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The SK 6 phonograph and radio for Braun. Dieter Rams & Hans Gugelot’s landmark design — the first hifi with a clear plexiglas lid — is an update of the original SK 4, introduced in 1956. The series was known as the “Schneewitchensarg” — translated directly: “Snow White’s Coffin”.I’ll quote Khoi Vinh: “still more beautiful than any model of iPod ever”.

Hani Rashid of Asymptote, who designed the hotel with colleague Lise Anne Couture describes the building’s design and it’s architecture as: “A perfect union and harmonious interplay between elegance and spectacle. The search for us was to achieve an inspired architectural response to what one might call the ‘art and poetics’ of speed, specifically as it relates to Formula 1 and motor racing. That notion coupled with the making of a building that celebrates Abu Dhabi.”

Artist Frank Boelter has constructed a 9-metre paper boat from the stuff used to make Tetrabrik packs and is sailing it up the Elbe. The 37-year old artist came up with the idea one breakfast time, while he was sitting at his kitchen table fiddling with an empty milk carton, which he cut up and made into a scaled-down model. See how they built it after the jump.

A 1884-sq ft sheet of Tetrapak was folded to make the boat, which is almost 30 feet long and weighs 55 pounds. Named “Bis Ans Ende der Welt” or Until The End Of The World, the $217 boat took just two hours to construct, and Frank reckons it will survive forty days (and, I assume, forty nights) before it disintegrates into a soggy mass of sinkability.

lance armstrong: it’s about the bike – a livestrong auction

after returning to professional cycling this year to address the global cancer burden , cyclist lance armstrong wanted to find a way in which to engage the creative community in his mission. he invited six different visual artists to customize his trek racing bikes as a means of raising awareness for the stages art show which benefits his foundation livestrong which supports cancer research – that debuted in paris during the tour de france. presented in conjunction with nike and featuring more than 20 of the worlds most important established and upcoming artists, the stage art show brought these creatives together in a visual dialogue about cancer – a disease which is expected to be the leading cause of death  globally in 2010.

‘I’m not a gearhead, and my garage is anything but a cycling museum, but I can honestly say that letting go of my bikes has never been harder. from damien hirst’s masterpiece tour de france ’finale’ trek madone covered in real butterflies, to the kaws ‘chompers’ cycle that I broke my collarbone
on in the vuelta castilla y león, every ride is a treasured piece of personal history that I’m proud to offer up to benefit livestrong.‘ – LA

the artists armstrong invited to participate were: shepard fairey, damien hirst, kaws, yoshitomo nara, marc newson and kenny scharf.