorporating deeply carved iconographic reliefs, with areas highly polished, gilded, or patinated, these works are guild-like in their master craftsmanship.</p> <p>Their mirror finish reflecting the outrageous excesses of America’s 19th century tycoons and Russia’s new oligarchs, these surreal, highly-expressive furnishings, each a complex composition of multiple visual elements depicting a narrative - much like a cathedral’s stained glass windows or its majestic bronze front doors - represent an interior belonging to a powerful industrial leader or his heirs. With clouds of pollution belching from towering smoke stacks, and missiles, falcons, gas masks, warplanes, and wrenches adorning golden surfaces, Robber Baron celebrates and shames both Art and Industry.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cabinet-low-res.jpg" style="width: 388px; height: 580px;" /></p> <p>Cabinet<br />A polished bronze cabinet with black patinated “bomb crater” and gilded reliefs, inspired by a 17th century armoire by André-Charles Boulle, in the Wallace Collection, London. The heavy doors are fully functional because of a ball bearing mechanism.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cabinet_open.jpg" style="width: 386px; height: 577px;" /></p> <p>Polished, patinated and gilded cast bronze<br />approximate dimensions: 46” x 20”, height 69”<br />approximate weight: 2,200 lbs.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/clown01-016.jpg" style="width: 385px; height: 577px;" /></p> <p>Jewel Safe<br />A patined bronze ‘safe’ with a ‘Jack-in-the-Box’ popping up out of the craggy top. The polished bronze head is colored with oil-based pigments, highlighting the collar, nose and other features. The lock mechanism is operated by turning the clown’s nose, and the door hinge employs a ball bearing mechanism.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/clown02-005.jpg" style="width: 389px; height: 584px;" /></p> <p>Polished, patinated and painted cast bronze<br />approximate dimensions: 20” x 20”; height 48”<br />approximate weight: 550 lbs.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/clock01-003.jpg" style="width: 388px; height: 582px;" /></p> <p>Mantel Clock<br />A patinated bronze pedestal clock supported by gilded oil barrels atop a model of the Florentine Galleria degli Uffizi, with Robber Baron reliefs. The dial of the clock is inspired by London’s Big Ben, circled by a futile railway running endless circles on a rocky land-scape. The clock face can be shut with cast bronze stable doors. On top of the clock sits a Neo-Classical ‘dream house’, partially shrouded by a cloud.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/clock02-001.jpg" style="width: 387px; height: 581px;" /></p> <p>Polished, patinated and gilded cast bronze; mechanical clockwork<br />approximate dimensions: 26” x 20”, height 42”<br />approximate weight: 550 lbs.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/tower02-002.jpg" style="width: 387px; height: 580px;" /></p> <p>Standing Lamp<br />A patinated bronze floor lamp in which three important icons of architecture – the Parthenon, the Empire State Building and Saint Peter’s Basilica - merge into one. The Zeppelin docked at the pinnacle symbolizes technological failure, and references the Empire State Building, whose top spire was originally intended as a mooring for Zeppelin airships. When illuminated, the hundreds of windows glow, diffused by a hand-blown frosted glass interior. The light bulbs can be changed by lifting the polished bronze ‘cloud’.</p> <p>polished and patinated cast bronze; glass; electrical components<br />approximate dimensions: 24” x 20”, height 63”<br />approximate weight: 990 lbs</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/table02-008.jpg" style="width: 389px; height: 259px;" /></p> <p>Table<br />A patinated bronze “factory”, whose architecture is derived from interpretations of various early 20th century works, including the AEG factory of Peter Behrens and the Battersea Power Station in London. The four chimneys produce a “polluted cloud” of polished bronze, which becomes the open-work tabletop.</p> <p>polished and patinated cast bronze<br />approximate dimensions: 72” x 36”, height 30”<br />approximate weight: 770 lbs</p> <p><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cabinet-detail-2.jpg" style="width: 388px; height: 595px;" /><br /><br />Relevant Links:<br /><a href="http://www.mossonline.com/">Moss</a><br /><a href="http://www.designmiami.com/">Design Miami</a><br /><a href="http://www.studiojob.nl/">Studio Job</a></p>

Moss Introduces Studio Job's Robber Baron Series at Design Miami

For those of you who are not familiar with the work of Studio Job, they are best known, at least here in the US, for their collection of sta...

