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• Arachnid ATX Ads - The Lian Li Pitstop ATX Chassis Has Nothing to Do With Spiders (VIDEO)

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:40 am

  (TrendHunter.com) Not unlike the last round of Super Bowl Ads, marketers do their best to entertain and even shock their audience. Then there are awkward advertisements that leave you in the middle of nowhere knowing that…

• Bread for Gamers - Nintendo DSi Toast Looks Good Enough to Eat, and That's the Problem

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  (TrendHunter.com) The Nintendo DSi Toast was designed by Horse Holly. I don’t know if the toast-loving artist with the equine-inspired name is a man or a woman, but I do know that he or she has created something that makes…

• Orange Peel Trampolines - The JDS Architects's Entry for the 'Contemplating the Void' Exhibition (GALLERY)

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am

  (TrendHunter.com) Sadly, the ‘Contemplating the Void’ JDS Architects’s submission for the Guggenheim Museum’s open space inside the famous Frank Lloyd Wright’s building will probably not see the light of day, but it was…

• Nostalgic Glasswork - Traditional Techniques Applied to Modern Art Glass Forms (GALLERY)

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am

  (TrendHunter.com) Orient and Flume Art Glass is a studio of four artists, Bruce Sillars, Scott Beyers, Richard Braley and William Carter. The studio uses traditional glassblowing techniques in combination with other art…

• Crass Confetti - Porn Confetti Definitely Gets the Party Going

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  (TrendHunter.com) Full of anatomically stimulating pictures, the socially awkward, yet undeniably humorous Porn Confetti has bachelor party written all over it. Just don’t mix up your bag full of candy with these little…

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• Look Both Ways by Matt Stuart

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:47 am

  British photographer Matt Stuart attempts, in his own words, to capture �genuine moments, which hopefully burrow deep into people�s memories�. A noble aspiration, the results of which Stuart will this month showcase for a three-week solo show at London�s KK Outlet. Armed with little more than a Leica camera and a bucket load of patience, Stuart wanders parks, tube stations…

• David Rock exhibition, London

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:28 am

  Architect David Rock has had a prominent and multi-faceted career by any yardstick. He worked in Basil Spence in 1950s, made partner at inter-disciplinary practice BDP in the 1960s, formed his own practice Rock Townsend, and presided over RIBA as its president between 1997 and 1999. More of David Rock at Eleven Spitalfields Paralleling this rich architectural career,…

• 'Divided Divided' by Carsten H�ller, Rotterdam

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:23 am

  Carsten H�ller has filled the Tate Modern with giant slides and helped Prada plant a Congolese eatery in North London - now for his latest exhibition, �Divided Divided� at Rotterdam�s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Wallpaper* Design Awards judge (and past-life biologist) has turned to fungi for inspiration. See more of H�ller's 'Divided Divided' Launching in-line…

• Couture week, Paris

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am

  A highlight of the international fashion calendar, Paris's Haute Couture week is when the big boys come out to play. A chance for designers to let their hair down and flex some creative muscle, the week produces results that are often more like works of art than clothes. This year, we recruited man-in-the-know, Cameron Silver of Decades boutique, LA, to uncover the best…

• Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:39 am

  With three established fashion weeks already in Europe, it might seem superfluous to add a fourth. But, in the absence of a coordinated Belgian movement, Berlin has, as expected, stepped up to claim ownership. Just six seasons young, and under the corporate sponsorship of Mercedes-Benz, who underwrite some 30 regular fashion platforms globally, Berlin is beginning to make…

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• Acne Fall 2010

  CH Contributor

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm

  by Richard Prime No other brand could really close Stockholm's fashion week than the city's own home-grown independent super-brand Acne. With recent glimpses of its forthcoming venture into the world of furniture tantalizingly close in Paris, it was time to see what the brand has in store clothing-wise for the chilly months ahead. Acne based the collection around an aviation theme, citing Amelia Earhart as a central influence. Menswear gave a variety of flight jacket options in different material options. Trousers were cut close and well, as expected from the brand which made its name from…

• Jaime Hayon x Gaia & Gino: Valencia Collection

  Phuong-Cac Nguyen

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:15 pm

  The prolific Spanish designer Jaime Hayon's elegant Valencia collection for luxury label Gaia & Gino applies his talent for refreshing the modern to must-have iterations of classic candlestick and tea-light holders in crystal. The handmade pieces make an apt addition to the Turkish design studio's line of "affordable yet rare" products. Sandblasting each holder by hand, each incorporates a pattern mixing shapes and clefts designed to maximize light's refractive capabilities and demonstrate crystal's captivating chemical structure. The interchangeable bases allow for assembly in a variety…

• Steve Powers: A Love Letter For You Book and Tours

  Wendy Dembo

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pm

  This Valentine's Day, celebrate love in all forms with a trip to Philadelphia to tour Steve Powers' ongoing graffiti mural project and the source of his latest book “A Love Letter for You.” Over the summer of 2009 Powers (aka ESPO) painted 50 murals on 20 blocks of Market Street as a love letter to and from West Philadelphia in a project dubbed "Love Letters." (Click on images for expanded view.) Documenting the process and installation of the "Love Letters" adventure, the book explores Powers' fascination with using graffiti to tell a story. To mark the book launch, Philadelphia will…

• Vans and the Places Where They Were

  Maggie York-Worth

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:17 am

  Evoking memories of pot-soaked Saturdays or long drives on the highway, filmmaker and photographer Joe Stevens' side project " Vans and the Places Where They Were" documents the glory of the classic seventies van in an ongoing photo essay dating back to 1996. Formatted horizontally rather than vertically, Stevens makes scrolling through the images akin to watching a lime green and candy paint parade of Econolines and Chevys travel across the screen. With an approach that looks not just to the evolving social and economic implications of his subject, Stevens describes how the project surveys…

• Generation Love Organic Tees

  Karen Day

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am

  Generation Love, a collaboration between two friends determined to create a range of fashion-forward tees while doing "the right thing," joins the new wave of design with a conscience. The resulting collection of eco-friendly clothing also taps the current casually glam look for an effortlessly hip aesthetic. Designers Roni Hirshberg and Audrey Bressa-Valcourt share in the design process, each adding their distinctive personalities while creating a cohesive collection. Using organic cotton and recycled polyester alongside other sustainable fabrics such as Tencel and micro modal, the duo aims…

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• 12 Cool Products for your Kitchen

  Toxel.com

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm

  Collection of modern kitchen gadgets and useful products designed to make food preparation easier and more enjoyable. One Click Butter Cutter This ingenious butter cutter delivers one standard pat with each click of the handle. No more messy butter dish. [link] Manhole Cover for your Sink This manhole-inspired silicone work-horse will stop the water’s flow when you need a [...]

• Comb Shaped Like a Gun

  Toxel.com

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:17 pm

  Gun Comb promises to add some fun and excitement to your morning ritual. Do remember that styling your hair in public with a comb inspired by a gun can be a little dangerous. [via]

• New Heinz Ketchup Packaging

  Toxel.com

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:17 pm

  Heinz Dip & Squeeze dual-function packaging gives ketchup lovers two cool ways to enjoy Heinz Ketchup: either tear off the tip to squeeze with pinpoint accuracy, or peel back the lid for easy dipping. As an added bonus, the new innovative packaging holds three times as much ketchup as the traditional packet. [via heinz]

• 12 Amazing Leaf Carvings

  Toxel.com

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm

  Collection of beautiful leaf carvings created by talented artists from China. Leaf carving is actually cutting and removal of the leaf’s mesophyll to produce an artwork without cutting or removing any leaf veins. [via, 2, 3]

• 12 Creative Stress Ball Designs

  Toxel.com

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:19 pm

  Creative stress relievers and cool stress ball designs from all over the world. Stress Paul Feeling overwhelmed, tense, under pressure? Don’t get stressed, take it out on poor old Paul and keep your sanity! [link] Dwight Stress Ball Take out your stress on Dwight Schrute. Comes in sealed wrapper and features the head of one of the most recognizable [...]

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• QR “Built Codes” For Frisk

  Josh Spear

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:33 am

  QR “Built Code” using Frisk mints in Japan.  Check it out. SET is now promoting the use of what we call “built” codes. We believe that these codes offer brands a unique opportunity to connect the real world to the online world. In the coming months we will be looking to incorporate these “built” codes not only into print media but also into outdoor stunts and events that allow the consumer to truly interact with the code in fun and exciting ways.

• Koichi Futatsumata: Cat Hammock

  Josh Spear

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:35 am

  If you have a cat, you’ll want this table. Sold. Via Joan Spear.

• Kinetica Art Fair: London 2010

  Matt Gierhart

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:09 am

  I love art. But I also love lasers, robots, holograms, light beings, space and general cybernetics. The Kinetic Art Fair is where all things future, electronic and art collide in one amazingly strange world. It’s only for this weekend and only in London. Make plans and embrace the future! Kinetica Art Fair P3 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS Febuary 5th through the 7th

• Ducobi Toys

  Josh Spear

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:52 am

  Gorgeous! Ducobi’s the world’s first mother-of-pearl inlaid and lacquered collectible toy. And they don’t come cheap at $829 each (limited edition). Check them out.

• Nooka x Gommi Arcade Watch

  Josh Spear

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:25 am

  Nice collaboration! Nooka has come together with New York based Japanese anime-inspired lifestyle brand, GOMMI ARCADE, to create the limited edition ‘Future-Shock‘ zub timepiece. The limited edition piece is a twist on the time manipulation device worn by Gommi in the ‘Future-Shock’ comic/manga. It features the popular Nooka zub zot face in blue, with the original ‘Gommi Marvel’ iconic artwork printed on a white polyurethane band.

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• ZURBsoapbox: Justin Kan Founder of Justin.tv Joins Us on Feb 12th

  21 Jan 2010 | 9:15 am

  Photo courtesy of Terry Chay RSVP for ZURBsoapbox on February 12th Where? ZURB HQ 55 N. 3rd Street, Suite 100a Campbell, CA 95008 When? Friday, February 12th, 2009 from 12:00-1:00pm PST RSVP Today » At midnight on March 19, 2007 Justin Kan attached a webcam to his cap and started streaming his life through online video via a laptop-backpack system. He decided he would stream continuous live video and audio 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Justin became a media sensation rather quickly landing his first interview at Today Show in April 2007. He went on to interview with CNET Live, ABC News…

• Giving Holiday Gifts the ZURB way

  21 Dec 2009 | 10:00 am

  Your mom has always told you "It's the thought that counts," but unfortunately you can't buy thoughtfulness at Target. You can however buy a collection of inexpensive items, a 99-cent card, some decent gift wrap and become renown for your thoughtfulness. We like to think that our processes here at ZURB can be applied to almost anything in life. Our project management philosophy is an especially good fit for gift giving. It consists of three simple steps: Tell me Show me Tell me what you showed me Tell me This is where the 99-cent card comes in. We all understand that with gifts need to come…

• Richard White of UserVoice: $250,000 Site Sale on eBay, Killing Goats for 6 Hours, and a Healthy "No"

  14 Dec 2009 | 10:00 am

  Our latest ZURBsoapbox was a hit last Friday with Richard White of UserVoice. Richard joined us to share his story of how UserVoice was born, how it gained traction, and some of the lessons learned along the way. You can listen to the entire podcast below or download it on iTunes. We've put together our favorite highlights below. Listen to Richard White's Podcast Subscribe: iTunes RSS Genesis of UserVoice All attention was directed on Richard's crazy shoes. Twinkle toes. A few years back Richard came across a group of folks in Cambridge, MA trying to build the first Ajax calendar (pre Google…

• ZURBSoapbox: Richard White, Founder and CEO of UserVoice, Joins Us on Dec 4th

  30 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm

  RSVP for ZURBsoapbox on December 4th Where? ZURB HQ 55 N. 3rd Street, Suite 100a Campbell, CA 95008 When? Friday, December 4th, 2009 from 12:00-1:30pm PST RSVP Today » Photo courtesy of UserVoice Our next ZURBsoapbox, featuring Richard White of UserVoice, is this Friday at 12pm at ZURB HQ. Lunch will be provided and space is limited so please make sure to RSVP via email to make sure we can accommodate everyone. Richard White is a founder and CEO of UserVoice. He is driven by a passion for building simple tools that improve productivity and make peoples lives easier. UserVoice does just…

• Shrink your JavaScript with the Google Compiler Rails Plugin

  13 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am

  Looking for the plugin? Skip the article and go straight to the plugin page. For everyone else... Like it or not, JavaScript has become the heaviest asset on modern webpages. Long gone are the days of waiting for large images to load, now we wait for fancy effects libraries, re-tweet counters, and cornification. When you load Twitter, Yahoo, or Google docs, almost half the data you load will be JavaScript. Below is an asset breakdown for docs.google.com. Users Hate to Wait After download JavaScript files need to be evaluated as well. The greater the complexity and size of the JavaScript the…

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• Kitsch Styling Bags

  Radhika Seth

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:08 am

  How you accessorize can change the way you carry yourself dramatically. In an odd way, your office bag is an extension of your personality as well. Sixr, Papr & Papr II are a series of bags that add the right amount of sophistication to your persona and come with amazing variations and colors. Have a look…. The Sixr comes in 2 variations: Camel & Black The Papr comes in 3 variations: Camel, Black, Black AmericanRedCross LimitedEdition The PAPR II shoulder bag comes in 3 variations: Camel, Black, Black AmericanRedCross LimitedEdition Designer: KIMKIM Artifacts [ Buy it Here Sixr |…

• Stackable Bottle

  Radhika Seth

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am

  You don’t need complex words to best describe an idea; sometimes a simple image can do the trick. What we have here is the 5 Gallons Mineral Water Stackable Bottle. A simple indent at the base of the bottle provides a nestling space for the neck of the bottle below. Stack them up and save space. I love the impromptu flower-vase-by-the-water cooler idea! Designer: Yujin Kim

• Play The Razor Prank

  Radhika Seth

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:15 am

  One of the pranks that you could play with your friends travelling by air is to slip this pill-sized box into their hand luggage. The pill box actually holds a folded sheet of razor! Yup a disposable razor that neatly rolls up into a pill! Which is obviously not allowed in hand luggage. Convenient, hygienic and safe! Designers: Hoyoung Lee, Youngwoo Park & Seunghwa Jeong

• Get A Jiffy Ride

  Radhika Seth

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  Skoota can be the ideal commute for me, to get around the congested by-lanes of my overcrowded city. This compact urban electric scooter transforms from a full-bodied rider to a compact companion in five easy steps. It uses the latest Super Charging Lithium Ion technologies and an in-wheel brushless hub motor to add efficiency. Features include an LED blue halo headlight, simple two button interface, five minute super charging lithium batteries and front calliper/ rotor braking system. In essence, get reduced physical footprint & carbon footprint! Designer: Stuart Emmerson

• One Loud Table

  Chris Burns

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:02 am

  From the creator of Pepper Knuckles and Music Blocks comes this wild and crazy table for your music collection. It’s called “Amusity” and it’s rather full of music and amusement, if I do say so myself. The designer Idan Arbel says that this is a tangible user interface coffee table for your entire music library. Toss it all on there and let the circus begin. You can play music videos, access information on the artist, song, album, etcetera, and using such information control the flow of the songs. Meta data like popularity and genres control the way the music is…

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• XOXO

  Design Mom

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Two more ideas for kids to give to classmates: these perfect XOXO pencils from Simple Song Designs.And these barely pink Lovemallows by Kelly.

• Ask Design Mom — Calendars

  Design Mom

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am

  Ask-Design-Mom-Question:I'm looking for the perfect wall calendar that has beautiful pictures and squares for writing in each day. Have you found anything unique out there? Thanks! — CarolineDesign Mom Answer:Great question, Caroline. Embarrassingly, I am super late to the calendar shopping game this year. I mean, goodness gracious, it's February! Please excuse me. And now to your question. Since you're looking for squares to write in, here are four beautiful options:-This pretty patterned one by Letter C Design.-A colorful, illustrated calendar by Jess Gonacha.-Monthly illustrations…

• Ask Design Mom — Striped Socks

  Design Mom

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

  Ask-Design-Mom-Question: I am having a hard time finding some really cool striped socks for my husband. Any suggestions? Thanks. — Candace.Design Mom Answer:Thanks for your question, Candace! Stripey socks make me happy. I went straight to Ben Blair for suggestions and he sent me to Smart Turnout and JCrew for good-looking, colorful choices. Also, I noticed in a recent issue of GQ, Glenn O'Brien, the style guy, recommends both J. Press and Corgi Dear Readers, let's help Candace out. Do you have any terrific striped sock sources?

• Making Valentines

  Design Mom

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  Number one on my task list this week: making Valentines with my kids. You too? But first, I'm going to scour the interwebs for ideas. Olive really wants to give out candy so I think we'll go with these beautiful chocolate bar wrappers from Benign Objects (they offer tea wrap templates as well — perfect for your child's teacher!). If you're looking for ideas, here are three of the most successful Valentines we've made in year's past:1) Mad Libs (our most popular — a real hit for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders) 2) Friendship Bracelets 3) Bookmarks Other fun ideas from my archives:1) Japanese…

• A Few Things

  Design Mom

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:31 am

  We're in the car, on our way to Copper Mountain for a ski weekend. The drive through the Rockies to the ski resorts is gorgeous. (The entire state of Colorado is gorgeous.) And this will be 3-year-old Betty's first time on skis — I hope she loves it.What are you doing this weekend? Anything fun? Here are some links to help you celebrate till Monday:-The NY Public Library has a flickr page? Oh. I could get lost here. via Swissmiss-Supermarket Sarah has the coolest shop ever. Right in her house. Would you ever do this?-NotMartha shares some photos of what has caught her eye lately. I LOVE…

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• Product Spotlight » Kiosk's Groundhog Collection

  Sarah Rich

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  by Sarah RichIt's been a couple of days since the groundhog saw his shadow, but at Kiosk, it's Groundhog Day for a little bit longer. The poster store of eclectic collections assembled a special (and international) one for this lowly holiday, each object referencing nature in some [often tongue-in-cheek] way.

• My House » Bringing It All Back Home

  William Lamb

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:54 pm

  by William LambRelying on local materials, local craftsmen, and the land her family has farmed for over two centuries, a New Yorker rediscovers her Midwestern roots.

• Event Spotlight » SFMoMA 75th Anniversary Show

  Miyoko Ohtake

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:01 pm

  by Miyoko OhtakeThough the iconic Mario Botta building that houses the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has only graced the city's South of Market neighborhood since 1995, the museum itself has brought modern and contemporary art to the West Coast since 1935. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the SFMoMA has filled its floors with 75 Years of Looking Forward, a fantastic exhibition comprising six shows that feature six views--backward- and forward-looking and more--of the museum's history and future. The shows are on display through May 23, 2010--and some longer. If you can't make it to the…

• My House » Surfer's Turf

  Paul Young

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:01 am

• Dwellings » Project Runaway

  Deborah Bishop

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm

  by Deborah BishopDriven by the death of several appliances, a San Francisco family finds that a spanking new kitchen delivers a good dose of domestic harmony along with the excuse to execute a complete home makeover.

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• Valentine Day Movie Posters - Love is in the air!!

  Charlie B. Johnson

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:57 am

  The eagerly awaited “Day for Lovers” is round the corner with dear couples ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts. Saint Valentine’s Day or more commonly known as Valentine’s Day, is an annual festival celebrated on 14th February by millions all over the world to rejoice their love and affection for their beloved ones.  With the arrival of this date, we get to see bulk of graphic design stuff like heartwarming wallpapers, online greeting cards and other e-gifts. But apart this all, you will agree that taking your…

• 30 brilliant high-speed picture: Photography in action!!

  Charlie B. Johnson

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:26 am

    “To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality.” Henry Cartier Bresson   Capturing still objects is fairly a novice skill in photography. The real challenge for a photographer is to incarcerate objects travelling at high speed. This introduces us to high-speed photography which is an enthralling method of capturing the moments that we don’t often get to see. So many wonderful things take place in the blink of an eye which is too fast for human eye to observe. The only thing we get to see is the after-effects…

• 8 Logo Design Ideas – Lightening up your creative minds!!

  Charlie B. Johnson

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:04 am

    Searching for a logo design Idea? Ever wondered from where do the graphic designers come up with such illuminating inspirations for logo design? Do they just pop out of nowhere or is there a process for inventing logo design ideas? The answer is quite intricate. The conception of a logo starts with the idea to personify a company’s image using graphic design. There is literally no captivity of thoughts when it comes to designing a logo. So in a nut shell, an ideal logo is a lengthy process. But the question still remains unanswered..…how to get an inspiring idea for a logo…

• Dealing with Client Objections & Rejections

  Charlie B. Johnson

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:37 am

  Author Name: Jodi Salisbury Post Category: General Graphic Design One of the things that entrepreneurs learn in their ventures is that they must learn how to deal with objections. I can say from experience that it is very easy to get discouraged when the product or service we hope to impress upon others does quite the opposite of our intentions. As a freelance artist, I tend to wonder if it is easier to take objections personally, because, at that point it isn’t so much about persevering in our efforts as it is taking a loss or starting from scratch. Still, objections are something that…

• Graphic Design FAQs – Finding the path of success!!

  Charlie B. Johnson

  27 Jan 2010 | 1:05 am

    Encountering problems in graphic design is customary but finding a quick solution remains an issue. Sometimes even the most talented graphic designers get caught in a quandary. Even if he does manage to work out the remedy, solution to one problem gives way to another To answer the most general questions people have in their mind regarding graphics designing, I have assembled a list of FAQ’s. The replies are based on my personal experiences as well as the solutions given by other professionals.   What is Graphic Design? What are common Graphic Design Degrees? What does a…

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• Cosas de casa/ House things

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

• ITI

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

• BC Hydro

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  B.C. Hydro 2010 Olympic sponsorship spot, in live action and CG.

• Fantastic Noise

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

• Mymra Piano and Forte

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 pm

  Mymra Piano and Forte are two variations of a monoline serif Roman face, inspired by Charles Robinson lettering from the Art Nouveau period. The enchantment of some of the characters’ flamboyant shapes has created an idea to rework the face and bring it to life as a contemporary typeface. Mymra fonts are ideally suited for display use in publications or advertising.

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• Sound Plastic - audio system

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

• wabi sabi interior collection

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:15 pm

• Baby Product Sketch Concepts

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:15 pm

  Concept designs based around baby strollers, carry cots, swings, cradles and bouncers.

• SLUGIS +

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

• Akve Lamp

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:15 pm

  Lamp inspired in agave's leaves. A mexican tradition made object.

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• Winsome Words: 18 Examples of Typography in Web Design

  Steph

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  [ By Steph in Architecture & Design, Gadgets & Geek Art. ] “Web design is 95% typography.” That quote has been repeated around the internet so many times it has practically become gospel – probably because it’s true. While images are important, most of what we process while browsing the web is text. Using the same old boring fonts doesn’t make for exciting design, so some graphic artists have turned typography on the web into a stunning art form unto itself. These 18 websites use typography to inform, but also as an (often interactive) design element that’s like a magnet…

• Flip This Home! 10 Unbelievable Upside Down Houses

  Steve

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am

  [ By Steve in Architecture & Design, Furniture & Interiors, Urban & Street Art. ] Upside down houses: they’re more common then you think… but why? Perhaps the artists and designers of these flipped out homes wanted to shake up the way we think of society’s most pressing need, shelter. Maybe they just wanted to stand out from the crowd. In that at least, they’ve succeeded. Sakasa Restaurant, Japan (image via: Nipponsoup) Real estate agencies just love the image of this upside down restaurant in Matsumoto city, Nagano prefecture, Japan – what better way…

• Even Robots Get the Blues: Photos by Markku Lahdesmaki

  Steph

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  [ By Steph in Gadgets & Geek Art, Technology & Futurism, Urban Images. ] If you believe many of the fictional works depicting robots gaining sentience, someday these hunks of metal and wiring will begin to take over our world, eventually seeking to wipe out human civilization altogether. But could it be that they’ll just become an ordinary part of our world, going through the mundane motions of daily existence? Photographer Markku Lahdesmaki imagines rather retro-looking robots in sometimes humorous, sometimes melancholy situations partaking in human activities like talking on a…

• Primates: Humans in Their Natural Form [NSFW]

  Delana

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  [ By Delana in Environment & Nature, Gadgets & Geek Art. ] Ruben Brulat hasn’t been a photographer long; the French artist picked up his first camera just two years ago. But since then, he’s been exploring what it means to be a human and how we interact with our environment. His series “Primates” places him – both as photographer and as subject – in inhospitable terrains to contrast the vulnerability of the human body with the stark roughness of nature. The photographs in the “Primate” series are all nudes, and they all feature the…

• Nine Eyes: A Human Perspective on Google Street View

  Delana

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  [ By Delana in Gadgets & Geek Art, Urban & Street Art, Urban Images. ] Google’s Street View has made it easier for us to find our destinations, but has it influenced us in other ways as well? When Google sent out a fleet of automobiles armed with GPS units, laser rangefinders, and multi-eyed cameras, their goal was to make it easier to navigate places around the world. But the cameras caught much more than street signs, storefronts and city scenes. They recorded a never-before-seen side of humanity, urbanity and photography itself. Though these images were all captured by…

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• Furniture Arts, or: the Fine Art of Faux-Unique Furniture

  d0rn0b

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  [ Filed under Sets & Series or in the Furniture category ] This set of strange furniture objects is designed to fit a peculiar purpose: each part is made to seem like a piece of art, or, more specifically, a one-off artwork with a functional side to it rather than a mass-produced furniture object made ready to order at little notice. From a wide-legged wooden bench with rubber-loop cushions to a curved-wood chair and fiberglass lounger, each work by Aaron Asedo does a remarkable job of looking as much like a singular sculpture as the start of a furniture line. Design is in the details:…

• The Ice House: Crazy Crystal-Covered, Fully-Frozen Home

  d0rn0b

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  [ Filed under More or in the Installation Art category ] What happens when you take one of over 20,000 abandoned homes in Detroit and call attention to it in the middle of winter … by pouring gallon after gallon of water over the roof until it is covered from top to bottom – windows, walls, plants and all – with ice? For one thing, the resulting crystals are incredible – unique frozen snowflakes, but super-sized and surrounding every square inch of this installation art project. Moreover, making this structure melt-proof during the day is tougher than you might…

• Happy Pills!? Sweet Happiness in Sugar-Pill Supplements

  d0rn0b

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  [ Filed under More or in the Industrial Design category ] Feeling depressed? Try a sugar pill! No, not the placebo kind – the real deal street drug of choice for children and sweet-toothed adults alike. Forget natural vitamins or herbal remedies: head straight for the colorful ‘drug’ shelf at the local shop when you are feeling down, take two (or three or four) and skip calling the doctor in the morning. Yes, Happy Pills is now not only a popular song (with depressing lyrics), an addictive web game and a common phrasing for anti-depressant drugs, it is also now a…

• Reclaimed Wood Furniture Cut Out of Old Bowling Lanes

  d0rn0b

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  [ Filed under Recycled or in the Furniture category ] Bowling lanes are built to last – but their creators probably never have this kind of creative reuse in mind. Demolition on the way, someone clever thought to recycle these rather stylish sport floors into home furniture objects that may be right up your alley. Beams and other wooden structural supports are also fair game. Created of a thick boards stacked vertically and packed closely, these area bit like classic car decking – made to hold up under serious weight, wear and tear over years of daily use. In short: do not worry…

• DIY PVC: Colorful Modern Vases from Plastic Plumbing Pipe

  d0rn0b

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  [ Filed under Furnishings or in the Decorative category ] Passing through the piping section of a hardware store it is hard not to notice the amazing array of PVC pipes that come in all shapes and sizes, black or white, and with branches, joints and intersections that inspire that do-it-yourself artist inside us all (Photos by Fred Dumur). Durable by design and naturally decorated (at least by modern minimalist standards) with rims, rings, curves and solid colors – and complete with openings in multiple places – a piece of pipe is a natural choice for use as a decorative home…

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• Favorite Tools for Web Design

  admin

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:25 pm

  I am frequently asked what tools I use for web design.  Many of the add-ons and plugins that I use are free and you might want to investigate for your own use if you don’t already use them. Hardware, etc.: Macbook Pro 3.06  8GB RAM(upgrading the RAM to 8GB makes all the difference in the world!), Dell 24″ LCD, Apple wireless keyboard and magic mouse Rain Design M stand – raises the MB Pro to right height to use  as 2nd monitor with the Dell,  cools the Mac, and gives me a little space underneath for stuff Harmon Kardon Speakers – you gotta have good sounds when…

• Free Income Blogging Guide

  admin

  18 Jan 2010 | 8:32 pm

  Well, my pal Joel, is at it again.  He has recently unveiled his new income blogging guide and you can get it for free here. If you want to discover: - The 2-step process you need to choose a proven money-making niche…get it wrong and you’ll never make any money - The 3 golden rules of keyword analysis…get one rule wrong and ALL your future efforts are wasted. - The exact step-by-step methods to find the best domain name for your blog …99% of bloggers miss this crucial “Search Engine Optimization” step - How to install WordPress in under 1 minute (as long…

• Grit and Glimmer

  admin

  3 Jan 2010 | 12:37 pm

  Heidi Swift’s new site.  Quite a transformation from her white site of last year.

• 7 Must Have Gadgets for Techies

  admin

  20 Dec 2009 | 9:37 pm

  Want to know 7 gift ideas for the Techie on your list? The Amazon Kindle allows you to get and read the latest book without leaving your chair. The Chill Pill RapCap is a tiny microphone for your iPod and comes in colors to suit every taste. Want a new digital camera with 12x zoom, and super fast shutter that also records movies in HD?  Check out the Panasonic Lumix ZS3. Livescribe makes a smartpen that is a great idea for designers or anyone who wants to record thoughts or information. Any size 3rd Generation  iPod Touch holds lots of music, videos (including TV and movies), your email,…

• Massive Collection of Over 1,300 Free Icon Sets

  admin

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:20 pm

  Okay, I admit it.  I am a compulsive collector of free icons (and some paid ones).  Just always have to have one more set for the arsenal, and I have been known to stockpile.  What you have here is a list of some beautiful icon sets and many posts that have collections of icons for social media, web functions and applications.  All told there are over 1300 sets of free icons for you to bookmark or download.  Some of the compilations repeat sets, but I didn’t eliminate them if they had some unique sets that were worth noting. Think of these sets as a good excuse to download a few…

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  NYT > Art & Design

• Arts: Two Cities, One Lasting Cultural Exchange

  By CHLOE VELTMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:32 am

  Organizations like the Chinese Culture Center have been working hard to demonstrate a sophisticated view of Chinese culture that challenges clichés.

• Iron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los Angeles

  By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:19 am

  Eli Broad dominates the arts in Los Angeles with a force that has no parallel in any major city.

• Putting the Wrongs of History in Paint

  By DOROTHY SPEARS

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:54 am

  The Belgian painter Luc Tuymans has become known for examining the visual residue of trauma and the collective desire to forget.

• Inside Art: O! Say, You Can Bid on a Johns

  By CAROL VOGEL

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:19 am

  The public will be able to see four works owned by Michael Crichton that Christie’s is to sell on behalf of his estate in New York at the evening auctions in May.

• Art Review | Outsider Art Fair: A Survey of a Field Hard to Define

  By KEN JOHNSON

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:34 pm

  The Outsider Art Fair is running this weekend, which makes this as good a time as any to ask, what exactly is an outsider artist?

