Danish design company VIPP and supermodel Helena Christensen have
teamed up to hold a charity auction of Vipp pedal bins that have been given a fashionable makeover by fashion, design, art, and entertainment leaders. The bins have been made over by the likes of
Bono,
Michael Stipe,
Mario Batali,
Michael Bastian,
Simon Doonan,
Frederic Fekkai,
Karim Rashid,
Jason Miller,
Todd Oldham,
Alice Temperley,
Mena Suvari, and more, and will be sold in a silent auction benefiting the Food Bank For New York City and Chernobyl Children’s Project International. An installation of the bins will be on display for public viewing and pre-bidding at The Conran Shop in New York through Thursday, Sept.
British industrial designer and head of design at Finnish company Artek
Tom Dixon, who has been designing furniture for 30-some years, and whose lighting designs are all the rage, has decided to channel his design talents into the world of fashion. On Monday, Dixon launched a new bimonthly fashion digest magazine, Distill, targeted towards creative professionals,
according to Design Week. The new glossy is published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., which also publishes one of my faves, Craft:, as well as Make:.
Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. has announced that it will pull the plug on its struggling shelter magazine, Home, due to "sharp declines in the 'mid-market home sector',"
according to the Wall Street Journal. Home will join the ranks of fellow folded shelter titles, Conde Nast's
House & Garden and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's
Blueprint.
Olympic golden boy
Michael Phelps has just acquired a crave worthy pad, paying $1.69 million for a 4,080-square-foot condo overlooking Baltimore's revitalized Harborfront,
according to the Maryland Leader. The pad features amenities sure to win over any young Olympian, such as a rooftop terrace with fireplace, a private screening room, a state-of-the-art gym, a clubhouse with pool tables, and a Jacuzzi. He also recently purchased the Meadowbrook Swim Club and Northwest Ice Rink in Baltimore, which he and his coach plan to turn into an elite Olympic training center, and on the car front, he has been looking at "some Aston Martins and some Maseratis." Ohhh, new money.
The
London house of Sienna Miller — who has recently been getting slack for
dating married actor Balthazar Getty and appearing
topless in photos with him — has been vandalized, spray-painted with the word "SLUT" and a pseudo-Satanic circular symbol,
according to the Sun. The vandalism apparently occurred despite a burglar alarm system and security lights at the house. We all can think what we want about the couple's relationship, but I think it's pretty terrible that this should happen at Miller's own home.
