Happening: Reading Rainbow live in a West Philly basement.

William points out this delightful article from the folks at YVYNYL. A selection follows:

Happening: Reading Rainbow live in a West Philly basement.

Sotheby’s meets Design Academy Eindhoven

James hit upon this post from the folks at Core77. A passage reads:

Another development in the increased role auction houses are beginning to play in promoting the next wave of design talent: Sotheby’s is now taking an interest in selling work produced by newly emerging designers. To do so, they have teamed up with—who else—the Design Academy Eindhoven to sell work produced by several of last year’s top graduates. (For more on auction houses + new design, read our mini-post on Chicago’s Wright Auction House).

The work from Eindhoven will be presented at Sotheby’s London between May 14 and 18, 2010 after a stop at the Milan Furniture Fair. Much of the work from the graduating class can be seen in our Dutch Design Week Gallery from October, but detailed descriptions and press images of three favorites follow.

Inflatable Void, Yoeri Treffers (top):

It is difficult to close yourself off from everything and everyone around you. Images, sounds and objects surround us almost everywhere. Because many people, according to Yoeri Treffers, do need to be completely by themselves sometimes, he devised an inflatable cube made of polythene. The cube is inflated within 20 seconds by a fan hanging from the ceiling. The exact shape taken by the cube is dependent on the objects in the environment, so can vary each time. With its dimensions of three cubic metres, it is large enough for an average living room or bedroom.

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Fantastical Floatography, Oversized iPad Alternatives and Other Trends

Ruth found us an attention-grabbing treatise on Trend Hunter.

From the article:

[…] For the day of February 24th, these are the Top 20 trends, which include Fantastical Floatography, Classic Game Portraits and Futuristic Heel-less Heels. The rankings are based on hundreds of thousands…

InCase’s updated Courier Collection

Jason found us a nice series of pictures of InCase’s new swag via the folks at Core77. From the article:

Some byooootiful new stuff from InCase: First up, their messenger-minded Courier Collection gets updated with a wide-mouthed Messenger Backpack, below.

Other items in the line are an iPhone Pouch, the Messenger Hip Pack, the crowded-subway-friendly Vertical Messenger Hip Pack, the Skate Messenger Bag and of course, the tried-and-true Messenger Bag. This season’s color updates are the Dove Grey with orange accents, but for those who like to keep things on the low, no worries–the bags are also back in (all) black.

Hit the jump for tons-o’-shots.

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