Saturday, July 30, 2022

Objects, Metropolitan Museum, New York City



Feeding Bowl
1690
Hungary

This shell-shaped vessel—known as a feeding bowl—was used to serve strong broth or other liquid nourishment to the sick through a pierced well. The absence of marks suggests that the unknown goldsmith, who merged superior craftmanship with inventive design to create this piece, was guild-exempt while working as a court goldsmith. On the cover plate is an armorial roundel with a Latin inscription encircling the ibex (goat) crest of Count Michael Teleki de Szék (b. 1634), a wealthy statesman, military commander, and landlord. The engraved date 1690 is the year of the count’s death. He likely used the bowl himself during his final illness. A similar coat of arms of a rampant goat as a hexagonal dish in the Hungarian National Museum (Judit H. Kolba. Schätze des ungarischen Barock. Exh. cat. Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau. Hanau, 1991, p. 82, no. 41).
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Portable Diptych Sundial
ca. 1598
German

The growing production of mechanical clocks during the Renaissance had the effect of stimulating the construction of a variety of timekeeping instruments. Sundials were used for setting clocks, as well as for regulating their still inaccurate movements. Both the variety and number of sundials proliferated, but Nuremberg sundial makers specialized in small, folding, easily portable types made of ivory or wood. This dial, which can be used to tell the time in several different systems of counting the hours, was made to be used in Nuremberg's latitude of 49 1/2 degrees. Other portable sundials made in Nuremberg can be adjusted for use in several latitudes.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Little Fury, Design Company, United States





Help Remedies uses witty writing and 100% recyclable moulded paper pulp to make their health products friendly and welcoming. Their simple design makes these products stand out from the sea of over designed packages in your typical drug store.

“While some health problems are large, complicated and frightening, most aren’t the end of the world. A kind word and a little help can get you on your way again.

Help Remedies was created to make solving simple health issues simple. We find the best solution there is, and take away everything else. By stripping away some of the complexity and fear mongering of the health industry, we hope to make the category friendlier and more accessible, and in doing so empower people to make their own health decisions.

We think a little help, honesty and kindness will go a long way.”

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https://lovelypackage.com/help-remedies/


 

Society 27, Germany






"For Sneaker/Shoe Model No.1, our first product, we used high quality suede, leather lining and for the packaging we created a wooden box. The project has been in development for quite some time now and we believe it’s time to show it to the world.”

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Cardboard Architecture Model




An 11-year-old boy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose dream is to become an architect has made a model of the Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa.