An official collab between Quinze & Milan and The Andy Warhol Foundation, these awesome, squishy Brillo Box seats make the artist's original groundbreaking (and then-controversial) art pieces from 1964 way cooler by making them both affordable, and use-able. Knowing Andy, he might prefer these to the originals. Get them for $425 here... Read More
Supertouch buddy Shepard Fairey has just become the first punk in space with his new logo & patch design to be worn by astronauts on the International Space Station. The controversial street artist and streetwear magnate was commissioned by the auspiciously named Center of Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to create an emblem for the International Space Station's upcoming Advancing Research Knowledge 1 (ARK1) mission that launches later this year. Read More
In one of the most unpredictable charity collabs ever, Depeche Mode has teamed up with luxury watchmaker Hublot to create an incredibly badass timepiece to raise funds for global relief NGO Charity : Water. Read More
Singlehandedly responsible for some of "New China's" most incredible architectural developments, the totally self-made Zhang Xin—who rose from toiling in a Chinese sweatshop to become a billionaire real estate developer with impeccable taste—is a powerhouse design connoisseur poised to remake the face of modern China with her firm, Soho China.
Madonna relaxes on Newson's "Lockheed" on-camera in 1993. Amazingly, this fact hasn't hurt the chair's value...
Supertouch buddy and upcoming "Stages" art show participant MARC NEWSON created his iconic "Lockheed Lounge" chair in 1988 and in recent years it has become the most famous piece of designer furniture to ever change hands at auction. Last week saw an artist proof of the silver aluminum chaise lounge that previously belonged to the artist's mother (and once made an appearance in Madonna's 1993 "Rain" music video) close out the design auction at PHILLIPS DE PURY & CO in London for a record $1.6 million USD, a new record for a piece of design furniture. The chair broke its own sales record previously established at a 2007 Sotheby's auction when the chair brought in $968,000 USD. Amazingly, the design world has managed to buck the massive sales slump currently facing the art world with resale values remaining virtually undiminished and demand for stellar pieces consistently high. Maybe the fact that it's art you can actually helps justify the splurge in a downturn...
With a tolerance for cold exceeded only by his outright fetish for high heels, the London-based street art phantom known as INSA spent the past three weeks in -35 degree temperatures carving out his own visionary art suite at Sweden's legendary ICE HOTEL in the Arctic Circle. A boarding phenomenon unto itself, the hotel is an annual construction that allows guests to eat, sleep, and whatever else might happen on a Reindeer skin in between eating and sleeping, in the cold comfort of a hotel and bed constructed entirely of native ice & snow. A sculptural palace akin to the fortress of solitude in its crystalline grandeur, the hotel is a marvel of chainsaw-carved architecture beneath the haunting lights of the aurora borealis. Insa's room, is of course, dominated by a pair of 6-foot-tall legs in high heels straddling a bed whose headboard bears the artist's trademark interlocking swirly heels graphic, transforming the space into a sacrilegious space of worship for the truly devoted. If your fat layers are properly developed and you fancy a stay, unleash your reservation by clicking HERE. Meanwhile, HAVE A LOOK: Read More
Finally, we get a closer look at the forthcoming chair/sculpture by Dutch designer & artist PARRA who created the edition in conjunction with character & toy design house TOYKYO and debuted it at his show "Boo to the Hoo" at Paris' LAZY DOG GALLERY earlier this month. No word yet on edition size, price, or colorways, but this little beauty is a must-have nonetheless. HAVE A LOOK: Read More
Obsession for the iconic Eames chair springs eternal...
We at Supertouch are diehard design geeks and avowed chair fetishists, but it appears one of our readers has one upped us. Permanently...
Sitting on yer ass as fine art...
Just in time for this week's kickoff of ART BASEL 2009, Miami resident & baller extraordinaire PHARRELL has just taken delivery of a brand new 7' fiberglass KAWS "Chum" sculpture at his oceanfront pad. The only one of its kind in this color, the sculpture is part of the extremely limited-edition series kickstarted by the Brooklyn-based XX-eyed artist at his NYC show last month at the GERING & LOPEZ GALLERY where a hot pink version of the familiar Michelin Man awed fans. Look for a new colorway to debut at KAWS' upcoming show at LA's HONOR FRASER GALLERY in February '09...
Girls stalk Pharrell, Skateboard P stalks KAWS...
"Kanye West is on the phone, he'll take two..."
The most retro-futuristic place to have a pint in old London is unfortunately the prohibitively members-only HOME HOUSE where the British-Iraqui architect ZAHA HADID recently installed her eye-popping, Jetsons-esque SPACE BAR. Sculpted in metal and finished in matching silver leather all wrapped in a deep coat of glossy automotive metalflake enamel, this to-die-for watering outpost when contrasted by the club's vintage 250-year-old interior could easily double as the set of the finale of Kubrick's 2001...
