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New Design / Oh Happy Day and Oh Crappy Day rings
February 9, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Ring out the bad, and ring in the good, Yessir, these Happy Day and Crappy Day rings are just that: a jolt of brutal realism cloaked in saccharine sweet colourings.
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New Design / Theo Jansen
February 8, 2010 | New Design | by Kira Heuer |
Mad Max meets windmill meets brilliant engineer that goes by the name Theo Jansen? Right. Oh boy, to be on the beach and watch one of his creations go by would be one of life’s true artistic pleasures. Read more
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New Design / Snaiad: Life on Another World
February 6, 2010 | New Design | by Gerry Mak |
Snaiad is the the obsessive hobby of a designer going by the name of Nemo Ramjet. Ramjet has, over the course of several years, created an entire alien world with detailed maps, history, and a wonderfully illustrated array of creatures complete with an intricate catalogue and explanation of their morphology and evolution. Read more
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New Design / Beer Bottle Chandelier
February 4, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Every Aussie home should have one of these Barlite Beer Bottle Chandeliers. It’s a shrine to lazy summer indulgence. Now, if only they could figure out how to make a barbeque light fitting?
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New Design / Miniature Paper Retro Synthesizers
February 4, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Aussie designer Dan McPharlin creates mini retro synthesizers using just paper and cardboard. The detailing on his designs are astounding, right down to the wiring and the placements of the knobs. Read more
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New Design / Het Klokhuis opening sequence
February 2, 2010 | New Design | 
by Casper Johansson |
We love the design of this new animated title sequence by Johnny Kelly for the Dutch children’s show Het Klokhuis, which means The Apple Core and is the Netherlands version of Blue Peter. The animation was made at Nexus Productions in collaboration with model maker Jethro Haynes, with the apples built using 3D printing technology.
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New Design / The Anger Release Machine
February 1, 2010 | New Design | by Clare Hillier |
Having one of those days where a Venting Machine wouldn’t go astray? Simply insert a coin into Ronnie Yarisal and Katja Kublitz’s Anger Release Machine and let the satisfying crash of fine china soothe your troubles. Bang. Crash. Smash. I’m feeling better already!
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New Design / Mike Mak
January 31, 2010 | New Design | by Gerry Mak |
Hong Kong-based designer Mike Mak (no relation) has a whimsically simple style, using visual puns (a moon ladder shaped like the Chinese character for ‘moon’) and sight gags (an Eyelock with googly eyes instead of hands). His recent Dear Van Gogh design is a mug with a silicon ear instead of a handle, meant to be an homage to the late painter and, according to Mak, the people in your life who listen to you.
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New Design / Re:Collection: Aussie graphic design 1960-80
January 28, 2010 | New Design | by Clare Hillier |
You can search high and low, but sometimes the inspiration you’re chasing is in your own backyard. One site keeping it local, is Re:Collection. This online archive of Australian graphic design from 1960-1980 well and truly covers off the three I’s — inspiring, intriguing and influential. What more could you want? Read more
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New Design / Lilian Darmono
January 28, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton 
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Melbourne designer Lilian Darmono and her co-director partner Mungo Horey were asked by Red Bee to come up with some ideas for the new children’s channel, ABC 3 Australia. Their idea for it ‘was centered around a magical world, in the shape of a giant 3, where all kinds of amazing things take place and unfold’. [See more Australian art and design at The Colour]
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New Design / Michael Velliquett
January 27, 2010 | New Design | by Gerry Mak |
Madison, Wisconsin-based multi-media artist Michael Velliquett has done the psychedelic tribal thing rather compellingly in video, drawings, and sculptures, but his cut paper work truly highlights his ability to render mindblowingly textured and intricate work via a childlike approach to craftsmanship and imagery. Read more
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New Design / SEA Surfboards
January 22, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Run out of Australia’s surf mecca, Byron Bay, SEA Surfboards are simply the best, most creative boards around. Apparently super-designer David Carson is their number one fan. Read more
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New Design / Andrea Pozzo’s amazing 3D artwork
January 22, 2010 | New Design | by Zolton |
Forget Edgar Muller and Julian Beaver, good though they are, Andrea Pozzo was creating breathtaking three-dimensional art back in the Seventeeth Century, including this, his most famous work, which adorns the nave ceiling of the Church of Sant’Ignazio in Rome.
