NIKE ID

I've known this site for quite a while but kind of forgot about it. Customize selected Nike products (mainly trainers, but also some bags, footballs, even watches) with the colours you like, put your name on it, and the friendly people at Nike will make them for you and send them to your letterbox. Even if you don't want to spent any money, the site is still great fun as you can design and re-design the different models over and over again. Go on, get creative!

www.nikeid.nike.com

Gino Boccasile

Gino Boccasile, born in Italy in 1901, created many works during the 1930s as advertising for products and travel destinations. As the 1930's came to an end, Boccasile went to work for the fascists creating some of the most startling images of propaganda which are highly sought after today. After the war, Boccasile set up his own agency.
His advertisings are often cheeky, and always beautiful and smooth. They certainly catch your attention.

http://www.posterclassics.com/boccasile-posters1.html

cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

Isn't this just the cutest art ever?? :)

http://homepage2.nifty.com/kchang/web/contents/top.html

Art, Art and more Art.

An entire blog dedicated to art. A giant collection of funny, disturbing, interesting or just beautiful stuff. Loads of different artists, all kinds of techniques, and links to the sites of the artists or the gallery that promotes them. Really cool work on there, many different categories, you can get lost in this for quite a while.

http://cipango.typepad.com/cipango/art/index.html

Erwin Olaf

One of amy favourite photographers: Erwin Olaf. His images are often smooth like advertisings, but with a twist. His Royal Blood series is just brilliant!

http://www.erwinolaf.com/Pages/Menu.htm

Now here’s a woman who looks like your average next-door neighbour, but who has the meanest sense of humour you’ve heard in a very long time. She is loud, she insults, she comes up with the stereotypes no one even dares to think and makes them even worse, and her audience just loves it. She comes up with one hilarious statement after the other. Check it out!

Strange statues

http://haha.nu/funny/strange-statues-around-the-world/

A collection of strange statues from all around the world. There are some twisted minds out there! Make sure you keep scrolling down: the beginning is not really that strong, but further down you’ll find some amazing creations!

Funny though that Wim Delvoye’s copulating deers have not been included, I’d say they would fit in well.

Fivefingers

Saw these in a shop in Soho and just had to try them on. They offer no support, just protection of the foot sole. The idea is to give the feeling of walking barefoot, and to stimulate the muscles and ligaments of your feet to grow stronger. I like them very much, but at £69 a pair they don’t come cheap. I’d love to have a pair to take them to the gym, saves a lot of space and weight in my bag!

www.vibramfivefingers.com

Shell

Great 1930's petrol station somewhere in the States. It has been recently restored in its former glory.

Takashi Murakami

The Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is fast becoming one of the important figures in today’s art world. His style: cartoon-like, manga-related pop with an edge. His work is a take on the Japanese oversexed pop culture and he uses the typical shapes and colors of this culture to make it.

I saw two of his best known sculptures in an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2001, they are fantastic. Life size manga-like figures, smooth and bright. ‘Hiropon’ is a girl with huge breasts; she holds her nipples and milk spurts out of it. She uses the string of milk as a skipping rope. The breasts are out of proportion and in sharp contrast with the youthly face. ‘My Lonesome Cowboy’ has the same thing going on: a guy holding his erect penis, with spunk going like a lasso in a wide circle all around his head. Both sculptures have an amazing energy and happiness about them, which even enlarges the impact they have.

Check out Murakami’s website for more examples of his fantastic graphic art and 3D works, featuring the DOB character he created. He also created the hugely popular new take on the classic Luis Vuitton canvas.
http://www.takashimurakami.com/biography.php

Rufskin

Nice alternative for a pair of Levis or Diesel, though not many men can get away with wearing this... www.rufskin.com

Vizeau

Vizeau underwear and swimwear. Brilliant designs. Would love to see someone wearing it, and if I had the body you'd see me parading up and down the beach in one of these, hehe.