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  Picocool

• Simply Complicated - Universal Scarf

  vividbraille

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 am

  Vividbraille's Universal Scarf has perfected sophistication & simplicity. Luxurious Alpaca is lined with handmade ceramic buttons, carrying out multi-functional ability to be worn as scarf, hood, mask, shawl, etc.2 Vote(s)

• Creative Derivatives of the London Tube Map

  brainpicker

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm

  The London Tube Map is an iconic design literacy meme – here are five brilliant derivatives inspired by it.2 Vote(s)

• Photography by Pierre Manning

  phogph

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:02 pm

  Awesome glamor photography Pierre Manning, talented fashion photographer, based in Montreal.2 Vote(s)

• Felix Ng about Design in Singapore

  Culturepush

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:31 pm

  Commonpeople speaks with Felix Ng, founder of Silnt and the recently formed Anonymous. In the interview, he shares with us his thoughts on design, his current projects, and aspirations for a greater role of design in the Singapore landscape.2 Vote(s)

• Avatar Behind the scenes

  Pixiome

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:02 am

  Discover through a video of 23 minutes the universe ofAvatar from James Cameron. With an approach that combines performance and technology, so it pierces the secret filming and technologies.2 Vote(s)

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• Hi Fido

  pitaandpizza

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:12 am

  Matteo Cibic has pre announced the Hi Fido in limited edition (only 10 pcs will be available in the US). Hi-Fido is an audio speaker that use the acustic properties of ceramic to diffuse hi quality sound with a bass reflex system. Cable connection allowed to play music from any kind of device. Ceramic, 150 watt speaker size 40×30x25cm.1 Vote(s)

• Snupped Laptop Cases

  Culturepush

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:32 am

  Show your laptop some love. Treat it to something funky, and hopefully in return it will stop freezing on you. Snupped sleeves might be the answer. Bang on trend, they combine hot colors with a selection of fancy patterns, catering to style-conscious laptop cognoscenti like you and me.1 Vote(s)

• Can You Really See Me

  aptrick

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am

  Title: Can You Really See Me? Dunny in my pocket - playing in the warehouse district = FUN x2. Like how the Dunny Blends in. Each Print is signed and dated by the Artist (thats me). Image is printed on 8x10 high quality matte archival paper using an Epson 8-ink UltraChrome K3 archival system to achieve a maximum in color and sustainability. Each print is packed and shipped (with love) in flat photo safe envelopes, with my personal guarantee of a perfect print being safely delivered to your door.1 Vote(s)

• I my Case Mate: phone covers very creative

  Pixiome

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am

  See "I Hate My Case" website offering fun and lively covers of mobile phones with designs done by highly creative designers. A new approach to an essential everyday accessory!1 Vote(s)

• Splitting The Atom by Massive Attack

  Pixiome

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:54 am

  The latest album from Massive Attack "Helgoland" gives us the video for their single "Splitting the Atom.1 Vote(s)

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  Picocool - Most Popular

• Simply Complicated - Universal Scarf

  vividbraille

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 am

  Vividbraille's Universal Scarf has perfected sophistication & simplicity. Luxurious Alpaca is lined with handmade ceramic buttons, carrying out multi-functional ability to be worn as scarf, hood, mask, shawl, etc.2 Vote(s)

• Creative Derivatives of the London Tube Map

  brainpicker

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm

  The London Tube Map is an iconic design literacy meme – here are five brilliant derivatives inspired by it.2 Vote(s)

• Photography by Pierre Manning

  phogph

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:02 pm

  Awesome glamor photography Pierre Manning, talented fashion photographer, based in Montreal.2 Vote(s)

• Felix Ng about Design in Singapore

  Culturepush

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:31 pm

  Commonpeople speaks with Felix Ng, founder of Silnt and the recently formed Anonymous. In the interview, he shares with us his thoughts on design, his current projects, and aspirations for a greater role of design in the Singapore landscape.2 Vote(s)

• Avatar Behind the scenes

  Pixiome

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:02 am

  Discover through a video of 23 minutes the universe ofAvatar from James Cameron. With an approach that combines performance and technology, so it pierces the secret filming and technologies.2 Vote(s)

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  Six Revisions

• The Three Golden Rules of Site Redesigns

  Jacob Gube

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:25 am

  Last month I made a New Year’s resolution to schedule myself as a client and rebuild my website. Basically, the design and code had become entirely embarrassing to me. Additionally, the chaos caused by three years of feature-creep and band-aids was extremely frustrating. Rebuilding a site is a great feeling; it means out with the old and in with a new. A clean slate. But there are also a number of critical questions to ask when you’re thinking about redesigning your website: The redesign might appeal to a new audience, but will it alienate loyal readers? How will restructuring…

• A Quick Look at Mobile Web Designs

  Jacob Gube

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:22 am

  If there’s anything web designers learned from the past year, it’s that mobile web usage will continue to soar. Thanks to smartphones and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook that promote on-the-go interaction with web applications, the amount of people using mobile devices to access the web has grown exponentially. There are over 4.5 billion mobile phones in usage today and it’s estimated that by the end of this year, over 1 billion users will be accessing the web via a mobile device. While these numbers are overwhelming, the mobile web experience is yet to…

• Common Misconceptions about Web Designers

  Jacob Gube

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am

  As a web designer, I’m proud to be a part of an Apple-loving, forward thinking, technologically advanced group of people that devour tutorials and web design blogs, hoping to create a stellar design that that gets posted in every CSS gallery out there. Yep, we’re a group of people that works hard, plays hard and strives to meet our deadlines, while learning something new along the way. We’re also a misunderstood group of people, viewed as gothic creatures that shun the daylight because we’re just tragic artists. Well, I’m here to set things straight. Here are…

• 15 Fantastic Finds on the Google Code Repository

  Jacob Gube

  6 Feb 2010 | 5:57 am

  Google Code Repository is a section of Google that, just like SourceForge, allows developers to upload their code for others to use under license. The repository was launched in 2006 and after searching through its archives, I found a number of interesting scripts and other goodies that would be an asset in any website owner/website builder’s arsenal. All the code examples below are free to download and use. They’re released under a GPL, BSD, MIT or Creative Commons license. 1. Twotiny This is a great series of tiny icons created by Paul Jarvis at twothirty.  There’s a…

• CSS3 Techniques You Should Know

  Jacob Gube

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:47 am

  Many of you have probably heard all the buzz around CSS3, but exactly which techniques can we use today? In this article I’ll show you some different CSS3 techniques that work great in some of the leading browsers (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera ), and how they will degrade well in the non-supported browsers (i.e. Internet Explorer). Using browser specific extensions, many of the proposed CSS3 styles can be used today! If you aren’t aware of the browser extensions, these are CSS styles with a vendor specific prefix. Since CSS3 is not fully supported yet, we must use these…

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  Better Living Through Design

• Billy Book by Ikea

  Simon

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:12 am

  Ikea is celebrating 30 years of Billy with a a series of special events, sales, limited edition custom printed bookcases, and this book, a visual history of the past 30 years of the now gold standard for inexpensive bookcases. I’ve only found it online on their international site, so if anyone has seen available in the states please leave a comment. Bonus! Here’s some interesting facts for you all: -The Billy Bookcase was created by Gillis Lundgren 1979, the fourth employee for Ikea. -The factory where the bookcases are made knocks out 15 Billys a minute; 3.1 million a year.

• Ladyslipper Terrarium

  katie

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:52 am

  Oh my, have you seen this? Found while perusing images for the lítill terrarium, this glass box is crazy elegant. Finely crafted indeed at $9,500.00. Ouch. Lindsey Taylor Design and Atlas Industries introduce ‘ladyslipper’, the first in a new line of terrariums, to be called the Wardian Case collection. In this collaboration, Taylor and Atlas seek to recapture the flavor of the Victorian Wardian case, forerunner of the modern terrarium, as both a finely crafted piece of furniture, and a piece of living art, an object of fantasy and wonder. ladyslipper presents a lush environment,…

• Metal Heart with Spheric Sound

  katie

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:39 am

  This metal heart ‘emits a soft spheric’ sound so that when you’re crying yourself to sleep on Valentine’s Day you’ll have some comfort. Just kidding. Forgo those lame boring valentine’s gifts (roses, candy, blah) for this little gift, because it’ll last a heck of a lot longer and it looks waaay better than any red/pink-plastic/cellophane-stuffed-bear/basket type of thing. Pair it with a sentimental note and you’re done*. If you’re still looking for a gift, by the way, you can always take a gander at our Gift Guide. It’s chockfull of…

• Oktavilla / Elding Oscarson

  katie

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:24 am

  Magazines as wall material! Such a great idea. Check out the rest of the project via ArchDaily. “Besides having a literal relevance to the client’s business, the wall made of stacked bundles of magazines is not only a natural conversation piece in its mere irrationality, but also works as an acoustical absorbent.” -ArchDaily Architect: Elding Oscarson

• YOURS Customizable Leather “Milk Carton” Coin Bank

  troy

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am

  I almost didn’t post this because my favorite color, black, was sold out, but the concept is just so darn cute and hey, some people might dig the other colors available as well as some of the other cute products by YOURS. Taiwanese brand YOURS has leather craft down to an art. The brand’s collection ranges from keyholders to daily agendas, and is ideal for everyday use thanks to its minimalist appeal, functional designs and premium leather. Customers may personalize their purchases with an inscription of their choice. YOURS was established in 2005. Brown, 7 x 7 x 9 cm, $55.00…

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  Simply Stated

• The Easiest Valentines I've Seen

  KristinAppenbrink

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:36 pm

  I love sending cards—holiday cards, birthday cards, cards for no reason. But I generally leave Valentine's Day cards out of the mix, primarily because I'm still wiped out from sending holiday cards. (I actually made my cards for the first time this year. I was pretty excited with how they turned out, you can see a photo here.) But this year, I'm reconsidering because I was tipped off to the Virtual Valentines section of Red Stamp's site. There are six designs, and four different delivery options, two of which will cost you absolutely nothing. Here are the four options: A…

• Sebastian Foster Gallery

  HollyBecker

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:14 am

  Sebastian Foster is a contemporary art gallery based in Austin, Texas which happens to also have an online shop where you can view many original paintings and prints from a carefully curated group of emerging and established artists. More ways to bring affordable art into your home, yay! In addition to selling affordable originals, Sebastian Foster also operates a print making studio which allows them to offer archival quality print editions from artists like Amanda Blake, Amy Ruppel , Matte Stephens, and Leah Giberson. When you see prints like that ones shown above, do you often wonder how…

• Big Table by Bonaldo: Thoughts?

  HollyBecker

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:37 am

  I just love furniture, don't you? Especially a few statement makers.  That's why the moment I heard about the Big Table designed by Alain Gilles in Brussels for Bonaldo of Italy that was recently crowed with the Good Design award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. This award is one of the most prestigious, and oldest, design awards and as a result the Big Table shown below will become part of the permanent collection of the museum. So now that we know of all that, I ask you Real Simple readers, what do you think? Do you like it? Why? Not like it? Why?

• Curing the Malaise and Fighting Procrastination

  ErinDoland

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am

  My friend Rebecca left a voicemail on my answering machine about 10 years ago that I will never forget: "Hi, Erin. This is Rebecca. I have the malaise and won't be able to make it to dinner tonight. Call me tomorrow after work. Bye." I was a bit disappointed that my friend was bailing on dinner for a fictional malady, but I was laughing so hard that I couldn't be too upset with her. Although a doctor would never diagnose the malaise, I knew exactly how Rebecca felt: Spent. Burned out. Lacking motivation. Not wanting to be near anyone. I'm thinking about the malaise because I'm pretty sure I…

• Keep Calm Gallery

  HollyBecker

  4 Feb 2010 | 12:28 am

  All you need is love! And a bunch of cool prints on your walls! The Keep Calm Gallery just introduced the work of London-based illustrator James Brown and his trio of hand printed designs for your home. Bags is a one color linocut which is nice for your entryway, Absence is a limited edition (only 100) two color linocut that is signed and numbered which can be viewed in two different ways depending on how you want to see things - either "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or when flipped upside down it reads, "Out of sight out of mind". Ha! Then there is With Love from…

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  digg.com: Stories / Design / Popular

• How to make new stuff from your piles of obsolete tech

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm

  If you're like us, you have an attic, closet, or garage stuffed with unused, outdated tech junk. Oh, you think you'll recycle it -- but you don't, do you? Wouldn't you like to do something useful with them?

• Common Misconceptions about Web Designers

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:20 pm

  Here are some common misconceptions about being a web designer that just aren't true.

• Is Wearable Technology of the Future Just Hype or Hope?

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:40 pm

  The onus is on us: It is our choices, our demands from the market, that will bring about the necessary actions and changes in the fashion industry. Smart fabrics and wearable technology offer us an opportunity for a more sustainable future, but the promise will be bittersweet if the entire product life cycle isn’t taken into consideration.

• Best MIT PhD Homepage Created With MS Paint Ever

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am

  All this effort (and creativity), I hope he got a great job from this.

• Richard Branson Makes Luxury Submarine For Rich People

  31 Jan 2010 | 7:50 am

  Sir Richard Branson has a new underwater toy to accommodate the rich and adventurous--the Necker Nymph submarine.

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  Uncrate

• Creed Private Collection Tabarome

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:32 am

  It's not very often we cover a product that isn't going to be made anymore, but that's precisely the case with Creed Private Collection Tabarome ($400). Because the quality and...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• NASA Space Shuttles

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:29 pm

  NASA's official night launches might be over, but you can recreate them with one of the remaining NASA Space Shuttles (roughly $28 million). Space Shuttle Discovery has already been sold,...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• Heinz Dip & Squeeze

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:18 pm

  We've been haters of traditional condiment packets for as long as we can remember, so we couldn't be more happy about the new Heinz Dip & Squeeze. Holding three times...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• L.L. Bean Heritage Tote

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:23 am

  Part of the company's new Signature line, the L.L. Bean Heritage Tote ($190) is a simple, stylish traditional bag. Measuring a roomy 17" x 15" x 7.25", the Heritage is...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

• Panelfly

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am

  Not content to let traditional books have all the digital distribution fun, Panelfly (Free; App Store Link) lets you purchase, download, and read digital comics right from your iPhone or...Visit Uncrate for the full post.

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  Outblush

• V-Day Gifts: Mom and Dad

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:45 pm

  Valentine's Day: it strikes fear into the hearts of kids with crushes and married-fifty-years types alike. Why? It's just a day... Okay, a day fraught with overblown expectations and way...Visit Outblush for the full post.

• Special Guest Post: Danae from Lovely Particulars: Abstract Mobile

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Ladies and gents, our Guest Blogger dedicated to the finer things in life is back! Danae Kelly from Lovely Particulars "work[s] hard during the day to make sure people can...Visit Outblush for the full post.

• Vitra Nelson Elephant Clock

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  Yeah, we know, this is the second elephant today. If we were going to overanalyze, we might say we overindulged at the Superbowl party, or that our work load is...Visit Outblush for the full post.

• Siman Tu Heart Earrings

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  At first glance, Siman Tu Heart Earrings ($300) look like crystal-encrusted rococo dangles. But, on closer inspection, the loops are actually intertwined hearts... Aww. Now this is heart jewelry that...Visit Outblush for the full post.

• Fred Dust Bunny

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am

  This doesn't need a lot of explanation, friends. The Dust Bunny ($15) is just that - a bunny for dusting. A bit kitschy, yes, but anything that makes us smile...Visit Outblush for the full post.

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  MoCoLoco

• Late Day Shadows on 39th Street by Michael Massaia

  sabine7

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am

• Shoes by Native

  Mike

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:29 pm

• Geocentric Watch by Geoffrey Cooper

  Mike

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:25 pm

• Charred Cedar House by NAF Architect

  Mike

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:40 pm

• Off The Wall 3D Wallpaper by Kicki Edgren Nyborg

  Mike

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:38 pm

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  Design Observer: Main Posts

• Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:48 am

  The School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University sponsors and exhibition and symposium Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation.

• Hungarian Rhapsody

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

  This collection is the record of the immensely productive life of György Kepes.

• Chicago Self-Park

  Design Observer

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:21 am

  In Chicago Self-Park, editor and photographer Alan Thomas explores the city's large multistory parking structures, which "give the viewer inside a particular way of framing the cityscape beyond."

• DesigNYC

  Design Observer

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  DesigNYC is the latest grass-roots organization to match socially minded designers with nonprofits.

• Left Me Speechless

  Design Observer

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am

  Our work should not merely address the political injustices wrought by discriminatory laws: it should register the sense of loss inflicted on those who suffer them.

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  metacool

• metacool Thought of the Day

  Diego Rodriguez

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am

  "Ship early, ship often, iterate and listen to all of the feedback. I think that if you have the courage to listen and the ability to take the feedback and iterate on your product, you will better off than waiting and trying to deliver something perfect. Imagining your product or project as a way of communicating with people and thinking of product development as a conversation might be one way to think about it."- Joi Ito

• All quiet at metacool, but not so quiet!

  Diego Rodriguez

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:32 pm

  Hi there!Things have been a bit quiet here at metacool over the past few weeks.  While I've been busy dealing in gnarlyness over at my other blog, I haven't forgotten about the art and science of bringing cool stuff to life.  In fact, I've recently written two articles which might be of interest to y'all:Why Design Matters,  BusinessWeekIs that a Porsche in your pocket?,  Aol AutosI'll be writing more about metacool-ish topics in the world of transportation for Aol Autos in the coming months, and maybe more at BusinessWeek, too.  Writing essays like these is not…

• Is the iPad the New Edsel?

  Diego Rodriguez

  28 Jan 2010 | 2:18 pm

  I have a policy of only engaging in constructive critique here at metacool.  As a person who has made a living doing this stuff for almost two decades, hard and difficult to bring new stuff to life, so we must be respectful of those who try.  We need to celebrate errors of omission, and strive to learn from them. But, this is one of those rare occasions where I have to say out loud, and out in public,  "What were they thinking at Apple?!!!!????!!!"  Remember the Edsel?  It was touted as a ground-breaking offering, but its market success was stymied by a cultural oversight.  In…

• metacool Thought of the Day

  Diego Rodriguez

  8 Jan 2010 | 4:15 pm

  "Today, what defines the most innovative, and the most successful, people is their willingness to fail. And, that’s especially true in journalism, media and advertising...This is the key to the future for all of us. It’s not how we deal with success but how we embrace and learn from failure that will define all of us during the Great Inflection...Instead, dare to fail. Fail fast. Learn from failure. Build on failure. Share failure. Understand failure. Most of all, enjoy failure. Life is so short. Hold nothing back."- John Winsor

• Innovating takes courage and faith

  Diego Rodriguez

  7 Jan 2010 | 8:34 pm

  Earlier this week I made the following statement on Twitter (if you're interested in following, I'm @metacool):Innovating takes courage and faith. You've got to jump from the plane believing your chute is going to pop. Having thought about it more this week, that statement isn't right.  Parachuting out of a plane is not a good metaphor for the act of innovation.  Instead, it's all about being able to jump out of planes in a way that's more akin to this: Don't try this at home, kids.  Or this, for that matter. The reason the parachuting metaphor…

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  Jeremy Scheller

• Brainwashed: Seven ways to reinvent yourself.

  jeremyscheller

  26 Jan 2010 | 1:15 am

  What an awesome mini-manifesto from Seth Godin over at ChangeThis.com It’s like this: we were brainwashed. Brainwashed into believing a set of rules that aren’t true (any more). And because the brainwashing has been so complete, the shifts in our world and new opportunities they open up are easy to see as ways to shore up yesterday’s faltering system. Please, don’t fall for that. Don’t use the tools of today to support your effort to do yesterday’s job better. This is an opportunity to completely reinvent your role in the system. Here are seven levers available for anyone (like…

• Leading Through Change: Thriving in the Unknown.

  jeremyscheller

  25 Jan 2010 | 6:50 pm

  Many of you may know, my friend, pastor, and boss of 6 years has been called to a new position. Efrem Smith will be moving on from Sanctuary this summer to a new position as Superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. It’s a huge honor with a new realm of influence and a higher call on his life in leadership. This is really awesome for him, and while transitions are really hard, I think great things can come to Sanctuary during this time. Anytime time there is a major shift in leadership in an organization there are emotional, visionary and…

• Freebie Giveaway: Kem Meyer’s Less Clutter, Less Noise.

  jeremyscheller

  25 Jan 2010 | 1:39 pm

  The first book giveaway isn’t even over but I’ve got another one to give away for all you church marketing peeps. You all know about our great teacher Kem Meyer, and most of you probably have the book.  For the rest of you, you need to read it. I’ve got an extra copy or two laying around, so somebody else might as well benefit. Leave a comment on this post and I will choose a random number to give one away to on end of day Wednesday. Read my review of the book here. UPDATE: Mr. Chad Maag has won the thesis of our responsibility.

• Freebie Giveaway: “Drive” by Daniel Pink

  jeremyscheller

  21 Jan 2010 | 8:14 pm

  Last Monday, I drove down to Barnes & Noble to listen to Daniel Pink talk about his new book, “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.” One of Pink’s previous books was a game-changer for me. “A Whole New Mind” was a fascinating look at how right-brained aptitudes will drive the future of our economy and culture. He analyzed the way in which the workforce of the future is already being created through 6 high touch, high concept senses of right-brain-directed thinkers. Design. Story. Symphony. Empathy. Play. Meaning. These six senses increasingly…

• I'm a sucker for high efficiency…

  jeremyscheller

  8 Jan 2010 | 7:42 am

  With our new furnace: we heated 1 extra bedroom had a lower electric bill (1 room switched from electric baseboards to gas) used 32% less natural gas over the same time period last year. The average  temperature was roughly the same, so I’d say this is going to save some money in the long run. I should mention too that we’ve been keeping the house a little warmer this year. Chilly toes don’t agree with my pregnant wife so much this year. Thermostat is set to 71 when we’re home compared to 67/68 like I like to have it. For this month alone, using last year’s…

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  Design*Sponge

• biz ladies: getting it made

  Stephanie

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  [i'm so thrilled to introduce stephanie todaro to our d*s team! stephanie was my right hand during the d*s book manuscript process so i promptly scooped her up to join our team as the editor of both the biz ladies and city guides columns. click here (and scroll down) to read more about her. welcome, steph!] design*sponge is happy to welcome megan auman to the biz ladies column today. megan is a jewelry and home accessories designer and also hosts a blog geared towards the crafting and design business. today, she  graciously shares with us some expert advice on how to go about outsourcing the…

• oklahoma city guide

  grace

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  today’s city guide comes from caroline duke of greedy girl and kelly beall at design crush. kelly and caroline are walking us through their hometown of oklahoma city and sharing her insider picks for the best spots to shop, eat, and site-see (organized by neighborhood). i hope the next time you’re in town you’ll check out some of these great local spots! thanks to kelly and caroline for sharing their home city with us. CLICK HERE for the full city guide after the jump! This is a really exciting time to be living in Oklahoma City. (Wow, I never thought I’d type those…

• birdbox

  grace

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  when i wake up in the morning, it’s thanks to a giant white cat stepping on my head and not-so-subtly jamming his whiskers in my nose. it’s not a pretty picture. as much as i love my cats, i would much rather wake up to the sweet chirping of birds next to my bed. but considering that the closest birds i have are a nasty gang of pigeons that congregate on the top of our air conditioner, i think i’ll have to go with the birdbox instead. luckybits recently released a fun new product that combines a tech product (an iphone app) with an actual object (a simple paper house) to…

• sneak peek: alethea morrison

  amya

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  if you’ve ever had dreams of backyard chickens, miniature goats or just becoming a better gardener, chances are you’ve picked up a storey publishing book (confession. i have two of their chicken books and i don’t even have a backyard!) three years ago, alethea morrison, now the creative director of storey publishing, her husband mars vilaubi and son xavier moved from san francisco to their own little plot of land in williamstown, ma. the couple had spent their entire lives in cities, but they’re all adjusting to life in the country just fine! and it’s giving…

• sneak peek: catherine taret

  anne

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  catherine taret is a franco-american writer living in paris who works from her home located in the hip neighborhood of les abbesses, montmartre. all i can say is what an inspiring location, space and view to keep the creative juices flowing for catherine’s work on my little paris. the site, created by her friend fany pechiodat, is an insider website that keeps parisiennes – and those looking for a dose of paris – up to date on everything that’s happening in the city. their motto is “paris is not just a city, it’s an attitude.” enjoy the full sneak…

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  Design Sojourn

• Before the iPad and Newton there was Another Apple Tablet

  DT

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:22 am

  To celebrate the launch of the iPad, the team at Frog design went to their design archives and dug out a tablet PC concept that frog founder Hartmut Esslingner developed for Apple in 1983. Looking at how concept Bashful works, it does seem to be a precursor to the iPad. The “Bashful” — named after the story-book dwarf in Snow White — was created alongside the Apple II computer series as an extension of the Snow White design language that frog Founder Hartmut Essligner helped create for the company in 1983. Concepts for this early pre-touch tablet included one with an attached keyboard…

• User Centered Innovation is Dead

  DT

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:33 am

  With a cheeky little link to Tom Kelly’s The Art of Innovation, Roberto Verganti (author of Design Driven Innovation) suggests in not so many words that User Centered Innovation, IDEO’s claim to fame, is dead. While tech experts were busy commenting on the qualities of the iPad, what struck me was the level of excitement that the event created. On Tuesday, the day before the product was unveiled, a Web search for “Apple tablet” produced more than 17 million links! On Wednesday, hordes of people attended the news conference remotely. Everyone was anxiously waiting for…

• Spaces for Ideas: The Brand

  DT

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am

  It is time for a long overdue update on my Spaces for Ideas Project. This time I like to share with you the brand that I am building for this product. I have always been a strong supporter of branding and this time around it is no different. Understanding the value of branding, motivated me to create a log that could communicate instantly what Spaces for Ideas was all about. I started out speaking to a few graphic designers and branding houses, but due to cost issues and not having full clarity what I wanted, I decided to put the money into my product and carved out some time to really…

• Girls can now Go Standing Up!

  DT

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am

  The GoGirl Female Urination Device allows women to go standing up, thus avoiding annoying pitfalls like heavy clothing, dirty bowls, grassy environments or creepy crawlers etc. Only GoGirl is made with flexible, medical grade silicone. Dispose of it after use. Or clean and reuse as you like. (Urine is sterile, but the product can come into contact with contaminates during use, so take precautions when cleaning.) Our patented splash guard eliminates messing and spilling. Once you practice a time or two, using a GoGirl is going to feel like second nature. You won’t be like a man. You’ll…

• How to Manage your Creative Work and Intellectual Property Online

  DT

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:37 am

  Note: This editorial was written for Yanko Design (YD) in my capacity as Industry Consultant for that website. As there are some Design Sojourn readers don’t really frequent YD, it would make sense to republished the article here. Looking forward to all your comments. It is with a hard heart that I write this post today. The Pocket Light by Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee (Ryan Harc), was stolen, produced and sold, unlicensed, under another brand. I do not condone such activities and urge all readers to boycott any fake Pocket Lights you may encounter. Original Pocket Light Fake Pocket Light…

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  A(nother) renovation blog

• Boxes and art

  kaybar007

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:11 am

  A few weeks ago we were visiting friends in New Zealand who'd moved into their new home around the same time we moved into ours. They haven't undertaken any major renovation work but the house felt more finished and welcoming. A few days ago we were inside our next door neighbour's place, again, no major renovation just some cosmetic improvements. And yes, it felt more finished too.The difference

• Office, boiler & outdoor furniture

  kaybar007

  15 Jan 2010 | 1:54 pm

  This is the office nook with the desk and computer back in place. As you can see the boiler is kind of... dominant, and while a lovely bit of kit, it does make some odd noises. We've had a quote in from the Polish builder to house it in a cupboard with shelving underneath. This solution will muffle some of the gurgles and clicks. Not sure exactly when that's going to happen - we need to have the

• Making good the wall

  kaybar007

  5 Jan 2010 | 7:04 pm

  The weeks leading up to Christmas were crazy. Not only did the boiler get replaced (and relocated) but we had a lovely and efficient Polish builder over to make good this gaping hole that was now in the downstairs wall. Here it is pictured above, with newspaper covering to try and keep in the polystyrene balls which filled the wall cavity.A week before Christmas we left the UK for a three week

• Cosy...

  kaybar007

  15 Dec 2009 | 5:00 pm

  Aaaah. Toasty warm house. I am writing this (literally) underneath the new boiler. It's making a comforting humming sound and the occasional rattle as gas or water moves through the pipes and vibrates into the hole shown at the top of this page. The new boiler is going to be housed in a cabinet (yes, another excuse for a bespoke cabinet) which should muffle the sound a bit. The lovely Polish

• Boiler update

  kaybar007

  7 Dec 2009 | 11:49 am

  I bet you've been wracked with nerves wondering what's going on with our boiler haven't you? No? Oh. Well I'll tell you anyway. Our mortgage is up for renewal early next year and in order for us to get a remotely agreeable interest rate we need the house to be worth quite a bit more than what we paid for it. We've done the sums and they stack up, but unfortunately our next door

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  DesignM.ag

• Code a Corporate Website from a Photoshop Design: PSD to HTML Tutorial

  Steven Snell

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:27 am

  Last week we published a tutorial for designing a basic corporate website layout in Photoshop, and in this tutorial we will walk through the process of coding that design in HTML and CSS. Here is a look at the design that we will be coding (click the image to see it in full-size). In order to work though this tutorial you will need the PSD file from the first tutorial which can be downloaded here. I’d also recommend saving a backup copy of the PSD in case something that we do messes up the file that you are working with. Step 1: The Files and Folders The sample site that we will be…

• 100+ Resources for WordPress Theme Developers

  Steven Snell

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:25 am

  One of the great things about working with WordPress and developing your own themes is the community and all of the resources that are available. If you’re not sure how to do something or looking to see what solutions other theme designers and developers are using, you can find plenty of infomation and tutorials to help. In this post we’ll feature a wide selection of resources that are extremely useful for theme designers and developers. If you work on custom themes for clients, themes for your own use, distribute free themes or sell premium themes, these resources may prove to be…

• Freebie: Media Icons from IconShock

  Steven Snell

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:53 pm

  Our friends at IconShock have designed a new set of icons for DesignM.ag readers. This set includes five media icons, with the usual high quality that we’ve come to expect from IconShock. The icons are available as PNG files and as Adobe Illustrator files. They can be used for personal or commercial projects but cannot be redistributed or sold. If you’re looking for more icon sets, take a look at what IconShock has to offer. Download the PNG files Download the Adobe Illustrator files Previous Icon Sets from IconShock: Blogging Icons E-Commerce Icons

• Interview with Ryan Putnam of Rype Arts

  Steven Snell

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:58 pm

  Ryan Putnam is an amazingly talented designer and illustrator. Many of you are probably familiar with his popular Illustrator tutorials at Vectortuts and his own blog, Vectips. Ryan also provides services to clients through Rype Arts, and I recently had the opportunity to ask him some questions about design and business. 1. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and what you do? I have been drawing and doodling my whole life. When I was a kid, I loved drawing comic books, cartoons, and re-creating magazine advertisements. I continued drawing and explored fine art in high school…

• Financial Management Tips for Freelancers

  Steven Snell

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  Most freelance designers are experienced and talented with their trade, but not so much when it comes to financial issues. In this post I’d like to share some things that I have learned through my own experience of being self employed that I think will be able to help others. I am in no way a financial professional and you should always seek the advice of someone qualified on the specifics of your own situation, but these are some general things that have helped me along the way. 1. Have Emergency Savings If you haven’t started full-time freelancing yet, the best thing you can do…

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  The Best Part

• Colwyn Thomas

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm

  Durban illustrator Colwyn Thomas of Stone The Crows has an incredibly beautiful style.

• Kako Ueda

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:52 pm

  Yet another amazing paper-cutting artist...presenting Kako Ueda.

• Poster of the Day

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:49 pm

• Javier Arce

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:25 pm

  Nice work by Amsterdam designer Javier Arce.

• Brendan Lee Satish Tang

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:05 pm

  I'm loving the sculpture of Brendan Lee Satish Tang, combining forms of traditional Ming Dynasty vessels with those of Japanese anime and manga. You can see the progression of his work as the manga elements begin to interact with the traditional vessels, eventually deconstructing and becoming one with them.

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  Arkitip Intel

• Curated by Arkitip, Evan Hecox

  Arkitip Studio

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:45 am

  Evan Hecox for Curated by Arkitip. Hecox series features cinematic depictions of London, New York and Tokyo. Artist and designer Evan Hecox displays his fascination with the urban landscape on Incase products for the sixth installment of Curated by Arkitip. Available today, the Evan Hecox series has been issued in three limited editions: London, New York and Tokyo. As the project’s first artist to present a series of products, Hecox brings to life nontraditional depictions of the famed cities and their associated national emblems on our signature MacBook Sleeve and iPhone Slider Case.

• Greif Masters 2010 Bike Polo Tournament

  Yorgo Tloupas

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 am

  Last weekend, on my way to ISPO for the Black Crows stand (more on this later), I stopped in Karlsruhe for the Greif Masters Bike Polo tournament. Probably the biggest European tourney so far, with 40 teams from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, the UK, and more… 14 teams were lucky enough to get invited (we were!), and the others registered. This tournament gave us a glimpse of what the future of our sport could be: A giant screen with timekeeping, scores, team logos, upcoming games, etc… Very nice design by Steffen Mackert of the Candy Colored Clowns: Custom-made…

• Lefty…..

  Undefeated World of Sport

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:13 am

  I was watching superbowl yesterday with family/friends…..and with each Bree’s or Manning throw I like every father out there in some small way thought man what if that was my son….. Shoulder pointing forward …..back foot planted firmly and release…..and a perfect spiral and smile as you know that feeling even as a youngster what it means to be perfect for a split second…..

• Puppets…..

  Undefeated World of Sport

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:23 am

  The hair cut posters/the dude sweeping up in the back/and “wanna buy some dvd’s….. Visit entry to view embedded video. Somebody has spent time in the barbershop on the weekend…..

