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Tim Burton @ MOMA – New York

[ 06/02/2010 to 07/02/2010. ] Tim Burton deserves one and a thousand retrospectives like the one starting next Sunday at the New York Museum of Modern Art. The rather surrealistic & dark American director who has had just as many cult successes as misunderstood failures (a great career of ups & downs) gets a major retrospective consisting of a gallery exhibition [...]

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Whim: Chat Plates

The MOMA store (like most stores from contemporary museums) is full of fetish & trendy things. Like these Chat Plates designed to resemble conversation bubbles from manga, or Japanese comics.

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Whim: World Time Clock

Charlotte van der Waals has designed it as a polygon with 12 sides, each with the name of two major cities. Altogether, the 24 cities represent the 24 Global Time Zones. To find the local time in another time zone, simply roll the clock so the city representing that time zone is on top.

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Whim: Pop Up Pencil Cup

This Pop-Up Pencil Cup is a solution to a basic problem with standard pencil cups – when filled with writing utensils the ones in the center cannot be easily accessed. Designed by Paul Koh.

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    • Image: Bangkok policeman
      10/03/2010 | 9:58 pm

      We find Brendan Wenzel’s human illustrations are funnily enough similar to Hugo Pratt’s style… a mere coincidence that he studied at the Pratt Institute? (although it’s not related at all). He’s probably more well known for his fauna & flora illustrations…

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    • Video: Le banc
      10/03/2010 | 9:33 pm

      If we could sit and observe  all the creatures our subconscious imagines we wouldn’t probably understand a thing…. a very symbolic & relaxing piece by Kitty Crowther and Bruno SalAmone with music by Sissi Lewi.

    • Site: Oki-ni
      10/03/2010 | 9:08 pm

      From time to time we post some valuable on-line jewels. Oki-ni should become your next one-stop shop for “individual & unique” whims if you’re a man (although not necessarily…). Carefully selected, beautifully presented….

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    • Music: Rollerskate
      10/03/2010 | 7:24 pm

      We’ve heard so many times this one. We even have it as our mobile ringtone! Unfortunately this video directed by Trevor Jackson is quite deceiving to be honest…. so many months for this? We guess is kind of matching Matias Aguayo’s continuous samplified sounds.

    • Whim: Puzzleboard
      10/03/2010 | 6:29 pm

      Some chopping boards are just that. Others like this “puzzleboard” reformulate the traditional conception of the vulgar piece of wood into a versatile tool (today everything tends to be multifunctional…).

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