Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Collection of 'Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs' from all over the world.

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2012/03/creative-and-unusual-sleeping-bags.html



Sleeping Bag Chair: A creative sleeping bag chair designed by Les M.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 1Pizza Sleeping Bag: This slice of pizza sleeping bag is handmade and comes with broccoli, olive, pepperoni, and mushroom pillows.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 2Brick Sleeping Bag: A cool sleeping bag that every kid would like to own, handmade by designer and crafter Megan Guhl. 

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 3Sleeping Bag by A Makeeva: It is a double sleeping bag and comes with an unusual design on the top and under the main is a diary to write down the outdoor experience.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 4Camouflage Sleeping Bag: Creation of designer Cheryl Lin; it integrates backpack with sleeping bag.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 5Bigfoot Sleeping Bag: Designed by A Lathrop, this cool sleeping bag is a part of a themed backyard camping set.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 6Snuggie Sleeping Bag:

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 7Knitted Sleeping Bag: Its handmade using wool, making it super soft on babies skin.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 8Panda Sleeping Bag: A cute sleeping bag made from warm and soft fleece, its head doubles as a pillow, hands can be used for hugs and it comes with a side zipper for easy in and out.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 9Totoro Sleeping Bag:

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 10Cow Sleeping Bag: This sleeping bag is fully lined from head to toe with the soft fleece to keep you warm during chilly nights. The top of each animal is made with best quality felt and bottom is made with a waterproof fabric. It has a 22-inch separating sports zipper sewn into the side for easy in and out access.

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 11Crocodile Sleeping Bag:

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 12Orca Sleeping Bag:

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 13Fox Sleeping Bag:

Cool Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (15) 14Dolphin Sleeping Bag

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Tauntaun Sleeping Bag: The Tauntaun sleeping bag is a reality now; what started as a prank was turned into reality due to the intense demand from the Starwars fans. The sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, it's quite a reminder of how Han Solo saved Luke from freezing climate by placing Luke inside the Tauntaun.

Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 1Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 2Nyamuk Sleeping Bag: Creation of designer Leonie Bergmaier, it's a sleeping bag, a hammock and a tent, all in one. Made from super light polyester and the entire structure is supported by one pole which makes assembly quite easy. 

Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 3Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 4The Great Sleeping Bear: Created by Eiko Ishizawa; the concept of 'The Great Sleeping Bear' is based on a true story of a bear in the Alps and the sleeping bag is a fictional representation of it. 

Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 5Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 6Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 7Lippi Selk Bag: This new sleeping bag system allows you the maximum mobility you need whilst keeping warm.

Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (9) 8AlpKit Pipedream 200 Sleeping Bag: The upper section is a simple sleeveless smock design which can be worn under or over a down jacket.

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Shark Sleeping Bag: Shark sleeping bag by Kendra Phillips.

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 1Hotness Sleeping Bag: You never have to get out of this sleeping bag as you can walk in it with built-in padded slippers. "Zippers on both sides allow you to connect as many sleeping bags together as your party requires."

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 2$5k Sleeping Bag: This tinfoil-like sleeping bag is more of an executive spa, it's from 02 Planet, which claims to relax you, increase your energy, and slow the signs of aging. This sleeping bag provides a steam sauna, water jets for massage and even some oxygen misting.

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 3Sleeping Bag Dress: "You wear it as a dress in the day and inflate it to make yourself a sleeping bag when night has come".

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 4Cocoon Sleeping Bag: Creation of designers Moriarty and Harney, it's an insulated sleeping bag that users could put from such things as tree limbs or cliff faces.

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 5Ultralight, Zipperless Sleeping Bag: In this one the entire bottom of the sleeping bag as well as the zippers is removed. There is no redundant material underneath thus cutting weight to just 1 lb. 6 oz.

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 6Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14)  7Sleep Suit: "Architecturally, the very close relationship between the human body and the suit acts as the generator of form as well as tool to negotiate between the occupant and his or her surroundings."

