Sidekick Labs Factory, a set on Flickr.
We took a trip up to the Sidekick Labs factory in Rutherford, Vermont. Sidekick Labs is busy working on our Lunar Modules now and will be manufacturing the Kit Cards next.
Futuristic Papertronic by Kenzo Minami
Our second artist Papertronic is by Kenzo Minami, a Japanese illustrator and fashion designer who works in NYC.
His work is described as bold primary colours, seemingly drawing influences from video controls, crash test dummies, television test cards and other staples of the late twentieth century. We think the Lunar Lander piece was a great fit for his style. When we added the LEDs, this little robot really came to life.
Also check out his illustrations for Affinity bike, a Brooklyn based mostly fixed gear bike company. His work looks so fresh on both canvases!
Stay tuned for more artist Papertronics next week…..
Kenzo Minami takes on the future
Silkscreen 2011 Kenzo Minami
Over the next weeks we are going to show you what some great artists did with the Papertronics’ Tablu Rasa, the blank one that comes in the kit. Every design is so unique. We were really impressed. These artists’ Papertronics were part of our gallery show at Gallery Hanahou.
Today we will post the Tabla Rasa lantern design of Lisa Grue from Denmark. When we got this is the mail, we knew that Lisa had designed it. We made delicate holes to let little rays of light out. This would be pretty using any color of LED.
Lisa Grue's take on Sparkle Labs' Tabla Rasa Papertronics
BUTTON @MoMA, a set on Flickr.
We completed the buttons and they were a big success. The game B.U.T.T.O.N is the best party game I have ever played.
Stay tuned for a tutorial on how to make your own giant buttons.
Gallery Hanahou Show, a set on Flickr.
The Sparkle Labs show was a great success. Youngkwang Cho did a really great job and worked most of the summer on it. We showed a some of our projects and even gave an electronics workshop.
Gallery Hanahou has long been one of our favorites. Every show there is special. Check it out.
Hanahou show setup, a set on Flickr.
Behind the scenes setting up the show at Gallery Hanahou.
SunMod, a set on Flickr.
LunarModules 2, a set on Flickr.
Karen Stransky-Price took these Lunar Modules product shots for us.
We will be in a group exhibition of international designers at the designboom mart at the ICFF 2010, May 15th to 18th. Come by and see all of Sparkle Labs’ new designs and the other designboom designers. You can check out designboom.
For the 6th time in New York, designboom will provide an unprecedented opportunity to meet the young avant-garde and become familiar with their work. Visitors are able to buy design souvenirs™ and limited edition pieces directly from the designers themselves.
Update: Had a nice time. Here are the pics.
Designboom ICFF 2010, a set on Flickr.
