The Tastemakers Society

Beef jerky and design doesn’t sound right.  Actually, it sounds better than eating it because that stuff can be gross.  You know, when it’s real tough and extra chewy.  Especially those pieces that get white.  Anyway, here’s a humorous twist on luxury goods by Nancy Wu.  She integrates beef jerky and Chanel, while redesigning Nike shoes to be more futuristic.

via: designboom

Designer Florian Krautli asks, “is it ok to make a cow out of the skin of a cow?” I don’t know the answer to Florian’s question I’m sure PETA could share some of their thoughts on it. Me, myself, I just think it’s cool to see a cow handbag.

If you’re walking thru the streets of Sydney, Australia anytime soon take a look up to see if you see these glowing Tetris blocks hanging from buildings. The blocks are positioned to appear to be falling from the sky, I’m not sure who made the blocks but I know you can find more images of the Tetris sculptures here.

In 1990 Frank Gehry designed this chair, entitled grandpa beaver, not really sure were he got the name from but the chair itself looks a bunch of cardboarding rolled up or something. Still it probably made for great seating and probably not as uncomfortable as it seems to be, well, as long as you aren’t planning on doing some long term sitting or trying to set the Guinness world record for sitting down.

via: contemporist

Eames chairs are some of the best designed ass assisting pieces of furniture out there and here is the step by step process on how to make one of those wonderful Eames chairs, for pure tooshie pleasure.

With the recession in full effect these days finding cheaper ways of transportation I believe is on everyone’s mind, and the most common answer to that is, riding a bike. But if you gonna be seen biking around town you don’t want to look all corny doing it, on your 8th grade ten speed or your old school huffy. So, I got some nice bike designs that’ll keep your style up or maybe even pass you off as a little bit cool.

As David Ruffin said, “I’m just a common man.”  Karl Lagerfeld, the man behind haute couture and Chanel, clearly isn’t. As if having one iPod was a big deal, the fashion mastermind had Louis Vuitton make him a case to fit all his Apple accessories.  Shaped from leather, brass, and red microfiber, this case is no joke. Karl, bless me with a spare part.  Seems like you got enough.  I’m sayin’….

That above these words is the Jumping Brain prototype by Emilio Garcia. Who will be releasing a DIY version soon, so you can make and customize your own jumping brain.

One mans trash is another mans treasure and one mans rags is another mans chair. Layered from 15 bags of rags the chair comes already put together but each person has the option of adding their own rags/shit you want to throw away onto the chair, making the chair even bigger and even more raggedy.

The most influential designers in our lifetime, I’m not a fan of everyone who made the list but I definitely am a fan of some. The top 5 are interesting but it’s really the “runners up” who are the more maybe questionable ones in that grouping. Take a look at the list and make your own top 5 if you want, this is a democracy, a broke ass democracy, but a democracy none the less.

Great thing about the internet you can find anything, anything you want, or may not even known you wanted. But that’s what it does it brings things to you that you never expected, like these fig shaped lamps, but another thing the internet does, it brings you languages you don’t know. Connecting worlds, finding anything including the unknown, and showing you that your language isn’t as big as you thought.

MWM is a super busy man remember I even had to hit him off with the one liner interview. The man hustles 25 hrs a day and his dropped yet again another great project, and colorful might I add. MWM has made a 4 parts poster set calendar marking the 4 seasons of the year. The 2009 calendar is very limited at only 100 sets so you might want to get on the ball and scoop yours now. You can get the calendar and other MWM prints at his online shop or follow him thru his blog.