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Santi design hanbags that are meant to meant as stylish as they are creative,The Bouquet Bag is one of theose "conversaton pieces" that is so fun I had to share...

"After moving to New York from Thailand in 1986, Santi Tiangratanakul founded Santi. In 1994, Santi and two partners, Tom Schaffer and Frank Koo, formed Pierre Urbach by Santi, continuing the Santi line under the corporate name of Samoto Designs"

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 Elise Winters "creates jewelry made from polymer clay. Influenced by japanese sumi-e brush painting, her signature pieces of jewelry and sculpture feature a technique she has come to call 'crazed acrylic', a subtle combination of polymer clay with acrylic paints which results in shimmering colorful surfaces"

my faves on the flip!

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RRRIPP!! Paper fashion exhibition is an exhibition currently on display at Mudam Museum,luxembourg. curated by vassilis zidianakis of atopos the exhibition examines the use of paper in modern fashion practices through design, art, advertising, sound and video catwalk shows. featured are samples of paper creations of famous designers including issey miyake, john galliano, hussein chalayan and many more.

'collars for the modern gentleman', made with yellow pages by michael cepress, 2006

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Yesterday,while hanging out in soho, Liz and I both marveled at the beauty of the Rodarte Knit Fishnets.The Mulleavy sisters are so creatively ahead of the pack it's refreshing! nonetheless,the look and craftmanship  comes with a cost But, Tiffany from Six six sick girls was able to make her own version !

All I have to say is awesome!

Next page for a Rodarte look from f/w 08

"Escama Studio is a San Francisco based company that works together with Brazilian crafts co-operatives to create a new breed of alluring fashion accessories. Sleek, modern pieces that are wearable works of art that adapt traditional crochet techniques with recycled aluminum pull-tabs."
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Goodwood designer by Kerri O'Connell Partnered with our own Toofly on a collaboration of rings with lots of fun colors and the comfort of wooden sculpted jewelry.Looks like a hit!

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Yunju Lee takes everyday  accidents and  created jewelry to reflect them from lipstick stains, to ketchup or ink:

"The worthless and unpleasant stain which we find in our daily lives.Can be transformed nto the most valuable and fascinating jewelry"

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If you were one of the lucky folks to make it Chanel's mobile art exhibit or to have purchased the Hadid for Melissa footwear,you have been exposed to the design mastery of dame Zaha Hadid.I don't know about you but I am always fascinated by the great women of design in fields where men usually dominate like architecture .She was interviewed by designboom last year,you get a glimpse into who this design power house is,her like dislikes ect..

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The renowned institution has expressed more than an interest,how cool and groundbreaking: 

"If the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION has its way, a giant fine art version of SHEPARD FAIREY’s iconic portrait of the now-president elect BARACK OBAMA will enter the collection of its NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY as the first official fine art rendering of the future president...."

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Aerosyn Lex ,one of my fave peeps,the creative Director for URB and co-director of the KDU was featured with G-shock on Complex Mag check the video below for a peak.