Texas artist Gabriel Dawe presents his latest installation entitled Plexus No. 4 at Texan art-sweetspot Dallas Contemporary. Woven with 50 miles of coloured thread over a period of 105 hours, Dawe presents a colour environment that seems a bit nostalgic, if not impressive for the sheer industriousness of it all. Dawe says when he began [...]
We at Haft2 love writing about the gifts you can pick out for your loved ones at this time of year, and while we usually highlight the recession-defying solid gold bicycles and glass indoor pool sculptures, there are of course more serious matters at hand, and much more meaningful ways to define the word gift. [...]
Like newspapers and music stores, yellow page directories are on borrowed time, and if Montreal resident Aimee Davison anything to say about it, their demise will come sooner than later. Davison was tired of stepping over piles of the directories to get into her apartment and began to look into the amount of resources that [...]
We know of only one place where you can both take an Indoor Swim beside the Black Forest AND enjoy A Light Lunch on an American Afternoon. It’s called ColourLovers.com and every week, Haft2 creates new palettes and uploads one of them to be the featured trend palette on our website. To see the whole [...]
Rising into the air of Blaine, Washington there is a billboard that advertises – the air of Blaine, Washington. It’s actually a sculpture that was commissioned by the U.S. Federal Government. (I know, go figure.) The piece was conceived by Seattle art and architecture firm Lead Pencil Studio. It greets viewers when they drive over [...]
Névé Luxury Ice Company wants you to change the way you see your beverage. Go on, take a look at it now and then continue reading. On the heels of such food trends as gourmet salt and gourmet poutine, Névé introduces gourmet ice. It’s supposed to recall the days when people paid attention to ice, [...]
In May of 2006 we wrote our first edition of Haft2Know. Since then we’ve published over 300 Haft2Knows and we’ve seen our readership go from a few (um, three) to several hundred (um, several hundred). Whether you’re interested in Pox Teddy – a toy engineered to vaccinate your child against chicken pox; or this installation [...]
According to the National Retail Federation, American adults this year will spend almost $1 billion on Halloween costumes for themselves, $800 million on costumes for their kids and – always our favourite statistic – $200 million on costumes for their pets. With everything in, the average American will spend $66 celebrating Halloween this year. Likely [...]
There’s something beautiful and reaffirming about new life sprouting from the remnants of that which has passed on. Swedish designer Johan Kauppi has reworked the traditional gravestone into something that speaks to our desire to come back after we’re gone. Using an exceptionally hard stone called magnetite, Kauppi has left a hole in his marker [...]
While it can be difficult to let go of loved ones when they pass away, now we don’t have to. LifeGem is a company in the United States that offers “certified, high-quality” diamonds, created from the cremated ashes of whoever you choose. Upon request, the company will send you a free shipping kit into which [...]
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