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New Design / Anastassia Elias’s Toilet Tube Dioramas
January 21, 2010 | New Design | by Gerry Mak |
A good artist doesn’t necessarily need expensive materials to do good work. French painter/collage artist Anastassia Elias proves this with the tiny scenes she creates inside of cardboard toilet-paper tubes. Read more
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New Design / The Horsehead Pillow
January 20, 2010 | New Design | by The Uncool Hunter |
Nothing compares to waking up with a scream! This Horsehead Pillow imitates the The Godfather I’s infamous scene where a movie producer finds the head of his favorite horse on his bed, as a present of Don Corleone. The bloodstained blankets are sold separately. Read more
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New York-based, Australian art director Deanne Cheuk — an occasional contributor to Lost At E Minor — is one of the most adventurous and creative designers around. Her work on Tokion magazine, in particular, for which she shaped the visual direction over several years, was inspiring, pushing the boundaries by incorporating illustration, offbeat color touches and avoiding the straight portrait shots which seem to dominate the front window of every inner-city newsagency.
So I have this recurring dream. Well, not really a dream as such. More a footnote on the thesis on life; a ‘mental meandering’ where my mind flows to a secret place which only I and Paul McCartney can access. Read more
Mark Mothersbough, jack of all trades, most famous as frontman of iconic 80s band Devo, has recently started designing wallpaper and rugs, which are available from Walteria Living. Read more
No wave is alive and well, if Brooklyn duo Talk Normal are any indication. Drummer Andrya Ambro keeps things cohesive with surprisingly precise percussion, occasionally banging on such things as an electric guitar and an old iron pipe rigged with contact mics, while guitarist Sarah Register coaxes some unnerving and discordant noises from her axe and array of pedals. The two take turns shouting abstract and absurdist lyrics with voices like hi-tech valkyries from a futurist nightmare.
71 is the kind of place which is small enough to miss, but once you see it, you realize everyone somehow knows about it. It’s set three steps down from the sidewalk level, and it’s always packed, except for week late nights and mid-mornings. Even though their service is not the friendliest — like any other spot in New York that’s too cool for school — 71 has a noticeably loyal clientele. Lots of writers hang out with their computers, while photographers check out the scene, and artists meet up with their reps. Besides hot and cold drinks, including their own coffee, they also offer a great selection of pastries, sandwiches and my friend Nicolas’ favorite chicken soup ever.
There was a time, many moons ago, when I would only listen to bands off New Zealand’s Flying Nun label. Yup, I would strap myself into a comfy chair, put my headphones on and, armed with a chunk of chocolate coated Peanut Slab and a can of L&P, soak up album after album of wonderfully self-indulgent low-fi melancholy. Read more
Amanda Yoakum is the creative whirlwind behind YoaKustoms, customised sneakers which stand as ‘an artistic expression rather than just a factory look’. We dig these kicks like we haven’t dug kicks in a long, long time. Read more
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Good thing Kris Kuksi channelled the trauma of growing up with an alcoholic stepfather, his disdain for ‘the typical American life and pop culture’, and his fascination with the macabre into obsessive, baroque assemblages, paintings, and drawings. Read more
There is not a medium that UK illustrator Lizzy Stewart cannot wrap around her little finger to make the most beautiful, whimsical images. Read more
German painter Armin Rohr’s works look like stills from Stan Brakhage films, all acid-washed, scratched out, and ethereal like a sudden flood of memories. Read more
Entre Chien et Loup by Amira Fritz
This fashion photo series — Entre Chien et Loup — is the product of a collaboration between Parisian-based photographer Amira Fritz and Matthew Cunnington and John Sanderson. Read more
Oslo artist Gry E.Pedersen blends digital artwork and photos, but her generally experimental artwork also includes more traditional forms of paintings. Read more
The Demekin is an ultra compact camera with a preference for wide angles. It is the world’s first 110mm film camera with the fisheye lens, which gives each shot a soft focus, creating a gentle curve within the frame. We have them in the Lost At E Minor store for just $55. Read more
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