• Cielo by Chris King

  MASH-SF

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:15 pm

  If you haven’t had a chance to check out Chris King’s frame project Cielo, look for these stunning classic modern frames. The craft and finish is second to none. I would expect nothing less from the king. Thanks for the inspiration! _MM

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  KN | Kitsune Noir

• MTV Finally Drops ‘Music Television’

  Bobby

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:55 am

  After almost 30 years of being on the air, MTV is finally getting rid of the words ‘Music Television’ from under it’s iconic logo. I’ve seen that some people are annoyed that they got rid of the words, but this makes sense to me on a couple of levels. The first and most clear reason is that they’re no longer a music-centric cable network. These days they cater to mostly 13-24 year olds who devour reality television, a vast departure what was on 10 years ago, let alone 30. But that’s the nature of large companies, they shift their focus to continue to making…

• ‘Zef Side’ by Die Antwoord

  Bobby

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:59 pm

  So I tried really hard not to post this video, but this song has been stuck in my head for days now and I need to deal with it. This South African group is called Die Antwoord, which is made up of Ninja, Yo-landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek. They make next level beats and are one of the best things I’ve seen in a while. My roommate thinks it’s like an Ali G kind of thing, but I’m not convinced. What I do know is that they need to make these characters into a movie and call it Gummo 2. You could have Jeremy Scott play Ninja, Chloe Sevigny as Yo-landi Vi$$er and that Hurley guy from…

• #musicmonday

  Bobby

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Last week I chose to profile just some of the artists I listened to from the previous week so I think I’ll stick with that formula again this week. The number one most listened to band of last week was The Go Find, who was suggested to be by my friend Sam. They’re a Belgian band who just released their newest album Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight, and I can’t stop listening to it. I’d also suggest you check out the beautiful cover art which was done by Julia Guther. I might just run a separate post on her, she’s really great. They kind of…

• unfolded Updates

  Bobby

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  My good friend FW has recently updated the portfolio for his company unfolded and he has quite a few really fun projects to show for it. Browsing through I found two that I really caught my eye. First up is a poster they did for the Zurich University of the Arts, which promoted their fine arts, photography, media arts and theory programs. I love the giant, graphic photo you discover as you begin to unfold the poster, it would certainly grab my attention. The second one I really liked was this birth announcement for a little girl. They folded together some rather geometrical looking balloons…

• Gitman Vintage Spring 2010

  Bobby

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  It’s been a while since I’ve posted about clothing, especially expensive stuff, but as soon as I spotted the spring/summer 2010 collection by Gitman Vintage I knew I had to post it. This collection was inspired by their collection from 1984, obviously everything old is new again, but I don’t think you’d be able to tell that by looking. I’m pretty sure the patterns are the same but it seems like the colors and fits have been updated for a more contemporary feeling. Personally I’m totally in love with the Cotton Madras shirts, but there are some other good…

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  Core77

• Designers Accord Berlin Town Hall: February 24th

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am

  The second European Designers Accord Town Hall is happening on February 24th at the International Design Center (IDZ) in Berlin. Presentations will be given in both German and English. Sustainability in design is a highly topical subject but remains merely paid lip service to many designers. What action is connected to sustainable design? What criteria need to be applied? How can sustainability be integrated into creative processes? The program: Welcome: Cornelia Horsch, Leiterin des IDZ Berlin Introduction: Philipp Züllich, IDZ Berlin Speakers: Ronen Kadushin, Dozent an der…

• Eames House Tour - courtesy of House Industries

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:15 am

  Our friends at House Industries gave us the heads up on a unique opportunity to get inside one of the temples of mid-century design, the Eames House in California. To help celebrate the launch of the Eames Century Modern font collection, they are hosting a contest where three lucky winners can join them for a private tour of the famous dwelling. Even better, "This exclusive tour will be hosted by Eames Demetrios and Lucia Atwood, grandson and granddaughter of Charles and Ray Eames. House staff members will be present but don't pay attention to them. Listen to the tour guide." Winners will be…

• Upcoming "Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design" conference

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:14 am

  This one oughta be interesting--Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences is holding a three-day conference called "Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design." The featured presentations will look at how to apply insect solutions to human problems like: - How ants coordinate traffic --> minimizing congestion at airports and on highways - Insect colony allocation --> assembly-line streamlining and more efficient internet hosting - Insect nests climate control and group operations --> architecture The working groups lined up for the breakout sessions have equally fascinating…

• "Analog Dreams:" Paper-based sketching

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:46 am

  While the browser-based sketching we mentioned earlier may take off in popularity, particularly among the younger set, it's nice to see some examples of good ol' pen-on-dead-trees. Michael DiTullo, the industrial designer currently serving as Converse's Creative Director, has self-published a 120-page book filled with ten years' worth of his sketches. There's a quick review of it over at IDsketching, which contains this excellent excerpt summing up the appeal of paper-based sketching: There is nothing like the potential in a fresh stack of blank paper. I see the paper and my hand starts to…

• Sketchpad: Browser-based sketching

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  In the Apple-vs.-Adobe wars, Steve Jobs famously declared that "the worls is moving towards HTML5" and that Flash is essentially dying out. Time will tell if it's true, but in the meantime here comes Sketchpad, a neat little HTML5-based sketching app. It's designed to be run on any modern browser and, yep, it's free. via monkee design (more...)

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  Decor8 Daily Updates

• Interview With Deborah Needleman

  decor8

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:28 am

  I just read such a lovely interview with former Domino magazine Editor-in-Chief Deborah Needleman over on Natalie Walton’s blog Daily Imprint. If you didn’t catch that, you must check it out. I have to quote Deborah for just a moment because I love how she defines what she thinks makes a truly stylish person. I think it shakes up the typical impression one has when they think of successful New York stylist, writer, designer… I once only imagined ruthless and pretentious types (ha ha Hollywood films and television series didn’t help!) but Domino did a great job of…

• Real Simple Weddings 2010

  decor8

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:45 am

  There is one thing I think that we can sometimes misplace during the course of a lifetime. Of course we can get it back again, but it’s good to try not to lose it in the first place. It’s our sense of curiosity. Not really for things we’re naturally interested in, but for those in which we are not. Children tend to explore a lot more than adults, when we age we start to fall into comfort zones and ruts and forget that once in them we can always crawl out and allow ourselves to become curious explorers once again. That is why I frequently reference things that are not always…

• Superfolk

  decor8

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:45 am

  Good morning! I’m certain that this will soon be on every single design blog out there, but I’m going to post it anyway because c’mon – look at this furniture – how can I resist? These beauties (stool, table, wallpaper and lampshade) are from Irish design studio Superfolk who just launched their new range of products at the Stockholm Furniture Fair currently in progress. I’m betting they’ll be a huge hit. “Superfolk is an independent design studio established by Gearoid Muldowney in 2008. The studio’s heart is in the craft of production, be…

• Bloomingville

  decor8

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:15 am

  I’ve talked about Danish home brand Bloomingville by TrendKompagniet before, but it’s been awhile and with Spring and gardening on my mind a lot lately I’ve been looking for some inspiring products that bring a breath of fresh air into the home. Bloomingville is a brand that you can find in Germany, and it is gaining in popularity like many other Danish and Swedish labels that are starting to find many loyal customers here. This is the time of the year that I enjoy because Winter melts into clear, warm days and slowly you begin to find clothes and home accessories that fill…

• Good Morning, Monday!

  decor8

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:32 am

  Well here we are again, meeting up virtually for some inspiration and decorating ideas. But before we get started, how was your weekend? Did you accomplish all you had hoped? I had a nice weekend but ended up not finishing all of my work because I started watching French films and once I start I cannot stop! I love French movies and have several favorite actors from Paris — one being Romain Duris, do you know him? He was in both “Paris” and “Molière”, both are films that I highly recommend for the atmosphere and acting, but also the ability they have to lift you…

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  TheDieline.com: Package Design

• Bitter Sisters Cocktail Mixers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:31 pm

  Packaging for Bitter Sisters, a Bitter Cocktail Mixer. Designed by Shane Cranford.

• Urban Outfitters Tights & Socks

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:28 pm

  "New tight packaging for urban outfitters! Simplifying the look; brown kraft boxes with a brightly colored paper band. Each style tight has its own color band, so everyone can find what they are looking for."Designed by Grayhood. More images after the jump.         

• Box Bottle Bag is Here! Now Shipping!

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm

   TheDieline.com, the world’s number one package design website, is the go-to site for packaging design. Established in 2007, it is a the major influencer in the package design industry, providing a forum for the design community to stay abreast of the latest industry trends, developments and projects. Box Bottle Bag, showcases examples of the best of the best from the website, plus never-before-seen projects from top packaging designers from around the world. This inspirational and highly visual book, authored by the site’s editor in chief Andrew Gibbs, showcases examples of the best of…

• Student Spotlight: Rise Coffee & Gum

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:44 am

  Love the illustration work from Hillary Fisher a recent student at Creative Circus.

• Bombay Sapphire Layers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  New work from Barcelona based Durero Packaging. This is their latest design for Bacardi Group called Bombay Sapphire Layers Christmas Edition. They made a custom folding carton with a metallic blue aluminium effect, a limited edition only for Spain and Denmark markets. Many more images after the jump.       

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  information aesthetics

• An Animated Infographic Annual Report

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:42 pm

  Dan Meyer's infographically translated statistics about the year 2009 shows an original and animated view on the now popular practice of publishing one's life as data. The data contains several dozen statistics about the pop culture he consumed, the people he talked to, the (Belgian...) beer he drank, the places he visited, the vehicles he took to those places, and the amount of sleep he enjoyed each day. These statistics was spread across several thousand cells of a spreadsheet, which were then condensed and animated into the 2.5-minute video clip. As one commenter smartly puts it, animating…

• Data Fiction: Storytelling with Information Graphics

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:53 pm

  The combination of storytelling and information visualization has been long predicted, although still very few examples do exist. On the other hand, some might claim typical information aesthetic visualization is all about tell a compelling story. Following project takes infographic storytelling one (literal) step further: Sumedicina [janalange.de] is the title of a fictional thriller story about an international virus scandal, and is mainly told through the medium of infographics. One might not feel completely sure whether this is just an excuse to create a collection of visually impressive…

• Huge Interactive Signpost Shows the Direction to Favorite Locations

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  This gigantic, interactive signpost sponsored by Nokia Ovi Maps in the form of a dynamically rotating electronic LED screen allows passers-by to send in their favorite location and coordinates via text or email. The giant pointer, hung on a 60ton construction on height of 50m, then automatically rotates to the given direction and displays the submitted description to the world. Watch the documentary video below. See also the Nokia Blog [1,2] and FarFar. Via Engadget.

• Ward Shelley: Infovis Oil Painting Artist

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:35 pm

  Unknown to me before, visual (infovis?) artist Ward Shelley [wardshelley.com] comes as a refreshing surprise. Shalley's impressive oil paintings and pencil drawings use real information in an attempt to depict the understanding of how things evolve and relate to one another, and how this develops over time. Usual topics range from art or cultural history, such as the arc of an artist's career and its influences, or the effect of particular ideas in an aesthetic or political movement. The paintings are interpreted as being "wide-screen", as all information is available to the interacting eye…

• Information Landscapes in 1994 (MIT Prof Muriel Cooper)

  1 Feb 2010 | 10:32 pm

  Back in 1994, Muriel Cooper, one of the co-founders of the MIT Media Lab where she taught interactive media design as the head of the Visible Language Workshop, presented her work at the TED5 conference in Monterey, CA. Her presentation would initiate a new era of data visualization, and it changed the way designers thought of the possibilities of electronic media. (Maybe quite similar to how David Small's dynamic renditions of text changed my way of thinking about 3D visualization). Her work was revolutionary as it pushed typography into the 3 spatial dimensions, and augmented it with…

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  Chris Wallace // Designer&Developer

• Win a Copy of Things for Mac

  Chris

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:24 am

  After launching the AllDevJobs.com Blog, I decided it would be a heck of a lot more fun to give away a copy of Things for Mac to 5 lucky email subscribers. To read the details and enter the contest, please visit the new AllDevJobs.com Blog.

• Vaynerchuk Meets Wallace

  Chris

  20 Dec 2009 | 6:36 pm

  Last week, I had the opportunity to meet Gary Vaynerchuk at a book signing/networking event at World Market in St. Louis. Now, to be perfectly honest, I haven’t seen many of his videos and have never purchased a bottle of wine in my life, so I certainly can’t claim to be his biggest fan. However, after meeting him, I can safely say that this is one guy that really knows what he’s talking about, especially when it comes to knowing where the web is going. On top of that, he’s super nice. After standing in line for about 20 minutes to get a signed copy of…

• Fix Custom Post Template Plugin for WordPress 2.9

  Chris

  20 Dec 2009 | 12:11 pm

  Odds are if you were using the Custom Post Template plugin and upgraded to WordPress 2.9, it broke. Luckily, there is a very simple fix while you wait for an official update. Navigate to your plugins directory, pop open the file named ‘custom-post-templates.php’ and find line 126. Replace the whole line with the following: $template_data = implode( '', file( $template ) ); That should take care of it. Enjoy!

• 8bit Network

  Chris

  16 Dec 2009 | 8:21 pm

  I just wanted to share the new logo for one of the projects I am currently working on. Odds are if you’re in the WordPress world, you know John Saddington. He operates under @human3rror on twitter and has released a number of WordPress themes on his website. He is a great guy and I am very excited to be working with him on a very fun project. I just recently completed the logo for this super-secret project and asked John if I could share this with you all to get some feedback on it. Basically, the concept behind the logo is the idea of being recharged or refueled. I’d love to know…

• Domain Inspiration

  Chris

  11 Dec 2009 | 8:22 am

  I was in the process of transferring MashedJobs.com to its new owner (recently sold on Flippa) and while I was working in my GoDaddy account, I thought it would be fun to go through the list of domain names I own and list them all here with an explanation of why I own them. After participating in the latest meme-craze URL ABC from TVD, I thought this would be a fun way to share my ideas and domain purchase mistakes with all my friends. So here you go: 9creatives.com – I had an idea to put together a small network of designers that posted just ridiculously awesome content and aggregating…

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  The Groundswell Blog

• Opens Today in Barcelona – The Influencers 2010: Art, Guerrilla Communication, Radical Entertainment

  James David Morgan

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:17 am

  The Influencers, a three day think-tank on art, guerrilla communication, and radical entertainment, convenes today in Barcelona.  The event brings together the Yes Men, Critical Art Ensemble, Black Label Bike Club, and several others strategically imagining our post-capitalist future, whose “dangerous and risky narratives,” as described by the organizers, “force [the] physical, aesthetical (sic.), legal, [...] Related posts:Art & Anarchy Targets Vancouver 2010 Olympics Dancing the Crisis Away: En Medio Parties in Barcelona’s Unemployment Office The History of…

• All Charges Against Space Hijackers Dropped

  James David Morgan

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:39 am

  Update: The Space Hijackers are going to sue the cops over their arrest at the G20. There’s reason to celebrate this morning, and we join Leah Borromeo in raising a toast to the Space Hijackers’ strength and determination through the several month ordeal of defeating the charges brought against them for their action at the G20. Leah [...] Related posts:Space Hijackers to be Tried for G20 Protest Performance Opens Today in Barcelona – The Influencers 2010: Art, Guerrilla Communication, Radical Entertainment Limitations Permitted: Neal White and the Office of Experiments on…

• Trade School Open for Registration

  Chris Kennedy

  26 Jan 2010 | 8:47 am

  Take a class every night with a range of specialized teachers in exchange for basic items and services. Secure a spot in a Trade School class by meeting one of the teacher’s barter needs. By Day: A Shop Drop in to barter with artists, designers, and craftspeople on a range of products and services. Peruse the trading [...] Related posts:Art School: Propostions for the 21st Century Diagramming Utopia: Paolo Cirio’s “Open Society Structures – Algorithms Tryptic” Michelle Teran’s “Experiments in Open Air Surveillance Cinema”

• Out Now! The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Issue #7

  James David Morgan

  25 Jan 2010 | 11:52 am

  JOAAP #7 (previously) is now available in print and digital formats. Groundswell readers will be familiar with the publication, and the incredible list of authors included in this edition, including InCUBATE, Salem Collo-Julin, Amy Franceschini, Mark Tribe, and more. The issue reflects on current responses to economic and environmental conditions – the crises and situations we [...] Related posts:Journal of Aesthetics & Protest #7 Will Be So Post-Money Where We Are Now: The Aesthetics and Politics of Intimacy Artiscycle, by the Institute for Applied Aesthetics

• The Social Contexts of Light, a sprout spaghetti dinner

  James David Morgan

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:53 am

  Tomorrow night, sprout will offer an exploration of light as a means of political, artistic, and cultural expression.  Join us for a Food Not Bombs dinner at 7:30PM, performances begin at 8. The address is 339R Summer St., Somerville MA, and a description of the performances follows: sprout Nell Breyer is an artist who combines projections and [...] Related posts:Everyday Experimentalists Unite for New sprout Performance Series sprout Experiments with Labor for “The Grind: Out of the Office” Tricks of the Eye: History and Memory in a Shifting Social Landscape

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  PagePlane.com

• Picturing the past 10 years

  chuck

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:13 pm

  In December The New York Times published this diagram under the Opinion banner. Nice organizational idea. Phillip Niemeyer's Picturing the Past 10 Years... Phillip Niemeyer and Dana McClure head the Double Triple art and design studio... Visit the Ideabook.com Store  |  Subscribe to the newsletter

• Meet YouWorkForThem.com: a new (to me) source of fonts, vectors, images, and brushes

  chuck

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am

  YouWorkForThem.com is a shop founded by two talented designers--Michael Paul Young and Michael Cina. Their eclectic collection is certainly worth adding to your list of resources. Example 1: Stock Images > Oils & Ink... Example 2: Stock Vectors > Flowers... Example 3: Fonts > Blou... Web of founder Michael Paul Young... Web of founder Michael Cina... YouWorkForThem.com... Visit the Ideabook.com Store  |  Subscribe to the newsletter

• So how did I miss Rocketboom?

  chuck

  3 Feb 2010 | 4:07 pm

  I'm so engrossed with the design world that I often miss the mainstream stuff. From the look of it Rocketboom has quite a following. Each day its correspondents dig into a subject and report on it from unusual angles. Mostly humorous, often insightful, always interesting--Rocketboom. Here, for example, is coverage of the Futura vs. Verdana IKEA Smackdown... Another, a brief biography of Edgar Allan Poe... Rocketboom also produces Know Your Meme... Visit the Ideabook.com Store  |  Subscribe to the newsletter

• Meet illustrator Nigel Buchanan

  chuck

  1 Feb 2010 | 4:09 pm

  What first drew me to Nigel Buchanan's illustrations was how adeptly he tells a story. They are, at once, striking, unusual, and technically interesting. But he really got me wondering about the tools he uses to create his illustrations--it looks like he uses an old-fashioned mechanical airbrush but they also have a distinctive digital quality about them. So I asked. He tells me he primarily uses Adobe Photoshop--at times creating images with as many as 100 layers. If the illustration includes elements such as typography or mechanical-looking items he might also incorporate Adobe Illustrator.

• The world of 2.5D animation

  chuck

  29 Jan 2010 | 1:58 pm

  It is sometimes referred to as 2.5D animation, sometimes as pseudo-3D, this technique involves creating a series of 2D images separated into layers and animating them simulating film moves such as trucking and zooming. It can be elaborate or simple but either way it's eye-catching. Thanks to Twitter friends Joel Wires, Paul Casper, PJ Cassel, Jean-Claude Tremblay, Filmjr, Harold Thompson, Jesse Gardner, Ken Fisher, and others for helping me research this... Example 1: This is the sequence that first got me interested in digging into the subject (the opening sequence from the Luck Development…

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  DesignBoston

• .weekendDesign Sales*

  Gradon

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am

  How do you like the combined listing of design sales? Is it more useful? Let us know, and be sure to tell us if your store is having a sale! After the flurry of sales last week, this week’s a bit quiet. No doubt everyone’s getting ready for the Super Bowl tomorrow. DWR – 15% off all Knoll products through 2/7. Infusion Furniture – 50% off selected inventory: Side tables, coffee tables, console tables, etc. Contact for more details.

• .secondAnnual Food for Free Campaign at Didriks*

  Gradon

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:51 am

  If you follow any of my activities outside this blog, you know helping connect non-profits to their supporters using social media is one of them. Combine my passion for design and desire to help those less fortunate? Sounds perfect to me! Didriks in Cambridge is donating 5% of sales throughout February to Food For Free, a local food rescue organization. Didrik’s has already kicked off with a party on February 4th, which I hear was an amazing success. So, if you’re thinking of buying new outdoor furniture (spring is right around the corner, after all) or housewares, make it down to…

• .grandRe-Opening Party at Iris Gallery*

  Gradon

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:13 am

  Iris Gallery, on Charles St since 2007, closed several months ago. But it wasn’t, as you’d suspect, another victim to the economy. No, Allison Collins closed Iris Gallery, in fact, because she needed more room  – not a bad problem to have! Iris Gallery is having a party to celebrate their re-opening at their new location, upstairs from Jonathan Adler at 129 Newbury St. Tonight, from 5:30 to 7:30, come check out the incredible photography, as well as the great new space! Iris Gallery 129 Newbury St Boston, MA

• .renzoPiano Unveils Design for a New Wing at the Gardner*

  Gradon

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:09 am

  Undeterred after quitting a (failed?) project to build a 1,000 square foot tower in Winthrop Square, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano has returned to Boston. The scale of this project is certainly smaller than his last, but by no means is it less grand. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has released the final plans for a new wing, designed by Renzo Piano. The aim of the new wing is to “relocate programs and functions that have unduly crowded the historic building, putting pressure on the landmark structure and its magnificent collections and diminishing the visitor…

• .easternAccent Wins Accent On Design Award at NY Gift Fair*

  Gradon

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:23 pm

  I was hoping to make the New York International Gift Fair this week, but sickness between and my would-be travel companion kept us both home. Though we weren’t able to make it, it looks like it was a success for at least one local shop: Eastern Accent of Sudbury won the Accent On Design award for Overall Excellence! For the last 30 years, Masayuki Muramatsu’s Eastern Accent has been selling “original Japanese modern designs to America and the rest of the world, inspiring all with Japan’s tradition of fine design and superior craftsmanship.” The Accent On Design…

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  Ponoko - Blog

• Wearing the Wisdom of Writers

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  Ponoko made product from Victoria Contreras Flores. Literary necklaces by Spanish artist Victoria Contreras Flores combine timeless poetry with leafy vines and romantic flourishes. Since few can resist a glance (or blatant stare) at a lady’s décolletage, why not take the opportunity to give wandering eyes a piece of written wisdom? Pieces include the poetic miseries of T.S. Eliot, Beckett, and Baudelaire; the rational musings of Virginia Woolf and Jean Genet; irony from Vernon Lee; and a hopeful quote from Antonio Machado. View the entire series at Victoria’s Ponoko showroom.

• Five Stars Cardboard Hotel

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm

  Keung Caputo get artsy with hospitality. Four luxury cardboard suites are available at the conceptual Five Stars Cardboard Hotel by design duo Keung Caputo. Each suite features a cardboard bed, pillow, and laser-cut decor. The Cardboard Hotel debuted a few years ago at the Salon Satellite and recently offered fatigued art lovers a place to rest at the Miyako Yoshinaga gallery in New York. While the Classico Romantico, Italian Lover, and Sogni del Bambini all sound tempting, I think I would book the Bosco in Hawaii. LEDs shining from laser-cut palm fronds and tropical cardboard flowers! To see…

• Win a One Year Ponoko Subscription

  Kristen Turner

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:09 pm

  plus runner up prizes Wanna make stuff with us? Totally broke and don’t want to pay for it? If your Ponoko project idea is awesome enough, Electronics-Lab will hook you up with a 1 year free subscription to Ponoko. Then you could make stuff for free, sell it in the showroom, and get rich. (We do not guarantee the riches.) 2nd and 3rd place will each get Ponoko gift vouchers ($100 / $50). All you gotta do is propose a project in the comments section of the competition announcement at Electronics-Lab.

• A global digital making network is born

  Ponoko Team

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  A world of choices Even if you’re new to Ponoko, you’ve probably caught up with the news that you can now use the world’s easiest making system to get products made and delivered from Formulor Germany, as well as from Ponoko USA and Ponoko New Zealand. What it means for new Ponoko members When you signup for a new MyPonoko account, you can choose your default making hub preference on the signup page. Your products will be made by the making hub you select. Who does the digital making for you? Ponoko is introducing a network of digital making service providers. The 3 current providers on…

• Materials updates

  danemery

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:28 pm

  At the US node Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove the 3mm blond bamboo from the catalog. With the Christmas slow down there have been delays in orders by our supplier. We’ve had to remove this material until we have a confirmed supply again. This is looking like towards the end of March. With a new supply of 3mm blond we will move from a horizontally laminated grain to a vertically laminated grain. We had numerous issues with the flatness of the 3mm blond and a switch to the vertical lamination’s should reduce this considerably. What this means is the size of the laminated…

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  SensoryMetrics

• Apple ‘Reinvents’ our 12 year-old ActiveEdge UI

  Mitch Brisebois

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:14 am

  Way back in 1998, Jobe and I dreamed up a new type of interface – perfectly suited for mobile devices. We called it Active Edge. The patent was granted in 2002. It resembled the touch interface that is currently the rage, but was confined to the 4 borders of the display. The user could control the device simply by interacting with the bezel of the display. (Above are sample screens and a device prototype by industrial designer Laura Mahan) An active edge user interface includes dynamically configurable flexible touch areas positioned near the perimeter of a display to support…

• Dyson Re-Invents the Hand Dryer

  Jobe Roberts

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:41 pm

  Wow!  What a wicked wipe this new Dyson hand dryer seems to be.  I anxiously await my first close encounter with the new amazing Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer. Most of us are used to the rather lack-luster experience of drying our hands with one of those old school hot air hand dryers you find in public washrooms.  You stand there rubbing your hands around and eventually they become slightly less wet than they were when you started.  However, as I understand, drying your hands with an electric hand dryer costs up to 90% less than using paper towels. The only problem is that most of us…

• TabletMac Now Available for $699*

  Mitch Brisebois

  21 Jan 2010 | 2:32 pm

  Who knew? Everyone is waiting for the Chosen One’s product announcement, yet a Mac tablet has been available for a while. Axiotron will take *customer-supplied Macbooks and for 7 bills or so turn it into a swanky tablet. The downside is that it’s still a bulky, heavy, full featured laptop. Pretty cool for a mod though. You would think that Apple would wage war over this – but quite the contrary. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple registered “TabletMac” in 2005. It was granted in 2008, but Apple transfered ownership of the brand to Axiotron. We…

• What’s Cooking Steve? Apple’s new patent applications

  Mitch Brisebois

  21 Jan 2010 | 6:21 am

  Fresh off the press at the US patent Office are some interesting filings by the Cupertino Cult. 1. POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY AND SOLAR CELLS – Are shiny solar cells going to be the ‘new aluminum’? This invention describes a clever mechanism of virtually re-ordering cells to produce constant voltage in the case that certain cells may be obscured by usage of the device. Production of this technology would certainly enhance Apple’s ‘green cred’, as well as being a great convenience for users. 2. PARKING & LOCATION MANAGEMENT PROCESSES & ALERTS…

• Specialty symbols are off the mark

  Mitch Brisebois

  20 Jan 2010 | 2:40 pm

  Imagine if you invented the @ symbol (aka ‘commercial at’)… in 1400… or whenever (no one is sure) It was used for basic accounting, but mostly useless for the masses. That is, until that email app became all the rage. Now imagine if you could charge $2 to everyone using your symbol. You’d be beyond rich! In this tech world of abbreviated texting it’s no wonder some want to cash in. Here is the ‘Sarc Mark’ – a special symbol meant to denote sarcasm. Download it for 2 bucks. But it’s quite uninspiring, and I doubt anyone would catch…

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  Wise Elephant: Design and Influence

• The “Hidden Who”

  Kevin Berrey, the Writer/Director/Filmmaker and principal of Screaming Panda, posted this question to Twitter this morning: What happens when you cross this Edelman study on trust (who trusts who) with the Dunbar number (how many friends can you really have)? My answer is: Nothing, because generalities are irrelevant. What's hidden in ...

• Complex thinking, mandatory for the past 10,000 years…

  (the below is a guest post by Nena Johnson, Public Programs Director of Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture) Our industrial food system is broken. It’s a pretty dramatic statement, I know, but in my job it’s one I hear almost every day. Consider a few of the facts: 2009 brought us hundreds ...

• DesigNYC

  DesigNYC: http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=12681

• Sometimes, It’s Better to Brainstorm Alone

  Sometimes, It's Better to Brainstorm Alone: http://blogs.hbr.org/research/2010/02/when-its-better-to-brainstorm.html

• How to Get More Referrals So You Get More Work

  How to Get More Referrals So You Get More Work: http://www.redlemonclub.com/general/how-to-get-more-referrals-so-you-get-more-work/

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  uselog.com | the product usability weblog

• Hooligans like a challenge: indestructible bus stop destroyed

  Jasper (uselog.com)

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:36 am

  The design of your product will evoke a certain behavior. That's the basic premise underlying the principle of what's labelled product impact, persuasive technology, design for society, design with intent, or design for conversion. A vivid example of this principle is the bus stop. They are often deliberately designed to be, and especially to look, fragile, as companies such as JC Decaux experienced that fragile-looking bus shelters are considered less of a challenge to destroy, and therefore are less subject to vandalism. In addition these companies have a policy of fixing anything that…

• Dutch public transport chip-card system flawed at introduction

  Jasper (uselog.com)

  22 Jan 2010 | 6:01 am

  The OV-chipkaart is the new ticket system for Dutch public transport, using RFID cards, similar to Hong Kong's MTR (metro) octopus card. In the past year several regional transport organizations (bus, tram, subway) as well as the Dutch railways have introduced the new system. The old ticket system for bus, tram and subways (the strippenkaart) will - and in some cases has been - phased out. So in some cities, the only way to get on public transport is the OV-chipkaart, and in the future it will also be the only alternative on the trains. You can choose between an anonymous rechargeable card,…

• eBooks will not replace real books because of usability (says bookseller)

  Jasper (uselog.com)

  19 Jan 2010 | 2:17 am

  "Electronic books are sort of convenient. Especially if you're going on a trip. We're selling these things ourselves and it's starting to generate a considerable turnover. <...> The real book can never be beat because of its superior usability. It's so often that you just want to go back a few pages, to reread what a character said. Try doing that with an E-book." - Matthijs van der Lely, CEO of Selexyz bookstores, in an interview with De Volkskrant (in Dutch). [Photo: Libraryman]

• UPA2010: Usability Professionals' Association annual meeting

  Jasper (uselog.com)

  11 Jan 2010 | 4:45 am

  The Annual Meeting 2010 of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) is being held from May 24-28, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The UPA is an organisation of usability practitioners worldwide, and supports people who research, design, and evaluate the user experience of products and services. Its conferences offer a chance to meet people from practice and as well as usability researchers. The program usually caters for very experienced as well as less experienced usability specialists. The presentations often feature a practical takeaway. As with many conferences, the committee did…

• Show your love for Hartmut Esslinger and not-an-mp3-player

  Jasper (uselog.com)

  8 Jan 2010 | 1:44 am

  Two new shirts in the uselog shirtshop. "Design is not a matter of democracy" Time to show your love for Hartmut Esslinger, founder of frog design, and creator of Apple's Snowwhite design language (applied in amongst others the first Apple Macintosh). To do this I present to you the Hartmut Esslinger fanshirt, featuring a remarkably Michael Knight-like portrait of old Hartmut, and my favorite quote of his: "Design is not a matter of democracy." For all of you who hate designing products in a committee. Ceci n'est pas un lecteur mp3 There are of course two reasons why this shirt does not show…

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  ABCD Design | Art . Design . Style | by ABC Dragoo

• Order your sassy Valentine before it’s too late!

  ABCD

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:27 am

  Tracy Hiner says: Got the card today, way nicer than I expected and I love all the details you put into your packaging. So NICE!! Maybelline Te says: Your spooning leads to forking card arrived today! Oh it’s so precious up close! Thank you. Anne Mackley says: The cards arrived today. They are so luxurious in person! I am so excited to hand them out. I know they’ll get a laugh! Thanks again. There have been many people who have emailed or called with wonderful reviews of the cards upon their arrival. I am totally delighted with the response. There have been many blog mentions and…

• Liljevalch sofa: Josef Frank, 1934

  ABCD

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:55 am

  This Swedish sofa by Svenskt Tenn is so low that you can literally crawl-up and into it from the floor without any effort. The seat is so incredibly deep it might as well be a full size bed. The loose scatter pillows allow you to adjust them as necessary for maximum lounging comfort. The low slung arms have curves reminiscent of what you’d find in a Gustav Klimt painting. If I had one in my living room, I imagine one day I’d come home and find Jean Harlow sprawled out on it like a cat in the sun. Svenskt Tenn has been a lifestyle company since 1924. It was founded at a time when…

• chevron + zig-zag + stripes {flooring-fresh, or not?}

  ABCD

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:47 am

  As you may recall, over the last year or so I have had my eye on highly patterned, graphic print flooring. It started with the tile in this kitchen, my adoration was promoted by this post, and then of course, we can’t forget the launch of David Hicks’ new stone flooring line. L O V E. My little obsession has got me thinking. Installing a graphic pattern on the floor is such a long-term commitment. What’s to say I won’t tire of it and wish for a change sooner than my redecorating budget allows? That idea got me searching for some less permanent alternatives… With…

• Pantry Envy.

