http://bydiddo.com Diddo - Artist & Designer Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:22:39 +0000 http://bydiddo.com en http://bydiddo.com/2145823 http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/2145823 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:22:39 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 2145823 http://bydiddo.com/2145832 http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/2145832 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:22:35 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 2145832 http://bydiddo.com/The-Invisible-Party http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/The-Invisible-Party Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:48:55 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1894807 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip2_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711783" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip3_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip3_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711791" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip4_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip4_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711797" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip5_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip5_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711799" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip6_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip6_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711804" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip7_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip7_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711814" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip8_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip8_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711821" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip10_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip10_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17711828" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip_kaartje_o_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894807/tip_kaartje_o_o_o.jpg" data-mid="21690580" border="0" align="left"/>The Invisible Party - Co-Founding From March 2010 on I have been working with three other creatives to realize a new platform called The Invisible Party. The Party was an evolving network of independent creative professionals working for brands and agencies in the creative, fashion, media and entertainment industries. We want to make nice things with and for nice people. The primary goal is to connect independent artist and creatives and be a platform for inspiration and collaboration. Early 2012 the founders split. The Invisible Party - Co-Founding From March 2010 on I have been working with three other creatives to realize a new platform called The Invisible Party. The... http://bydiddo.com/Denim http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/Denim Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:48:42 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1894812 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_6_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_6_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712065" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_1_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_1_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712013" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_5_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_5_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712057" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_2_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712025" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_3_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_3_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712040" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_4_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="635" width_o="2048" height_o="1446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1894812/levis_studio_diddo_4_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712046" border="0" align="left"/>Levis Straus & Co. Levi’s initiated the Back Pocket Art project to raise awareness for the fight against Aids. They asked me and about 25 other international artists to come up with a design based upon their famous 501 back pockets. These ‘little pieces of art’ are going on auction for the benefit of an ‘Aids Foundation project’ against the ’stigmatization of Aids’ in the Eastern bloc countries. There are contributions from artists such as fashion designers Bas Kosters, Daryl van Wouw and Marlies Dekkers. Graphic artists like Ottograph, Out of Order and Kingchuub. And even contributions from music band members of Moke and Voicst. Levis Straus & Co. Levi’s initiated the Back Pocket Art project to raise awareness for the fight against Aids. They asked me and about 25 other international... http://bydiddo.com/The-Cure-for-Greed http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/The-Cure-for-Greed Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:15:16 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 2713975 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_closed_900.jpg" width="900" height="599" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_closed_o.jpg" data-mid="21287357" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_900.jpg" width="900" height="599" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_o.jpg" data-mid="21287366" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_900.jpg" width="900" height="599" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_male_box_o.jpg" data-mid="21287373" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_golden_syringe_900.jpg" width="900" height="599" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_golden_syringe_o.jpg" data-mid="21288256" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/5_cureforgreed_diddo_dollar_ink_900.jpg" width="900" height="599" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/5_cureforgreed_diddo_dollar_ink_o.jpg" data-mid="21288261" border="0" align="left"/>{image 4}{image 5}{image 6}‘The Cure For Greed’ injection kit features a 24-karat gold plated syringe and a single 5 ml dose of dollar ink recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency. The Cure for Greed Whatever we feel about greed, we can agree on one thing: it exists. Whether there’s too much of it in the world, or too little, is a matter of opinion, not understanding. We all have strong feelings one way or the other. On one side of the debate, some believe it’s the root of all that is corrupt and evil. Conversely, greed is seen and often celebrated as the key behavior that allowed our species to adapt and evolve so successfully. But what exactly is greed? Is it an immutable algorithm hardwired in our DNA, a survival instinct that triggers responses to a constantly changing environment that can turn hostile at any moment? Maybe greed is an emotional reaction to our cultural reward system? Or the embodiment of the darkest side of our natures, rooted in fear? When you get down to it, you realize how little we really know about 'greed'. ‘The Cure For Greed’ is an iconic object that sparks an internal and social dialogue on all aspects of ‘greed’, the benefits as well as dangers of this basic and pervasive human behavior. It’s an invitation to reexamine our assumptions and inject them with the type of energy that will ensure new and evolving perspectives. Our hope is to learn from this process, and grow, to become more human, not by repressing our nature, but by transcending it with understanding and compassion. Making of 'The Cure for Greed' A behind the scenes peek, excerpted over the four-month process to produce ‘The Cure for Greed’. Intricate mechanical and chemical separation is needed to extract and recover pigment from US currency. The ink is then re-stabilized, divided into individual doses and packaged into medical vials. About the object The personally monogrammed custom-made mahogany or walnut box contains: - One 24-karat gold plated syringe. - One 5ml crimp-sealed serum vial containing one dose of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency. - Two 24-karat gold plated