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Marc Newson's New Watches for IKEPOD Unveiled. (UPDATED)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHHjulmD2qJTi8rpo1qQfptHH3h5OmhXjPtoH_JgI_GZ1jmZW_qCe2z1UeDZehXUGbPtwdZTl3ppSbX-9EvP8Fxg_hcdOzqbHWLSNTitv-xunkF9u52a9ztA0hkoaqeWwij3uZYGNmRED/s1600-h/Picture+18.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722559842766130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHHjulmD2qJTi8rpo1qQfptHH3h5OmhXjPtoH_JgI_GZ1jmZW_qCe2z1UeDZehXUGbPtwdZTl3ppSbX-9EvP8Fxg_hcdOzqbHWLSNTitv-xunkF9u52a9ztA0hkoaqeWwij3uZYGNmRED/s400/Picture+18.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 427px;" /></a><br />above: The Yellow Gold Solaris Ikepod watch<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEWS:</span> This post has been updated to include the Solaris collection of Ikepod watches, introduced to the line in December, 2008.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Solaris collection</span>, by designer Marc Newson is available in seven different versions. Five of which are ceramic, with one white gold and one yellow gold version. All are unisex in size and feature a round face in a square bezel.<br /><br />White Gold:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBhXHXlTet9QMsqYKopxDReSusqdHI_J9vwv8cfDeATOi0mUjCYrjfUu1960akehSclAP4L69bRodqngVnvhatKg041DewXPCygRe7ceCvKUc54iwZ2iPfOmuaZrJaHRY0mAuExZE8IRR/s1600-h/Picture+19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722458125185602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBhXHXlTet9QMsqYKopxDReSusqdHI_J9vwv8cfDeATOi0mUjCYrjfUu1960akehSclAP4L69bRodqngVnvhatKg041DewXPCygRe7ceCvKUc54iwZ2iPfOmuaZrJaHRY0mAuExZE8IRR/s400/Picture+19.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 407px;" /></a><br />White Ceramic:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGC48BV5Y1QX-aA_eqpuaBpe9TOakXp9yDxZVj97Ff6VusiTlBTgxXGEdO6ooY0gU3rgE_k5LEbELKjc2pc3QuxkYJ3NkbO22W0bXTZHLDWrXiUPjJsRMprKxSJEc50nQf1XwR2Wl1a-4/s1600-h/Picture+24.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423723154749943554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGC48BV5Y1QX-aA_eqpuaBpe9TOakXp9yDxZVj97Ff6VusiTlBTgxXGEdO6ooY0gU3rgE_k5LEbELKjc2pc3QuxkYJ3NkbO22W0bXTZHLDWrXiUPjJsRMprKxSJEc50nQf1XwR2Wl1a-4/s400/Picture+24.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 430px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJQ7bigQmdBU5PRIwDE0jxYaOd9vHeUnGB06_5YEevXfTqiyMoNb542XzeZcSQD-RjAVUTR-BdDbsPPy_yEELvFTi9o9x0JsNSFJiFiUf5iNwkRdv7gJX5ueEIyPiRgF_URka0kEjc4HA/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722266366384610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJQ7bigQmdBU5PRIwDE0jxYaOd9vHeUnGB06_5YEevXfTqiyMoNb542XzeZcSQD-RjAVUTR-BdDbsPPy_yEELvFTi9o9x0JsNSFJiFiUf5iNwkRdv7gJX5ueEIyPiRgF_URka0kEjc4HA/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 404px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrPCaCGiGAX_8k-n40rHcBEvPYY6DQGejHHMPg2z4tfwbWhIAvLtz-XwQUg2y9uLaQGziK6UUmnveUYEQYFDaMu21StaRbeqd7dJgTeXBitDTp75kDxheF0FOxswSgxNcA48PW2Lmbg28/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722353766078690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrPCaCGiGAX_8k-n40rHcBEvPYY6DQGejHHMPg2z4tfwbWhIAvLtz-XwQUg2y9uLaQGziK6UUmnveUYEQYFDaMu21StaRbeqd7dJgTeXBitDTp75kDxheF0FOxswSgxNcA48PW2Lmbg28/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 411px;" /></a><br />Black Ceramic:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9a2v3GQpuhNJJCRV9HE2220JzROsFSCEtUdlLbQTkRItaDLY560kMk28J2KhD4VYC_nW2INx9Q4xD4Myi0m1MFV4bpfOD_T2MG8BvbTwO2bLLf9nVINDPie20qMjkrpyla6OBrsBm5ty/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722099225913970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9a2v3GQpuhNJJCRV9HE2220JzROsFSCEtUdlLbQTkRItaDLY560kMk28J2KhD4VYC_nW2INx9Q4xD4Myi0m1MFV4bpfOD_T2MG8BvbTwO2bLLf9nVINDPie20qMjkrpyla6OBrsBm5ty/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 414px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6-wGLthOCx6wvTdjwVvudAIu_IQD8GK44Ri0Yl6xvOCFeZg3B0AKqOdlt1AyraVAYMSDf8zf6hSNtN5h8pC6BLY_pp6YCoIs59LMekgwT6UVsFFGCq2ofHYtKTwdAfOYKmdSRyazYG64/s1600-h/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423722184645609186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6-wGLthOCx6wvTdjwVvudAIu_IQD8GK44Ri0Yl6xvOCFeZg3B0AKqOdlt1AyraVAYMSDf8zf6hSNtN5h8pC6BLY_pp6YCoIs59LMekgwT6UVsFFGCq2ofHYtKTwdAfOYKmdSRyazYG64/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /><br />Original post continued below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ikepod.com/">Ikepod</a> brand watches, unveiled their newest collection by designer <a href="http://www.marc-newson.com/">Marc Newson</a> (above) at <a href="http://www.designmiami.com/">Design Miami</a> just this past week (December, 2007).