Sorry neck, that scarf is for butts now

Normally speaking, hammock chairs don’t turn my crank.  This is because usually they look like this and fit somewhere between papasans and tuna helper on the things-that-remind-me-of-janky-first-apartments scale.  Right? Right.

Be that as it may, it is still possible to create some pretty baller minihammocks.  I know it’s true because of this thing Patricia Urquiola did for Moroso a while back.  And now, presented for your consideration: this thing!  Which is called the Hammock’s Hammock and is by Argentinian-American designer Maria Figueira.  Now, it’s obviously got this nice cloth-vs.-angles thing going on, but what’s interesting here is that she whipped it up in seconds* with only the materials every designer-maker has lying around the house: some steel rod, some oxy-acetylene tanks, and a stolen pashmina.  It’s like the furniture equivalent of a thanksgiving sandwich.  Only without the bacteria.  What what!

More pics after the jump!

*maybe, or days

 

1 Comment /   Email This Post » Mar 07.10 / Dreamhouse, Recessionista / by Andrew

No Smarties joins the 2007 zeitgeist

Alright fellas, it’s time!  No Smarties has an official Twitter account.  Now you won’t have to listen to my glib comments on personal matters such as creme fraiche and being really attractive and how much I want to make a Quaderna Table cake out of fondant.  You’re welcome, world!

Follow us here.  (Follow us everywhere, really)

No Comments /   Email This Post » Mar 03.10 / no no no no no no / by Andrew

We’re all such lame-o sitters

Love this nonsensical video of Jon O’Conner playing with a stool.  Your instructions are to mute the audio and put on the Benny Hill theme when you watch it.

See also:  Shrimp running on a treadmill

 

1 Comment /   Email This Post » Mar 03.10 / Kids These Days / by Andrew

Rainbow Church: Not just Episcopalians any more!

The office of No Smarties‘ fave Tokujin Yoshioka (whose window display for Hermés was mentioned, breathlessly, here) was kind enough to send over his newest project, which debuts in Seoul this May:  The Rainbow Church.  Which is to say, he’s designed a 25ft high stained-glass window made entirely of light-scrambling prisms.  Over 500 of them.  Chyah!

Tokujin’s words:

The idea of this architecture project “Rainbow Church” dates back to when I was in [my] early 20s.
I visited the Chepelle du Rosaire, which Henri Matisse, a French painter, created in his last years, located in Vence, a commune located near Nice, France. I was engrossed in the beauty of the light that the chapel created.
I experienced a space filled with the light of Matisse: Being bathed in the sunlight of the Provence, the stained glass with Matisse’s vibrant colors suffused the room with full of colors.
Since then, I had been dreaming of designing an architecture where people can feel the light with all senses.

Wish wish wish I was there to see this baby open in May.  If anyone goes, send pics!  And, you know, plane tickets.

On display May 1 – June 30
MUSEUM. beyondmuseum
Gangnam-gu Chungdam-dong 49-21, Seoul, Korea

Pics of the whole installation after the jump.

 

No Comments /   Email This Post » Feb 23.10 / Glowing, I Love the Future / by Andrew

If the cube fits

I hope by the time I have kids I’ll be able to convince them that babies are made in these gold-lamé-and-black-fiberglass cube eggs from the future and then are dropped down our chimney by Devendra Banhart and Gwyneth Paltrow or whatever, and aren’t they glad we got to keep the chaise?

S.O.S. - Sofa of Solitude, by Fabio Novembre.  More after the jump!

 

No Comments /   Email This Post » Feb 22.10 / I Love the Future / by Andrew

Seein’ dis: Banks Violette @Gladstone Gallery, NYC

Readers, if you’re anything like us and are ready to have about 500 of Banks Violette’s babies then now would be a good time to head over to Gladstone Gallery, where he’s got a show up until April 17. It’s your chance! You’ll also be able to see numerous new pieces including that boss (& energy-efficient) chandelier above.

Banks Violette, February 12 - April 17, 2010
Gladstone Gallery
530 West 21st Street
New York, NY

No Comments /   Email This Post » Feb 21.10 / Glowing, Real life / by Andrew

Not to be rung again until jesus returns

Digging the sculpture work of Glasgow-based creative person David Shrigley.

 

1 Comment /   Email This Post » Feb 21.10 / Pure Evil / by Andrew

Taxiyarny? Maybe not.

Wow these anatomically-correct yarn animals by British artist Shauna Richardson are pretty neat.  It’s always nice to see disparate craft traditions mashed up - even if her term “crochetdermy” isn’t exactly the most effortless portmanteau.  You can’t win ‘em all.

One warning:  if, like us, you have had it up to here with the Mounted Deer Heads Made Out of Non-Deer Materials trend, you are going to want to avoid numbers 2, 3, and 4 on her website.  Now that that’s out of the way, go enjoy yourself some yarnmonkeys!  Or see more after the jump.

 

1 Comment /   Email This Post » Feb 18.10 / Vernacular Fancy / by Andrew

Leech Plug: Tell Your Electronics When to Stop Sucking

RISD student Conor Klein (who, as mentioned previously, has great legs) designed this deceptively minimal plug off of the behavior of leeches.  Just as a leech simply drops from its host when it is full of blood, so too does this plug physically disconnect the attached electronic device when it is filled with electricity.  A great solution for the vampire transformers that draw energy even when charging nothing.

More pics after the jump!

 

14 Comments /   Email This Post » Feb 14.10 / Dreamhouse, Kids These Days / by Andrew

Opening Tonight! New Painthings @Nudashank

Alert!  Remember when we told you all about that group show CHROMATOSE that was happening at Nudashank in Baltimore, and how it featured Smarties Tatiana Berg and Ted Gahl?  Well they evidently stole the show and Nudashank has given them their own show to say “thanks” and also “you are fucking awesome.”

Opening tonight, New Painthings:  Tatiana Berg/Ted Gahl
Reception 6-10pm

Friday, February 12
Nudashank Gallery
405 W. Franklin St.
3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD

more info at nudashank.com

No Comments /   Email This Post » Feb 12.10 / BFFs, Heck Yes, Real life / by Andrew