Housework in Heels

To celebrate the launch of the world's largest shoe gallery at Selfridges, creative duo Lernert & Sander have created a set of sculptural installations of household domestic appliance inspired shoe designs. A dishwasher is transformed into a pair of Chanel clogs, two slick black irons into Stella stilettos and a sewing machine into YSL skyscrapers.

"We wanted to turn stock items into startlingly smart footwear. A humorous take on fashion as an ideal escape from the daily grind." See the full display here.

Who would ever complain about household chores if the dress code was strictly designer shoes only!

Smile for London (Events)

If you live in London then you know how dire are the digital billboards on the underground so here is a chance to change that, for two weeks at least. New collaborative “Smile for London” have just announced a contest to get your work on the London Underground’s digital screens. First and hopefully many more to come. To enter your submissions visit “Smile for London” Vimeo group.

Space on a match box

Matchbox labels from around the world but the majority are Eastern European from the 1950s and 60s. See more here.

Carsten Witte

Hot work. See more here.

The Fashion Body

Chest by Alice Hawkins

Right Thigh by Craig McDean

Left Eye by Lady Gaga

The Fashion Body celebrates and embraces the human body through fashion and moving image. SHOWstudio's Nick Knight invited over 30 inspirational creatives including Lady Gaga and photographer Craig McDean to contribute a short film, focusing on different areas of the body and adorning it with fashion items from the latest collections.

Making Future Magic - iPad

Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.

Created for Making Future Magic, BERG together with Dentsu London have come up with this quite wonderful movie combining iPad and light painting. The team first created software models in Cinema4D. These were then rendered as cross sections, like a virtual CAT scan, making a series of outlines of slices of each form. These are then played back on the surface of the iPad as movies together with dragged iPad through the air to extrude shapes captured in long exposure photographs. Each 3D form is itself a single frame of a 3D animation, so each long exposure still is only a single image in a composite stop frame animation. See more here.

Joe Murtagh - A Handsome Mustache

Joe's distinctive style is influenced by music, fashion and pop culture. Having been a figurative painter and sculptor, his work is still very much based on the human form and portraiture. Joe's artwork is a combination of traditional and digital, resulting in a vibrant high energy colourfest. See more here.

Wonderbra's 3D Billboard

Britain's first 3d poster for Wonderbra's Full Effect bra, featuring Sabraine Banado, will be unveiled near Waterloo station today. You'll need special specs to appreciate the effect though!

This year I will try not to

THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO was born out of frustration, complacency and laziness. Most designers are seduced by design trends. They’re easy to appropriate, and even easier to imitate. The challenge is to innovate. To be new. We decided the best (and most enjoyable) approach was to identify and document the most common trends we felt we had to avoid. Before long we found ourselves with a checklist of DON’Ts and a new aim:
to try to be new. We may fail, but we will try. See more here.

TAT - Future of screen technology

Capacitive screens has now become a commodity for touch screen devices. Screen technology is now taking the next leap and the coming years imagination is the only thing stopping us. We will soon have dual screens, malleable screens, screens built into wifi connected mirrors, desks or backside of gadgets clothed with e-ink screens, tactile feedback, color screens with great contrast in sunlight, holographics/stereoscopic screens, color e-ink touch screens, or screens actually knowing where they are in relation to other screens thanks to ultrasonic emitters and microphones.

TAT want to show some of these things in an "experience video", that shows a normal day in a couple of years when all these technologies are affordable enough to be used everywhere. See more about TAT here.