www.vizeau.com

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SanJuanBothas

San Juan Brothas: an alternative lifestyle event for Black and Latino men in the Caribbean. Read more on the site,or just enjoy the beautiful photography. I mean, these guys are just too lucky to have that hard sunlight all the time... makes great pictures!

http://www.sanjuanbrothas.com/

JunctionMag

Seems like my friend Andrew has a new project: Junctionmag. Check it out, lot of stuff to go through. http://www.junctionmag.com/

Verve

I've met Andre Carlssen, the guy behind Verve, quite regularly. Even though I wouldn'tgo as far as to say that we are friends (got invited to his birthday party last year though), he is always really friendly and he is just a nice guy. Nice to find out that he also is a good designer, and has a website that seems to do quite well: www.vervetops.co.uk . Good stuff, down to earth but with an eye for details (see the shirt in the second picture - the guy wearing it is Andre himself btw), and his stripey pantsare just too cute to be left on the shelf :) Bright, strong colors.. like it!

Yemi Osunkoya

I've known Yemi for a couple of years now, and I'd like you guys to have a look at his site. I am not too much into bridal wear, but if I had to choose a dress for someone I would definitely take his advise. He manages to build very elegant, contemporary silhouettes with a definite hint of his Nigerian background present. Not your average lace-and-bow meringue-style bridal gowns, but creations that ooze personality and just look amazing. Have a look at the site, the best pictures are definitely on there.

http://www.kosibah.co.uk/

Camouflage costumes

Simply amazing. The work of artist Desirée Palmen, these are costumes designed to blend in with their environment. I don't know whether has any digital work has been done to it, but it looks great.

http://www.desireepalmen.nl/images.php

Optical rooms

This one is amazing, I wonder how they did it. If you look a the room from the wrong angle you see a random pattern, but if you’re in the right spot it all comes together into one image or shape. Brilliant stuff, do have a look at the website cause there are some really nice ones on there!!

http://www.2loop.com/3drooms.html

time gous by con loli

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE :) Some latino drag queen does a hilarious spoof on Madonna's Time Goes By video. Actually much cooler than the original, hehe.

http://braindrain.be/?page_id=2073

256MB WRIST BAND

Pretty elegant solution to store 256Mb of data. Hopefull they will extend the capacity in the future, I like the idea of this.

WEIRDEST USB PLUGIN DEVICES

A collection of the ten most unexpected devices to plug into your USB port. I love the George Foreman grill, and the flower pot speakers aren't too bad either! But it is winter, and cold outside, so therefore these are my favourites: USB heated slippers!

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-usb-devices-ever/

ELFSTEDENTOCHT MONUMENT

Also in the Netherlands, also in Friesland: the monument to the Elfstedentocht, the big ice skate rally that goes by eleven cities in Friesland. It is only organised in years when the ice is thick enough, obviously.
The monument is in fact a bridge over one of the canals on the tour. It is covered in tiles, each tile carrying the picture of a participant of the tour in the last century. They are arranged in such way that from a distance they form the bigger image of the classic ice skaters on the tour. The typical blue and white Dutch tiles both follow a tradition of centuries of Dutch ceramics and evoke the cold and hard feeling of icy winter when the tour goes out.

HAVENKRAAN HARLINGEN

Can't really remember how I came across this site, but it is cool. Three 'hotels' in the Dutch city of Harlingen: one in a crane, one in the lighthouse and one in a boat. All beautifully designed. This one is the crane (Havenkraan), which guests can turn 360 degrees while staying there. The cabin is failry small, but the large window and the possibility to turn around offers an amazing view which hugely compensates for the small space!










http://www.vuurtoren-harlingen.nl/nl/index1.html

Tetran

WHAT'S TETRAN ? According to the website, ''Tetran is the fun cable winder for your favorite earbud headphones. Just wind your cable around the body and use the mouth as a holder for your earbuds. The spikes keep Tetran from running away.

In addition to the functionality as a earbud cable winder, Tetran can be used for a relaxation break. Squeeze it in your hand to relieve stress, or roll it around on the floor for a foot massage. ''

I just like the combination of cute design and functionality :)