11Cool and Creative Sleeping Bags (14)  8Nappak - Office Sleep Bag: Nappak is an innovative concept created on the basis of scientific evidence of improved efficiency due to short sleep breaks in everyday work by four-member student group. The Nappak is designed for the office with the minimal space, easy to use, mobile, quick open and store. It can be stored in a slim and round trolley and can be expanded in a few minutes.

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14)  9Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14) 10Jacket + Tent + Sleeping Bag = JakPak: "Why carry a jack, tent and sleeping bag on your back when all these items can fold into one, wearable 3lb bundle?"

Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14)  11Unique and Creative Sleeping Bags (14)  12Vessel Transformable Clothing: It's a medium weight reversible jacket that can expand into a cocoon. 

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Polo Backpack: Designed by Anna Perugini; it has a built-in face cover and pillow that instantly transforms into a suitable place to sleep on a moment's notice.

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 1Inflatable Sleeping Bag: This award winning design concept of the 'Sleeping Coat', functions both as a windbreaker and as a sleeping bag. The lightweight waterproof fabric keeps the body warm and can be inflated to create a comfortable sleeping bag. 

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 2Evolon Sleeping Bag: This cozy sleeping bag made from Evolon microfibre fabric keeps even tiniest of the particles sized 10-40 µm out. 

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 3Fu-Kit's Sleeping Bag: It has zippers for legs and hands to enable easy access to gear and equipment. And its ideal for cold weather camping as it is has a quilted synthetic inner. 

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 4Two-Legged Sleeping Bag: Unlike the traditional sleeping bags, this creative sleeping bag from Japan provides you mobility. 

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 5ASCII's Model Sleeping Bag: This cool sleeping bag comes from Japan's ASCII.

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 6King Tut Sleeping Bag: Enjoy the comfort on a royal scale in this cool Japanese sleeping bag.

Most Creative Sleeping Bags and Unusual Sleeping Bag Designs (12) 7Dreamwalker Sleeping Bag: A practical sleeping bag that lets you walk around while still keeping you warm; just lie down and close it up when you are ready to sleep. 

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Shark Sleeping Bag:

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Norman Rockwell - America's Most Beloved Painter

Norman Rockwell - America's Most Beloved Painter

"I call myself an illustrator but I am not an illustrator. Instead, I paint storytelling pictures which are quite popular but unfashionable." "Unfashionable" was a misnomer; his works were in fact very popular. He was extremely sensitive to the way the art world as well as the public judged him. "No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all of his talent, all of his feeling into them. If illustration is not considered art, then that is something that we have brought upon ourselves by not considering ourselves artists. I believe that we should say, "I am not just an illustrator, I am an artist." - Norman Rockwell
http://www.painterlog.com/2013/06/norman-rockwell-americas-most-beloved.html
Norman Rockwell - Triple Self Portrait, 1960


The Problem We All Live With
Since his work is categorized as illustration and was most famously featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, fine art critics were slow to acknowledge the importance of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) as true artist, though his work was enormously popular during his lifetime and has endured as a crucial element in America's perception of itself in the 20th century. Through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the 1950s and 60s, Rockwell illustrations were a part of daily life, showing, as he once said, "the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed. "Norman Rockwell was one of the most prolific and well-known of American artists. During his 47-year career as a painter and illustrator, he depicted people and situations from everyday life. By his death in 1978, his work was familiar to millions of people, and remains iconic today.
Before the shot
The Discovery
Girl with Black Eye
Shadow Artist
The Catch
Fishing Trip, They'll Be Coming Back Next Week
The Gossips by Normal Rockwell
"A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."

The Watchmaker of Switzerland
The Art Critic
Girl at Mirror
The Runaway
Girl with Shopkeeper
No Swimming
After the Prom
Boy and Girl Gazing at Moon
Glasses
Election Day
Mage
Paint
 Girl Reading the Post
Connoisseur
 Painter
The Facts of Life
Top Hat and Tails


Day in the Life of a Little Girl