Weird 8-Bit Fashion
I have been extremely busy this week so I have not had time to post my usual bi weekly so I shall post some weird 8-bit fashion pictures instead :).
Make of that what you will…
Bazaar Carbon Copies
Look, but don't touch…
NINJA BEARS!
Who can honestly deny love for plush toys? I think it is fair to say that those who do not have a love for plush toys are usually the ones who grow up to be psychopaths of some kind (or spinster librarians). Since I am not a psychopath (or librarian) I too have a love for plush toys – the cuter the better – and I would like to share with you a New Zealand lass who feels the same.
Jenna Adam started making adorable things to sell from home at the end of 2010 where she founded Chibi Crafts and Design. The most lovely of her creations are her ninja bears that come in many ever changing designs. a Lot of the ninja’s designs are inspired directly from videos games, anime, pop culture, et cetera, but are only hinted at their origins – an example would be the Super Red and Super Green ninjas who happen to have mustaches and be plumbers. Jenna Adam is currently working on her second series of bears with ten super-cute new designs that have been released so far.
I have ordered myself a Sir Ninja Bear from Etsy and I will let you all know how adorable it is when it finally arrives…
It is Always Too Late
I shall not lie to you when divulging the origins my discovery of the designer brand “Too Late“: I discovered the company in an old MissHannahMinx video. As think about it more and more the less I am ashamed: the videos are made for watching and watched it I did.
Too Late was not create by a designer wishing to make their name in the fashion world, but by an entrepreneur who found a silicone watch in a New York MOMO store and decided that he could make something of that simple yet effective design. Ale Fogazzi acquired the distribution rights of that now-famous watch in 2007 and built the Too Late brand around it. Since then well over two million watches have been sold, proving that the company’s formula of ‘high-end yet affordable’ is winning over consumers world-wide.
Whilst the majority of the products from Too Late are of the time-telling variety, they have branched out with bracelets, wallets, handbags, USB flash drives, belts and even a bicycle. Even though I cannot say that the bright colours of Too Late’s signature silicone look is something that appeals to me directly, their subtler Neo and Nyx watches do tempt me greatly.
I will be watching this Italian company closely…
Brand Spanking New Concept to Reality from Tokyoflash Japan
As I mentioned in this post about Tokyoflash Japan’s unique watches, a good deal of their designs are hand picked from the community. The latest design hot off the watchmakers table is the Kasai Optical Illusion and is available for USD$199.
To give a rough idea of how long it takes to turn an on-paper concept into a working watch, the original concept was published on the Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio Blog in September of 2010.
What do you think? personally I am not that much of fan but you cannot win them all…
Design by Humans
A Tee-shirt company that I have not featured on BzrCC is DESIGNBYHÜMANS. The obvious reason is that I was not actively aware of their operation but another is the price: almost twice as much as some other tee-shirt companies.
Then why have I taken it upon myself to talk about them at this moment in time? The answer is simple: their designs are works of art.
DBH is a competition site very similar to Threadless, with published designs being chosen by a community voting system and winners receiving USD$1000 and six shirts of their printed design. The thing that makes DBH so refreshing is in place of the cookie-cutter pop-culture references that you find on your RIPT, QwerTee, Shirt.Woot, and even Threadless, is replaced with really solid artistic design.
Close in Time (bottom left) has to be one my favourite tee-shirt prints of all time…
AT A GLANCE
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