  ABCD

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:23 am

  I was working on a graphic floor pattern post this morning, but my Wordpress, my internet, my Go Daddy, or something cosmic beyond my control is going on. I can’t get any photos to upload or my posts to save – Boooooo!! I’ve got an incredibly busy day today so unfortunately, I don’t have any more time to fiddle with the blog. I hope to get this resolved and see you tomorrow. xxABCD

• ABCD *crushing on* country collections

  ABCD

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:51 am

  No matter what objects you collect ~ make an effort to display them! There is no sense in having an interesting collection if they are just packed away in a cupboard or attic. Believe me, with all our cool collections in storage I have realized how important it is to live with the items that you love. P.S. All of the beautiful images in this post (except the last, which is mine) are from Country Living Magazine. Get up to the moment country decorating tips, recipes and happenings by following them @CountryLiving.

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  Un Cool Hunting

• Arachnid ATX Ads - The Lian Li Pitstop ATX Chassis Has Nothing to Do With Spiders

  Not unlike the last round of Super Bowl Ads, marketers do their best to entertain and even shock their audience. Then there are awkward advertisements that leave you in the middle of nowhere knowing that…

• Camel Burgers - Fat-Free Beef Alternative at Local House in Dubai

  Unsure about having fries with that? Now burger-lovers have another choice to make: beef, veggie or camel burgers? Yes, the newest menu addition on Dubai-restaurant menus is said to be ‘fat-free’ and…

• Decaying Fleshtography - ‘Zombie Body’ by Maxine Guenther Imagines the Skin After the Apocalypse

  If you've a sensitive stomach (either by nature or due to Friday night festivities), you might want to steer clear of 'Zombie Body' by Maxine Guenther. This photo shoot explores the many signs of skin…

• Pricey Celeb Emulation - Chinese Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Look like Jessica Alba

  Getting “regular” plastic surgery is a big deal, but getting plastic surgery to look like Jessica Alba is just a whole other issue entirely. Celebrity obsession is nothing new, but the reason behind this…

• Illustrated Canine Calendars - The Labs With Abs Calendar Isn’t Your Typical Time-Tracker (UPDATE)

  Keep track of 2010 u the best way possible with the Labs With Abs Calendar. I’m dead serious here, people. Some of you may remember that awhile back we featured the artwork of Labs With Abs, and I’m sure…

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  Bits or pieces?

• Mystic Me 3.0

  13 Jan 2010 | 3:02 pm

  It's time for a spot of bleary eyed crystal ball gazing. Last year, my predictions were fairly reasonable with 7 hits covering the commercial release of PLED TVs to our beloved government economists saying that 2010 would be worse than expected. The jury is still out on house prices [Update : the December 2009 figures showed the first annual increase in house prices - 2.5% - since May 2008.] whilst we await the land registry report but alas two of the predictions were wide of the mark. The FTSE 100 failed to drop below 3,500, only hitting 3, 512 - no cigar there then - and Yahoo wasn't…

• The king was in his counting house ...

  30 Dec 2009 | 3:15 am

  ... handing out our money.This was the year that Mervyn King & Alistair Darling managed to spectacularly fritter away billions of taxpayers' money.I was never opposed to lending money to banks but quantitative easing (a dishonest way of printing cash and giving it away in truckloads to the usual cronies) was disgraceful.The tally to date is that the taxpayer has been exposed to £1 trillion of potential debt through cash injections, state guarantees, quantitative easing and other interventions. As a result of this, the taxpayer is expected to lose anywhere between ten to a hundred billion.

• Where is Amazon heading?

  14 Dec 2009 | 7:52 am

  There is something that I've always found confusing about Amazon's cloud strategy.The development of EC2 & S3 makes good sense given the suitability of these activities for large scale volume operations (an activity that Amazon, as a book-seller, specialises in). The growth of an ecosystem around these core services and the provision of these services through APIs are ideal. The solving of some of the transitional educational barriers to cloud (such as persistency through EBS) seems spot on and ... well the list goes.However, I've never quite understood why Amazon chooses to cannibalise its…

• Mystic Meg Epic Fail

  14 Dec 2009 | 6:14 am

  I hate predictions.Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the "oh, it's already happening but I'll pretend it's new" type of predictions because you're guaranteed to look good.I can happily quote that "the cloud market will grow", "standards, portability and interoperability will become increasingly important" and "the platform layer will be a major market" will full knowledge that these are safe bets.Problem is, that these aren't really predictions and I've got a big mouth. Hence, I tend to make predictions which tend to explode rather nastily.For example, back in 2002 I was predicting a financial…

• Cloud Camp Frankfurt

  11 Dec 2009 | 9:54 am

  A few months ago I provided an introductory talk on cloud computing at Cloud Camp Frankfurt. I was asked to be vendor neutral, so it is light on Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.They've put the video of my talk up, so I thought I'd provided some links. Please note, it is split into two parts.Cloud Computing - Part ICloud Computing - Part IIThere are more videos on the Cloud Camp Frankfurt site, they're worth watching as the event was a blast.

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  freshvintage

• Yellowware Bowls, Jelly Jars and Egg Baskets

  freshvintage

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:41 pm

  Thanks to everyone for helping me figure out what the hell my wooden-beaded-counting-thingy is! In case you didn't read the comments, it is a score keeper for pool/billiards. Can you tell that I don't spend nearly enough time in pool halls? I'll have to make that a priority in 2010.Anyway, on to a few finds from last week: two yellowware bowls and five jelly jars. The bowls are a little beat up, but they have a nice look. And they were priced right.Each jelly jar is different - I think that's why I like them so much. A couple of them have "Presto" on the lid, and some have stripes around the…

• What the Hell Is It?

  freshvintage

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:07 pm

  This is my fourth installment of the What the Hell Is It? game. I know that you've read every single one of my blog posts, but I will just refresh your memory in case you've been drinking. Here are the first three:1. Blue enamel conehead thingy with the mica eye holes and the weird spiral handleThis has something to do with an old stove, but I never got a definitive answer. So, I still don't know what the hell this is. Anyone?2. Wire thingyI didn't know what this was when I bought it, but it looked old and I figured that six dollars wouldn't kill me. Most of the commenters guessed that it was…

• DTs, Restaurant Ware and The Music Man

  freshvintage

  20 Jan 2010 | 12:35 pm

  I was suffering from the delirium tremens for the past few weeks. It had been almost two months since I'd hit a yard sale or thrift store or flea market. That is too much for any human to endure. Last weekend, I finally found some relief. I visited a couple of shops in Delaware that are filled with junk from estate clean-outs. Isn't this green child's chair cute? It is great for kids who are too old for high-chairs and too small to sit in a regular chair. And it perfectly matches the green enamel colander that I bought at the same store.I bought a set of 4 restaurant ware mugs.These were made…

• Lisa Leonard Giveaway on freshblogtips!

  freshvintage

  17 Jan 2010 | 4:28 pm

  Hop over to my other blog, freshblogtips.com, for an interview with blogger and jewelry designer Lisa Leonard. Oh, and we are giving away one of her fabulous necklaces!

• Martha Stewart Show Wrap-Up

  freshvintage

  15 Jan 2010 | 6:28 pm

  Did you watch it!? Did you follow my sporadic tweets and Facebook updates? If you did watch the show, I'm sorry to say that you didn't see me in the audience. Even if you think you saw me or my sister, Erin - you didn't see us. Those damn camera men stayed away from our section like we were lepers. Were we in the ugly section? I don't think so. There were a lot of attractive people sitting near us. Maybe our boobs weren't big enough, you ask? No. There was certainly ample boobage. Regardless. we had a fun time. If you missed the show, you will be able to watch the segments on Martha's…

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  DesignNotes by Michael Surtees

• Extending Massive Attack

  michael

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:43 am

  I’m not one to buy “extended” or “deluxe” albums that often. Typically the only additional stuff are videos that I can find online or pdfs that I would never bother to open. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been a big fan of NPR’s First Listen, a site that streams an album a week before the release. A couple weeks ago they had Beach House and last week it was Massive Attack. The conventional thinking would be that it would be a mistake to give the music away for free—why would anyone want to buy it? On the flip side others would argue it’s a great way to…

• American Apparel vs Diesel on the Streets of NYC

  michael

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:09 pm

  Walking to work today I thought these two posters almost side by side were worth noting if for no other reason than to show the state of posters on the sidewalk of NYC. Whether you love or hate American Apparel ads and for what they stand for, they’re certainly standing out from everything else out there. On the flip side Diesel has been getting a lot of attention for their tagline of Be Stupid, not so much for their visuals though something tells me that things could change in that category.

• Design Notes from my AIGA Dallas talk on Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions

  michael

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:53 am

  Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions Last Thursday I traveled from NYC to Dallas to Arlington to hang with the AIGA Dallas Fort Worth Chapter and present a talk I titled Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions. Jimmy Ball and the the Chapter treated me extremely well and made the experience great for me. I’ve attached the deck and made note below of all the posts that were covered in the talk. 1. STORY LINES Walking to work in 60 Seconds, my 20/20 at #makethink AIGA Design Conference 2009 http://designnotes.info/?p=1922 Watching the sun interact with…

• Google Before You Tweet is the New Think Before You Speak by @TheJoeNewton

  michael

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:05 am

  Late last week I received this sweet one colour letter pressed print titled Google Before You Tweet is the New Think Before You Speak by Joe Newton. While the text and illustration speak for themselves, I should mention that the texture of the paper and indent of the paper that isn’t really shown on the photo adds a lot of visual punch in person. Davin Kuntze at Woodside Press in Brooklyn printed it while the typeface used Olduvai by Randy Jones.

• Link Drop from 01.30.10 to 02.06.10

  michael

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  This week’s Link Drop is smaller than usual because of my late week travels to Dallas for a talk. With that said there were a couple distinctions between technology and the surrounding area of NYC. Leading up to flying out of NYC most of the stuff I was being drawn to had to do with visualization and data. Once I got back yesterday most of the links were somewhat related to the city—go figure. Love Me, the Poster Love Me the street marking that I’ve seen for year(s) is now a poster. I’ve seen the mark in all sorts of sizes and even mused a while back about a shirt. While…

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  House Enthusiast

• Web tour: Walk Score ranks location walkability

  Katie Hutchison

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:34 am

  Thanks to Walk Score you can now rank a location’s walkability on a scale of zero to 100. According to the Walk Score Algorithm, the closer a location is to amenities, the higher the location’s walkability. A location with a score of 90-100 is deemed a “Walkers’ Paradise”. A score of 70-89 is “Very Walkable”. 50-69 is “Somewhat Walkable”. 25-49 is “Car Dependent”. 0-24 is Car-Dependent (Driving Only). The KHS address in Salem scored an 86. This didn’t surprise me, but I found myself…

• Designing inglenooks for today

  Katie Hutchison

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:02 am

  Image excerpt from Fine Homebuilding Drawing Board column about inglenooksLook for my latest "Drawing Board" column about designing inglenooks in the February/March issue of Fine Homebuilding on newsstands now. In it I illustrate three ways to bring small fireplaces into cozy, everyday living spaces. Each scenario reinterprets the inglenook of yore for today's lifestyles. If you enjoy sharing the warmth of the hearth with good company, consider an inglenook for your own new home, addition, or renovation. Click here to see a PDF of the design…

• A Modern Farmhouse in Vermont

  Katie Hutchison

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:02 am

  Photos (and drawings) provided by Susan and Ryan Hayes.A couple builds a smaller, affordable, “green” house When I called Susan Hayes to talk to her about her new, affordable, “green” house in Williston, Vermont, one of the first things she said was, “We really wanted to respect the local vernacular…” She and her husband Ryan created what they call a “Modern Farmhouse”. The exterior was inspired by the farmhouse Ryan’s dairy-farming great grandparents’ owned, and “the inside is really sparse which is more of a Modern…

• Design Snapshot: Another sweet entry porch

  Katie Hutchison

  20 Jan 2010 | 1:31 pm

  You might classify this entry as an “integral” porch.  Unlike some porches which are applied to a home as a separate entity, this entry porch is integral to the house since there's living space above it.  As part of a two-story bay of sorts, it projects toward the street and takes advantage of the space above it to give it greater prominence.  The scalloped shingle skirt, below the sills of the second-floor bay windows, helps announce the entry with a flair of flare.  The windows in the entry sidewall contribute a playful indoor/outdoor feel to this…

• Design snapshot: Siting inspiration

  Katie Hutchison

  13 Jan 2010 | 11:54 am

  I imagine most folks associate Martha's Vineyard with summer.  Not me.  It’s a favorite winter place.  It’s quiet then, rugged and achingly beautiful.  When I came upon this frozen dinghy, cozying up to some rocks in Lobsterville, I was reminded why I’m so taken with the Vineyard this time of year. Brimming with ice, the boat was parked almost as firmly on the beach as the dark, worn rocks it had chosen for company.  Frozen water had found level in the old beached vessel.  A pattern of lapping waves in the sand swirled around the…

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  People.Places.Things

• donations

  erin wilson

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:23 am

  In lieu of bidding many of you so kindly requested a way to donate. I will be sending emails to those of you who have already commented, but if you would still like to donate you will have until Sunday, Feb 7, 2010 at 12 midnight to send me your request and amount for donations. Please send your kind request to erin.peopleplacesthings@gmail.com or leave a comment here with your email address. Thank you so much!!!~erin

• congratulations!

  erin wilson

  2 Feb 2010 | 2:04 pm

  Congratulations Katie Christman for your highest bid of $275. I will contact you shortly and get the poster and pictures sent to you asap! Thanks everyone for your wonderful support!

• some sad news...

  erin wilson

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:27 pm

  Unfortunately the letters can not be auctioned off. I am sad as I really thought this would be a great way to raise money for a much needed cause but, I understand that it is Wicked property and they ultimately get to make the decision. I am so sorry for getting your hopes up and I am sorry to my company for putting you in jeopardy. Lesson learned!Lots of love,erin

• auction for haiti: wicked memorabilia

  erin wilson

  28 Jan 2010 | 6:12 am

  HELP for HAITIpicture sourceAfter seeing the devastating pictures of the aftermath in Haiti I wanted to help in some small way.After some brainstorming I thought auctioning off something “Wicked” might be a great way to get people involved.So here it is, up for auction today: 1 complete autographed Wicked 2nd National Tour ORIGINAL CAST show poster Signatures from favorites Marcie Dodd, Helene Yorke, Tom McGowan, Marilyn Caskey and more!{I’m on there, but that’s not really a big selling point yet!} The poster is the sturdier, thicker paper and in a protective plastic cover.I will ship…

• auction for haiti

  erin wilson

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:09 am

  I'll be auctioning off a signed Wicked 2nd National poster starting tomorrow. More info to come! Get the word out to Wicked fans so we can raise as much money as possible for the people of Haiti. If there is a large enough response I will work on getting 2 posters. Thanks!!~erin

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  design:related - posts list

• Books: Bird by Andrew Zuckerman

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Photography © Andrew Zuckerman Turning his camera to the world of birds, Andrew Zuckerman has a created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 stunning photographs of nearly 75 different species. These winged creatures from exotic parrots to everyday sparrows, and endangered penguins to woody owls are captured with ...

• Faraday Stool by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Dutch designers Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers, have created the Faraday Stool, named after Michael Faraday, the English scientist who helped establish our current knowledge of electromagnetic physics, through his Faraday Cage. In polished stainless steel, powder coated with optional leather seat. Faraday Stool, by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

• Blop lamp by Emocja studio

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  The polish design studio Emocja, which was established by Agnieszka Bartosiewicz and Krysztof Rusc, has designed original Blop Lamp with unique shade made from paint color chips. The simple and geometric wood stand of a lamp supports a coccon like shape of its coloured shade. The chips of various colours are joined together by movable plastic [...]

• New works by Tomáš Král

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Slovak designer Tomas Kral, who now lives in Lausanne, launched new projects in a field of tableware. His playful approach to design inspired by his study at ECAL in Lausanne is to see in graduation project at Master in luxury design also at ECAL. The main idea of the silver coffee set for Christofle is symbolism [...]

• Pigeon Post: Valentines Series I

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Keith-yin Sun and Judi Chan of Pigeon Post have created a wonderful set of postcards celebrating timeless stories of undying love from around the globe. Inspired by myths and folklore, the set consists of six beautifully designed cards in the shape of a stamp, honoring the tradition of sending mail. This particular postcard depicts Hinemoa [...]

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  Ponoko - Blog

• Wearing the Wisdom of Writers

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  Ponoko made product from Victoria Contreras Flores. Literary necklaces by Spanish artist Victoria Contreras Flores combine timeless poetry with leafy vines and romantic flourishes. Since few can resist a glance (or blatant stare) at a lady’s décolletage, why not take the opportunity to give wandering eyes a piece of written wisdom? Pieces include the poetic miseries of T.S. Eliot, Beckett, and Baudelaire; the rational musings of Virginia Woolf and Jean Genet; irony from Vernon Lee; and a hopeful quote from Antonio Machado. View the entire series at Victoria’s Ponoko showroom.

• Five Stars Cardboard Hotel

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm

  Keung Caputo get artsy with hospitality. Four luxury cardboard suites are available at the conceptual Five Stars Cardboard Hotel by design duo Keung Caputo. Each suite features a cardboard bed, pillow, and laser-cut decor. The Cardboard Hotel debuted a few years ago at the Salon Satellite and recently offered fatigued art lovers a place to rest at the Miyako Yoshinaga gallery in New York. While the Classico Romantico, Italian Lover, and Sogni del Bambini all sound tempting, I think I would book the Bosco in Hawaii. LEDs shining from laser-cut palm fronds and tropical cardboard flowers! To see…

• Win a One Year Ponoko Subscription

  Kristen Turner

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:09 pm

  plus runner up prizes Wanna make stuff with us? Totally broke and don’t want to pay for it? If your Ponoko project idea is awesome enough, Electronics-Lab will hook you up with a 1 year free subscription to Ponoko. Then you could make stuff for free, sell it in the showroom, and get rich. (We do not guarantee the riches.) 2nd and 3rd place will each get Ponoko gift vouchers ($100 / $50). All you gotta do is propose a project in the comments section of the competition announcement at Electronics-Lab.

• A global digital making network is born

  Ponoko Team

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  A world of choices Even if you’re new to Ponoko, you’ve probably caught up with the news that you can now use the world’s easiest making system to get products made and delivered from Formulor Germany, as well as from Ponoko USA and Ponoko New Zealand. What it means for new Ponoko members When you signup for a new MyPonoko account, you can choose your default making hub preference on the signup page. Your products will be made by the making hub you select. Who does the digital making for you? Ponoko is introducing a network of digital making service providers. The 3 current providers on…

• Materials updates

  danemery

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:28 pm

  At the US node Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove the 3mm blond bamboo from the catalog. With the Christmas slow down there have been delays in orders by our supplier. We’ve had to remove this material until we have a confirmed supply again. This is looking like towards the end of March. With a new supply of 3mm blond we will move from a horizontally laminated grain to a vertically laminated grain. We had numerous issues with the flatness of the 3mm blond and a switch to the vertical lamination’s should reduce this considerably. What this means is the size of the laminated…

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  Dezeen

• Sempé w103 by Inga Sempé for Wästberg

  Rose Etherington

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am

  Stockholm 2010: Swedish company Wästberg present an LED lamp derived from lighting usually attached to industrial machinery by French designer Inga Sempé at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, which opens today. (more…)

• Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Gwenael Nicolas

  Rose Etherington

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:45 am

  Tokyo designer Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity has completed a spa in Interlaken, Switzerland, with silk panels hanging in layers from the ceiling. (more…)

• Dezeenmail #44

  Rose Etherington

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:27 am

  We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs.

• Moebius House by Tony Owen Partners

  Chris Barnes

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:38 pm

  Australian architects Tony Owen Partners have created a house overlooking Sydney harbor where one wall loops over the roof and down the other side to become a first floor terrace. (more…)

• Handlebar Candlesticks by Yen-Wen Tseng

  Chris Barnes

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:32 pm

  Taiwanese designer Yen-Wen Tseng, a student at Konstfack University College of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm, has created a set of rubber candlesticks designed to feel like bicycle handlebars. (more…)

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  Just Creative Design

• Top 12 Logos of 2009 As Voted By You

  Jacob Cass

  1 Feb 2010 | 1:14 pm

  These are the top 12 logo designs of 2009 as voted by you (the awards that won Logo Of The Month) on my other site Logo Of The Day. What logo do you believe should win the 2009 Logo Of The Year? Cast your vote at the bottom of this post. Voting closes February 12th. And just so you know, we are now accepting new logo submissions, so go & suggest a logo for a chance to win a Logo Of The Day award. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson commemorative logo – from a  short video clip shown on MTV. Winner: Logo Of The Month September 2009 Credits: Agency; bbdo.de Executor; s-farm.de Lochness Loch…

• Back In Action

  Jacob Cass

  25 Jan 2010 | 6:22 am

  Some of you may have noticed this website and my other websites being down the past two weeks. Simply put, my old hosts did a runner on me… all of my websites and email stopped working and there was no one to contact for support, my hosts simply vanished. Luckily enough, I had a full back up from just before I left for my trip around the states which meant I had nearly all of articles and comments, bar from a few that I have now salvaged from Google’s cache. It wasn’t easy restoring the websites as the databases were quite large and had to be uploaded using some crazy back…

• Here’s To A New Year

  Jacob Cass

  4 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am

  It’s been a great break… I loved traveling across the USA, it truly is a remarkable country. I’ll be posting some photos when I get a chance to go through the 1400+ pics. Today (5th Jan) I will be flying out from Australia to begin my new life (story here) in New York, where I plan to stay for 1 to 3 years, while working for Carrot Creative. I will still be blogging & freelancing on the side. I’ve found a great spacious apartment to live in, with 4 other creatives (and a dog) who are currently attending Pratt Institute – we had a webcam meeting just yesterday and I consider…

• A Recession Guide For Designers

  Jacob Cass

  28 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am

  This is a guest article by Ana Paula Rodrigues*. In difficult times people get creative — and creative people must find new ways to use resources wisely. Whether you work as an in-house designer at a large company, own your own design firm, or work as a freelancer, the recession has no doubt affected you or someone you know. Thus, creating a need to think outside the box in order to make, and ultimately save, more money . Here are a variety of ideas to help you through this economic downturn. 1. Create a magazine club Magazines are a great source of information and inspiration, but they…

• HOW TO: Get more brand exposure, traffic and sales using Facebook

  Jacob Cass

  23 Nov 2009 | 5:39 pm

  With over 300+ million members worldwide, Facebook is 2nd most trafficked site in the world, sitting only behind Google. With stats like these, it’s no wonder businesses are turning to Facebook for marketing. With the right set up, you can effectively use Facebook to gain more brand exposure, traffic and sales and in this article I’ll guide you through how I personally use Facebook to do this, along with some other alternatives. See First Hand Examples Before going on you may want to see some examples first hand of how you can use Facebook as a promotional tool. Below you will…

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  Supermarket Blog

• New: Large edition poster

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:56 am

  Newly added, the poster “I want to explore life, inside and outside myself, and share my observations with you” is now available as extra large poster size, 27.9" × 36.0". See it here!

• Artwork in SuperBowl Commercial

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:47 pm

  Two pieces of my artwork appeared in a Budlight Superbowl commercial on Sunday. red agave and motor home 68. Link to actual commercial below. link Thanks Valda! Go Saints!

• for your Valentine

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:39 pm

  Together Forever…

• heart pendants

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am

  after all, the day on which lovers express their love it’s approaching…

• Vintage buttons necklaces+ silver overlaid real leaves necklace have arrived!

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:06 am

  Yes! they are real LEAVES and real VINTAGE Buttons….I found them last year and had been thinking how to express their originality & preserve the integrity for a while. ..I guess the best way is to be Simple and stay true… they are one of a kind- gonna be a very meaningful gift for your valentine.

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  NewWork

• Vans

  Harald

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:49 am

  Nothing fancy, nothing big, just a series of photos of old A-Team like vans and the places they were a while back. I don't know why but somehow that's just interesting enough.

• The pool

  nyls

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:08 am

  This is a game where 120 pads communicate and listen to each other in an organic network. Each pad is independent, and simultaneously interacts and listens to its environment based on user feedback. Together, the pads create complex, surprising, and unpredictable color arrays with their user participants.

• You control youtube

  nyls

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:48 am

  Nice campaign from Adidas on Youtube in which you can interact in different ways with the video's.

• ommwriter

  Tobias

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:53 am

  If you are a scriptwriter, blogger, journalist, copywriter, poet or just someone who enjoys writing, welcome back to concentrating.

• Macro Kingdom

  Bob Mayata

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am

  Clemento is a talented multi media art student from Austria. He equipped his (very popular) Canon 5D Mark II camera with a MP-E 65mm macro-lens and started filming extreme close-ups of everyday objects.

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  Design You Trust

• Economic Crisis is so 2009

  Materialiste

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am

  Economic Crisis is so 2009! To celebrate the end of the economic crisis, Al Dente studio has imagined a collection of golden jewels to show your enthusiasm! “Du fric, Money, cash, bills, bucks, buckaroos, dough, benjamins, big ones, green, smackers, clams, cha ching, moola, dead presidents, chedda, cheese » See more pictures on Materialiste Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Horse Monochrome (Textile Design)

  vtkstudio

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:39 am

  Practice field: - Illustration and fashion design - Corporative Identity - Advertising - Photography www.vtkstudio.com www.flickr.com/voortrekkervs www.twitter.com/vtkstudio Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Lewis’s Fifth Floor: A Department Story

  buckhouston

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am

  Haunting images from the ‘lost’ floor of a Liverpool department store, that still houses a derelict 1950s cafe and 1970s hair salon….. Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Botanic by Bolon Campaign

  buckhouston

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:01 am

  MORE AMAZING IMAGES Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Line

  Charles

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:41 am

  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] http://vimeo.com/9145991 Making off : ... read the rest of Line ... Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

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  Cherryflava

• We are the world 2.0 [in 3D] – this time for Haiti

  Jonathan Cherry

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:06 pm

  Yup – the music biz is at it again. Singing their hearts out, but this time for Haiti. We really wonder who benefits more – the artists with lukewarm careers looking for a bit of PR exposure or the people in Haiti who so badly need help to get back on their feet. Guess it’s better than doing nothing. via

• Optimal Energy: What do the next 4 minutes of your life look like?

  Jonathan Cherry

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  There’s been a lot of talk about ’saving the planet’ and ‘going green’, but talk is cheap and your actions today will affect society tomorrow. Here’s how South Africans are changing the world for the better… and no, we’re not talking about Die Antwoord.

• Iron Man Macbook sticker not for the average jockstrap wearer

  Jonathan Cherry

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:36 pm

  Not the iPad You’re going to label yourself terrible as a nerd if you have one of these, but for those that dream about the lovechild of a MacBook and Iron Man – this is for you. Get it - before it’s too late Via If you like this kinda thing – here’s the trailer for the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie…

• Cape Times: Different angles

  Jonathan Cherry

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am

  Tank Lowe Bull have pulled out another interesting print ad campaign for the Cape Times. It’s not as powerful as the previous one [The Day Before] but acceptable all the same. Moon Shoe Previously: The day before – Cherryflava [thanks Simon]

• What’s in a name?

  Jonathan Cherry

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:44 pm

  Doh... Mike Ratcliffe is globetrotting and kindly sent us his favourite sign, which he spotted in the Washington DC area. Probably the absolute worst name they could have granted this place. [thanks Mike]

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  Design is Kinky

• Karim Hamid

  Andrew

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:40 pm

  Painter Karim Hamid.

• Buro Reng

  Andrew

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:03 pm

  Stylish graphic design from the Netherlands… Buro Reng.

• Mike O’Meally

  Murray

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:32 pm

  Photographer Mike O’Meally is throwing two exhibitions of his photos from behind the scenes of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. First one is in Sydney at China Heights on the 20th of Feb and second in Melbourne on the 25th at the Lamington Drive Gallery. All proceeds are going to Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation.

• Antony Micallef

  Andrew

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm

  Checked out Antony Micallefs work recently? You should…

• North Kingdom

  Ravi

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:25 pm

  North Kingdom rolls out their new site and projects, all beautifully crafted in the cold north.

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  Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers / Feed

• Creating Colorful Gardens

  evad

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:09 pm

  Inspiring images, books and people to help you create a colorful garden. Color Inspiration floato Martin_Heigan La Citta Vita | Martin_Heigan UGArdener Colorful Gardening Books San Francisco Bay-area artist and garden designer Keelya Meadows encourages the use of bold colors in her book Fearless Color Gardens: The Creative Gardener’s Guide to Jumping Off the Color Wheel. More Books The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden: A Blueprint for Continuous Color Garden Color Book The Gardeners Color Palette: Paint Your Garden with 100 Extraordinary Flower Choices Color Garden Guide (Color Garden Guide:…

• Eclectic Color Roundup

  evad

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  Green Thank You Bag by Ina Weise Buy When it comes to plastic bags things are pretty black and white. "I’m not crazy about telling everyone not to use plastic bags. I know they can be very useful. But since I’ve been living in the US it is very hard to ignore the mass amounts of plastic bags everywhere. Everyone keeps them stuffed into one that hangs from the pantry door. They line trash bins. They carry food even if it is just a single pack of gum. They flutter from trees. They float in the breeze. They clog roadside drains. There are so many everywhere that no one really treats them as…

• Thanks for Wearing the Love! We Have Shirts Again.

  COLOURlover

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:01 am

  It's been a while since the link in our store for t-shirts died... and after trying a out several different on-demand printers we finally decided that to get the best quality prints we were going to have to make the shirts ourselves. So now you can rep the color love offline too. Sponsored Members: Check your love notes for a special thank you 20% off coupon. Holding t-shirt inventory isn't cheap so for now we're only stocking the black shirts. If in the future there is enough demand for white shirts we'll order some of those too... Color Love Blind Test COLOURlovers Logo Tee Show Us Your…

• Colors From Africa By Viviane Sassen

  evad

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  Africa Series by Amsterdam born and based photographer Viviane Sassen.

• Colorful Cocktails

  evad

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  A colorful menu of cocktails from the "Adventures in Amateur Mixology" blog, Sloshed, and flickr. Bada Bing 2 basil leaves, chiffonaded 3 pitted Bing cherries 1 oz Plymouth gin ½ oz simple syrup ½ oz maraschino liqueur ½ lime juice 3-4 oz champagne See Instructions Sleeping Giant 1½ oz fresh orange juice 1½ oz unsweetened pineapple juice 1½ oz light rum ½ oz sweet & sour ¼ oz orgeat See Instructions Summertime Sunshine .5oz campari .5oz lillet .5oz batavia arrack .5oz cointreau 1oz rum 1oz fresh lime juice, splash rhubarb bitters muddled fresh basil (best to muddle right in…

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  honozooloomedia

• morals fiber.

  aaron

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:18 am

  morals fiber hired me to shoot a quick set of lookbook and linesheet images for their newest season of gear.  the concept was to shoot in “the saw bathroom” a.k.a. a grimy, generally gross looking location. well we found what is arguably the nastiest bathroom in the ala moana area (no i won’t tell you where it is, why do you want to know anyway, gross).  of course there wasn’t any available lighting and of course it smelled like death in there…not even bathroom smell, just that decaying food smell.  in order to preserve the moody, dark, sort of gritty feel…

• organik.

  aaron

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:33 am

  a brief lookbook photoshoot for organik clothing.  it was shot at diamond head during the worst possible time…noon. i’ve always been old school in the lighting department, and never got used to using reflectors or excessive post-production to make images look properly exposed.  so instead i broke out a few external strobes for fill flash and improvised.  i stopped the image down, dialed the strobe into full, and started winging it.  it was a solid, fun little shoot, and just in time for ASR. -a [ click here to jump off to the full image gallery! ]

• tiger.

  aaron

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:44 pm

  cool herc. nextdoor. live painting. fun. -a [ click here to jump off to the full image gallery! ]

• the manifest.

  aaron

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:22 am

  old friend/favorite weekly rag the honolulu weekly hired me to shoot a quick series of portraits for their entrepreneur issue.  i got to snap a few photos of brandon reid, owner of the manifest in chinatown. the concept was fairly simple, the image was to portray young professionals on the move.  the weekly pretty much had its game plan so all i needed to do was show up, snap a few action shots of brandon cruising hotel st. on a bike, while wearing a suit.  while on location i also blasted a few strobist portraitures, using an umbrella and a fill strobe to blow out the background and fill…

• clones.

  aaron

  23 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am

  i was hired to shoot the clones of the queen.  they are an experimental post-indie rockish type band based out of honolulu, hi.  in keeping to their unique sound and image, the band wanted a set of strong, unique press photos. i proposed a controlled-lighting scenario involving directed spot lighting and night.  the idea was to capture a sort of natural history museum exhibit feel, something organic that still had an element of the artificial integrated into it in some subtle way.  most of the images were shot at an extremely low ISO, a stopped down aperture, and relatively high shutter…

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  NOTCOT.ORG

• #28260 - An analysis of BMW's current global promotional...

  line22

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:03 am

  An analysis of BMW's current global promotional strategy which places huge emphasis on 'Joy'. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

• #28259 - Melbourne's Café Vue at 401 St Kilda Road is a...

  weheartstuff

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:52 pm

  Melbourne's Café Vue at 401 St Kilda Road is a bold, contemporary French café, inspired by Paris’ iconic royal château, Versailles, Marie Antoinette and clothing of the period… (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

• #28258 - Norwegian Wood is a cabinet where the doors is...

