Mark Dean Veca

Mark Dean Veca did an installation and product series for Nike last December called Pulsation (pictured after the jump), which is how I first learned of his work. That project was pretty hot, but these two earlier paintings are among my favorites. There is No Spoon (above) and Good Bye Nail Fungus (below) marry classic 18th century French style with aggressive pop imagery. Can you …

JB Classics: More Spring 05

Back in November we got to see JB Classics, including the hot new Getlo model. Well, here are a couple more pairs of the Getlo. With patent leather weaves, quilting and laser graphics varying between colorways, they really should be called textureways or materialways. Or maybe they're just Getloways!

Starck Beer Bottles

Continuing his crusade to touch every product segment imaginable, Philippe Starck has done a package redesign for the 340 year old French brewery, Brasseries Kronenbourg. The fluted glass bottle, drinking glass and screw top will no doubt be released in limited numbers to increase desirability. Starck's goal was to highlight the noble nature of beer, "La bière, c'est du pain liquide, comme le disent les …