Before the weekend, the BRIDGE team compiles a list of links that have sparked our creativity. As the week winds down, we invite you to explore the artistic world with us – for your inspiration and for ours.
07 FEB 2015
_MARIMEKKO
“My approach is something like an architect’s. He makes a house for people to live in. I make a dress for women to live in. The Marimekko woman is easily recognized. Her style in wearing dresses is to forget them.” – Ratia
Noted for its bright colours and bold prints, Marimekko is a Finnish-based design company specializing in textiles, garments and furnishings. Through its distinctive patterns, Marimekko has become a household name worldwide.
LINK: www.marimekko.com/#INTL
_SLUMFLOWER
Street Etiquette photography showcases style in a particular cultural, historical and urban context. This photo journal revolves around a ten-year-old boy, finding beauty and growth in the midst of concrete. Slumflower is centered around the misconceptions formed about public housing in 1950s New York.
LINK: www.slumflower.com
_”/” LAMP
Designed by Dragos Motica, the “Slash” Lamp for UBIKUBI becomes an object of choice. Consisting of a cork-board base with a concrete shade, the Slash Lamp is designed to be broken. The packaging comes with a small rock, giving the user the opportunity to break and chip away at the lamp as they please.
LINK: www.dragosmotica.ro/slash%20lamp.html 
_OLIVER JEFFERS
In collaboration with filmmaker and illustrator Mac Premo, Oliver Jeffers creates typography for the opening of the TED2013 conference – featuring the young, the wise, the undiscovered. Jeffers also specializes in book covers, album art and collage.
LINK: www.oliverjeffers.com/projects/ted-2013-
_GEGO
Gertrude Goldschmidt, also known as GEGO, was all things – an artist, sculptor, printmaker, architect. In her series, Reticularea, nets and webs of aluminum and steel interweave together, creating structures that fill entire rooms.
LINK: www.fundaciongego.com/English/
