The Banquet...costume by Ye JinTian

常看星光大道的人，對於京都念慈庵的喉糖廣告一定不會陌生，那個超級爆笑的貴妃總是讓我百笑不厭，一時興起作“貴妃娃娃”的念頭，在著手蒐集貴妃的服飾、造型...資料的同時，想起了由葉錦添主導美術設計的電影---『夜宴』正是供我參考的最佳典範，葉錦添一直是我十分欣賞也相當有才氣的服裝、造型設計師，被他創造的服裝造型總是高雅、浪漫、美侖美奐....總是能滿足觀眾對於中國古時空的期待與嚮往。夜宴的確給了我很多想法與概念！（photos by sina.com）

Jane Wheeler

Unfired pieces

Unfired pieces

Unfired pieces

Unfired pieces

英國陶藝家Jane Wheeler，和她身邊的土地、田野、樹林...共同培育了帶有非常濃烈土地氣味的陶藝創作，不但將陶土的本性發揮到極致，也很大膽的把粗糙龜裂的美感融入作品當中。欣賞她的每一個陶罐，就像在體驗一段又一段原始森林的冒險旅程！在她的部落格裡，可以和她一起與土地、與森林、與花草樹木互動，在她的網站裡，可以欣賞到她的原始與純樸，在她的編織作品裡，可以體會到她的清新與柔情！

It's about the time!

It's about the time to deliver my cups!

The most beautiful fairy world...Debbie Schramer〈Ⅱ〉

Debbie Schramer

Her Blog...
http://beautiful-art.blogspot.com/
Her Album ...
http://www.artmajeur.com/debbieschramer/
Her Shop...
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5048631
Her Stories...
http://tw.youtube.com/results?search_query=natureartists&search_type=

她是一個同時活在夢境與現實當中的藝術家
她是一個用不同的眼光看世界的赤子
她是一個編故事同時也活在故事中的說書人
她是創造精靈的天使！
現實中
她雖然與我相隔遙遠
但是在她所創造的小小世界裡
她的天真、浪漫、親切與溫柔卻如此貼近我的內心
在這個無國界的世界
認識她是我的另一種幸福！

The most beautiful fairy world...Debbie Schramer...〈Ⅰ〉

我在Designers block遇見Debbie Schramer
......看見一個我永遠也到達不到的境界！　
這是落居猶他州的美國人Debbie Schramer與她的先生一起營造出來的精靈國度！他們的作品，從製作小椅子、小床、小櫃子出發；到繪畫、剪貼、攝影、雕塑，素材則取自於自然產物例如 小樹枝、花朵、落葉、苔蘚...等等。
我知道，這樣的境界，或許是我一輩子也到達不了的層次；從Debbie的部落格可以看見她的成就不只是建築在他們夫 妻倆共同的努力，同時也建築在他們無窮盡的想像氛圍與老祖先留給他們的龐大文化資產。閱讀Debbie的部落格的確是一件令人心悅神往的享受；陶醉在她作品裡的赤子之心，也在她的浪漫情愫裡。（這裡有好多好多Debbie的精彩作品照片www.artmajeur.com/debbieschramer）
因此我決定分為上‧下兩集來分享她的創作結晶。
先看看Debbie如何介紹他自己...
I am an artist. I began doing my nature art in 1987 when I started creating beautiful little chairs and beds and tables made from flowers, branches, leaves and mosses. I started showing my work at shows and not long after I began creating my little fairy furniture, it was featured in "Victoria" magazine (in the 1991 February issue). I was so excited and happy. I received over 800 letters from the "Victoria" readers. I started getting so busy, my husband Mike was then able to quit his full time job and work with me, which was our dream for a long time....to work together. Now, we create in many other mediums: sculpture, painting, collage and photography as well.

Debbie!Thank you for sharing this beautiful dream!

Another paradise

看到這些精緻的手工作品之後，讓我徹底改變對於小鳥與蜘蛛的印象，Ann Wood巧手將鳥、蜘蛛化身為天使！並且製作了一系列的小型裝置作品，作品當中還包括了夢幻飛船、昆蟲...等等精巧的手藝著實令我佩服，在收到作者的回函之後，不管現在已經是凌晨一點多了，也不管身上的髒衣還來不及換掉、澡來不及洗，只想火速把她美妙的作品po上，快快讓我的部落格因此增色‧
Ann Wood在她的個人網站這樣介紹自己...
I live in Brooklyn New York near beautiful Prospect Park. I make things, paint, and draw for my life and livelihood. Some of my favorite things ( in no particular order) are : ships and shipwrecks, paper mache, birds, books about exploration, dioramas, swamps, the out of doors in general, magazines, libraries, felt, flea markets, horses, dogs, cats, things that are victorian and things that are small.
http://www.annwood.net/blog
http://www.annwoodhandmade.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annwood

“La mode nature“ by Isabelle Tournoud

還有其他事讓我更值得興奮了嗎？（我得承認，我是一個相當容易為一件好事發生而興奮的人！）
原以為法國的Galerie Fraich'attitude會 不理會我的照片使用詢問信，因為先前我真的吃了不少閉門羹。我其實可以理解，在網路的世界裡要維護作品的版權的確不是件容易的事，有的藝術家僅僅接受某些 知名的媒體報導，卻不喜歡隨隨便便在不知名小小部落格過度曝光，就因為如此，為了讓我的部落格可以永續經營，並維持一個良好的形象，我必須格外的謹慎以免 受到“不尊重原作”的質疑。
Anyway，Galerie Fraich'attitude大方應允了我的詢求，讓我的朋友們有福氣看到isabelle tournoud很棒的藝術作品。
Isabelle Tournoud是一個法國藝術家同時也是個服裝設計師，她的創作概念---『La mode nature』以女性的身型為出發點，利用各種植物素材構成豐富的肌理並塑造出簡潔俐落的時尚新形態；所謂的『Le prêt-à-rêver』。被她挑戰過的植物包羅萬象，包括蘆葦、晒乾後的番茄纖維...等等，欣賞她的創作就像是經歷一場空前絕後的視覺革命！

Patricia Guild

Patricia Guild是我一直相當相當喜愛的浪漫派室內‧織品設計師，她對圖案與色彩的運用，有相當獨到的手法與風格；大膽卻不俗艷、明快卻不失優雅，她所出版的數本作品寫真其中的一本---Think Color還曾經伴過我不知道多少個夜晚，看著她書裡一幀幀美麗的圖片，就算不是身在其中，也足夠讓我薰薰然在她的浪漫意境裡！

Shock!!!Philippe Starck says so...

Interview of Philippe Starck in German Weekly

Renowned French designer Philippe Starck says he is fed up with his job and plans to retire in two years, in an interview published in a German weekly on Thursday.
"I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact," Starck told Die Zeit weekly newspaper.
"Everything I designed was unnecessary.
"I will definitely give up in two years' time. I want to do something else, but I don't know what yet. I want to find a new way of expressing myself ...design is a dreadful form of expression."

Starck, who is known for his interior design of hotels and Eurostar trains and mass consumption objects ranging from chairs to tooth brushes and lemon juice squeezers, went on to say that he believed that design on the whole was dead.

"In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant," he said.

Starck said the only objects that he still felt attached to were "a pillow perhaps and a good mattress." But the thing one needs most, he added, was the "ability to love".

Philippe Starck: “Design is Dead”
Posted by Anthony James in All Archive, Interview
March 28, 2008 10:59 am, 492 Views

It seems Philippe Starck has made enough toothbrushes, toasters, watches, mopeds, chairs, trendy hotels, mediocre sushi restaurants and piles of money. So what is this shamelessly self promoting product designer doing now to get attention? Biting the hand that feeds him of course. In a recent interview with Germany’s Die Zeit Magazine, Mr. Starck proclaims the “death of design.” No longer satisfied with his life’s work and feeling that everything he ever designed was ” unnecessary”, the close to retiring designer wants to rain on everyone else’s design parade and create nothing but controversy. While I do agree with him that all he “created is absolutely useless”, I do have to argue his point that “design is dead.” There are countless designers (amateur and professional) delivering and working on products that enhance life, bring joy and make this world a little easier to deal with for people in all walks of life. Yes, there are many more designers working on mostly frivolous items we feature daily on Yanko Design, but those designs seem to just inspire us and push design further and into the mainstream consciousness of the world. Good design is always better than bad design, no matter the usefulness of any object. In his defense, if I spent an entire lifetime making objects of frivolity, I might be inclined to be introspective as well. Donate your money to worthy charities, help the helpless or lecture on the importance of environmentally sustainable, life enhancing objects, just don’t claim design to be dead and expect to exonerate yourself from the life you designed for yourself. Design is no where near dead, it just may be dead in Mr. Starck.

Paul!Sweet Paul

這是我今天發的第三篇文，不要說我為了部落格荒廢工作，Oh !no no no !這絕對是我的工作之一....收藏美美的照片進我的資料庫、發掘才華洋溢的全世界各地的創意人、與同好交流、分享給台灣的朋友....等等；幫助我構築 現在與未來的生活樣式，豐富我的創意生命！
若是你遇見這樣一個人，你也會欲罷不能的！他是Sweet Paul，是從挪威Oslo遷移到New York的美食創造者，也是一個室內設計師，藉由和一群專業攝影師的合作將他的創意作品一一用影像記錄，分享再分享！分享給所有不見得懂得名牌，卻是真正懂得生活的人們！有了Sweet Paul世界變得可愛囉！
Ps.原本只是一個個Paul個人收藏的墊杯子花瓶的蕾絲圓墊，Paul卻用妙手將它們重組再利用，這就是惜物‧愛物的最高境界！
Thank you Paul for letting me use these wonderful pictures!I appreciate!

Fabstuff.net

有一個購物網站叫做Fabstuff，平易近人的商品風格沒有太沈重的華麗外表、沒有盲目的品牌迷思，瀏覽起來很輕鬆自在！

Girl pop corn

Girl pop corn多可愛的名字，在Etsy上看到她的產品時，頓時覺得好像看到自己的作品，只不過瓷器換成了服飾，因為，Julie用車繡一氣呵成的線條圖案的表現方式，恰恰和我的一氣呵成的線條刻痕填釉法有異曲同工之妙！