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Fashion + Dictionary + Diary in your pocket

Dan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:11:27 +0000

FASHIONARY is the new tool for any up and coming designer or any fashion designer out there. This is a perfect resource for fast sketching and for referencing stitch design, body measurements etc. For only 17 bucks you can get your fashionary for either men or women. Better hurry up before they all disappear and FIDM catches wind of it. More info on the books, some free test templates and to buy the wonderous fashionary click HERE.

Yotel – not for claustrophobics

Dan — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:31:12 +0000

Not too long ago I booked a flight from Norway back to LA and managed to miss the fact that I had to sleep the night at Heathrow airport. This came as a shock once I checked in, and the fact that all the hotels around Heathrow were miles away and quite expensive, did not make the trip any better. So the night consisted of twisting and turning in a cold chair at the worst terminal they have, constantly sneaking a peak at my bag making sure no one was creeping up on me. I just saw a post about Sleepbox concept and did a second check and found that some smart people just took it a step further and created the Yotel. So if you’re ever stuck in Heathrow for the night, then check out Yotel for a bed, or kick it at a cold chair as I did.

Aerodynamic Alize

Dan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:13:44 +0000

Finding a balance between lightweight aerodynamics and race ready frame structure, the NeilPryde Alize is the ultimate in high-performance road bikes. Got to love the way this frame was put together, and the visuals in the design process. The aggressive aerofoil profile looks great and is highly functional, forcing airflow to remain laminar around the down tube, the seat tube and rear wheel. This increases the turbulent energy in this area, helping the rider somehow…..all over my head, but looks fantastic.

SUPER X, MOTO X and BIG AIR

Dan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:28:44 +0000

Part of the Mage crew got to check out the X-games down at Coliseum stadium on Thursday afternoon, where Jake Brown threw down hard on the Big Air and Travis Pastrana surprised the crowd with a double backflip in his victory lap at the Moto X Freestyle. The def motocross starlet Ashley Fiolek won gold in the Moto X Super X women, and smoked the rest of the ladies after Patterson crashed hard in the fourth lap. Shift representative Josh Grant won the Men’s final, passing Josh Hansen in the 11th lap, and with Justin Brayton squezing Hansen even further back he rolled in at third place for the bronze.

Red BULL Cliff Dive

Dan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:11:56 +0000

Red Bulls annual World Series Cliff dive competition landed in Kragerø, Norway for the first time this past weekend. 12 000 spectators crammed their boats around the platform to see the best divers in the world compete for valuable points in the chase for the title as worlds greatest Cliff diver. The former British Olympic diver Gary Hunt unleashed a Triple Quad in the second round of diving and confirmed his third win of the series, to check out the event watch this video.

Shred your face

Dan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:40:36 +0000

This crazy art project by a French artist Frederique Daubal, is pushing the sensitive debate on the Muslim niquabs that is becoming a huge topic in Europe these days. She shredded some pages from fashion magazines and made them into masks, creating a statement on identity and transformation.

Norwegian Woodies

Dan — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:29:46 +0000

The Norwegian designer duo Sigve Bø(18) and Lars Sunde(20) established their design company Boe&Sunde in 2009, and a year later the first Woodies were flaunted to the public.

Their frames are hand crafted exclusively from unique pieces of wood. The sunglasses get their individual identity from different types of trees based in specific locations in Norway. Most sunglasses that are made today go through some vigorous and energy demanding manufacturing processes, but the Woodies are donated from mother earth herself and through decades of photosynthesis. Boe&Sunde prides themselves on running a highly ethical standard of manufacturing, avoiding wood from areas with depleting natural resources, and they value the unique quality the frame material possesses.

Agressive Organic Dezir(e)

Dan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:22:08 +0000

Renault has been sitting on a new concept , and we’ve only seen a few preview glimpse before these nice pictures dropped a little while back. The DeZir is the first step in a different design direction for Renault, trying broaden their target audience from small families to the speed junkies. The electric powered concept is the first work of Renault’s chief designer Laurent Van Den Acker, and I think that it shows great initative towards the electric car race for the future. The engine is mounted mid-rear position to optimize weight distribution and it shoots off from 0 to 100 km/h in five seconds.

Video presentation of the concept car.

Snake it around your wrist

Dan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:45:52 +0000

Concept watch by graduate designer, Dave Prince from Winsconsin. The name of the concept watch is Jörmungand, and that’s what partly caught my eye. Being the Norwegian that I am, I can’t help but to enjoy this concept for both its name and design. To refresh your knowledge on nors mythology check out this link, meanwhile enjoy these nice renderings of the watch.

ALPA-male of cameras

Dan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:20:43 +0000

The ALPA brand has been around for almost half a century, after a gap of 8 year they completely re-launched with a new concept in camera design with the ALPA 12. With this new brand the company has established itself as top of the line in its chosen field. As you’ve probably read before I’m all about form follows function, and this brand stays true to that mantra. Now launching some new wood handgrips, this camera is truly one for the books.

More about the camera here