26.2.12

Wait, what? are these humans?

When I first saw those photos I thought -as everyone I suppose- that it is about Barbie and Ken dolls. And a kind of, this is true. Although the models are not dolls but alive humans! 



"Living Dolls" is a project by Vancouver, based photographer and retoucher Hayden Wood. the project is a series of photographs with models, that manipulated to look like plastic Barbie and Ken dolls.





22.2.12

What makes a book to be.... book?

I am not sure what exactly I should say for  Denis Guidone's project named "my book". I found it well designed, but it's idea was the fact that made me consider, what exactly is a book? The words? Or anything else?

This is a book without words. And it is not a journal or a sketch book. It is just a blank book. You can right it if you want, you can leave it as it is, blank. Whatever you do - or don't do- this is and will be a book. You wander why? Because the designer decided it. 

So finally, I realized that a book is not just the contains but the idea. When the creator want to do something, he just need to name it. Guidone gives a title to a pack of white pages, and suddenly create a book! Isn't it fantastic?




This is what he said about his creation:

"It is a book without text, at first sight might seem a misprint, but it is a pretext to imagine a story, a book that you could write yourself, day after day. It is a white space to imagine. You can also leave the pages blank and fill them in with simply your thoughts...

You will wonder: "in the "end"", what is it really? There is no end, perhaps it is only an object that will leave you simply "speechless". Here! this could be a really good start..."




Last but not least, I should say that the design is perfect. It is simple, but exists.
As the idea.



14.2.12

Check this web-site!

This is a web site that I've create for the during project...

It is about the interactive books today and how the use by the people...
It is mostly a visual presentation of the research that I've  done this month.
I hope you will enjoy it!

10.2.12

kids design their own toys!

"Child's Own" is a toy company that tried to transfer the children drawings into physical toys! The outcome talks for itself... 
I totally loved it!!!