  GRIDY

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:41 pm

  Norwegian Wood is a cabinet where the doors is covered with cut woodends. The rough wood is a nice contrast to straight lines in the frames. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

• #28257 - Believe it or not, the image above is an...

  Art_Vandelay

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:31 pm

  Believe it or not, the image above is an ultra-detailed miniature-scale model landscape created by Matthew Albanese. He then uses a camera technique called forced-perspective to bring these landscapes to life! (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

• #28256 - Need to work out how to achieve happiness?...

  tomagotchi

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:19 pm

  Need to work out how to achieve happiness? Follow this simple flow diagram... (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

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• MTV logo refresh

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am

  the new MTV logo and the original 1981 design the television channel MTV has decided to change their logo after using their original design for 29 years. they opted to only slightly refresh the original design because of its iconic nature and existing branding. the new design is essentially a cropped version of the original one, leaving out the tag line ‘music television’. this cropping gives the logo a wider proportion that is in a ratio of 6 by 4, the same as a standard photograph. this design feature allows the logo to be used to display imagery as a fill. the new design was done in…

• MAD architects: phoenix island

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am

  phoenix island by MAD architects is located in the center of sanya city, hainan province, china. it is a man-made island surrounded by the sea. the dimension of  phoenix island is about 1250-meters long and 350-meter wide, connected by a bridge of 395-meter with the main island of sanya.   the site area is about 365,000 sqm and will represent the future of sanya as the international touring and resorts city. the island itself is a vacation land consisting a 7-star hotel, 5 boutique apartments, yacht clubhouse, shopping streets and a habour for internaitonal passenger liners. the…

• cobogo bricks and campana brothers' tables

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

  brazilian designers fernando and humberto campana have created the 'cobogó' table (first presented at the salone del mobile di milano 2009). the italian gallery plusdesign showed them at object rotterdam. 'cobogó', 2009 the 'cobogó' is a common ceramic perforated tile used in many brazilian buildings, mainly in the 20th century with the modernist movement in architecture. 'cobogó', 2009 the cobogo plays the role of a bricks on a wall, as to allow air circulation and sunlight inside homes, a thermal comfort solution. shadows of 'cobogó' table like many of campana brothers’ pieces, this…

• design aerobics courses for 2010 announced

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:21 am

  the new design aerobics courses for 2010 have been announced! is your life so busy that you wish you could squeeze-in some quick exercises? well, design-aerobics might just be what you're looking for. they are online design education courses, from the makers of designboom.com. design aerobics are online design education courses and are a great way to enhance professional skills and enrich personal development. this year we will be offering two cycles: 'history & future' and 'body & mind' the courses available are: - on the move - re-visiting history - tech gadgets - sport - food -…

• morphosis architects: king abdullah petroleum studies and research center

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:50 am

  the new king abdullah petroleum studies and research center by morphosis architects all images courtesy morphosis architects the new king abdullah petroleum studies and research center (KAPSARC) is a tangible symbol of environmental innovation. morphosis architects proposal redefines the traditional campus into a three dimensional master plan of interconnected built form and planted landscapes that accommodate discrete zones of public and private program while also creating intersection and overlap between the two. embedded in this sculpted environment, an iconic hybrid building emerges…

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• Drew Estate: A Cigar Company's Take on Corporate Social Responsibility

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:02 am

  When you think about corporate social responsibility - i.e., good corporate citizenship - the cigar industry probably isn't the first that comes to mind. The cigar business is small and only appeals to a handful of customers. Though I've been a cigar smoker for close to 15 years and was a consumer business strategist for a major consulting firm, I'd never thought about the possibility of corporate social responsibility in the cigar world - it jest never occurred to me. While I was walking the Drew Estate factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, though, I began to hear the cues that signal an effort to…

• Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club members Choose their Favorite Home

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:01 am

  The shared ownership industry has made huge strides since timeshares first hit the scene in the 1970s. Besides the market's continued growth even during last year, called fittingly the annus horribilis by many, there has been a noticeable shift in quality and design aesthetics of purchased residences.. Gone are the basic ski chalets with cuckoo clocks, and plastic fern-festooned condos of the early years, and in their place are exceptional high-end residences where every element, both inside and out, is designed with painstaking detail. One reason for this re-emergence of design relevance is…

• The $10 Million Race to be Held at The New $2 Billion Meydan Track

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:02 am

  The $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race, is slated to be held on March 27, 2010 at the new Meydan Racetrack in Dubai. The complex however is open and the first races of the season took place the last week in January at the start of the Dubai International Racing Carnival. The new complex cost $2 billion to build and is quite unlike anything else in the horse racing world. In part this is due to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the ruler of Dubai and the driving force behind the racing region. In something out of another era, he had a special route built to the…

• Cartier Captures Snow Polo World Cup in St. Moritz

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:01 am

  The team fielded by famed French jeweler Cartier beat back rivals Brioni, Maserati and Swiss banking house Julius Baer to capture the 26th World Polo Cup on Snow in St. Moritz the other day. 15,000 well-heeled spectators cheered on during the four-day event, culminating in a nail-biting finale where Cartier and Julius Baer were tied 3 - 3 up until the very last minute when Cartier won a penalty shot with only 8 seconds remaining on the clock. A team of seven well-known Swiss star chefs with a combined total of 118 Gault-Millau points catered to the guests on the chic resort's frozen lake…

• Coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera to Launch Bentley Continental Shooting Brake in Geneva

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:01 am

  Earlier this month, we first heard of rumors that coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera planned to introduce a new bespoke version of the Bentley Continental GT. Now, we know that those rumors are confirmed and the vehicle in question will be an interesting shooting brake that will bow at the Geneva Motor Show early next month. Only 20 three-door estates are planned, and they'll reportedly be built atop the buyer's choice of a regular Continental GT or an uplevel Continental GT Speed. This will be the company's first product based on a vehicle from Bentley, though past models included…

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• Inspiration Monday: Eileen Gray

  Becky

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 am

  Some of you may have been as stunned as I was when Eileen Gray’s Dragon Chair went for $28 million at the Yves Saint Laurent auction a year ago. While I find this figure rather ridiculous, I glean a lot of inspiration from my latest book acquisition, EILEEN GRAY. I’m also seeing some of the roots of Kelly Wearstler’s latest Bravura Modern phase (I’ve been trying to understand that since that Domino with her pool house in it came out). Now I am starting to see it everywhere! You are probably more familiar with the Eileen Gray side table. They use it on practically every…

• DP Customer Profile: Ellen, Everett and a New “Big Boy Chair”

  ali

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:48 am

  Name: Ellen and Everett Where do you live? Oakland, CA What do you do? Sr. Public Events Manager, UC Berkeley DP Purchase/s: Pkolino Little Reader Chair How would you describe your design style? Modern with a splash of vintage and craftsman, and a dash of romper-room for good measure If you were a crayon, what color would you be? That amazing blue that you see in the sky at the very top (which is especially visible on cloudless sunny days). Any favorite design ideas? I’ve started re-using my son’s favorite cool shirts to make into small accent pillows for the sofa in his room. Any…

• DwellStudio Peacock Bedding Video

  Matt

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  We dropped in on the always delightful DwellStudio booth at the New York Gift Show yesterday. Here’s a preview from their soon-to-be-available Spring 2010 collection. More to come! DwellStudio Peacock Bedding at the NY Gift Show:

• Architecture Informing Grammy Fashion

  Becky

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:32 am

  I love to keep an eye on Lady Gaga’s wardrobe. She is the first person who has really kept me interested in all of her changes since Madonna. While most people would think of Glenda the Good Witch when they see this, I think of… The Bird’s Nest from the Beijing Olympics, by Herzog and de Meuron: Gaga image from who2.com. Nest image from archdaily

• Happy Groundhog Day!

  Becky

  2 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  Phil says there are going to be six more weeks of winter. Why console yourself by grabbing a copy of Groundhog Day and laughing at Bill Murray tonight? image from amazon.com

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• Start Wars

  Fubiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  En exclusivité pour Fubiz, voici cette nouvelle série d’images “The Dark Lens” issue de l’univers Star Wars pour Amusement, où l’on s’aperçoit que les combats de La Guerre des Etoiles n’ont jamais paru si vrais que sur terre. Un shooting réalisé à Dubaï par le photographe Cédric Delsaux. Pour aller plus loin : voici le précédent shooting de Cédric Delsaux / Portfolio en ligne. Previously on Fubiz War Games Christopher Wilson Sky in Dubai

• Rolls-Royce Ghost

  Fubiz

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am

  Une belle animation 2D présentée lors d’une démonstration en salon d’une voiture Rolls-Royce, le fabricant d’automobiles de luxe. Un travail du studio allemand 12frames sur une production de Gate 11, par l’équipe composée de Conny Unger, Markus Feder et Hartwig Tesar. Précédente réalisation vidéo : BMW Concept Car Previously on Fubiz Garuda Animation Drift Animation Press +

• Marithé François Girbaud Campaign

  Fubiz

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:55 am

  Voici la nouvelle campagne de Marithé et François Girbaud, une société qui tient son nom du couple de stylistes, possédant la baseline “This is a crazy world”. Un travail de 5 visuels par l’agence La Chose sur des clichés de Steve Hiett. Plus d’images dans la suite. Previously on Fubiz Start Wars Rolls-Royce Ghost Air - So Light is her Footfall

• Air - So Light is her Footfall

  Brad

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:40 am

  Après l’excellent travail 3D sur Massive Attack, retour sur le nouveau clip du groupe français Air, dirigé également par le réalisateur Edouard Salier. Ce titre est extrait de leur nouvel album “Love 2″. Le tout est à découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article. Previously on Fubiz Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom Nike Design Identity Massive Attack - United Snakes

• Cocoon Shower

  Fubiz

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am

  Après la maison Blob VB3 Mobile Living, voici cette cabine de douche en forme d’oeuf imaginée par la créatrice Arina Komarova. Une mise en scène sous la forme d’un cocon design et placé comme un élément central de la pièce. Plus d’images de l’objet à découvrir dans la suite. Previously on Fubiz W Hotels Starwood Start Wars Rolls-Royce Ghost

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• Geocentric Concept Watch

  Mr K (boss)

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:38 pm

  Imaginé par le jeune designer Geoffrey Cooper diplômé en 2009 du Art Center College of Design, un petit coup de projecteur sur l’étonnant concept Geocentric, une montre inspirée de science et de science-fiction qui utilise un mécanisme semblable à la rotation des planètes autour du soleil. En mouvement permanent sur le cadran, les anneaux créent ainsi un spectacle fascinant tout en proposant une nouvelle forme de lecture de l’heure ouverte au rêve et à la poésie. Enjoy ! Description originale A science and science fiction inspired watch that uses a motion similar to…

• Simon Page

  Clairette

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:18 pm

  Passionné de typographie, d’art et d’illustrations géométriques, le graphiste anglais Simon Page partage sur sa page Flickr ses élans créatifs, tous aussi inspirant les uns que les autres … Toute notre sélection de travaux dans la suite ! Découverte de notre sélection dans la galerie Voir l’étendu de son travail sur Flickr ou sur TypographyServed. Dans la même thématique Dan Tobin Smith Tim Navis Julien Vallée Wojciech Zalot Hotoh

• Credit Card Calculator Concept

  Mr K (boss)

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:14 pm

  Lors d’une sortie au restaurant entre amis, vous êtes plutôt partage égal ou chacun paie ce qu’il a mangé ? C’est face à ce dilemme connu de tous que les designers Jung You Chul, Her Miran, Lee Chang Ho, Lee Kiho et Shin Youngmi ont imaginé ce nouveau système de paiement « Piece of cake ». Le principe ? Chaque convive sélectionne à tour de rôle les plats et les boissons qu’il a consommé sur l’écran tactile du terminal qui calculera ensuite le montant de l’addition individuellement … du pain béni pour les radins !

• Juiced Magazine Opening Contest

  Mr K (boss)

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:11 pm

  Envie de vous refaire un look à tuer pour ce printemps ? Ca tombe plutôt bien, LG Electronics, Funk Royal Optics, Bagua Shoes et Monsieur Steve se sont associés à l’ouverture du nouveau magazine en ligne masculin Juiced Magazine pour vous faire gagner une douzaine de cadeaux plutôt sympa. Tous les détails sont par ici ! Et toujours WEBSITE /// www.juicedmagazine.com RSS /// Suscribe here FACEBOOK /// Official Group TWITTER /// Follow YOUTUBE /// Official Page Dans la même thématique Juiced Magazine – Official Trailer Juiced Magazine Diesel Jeans – Be stupid TrendsNow…

• This Is A Crazy World

  Mr K (boss)

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:52 pm

  Réalisée par l’agence La Chose sur un shooting du photographe Steve Hiett, un petit clin d’oeil pour l’excellente campagne de la maison de couture Marithé + François Girbaud. Signé de la baseline This Is A Crazy World faisant référence à l’expression « le monde marche sur la tête », découvrez les 5 visuels dans la suite ! Découverte de l’ensemble des visuels de la campagne Agence La Chose & Photos Steve Hiett – via Dans la même thématique Senior Self Defence Academy La Cucina Italiana’s apple inspired campaign Diesel Jeans – Be stupid Evian Live…

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• Ad Hoc Personas

  Adam Churchill

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:04 am

  Treat your team to a conference-quality seminar right from your own office. Join us for the next UIE Virtual Seminar, The Power of Ad Hoc Personas: Truly Practical Methods to Get Your Organization On the Same Page, with Tamara Adlin, Thursday, February 18. When you kick off a project right, everything is much easier. When that doesn’t happen, the team pays the price. We’ve all seen projects where, part way in, a well-intentioned executive derailed the team by changing the direction. To prevent this, we want to put everyone with the power to take the project off course, on to the…

• SpoolCast: Leveraging Search Patterns & Discovery with Peter Morville

  Brian Christiansen

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:11 am

  Duration: 36m | 21 MB Recorded: January, 2010 Brian Christiansen, UIE Podcast Producer [ Subscribe to our podcast via ←This link will launch the iTunes application.] [ Subscribe with other podcast applications.] Peter Morville is the co-presenter of one of our most popular UIE Virtual Seminars of all time, Leverage Search and Discovery Patterns. As is often the case, our audience came up with a heap of thoughtful questions, which we decided to break up into two podcasts. This is the first, and the second will feature Peter’s co-presenter Mark Burrell answering even more of your…

• UIEtips: Part 1 – The Apple Store’s Checkout Form Redesign

  Jared Spool

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am

  It’s hard to have a conversation about great design without mentioning Apple. Usually, we’re talking about the design of the iPod, iPhone, or last week’s newly announced iPad. However, those aren’t the only interesting challenges Apple’s talented designers have tackled. They’ve done an amazing job with something that wouldn’t get a lot of attention otherwise: the web site checkout forms. In this issue of UIEtips, Luke Wroblewski dissects the newly redesigned Apple.com checkout process. As always, his critique is brilliant, providing a ton of great…

• SpoolCast: Escaping Navigation Hell with Hagan Rivers

  Brian Christiansen

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:20 pm

  Duration: 25m | 14 MB Recorded: January, 2010 Brian Christiansen, UIE Podcast Producer [ Subscribe to our podcast via ←This link will launch the iTunes application.] [ Subscribe with other podcast applications.] Hagan Rivers We turn to Hagan Rivers for insight on designing challenging web applications year-after-year because she just keeps coming up with better and better ideas. When we were talking with her late last year, she mentioned she had another innovation in her web app design workflow, which sounded a bit strange at first blush: she designs the navigation as a separate…

• SpoolCast: Stephen Anderson on Seductive Interactions

  Brian Christiansen

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:32 pm

  Duration: 36m | 20MB Recorded: January, 2010 Brian Christiansen, UIE Podcast Producer [ Subscribe to our podcast via ←This link will launch the iTunes application.] [ Subscribe with other podcast applications.] How can we design systems that encourage the behaviors we want? One of the bleeding edge ideas we’ll be talking about at the UIE Web App Masters Tour is adding motivation to web applications. How do you encourage user behavior through the design of your web app? It may initially sound a bit far-fetched, but there’s an industry that’s been shaping its…

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• When Drawing on the Walls is Okay

  Robert

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:21 pm

  Treat a wall in your home to Land of Nod’s wallpaper filled with blank picture frames, and invite your kids to draw and create to their hearts’ content. Wallpaper Frames |  $40 for double roll at Land of Nod

• Dinosaurs Get Wired With New iPhone App

  Robert

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:38 am

  Here’s great way to keep the kids occupied while in the car or waiting in line at the market – with the new iPhone application from the American Museum of Natural History. Filled with over 800 images from the world’s largest collection of dinosaur fossils, DINOSAURS: American Museum of Natural History Collections is now available in the museum’s first official iPhone and iPod Touch applications. Get more information and download instructions via the AHNH website. Order Your Holiday Cards Now from Tiny Prints Visit our sponsors: Orbit Baby – a modern baby…

• Giant Cotton Rope Doily

  Robert

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:56 pm

  There’s gotta be a few hundred little kids’ rooms perfect for Jean Lee’s mega-doily made by hand from cotton rope.  Oh Joy! blog reports - This rug (and DIY instructions) will be part of a new book, Crafting a Meaningful Home by Meg Mateo Ilasco, coming out this fall and published by STC Craft. I’ve seen this piece in person, and it’s seriously amazing! Order Your Holiday Cards Now from Tiny Prints Visit our sponsors: Orbit Baby – a modern baby transportation system Boodalee – modern kids bedding Boon – hip baby products and toddler gear Card…

• Brain Slug Cupcakes

  Robert

  25 Jan 2010 | 11:57 pm

  What kid wouldn’t love these brain-slug cupcakes at your next birthday party? Visit our sponsors: Orbit Baby – a modern baby transportation system Boodalee – modern kids bedding Boon – hip baby products and toddler gear Card Store – stylish holiday photo cards and more Inspired Crib Bedding – contemporary baby crib bedding Spunky Sprout – toys + organics + gifts + modern designs Wallter – coat racks, mobiles, wall decor, and textiles Zutano – clothes as unique as your baby

• Share Family Photos and Videos Easily via Pogoplug

  Robert

  21 Jan 2010 | 12:36 am

  If you’re wary of uploading your family photos onto Facebook, Flickr, or any other public social site, then take a look at Pogoplug.  This device lets you store your family videos and photos on a hard drive in your own home and share them easily online with only those you want share with.  What’s more is Pogoplug lets you access your files from anywhere in the world via your laptop or desktop. I love the idea about storing all my files on a hard drive  in my home or office, and saving the time to upload them to a website or online backup service. Find out more at the Pogoplug…

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• Job-Free RSS Feed

  Armin

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am

  I don't know what other blog proprietor listens to its readers more than I do. Let the record show that I care! If job postings on your RSS Feed are an affront to your online reading habits please subscribe to the Brand New Job-Free RSS Feed. If we start receiving an inundating amount of job postings I will be happy to reconsider the individual postings on the home page; it might become an end-of-week post with all of them together. Let's give it some time. Don't forget to cast your vote about this post online

• Full Time Senior Graphic Designer / Ahead, Inc

  The Job Board

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:28 pm

  Ahead, Inc. is actively looking for experienced candidates to help in the design of graphics for golf headwear and apparel, as well as potentially doing artwork for labels, hangtags, and design for advertising/marketing materials. Ahead primarily works in embroidered graphics on our caps/garments, but do also work with applique, woven labels, screen print, and several other design techniques. See the rest of this job opening [Ed.'s Note: Thanks to Ahead, Inc. for being the first to post through Brand New. To our readers: this is how you can expect the Brand New-specific jobs to show up;…

• Introducing the Brand New Job Board

  Armin

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:49 pm

  It is our great pleasure to announce that Brand New has joined Coroflot, the most dynamic, relevant and effective job board available for designers today. If you know exactly what this means and need no further introduction, make yourself at home and go browse or post a job at the Brand New Job Board — a handy button has been added to the right of the logo. If you would like to learn a little more, keep on reading. For those Looking for JobsThe Brand New Job Board displays all job postings in the Coroflot inventory; you don't need to pay anything to see them. You may filter them through…

• Comcast! You've got some Xplainin' to do!

  Armin

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:31 am

  Based in Philadelphia, with approximately 100,000 employees worldwide, Comcast is the largest provider of cable, internet and digital phone in the United States with 23.6 million, 15.9 million, and 7.6 million customers respectively. To add to its media influence, this past December, Comcast became the majority owner of NBC Universal with a 51% stake in the company in partnership with GE, who owns the other 49%. Comcast also owns television networks like E! Entertainment, the Golf Channel and Sprouts. With a diversifying range of businesses, the parent company, Comcast Corporation announced…

• Molson Canadian, Now More Canadian

  Brand New

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:36 am

  First brewed in 1959 Molson Canadian has never shied away from wearing its Canadian-ness on its sleeve. Whether it be the pseudo rabble-rousing "I am Canadian" ads of the late 1990s, the Molson Mega Keg (an overt play on Canada's love of oversized monuments along the Trans-Canada Highway), or even the brand name itself. However Canadians have always had a bit of a love hate relationship with brands that speak so directly to the notion of being Canadian. So it's no surprise that recent examples of Molson Canadian's overt Canadiana often walk the line between patriotic and palatable by…

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• 3D In 3 Minutes

  28 Jan 2010 | 10:22 pm

  In case you've been under a rock, it's a 3D world. In this edition of Epic Fu Film, we talk about people who prefer 3D movies to reality, look at YouTube's foray into 3D, and see an amazing 3D video projection project! Film Fu of the Week: UrbanScreen's 555 Kubik Facade Projection Short Film Spotlight: Re-entry by Tim Maupin - a 3D short thesis film Discussion: 3D: Better Than the Real Thing? Show Links: Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Gremlins 3, Ghostbusters 3, House of Wax 3D clip, Dial M for Murder clip, The Three Stooges in Spooks, Althouse on…

• Can Music Save the World?

  25 Jan 2010 | 10:36 pm

  It's the first Epic Fu Music, and just in time! We take a look at the efforts musicians are making to help Haiti, a project pairing street musicians with pop songs, and hear about the songs and albums that changed your life. Music Fu of the Week: The Sixty One - their new visual music discovery site is amazing Music Video Spotlight: Jam Session 2.0 - 8 people with 5 instruments from 4 continents speaking 3 languages for 1 song Discussion: What song or album changed your life? Show Links: Hope for Haiti Now, Wyclef's video for Haiti, Wilco's free concert music, Music for Relief, Playing for…

• Conan's Balls of Steel!

  21 Jan 2010 | 4:48 pm

  We're back with a new season! Today it's our first Epic Fu Film and we are urging Conan O'Brien to take his orange coiffure to the web! Plus we look at film fights, recreated memories, the shortest of shorts, and a one man film studio! It's Epic Fu Film! Film Fu of the Week: Alex Roman and his film The Third & The Seventh Short Film Spotlight: Zombie Zombie (France), Directed by Simon Gesrel and Xavier Ehretsmann Show Links: I'm With CoCo Facebook group, LA Conan rally video, NYC Conan Rally video, Crazy CGI version of the late night battle out of Taiwan, Conan's statement refusing to move…

• Epic Fu Returns Jan 21!

  12 Jan 2010 | 12:54 am

  It's been ages but we're coming back better than ever!!! We'll be posting behind-the-scenes videos leading up to the Jan 21 relaunch for Season 6. If you're in LA, come party with us on Jan 21st -- free drinks all night! Click the "links" tab for all the links! Big thanks to HP and Intel for sponsoring the relaunch!!! Come to our relaunch party with the good folks from Tubefilter! Free drinks all night! http://epicfu.com/party. If you can't make it don't worry -- pour a drink and tune in to http://epicfu.com/live. Big thanks to HP and Intel for sponsoring the relaunch. They will be giving…

• BEST OF: your copyright can kiss my ass

  8 Jan 2010 | 12:33 pm

  An Epic Fu BEST OF: Did you know that you're a thief? This week it's all about copyleft, the Pirate Bay, Girl Talk, and the new remix culture that bubbles with creative goodness. Plus, an amazing new music video from Passion Pit and Zadi gets a moonwalking lesson! FU of the Week: Brett Gaylor - Rip: a Remix Manifesto, Open Source Cinema, Remix the soundtrack, Post a review of Rip if you've seen it! Music Video Spotlight: The Reeling by Passion Pit - Their MySpace Artist of the Week: Miss Bugs and Mr. Joe Black - Her site, His site, If Miss Bugs' site is having problems, check out here work…

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• Track Mouse Activity On Your Computer

  Nathan

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:31 am

  Anatoly Zenkov provides this nifty tool (Mac and PC) to track your mouse pointer. Really simple. Just start it, let it run, minimize the window, and carry on as usual. In the end, you get this image that looks something like a Pollock. Circles show areas where the pointer didn't move while the tracks show movement. The above is my own activity during the past couple of hours. I was just randomly browsing while watching the Laker game, so it's kind of all over the place. Run while using a single application for a while, and you might see something like Zenkov's tracks on Photoshop. What do…

• Data Underload #8 – Unsolicited

  Nathan

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:56 am

  A few months back, the Caltrans Performance Measurement System (PeMS) opened up a brand spanking new forum where people could discuss how they used the group's traffic data. They created an email list to tell everyone about the new forum. The problem is that PeMS used a single address to email everyone. So when someone "replied all," he would in turn email every single person on the list. What followed was a long thread of emails that (entertaining) morning. This is that email thread. It got ugly quick (and kind of inappropriate towards the end). Let this be a lesson to you site…

• Weekend Fodder

  Nathan

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Here are some links and stuff to chew on as you wait for the Super Bowl, in between the beer, pizza, and wings. Pink Floyd Timeline, 1960-2000 - A highly stylized timeline of music from Pink Floyd over the years. The making of the NYT’s Netflix graphic - The interactive showing the geography of Netlfix rentals was a big hit around the Web. Detailed, engaging, interesting, and a great ad for Netflix. An Interview With Nicholas Felton, Creator of the Feltron Annual Report - It manages to make a bigger splash every month. Felton gets into some of the details of compiling the report [thanks,…

• Undergraduate Summer Program for Statistics

  Nathan

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  If you're an undergraduate with an interest in data and statistics, you should definitely consider applying to this one-week summer program: Explorations in Statistics Research. It's in Boulder, Colorado and your travel expenses, along with room and board, will be covered. The seven day workshop is designed so that students get a sense of how statisticians approach large, complex problems. Several different topics will be presented over the course of the week. You'll also get hands-on experience with computing and visualization tools. Basically, you're going to have fun with data when you're…

• Excessively Labeled Airplane Tells You Where the Big Cheese Sits

  Nathan

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:51 am

  In case the in-flight pamphlet isn't enough for you, everything on this Kulula airplane is labeled for your convenience. Look, there's even a spot to put your boots. So convenient. [Thanks, Fernando]

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• Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:48 am

  The School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University sponsors and exhibition and symposium Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation.

• Hungarian Rhapsody

  Design Observer

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

  This collection is the record of the immensely productive life of György Kepes.

• Chicago Self-Park

  Design Observer

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:21 am

  In Chicago Self-Park, editor and photographer Alan Thomas explores the city's large multistory parking structures, which "give the viewer inside a particular way of framing the cityscape beyond."

• DesigNYC

  Design Observer

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  DesigNYC is the latest grass-roots organization to match socially minded designers with nonprofits.

• Left Me Speechless

  Design Observer

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am

  Our work should not merely address the political injustices wrought by discriminatory laws: it should register the sense of loss inflicted on those who suffer them.

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  GUERRILLA INNOVATION

• The Story of the Red Carpet Four

  13 Jan 2010 | 8:32 am

  On December 17th 2009 four Greenpeace activists grabbed news headlines around the world after they peacefully gate-crashed a party dinner for the heads of states during the Copenhagen climate summit. Their action - or performance - left the Danish police not only embarrassed but also very upset, and the four activists was jailed for 20 days without trial. The activists were referred to as The Red Carpet Four and while they were still in prison, Greenpeace released a video telling their story. • Video on YouTube

• Chicago Teleporter - Google Street View Art

  13 Jan 2010 | 8:11 am

  A piece by Nicolas Roope (of Hulger, Poke and much more) in which he plays with the boundaries between a virtual visit to Chicago in Google Streetview and a real visit to Chicago in person. Apparently it worked like this: Nicolas first went to selected places in Google Streetview, grabbed some of the Street View images and photoshopped himself into them. Subsequently, he went in person to the same places in Chicago, placed a print of the photoshopped Street View images at the scene they were originally taken. Then, he documented it by taking a photo of the image and put it on the web along…

• City Eyes: Amsterdam Windows

  13 Jan 2010 | 7:59 am

  City Eyes is a project from 2008 by DUS Architects that addresses the border between the private and public domain. Through a series of events in Amsterdam, the architects played with the characteristics of the window as a screen between interior and exterior. See for instance the performative project "breakfast" (image) which connects a living room with the street outside. • www.dusarchitects.com | Via

• Super Sustainable Man

  13 Jan 2010 | 7:55 am

  A Dutch character used in a TV program on climate change. Perhaps an idea for the next generation of comic heroes. •Promo on youtube

• Cut-Up Climate Poetry

  9 Dec 2009 | 10:34 am

  A public event in which three poets created small pieces of climate inspired poetry based on various sources of text, such as the Danish Google translation of the Kyoto protocol. The event took place in conjunction with the UN Climate Change Conference. For an overview of other related events taking place in Copenhagen these days, check out Hopenhagenlive. • Via www.ibyen.dk

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  InspirationKing

• Blogsolid

  Not an entirely new concept, but beautiful nonetheless.

• Emeril's

  A great website with a very pleasing design.

• Trale

  Something is very soothing about this website. Good design and usability at it’s best!

• Web Designer Wall

  Amazing eye for detail and colour. A must see!

• Portfolio

  Boring? Perfect? Either way it’s drop dead gorgeus.

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  Matter/Anti-Matter

• The hardware hogs all the glory

  Adam Richardson

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:27 pm

  Why do we get so attracted to shiny new hardware, when it's actually the software and services that make the hardware worthwhile?

• Social media and sports: Sony Ericsson's Twittercup

  Tim Leberecht

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:41 am

  Here's an example of a traditional marketer proving with a smart Twitter campaign that social media and sports are a natural fit.

• Apple is the zeitgeist company

  Adam Richardson

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:50 pm

  The launch of the iPad yesterday put an exclamation mark on an increasingly obvious point: Apple is the company that has captured the cultural zeitgeist. It has moved beyond being a business to become a cultural force.

• Privacy is over. Here comes sociality.

  Tim Leberecht

  19 Jan 2010 | 5:16 pm

  As widely discussed by privacy advocates and blogs, Facebook recently changed some of its privacy settings. Users are no longer able to limit the viewing of their profile photos, home towns, and friends lists to only approved friends.

• Twitter grows up in aftermath of Haiti earthquake

  Tim Leberecht

  19 Jan 2010 | 10:27 am

  According to the Nielsen Company, Twitter has taken the lead as a distribution hub for information about the disaster.

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  PSFK

• Dan Meyer’s Animated Annual Report

  Following on the heels of Nick Feltron's popular annual report, Dan Meyer has taking life tracking into a new medium with his animated 2009 annual report. A short video explores different statistics about Meyer's life such as: pop culture consumed, people talked to, beer drank and places visited. Watch the video ...

• The Future Well: Design For Health and Happiness

  Today, Grant Harrison and Dr. Jay Parkinson launched their design and health innovation consulting firm, The Future Well, which aims to design innovative practices that make a positive impact on health, happiness, and business. They have created a decentralized, cost-effective network of experts bound by a unified mission: "to improve health ...

• (Data Visualization) The Mythical United States of Facebook

  GigaOM guides us to the data visualization former Apple engineer Peter Warden created as a result of digging through the 210 million profiles that populate Facebook. His latest findings revealed patterns by location, drawing connections between places that share friends. Warden's qualitative analysis of Facebook users in the United States is ...