needles. <img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_900.jpg" width="900" height="900" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_o.jpg" data-mid="21981004" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_mortar_900.jpg" width="900" height="900" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_mortar_o.jpg" data-mid="21068206" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_lab_900.jpg" width="900" height="900" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_lab_o.jpg" data-mid="21068211" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_dollar_ink_900.jpg" width="900" height="900" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_dollar_ink_o.jpg" data-mid="21068216" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/5_cureforgreed_diddo_syringe_ink_900.jpg" width="900" height="900" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/5_cureforgreed_diddo_syringe_ink_o.jpg" data-mid="21068222" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_900.jpg" width="900" height="672" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/1_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_o.jpg" data-mid="21285567" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_900.jpg" width="900" height="672" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/2_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_o.jpg" data-mid="21285581" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_900.jpg" width="900" height="672" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/3_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_o.jpg" data-mid="21285591" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_900.jpg" width="900" height="672" width_o="2048" height_o="1529" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2713975/4_cureforgreed_diddo_atthelab_o.jpg" data-mid="21285611" border="0" align="left"/> ‘The Cure For Greed’ injection kit features a 24-karat gold plated syringe and a single 5 ml dose of dollar ink recovered from approximately $10,000 in US... http://bydiddo.com/Encoded http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/Encoded Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:58:00 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 2175880 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo2_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713070" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo1_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo1_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713068" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo5_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo5_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713077" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo4_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo4_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713074" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo3_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo3_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713071" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo6_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo6_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713079" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo7_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_bydiddo7_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713081" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_wallpaper_bydiddo2_o_900.jpg" width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/2175880/encoded_wallpaper_bydiddo2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713092" border="0" align="left"/>Encoded - Wallpaper We use technology to feed our insatiable curiosity for translating the unknown into the symbols and syntax of our known world. Simultaneously, technology feeds and enables both this curiosity and our need for translation. However where there is translation, there is bound to be noise. Despite the implications of the term, all noise is not created equal. Whether audio or visual, some noise is qualitatively different, more stimulating than others. And yet we treat it all with the same disdain. Like an abnormality. A distortion. An error to be avoided, ashamed of and erased. If, on the other hand, we could let go of our arbitrary values, we might glimpse for a moment, perhaps even decipher, the aesthetics of the so-called ‘error’. Experimental data suggests that human vision is not quite as straightforward as school curricula would like us to believe. The image at the back of our retinas is not a faithful reflection of the object in front of it. Instead, what we actually see is an interference pattern. A composite of present external reality and our stored visual memories. A simultaneous distortion of encoded intent and decoded content. Of subject and object. More holographic than photographic. Everything is an interference pattern, a distortion. It’s just a question of which distortions we are comfortable with. Exposure to new sights on the peripheries of perception will stretch our senses, and open up new playgrounds for unleashing our curiosity. Who knows what patterns we’ll find in the chaos, once we meaningfully start looking for them. Maybe all we need to do is open our eyes. And look at things long enough for them to blur out of focus, and reveal what is otherwise concealed beneath the pixilated surface. Encoded - Wallpaper We use technology to feed our insatiable curiosity for translating the unknown into the symbols and syntax of our known world. Simultaneously,... http://bydiddo.com/The-Womb-Coffin http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/The-Womb-Coffin Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:21:47 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1890715 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo01_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo01_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419877" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo02_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo02_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419878" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo03_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo03_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419879" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo04_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo04_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419880" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo05_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo05_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419881" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo06_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo06_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419882" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo07_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo07_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419883" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo08_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo08_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419885" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo09_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo09_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419891" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo010_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo010_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419892" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo011_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo011_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419894" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo012_o copy_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo012_o copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17419897" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo013_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="518" width_o="2048" height_o="1180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1890715/project_womb_studiodiddo013_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17419899" border="0" align="left"/>The Aesthetics of After Life: The Womb After birth, the second biggest event in life is death. And, yet, across cultures, our relationship with it seems based on avoidance and denial. We asked ourselves, why isn’t death treated as naturally and gracefully as birth? Why can’t we perceive it in a more positive way? And redesign its rituals to reveal, rather than conceal, who we really are? That’s how Project Womb was born. I believe the only true legacy anybody leaves behind is the story of his or her life. Usually, the telling of this story is left to friends and family. The more celebrated ones amongst us are at the mercy of media. That’s a lot of different versions of our life story. And we don’t have a say in any one of them. Until now. The Womb provides the comfort of knowing that your story is told in your own words, pictures and videos. And shared with the world. It’s a container for impressions and memories you can record and update over your lifetime. A collection of personal insights and experiences that can inspire future generations for many years to come. I want to change how the story is told. And how it’s presented. I find rectangular caskets unnatural and unfriendly. To me, the womb offers a design that’s in harmony