Wednesday, June 2, 2010
R.I.P. Tobias Wong
I just read the disturbing news that Tobias Wong, a young, extremely talented artist and designer, passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 35. One of my favorite projects by Tobias was his Diamond Project from 2004.
D. Tobias Wong, the Canadian-born, New York-based artist and designer, passed away in the early morning of Sunday, May 30, 2010. He was 35. Through his work, Wong helped bring forth much of what is now taken for granted in contemporary culture. Influenced by Dada and, especially, Fluxus, he questioned authorship through appropriation; held a mirror to our desires and absurdities; upended the hierarchy between design and art, and the precious and the banal; and helped redefine collaboration and curation as creative practices. Working within what he termed a "paraconceptual" framework, Wong prompted a reevaluation of everything we thought we knew about design: its production, its psychological resonance, its aesthetic criteria, its means of distribution, its attachment to provenance, its contextualization and its manner of presentation. Wong was a keen observer, an original mind, a brilliant prankster, and an unerring friend.
Wong's work was widely exhibited, including at the Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. His many projects included those for Colette, Comme des Garcons, Prada/OMA, Cappellini and Swarovski Crystal Palace. In addition to the objects he created, re-created, repurposed, rarefied and otherwise manipulated, Wong's work included events and happenings that included, among many others, a pop-up tattoo parlor at Art Basel Miami Beach/Design Miami and the Wrong Store, a "store" in New York that was in fact never open. (As with much of Wong's work, both were collaborations.) Wong was named Young Designer of the Year by Wallpaper* magazine (2004) as well as the Brooklyn Museum of Art (2006). In 2008 and 2009, he served as founding co-creative director of 100% Design Shanghai, affiliated with the 100% Design fairs in London and Tokyo.
Born and raised in Vancouver, Wong studied in Toronto before moving to New York in 1997 to attend the Cooper Union, from which he graduated with a major in sculpture. He is survived by his mother, stepfather, brother, partner and BFF.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Louis Vuitton FIFA World Cup Trophy 2010 Travel Case
Ahead of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, which kicks off on 11th June, Louis Vuitton today unveiled the travel case it has created to hold football’s greatest prize, the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Commissioned by FIFA, the special order case, handmade by a single master craftsman in Louis Vuitton’s historic Asnières workshop near Paris, has been meticulously designed to accommodate the celebrated Trophy, which measures 36 cm in height, weighs 6.175 kg and is made of solid 18-carat gold with a base of semi-precious malachite. Covered in Louis Vuitton’s iconic Monogram canvas, the travel case is fitted with the company’s signature brass lock and corners, and has a dark brown lining that complements the Trophy’s rich gold.
Like all Louis Vuitton special orders, the FIFA World Cup Trophy case was made at the company’s original workshop in Asnières, which opened in 1859. The case opens at the front and at the top to allow the Trophy to be removed easily when, at the final on 11th July in Johannesburg, watched by many millions of people across the globe, it will be presented.
Lu Flux Fall 2010
CREDITS:
Art Direction Alun Davies
Assistants Lloyd Rossborough, Robson Yee
Photography Holly Falconer
Assistant Kat Green
Hair Mitsutaka Enokida
Make up Misaki Nakamura
Models Grzegorz Czlaplicki & Emily Hayler
Styling Lu Flux
Monday, May 31, 2010
Jeremy Scott for Longchamp “Gold Plates” Pliage Bag
Since 2006, the british designer Jeremy scott has made for every season, a "must-have" collection in the Pliage travel bag from Longchamp. Puting his strong sense of humor and a print of his latest clothes line in every bag.
Presented in february during Fashion Week, the new Jeremy Scott creation for Longchamp, came with a design that includes gold plates in black cotton canvas with his signature, logo, portrait and a hanger with his name on it.
This limited editions, it´s going to be available since 1st June till the 1st July in the Longchamp stores.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
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