Underling Colours

Underlining Colours is a British-based collective, magazine, blog, and online gallery for up and coming talents in fashion and design.



I wish I could link more...just check it out.

Art Lebedev

I came across this group after being linked to the finger-hole hoodies and discovered a treasure trove of cool stuff from this massive Russian design firm.

They have lots of things for sale and other things like their posters (above) are free to download and print as you wish.

the eternity ice tray


the thumbs up mirror

More at Art.Lebedev

Keep It Cartesian

4 Canadian design students. 4(so far!) fun designs. Fingers crossed that they go into reproduction soon!



Keepitcartesian.com

Codeep Ljubljana

On the hunt for cool people with good taste in things here in Slovenia, I came across Codeep:

Codeep is a network of innovative groups and creative individuals based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Working on international and local level, the media of our expression is never defined. Music and visual communication, architecture and contemporary performance, abuse of video and respect for books, web design and urban installations, mainstream work and subversive art, high an lo’ culture, furry animals and robots is who we are and what we do.

I'm gonna try to make some new friends....

Apartmento Magazine

Interesting new magazine presenting REAL interiors where people really live rather than the super-sanitized ones we encounter in other interior design magazines. I'm looking forward to picking up a copy.



Read more and order at their site.

032c

According to their website, 032c is a creative consultancy that produces a very interesting bi-yearly magazine. I am hoping to get it here soon. The concept sounds fantastic.

&Larry

Via NOTCOT

Witty design from Singapore. The tape lamp.





More on &Larry's website

Doshi Levien: Mosaic Range

Doshi Levien design house in London created a beautiful range of cooking implements for Tefal a few years back. The pots, produced under the name Mosaic, are used to prepare various special cuisines from around the world. They're a bit tough to find now but look to be well worth the search.


Moroccan Tagine


one of the beautiful bases
Businessweek profile of Doshi Levien

Beard Cap

(via KitsuneNoir)



A really stylish and fun way to keep most of the face warm, by Iceland group Vik Prjónsdóttir. Everyone cool is trying to figure out how to get this. I haven't seen any purchase links yet...

Afroart

Afroart is a Swedish group working with artisans from third world (i guess that word's not cool anymore but i prefer it to "developing") countries. They have a lot of beautiful stuff on their website and in their store (which I hope to visit one day!)



Their English language website appears to be under construction but you can gawk at the beautiful stuff on the Swedish one for now.

JUJU Design Party

(from the website)

The JUJU Design Party was established in 2005 as a platform for the work of seven young Finnish designers specialising in interior products. The individual members have a strong sense of self and know-how and this binds them together as a collective unit. Operating through trade fairs and exhibitions, JUJU seeks to make contact with manufacturers and retailers to undertake design projects and prove its design credentials.

We Do

We Do is a Ljubljana-based creative consulting/ design firm. I just met these kids yesterday. They are doing some interesting stuff with chocolate.



Not 100% sure what they are up to at the moment. I guess I'll be finding out more.

Blake Hamster Collective

(from their website)

Blake Hamster is a collaborative effort by a loose network of designers, artists, marketeers, journalists, authors and musicians from all over the world. It is their aim to experiment with different products, production processes and distribution models while upholding a set of aesthetic and ethic ground rules.

A Blake Hamster release may take on many forms. This time it is a range of shirts, next time it could be anything from sweaters to a collection of household wares with a stylish twist, to a magazine or an art-show.

But each and every release will be unique in its design, limited in its circulation, of high quality and as ecologically and socially conscious as possible.

The Tough Alliance

I live for the one or twice monthly emails I get from Sincerely Yours/ The Tough Alliance. They are either videos, remixes, new songs, online art, or some amalgam of it all. They understand the power of free and are doing great things. This band/label/art collective is truly carrying the torch of KLF into the new millennium.

Kaikai Kiki Co.

(from the Kaikai Kiki Co. website)

Kaikai Kiki Co was founded by Takashi Murakami in 2001, and evolved from its predecessor, the Hiropon Factory, which was founded in 1996.
Its goals as an enterprise include the production and promotion of artwork, the management and support of select young artists, general management of events and projects, and the production and promotion of merchandise.

Kaikai Kiki employs roughly 50 people in its Tokyo headquarters and 20 people in its New York office and studio.

Besides Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki represents selected young artists Chiho Aoshima, Mr., Aya Takano, Chinatsu Ban, Mahomi Kunikata, and Rei Sato.

By organizing world-class exhibitions and projects, handling public relations and artist's biographies, and offering Murakami’s personal feedback on work in progress, Kaikai Kiki is dedicated to the growth of these emerging artists.