with life and nature. In essence, The Womb is a media-driven time capsule that makes sure your life story lives on. Read more about The Womb coffin here. The Aesthetics of After Life: The Womb After birth, the second biggest event in life is death. And, yet, across cultures, our relationship with it seems based on... http://bydiddo.com/About-Contact http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/About-Contact Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:04:53 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1910433 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910433/diddo_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="675" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910433/diddo_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713823" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910433/diddo_nightvision_900.jpg" width="900" height="675" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910433/diddo_nightvision_o.jpg" data-mid="17713817" border="0" align="left"/> Diddo is an artist and designer whose work spans the spectrum from engaging conceptual art to intriguing product design. To date, Diddo’s conceptual art projects have appeared in many publications around the world, such as Wired, Financial Times, Vogue, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Rolling Stone, Business Week, Juxtapoz and Playboy. Along the way, he has aroused the curiosity of creators and tastemakers, receiving requests from the likes of Sasha Baron Cohen, Kanye West and Lady Gaga. After a distinguished career in marketing-centered design, Diddo redirected his focus to conceptual art. His work in marketing gives him an intimate knowledge of the tools and techniques corporations employ to feed their self-serving ideas. The experience has left him exceptionally armed to create challenging concepts and place them in our heads. Diddo’s goal however, is not to feed us ideas; instead he focuses on re-contextualizing the ideas already there. His works don’t feed us a political agenda, or a carefully curated viewpoint, but rather reawaken the essential debates we tend to neglect. Diddo finds inspiration in examining the space between what we think and what we allow others to think for us. His work is an attempt to define the border between perception and reality, and the process, which turns image into icon. In ‘Designer Gasmasks’ for example, Diddo orchestrates the shotgun marriage between the Military Industrial Complex, and the farcical self-centrism of high fashion. “Gasmasks plucks the strings of the satirically subversive; prodding the basest motivators in all of us, and artfully allowing us to simultaneously feel both disgust and material yearning.” He shows us things we don’t want to want, but we do. Like much of Diddo’s work, ‘The Womb’ presents itself as an intriguing product. It’s real power, however, lies beneath the surface, in the questions it raises, and thoughts it provokes. Where do we start from and where do we end up? Or do we? ‘The Womb’ inspires us to investigate which side of this divide we call home. Our lives send out ripples of influence like stones dropped in still ponds. ‘The Womb’ records these impressions and preserves them for future generations. Diddo was born on the luckiest day since the sixth century (7-7-’77). He studied Media Design at the School of Arts Utrecht, NL and acquired a Masters Degree in European Media Design from the University of Portsmouth, UK in 2001. Contact Diddo at info @ bydiddo.com or visit Facebook. Diddo is an artist and designer whose work spans the spectrum from engaging conceptual art to intriguing product design. To date, Diddo’s conceptual art... http://bydiddo.com/Aquabrids-for-Frank-Gehry http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/Aquabrids-for-Frank-Gehry Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:57 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1910199 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/Untitled-2_o_900.jpg" width="842" height="595" width_o="842" height_o="595" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/Untitled-2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712765" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712769" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo5_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo5_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712778" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo2_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712771" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo6_o_900.png" width="842" height="595" width_o="842" height_o="595" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo6_o_o.png" data-mid="17712783" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo3_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo3_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712774" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo4_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo4_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712775" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo7_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1910199/aquabrids_studio_diddo7_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17712789" border="0" align="left"/>Sentosa Island - Frank Gehry Frank Gehry participated in a pitch for the design of a new integrated resort on Sentosa Island, Singapore. He created an enormous organic structure consisting of several domains. The resort was to host a huge Atlantis themed museum, botanical gardens, water parks, health spas, hotels, casinos, etc. Together with Chris Pacetti, in service of the Arnell Group New York, I worked on the Aquabrid concept for the Museum. To make the museum richer, we hatched the idea of letting visitors interact with evolution and create their own characters. Along theway visitors have the opportunity to alter, generate, mix and duplicate new water-based species, a.k.a. Aquabrids. I worked on the media concept, character research, development visualization. Next to that I created proposals for the architectural projections. The Aquabrids concept won the Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) and was featured in Business Week. Sentosa Island - Frank Gehry Frank Gehry participated in a pitch for the design of a new integrated resort on Sentosa Island, Singapore. He created an enormous... http://bydiddo.com/Wetsuits http://bydiddo.com/following/bydiddo.com/Wetsuits Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:25:56 +0000 Diddo - Artist & Designer 1895713 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/studio_diddo_board_suit_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/studio_diddo_board_suit_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713149" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/rust_suit2_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/rust_suit2_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/wetsuits_bydiddo_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="1754" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/wetsuits_bydiddo_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713144" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/muscle_suit_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="1169" height_o="827" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/muscle_suit_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713122" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/rust_suit_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="1169" height_o="827" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/rust_suit_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713125" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/sharkbite_o_900.jpg" width="900" height="636" width_o="1169" height_o="827" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/142337/1895713/sharkbite_o_o.jpg" data-mid="17713138" border="0" align="left"/>Wetsuits Wetsuits are both functional and protective, but why must they all look the same? Is there some unwritten law that dictates we shed our individuality to blend into the monotone waters? With that in mind, I took up the challenge to create an alternative. With custom inks and unique printing techniques, i'm able to map textures onto the suits to create original designs. The first edition contains four designs: a rusted iron diving suit evoking the days of Jules Verne, the anatomic musculature suit as a homage to the human body, a wet suit which gives the illusion that the wearer has been attacked by a group of hungry sharks, and finally a whale shark patterned suit that celebrates the brilliance and originality of our natural water world. Please contact me for information and requests Wetsuits Wetsuits are both functional and protective, but why must they all look the same? Is there some unwritten law that dictates we shed our individuality to...