Following in the footsteps of Porsche, legendary British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is teaming up with one of Japan’s leading phone networks Docomo to produce a collaborative smartphone called the SH-01E Vivienne Westwood. Limited to 30,000, the smartphone is due to be released this November and will feature an all over camouflage pattern and signature Vivienne Westwood Orb logo. The retail price is yet to be announced.

German artist Gregor Gaida’s latest work entitled Attaboys, continues his pre-occupation with violence and aggressive behavior between us humans and our environment. Attaboys features two hooded boys fashioned out of aluminum digging up a line in the floor of an art gallery. The instillation sculpture may well be a follow up to his 2008 sculpture Kind un Kriede II in which two boys are drawing a line with chalk.

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Warren Elsmore has built the London 2012 Olympic park from LEGO to celebrate the games.

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Following text from Warren Elsmore

I was commissioned by the LEGO group and visit Denmark to celebrate the London Olympic games and to create something truly spectacular to promote one of Denmarks’ biggest exports.

The stadium project took 300hrs to build over a short timescale of 3 weeks. Around 250,000 bricks were used – the vast majority of which are ’1×1′ pieces – all very small and difficult to apply! put on display in central London during the games, an estimated 100,000 visitors saw the display and acted as an attraction to the whole Danish village. The exhibit especially attracted the ‘London Ambassadors’ – volunteers meeting and greeting tourist, who needed to be able to direct global guests to ‘the LEGO model’.

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Now before you go running to your coworkers and friends and start spreading rumors, please note that these are only concepts and nothing has been approved by Apple for execution… now we can continue. Designer Antoine Brieux of NAK Studio has taken a step pass all the conceptual iPhone 5 designs and is aiming to win hearts with the next round of updates to the popular mobile device.

This concept houses the home button on the left side of the phone (used with your thumbs), leaving a larger screen for users to enjoy. Brieux uses ergonomic grip cleverly and formulates it with dimensions of 125mm x 63mm with a 4.9 inch screen. What are your thoughts on the concept?

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As part of Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, which aims to build sustainable homes for communities in need, architect Frank Gehry has designed a new building in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood most devastated by Hurricane Katrina back in August of 2005. To date, this is the only Gehry-designed home in Louisiana and is one of only 22 in the United States.

The 1780 sq ft home allows for maximum privacy between homes, as well as having a well-proportioned front garden, a 510 sq ft roof terrace and a better flow between interior spaces. Speaking about the project, Gehry said:

“I really believe in what Brad is doing for the community and was honored to be included… I wanted to make a house that I would like to live in and one that responded to the history, vernacular and climate of New Orleans. I love the colors that the homeowner chose. I could not have done it better.”

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The mission of Urbanauts is to provide travelers to Vienna with a true urban experience by giving them the keys to a storefront space that’s theirs and theirs alone. It’s also the ultimate form of repurposing as vacant storefronts are transformed into one-of-a-kind hotel rooms.

The first of many planned spaces is now receiving guests. It’s called Die Schneiderin, which means tailoress. Why? Because this sleek space is a former tailor shop that’s been artfully refurbished as a loft.

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Artist Matt W. Moore collaborated with Attik on a set of designs for Coca-Cola for the 2012 London Olympic games. Moore create a robust graphic asset library that the team at Attik refined into a visual identity system (VIS). This VIS was then passed along to agencies around the world  to work with for their regional campaigns. The first phase of art was to create this hyper detailed, abstract rendition of COCA COLA LONDON 2012.

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Tom Fruin has unveiled his newest kaleidoscopic structural installation ‘Watertower’ as the premiere work completed in the United States for his series ‘Icon’. The Brooklyn artist has built a 25 by 10 foot tall water tank formed from nearly 1,000 colorful salvaged plexiglass pieces gathered from all over NYC. the work has been constructed atop building 20 Jay Street, near the East River waterfront in Brooklyn.

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Ever since its formation 21 years ago, the arteBA Foundation has been organizing what has become one of South America’s most important contemporary art fair promoting Latin American art, with the goal of positioning that art in the world market. In short, what Art Basel is to Switzerland and North America, arteBA is the same for South America, take very close attention to the creativity that is exuding from our sister continent below.

The drawing power of arteBA, as attested to in recent years by record attendances of over 120,000 visitors in its five-day span, has made it clear that the fair, always held in the City of Buenos Aires, has become an essential date on the cultural calendar.

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The Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone by BlackBerry has been awarded as “Smartphone of the Year 2012″ at Plus X Award. The German luxury brand’s product combines typical straight-line and puristic design by Porsche Design.

“Porsche Design has been a symbol for Iconic Style since 1972,” says Dr. Juergen Gessler, CEO of the Porsche Design Group. “Products with clean lines and no frills are at the heart of our design philosophy. Our collaboration with BlackBerry led to a smartphone that implements our credo without compromises. The Porsche Design P’9981 Smartphone by BlackBerry is a modern luxury smartphone that combines timeless design with state-of-the-art technology.”

The Plus X Award is awarded in the categories technology, sport and lifestyle paying particular attention on innovative and future-oriented products that distinguish themselves from others by a noteworthy added value – the Plus X Factor.

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