Manned Cloud: Cruise Airship

Living in the sky, watching the Earth from above. Rediscovering the marvel of traveling, experiencing contemplation. Exploring the world without trace.

Manned Cloud is a flying hotel proposed by French designer Jean-Marie Massaud & French national aerospace research body ONERA.

This 40 passenger airship will take a 3-day cruise in 170 km/h which permits man to explore the world without a trace: to re-experience travelling, timelessness and enhance the consciousness of the beauty of the world - and to experience spectacular and exotic places without being intrusive or exploitative.

This may all seem very experimental and weird, but the simple fact is that this is what travel will look like in the future.

Manned Cloud amenities will include a restaurant, a library, a fitness suite and a spa. There will also be a sun deck on top of the double helium-filled envelopes.

Very cool!

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Manned Cloud: Cruise Airship

Living in the sky, watching the Earth from above. Rediscovering the marvel of traveling, experiencing contemplation. Exploring the world without trace.

Manned Cloud is a flying hotel proposed by French designer Jean-Marie Massaud & French national aerospace research body ONERA.

This 40 passenger airship will take a 3-day cruise in 170 km/h which permits man to explore the world without a trace: to re-experience travelling, timelessness and enhance the consciousness of the beauty of the world - and to experience spectacular and exotic places without being intrusive or exploitative.

This may all seem very experimental and weird, but the simple fact is that this is what travel will look like in the future.

Manned Cloud amenities will include a restaurant, a library, a fitness suite and a spa. There will also be a sun deck on top of the double helium-filled envelopes.

Very cool!

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Introducing: PARRA

An underground star in his hometown of Amsterdam, where fans scour the streets to tear down his posters, Parra's work is treasured by a new generation of design fanatics.

A natural self taught Typographer and Graphic Artist, Parra grew up living with his artist father. Surrounded by colour, oil paint, wood, & Rubenesque paintings he immersed himself in early nineties music and street culture, developing the unique style he's know for today.

Taking a handfull of selected commercial design jobs every year, Parra prefers to make the bulk of his output flyers, posters & identities for friends & admirers, making his work available for everyone to use, keep or discard as they wish.

His first solo gallery show, "Jobs I did for friends for under £100" took place at London's Kemistry Gallery in March 2005 and sold out in three days. Hugely prolific, Parra also designs his own streetwear label, Rockwell clothing, launched in 2000 and stocked in London, Tokyo, Berlin and New York. -www.productofgod.com

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Introducing: PARRA

An underground star in his hometown of Amsterdam, where fans scour the streets to tear down his posters, Parra's work is treasured by a new generation of design fanatics.

A natural self taught Typographer and Graphic Artist, Parra grew up living with his artist father. Surrounded by colour, oil paint, wood, & Rubenesque paintings he immersed himself in early nineties music and street culture, developing the unique style he's know for today.

Taking a handfull of selected commercial design jobs every year, Parra prefers to make the bulk of his output flyers, posters & identities for friends & admirers, making his work available for everyone to use, keep or discard as they wish.

His first solo gallery show, "Jobs I did for friends for under £100" took place at London's Kemistry Gallery in March 2005 and sold out in three days. Hugely prolific, Parra also designs his own streetwear label, Rockwell clothing, launched in 2000 and stocked in London, Tokyo, Berlin and New York. -www.productofgod.com

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Eames Meets Iams

Merge your minimalist aesthetic and your love of furry creatures with high-end pet homes.

The "Architectura" dog house is "inspired by the work of frank lloyd wright. Slatted walls on two sides provide excellent ventilation and a fun place for pets to hide, but still see what's going on around them."

Available in s/m/l with larger sizes finished for outdoors.

Check out www.pre-fab-pets.com

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Eames Meets Iams

Merge your minimalist aesthetic and your love of furry creatures with high-end pet homes.

The "Architectura" dog house is "inspired by the work of frank lloyd wright. Slatted walls on two sides provide excellent ventilation and a fun place for pets to hide, but still see what's going on around them."

Available in s/m/l with larger sizes finished for outdoors.

Check out www.pre-fab-pets.com

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Alexander McQueen Hearts Keith Harring

I was thrilled to see the latest McQ collection by Alexander McQueen. The collection is not explicit, but at glance it's an homage to Keith Harring in powerful yet subtle ways.

Haring's bold lines and active figures carry poignant messages of vitality and unity, and bring something so iconic to the McQ collection.

Specifically, The iconic "squiggles" of Harring's art are used as the prints for many pieces of the collection.

Harring's legacy made an impact on late 20th century art, and it's moving to see his influence in a vision for the future.

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