Candles in Artsy Shapes and Bright Colors

Candles

We, at Mimi Berlin, don’t care much for candles in our home, we aren’t the romantic type that way. The artsy Pillar candles (2018) by Lex Pott and the Hematite Candles (2015) by the Haas brothers made us wanna have a change of mind though. These usable and colorful pieces of wax art are SO over the top fun! Not only literally, they are huge, but also the shapes are spectaculair.

(Images via/courtesy of The Haas Brothers and Lex Pott)

Shapes

The shape of the Hematite collection are created by filling a panty hose with plaster, then binding them with ropes. They were made exclusively for Cultured magazine, in a limited edition, with the proceeds going to a good cause. They are sold out since they were made in 2015. Lex Pott’s Pillars “refer to the standardised pillar candles but are transformed into an eclectic palette of shapes” and colors. These wax totems are still for sale; for the addresses you can check lexpott.nl.

PS

We know we are writing about indoor candles on the fist day of Summer, a useless topic for the time of the year. But, in our defence, they are very pretty to look at so we wrote this post as a reminder for when the dark winterdays are upon us.
What do you think? Would you have these wax pillars in your home?

Hong Kong Ballet 40th Anniversary Video

Ballet

‘Never standing Stll’ is the name of the latest Hong Kong Ballet campaign in celebration of their 40th anniversary. The art direction, typography and the video are made by Design Army, This design agency is, in their own words, a “Full Service Design Centric Agency”. Okay, they are based in Washington DC. What we really like about this campaign is that it mixes classical and pop references. That is done So well! After watching the video we, at Mimi Berlin, really need to see a performance by this ballet company. #bucketlist

Video

Gotta Love this video! All the color! All the movements! All the references! All the fun! Brill!!

Hong Kong Ballet 40th Anniversary season brand video by Design Army

Design Army

WE’RE NOT DECORATORS WHO CHANGE THE PAINT COLOR. WE’RE STRATEGIC BRAND ARCHITECTS WHO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND IMPACT EVERY ASPECT OF THE MODERN BUSINESS THROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF DESIGN.

Design Army

Click for more on the topic of Dance, here on this blog.

Colorful Bears by Paola Pivi

Colorful Bears by Paola Pivi

These colorful bears, made of feathers, were on show in 2013 at the galerie Perrotin in New York. At first sight they look cute, almost like Pinata’s but when seeing these sculptures up close they gave us a horrible feeling…check it out. See if you feel the same. Paola Pivi site.

Happy colors horrible feeling….

(images via designboom.com)

Camtray Trays

Camtray Trays

Industrial design in friendly colors.

Camtrays are for use in restaurants, hotels (room service), cafeterias, mall food courts, hospitals and schools. /Durable construction backed by Cambro’s five year guarantee against breakage/Made of lightweight, high-impact fiberglass with reinforced edges./Stain, odor and scratch resistant./Molded-in Dri-Stak separators ensures even air flow between trays for quick drying.

Camtrays® are manufactured by (via) Cambro

 

VintageDeLuxe Book Ends

VintageDeLuxe Book Ends

Make do for a nice face!mimiberlin VintageDeLuxe Book EndsCollecting colorful metal book stands has paid off today!  “The Reader” a rainbow face styled by Mimi Berlin.

Made in England; expandable spring coil in yellow and orange / NVF orange and red book ends.

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Rüpert von Rom’s Must see of the month: Jessica Eaton

Must see of the month is Canadian photographer Jessica Eaton.

I don’t think I have to use many words to convince you this is great. Well, maybe when you are not a big fan of colorful art. But who is that bitter? I can name a few come to think of it. But let’s not go there.-
Just look her up, she does have exhibitions from time to time.. Enjoy!

Liebe Grusen. x Rüpert

About the work above; “Canadian Photographer Jessica Eaton has created more dazzling photographic works for her debut exhibition in the UK- Ad Infinitum Opening Jan. 23rd – Feb 8th, 2014 at The Hospital Club.  The images are made on sheets of 4 x 5 film and a series of monochromatic cubes. Eaton places red, green or blue gels over the camera lens to make multiple exposures of each cube, “The darkroom is a really visceral way of build a deeper understanding of the medium … and I have pushed the magic of it all into the very small darkroom I now have, the chamber inside my camera bellows.” (via jessicaeaton.tumblr)