Subversive Jewelry

Justin Giunta's Subversive Jewelry won a prestigious 2009 CFDA award recently. His wondrously designed pieces are random genius.

Some of it is a little pricey but those creative ones could take a queue from his designs and pull out your old pearls, broken chains and loose stones and see what you can come up with.

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Marzipan treats

Cuteness overload. These sweet creations are from the
"Eugene and Louise Bakery", the fictional bakery which was created for an art show in Antwerp. {via}

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Etsy Goodies

I collect things related to the White Rabbit and during a search I found those and other goodies at Etsy.

Etsy really has nice handmade work. The prices are good and you're usually buying from an individual who is working from home, making these unique items with their wee leetle hands.

And in hard economic times, it's good to know where your money is going.

The Perfume Poison necklace was found at TheBirthOfVenus Etsy shop, who also has a beautiful Absinthe Bracelet with soft ice green elements, but it's a little pricey for me-- $230.

Hoolala's Etsy shop has many affordable Alice In Wonderland items. And this Stewed, Screwed, and Tattooed piece below.

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Nagi Noda Passes Away

Nagi Noda, the Japanese artist/designer/director behind groundbreaking music videos and spots passed away on Sunday, September 7. She was 35.

Noda had experienced ongoing complications related to a bad car accident last year that resulted in chronic pain. The exact cause of death was not specified.


Beyond being a brilliant artist and wonderful talent, Nagi was one of the most incredibly unique spirits that I have known," says Sheila Stepanek, CEO/EP Partizan US, which represented Noda. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends." Stepanek says that Noda passed "in her Mark Ryden dress, Chanel boots, perfect make-up with Viktor & Rolf lace black eye lashes."


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Only 35 years old. Such a talent. She also did those hair hats I've had on here before.

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Bad Unkl Sista

Bad Unkl Sista
So inventive with her badass DIY creations. And she taught herself to sew. (via)

MySpace | Make a shrug from a t-neck

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Central Park to Host Exhibition Pavilion by Zaha Hadid

Central Park to Host Exhibition Pavilion by Zaha Hadid

This October, New York City's Central Park will serve as the sole American venue for Mobile Art, a traveling international exhibition housed in a gleaming futuristic pavilion designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid.

Commissioned by Chanel, Mobile Art presents changing installations of works by foremost contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, Asia, Russia, and Latin America, each of whom has made a unique piece for the project exploring the visual, conceptual and cultural possibilities in the convergence of fashion and art.

That it displays Chanel fashions is purely incidental.

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Lydia Courteille - Paris

Black & white diamonds, crystal skull. Many more exquisite pieces at Lydia Courteille.

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Nagi Noda - Hair Hats

Hair Hats, anyone? Hair Hats by Nagi Noda | via: monochrom

I like it. She had a boar, a bear, walrus, rhinoceros, a mouse, a wolf, goat, lhaso apso (?), rabbit, a teased out poodle. If you got a hair hat, which shape would it be?

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STEAMPUNK

STEAMPUNK

A Retro Design Movement That's All About the Future

Whether you love it or hate it, it's here to be mainstream-ed. The New York Times profiled it last weekend.

Steampunk style clothes and designers have been around for a long time as have authors, performance artists, and musicians (DeVotchKa, Rasputina, Abney Park) around the world. The local Burlesque reviews and caberet shows are appearing in most every town across the country. Some people are over it and think it's silly but I like the return to this bygone era and admire the beauty and creativity.

Kat Bret has a nice photo portfolio and you can see how she pulls from different periods so skillfully. She really captures the clothing and style of that dark, mad max melancholy, steampunk, whateverthefuckyouwannacallit genre. You're welcome. NSFW

"The term "steampunk" is a play on cyberpunk, a type of near-future science fiction where rebellious hackers use handmade tech to wage virtual warfare with corporations and governments. Steampunk was a term used almost jokingly as a name for science fiction that was set in the Victorian era as opposed to the virtual future, but which still featured rebellious protagonists utilizing strange technology. In steampunk, the punk is not a computer hacker, but a mechanical one. I do believe the pendulum has swung."



Abney Park

for more on Steampunk:
Workshop | PaperMag | Wired | Jake von Slatt | Jeff Vandermeer | Datamancer | Treehouse | Flickr | More Flickr | Maker Faire

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Gary Fernandez Art

Gary Fernandez

Gary Fernández (1980) is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist based in Madrid, Spain. He's also the co-founder and creative head of the T-shirt brand VelvetBanana. (www.velvetbanana.net)

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ADAM TENENBAUM Bespoke Jewelry - Featuring bracelets and necklaces. Industrial style. Veddy nice.

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The DCTO (Dreams Come True Object) project is the collectable art figure designed by CHOCOLATE SOOP’s Dacosta Bayley.

It is a modern interpretation of an ancient Japanese Zen doll known as a Daruma doll. This curiously limbless, traditionally red-cloaked figure with unpainted eyes is used for personal dedication to a new venture such as starting a business, beginning a new path in life, or given as a gift for celebrations like New Years, weddings, and birthdays.

Painting in DCTO's left eye shows commitment to a goal; once the goal is achieved, you then paint in DCTO's right eye. DCTO (dik-toe) is designed to right itself when it is knocked over, reflecting the Japanese saying, 'Nanakorobi yaoki' "fall 7 times, rise 8 times".

The online shop is now open just in time for the Holiday Season. So energize those New Year goals with a whole lot of Zen power. Just click the ‘Shop online’ to find your Zen.

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Designer toys are fun. I found this at My Plastic Heart. StrangeCo is another favorite designer toy website although many of them are already sold out.

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