• (Pic) The Rug Scale

  A conceptual design by Kwan Sunman offers a softer take on the traditional home scale. A plush rug covers a thin scale, and a small tab provides digital readouts of the user's weight. [Red Dot via Gizmodo]

• Gmail Update To Compete With Twitter

  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google plans to launch a new 'updates' service this Wednesday which will be seen my the industry as a move to compete with social media services including Twitter and Facebook. The move will will allow the 176m Gmail users to view a stream ...

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  The Serif

• Jim Davies

  Chris J

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am

  Jim at totalcontent has just released some great promotional posters designed by Rich and Si at Elmwood with illustrations by Rob from The Partners and copy from the man himself. More info and shots on his blog.

• Peter Iain Campbell

  Stephen

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:59 am

  Peter Iain Campbell has some cracking shots in his portfolio and a nice site too.

• Wallpaper* Berlin city guide—FREE

  Gil

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:19 am

  Wallpaper* and Phaidon have made a name for themselves over the years for producing small but well crafted city guides for the self discerning tourist. A pocket sized and well designed guide can be a real insight into a city’s character but carrying around a city guide isn’t for everyone and does shout out TOURIST. However, Wallpaper* have developed their city guides into a line of iPhone apps that are as well designed as the guides themselves if not lacking a little in content. Currently Wallpaper* are giving away the Berlin City guide on the iTunes App Store for FREE. Yes…

• Effektive

  Glenn

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  British graphic designer, FFF Contributor and all round good guy Greig Anderson has set up a new studio in Glasgow and has posted a few updates on the Effektive Site. Look out for more solid work from Greig in the next 12 months.

• We live now!

  Glenn

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Live Now have teamed up with How Books to bring you the Live Now book, featuring a collection of inspirational quotes and illustrations pursuing the notion of living a happy and engaged life. The book will roughly consist of 200, perforated pages that can be easily torn out and hung up or given away to spread smiles. We’ll keep you updated on it’s release! The Live Now project has a new site by Eric Smith.

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  The Dieline

• Bitter Sisters Cocktail Mixers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:31 pm

  Packaging for Bitter Sisters, a Bitter Cocktail Mixer. Designed by Shane Cranford.

• Urban Outfitters Tights & Socks

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:28 pm

  "New tight packaging for urban outfitters! Simplifying the look; brown kraft boxes with a brightly colored paper band. Each style tight has its own color band, so everyone can find what they are looking for."Designed by Grayhood. More images after the jump.         

• Box Bottle Bag is Here! Now Shipping!

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm

   TheDieline.com, the world’s number one package design website, is the go-to site for packaging design. Established in 2007, it is a the major influencer in the package design industry, providing a forum for the design community to stay abreast of the latest industry trends, developments and projects. Box Bottle Bag, showcases examples of the best of the best from the website, plus never-before-seen projects from top packaging designers from around the world. This inspirational and highly visual book, authored by the site’s editor in chief Andrew Gibbs, showcases examples of the best of…

• Student Spotlight: Rise Coffee & Gum

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:44 am

  Love the illustration work from Hillary Fisher a recent student at Creative Circus.

• Bombay Sapphire Layers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  New work from Barcelona based Durero Packaging. This is their latest design for Bacardi Group called Bombay Sapphire Layers Christmas Edition. They made a custom folding carton with a metallic blue aluminium effect, a limited edition only for Spain and Denmark markets. Many more images after the jump.       

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  trendwatching.com

• February 2010 | FUNCTIONALL

  24 Jan 2010 | 5:01 pm

  FUNCTIONALL highlights a new breed of products that are simple / small / cheap (with a dash of sustainability), giving them global appeal, from India to Sweden. Now, if that doesn't warrant a brainstorming session... Read FUNCTIONALL »

• December 2009 | 10 CRUCIAL CONSUMER TRENDS FOR 2010

  16 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm

  All yours: ten consumer trends that will inspire you to introduce new products and services over the next 12 months. Remember, you can't shrink your way to greatness ;-) Read 10 CRUCIAL CONSUMER TRENDS FOR 2010 »

• October 2009 | NOWISM

  12 Oct 2009 | 6:01 pm

  As the future is uncertain, and the past is, well, the past, instant-gratification seeking consumers are embracing anything that is 'real-time' with more passion than ever before. And despite this trend's seemingly ephemeral character, it is rich in solid, applicable trend examples... Read NOWISM »

• September 2009 | TRANSPARENCY TRIUMPH

  30 Aug 2009 | 6:01 pm

  Think 'transparency' is an established, maturing theme? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Here’s a fresh look at the latest and greatest in the transparency arena, where savvy consumers (as well as on-trend brands) can score triumph after triumph. Read TRANSPARENCY TRIUMPH »

• August 2009 | Catching-up is the new looking ahead

  14 Jul 2009 | 6:01 pm

  Instead of ambushing you with yet another Big New Trend this month, we decided to make life (somewhat) easier for all of us, and send you an overview of the trends we have so far highlighted in 2009. From ECO-TRANSIENT to LESS & LONGING. Please study the theory, scan the many examples, and get ready for a no doubt turbulent remainder of 2009... Read Catching-up is the new looking ahead »

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  visualcomplexity.com

• Plasma

  Comissioned by ArtAids, for the exhibition FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, Plasma is an interactive network of links and tags that belongs to a ongoing research on the topic of AIDS, from an integral and holistic point of view. Created by Santiago Ortiz and L�a Legrand, the project is still under way and welcoming further collaboration.

• NetFlix Similarity Map

  This visualization depicts the similarities between 5,000 movies as found by an algorithm used for the Netflix Prize. Movies are represented by dots with adjacent titles. Similar movies, as determined by customer rating patterns, are connected by a line. Colors closer to red indicate a weaker similarity, and colors closer to yellow indicate a stronger similarity. Many similarly-rated movies tend to cluster around topics, themes, directors, or actors. You can see a previous version of the project here.

• PostModernNews

  PostModernNews deconstructs a collection of Twitter messages into a bag-of-words, replacing syntax with a graphic re-arrangement of terms that the reader must re-associate to assert meaning. Users can either enter particular search terms or select one of the expandable categories, e.g., Trends, Celebrities, Editorial, to get started. The interaction with the generated territory allows different behaviors. While some relationships are drawn, others are implied with boundaries, solid or porous, and others only appear when queried with the cursor.

• Mentionmap

  Released by Asterisq, Mentionmap is a web app for exploring your Twitter network. It allows you to discover which people you interact the most and what they're talking about. It's also an interesting way to find relevant people to follow.The visualization runs in your browser and displays data from the Twitter API. It loads each user's Twitter status updates (tweets) and finds the people and hashtags they talked about the most. Clicking a user will display their network of mentions as well as details from their profile. The lines drawn between nodes become thicker the more users mention each…

• SourceMap

  SourceMap is an outstanding venture sponsored by different groups within the MIT. As they state on the site: "When you invite people to an event, buy the ingredients for a recipe, or design the parts of a product, your choices have a significant impact. Some things have vast supply chains that stretch across the world while others are completely regional. Understanding the reach of our sourcing is fundamental to improving economic, social and environmental conditions."Sourcemap is a tool for producers, business owners and consumers to understand the impact of supply chains. The site is a…

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  Viewers Like You

• Evolved Creatures

  VLU | Max

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:59 pm

  Saw this on PBS almost 20 years ago. 

• "Staying Put"

  VLU | Tokyo | Ian

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:16 pm

  My latest print project, a double poster set called "Poster Initiative 004A" will debut at Grasshut in Portland, Oregon in the show "Staying Put". The show opens tomorrow, February 6. The show is a collection of prints from folks such as Yellena James, Tim Biskup, Scrappers, Chris Johanson, APAK, Mauro Gatti, Shawn Wolfe, The Little Friends of Printmaking, Studio Folk, and others. Work from the show is available online here. Location: Grasshut 811 East Burnside Portland, OR 97214 503.445.9924

• Hints For Better Living - dir. Mike Asaf

  VLU | Max

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm

  New hints from SF base Mike Asaf. See the old hints here.

• Jason Park

  VLU | Tokyo | Ian

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Trevor Sias and I started a new skateboard company called OPEN last year. This is our siiiiick rider Jason Park.

• Mia Doi Todd "Open Your Heart" dir. Michel Gondry

  VLU | Max

  1 Feb 2010 | 1:26 pm

  Flux interview with Mia. 

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  wrongdistance.com

• Christopher lg hill

  wrongdistance

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:21 pm

  found here.

• Ansen Seale

  wrongdistance

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:17 pm

  This work, while a bit gimmicky, is well executed. I wonder if it would hold up well in a gallery / in first person. Link (via hysysk)

• Frédéric Poincelet

  wrongdistance

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:46 pm

  You should really see all these drawings in full, large size over at flickr. Really great work found at one of my new favorite blogs: http://svartkonst.net

• Tisch Abelow

  wrongdistance

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:27 pm

  Very much liking these paintings entitled “MamaBaby” + “MamaBaby2″  by Tisch Abelow – link

• Ben Peterson

  wrongdistance

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm

  Link

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  Innovationlab.dk -

• Ny konferenceRADAR: PDMA 09

  Innovation Lab

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  For Innovation Labs medlemmer er en ny konferenceRADAR klar til download. Det drejer sig om Morten Hejlesens beretning fra innovationskonferencen PDMA 09, som er en af de helt store konferencer for innovation og produktudvikling. Herunder en opsummering af de vigtigste tendenser. Innovation Labs medlemmer kan gå videre og hente hele RADARen (medlemsindhold). "PDMA09 gav et fornemt indblik i fremtidens innovationsformer. Det kommer helt konkret til at dreje sig om 5 områder: læs mere

• FOREDRAG: Fremtidens Grænseløse Arbejdsplads

  Morten Hejlesen

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am

  Fremtidens organisation er grænseløs og arbejdspladsen er virtualiseret. Innovation Lab har identificeret seks markante tendenser, som alle organisationer vil blive influeret af fremover. Fælles er et fundamentalt skifte i logikkerne bag fremtidens virksomhed, hvor det ikke længere gælder om at besidde viden og ressourcer men snarere handler om at klæde organisationen på til at deltage i flows og kontinuerlig vidensudvikling. læs mere

• Åbne patenter er god forretning

  Jonas Juhler Hansen

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:18 am

  På den ene side står patenter, intellektuelle rettigheder og lukkede systemer. På den anden åbne API'er, Open Source og Creative Commons. Fronterne er i den grad trukket op, når det handler om, hvordan gode idéer og innovation trives bedst, og man kan med rette tale om to vidt forskellige paradigmer. Skal alt låses ned, så ingen kan kopiere eller nasse på ens genialitet - eller skal det - under kontrollerede forhold - åbnes op og deles, så man i fællesskab kan videreudvikle og forfine? læs mere

• The Google Secrets Vol. III

  Louise Jakobsen

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:57 pm

  Hvordan kan en organisation være SÅ innovativ og succesfuld? En yderst crisp rapport fra Stanford University læses i øjeblikket af denne Lab Agent, den afslører mangt en grund til Googles ustoppelige færd og evindelige innovationshøjde. Så værsgod; her er shot no. 3 - et koncentrat af innovationsregler, do´s and dont´s og meget mere. læs mere

• Tilmeld dig medlemsbriefing #3: Future of Work

  Jonas Juhler Hansen

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:33 am

  Er du medlem af Innovation Lab, kan du nu tilmelde dig næste medlemsbriefing Future of Work, som afholdes d. 23. feb i KBH og d. 24. i Århus. Som navnet antyder handler briefingen om fremtidens arbejdsplads og organisation. Fremtidens organisation er grænseløs og virtuel. Den digitale tidsalder har åbnet for radikalt nye arbejdsformer og rokker ved fundamentet for den måde virksomheder fungerer på. De smarte høster fordele af helt nye måder at skabe tætte relationer til kunderne og accelererer innovation gennem globale kompetencenetværk og internt samarbejde. De uheldige bliver…

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  the johnson banks thought for the week

• iPonderings

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:12 am

  It’s hard to believe that it’s still less just a week since the iPad was launched. Steve Jobs says it’s like ‘holding the internet in your hands’. Critics have compared it to Barack Obama, as living up to impossible expectations (or not). Bloggers have (mainly) savaged it, but they of course savaged the iPhone too. Stephen Fry, somewhat breathlessly, thinks Jack Bauer will want to return just to download schematics onto it. The Economist has gone all religious on us, and whilst asserting that ‘some media companies are dying, and a new gadget will not…

• Demons out. Or we eat all the soya beans.

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am

  Obviously 2009 was a tricky year for lot of people, so what better way to cleanse all that away and drive away the evil spirits for the coming year. Cue Setsubun at johnson banks.Essentially the toshiotoko, or male head of the household... ...gets to grab handfuls of roasted soyabeans......and rather than eat them, chucks them at the rampaging ogres, shouting ‘Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!’ (‘Demons out! Luck in!’). Then you can pig out on the soyabeans, but only one for each year of your life. (Not sure about this rule, seems a little stingy to us.)If you're looking…

• Posters available, space needed, thoughts welcome

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:27 am

  A serious new year clear-up has made us realise just how many posters we have in the archive that we designed for La Villette. Over a seven year period from 2000 to 2007, we designed hundreds of items every year for the cultural park in the north-east of Paris.A great project to work on, and the highlight was the posters - major events each had their own bespoke designs, 1.5 metres tall and a metre wide. We’re not entirely sure how many we did, probably hundreds, but it’s struck us as we sort through them that there must be between thirty and fifty of them that are pretty…

• Science and skating

  30 Jan 2010 | 1:33 am

  The past week has seen various attempts by team johnson banks to get away from our desks and banish those January blues.We were there for the end of ‘Skate’ at Somerset House, practicing our synchronised skating routines. They’re coming on pretty well. After that came a visit to the Science Museum for its monthly ‘Late’ night where children are banned, there are four bars and 3,000 twenty-and-thirty-somethings descend on one of London’s favourite institutions. They’ve become amazingly popular evenings. In between discussing quantum physics over…

• The Beatles in Computer Arts magazine

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:22 am

  Late last year we were asked to make some notes and gather some images on how our Beatles stamps came about. We duly did what we were asked and collated some images, assuming it would maybe a page of text and some little pictures. Consequently, there’s some surprise at johnson banks towers that the piece is, er, 6 pages long. Interspersed with proper images there are what were tiny scribbles of unsuccessful routes (like ‘exploring lyrics’) blown up a little larger than expected. Whoops. Still. Looks OK. Ish. The piece appears in the January Edition of Computer Arts projects…

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  Sireh Dan Cengkeh Terpilih.

• Ilshah Shahbir. Pelukis

  Syed Syahrul Zarizi

  20 Jan 2010 | 5:31 am

  Saudara Muhammad Shahbir atau lebih dikenali sebagai Ilshah Shabir merupakan antara pengerak utama Komuniti Pelukis Hutan Bandar yang baru sahaja selesai mengadakan pameran seni lukisan bertajuk Preview seni yang sudah masuk ke edisi ke 3. Saya sempat berjumpa dengan saudara Ilshah untuk bertanyakan tentang karya beliau ‘Inspirasi Selatan’ yang sedang dipamerkan di Galeri Seni Johor. Similar Posts: Teuku Faruq. Pelukis grafiti. RUAS. ‘Ruang Seni’ – Projek Seni Anak-Anak Selatan Malaysia Rozinor Razali. Pereka grafik & pengarah filem…

• Kristy Anne Ligones. Illustrator and graphic designer.

  Syed Syahrul Zarizi

  10 Jan 2010 | 12:20 am

  Kristy Anne Ligones, aka KDLIG is a graphic designer and illustrator from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Her personal works are inspired by Surrealism, Urban, Graffiti and Low-Brow art, mostly focused in digital, though from time to time, she still does traditional art like pen and ink, oil and acrylic painting. Her major breakthrough was when she won an international online shirt design competition at threadless that made a mark for her to establish a name in the world of Graphic and shirt designing in the online art community. Thank you to Kristy for answering my questions. Q.Tell…

• Nuraina A. Samad. Penulis.

  Syed Syahrul Zarizi

  8 Jan 2010 | 5:54 pm

  (Nota: Tarikh asal temubual ini ialah pada 23 april 2009, sebelum beliau dilantik ke jawatan Pengarang Urusan NST) Disebabkan siri ‘Tuesdays With Bapak’, pada setiap pagi Selasa, perkara pertama yang saya lakukan apabila membuka komputer ialah terus ke blog 3540 Jalan Sudin. Hari Selasa hari istimewa. Boleh buat kita duka atau gembira. Tulisan Puan Nuraina, anak Tan Sri A Samad Ismail tentang kehidupan mereka sekeluarga sekitar penahanan Pak Samad di bawah ISA sunguh menyentuh perasaan sesiapa yang membaca. Ia merupakan bacaan wajib bukan hanya untuk peminat Pak Samad Ismail,…

• Rozinor Razali. Pereka grafik & pengarah filem bahagian 2

  Syed Syahrul Zarizi

  30 Dec 2009 | 3:28 pm

  Sebelum ini saya pernah menemubual saudara Rozinor dan pada acara RUAS, kami dipertemukan lagi. Di acara tersebut saudara Rozinor telah berkongsi pengalaman sebagai pengarah filem dengan peserta yang lain dan sempat menayangkan sebuah filem pendek beliau. (temubual oleh Tok Rimau) Untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang saudara Rozinor , sila lihat temuramah saya bersama beliau sebelum ini. Web : http://rozinorazali.comSimilar Posts: Dean Sham. Pengarah filem bebas. Rozinor Razali. Pereka grafik & pengarah filem. Timmy Fahmi. Vokalis kugiran Young And Dangerous. RUAS.

• Dean Sham. Pengarah filem bebas.

  Syed Syahrul Zarizi

  29 Dec 2009 | 3:13 pm

  Temubual bersama Dean Sham, pengarah filem bebas ini telah dirakamkan semasa acara RUAS yang telah berlangsung pada 28 November lepas bertempat di studio Pohon Minda, Taman Mawar, Pasir Gudang. Antara filem arahan saudara Dean ialah Bumbung Aku Lantai Orang yang ditulis oleh Tok Rimau. selain dari filem pendek, beliau juga mengarah muzik video untuk pemuzik indie tempatan. Sesi temubual ini dijalankan oleh Tok Rimau, yang merupakan juru acara majlis pada malam itu. Similar Posts: Rozinor Razali. Pereka grafik & pengarah filem bahagian 2 Rozinor Razali. Pereka grafik &…

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  Tcritic by Karl Long - The Daily T-Shirt Blog Covering Indie Fashion and Design

• This shirt sounds like equation, but not!

  rangga

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:42 pm

  Maybe not all of you understand the beauty of Math. Some of you may skip it to choose other subject because Math sounds like a nightmare with horrible numbers, symbols, and equation. Ok, let’s take a look at this so-called equation to prove it that the Math is nightmare theorem is completely wrong. First we have function equation, with Euler number and square root combined. After few lines, we found limits, differential, and integral, combined into one sentence. At the end of the road, voila, the equation is no longer an extinct phrase! I don’t really care whether each line is…

• Hideyourarms publishes the ultimate food T-Shirt List

  karl

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:35 am

  Hideyourarms, has just published a massive list of 200 food related T-Shirts on his site, here are a couple to give you a taste, so to speak. 75% of the sales will be going to help with Haitian disaster relief: $20 – Buy it from Pyknic I love the Street Food Shirt here from La Cocina and this shout out to one of my favorite video games ever, Portal, is genius. I heart Cake is by CripyTees. Go here for the full list, great job Andy, I know how much work it is to collect this stuff. Advertisement: Lucky Threadz – Original & Very FunnyGreat T-Shirts Endorsed By Tcritic

• Worlds First Augmented Reality T-Shirt

  karl

  28 Jan 2010 | 2:01 am

  This wonderfully innovative T-Shirt from T-Post includes an interactive game of Rock, Paper, Scissors in what has got to be one of the most fun demonstrations of augmented reality ever. T-Post itself is worth mentioning as they describe themselves as the first wearable magazine, which I guess is another way of saying it’s a t-shirts subscription service. You pay your subscription fee and get a t-shirt in the mail every 6 weeks. T-Post does have it’s own style and you can look through back issues to get an idea of what kind of stuff they do. Here’s their video explaining the…

• 3 T-Shirts For Haiti

  karl

  15 Jan 2010 | 2:29 pm

  From the T-Shirt Society Hatian Sunrise, costs $15 with $10 of every purchase going to the Red Cross. At Glennz Tees they are donating $5 of every sale until Monday to the Red Cross. Help Haiti from Double Take clothing gives you the option of buying the shirt for $15 and donating $5 of the proceeds or buying it for $20 and donating $10 of the proceeds. These guys have already raised $3000 so good for them. Advertisement: Wholesale Screen Printingwith online design tool. Free shipping ,set-up and art.

• Star Wars & Boba Fett Hoodies 2.0 FTW!

  karl

  31 Dec 2009 | 7:04 pm

  Holy Shit! WANT! I wrote about round 1 of the Star Wars hoodies last year in September and now a year later Marc Ecko has taken them up a notch. Last time only the Stormtrooper hoodie could be zipped up to turn into a mask, and now there’s Darth Vader and my favorite, Boba Fett (oh let me count the ways I love the Boba Fett hoodie as I have last years model). The Boba Fett version I like the best because it actually looks like a sort of cool hoodie anyway with the hood down, but when you put it up people immediately recognize it if they have the star wars gene You can buy them from…

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  Ponoko - Blog

• Wearing the Wisdom of Writers

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  Ponoko made product from Victoria Contreras Flores. Literary necklaces by Spanish artist Victoria Contreras Flores combine timeless poetry with leafy vines and romantic flourishes. Since few can resist a glance (or blatant stare) at a lady’s décolletage, why not take the opportunity to give wandering eyes a piece of written wisdom? Pieces include the poetic miseries of T.S. Eliot, Beckett, and Baudelaire; the rational musings of Virginia Woolf and Jean Genet; irony from Vernon Lee; and a hopeful quote from Antonio Machado. View the entire series at Victoria’s Ponoko showroom.

• Five Stars Cardboard Hotel

  Kristen Turner

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pm

  Keung Caputo get artsy with hospitality. Four luxury cardboard suites are available at the conceptual Five Stars Cardboard Hotel by design duo Keung Caputo. Each suite features a cardboard bed, pillow, and laser-cut decor. The Cardboard Hotel debuted a few years ago at the Salon Satellite and recently offered fatigued art lovers a place to rest at the Miyako Yoshinaga gallery in New York. While the Classico Romantico, Italian Lover, and Sogni del Bambini all sound tempting, I think I would book the Bosco in Hawaii. LEDs shining from laser-cut palm fronds and tropical cardboard flowers! To see…

• Win a One Year Ponoko Subscription

  Kristen Turner

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:09 pm

  plus runner up prizes Wanna make stuff with us? Totally broke and don’t want to pay for it? If your Ponoko project idea is awesome enough, Electronics-Lab will hook you up with a 1 year free subscription to Ponoko. Then you could make stuff for free, sell it in the showroom, and get rich. (We do not guarantee the riches.) 2nd and 3rd place will each get Ponoko gift vouchers ($100 / $50). All you gotta do is propose a project in the comments section of the competition announcement at Electronics-Lab.

• A global digital making network is born

  Ponoko Team

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  A world of choices Even if you’re new to Ponoko, you’ve probably caught up with the news that you can now use the world’s easiest making system to get products made and delivered from Formulor Germany, as well as from Ponoko USA and Ponoko New Zealand. What it means for new Ponoko members When you signup for a new MyPonoko account, you can choose your default making hub preference on the signup page. Your products will be made by the making hub you select. Who does the digital making for you? Ponoko is introducing a network of digital making service providers. The 3 current providers on…

• Materials updates

  danemery

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:28 pm

  At the US node Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove the 3mm blond bamboo from the catalog. With the Christmas slow down there have been delays in orders by our supplier. We’ve had to remove this material until we have a confirmed supply again. This is looking like towards the end of March. With a new supply of 3mm blond we will move from a horizontally laminated grain to a vertically laminated grain. We had numerous issues with the flatness of the 3mm blond and a switch to the vertical lamination’s should reduce this considerably. What this means is the size of the laminated…

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• My Year of Failure

  Eric Karjaluoto

  21 Jan 2010 | 9:05 am

  That’s right… I’m going to fail this year. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t really want to fail. Truth be told, it’s the kind of thing that completely messes with my head. Even contemplating doing so makes my uneasy, but I worry about the consequences of doing otherwise. Wait a second… I’m getting ahead of myself. [...]

• Random Observations – Part 9

  Eric Karjaluoto

  14 Jan 2010 | 4:11 pm

  I probably haven’t ever noted this, but these Random Observations are a running project for me. In ways, they prove a respite of sorts from my otherwise lengthy posts. As I observe some kind of a rule or occurrence, I make note of it as succinctly as I can. (Some I admit, are contradictory—as is [...]

• The Licensed Designer

  Eric Karjaluoto

  2 Jan 2010 | 10:01 am

  Engineers need to complete a certain amount of schooling, coupled with applied practice, before earning their “ticket.” After doing so, they gain increased responsibility as they’ve worked through a structured and rigorous training process. I want to make the case for similar training and accreditation for designers. Professionals Many professionals run through a comparable set of steps [...]

• My Money Where My Mouth Is

  Eric Karjaluoto

  14 Dec 2009 | 10:57 am

  It’s awfully easy to profess expertise when you’re playing with someone else’s money. Perhaps that’s part of why we remain skeptical at smashLAB. There are some great new tools out there, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to build a brand. That’s why we take on our own projects: so we have some skin in [...]

• Who to Hire

  Eric Karjaluoto

  23 Nov 2009 | 9:17 am

  I’ve never claimed to be a good boss; nor, have I ever said that I’m good at hiring. Doing so is one of the hardest things that I’ve had to, and I struggle to find a set of consistent rules that work. We’ve hired people who worked well here, and others who haven’t. Still this [...]

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• Design & Book Lovers Unite ...

  Topsy Turvy

  31 Jan 2010 | 5:17 am

  Let's all converge over at Stylebeat! The talented and charming Marisa is offering a Great Design Book 5 Day Giveaway, with 5 different books going to a lucky few.David Hicks, A Life of Design by Ashley Hicks, from our friends at Rizzoli, is just one. Head on over to see the rest.See you at Stylebeat ...

• Some Thoughts for the New Year

  Topsy Turvy

  4 Jan 2010 | 1:22 am

  While perusing a couple of my Christmas books (ok, I confess, they were self-gifted – but I know you understand!), I was taken with a wonderful minimalist Paris apartment. The appeal of the bedroom (shown above) depends mostly on one fabulous sofa, a simple low bed frame and a wall of built-ins – all in all, an affordable way to design a room. I know it takes a lot of restraint for shoppers and collectors (like me), but using most of your budget on one outstanding piece can result in a simplicity that approaches the sublime.Of course, there are a couple of other very high-end items in the…

• More Great Things About Belgium

  Topsy Turvy

  22 Dec 2009 | 10:02 am

  Just a short hop from Brussels, (and a two-hour train ride from Paris) the city of Antwerp offers many beauties and surprises, aside from Axel Vervoordt's antiques- and art-filled castle.Grote Markt, in the old city center.The Cathedral of Our Lady is considered to be one of the finest gothic buildings in Europe.The Antwerp Zoo. I love how the design of the formal garden – through contrasting color borders and angular shapes – mimics that of the architecture. I have to say that I'm not fond of zoos in general, because I feel the animals often suffer from being exploited for the…

• Is Brussels the New Paris?

  Topsy Turvy

  21 Nov 2009 | 2:04 am

  Interior of Saint Michel Cathedral, Brussels. (Click on any image to enlarge.)It's hard to imagine any city coming close to Paris - at least in terms of sheer beauty and style. But, La Grand Place in Brussels is considered by many to be the most beautiful square in Europe. [Watch a charming little video here.] With NATO headquartered in the city, recent visitors have included Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden. And, Belgium's Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, was just named the new President of the European Council. "Brussels is the capital of Europe with its international politics…

• A Clever Idea

  Topsy Turvy

  2 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am

  Click image for a larger view.Interior design is not a science - that is something I've come to learn after reading designer interviews and articles, and learning how designers actually carry out their projects. That is a bit of a relief for me. Do you ever have the impression, like I do, that the best designers know right away exactly what they are going to do with a space and exactly how it will be executed? And they never make mistakes? How intimidating! But I think even the best sometimes have to improvise, and often come up with great ideas in the process.In Garrow Kedigian's Upper East…

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• Where's the Money, Bob?

  Thomas Baekdal

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:08 am

  The social web is starting to sound more and more like the dot.com days. We are in the middle of a transition. The ways we do things are radically different. What works and doesn't work seems new. And many people are getting very excited about numbers, but not the right ones.Back in 2000, it was all about traffic. Just get a million people to come to your site, and you have made it. Today people say that attention, engagement, interactions or number of fans is the new currency. Just get people's attention and you have made it!I have this weird sense of deja vu. Haven't we been here before?

• Stunning Music Visualizations

  Thomas Baekdal

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:02 pm

  Remember the crappy music visualizations, which used to annoy us when listening to music on a computer? You know the kind of visualizations that you can still see on the XBOX 360? Well, a few people actually have the skills to create some that are really stunning. Apple has been doing a really good job with visualizations in iTunes, although nobody ever sees them (they are switched off by default).Notice: Via iTunes A while ago Glenn Marshall turned these automated computer graphics into a work of art. Take a look at the music videos below. Every one of them is an entirely generative/audio…

• The Art of Avatar

  Thomas Baekdal

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:32 pm

  I am a big fan of "The Art of..." book. I own every single one from Pixar, and several from many other movie. They are not only a visual experience, but more so gives you insights into what went on in the mind of the artists. So I immediately ordered a copy when I heard that there was a "The Art of Avatar" book.The Art of Avatar is not the greatest art book I have ever seen. It has more than five times fewer pages than any of my Pixar book, and never really goes in-depth with the really artistic work. There are some really great pages, and some that seem to be made more for marketing…

• The Apple iPad - Amazing - First Impressions

  Thomas Baekdal

  27 Jan 2010 | 4:25 am

  Today, Apple announced their latest product - the iPad. Yes, it's a tablet. Yes, it looks like a really big iPhone. Yes, it's slim. Yes, it's super light. Yes, it has 10 hours of battery life. And yes it can be used as an ereader. It even comes with a new iBook storeAlmost everything about it is really stunning.It is basically an iPhone... or maybe an iPod Touch... with a much bigger screen. Which gives you much better screen space? And because of that you got much better designed apps.What does it do? Well, everything you expect. It runs Safari, mail, photos, videos, itunes, maps, contact,…

• The Future of the Printed Book?

  Thomas Baekdal

  25 Jan 2010 | 2:39 am

  Publishers around the world worry a lot about the future of the printed book. Or, for that matter, the future of the newspaper. But, look no further because here is the answer.Book laptop sleeves(via Twelve South)Newspaper laptop sleeves(via MiteMite) - Read Comments

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• Souther Salazar Interview

  Kellis Landrum

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Long time friend of Neu Black Souther Salazar did an interview as part of hos involvement in Scion’s Installation 5 tour. Maybe it’s just modesty, but one thing Souther neglects to mention is that he literally almost never stops drawing which probably has a lot to do with being really talented.

• Massive Attack: Splitting the Atom

  Toshi Jones

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Director Edouard Salier depicts a moment in time, in the eerily dark video for Splitting the Atom. This newest single for Massive Attack is almost melancholy, and appropriately Salier’s geometric treatment and detailed monotone landscapes lend to the song’s strolling pace. More than just eye candy, this post heavy piece is among Saleir’s best.

• Michel Gondry for Mia Doi Todd

  Toshi Jones

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  Yet another masterpiece of visual stimulation by Mr. Michel Gondry. Adding a blast of color to some of the most drab locations in Los Angeles, Gondry pulls some of his signature moves emphasizing choreography and, of course, color. No fancy editing or layering just the Riverside Community College marching band and Mia Doi Todd in East L.A. You can see both Todd and Gondry, as her drummer, perform live each Tuesday in February at Spaceland.

• Miharaya Yasuhiro for Puma

  Toshi Jones

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  This month Puma will ship out the latest installment in the Puma by Miharaya Yasuhiro legacy, the MY-1. Commemorating their ten year anniversary with this viral video, Japanese artist Pelaqoon introduces Pumaneko, a cute chameleon like creature who takes to the city encountering high points of Japanese culture. The highly anticipated MY-1 Reborn 10th Anniversary Edition is being released in limited availability. These throwback reintroductions mimic the initial Fall/Winter 2000 release, which quickly became coveted in sneaker circles.

• Cleon, Casey, and Shep for Haiti

  Toshi Jones

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:21 pm

  Long time friend of Neu Black Cleon Peterson teamed up with his Studio One counterparts Casey Ryder and, of course, Shepard Fairey to create this Relief for Haiti print. Through Artists for Peace and Justice proceeds will benefit the relief effort in Haiti. These signed and numbered prints will begin selling here February 6th for $50 each.

