Did you ever think an apartment with 25.000 ping pong balls in it could look so good? Now, thanks to designer Daniel Arsham you can decorate your entire house with ping pong balls. In the Brooklyn based Box/Box apartement he has used over 25.000 ping pong balls to cover the walls. With an amazing result. Check out the gallery below.
And this not the first time he has used ping pong balls to create amazing stuff. So be sure to check out his portfolio.
Sometimes you see things which make you think: Like it or not? This is definitely one them, the Wipeshirt – a white dress shirt with two patches of black microfiber (the same kind that you clean your computer monitor or iPhone screen with) conveniently placed at shirt’s tail and right cuff. Always a piece of cloth on had to clean your screens. Usually I am not a big fan of practicalities designed into apparel but Japanese designers Fift have definitely been able to catch that familiar Japanese greatness in this shirt. Compliments!
Last night I watched the multiple award winning documentary The Cove, and I must say it knocked me of my feet. It tells the story of the brutal slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
It is the story of Ric O’Barry, the man who captured and trained the dolphins used in the 1960′s TV hit Flipper. After working closely with these dolphins over the years he came to realize that these amazing, highly intelligent and self aware animals suffer greatly in captivity. After one of the dolphins died in his arms he has made it his personal mission to free as much dolphins as possible.
This mission has brought him to Taiji in Japan, where there is a thriving industry based on these whales and dolphins. At first glance it all seems friendly but there is a hidden, entirely different world behind it. A world of capturing dolphins and selling them to aquaria around the world, and mass slaughtering the ones that aren’t sold for their meat. A world the Japanese desperately want to keep a secret.
This documentary reveals the almost military operation conducted by the team to make this documentary. The have captured images of this before hidden brutality. Now it is their mission to spread the message, and put pressure on Japan to stop this brutal killing. Although it contains some gruesome images I think you must see this film. Open your eyes to what is happening. Help spread the word and try to stop this.
Check out the trailer below, and go get your hands on a copy of it!
On Secret Forts I found this article on Inujirushi, which means Dog Brand in Japanese. Inujirushi is a Japanese manufacturer of some great leather trimmed canvas bags, which they have been doing for 50 years now (They also make the well know Japanese Hello Kitty stuff, but I think every Japanese company is obliged by law to make this stuff, so forget about his for now!).
Instead of spending their money on marketing or advertising, Inujirushi rather thrives on customer loyalty and improving their products. Over the course of 50 years they have created a large group of brand loyalists, making it , one of the first companies in the world to adapt the marketing model of the future. And, as long as they keep making good looking quality products like they do now, I am happy to help them out! For example, check out the weekender and the messenger bag below. Brilliant in all its simplicity.
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