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJHAhngPiqa5zSZUfo-YKbqe4xX8R_DXGlkIGchG8vUIHg1psqdI5m7IknmzJaL8zMW40DjFQAQBJKbB7fllQPuyxmf8CjFCRYbFCu8r9gDnP2aEgZPfg6SoCBvhI-usPL1KwDJOvu5EI/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143252571545054498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJHAhngPiqa5zSZUfo-YKbqe4xX8R_DXGlkIGchG8vUIHg1psqdI5m7IknmzJaL8zMW40DjFQAQBJKbB7fllQPuyxmf8CjFCRYbFCu8r9gDnP2aEgZPfg6SoCBvhI-usPL1KwDJOvu5EI/s320/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOFVmWGpNSMfZtJTWnA4BKs8P5WXWwsl2mki-Jzg39wFD0MvJqrulW-O4DFkQyKemdp3ZZk-6a4inEMROH33aIX-0JMmXasU-HTaNW4KUAg6lFqTgB0lonM9ht8iRWYE3Uo3VVP_w4TMq/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143252442696035602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOFVmWGpNSMfZtJTWnA4BKs8P5WXWwsl2mki-Jzg39wFD0MvJqrulW-O4DFkQyKemdp3ZZk-6a4inEMROH33aIX-0JMmXasU-HTaNW4KUAg6lFqTgB0lonM9ht8iRWYE3Uo3VVP_w4TMq/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />The new collection consists of three lines. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Horizon, the Hemipode and the Megapode</span>.<i>The following descriptions and information were provided by Ikepod.</i><br /><br /><b>Horizon Collection</b><br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/horizon-gold-white.jpg" style="width: 532px; height: 532px;" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCW8CewdSkpTvAnqnC49lkz4v_G278PWHXHbHHXcVdsUfOMxgAkbLGYkWLapizznfM_phRN62Vk3ED9n26Dsazugzu3XxsoS3R28H2uQN714Fin-rgMQAW0Cek6qz5QH_Va46wgzCZsJyg/s1600-h/Picture+17.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143264112122178882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCW8CewdSkpTvAnqnC49lkz4v_G278PWHXHbHHXcVdsUfOMxgAkbLGYkWLapizznfM_phRN62Vk3ED9n26Dsazugzu3XxsoS3R28H2uQN714Fin-rgMQAW0Cek6qz5QH_Va46wgzCZsJyg/s400/Picture+17.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 369px;" /></a><br />The Horizon wristwatch forgoes all complications in favor of pure design. The unique dial creates the optical illusion of appearing convex, thereby emphasizing the three dimensional volume of the IKEPOD case. This new collection works as an elegant dress watch in platinum for men, and in solid rose gold for women.<br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/horizon-gold-red.jpg" style="width: 525px; height: 525px;" /><br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/horizon-platinum-white-1.jpg" style="width: 525px; height: 525px;" /><br />The Horizon wristwatch makes reference to the “event horizon” in astrophysics, literally meaning the edge of a “black hole” – the moment when gravity becomes infinite, when both time and space disappear. The timeless beauty and simplicity of this wristwatch, juxtaposed with its reference to the mathematical end of time and space, underscore the poetry and fleeting nature of timekeeping itself.<br /><br /><b>Hemipode Dual Time Collection</b><br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hemipode-dt-gold-black.jpg" style="width: 532px; height: 532px;" /><br />The iconic hemispheric shape of the IKEPOD watch is the inspiration for the name of this classic Marc Newson chronograph. The Hemipode embodies all the essential values of the IKEPOD philosophy: design integrity as well as technical functionality. Most chronographs offer a stopwatch function to time a lap around the racetrack or a jog around the park; this model also offers a second time zone function controlled by an eccentric off-center pusher.<br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hemipode-dt-gold-blue.jpg" style="width: 535px; height: 535px;" /><br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hemipode-dt-gold-red.jpg" style="width: 535px; height: 536px;" /><br />The watch is designed for someone on the move who reads what time it is in Tokyo, but also needs to see what time it is back in Paris. The Hemipode is the epitome of how IKEPOD redefines the classic wristwatch, a design which will look even better in twenty years than it does today. Where as a design or fashion watch is destined to lose its allure, to choose the Hemipode is proof that one is attuned to an avantgarde statement of sophisticated taste.<br /><br /><b>Megapode Chronograph Collection</b><br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/megapode-tit-white.jpg" style="width: 533px; height: 533px;" /><br />The largest and most technical of the IKEPOD Collection, the titanium Megapode provides the time, the day, a chronograph function, as well as a unique circular slide rule for complicated calculations. This is a watch that can compute fuel consumption for an aircraft or a way point for a pilot who needs to calculate range and distance.