On a recent visit to New York, I had the pleasure of visiting the New Museum 235 Bowery Street. It really is a spectacular building both inside and outside. In fact recently Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the architectural firm, SANAA who designed the museum, have been chosen as the 2010 Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for their designs.
Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones once worked as a graphic designer for an advertising firm of Charles, Hobson and Grey, London.
While working there Watts also played drums occasionally with local bands in coffee shops and clubs. In 1961 he met Alexis Korner who invited him to join his band, Blues Incorporated. At that time Watts was on his way to a sojourn working as a graphic designer in Denmark, but he accepted Korner’s offer when he returned to London in February 1962. Watts continued to work as a designer for Charles, Hobson and Grey while playing with Blues Incorporated but quit both the band and job for the Rolling Stones in 1963.
Charlie did the graphic art for the Rolling Stones 1967 album Between the Lines, below, and came up with a lot of the Stones publicity stunts and stage design.
Between The Lines – Graphic Artwork by Charlie Watts
Autographed record sleeve of Charlie found here
The Kodak Brownie Camera Revived has been for 2012 Olympics. Designed by James Coleman the Kodak Brownie has some of the features of the old Kodak Brownie (see right) like having to view the image through the lens from above.
The new Kodak Brownie design is a celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The various cameras are colourful and in keeping with the London 2012 logo.
Found via Yanko Design
This is a cool camera that will capture two images simultaneously with its two lenses, which gives you a stereo image viewable in 3D. Check out the features and the results of the images from the Holga 120 3D stereo camera here!
Came across the uniquely packaged Baby Socks Soggs online last night. Soggs are a half dozen ‘fresh, free range’ socks in a funky cow design packaged in an egg carton.
Soggs also have stripy socks designs that are equally as cute for 0-12 month babies. It really is a great example of unique packaging, the nice use of an egg carton as packaging for the product really caught my eye.
