OMG, I So Want a Gomi-Style Makeover
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.22.07
San Francisco artist Marque Cornblatt and his jumpsuit-clad co-conspirators have created a Youtubular version of your typical HGTV decorating makeover show called Gomi Style, the name he gives to "a growing do-it-yourself movement in this country where people are taking found and discarded items and re-imagining their uses in new and interesting ways." Attributing it to William Gibson, he says "Gomi is a Japanese word meaning dust or garbage but is has become a popular slang word for anything that we throw away" and "its so much more than dumpster diving."
It is the perfect takeoff of the typical show, doing a Gomi-style makeover, "San Francisco artists working outside the box." Ten minutes of great fun, give these guys a contract. :: Marque Cornblatt via ::cribcandy
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YES!!!! This is beautiful. Of course nothing we haven't seen before but brought together in a beautiful way. maybe what we need is a new little word for this sort of thing and people will do more of this. Gomi. need a new room, not walmart, or ikea, but Gomi!
Now that I've seen more of this I really wish the items they make were more functional.
Gee, an "earth saving" project using toxic paint and glue...not to mention cruel to the fish. This generation -x crowd needs to learn to use their brain once in a while.