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Video postcard 2011

Ed Shek — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:01 +0000

Handwritten Love Letter

Ed Shek — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:49:38 +0000

Bryn Chernoff, of Paperfinger, provides a charming love letter service: your words + her calligraphy = Happy Valentine.

Leaf Illustrations | Plant for the Planet

Ed Shek — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:54:31 +0000

Every leaf traps CO2 – Plant for the planet / Without nature life isn’t life…….

MORE IMAGES HERE

Corkers – An original addition to the wine bottle you bring to dinner

Ed Shek — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:49:57 +0000

An original addition to the wine bottle you bring to dinner‭. Bring your dinner party and your bottle corks to life with these cute‭, ‬collectable animal parts‭. Each pack includes the body parts required for one Corker‭.‬ Available in 6‭ ‬designs‭: ‬Monkey‭, ‬Deer‭, ‬Buffalo‭, ‬Bear‭, ‬Bunny‭ ‬&‭ ‬Crow. Cork not included. Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 2 cm.

Empty Memory by Logical Art

Ed Shek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:20:11 +0000

This jewelry collection utilizes USB memory sticks as the medium. Dubbe, “Empty Memory,” this collection is designed by London-based Logical Art. The company is founded by Hanhsi Chen and Yookyung Shin in 2011 after their graduation from the Royal College of Art. The pieces are cast from stainless steel, and are hand-finished in white, black, or pink gold. The inner USB contains a 4GB Samsung flash.

The design comes with two versions: Structure and Transparent. They contain a physical emptiness within their enclosing to symbolize the memory that will fill the USB.

I like these pieces even if they didn’t have any functionality to them. I have seen some pretty ugly USB flash drives, and the pulchritude of this collection is further increased in contrast. I love the fact that both designs feature an empty space, which serves as a metaphor for the drive’s willingness to be populated by memory.

A young woman wake’s up in a dream about tomorrow. She flies till gravity hits her.

Ed Shek — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:55:13 +0000

Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin

Ed Shek — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:48 +0000

First: watch the video. Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural. Wonderful.

Fukahori just closed an exhibition at ICN Gallery in London titled Goldfish Salvation, and you can see many more images via the gallery’s Facebook, but probably the best resource is this set of photos by Dominic Alves.