Presenting The Carpenter Collection: Minimalist Wooden Watches by Analog Watch Co. ” We’ve transformed wood as a material. ” Subheading: This is a series of minimal and eco-friendly wooden watches for design-oriented people who appreciate the simple, beautiful things that stand out from the crowd. Summary: Analog Watch Co. believes that you should never waste an opportunity to express yourself. We believe in taking the objects that pass through our lives without attracting much attention and making them stand out. Our products use unconventional materials that recall the effortless beauty and timelessness of nature, and our simple, strong, and minimalist products are designed to showcase the authentic perfection of the raw materials. The Carpenter Collection is a sophisticated, lightweight product that is much more than a watch– it’s a piece of art; a tiny sculpture on your wrist, and a little piece of nature that you can always carry with you. The Problem: Most watches are clunky and made of… read more →
Esta inteligente e incisiva serie fotográfica expone exactamente cuánta basura producimos en tan sólo una semana. La mayoría de nosotros somos conscientes de la crisis de contaminación que el planeta enfrenta: nuestros mares son víctimas de derrames petroleros, de islas de basura, la tierra sufre de polución, esmog y zonas enteras —donde habitan las personas más pobres— son vertederos tóxicos. Pero, dada la idiosincrasia humana, tendemos a ignorar que el problema y la solución somos nosotros. Para exponer el enorme impacto de este problema el fotógrafo Gregg Segal (7 Days of Garbage) decidió retratar a grupos de personas, de diferentes clases sociales, junto a la basura que producen en una semana. El resultado es chocante. Al retratar a sus personajes dentro de ambientes naturales, la contaminación se vuelve más evidente y más desagradable: una reflexión en torno a la fragilidad de nuestro planeta y la alarmante huella que estamos dejando en él. Según el fotógrafo: “La serie obliga a las… read more →
“Star-filled night” by Van Gogh is made of recycling materials by Bernard Pras. Beauty is skin deep. It is relative and so large that can be in any place, included broken pieces, already used clothes, used games, all depends on where you are and the perspective you have. For someone it is waste but for others it is a treasure. The French artist Bernard Pras uses waste as a raw material for his work. Bernard recreates famous pictures with waste in an amazing way. From far away you can see the perfect effect of brush-stroke that compounds the “Star-filled night” of Van Gogh but if differs from the original because lines are objects. “The Wave” of Hokusai is more impressive with hundreds of pieces that you can see how they form the sea foam. Pras uses all kind of recycling materials: parts of puppets, shoes, fried bags, color wires, and many others have sense in a different way when they… read more →