<p></p> <p>A rugged and sturdy sport watch, this is the timepiece one would wish to have during an offshore passage at sea or a helicopter flight over the Alps. The unique and highly technical dial is the result of calculated and deliberate design. This wristwatch is a visual tour de force; never has so much information fit onto a watch dial without clutter, the result is a perfect balance of function and design.<br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/megapode-tit-red.jpg" style="width: 532px; height: 532px;" /><br />Conceived by revolutionary industrial designer Marc Newson, the IKEPOD wristwatch banishes all that is unnecessary in order to reunite man and machine with the design authority and organic power of the ultimate surfboard, a classic sport car, or a racing multi-hull. IKEPOD combines economy of gesture, pinnacle technology, and sensuality of materials in ways that challenge connoisseurs to embrace not only a singular timepiece but also a bold set of values.<br /><img src="http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hemipode-dt-platinum.jpg" style="width: 539px; height: 539px;" /><br />Foremost among these is independence from the conventions of traditional wristwatch design. Hewing to the great modernist principles of ‘truth to materials,’ and unity of form and function, IKEPOD rejects gratuitous ornamentation in order to highlight simplicity of form. It transforms what has previously been a strictly two-dimensional object into an organic, sculptural volume that functions in all three dimensions. By deliberately blurring old distinctions between front and back, it achieves a new level of harmony with the body of its wearer. Thus, while traditional watches employ “lugs” to attach a watchband to a case, the IKEPOD case and band join together in a single uninterrupted whole. By forgoing clasps and cumbersome articulated buckles in favor of a single discreet nipple, IKEPOD offers intimate fit, fluidity, and ideal balance on the wrist. Nothing superfluous comes between wearer and watch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2oJphNNjqDJ_aIGfM43GkF4Xdq9126wqYiu77IkGVRXhzO1huAoJqH-6qZs-xGq6wYFT-2GNeVeMMGLsT4g9T1HsbtieqFtjxW9GHSRuHVuzmgJMd1MaWTLBB6hLCXG8FVoyESIwJdMN/s1600-h/Picture+18.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143264266741001554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2oJphNNjqDJ_aIGfM43GkF4Xdq9126wqYiu77IkGVRXhzO1huAoJqH-6qZs-xGq6wYFT-2GNeVeMMGLsT4g9T1HsbtieqFtjxW9GHSRuHVuzmgJMd1MaWTLBB6hLCXG8FVoyESIwJdMN/s400/Picture+18.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 465px;" /></a><br />The IKEPOD approach is weighted with integrity. When the design process strips away all excess, what remains? Unrivaled quality and purpose. And so IKEPOD employs only inspectiongrade platinum, red gold, and titanium, sculpted to the highest standards possible by Swiss craftsmen. The dials provide information without pretension or conceit. And the IKEPOD band, unlike any other, is molded from a soft and flexible scented rubber, thereby defying the traditional definitions of sport and dress watch. In its startling difference, IKEPOD demands intelligence and daring from its wearer, and declares individuality the most exclusive form of luxury.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N8wPPAmC6ufewZi4Pppfc5IwPbygNnMR_6FoD8vAh9YTMeUHKmv4JrKToAECauLcit1po1O5AOuMJ_mZ8ugld_mB8G2cWD6L0g2P_8kNx3pNJ68mW47SIgrSZXOn-x-yRsjc7v9e89uk/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143253825675504946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4N8wPPAmC6ufewZi4Pppfc5IwPbygNnMR_6FoD8vAh9YTMeUHKmv4JrKToAECauLcit1po1O5AOuMJ_mZ8ugld_mB8G2cWD6L0g2P_8kNx3pNJ68mW47SIgrSZXOn-x-yRsjc7v9e89uk/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.ikepod.com/index2.html"></a><a href="http://www.ikepod.com/">Visit their site.</a><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ikepod.com/index2.html">Find an Ikepod retailer near you.</a><br /></p>