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• Designers *First* Designs…

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  Remember that *first* genius moment in design when you discovered effects in Photoshop or the gradient mesh tool in Illustrator? (I remember these moments quite fondly…) Its always great to look back and where we came from and laugh at ourselves I asked some of my fellow designers to dig though their archives and share their lovely first attempts at design. Enjoy! 7 Vote(s)

• Resize Image And Save It Using PHP

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:40 am

  Easily resize images by passing the file over to this simple to use class. It is able to resize an image to a width and height and keep the image's proportion. Great for thumbnails, or create a user interface for uploading and editing images on a server. Also great to learn off of for using the GD functions of PHP. 4 Vote(s)

• 30+ Artist Interpretations of Mario and Luigi

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:39 am

  He's short and pudgy with a thing for Peaches. He's an Italian plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom. He is Nintendo's mascot, and probably the most popular video game character ever. You know him as Mario.11 Vote(s)

• Mighty and Efficient MooTools Examples – JavaScript Syndrome!

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  JavaScript Syndrome strikes again - check out our new post about the original solutions for your website made with the help of the great MooTools - another great Java-based framework.7 Vote(s)

• Mega Drop-Down Menu, Enjoy It Responsibly! | PV.M Garage

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:14 am

  A relatively recent trend is the use of mega drop-down navigation menus. They are simple to build and have a great appeal for the users.3 Vote(s)

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• Logotypes with images inside. A trend?

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:19 am

  Logotypes with images inside. A trend?

• Apple releases Aperture 3

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:52 am

  Apple releases Aperture 3

• Nook now in stock, with free shipping

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• How to Use Any Font on the Web

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  How to Use Any Font on the Web

• British Library to offer 19th C. ebook downloads for free

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  British Library to offer 19th C. ebook downloads for free: “More than 65,000 19th-century works...

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• Economic Crisis is so 2009

  Materialiste

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am

  Economic Crisis is so 2009! To celebrate the end of the economic crisis, Al Dente studio has imagined a collection of golden jewels to show your enthusiasm! “Du fric, Money, cash, bills, bucks, buckaroos, dough, benjamins, big ones, green, smackers, clams, cha ching, moola, dead presidents, chedda, cheese » See more pictures on Materialiste Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Horse Monochrome (Textile Design)

  vtkstudio

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:39 am

  Practice field: - Illustration and fashion design - Corporative Identity - Advertising - Photography www.vtkstudio.com www.flickr.com/voortrekkervs www.twitter.com/vtkstudio Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Lewis’s Fifth Floor: A Department Story

  buckhouston

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am

  Haunting images from the ‘lost’ floor of a Liverpool department store, that still houses a derelict 1950s cafe and 1970s hair salon….. Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

• Botanic by Bolon Campaign

  buckhouston

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:01 am

  MORE AMAZING IMAGES Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

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  Charles

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:41 am

  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] http://vimeo.com/9145991 Making off : ... read the rest of Line ... Advertise with Design You Trust! - DYT on Twitter - Facebook

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• Various Alice in Wonderland Designs for Inspiration

  ronald

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am

  Do you remember having bedtime stories read to you as you grew up? Remember your parents telling you tales about fairies, princes and princesses, knights, dragons and all those wonderful characters born of pure imagination? Several of these stories were even made into movies and cartoons that captured our young minds… These fictional characters have played a significant part in our childhood memories. Who could forget the classic stories of Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and so many more?!!! Today, we pay a tribute to one of our all-time favorite stories. It’s about a young girl…

• 30 Free Adobe Photoshop Valentine Brush Sets

  ronald

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:23 pm

  As Valentine’s day approaches, more and more designers are searching for quality brushes to aid them in creating their Valentine designs. We put together 30 Free Adobe Photoshop Valentine Brush Sets to make sure our fellow designers have high quality brushes in time for Valentine’s Day…. This collection of brushes will help you create astounding designs for your loved ones to help celebrate a day of love. Check out this awesome heart brush collection and download the brushes you like best. Each set of photoshop heart brushes is unique, so make sure you don’t miss any…

• Increase Your Google Visibility in Under 5 Minutes

  Sam Nam

  1 Feb 2010 | 12:22 pm

  Google now holds a 70% market share of the search engine game and increasing your visibility in Google Search is key to gaining new clients. In addition, you may have noticed that Google now displays 7 local listings and a map when you search for a local business or service. Guess what? Graphic design is a service and a business. You can immediately increase your visibility to potential clients in your area by registering yourself in Google’s Local Business Center. Local SEO for Graphic Designers It takes about 5 minutes to sign up and fill out your info. At the end, they need to verify…

• 11 Creative Outdoor Advertisement Designs

  Girlie

  25 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Getting noticed in a busy street or crowded hallway isn’t easy, but the reward of reaching millions of consumers has possessed marketers to come up with some amazing and ridiculous outdoor advertisements.  Today’s post looks at 11 of the most creative outdoor ads around the world (according to us). Click on the image to see the original high-res images at adsoftheworld.com Creative Outdoor Advertisements If you’re looking to design outdoor advertising of your own, check out UPrinting.com’s large format printing products here.

• Job Posting – Freelance Tutorial Writer

  Sam Nam

  20 Jan 2010 | 11:47 am

  The team here at You the Designer is looking for a freelance tutorial writer to help bolster the variety of content offered to our readers. If you have experience writing design tutorials, please email us right now. How to Apply for Freelance Tutorial Writer Position Email the following information to writers@youthedesigner.com Cover Letter Resume / Portfolio Per Post Rate

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• Tuesday Total Textures #5

  paul0v2

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I'll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week's textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection. <!--break--> Click on the texture you like to get directed to the download page (download button will be on your left side) Color Texture Leather Texture Cracks Iced Old Wooden Planks Dry Flower Ice Wall Bokeh Dirty Blue Old Paper About the authorHi! I'm Paulo Canabarro and I'm here to post some really cool stuff…

• Architect Day: David Chipperfield

  MarceloSeferin

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:35 am

  David Chipperfield is an architect who serves as inspiration for many artists. His eye on all aspects of architecture and design is fascinated by the intensity and feeling that his projects present. <!--break--> Photos from site davidchipperfield.co.uk. Sir David Alan Chipperfield was born in London in 1953. He studied at Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association in London. After graduation he worked in large offices such as Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster, which he had a great experience acquiring extensive knowledge, certainly serving as inspiration for…

• Magic Time Lapse - The Alps

  PauloGabriel

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:14 pm

  Time Lapse is by far one of the most beautiful video techniques in the world. We often get to see some breathtaking footages, but we found some that are truly magical. These are some Time Lapse videos of the Alps, and it's beautiful. <!--break--> The guy behind these is Michael Rissi. For more of his work, go visit his website. I hope you all enjoy these! Cheers. ;) About the authorHello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 25 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to…

• Daily Inspiration #427

  abduzeedo

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:35 pm

  This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image"…

• Threadless Bestee of the Year - Giveaway

  abduzeedo

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:41 am

  Every month a design is voted as the Bestee of the Month at Threadless. At the end of the year the Threadless community votes on the Bestee of the Year. The winning designer gets the prize of $20,000, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, a $500 Threadless Gift Certificate, and the design is also featured on Adobe.com. That's why we love Threadless and want to encourage you all to vote, and we've also set up an awesome giveaway for you guys. We are giving away a Threadless Gift Pack which includes: Bestee of the Year, Designer of the Year, Best Kids design, Best Type Tee, Best collaboration,…

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• What I Have Learned About the 80/20 Rule

  Danny Outlaw

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:03 am

  Any good freelancer has surely hear the saying that 80% of your work will come from 20% of your clients. As a young freelancer, I found this saying to be far from true. In the beginning, it was more like 80% of my work came low paying clients I found on job boards and 20% of the time I wanted to shoot them in the face. At the time, I couldn’t understand how this saying could be true. I rarely ever had repeat clients, let alone ones who would come back time and time again. Looking back, I’m sure it to do with two things: 1. The quality of my work. 2. The quality of my clients.

• Episode 18 - Practice Writing Proposals

  Danny Outlaw

  7 Dec 2009 | 3:25 pm

  This is one of my shorter vidcasts, but an important one none the less. As your business grows and you start working with bigger companies, they are going to expect more from you than just a few emails and a contract. One essential element bigger clients expect is a formal proposal. If you have never written one of these, it can be a bit intimidating. Waiting until you have a big name client ask for a proposal is a bad time write your first proposal. Do yourself a favor and write a few practice ones first. Writing these practice proposals is a great way to learn what is expected in a…

• Useful Ways Creatives Can Use Digital Cameras

  Danny Outlaw

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:45 am

  I think many of us, myself included, rely on free and premium resources too much. Why not take a step back and become more involved in our designs? Some DIY style if you will. This post is a collection of ideas on how creatives can use digital cameras to do just that. There are also a few unique ideas for using your digital camera to help you run your business. I hope you find them useful and would love to hear any ideas you might have! 1. Building a Resource Library You know all those amazing Photoshop textures, brushes, patterns, and backgrounds you see floating around the web? Many of then…

• 40 Amazingly Creative Fan Art Prints

  Danny Outlaw

  17 Nov 2009 | 10:32 am

  I think fan art is super cool. I think it is especially cool when artists transform their favorite characters in their own style. It is so interesting to see the variations that different artists come up with. Some of the more popular characters like The Little Mermaid and Super Mario, could easily have their own post where no two pictures looked alike. It is quite amazing when you think about it really. Which one is your favorite?

• Episode 17 - Accounting Basics for Creatives

  Danny Outlaw

  16 Nov 2009 | 2:21 pm

  This is one of my longer videos, so i will let it do most of the talking. No reason to bore you with a long video and a long post! I’ll be honest, until recently, I knew very little about what I should be doing as far as bookkeeping, banking, and taxes go as a freelancer. I think it is safe to say that many freelancers feel this way. If you don’t, then you are a rare breed of super freelancer. Over the last few weeks however, I sought out to find an affordable and helpful CPA t help me get books in order. In a 15 minute conversation with my CPA, I learned more than I had in 10…

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• 35 Inspiring Examples of Transparency in Logo Design

  Chris Spooner

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Transparency effects in logo design help bring to life a digital mark, adding that extra level of depth and color. This showcase of examples provides some great design inspiration and shows how designers have creatively used transparency and overlaying effects to build unique logo designs. Goosebumps – Jared Milam Meca – Andre Oliveira Andy Fiord – sbDesign Nethik – Aurelie Ronflard Boss Hog Studio – Mathieu Schatzier Paranaiv – Are Sundnes Munich 2018 Museum of London – Corey Porter Bell Saol – Stefan Romanu Zipliner – David Pache Lexpro…

• This Week’s Favourites – February 5th 2010

  Chris Spooner

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  In this week’s roundup of creative goodness, we have a selection of handy website wireframing templates; an article highlighting some interesting factors that boost the ‘wow factor’ in web designs; an interesting discussion about the risk of being unique; a fabulous vibrant Photoshop illustration tutorial; and a showcase of stationery and print design inspiration. GeekChix This great collection of resources from GeekChix pulls together some really useful templates that can be used to plan out your website design or application in sketch format. The roundup includes grids,…

• Nebulae Grunge Texture Pack for Premium Members

  Chris Spooner

  3 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  This second high resolution texture pack from Caleb Kimbrough of design resource blogs Lost and Taken and BuenoBrushes features a range of heavy grunge textures. Access All Areas members can get their hands on these high quality resources for free as part of their ongoing membership. These heavy grunge textures are ... This content is for Access All Areas members only Access All Areas members have the ability to view exclusive design tutorials and giveaways, discounts on a range of awesome design related products and more! Sound good?! Find out more about becoming a member.

• How To Create a Detailed Apple iPad Icon in Photoshop

  Chris Spooner

  1 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  The Internet world exploded with the news of the Apple tablet launch last week. Named the iPad, it’s set to bring yet another revolution to the way people access and browse the web. An iPad icon would be a sensible addition to any web designer’s resources toolbox, so let’s fire up Photoshop and create our very own detailed iPad icon graphic. The icon we’ll be creating features the typical front view of the iPad. Using the Apple website for reference, let’s get started. Create a new document, and use the Rounded Rectangle Tool to draw a portrait shape onto a new…

• Hand Drawn Skulls Vector Pack for Premium Members

  Chris Spooner

  29 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am

  Skulls are one of the most sought after vector resources, and are a particularly popular theme in the apparel industry. Who better to create a hand-drawn skulls vector pack than the talented folks from Go Media. This premium pack comes straight from their arsenal range of resources, and is free ... This content is for Access All Areas members only Access All Areas members have the ability to view exclusive design tutorials and giveaways, discounts on a range of awesome design related products and more! Sound good?! Find out more about becoming a member.

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• Brandstack gets a new sibling. Introducing: Upstack

  Chad Engle

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:58 pm

  Brandstack, the creative marketplace for logos has an unveiled another way to market logo designs to the masses. Upstack. Upstack is a unique route for a person needing a logo, website, web design, advertisement or other creative service. Unlike the predecessor Brandstack, Upstack lets anyone build a team of hand-picked designers that are ready to burn the midnight oil to work on your project. Upstack manages all the processes by taking the client from the brief to the final design. This wastes no design time and spares no quality. They also do this without spec work which makes it something…

• Need Inspiration? Get Out!

  Jennifer Moline

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:34 pm

  There’s been much back-and-forth about telecommuting vs. working in a cubicle. One of the arguments often cited by people who work from home is that they’re free of distractions at the office; they are able to focus more and produce faster. So “they” say. I know that when I’ve worked from home full time, I’ve experienced creativity block. I think that often has to do with the lack of interaction among co-workers. But there are other ways to be inspired, and they involve stepping away from your home office. Outdoors The best inspiration is often free. How much better do you feel…

• Web Banner Templates: Photoshop & Illustrator

  Chad Engle

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm

  We know starting a project can be a real pain no matter how easy the task may be. We’ve put together the IAB standard size ad templates for you in one little packaged up file. They come in two flavors, Photoshop and Illustrator. We’ve also put together some nice resources and other downloads below that you may find helpful in starting a project. If there is anything you’d like to see us give away in the future, let us know in the comments. Sizes: 88×31 120×60 120×90 120×240 120×600 125×125 160×600 180×150 234×60 240×400…

• Modern Bicycle Concepts That Will Blow Your Mind

  Chad Engle

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:38 pm

  Transportation Designers have always tried to push the envelope when it comes to speed, style and grace. The world of streamlined bicycles is driven by all of these same principles. However, several concept bikes have begun to look like they are screaming around corners even when they are sitting still. Here are some super sleek & stylish modern concepts that are beautiful and intriguing. Pulse This vehicle is part fitness membership, part fashion statement, and part Kyoto-pact contribution. Designer: Teague Chris Boardman – Olympic Cyclist, Concept Future Bike A very light and…

• Unforgettable Textiles Created to Inspire

  Chad Engle

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:02 pm

  Minä Perhonen is a fashion brand that produces clothing lines which do not lose their allure over the years. This group of talented textile designers hail from Japan and aspire to develop new materials and techniques with various production houses over the globe. They showcase patterns beautifully with a very linear and graphic quality that parallels graphic design & traditional art. They have a wonderful style that can be minimal or very intrinsic but always has a clean and simple outcome. Bird Flags Carnival Forest Paradise Fujisans Herringbone Tambourine Yuki-no-hi Sponsored by…

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  Chris J

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am

  Jim at totalcontent has just released some great promotional posters designed by Rich and Si at Elmwood with illustrations by Rob from The Partners and copy from the man himself. More info and shots on his blog.

• Peter Iain Campbell

  Stephen

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:59 am

  Peter Iain Campbell has some cracking shots in his portfolio and a nice site too.

• Wallpaper* Berlin city guide—FREE

  Gil

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:19 am

  Wallpaper* and Phaidon have made a name for themselves over the years for producing small but well crafted city guides for the self discerning tourist. A pocket sized and well designed guide can be a real insight into a city’s character but carrying around a city guide isn’t for everyone and does shout out TOURIST. However, Wallpaper* have developed their city guides into a line of iPhone apps that are as well designed as the guides themselves if not lacking a little in content. Currently Wallpaper* are giving away the Berlin City guide on the iTunes App Store for FREE. Yes…

• Effektive

  Glenn

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  British graphic designer, FFF Contributor and all round good guy Greig Anderson has set up a new studio in Glasgow and has posted a few updates on the Effektive Site. Look out for more solid work from Greig in the next 12 months.

• We live now!

  Glenn

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Live Now have teamed up with How Books to bring you the Live Now book, featuring a collection of inspirational quotes and illustrations pursuing the notion of living a happy and engaged life. The book will roughly consist of 200, perforated pages that can be easily torn out and hung up or given away to spread smiles. We’ll keep you updated on it’s release! The Live Now project has a new site by Eric Smith.

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• Interview: Pasquale D'Silva

  Spencer Fry

  26 Jan 2010 | 2:27 pm

  When did you start getting into illustration and animation? Dudes hey! I got into making funny things when I was more of a kid than I am now. So probably when I was about in mid-highschool. Walt Disney's old B-Roll tapes of Milt Kahl, Frank & Ollie & other crazy animators kick started it all. After seeing adults getting real jobs making things for kids all day, I knew it was what I had to do. I didn't want a boring office job. I always doodled things for fun, but never took it seriously until WB studios took me in as a super young intern when I was in highschool. What do you draw inspiration…

• Carbonmade's Four Years Old

  Spencer Fry

  23 Dec 2009 | 9:10 am

  Four years ago, in December 2005, Carbonmade was born! There weren't many features back then — not even a sign-up form. You'd have to e-mail Dave and he'd manually create an account for you. There were only a handful of people using it, but there was a lot of love for what we were doing — both on the design side and for the idea. We were the very first online portfolio around. It's strange to think back and remember that we started working on Carbonmade four years ago. It doesn't feel like four years. And in fact we've only been working on Carbonmade full-time the last year or so; that…

• Carbonmade in Computer Arts

  Spencer Fry

  15 Dec 2009 | 1:40 pm

  We got a neat little surprise today. Computer Arts magazine wrote up a little blurb on us in their latest issue. Here's the transcript: "At the time of writing, the Carbonmade website boasts 157,607 portfolios already. Across all the design disciplines, like Behance, is one of the main creative talent pools on the web. It’s a crowded space, but an exhilarating one." Rad.

• Welcome Grant Blakeman

  Spencer Fry

  9 Dec 2009 | 7:00 am

  Great news! As of the first of the year, we'll be assisted by the able skills of one of our favorite designers, Grant Blakeman (portfolio). Along with generally prettying up the joint, Grant will be helping us complete the next version of Carbonmade. We've been following Grant's work for over a year, and are very much impressed. Besides his design projects, he publishes a really great blog, is an exceptional photographer, an avid reader, an active cyclist, and trail runner. Grant will be working primarily from Boulder, but in mid-January he’ll be spending a week with us here in New York, to…

• Carbonmade's Name

  Spencer Fry

  2 Dec 2009 | 12:17 pm

  We get a lot of tweets and e-mails about the Carbonmade name, what it means, and how we got it. Way back in the day, Carbonmade use to be the name of Dave's blog. He blogged about a lot of random things from music to design. When the idea of Carbonmade came about – in December, 2005 – Dave decided to use Carbonmade as the name for the online portfolio tool he built. The name breaks down to: We are "carbon" based life forms and we "make" things. Hence, Carbonmade. And that's the story of why we're called Carbonmade.

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• Limited Edition 2010 Letterpress Calendar On Sale

  Antonio Carusone

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:55 am

  To celebrate the launch of the new site, and my 1000 post which will happen any day now, the Limited Edition 2010 Letterpress Calendar is on sale for only $30. There are only a little over 25 calendars left so grab one before they’re all gone. The calendar measures 16.5″ x 23.5″ (A2) and is printed on Crane Lettra Fluorescent White 110# (300gsm) paper that is specially developed for letterpress printing. Each print is numbered and signed. Buy Now

• Anton Stankowski

  Antonio Carusone

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am

  I love finding gems like this. Anton Stankowski was a Germany designer and teacher who pioneered constructive graphic design and is probably best known for designing the wonderful Deutsche Bank logo, which makes excellent use of a grid. I also love how he used basic geometric shapes to create the visuals. David has some hi-res images of Stankowski’s work. Beautiful.

• Josef Albers Album Covers

  Antonio Carusone

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:26 am

  Josef Albers was an American artist and teacher widely known for his paintings and his book on color theory, but I personally love these album covers that he designed in the late 50’s and early 60s for Command Records. The covers were featured in an exhibition at Minus Space in Brooklyn, NY.

• 1970s Ravensburger Travel Series

  Antonio Carusone

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:09 am

  While searching for who knows what, I found these vintage Ravensburger Travel Series games from the 70s. What immediately struck me were the beautiful package designs and the stunning color palettes. Simple, straight to the point graphics with the name of the game set in Helvetica. It goes to show how graphic design for consumer products has lost its way. Just compare these wonderful package designs to one of their current games. Terrible.

• Welcome to The New AisleOne

  Antonio Carusone

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:31 am

  It’s finally here, after months of on and off work I’m proud to present the new AisleOne. Before I jump into some of the new features I want to give a MASSIVE THANK YOU to Emil Olsson for all the development work and for making this possible. Without him this new site wouldn’t exist. Words can not express how grateful I am for all his help. Not only is he ridiculously talented, he’s a super nice guy. So now onto the new features. This site utilizes keyboard navigation to enhance the viewing experience. Use the up ↑ and down ↓ arrow keys to scroll through the site, which takes…

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• House Bierings

  Sylvia

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  Rocha Tombal Architecten designed a basic form with sculptural “eyes” that emerge with direct views to the varied countryside landscape. The form and orientation of the building avoid visual contact with the adjacent houses. At the ground floor the angled ceiling of the kitchen accentuates the intensive contact with the garden. On the first floor, the different shaped openings in the roof and facade offer, like “fingers of light”, varied daylight experiences. The routing through the house starts in the hall, a section of the ground floor volume. After experiencing the…

• Villa Valk

  Sylvia

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  Blok Kats Van Veen Architects projects this private house located along the edge of the Homeruskwartier neighbourhood facing the Almere forest stroke. The triangular shape of the plot was leading for the design. The triangle opens itself towards the garden at the south west with a great view on the forest stroke. The living space is a long open space divided by loose elements into different places including a dining area and a kitchen. Special thanks to Rober van Kats from Blok Kats Van Veen Architects for sharing.

• Weekend Links February 06

  Sylvia

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:45 am

  Designer Q & A: 10 Questions for Patricia Urquiola. Video interview to Nathalie de Vries, principal of MVRDV Architects. Design Dilemma: Help for Hallways. Tender Project from Normal studio. DEVE won the 1st Prize in Europe 10 with a proposal for the new harbor area in Augustenborg, Sweden. Interior design show at TIDF 2010. Perfect Harmony sais The Guardian about David Chipperfield’s Folkwang Museum. 2 (or 3…) questions for Sebastian Herkner.

• 3.1 Phillip Lim Flagship Store in Seoul

  Sylvia

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  The 3.1 Phillip Lim Flagship Store designed by Leong Leong Architecture is located in Cheongdam-Dong, Seoul’s premiere fashion district. Elaborating on the concept established in the brand’s Los Angeles Flagship (take a look at the store), the design incorporates a 12 meter facade surfaced in a supple gradient of pillow-like concrete tiles. The flowing interior is a sequence of intimate spaces which frame the clothing in tactile materials. These material “linings” create a narrative of atmospheres for unexpected and curious encounters between the client and the clothing. Custom…

• Mapledene Road House Extension

  Sylvia

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am

  Platform 5 Architects designed the extension of this house situated in Mapledene Road, a conservation are in Hackney. The property had been stripped of virtually all its period features and had become run down and used as a “crack den” leaving it ripe for modernisation. The cellular ground floor was opened up and extended to the rear to allow the spaces to flow into each other and to the garden. The kitchen and patio areas are unified by a concrete floor and London stock brick garden wall. The expansive glass roof opens up the view to the sky giving the space an external character. Via…

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• Featured designer: Adrien Quartenoud

  Mirko

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:51 pm

  Can you introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Adrien Quartenoud and I’m a freelance graphic designer in Fribourg, Switzerland. I work under the name of “Fluide Graphic Design” and my activities include print design, web design and video. What was your motivation to start learning design? My parents own a country-wide famous company. They always were full of ideas to find new projects, new ideas. In primary school used to already enjoy suggesting designs to them for these projects! Then I directed my studies toward this job that I liked before I could name it. How do…

• Information is beautiful: 30 examples of creative infography

  Mirko

  1 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am

  Unfortunatly I never had the opportunity to do client work on an infography, but it seems to be one of the most challenging task for a graphic designer. The perfect infography must synthetize complex information in a simple visual representation, which is not easy. The following examples take information architecture to another level by making it beautiful. 1. Ancient Hebrew Cosmology 2. The modern listener guide 3. Missions to Mars 4. Food infography (I resized this one for the blog, click the link to see the original one that looks much better) 5. The hierachy of Digital distractions 6.

• iPad Nano: the iPad that fits in your pocket

  Mirko

  31 Jan 2010 | 1:30 pm

  I stumbled upon this picture this afternoon and found it quite funny. I’m wondering what are your thoughts on it? Is the iPad just a big ass iPhone for you or a new kind of device? What I saw from demos didn’t make me want one, but it seems that less tech-saavy people like it a lot. I’m curious to see how it will do, take your bets in the comments and we’ll take a look back in a year. Download animals vectors --- Post from: Graphic design blogiPad Nano: the iPad that fits in your pocket

• 50 amazing iPhone wallpapers

  Mirko

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:13 am

  With the iPad recent announcement, we should for sure soon see some cool iPad wallpapers appear. For now, many of you still own an iPhone and will probably want to make it look a little better and more customized. Displaying one of these fine looking iPhone wallpapers created by talented artists, for other format just take a look at my desktop wallpapers article. 1. The Art Lover 2. Inner asia 3. Ghostbuster 4. Old school biker 5. Google library 6. The Declaration 7. Metal type 8. Tiger 9. Doing good thanks 10. Two 11. December abstract 12. Aurora 13. William Morris 14. Vortex 15. Grungy 16.

• Thoughts on multilingual web design

  Mirko

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:53 am

  The moment you upload your meticulously constructed web pages onto the internet, you’re global. Internet users from Nebraska and New York, to Norway and the Netherlands all have equal access to the very same information you upload. If all you’re looking to do with your website or blog is to develop a strong global following, then you might just be fine with your English language website: after all, over half of the European Union (EU) alone speak English to some degree. However, if your plan is to build a successful, profitable international online enterprise, then you’ll need to plan…

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• Flux-us! Flux-you! Flux-me!

  Alexander Trevi

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:02 pm

  (Homeaway by Terreform 1. Photographer unknown. Source.)The fabulous Junk Jet has just released their third issue, and it sounds amazing. They asked for:Fluxing architectures, boogie, buildings, rolling rocks, flying architectures, provisory pyramids, and temporary eternities; for all kinds of practical concepts and conceptual practices, for stable happenings and unstable thoughts, for lifted cellars and dug in landmarks, for curtains, mobiles, house boats, bubbles, zeppelins, flying saucers.And they got:Fantastic forms of material, immaterial, physical and mental flux. Not only were…

• Prunings LI

  Alexander Trevi

  31 Jan 2010 | 3:24 pm

  (“At that Tower of Babel they knew what they were after,” sings Patti Smith in Land. Image from Physique Sacrée, ou Histoire-Naturelle de la Bible.)1) This American Life on people bidding for the contents of abandoned self storage units in California. According to the Self Storage Association, there are 2.35 billion square feet in the United States. That's 7.4 square feet of self storage for every man, woman and child in the country, meaning all of us could stand inside self storage units at the same time. Plus: underwater Byzantine archaeology.2) Mammoth on the best architecture of the…

• Links for 2010-01-18 [del.icio.us]

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  River Thames Frost Fairs "River Thames frost fairs were held on the Tideway of the River Thames at London between the 15th and 19th centuries when the river froze over. During that time the British winter was more severe than now, and the river was wider and slower." [Wikipedia]

• Links for 2010-01-17 [del.icio.us]

  Alexander Trevi

  The Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China Quoting stuff willy-nilly: "Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), the Chinese Government Department responsible for water administration, was founded in October, 1949. On February 11, 1958, the 5th Session of the 1st National People’s Congress promulgated decisions to consolidate Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Electric Power Industry into Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. On February 23, 1979, Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power was separated into two ministries. After the institutional…

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  306090 13: Sustain and Develop "The 13th volume of 306090 investigates the contradictory yet potentially productive tension between our drive to develop and our growing knowledge and emerging concern that such unregulated growth is eroding the natural ecology in which we live. We are continually confronted with the knowledge of our own destructive potential and the unknown unquantifiable revenge that nature will undoubtedly seek, while the wonders of modern life gleam on the horizon for a world population of whom for the first time over half live in cities."

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• 2010 Valentine Contest Announced

  SEI Design Group

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  It’s about that time again, and this is a super easy contest!  Guess how many candy hearts in the jar. Submit your entry by February 10th by leaving a comment below. Entries will only count if you have a gravatar.  You may only enter 1 time.  In the case of a tie, the earliest entry will win, so don’t delay.  The winner will be awarded this gumball machine and some moolah to keep it stocked.  This contest is open to all including SEI staff, friends and family.

• Congratulations Chatham CSD!

  SEI Design Group

  13 Jan 2010 | 2:15 pm

  Congratulations to Chatham Central School District!  District voters approved two propositions for their Capital Project; the first addresses infrastructure, ADA, energy and educational program needs. The second proposition is the replacement of aging athletic poles and lights.

• World’s Tallest Building to Open Today

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• Unique Corporate Gift Idea

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• 2009 Holiday Gift Ideas Part III

  SEI Design Group

  21 Dec 2009 | 2:45 am

  The Amazon Kindle is always a wanted gift.   Or for someone who already has a Kindle, get a case like the standard black one, or a funky red one. Sometimes great things come in small packages!  The Chill Pill RapCap is just such a delight.  This tiny microphone for your iPod comes in so many colors, it is hard to decide! Two SEIers were researching new digital cameras and came up with the same result without even discussing in advance!  Now everyone has to upgrade to this Panasonic Lumix camera.  You don’t have to get red, but Ted did! And if all else fails, an Amazon Gift Card…

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• Tooshie Tuesday

  Pony

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:32 am

  Tooshies keep you warm on cold snowy nights…get one for tomorrow before they are all gone!  You know people panic when snow is in the forecast.

• Daily Cool Pics

  Pony

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:16 am

  You didn’t have a good weekend if you didn’t end up face down in the corner of a public crapper.

• Frontal Asses

  Pony

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:41 am

  Not exactly Tooshie Tuesday is it?

• Football is over

  Pony

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:17 am

  I am still coming to grips with the fact that the NFL season is actually over.  As a farewell to the season I present to you some Saints and Colts fans.

• Beautiful Winter

  Pony

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  For those of you in the Northeast section of the US we are supposed to get hammered with another blizzard tomorrow.  They are calling for over 10″ of snow in the NYC area and another 20″ or so doe Washington, DC.

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• Going Gray at Svenskt Tenn

  David Carlson

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:54 am

  Today Svenskt Tenn opens its new exhibition, where illustrator Mats Gustafson and designer Ted Muehling have staged a home environment inspired by Estrid Ericson and Josef Frank. This is the first occasion where the designer couple has worked together. They have named the exhibition ”Going Gray”, where the moderate gray colour scale reflects the need for calmness, in contrast with the chaotic studio and all impulses of city life. ”We wanted to create a sanctuary, where you can stay, think, dream and spend time together,” says Ted Muehling. ”Using the Svenskt Tenn archives, with all…

• 48sqm by Beckmans College of Design

  David Carlson

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:41 pm

  48m² / Beckmans at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010 from Beckmans College of Design on Vimeo.

