Urbanism 16 November 2007
Piper by Viktor & Rolf
Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf look like each other, and now they’re making a famous champagne bottle look like them too. The kooky-clever pair were asked to design a limited edition Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage bottle, so they turned it upside-down, like their boutique in Milan. On the pink and gold bottle the back becomes the front and the bottom of the bottle becomes the top. Around the bottom (now at the top), gold foil is wrapped up in a Piper-Heidsieck label ribbon. The perfect bottle of Rosé for those hot summer months. Available at Melbourne Airport Duty Free.
>>Visit www.piper.viktor-rolf.com
Cool Christmas Cards
Give a Christmas card that won’t end up in the recycling bin with these cute cards, thanks to designer Jonathan Yuen. The thick cards are perforated with press-out figures – trees, reindeer and snowmen that can be assembled into adorable Christmas tableaux. Just scatter the figures with styrofoam beads from your Christmas gifts and you’ve got a festive winter scene for your mantelpiece or desk. All you need is a little time and patience to make them come alive. Worldwide shipping is available to share the festive joy. A pack of four in a laminated box costs USD$9.00 (plus shipping).
>>Visit www.the-breeding-ground.com
Frank Nitsche and Eberhard Havekost: Discipline
Frank Nitsche and Eberhard Havekost are two young German artists from the hot Dresden School of Painting who are making waves in international art circles. Both have been collected by the Tate Modern, and Havekost is currently represented by the prestigious White Cube Gallery in London. Their show, Discipline, opens at the Gow Langsford gallery in Auckland tonight, 16 November, with Frank Nitsche present at the opening reception this evening. Until 8 December 2007 at the Gow Langsford Gallery, cnr Kitchener & Wellesley Streets, CBD.
>>Visit www.gowlangsfordgallery.com
Alessi T-Dream T-shirts
Give a great gift this Christmas – eight cotton T-shirts, in black or white, with eight different designs of projects that have never been released from Riccardo Dalisi, Stefano Giovannoni, Michael Graves, Martí Guixé, Alessandro Mendini, Aldo Rossi, Philippe Starck and Robert Venturi. The unfulfilled dreams of eight major designers highlight the dreams of less fortunate children, thanks to the partnership between Alessi and Ai.Bi, the Amici dei Bambini association, which aids homeless children in South America and Nepal. T-shirts are €24 each, with all proceeds from sales donated to Amici dei Bambini. Buy online at www.t-dream.org
>>Visit www.t-dream.org
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