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1YtBJEo9UeTCqNM0-jL2bV5T-f0o6shYr-m5G19_roUe01hLOtpmlRSFq0-ruLl6AGilJnCPN0_g48A12jrO6lbfi1HoZZMUerm_ylGuBlQhijBEHNFqB4hIKs246BVd_jqtQ3or32_b/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124687378420044370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1YtBJEo9UeTCqNM0-jL2bV5T-f0o6shYr-m5G19_roUe01hLOtpmlRSFq0-ruLl6AGilJnCPN0_g48A12jrO6lbfi1HoZZMUerm_ylGuBlQhijBEHNFqB4hIKs246BVd_jqtQ3or32_b/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><a href="http://www.wokmedia.com/?p=10" rel="bookmark" title="Click to read: "Made In China""><br /></a> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mic02.jpg" style="width: 396px; height: 264px;" /></p> <p>New versions of WOKmedia's ‘Made in China’ series of furniture.<br /></p><p>The work, featuring traditional Chinese furniture embedded with hand-carved wooden toys and finished in white lacquer, is a result of their extended stay in China as part of a collaboration with <a href="http://www.contrastsgallery.com/">Contrasts Gallery</a> of Shanghai.</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mic03.jpg" style="width: 356px; height: 533px;" /></p> <p>This series of work debuted at <a href="http://www.designmiami.com/">Design Miami</a> last December.</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mic04.jpg" style="width: 357px; height: 534px;" /></p> <p>They describe it as <i> "Seemingly innocent children toys act as a kind of space invaders emerging from a world hidden inside our childhood memories. Specifically invading antique Chinese furniture, starting to threaten their traditional past."</i></p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mic05.jpg" style="width: 396px; height: 264px;" /></p> <p>and as <i> "Revealing a surreal and terrifying landscape of derailed trains, drowning babies, crashing planes and wild dinosaurs."</i> </p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mic06.jpg" style="width: 395px; height: 591px;" /></p>The most recent additions to the above installation are the following :<br /><p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mc_sizzle.jpg" style="width: 392px; height: 261px;" /></p> <p>Limited edition series of WOKmedia's <a href="http://www.wokmedia.com/?p=10">‘Made in China’</a> collection.<br />Each piece is unique, featuring traditional Chinese furniture embedded with hand-carved wooden toys and finished in white lacquer.</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mc_grr.jpg" style="width: 393px; height: 262px;" /><br />above: ‘GRR’</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mc_bowwow.jpg" style="width: 392px; height: 261px;" /><br />above: ‘BOW-WOW’</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mc_boohoo.jpg" style="width: 395px; height: 263px;" /><br />Above: ‘BOO-HOO’</p> <p><img src="http://www.wokmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mc_clank.jpg" style="width: 393px; height: 262px;" /><br />Above: ‘CLANK’</p><p><b>Who is WOKmedia?</b><br /></p>Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner established WOKmedia in 2004.<br />They are based in London with a production studio in Shanghai.<br /><br />Wokmedia’s work is primarily concerned with the emotional dimension, an archetypal memory or a physical sensation. Often they survey a state of in between where chaos is showing structure and confusion is beginning to make sense. Where out of devastation and destruction emerges a new world. A world embedded in their childhood memories when emotions were not expected to be filtered, when make-believe was not equated with lunacy.<br /><br />Julie Mathias<br /><a href="mailto:julie@wokmedia.com"><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">julie@wokmedia.com</span></a><br /><br />Wolfgang Kaeppner<br /><a href="mailto:wok@wokmedia.com"><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">wok@wokmedia.com</span></a><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0);"><br /><br />London</span></strong> Studio<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>WOKmedia<br />2 Leswin Place, Unit HQ<br />London N16 7NJ<br /><br /><p style="margin-top: -9px;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 0);">Shanghai</span></strong> Production<br />WOKmedia<br />Rujin Road 500 (South)<br />Shanghai</p> <!--show the category, edit link, comments--><!-- <div class="underposts"> Posted in <a href="http://www.wokmedia.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> | </div> --><!-- end of id content--><script> //alert(location.search); if(location.search=="?page_id=7"){ document.getElementById("pageA").style.display=""; }else{ document.getElementById("pageB").style.display=""; } </script> <!--index.php end--><!--include footer--><!--footer.php--> <!-- Do not delete the credits, this theme is released for free under the GNU General Public License (GPL) requiring that the credits will stay intact. 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