+ ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Oh, Do You Read Me ?!, you shall be sorely missed. I’ve retained one of your posters and it shall adorn some blank wall in Tel Aviv in the future.
+ the cosmonaut, berlin
If you party in Berlin and decide for a 5am sleep-walk back into Kreuzberg, you might chance upon this wall graffiti – friendly and humorous by day – looming ominously out of the blue black dawn.
+ fabric texture, cavalli
Once in a while you hear a designer or read in a mag something about fabric textures and patterning and superiority of this fabric as opposed to that fabric and you’re thinking “who freggin cares?” Well one of the all time Kings of texture and patterning is Roberto Cavalli from Firenze. Of course you’ve heard...
+ Marlboro Red
It all started in 1924, as a women’s cigarette. Hah! Didn’t know that did you? “Mild as May” was the slogan. But the 1950s came along with the lung cancer mania and Marlboro was restructured to appeal to men: this is where the buffed up cowboy comes into the picture. Along with their brand image...
+ VOIX: PerretSchaad
Welcome to VOIX, a new series to be developed; The voice of creative minds on their lifestyles and work in their respective cities. First up who kindly met with GabrielDesigns is PERRETSCHAAD of Berlin. An elusive duo to catch as they’re perpetually working or traveling, Johanna and Tutia took a couple of hours to drink...
+ death of a cement factory
When a cement factory gets decommissioned, you can’t simply call a bulldozer and plow it down. (There’s always money involved. Or lack of.) Rather, the site conveniently gets abandoned. “Forgotten.” And over time, natural forces dictate the deconstruction. Rain and wind crumbles the concrete, exposing the steel within. Moss and lichen, wild grass and weeds...
+ Israeli Brutalism – part 2
For more details on some of the architecture and design: Introduction to Tel Aviv at mb! by Mercedes-Benz.
