Product Spotlight on Bernhard Willhelm

Since the beginning of this year, I have been developing a new feature on our site called Product Spotlight which introduces our users to some cool, practical and, of course, well-designed products that are available. In April we featured some shades by our friends at Mykita that were part of a collaboration between their designers, and the always-interesting Bernhard Willhelm.

I just wanted to point out that I recently included another interesting collaboration between Willhelm and the shoe company Camper (May).

We really love the direction that this German designer is going and they way he has forged some intelligent collaborative partnerships with equally cool companies!

VISIT PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

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The Unknown Hipster

If you read any magazines related to fashion, lifestyle, mens interest, glamor, etc, there is no doubt that you have seen the work of Jean-Philippe Delhomme- artist and former lead-tambourine player for the now defunct band, Uneven Dusk. We have just discovered his equally impressive and entertaining blog entitled, The Unknown Hipster, which documents his travels and travails around the world, and fashion world.

Visit The Unknown Hipster

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Magazine Alive Pop-up Pops up in Toyko

The retail endeavor forged by the partnership between Vogue Nippon and Comme des Garcons has officially launched.  Located in a space previously home to the CdG X LV collab, as well as the CdG Black project.  Located in Tokyo’s Aoyama district, the shop carries a wide range of brands including Martin Margiela, Loewe, Undercover, and of course, CdG.  As well, the interior of the shop is decorated with bits and pieces of Murakami´s artwork in order to celebrate the July manga theme issue of the magazine.

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New smut, for the classier gentlemen

A new mens magazine aimed at the “luxury erotic” is launching today, Jacques Magazine shoots exclusively on film and promises no airbrushing or Photoshopping.  Luxury erotic…  we can roll with that!

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Fabio Lattanzi Portraits

Italian artist Fabio Lattanzi has been focusing on the symbolic interpretation of reality, the rendering
in images of the social and emotive universe of the individual since 1997. In his latest works entitled “Build yourself an idol”, we see the symbolism combined with a smart eye for color and atmosphere.

Keep your eye open for this rising star…

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More from Ferran Adria

First a pizzeria, and now a beer? Is Ferran Adria- the top chef in the world- going mainstream?? While your instinct may be to say yes, rest assured that Senor Adria will not be the next celebuchef to hock a wimpy and poorly executed beer or pizza. In fact, the beer, which happens to be part of a collaboration with Spanish brewers, Estrella Damm, will behave more like a wine. Named “Inedit” Adria expects the beer to be poured and served like a wine, and that it will be possibly to pair with specific foods to enhance the eating experience.

While we have not yet had the chance to test it, friends at the New York Times report, ”

The successful result has a floral aroma that hints of citrus and spice, and a flavor that is mild, fruity and balanced, like an adolescent chardonnay. Its name, Inedit, means “original” in French.

It actually starts as two beers, Mr. Adrià said: a straightforward lager and a German-style weissbier that is seasoned with orange peel, coriander and licorice. Because each ferments at a different rate, the beers are not blended until just before bottling in black 750-milliliter wine bottles. The marriage undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle, like Champagne.”

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How to Spend the rest of your life with Carla Bruni

1. Save up approximately 3,000 GBP

2. Come to Berlin on June 4, 2009

3. Register as a bidder at the Grisebach Modern and Contemporary Photographs Auction at the Villa Grisebach

4. Be the highest bidder

5. Bring Carla home with you and enjoy…

Get all the details here…

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Sterovision Table

Referencing design cues from the Blue/Red 3D glasses, designer John Nouanesin has built a table that would fit in with any modern environment.  More details about the table to follow…

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Fixed City Trailer

The fixed bike phenomenon is in full swing across the world. Hipsters, bike messengers, and wannabes are all in line to spend their cash on bikes with no brake and little alon gthe lines of comfort. That being said, the bikes are pretty cool and the trailer for the German production Fixed City has been making the rounds on the internet lately. Any Berliners or visitors to the Design Hotels HQ will recognize some of our neighbors around the corner at the bike shop.

Click here to watch the trailer… 

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Nam- Japanese Graphic Art Collective

Takayuki Nakazawa and Hiroshi Manaka make up the Japanese design collective called Nam.  They are producing a diverse collection of images that have kept viewers (me, at least!) on the edge of my seat.  If Henri Cartier-Bresson was famous for captureing “the moment,” then I would say that Nam is developing a style of creating the moment for the new age.

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