• Artek dresses the chair

  David Carlson

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:11 am

  Artek celebrates its 75th anniversary substantially all year long in 2010. The first jubilee event will take place in Stockholm in February, where Artek will open a new showroom. The opening of the Stockholm location also marks the launch of DRESS THE CHAIR!, a worldwide campaign to celebrate the skills and knowledge of Artek’s know-how. Dress the Chair! The aim of the campaign is to highlight the quality and craftsmanship of Artek products. Artek has invited renowned designers and artists to be inspired by Artek’s classic armchairs, focusing on the iconic Armchair 400 designed by Alvar…

• Rowdy furniture

  David Carlson

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:35 am

  Rowdy is a new seating system from David design (a company which I founded back in 1988, and ran until I left it in the mid 00s). Rowdy is designed by Peter Andersson and Matti Klenell. The idea behind the product is simple; with inspiration from various examples of how the fashion world succeds in combining design value and brand experience with a competitive price, Matti and Peter created a simplified, almost geometrical set of seating tools. The different blocks can be combined in many ways thus creating a seating landscape. In order to obtain a price positioning that would allow more…

• POC protects The Swedes

  David Carlson

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:10 am

  It’s with great honor that POC supplies the Swedish Alpine Ski Team with helmets, goggles and body armor. An ongoing collaboration since the birth of POC 5 years ago. From this season POC has initiated a specific program where POC gives a little extra support to a number of the Swedish athletes in their quest for the podium, with the major focus on the upcoming Olympics in Vancouver 2010 and next years World Championships. The group, initially involving three athletes; Maria Pietilä Holmner, Mattias Hargin and André Myhrer, constitutes “The Swedes”. “The…

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• Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Curiosity

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  8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Kanebo’s international prestige brand Sensai has opened first Sensai Select Spa in Victoria-Jungfrau, a 5-star hotel in Switzerland. Kanebo Sensai Select Spa, Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland, by Curiosity

• Faraday Stool by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

  Daily Icon

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm

  Dutch designers Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers, have created the Faraday Stool, named after Michael Faraday, the English scientist who helped establish our current knowledge of electromagnetic physics, through his Faraday Cage. In polished stainless steel, powder coated with optional leather seat. Faraday Stool, by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

• Books: Bird by Andrew Zuckerman

  Daily Icon

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Photography © Andrew Zuckerman Turning his camera to the world of birds, Andrew Zuckerman has a created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 stunning photographs of nearly 75 different species. These winged creatures from exotic parrots to everyday sparrows, and endangered penguins to woody owls are captured with Zuckerman’s painstaking perspective against a stark white background to reveal the vivid colors, textures, and personalities of each subject in extraordinary and exquisite detail. The ultimate art book for ornithologists and nature enthusiasts alike, Bird is a volume of…

• Sera by Oliver Schick for FORMvorRAT

  Daily Icon

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm

  Sera is an angular take on the piston bar stool, designed for bars, restaurants or private homes. The seat and base are available in different surfaces and colors. The stem is height adjustable and the diagonal foot rest offers plenty of leg room. Sera, by Oliver Schick, for FORMvorRAT

• Plus by Mount Fuji Architects Studio

  Daily Icon

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Used as villa for weekends, Plus house was realized by crossing two rectangular parallelepipeds at very right angles. The lower one contains private rooms and bathroom, and sticks half of the body out to existing narrow level ground. The upper one incorporates salon and kitchen, and lies astride the lower one and the mountain ridge. It almost seems like an off-centered cross pinned carefully on natural terrain. “I didn’t want to just form the undulating landscape dotted with great trees as normal, nor design an elaborate architecture bowing down to the complex topography. What sprang…

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• SuperBowl Ad Controversy

  Christine

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:26 pm

  There's a big controversy brewing over a SuperBowl ad to be aired this Sunday, and no, it's not the latest censored ad from GoDaddy. This ad is controversial not just because of it's controversial subject matter, but because it's breaking a long standing SuperBowl rule. I never knew this before, but apparently CBS had long standing rule that advocacy ads were not accepted as advertising during the SuperBowl. The reason being that the SuperBowl is a fun, family friendly event and let's not spoil it by bringing up sensitive, heated issues. Honestly, I think that's a great stance. I don't want…

• Typography Tip #2: Properly Using Dashes

  Christine

  18 Jan 2010 | 7:17 am

  There are three types of dashes used in type. Yep, three. Most people, unless you are a writer or work in a publishing industry, are unaware of anything beyond the standard hyphen and unfortunately I frequently see hyphens placed where they shouldn't be. It's a big enough problem that our agency proofreader has a Word document he sends to people when he gets enough of their writing that doesn't use dashes properly. Since he spelled things out to nicely, I'm plagerizing a bit of it in this post. Here's the rundown on the different kind of dashes and how to use them: There are three categories…

• The Taco Bell Diet?

  Christine

  15 Jan 2010 | 8:25 am

  While it seems a bit like an oxymoron to me, it is, in fact Taco Bell's new ad campaign. I remember seeing one of the ads a few weeks ago and thinking the fast food company was almost making fun of itself and by parading a woman, Christine Dougherty, around as this Subway's Jared-like success case in losing weight on the Taco Bell diet. There's nothing wrong with this, it's awesome that Christine lost the weight, and I can understand why Taco Bell would want to showcase her the way Subway showcased Jared, but it doesn't quite fit. Initially your intuition and the years of learning that fast…

• Typography Tip #1: Don't Double Space After A Period

  Christine

  11 Jan 2010 | 8:31 am

  This is one of my biggest pet peeves and any professional designer is going to tell you it's a very common typography mistake. The history of double spacing vs. single spacing after a period, however, is rather long and complicated. Just take a look at this Wikipedia article that will tell you all about the English style vs. the French style and the various spacing changes with punctuation over time. It's long and kind of confusing, but the end result is that the modern typesetting rules for the U.S. are to single space after a period. But why did we all learn to double space after a period…

• Attention Special Interests: Leave the First Family Out Of Your Ads

  Christine

  6 Jan 2010 | 1:15 pm

  Back in August, I blogged about  Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a thinly veiled vegan promoting activist group, referencing Sasha and Malia Obama in an ad campaign for healthier school lunches and plastered the ads all over the DC Metro. The White House, not surprisingly, was not pleased. It seems PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is up to similar tricks but took it a step further by actually using Michelle Obama's photo in a recent anti-fur ad. The White House has said was never authorized. Um, why does PETA think they can use someone's image…

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  Meieli Detoni

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:13 pm

  There’s nothing more exciting than retro-throwback ski pieces from an Italian label. Zing! Swoosh! You’ll be effortlessly coasting down the slopes in no time, or blasting down moguls if you prefer. Even if you stay in the lodge and slurp hot chocolate instead of going down the hill, you’ll find the bright lounge pieces quite a nice change of pace. Down jackets, tracksuits, and high-top sneakers are primarily constructed in Italy, with high-quality materials making these pieces stand out. [via limited hype] Related PostsWant Les Essentiels De La Vie (0)Filippa K Fall/Winter…

• Want Les Essentiels De La Vie

  Meieli Detoni

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:42 pm

  A black canvas tote sounds so boring, but it’s really not, as evidenced by this Want Les Essentiels bag with a special roll-up design. This bag has leather handles, which are both hard-wearing and hands-friendly, and it also features zipper tabs. Get ready for some easy travel with your brand-new bag, a seasonless selection available at Oak for a reasonable price. 16‘’ x 10’’ x 5″. [$154 at oak] Related PostsXL Black Tote at Oak (0)New at Oak: Spitfire Sunglasses (0)Oak Surface to Air Derby Shoe (0)Ellesse F/W 2010 (0)Filippa K Fall/Winter 2010-11 (0)A.P.C. Petite Standard…

• Anne Hathaway In British GQ

  Jeffrey Hyatt

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm

  There’s really never been any doubt about Anne Hathaway’s ‘hotness,’ just the occasional debate over how hot, exactly. Well, these delicious photos by Mark Seliger in the February issue of British GQ certainly have her hovering around the ‘incredibly’ level on the hot chart. The 27-year-old actress is downright sizzling here, just enough sexiness and innocence to make it all work nicely. Wait, scratch that innocence nonsense. The girl looks downright sinful! What we like best about the layout is that Hathaway is exposed, not literally, but she’s…

• Buy suits that suit your body

  Simon Crompton

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:36 am

  Fred Astaire kept his clothes full to disguise his slight figure The subtleties of a suit’s design can make a disproportionate difference to how it flatters your figure. Tall or short, fat or thin, even average build, there are things you should watch when buying a suit – or indeed, commissioning bespoke. Let’s start with the short man. e HeHe needs to avoid any excess cloth as this will add to his bulk and hence his short stature. So a close, not to say a narrow, fit. On the jacket he should go for one or maximum two buttons. The more buttons there are, the more horizontal points break…

• Gourmet 2010 Spring Collection

  Meieli Detoni

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:27 pm

  Gourmet’s 2010 spring collection is bright and trendy– a great choice for someone looking for fashion-forward shoes with athletic inspiration. The Dicinove, Cinque Epi, Nove L, Quattro B, and the UNDFTD Quattro are some of the most anticipated styles of the upcoming season. Bold soles are some of the most noticeable features on these shoes, along with the wide, substantial laces and smooth, sleek uppers. [via hypebeast] Related PostsLibertine-Libertine A/W 2010 Campaign (0)Levi’s Packable & Adjustable Collection (0)Nike Sportswear 2010 Spring Auto Flight High (0)A.P.C.

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  Design Droplets

• Ben McCarthy Designer Q&A

  info@designdroplets.com (Design Droplets)

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Ben McCarthy is a Sydney born and raised Industrial Designer who currently lives and works (employed by Michael Young Studio) in Hong Kong. In this interview Ben talks about his past and present projects, transitioning his design practice to Hong Kong, design in Hong Kong and writing for Design Magazines. Ben is also the vocalist/guitarist in the band Poubelle International who will be releasing their debut CD on Feb 26 in Hong Kong (be sure to check out their quirky, but very cool video clip 1. Ben, Welcome to Design Droplets. Thank you for taking the time to talk, could you please give a…

• Link Love 5 February 2010

  info@designdroplets.com (Design Droplets)

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:53 pm

  Once again it’s Link Love time. Enjoy and please take the time to share the link love. If you have any links you’d like to share drop us a line. Creative Development Slide – part 3 of a series of 10 best strategic business slides of all time from Anthill Online. Can Australia Really Claim to be A Nation of Innovators? - a very interesting article from Anthill Online. Putting Innovation at The Heart of Your Business - an article from Product Design Hub by Matthew Link. Get Paid What You Are Worth – A useful article from Wired. How To Make Sure Your Idea Is Valuable…

• Sydney Design 2010

  info@designdroplets.com (Design Droplets)

  2 Feb 2010 | 2:51 am

  Sydney Design 2010 is seeking expressions of interest from organisations, groups, individuals and businesses engaged in design and the creative industries to be part of the 2010 festival program. Sydney Design invites submissions across a range of programs including exhibitions, workshops, talks, forums or symposiums, industry events, installations, interventions, digital projects, children’s programs, markets and competitions. Program events will stimulate and create conversation around design linked by the theme “Tell us a story.” Program participants are invited to…

• Link Love 29 January 2010

  info@designdroplets.com (Design Droplets)

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:16 pm

  Linky Love is back once again for your browsing pleasure. Enjoy and spread the link love The Future of Industrial Design – An interview with ID great Ron Arad. My Kitchen is Over Crowded - Another fantastic article by Droplets’ favourite Idris Mootee. The Loop – A brand new portfolio site for Aussie designers created by Pip Jamieson and Matt Fayle. The Grafik Musuem - TGM’s prime objective is to find, collect and share the amazing creativity and talent from Australia and share it with the World. Rattle Ya Dags – A daily dose of inspirational Kiwis (thats New…

• Why Apple’s iPad looks like a big iPod and other short stories

  info@designdroplets.com (Design Droplets)

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:40 am

  Like millions of others around the world I was so subjected to the overly hyped launch of Apple’s latest creation that by the time I saw the device I was over it before I had even laid eyes on it. When the launch happened and I finally got a chance to see proper visuals and video of the product, I was to say the least disappointed at what Apple has produced. My largest single beef with the iPad is the fact that Apple has not again taken a revolutionary leap in design language, styling or aesthetics, its just a large iPod Touch or iPhone. With the amount of hype surrounding this launch…

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  Stickers and Donuts

• Make a Snail Mail Necklace Valentine

  Tricia

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:51 pm

  I love receiving REAL mail, and this Valentine’s Day, I wanted to send my snail mail friend something exceptionally neat.  Admittedly, mailing a surprise-filled tiny box isn’t an original idea.  Two Valentine’s Days ago, my sister (who is very crafty) sent me monkey heart socks in a jewelery box.  I thought I’d spread the tiny box valentine cheer.  To any males who found this/us in pursuit of girlfriend gift inspiration: YOU’RE WELCOME. SUPPLIES: Tiny box.  You can easily get a 3 x 3 box at craft stores. A charm + chain for charm + jump ring (if the charm…

• People You Should Know: Kate Beaton

  Amber

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm

  So say you are sitting watching the news, and they drop a knowledge bomb on you about some historical figure having something to do with today’s troubles and tribulations. If you are like me 84% of the time you think “WHO in the WHERE did WHAT…WHEN? And WHY??” That is where Ms. Kate Beaton can set you straight, with JOKES and COMICS! This helps me, because I can usually only remember things that are funny. All you ever need to know about Musashi. Kate is a comic artist from Novia Scotia, currently livin’ it large in Ontario. She tempers her unfailing Canadian…

• Celebrate the Final Season of Lost with Dharma Beer!

  Tricia

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm

  There’s only one more day until the premiere of the final season of LOST.  My Chicago friends are behemothic LOST fans (one is even in a LOST novelty band, Sonic Weapon Fence).  Consequently, my life has been bombarded with LOST anticipation.  Gmail user images changed to both JACKFACE and Frank Lapidus a few days ago.  But even before that, discussions in regards to a LOST party occurred.  Well, “party” = “gathering to watch Lost,” because it’s a week night, and we are old kids with 9 to 5 jobs.  I offered (via a Gmail chain of emails, and in broken…

• Five Reasons Why I Love Cakespy

  Tricia

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm

  As I promised earlier this week, here is an extended ode to CAKESPY.  Cakespy is a blog dedicated to all things SWEET.  Headed by Jessie Oleson, a freelance writer and illustrator from Portland, Cakespy is especially delightful entertainment during droning afternoon work hours (close rival: finding pictures of cute puppies with my friend, Taylor).  HERE ARE FIVE REASON WHY I LOVE CAKESPY: 1. Jessie is a fantastic illustrator. Cakespy has a glorious shop, filled with Cuppie (that’s the cupcake’s name!)-plastered items.  No situation is too scary for dear Cuppie- an incredible…

• What I Love About: London

  Amirah

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm

  So this series of posts is meant to be about some of the exotic places I’ve visited. London isn’t very exotic at all, and I’ve been living here for about three years now, but outside it’s snowing and I’ve just returned from viewing all the pretty Christmas lights in Central London and I realized that although London is vibrant and exciting 365 days of the year – I love it the most in Winter. That’s why I need to write this post now!  London is pretty huge and there is so much to do that no guide can cover everything. This isn’t even a guide at…

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  BOOOOOOOM!

• Michel Gondry

  jeffhamada

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:55 am

  Open Your Heart by Mia Doi Todd. Directed by Michel Gondry. Watch the video below!

• Scott Campbell

  jeffhamada

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:21 am

  Laser-cut dollar bills by Scott Campbell.

• Ryan De La Hoz

  jeffhamada

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:53 am

  Ryan De La Hoz just put out a great new zine, Residual Energy.

• Claire Sherman

  jeffhamada

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:12 am

  Drawings and paintings by Claire Sherman. Brooklyn.

• Tokyo Sky Drive

  jeffhamada

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:57 am

  A mesmerizing train ride by youtube user, cat2525jp. Watch the video below!

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  Pro Blog Design

• How to Install Wordpress on your PC

  sogeking

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  Wordpress is arguably the most popular and the best blogging platform out there. You might have installed Wordpress on your site, but you might be scared to experiment with Wordpress worrying that you could break your site and Wordpress.Experimenting is one of the best way to learn new things and if you break your site, you probably might not want your visitors to see the fault as it might leave a bad impression. So, it is necessary to have the ability to learn WordPress and try new themes, plugins and other items without putting it online where people can see.So, the best solution is to…

• Design Review: Free Pixels

  Michael Martin

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  In this review, we’re going to work through a website (FreePixels.com) as a case study, looking at its design and seeing what we can learn from it and what we could improve on.So to start off, let’s take a look at Free Pixels. They offer almost 4000 extremely high quality images, for free. All you have to do is leave the small watermark in the corner, or create your own link back.That makes it a very handy site for bloggers! Now load up the site in a new tab, and let’s start our case study!The very first thing I look for is the logo and slogan. The logo is right where you’d expect it,…

• The iPad – Help Me Decide?

  Michael Martin

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  I don’t know what to do.The iPad came out last week and, well, I want one. But that’s a standard side-effect of a Steve Jobs keynote; you always end up wanting one.There’s been a lot of talk about shortcomings of the device, and a lot of the points have merit. Enough merit to stop me from getting it though?In this article, I’ll be working through all of the pros and all of the cons I can see so far. Hopefully by the end, I’ll know what to do.(PS – Just for the record; I’m a Windows 7 user on a HP desktop. I also have a Toshiba laptop that will be getting Ubuntu 9.10 installed on…

• 25 Color Combination Tools For Designers

  Lee Ka Hoong

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am

  Color is difficult to get right. There’s a near infinite number of combinations out there, but only a few that will actually look right for your project. Because it’s so important to a design’s success, it’s worth taking a little time to work out your palette.There are a lot of online tools to help out with this. They all vary slightly to suit designers with different preferences on how they work. We’ve collected together 25 of the best here, with a quick overview on each to help you decide which to try.Website Color Match Color Match is a website tool that shows…

• How To Make a WordPress Events List

  Michael Martin

  18 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am

  An events list is just what you would expect; a list of upcoming events, ordered by the date they are taking place on (Not the date they were written on!).In this post, we are going to create our own events list that will let us add events simply by writing posts and assigning them to an “Events” category. It can’t get much easier than that!This is exactly what we set up for a recent client of ours, American Majority. You can see their full events listing here, or solely the events in one state here (And on both pages, you’ll see the corresponding list in the sidebar as well).There…

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  Inhabitat

• ReRev Makes Energy Generating Gyms a Reality

  Bridgette Meinhold

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:17 am

  Many of us have been to the gym and wondered why the exercise equipment isn’t hooked up to generate electricity and feed it back into the grid. At long last a company in Florida called ReRev has answered our calls, converting existing elliptical machines into sources of power. Now when you hit the gym, you can burn off those calories while creating some renewable energy for a carbon negative workout. Read the rest of ReRev Makes Energy Generating Gyms a Reality Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: elliptical machines, exercise, human generated power, human power, renewable…

• Children’s Hospital is a Sheltering Haven that Proves Design Heals

  Evelyn Lee

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Storytelling design is the first step towards a healthier future for patients at the Evangelisches Konigin Elizabeth Krankenhaus children’s psychiatric hospital in Berlin. Designed as a collaborative effort between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Dan Pearlman Creative Agency, the center creates a fantastic narrative that guides patients on a journey to “Elise Island”, a safe place to play and rest hosted by Princess Elise. Read the rest of Children’s Hospital is a Sheltering Haven that Proves Design Heals Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: childrens…

• The Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco Skyscraper

  Bridgette Meinhold

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Can you imagine living in a high-rise apartment building where the 360 degree views are of fishes and saltwater? Although just a concept now, this upside-down, underwater eco-skyscraper could be the future of building, especially if sea levels rise as predicted and we end up living in a water world. Designed by Victoria BC-based firm Zigloo, the Gyre is a floating eco-development meant to be both a research station as well as an off-shore resort with shops, restaurants, gardens and recreation. Powered completely by the sun, wind and ocean, the Gyre would offer a zero emissions stay for both…

• NewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in Australia

  Jorge Chapa

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:48 pm

  NewActon Nishi is a new apartment complex in the middle of Canberra that is aiming to be Australia’s greenest residential development. But don’t go thinking that this will be a boring ‘green building’. NewActon Nishi will feature a sexy minimalist aesthetic in addition to some exciting eco-conscious features. Read the rest of NewActon Apartments Aim to Be the Greenest in Australia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable development", australia, canberra, Green Building, green development, green developments, hello@newactonnishi.com.au, nathers,…

• Build Your Own Treehouse in 6 Easy Steps

  Beth Shea

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:47 am

  Building a treehouse for your kids is no longer a tall order with this flatpak DIY treehouse design from Dutch designers Rogier Martens and Sam van Veluw of Aandeboom. The Zelfbouwboomhut (Build-It-Yourself Treehouse) is comprised of water-resistant wood panels which fit together via a slot and tab system, and the completed structure is strapped, rather than nailed to the tree. Six easy steps are all it takes to fashion this outdoor abode for your nature loving kids!READ MORE AT INHABITOTS > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: diy kids crafts, diy treehouse, eco kids, green…

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  Motion Works

• Photoshop CS4 Extended – Advanced Techniques

  John Dickinson

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  It will come as no surprise to Motionworks regulars that I’m a big fan of Brian Maffitt. Brian is a veteran trainer and someone that I have aspired to while developing my own presentation style. The foundations of my After Effects knowledge were built watching Brian’s Total After Effects series. But Brian hasn’t hosted training for some time. So when he mentioned he had just finished recording a brand new Advanced Photoshop CS4 Extended training course I had mixed emotions; part of me was so glad to see Brian once again hosting tutorials, the other half thought “Why Photoshop?

• Black Chair – A new series on Business of Passion

  John Dickinson

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:10 pm

  Check out the new super-short, punchy business series by my brother Robin over on businessofpassion.com

• Unplugged 20: John Montgomery

  John Dickinson

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am

  John Montgomery dreamt of working in film and television from a very early age. For the past 3 decades John has lived that dream, honing his craft as a visual effects artist on high-end systems such as Flame and Smoke. In this candid interview John reveals how he got started in the industry, and came to be co-founder of FXGuide and FXPhd. We discuss the relevance of high-end systems compared with desktop software such as Adobe After Effects, and talk in detail about FXPhd and what makes it different from other web-based visual effects training. Get the Flash Player to see this player.

• How to succeed working with family and friends

  John Dickinson

  31 Jan 2010 | 1:36 am

  Ever thought about working with your brother, sister, partner or best friend? Then don’t miss this riveting episode of BOPTV as John and Robin get personal and talk candidly about the synergies and pitfalls of this most sensitive topic, to reveal what has to happen to make it work. Watch BOPTV

• Business of Design = Business of Passion

  John Dickinson

  31 Jan 2010 | 1:31 am

  Great news! The Business of Design has grown and moved from Motionworks to it’s own dedicated site – Businessofpassion.com. What that means is, all the previous episodes of The Business of Design plus new episodes and a bunch of new and exciting business development resources are available now at the new site. See you there!

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  Faint Voice

• global maternal mortality campaign

  Soumitri Varadarajan

  24 Jan 2010 | 7:34 pm

  The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood During 2008, significant steps were taken towards reducing maternal mortality and towards achieving the necessary improvements in provision of health services in developing countries. However, overall progress on maternal mortality has lagged severely behind Millennium Development Goal targets. 2009 presents important opportunities and the White Ribbon Alliance is involved in several strategies at different levels – global, national and community – to maintain momentum and maximize delivery. The White Ribbon Alliance’s Global…

• Maternal Mortality

  Soumitri Varadarajan

  24 Jan 2010 | 7:32 pm

  The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Every minute of every day, a woman dies of pregnancy related complications, totaling more than one half million women each year. MHTF MISSION The Maternal Health Task Force contributes to shaping collective efforts to improve maternal health worldwide. Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the MHTFt serves as a catalyst to address one of the most neglected areas in global health. Million Mums – The White Ribbon Alliance

• Rudd warns of massive hikes in health costs

  Soumitri Varadarajan

  24 Jan 2010 | 3:43 pm

  Rudd warns of massive hikes in health costs – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) New Treasury figures predict health spending on Australians over 65 will be seven times higher than current levels in 40 years’ time.

• Global Warming Studio – Key Aspects

  Soumitri Varadarajan

  19 Jan 2010 | 9:21 pm

  The “global warming studio” requires you to develop your design of a ‘car’ over the course of a year. Listed here are the 10 key aspects of the ‘Global Warming Studio’. On Content1. This studio is part of the Sustainable Pathway in the Industrial Design Program. 2. The studio will emphasize exploration of aesthetics – particularly Japanese aesthetics.3. The studio is a Campaign Project – to make a difference  and to engage in a major challenge facing humanity. Exposure and capability development1. The studio has three key manufacturing…

• Global Warming Studio

  Soumitri Varadarajan

  19 Jan 2010 | 7:59 pm

  Read this stuff and do remember to follow all the links – the underlined stuff. There are some awesome links here.( if you find this text too much you can go for a more sparse idea of the studio here) 1. Proposal of the studio and studio of 2009 here. 2. Library Subject Guide for Studio 3. Industry participation in studio: Ford, GM, Toyota The Global Warming Studio is a Campaign Project The goal of the Campaign Project is to participate in the global project of reduction of CO2 emissions to ’safe’ levels – such as 350 ppm. We do this in a design way – by…

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  aNEW designs

• AIGA Design Archives

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:29 am

  The AIGA website just got better with the revision of the AIGA Design Archives. The Design Archives is full of work that will inspire, take you back in history and show what is happing in today design world. The collection covers a broad range of time and subjects. In the Design Archives you can be energized by such categories as 50 Books/50 Covers from 2008, AIGA 365, Works by Chermayeff & Geismar, Information Graphics, Packaging, and Push Pin Studios. The vast collection is sure to spawn many ideas and give a greater understanding of how our profession has developed on the years.

• Felton 2009 Annual Report

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:27 am

  The Felton 2009 Annual Report is available for your viewing "pleasure" online. Nicholas Felton is the master of taking facts and figures and converting them into visual organization that are beautiful, logical and engaging. Nicholas started his annual reports as a personnel project in 2005. Each year since, he has taken his life and converted it into these magnificent publications. This years report is based on the following statement from Nicholas' website:Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online…

• Box Bottle Bag! Early Review and Release Party of Book

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:20 pm

  The newest package design book to hit the streets is Box Bottle Bag by Andrew Gibbs, the founder and editor of TheDieline.com. I got a chance to look Box Bottle Bag over when Andrew showed up at the Debbie Millman lecture last Friday in Orange County. Box Bottle Bag is clean, crisp and cool full of great design inspiration and creativity. The book is packed with wonderfully large images of some of the best package designs that have been released in recent times. Package design has risen to the forefront of today's modern age of branding and this book is a showcase and testimonial to prove…

• Debbie Millman Week - Speaking Event

  31 Jan 2010 | 11:29 pm

  On Friday evening at the Art Institute of California - Orange County in conjunction with the Orange County chapter of AIGA, Debbie Millman gave a presentation titled, "Why We Brand, Why We Buy". Debbie's talk was a combination of brands, science and history brought together to help explain modern branding and consumer actions given with passion and enthusiasm. The talk was an excellent presentation that felt more like a graduate lecture which was fresh and informative. If you expect a show and tell presentation look at Sterling's website, this lecture informed, elated, and left me thinking…

• Getting Creative- #10 Attend a Lecture

  28 Jan 2010 | 8:50 am

  We all get wrapped up in our own little boxes and churn out the designs but a way to gain fresh insight is to attend a lecture. As designers we love to talk and we love to talk about what we are doing, have done and then talk some more. This avails us to have the opportunity to go and listen to a fellow designer / artist to talk. Check you local colleges, AIGA and art museums for lists of upcoming guest speakers. Most of these events are low in price or free, in the evenings so they don't take up a ton of time and many are very small and intimate. Over the recent pass I have had the pleasure…

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  Kyle Steed

• Project 365 Week 05

  kylesteed

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:27 am

  I’m working my way backwards this morning. Starting at the end and going back to the beginning. Sometimes that’s the way I feel I’m living my life. We’re already in to the middle of February and it feels like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be but something big is about to happen. I’ve seen so many changes, good changes, happening all around me that I can’t help but remain hopeful for something amazing about to unfold. And some things have already begun to unfold themselves. Only time will tell. Weekly Roundup Here are my 3 favorite photos…

• social mysteria

  kylesteed

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm

  I wonder if we really understand the true meaning of social networking or if we are getting lost in the numbers. Inspired by this Friday Vidcast from Aaron Irizarry. Special thanks to Andy Rutledge for his brutally honest opinions.

• Project 365 Week 04

  kylesteed

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am

  Wow! It’s already been a month. I’m not going to act surprised or anything, this has been on my calendar for a while now. Doing these daily photos has really helped me appreciate each day, and each new challenge I am faced with. Usually the weeks just pass me by without warning, but having something I have to do each day really helps me stay focused. The biggest change this week, which I think we can all agree on, was the loss of my beard. (So long old friend.) But like I said before, a happy wife is a happy life. (Well I didn’t say it, but I heard it somewhere.) Week 04…

• The dribbble jersey collection

  kylesteed

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:39 am

  What is Dribbble? Dribbble allows you to share your work in 120,000 pixels or less with other creative people. It poses the question, “What Are You Working On?” without sounding like a douche bag. The fine folks over at SimpleBits handcrafted this little beauty. Why a Jersey? Why not a jersey? It seemed appropriate in light of the whole basketball theme. Sure I could’ve made little basketball icons, but where’s the fun in that. I love to compete, and what better to wear when you compete than a team jersey? You may have seen my post on twitter or even on dribbble…

• Project 365 Week 03

  kylesteed

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:22 am

  It’s that time again. Yawn… Stretch… Zzz… Is anyone else feeling the end of January being a bit sluggish? This past week felt more like a walk to school in the snow (uphill, both ways). And with the daunting feeling that what I’m doing doesn’t really matter to anyone else but me, I’ve had a hard time staying focused. That statement is completely self-involved, I know, so I want to give a huge thanks to all of you who’ve been following me and leaving your comments, but I’m just being honest. Flickr’s quite a conundrum to me. I…

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  Culturepush

• MOSH PARTY 4

  Michele Adriaens

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:05 am

  Rock/metal gig with performances by vermillion, thambi k seaow, for this cycle, fall of mirra, astroninja (LAST GIG!) and ruins and remains. 12 Feb, 6pm at blackhole 212, Syed Alwi Road. BBZVKHVKH97T

• Spotted! Snupped

  Michele Adriaens

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:01 am

  Show your laptop some love. Treat it to something funky, and hopefully in return it will stop freezing on you. Snupped sleeves might be the answer. Bang on trend, they combine hot colors with a selection of fancy patterns, catering to style-conscious laptop cognoscenti like you and me. Snupped is the brainchild of two childhood friends, Darcy and Bryan. “It started a couple of years back, when we bought our first laptops,” Bryan explains. “We had snazzy looking gear, but the laptop bags provided were dull and boring looking. So, we decided to make our own, and sewed our…

• Urban Sketchers (USk) Singapore

  Michele Adriaens

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:01 am

  (Top) Scrapyard by Tia. (Bottom) Sketch by Don Low. Urban Sketchers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the artistic, storytelling and educational value of location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel. The site showcases colorful stories behind the scenes, by volunteer correspondents in more than thirty countries around the world. Some are architects and illustrators, others are graphic designers, web developers, painters or educators, all sharing the same passion for drawing on location. They…

• GED’s Great T-Shirt Hunt Competition

  Michele Adriaens

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:01 am

  Developed by Catapult Advertising and supported by MICA, Good EyeDeer (GED) is an equal opportunities platform, which gives anyone with a potentially good idea an opportunity to actualize and see it come to life, debunking the myth that Singapore is creatively lack lustre. “We want GED to be a platform for designers to launch themselves and enjoy some commercial benefits, but that’s not all GED is about,” explains Project Director, Serene Tan. “We’re keen on unearthing local talent, helping them come up with a viable business model, sharing with them our network and experience in…

• NEVER A LONER

  Michele Adriaens

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:12 pm

  Never a Loner is an exhibition of original life size artwork with ink and brush on rice paper by moof. 4 Feb-4 Mar at Woods in the Books, 58 Club Street.

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  TheDieline.com: Package Design

• Bitter Sisters Cocktail Mixers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:31 pm

  Packaging for Bitter Sisters, a Bitter Cocktail Mixer. Designed by Shane Cranford.

• Urban Outfitters Tights & Socks

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:28 pm

  "New tight packaging for urban outfitters! Simplifying the look; brown kraft boxes with a brightly colored paper band. Each style tight has its own color band, so everyone can find what they are looking for."Designed by Grayhood. More images after the jump.         

• Box Bottle Bag is Here! Now Shipping!

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm

   TheDieline.com, the world’s number one package design website, is the go-to site for packaging design. Established in 2007, it is a the major influencer in the package design industry, providing a forum for the design community to stay abreast of the latest industry trends, developments and projects. Box Bottle Bag, showcases examples of the best of the best from the website, plus never-before-seen projects from top packaging designers from around the world. This inspirational and highly visual book, authored by the site’s editor in chief Andrew Gibbs, showcases examples of the best of…

• Student Spotlight: Rise Coffee & Gum

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:44 am

  Love the illustration work from Hillary Fisher a recent student at Creative Circus.

• Bombay Sapphire Layers

  The Dieline

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  New work from Barcelona based Durero Packaging. This is their latest design for Bacardi Group called Bombay Sapphire Layers Christmas Edition. They made a custom folding carton with a metallic blue aluminium effect, a limited edition only for Spain and Denmark markets. Many more images after the jump.       

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  Yatzer | DesigntoShare

• You Fade to Light by rAndom International

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  rAndom International was commissioned by Royal Philips Electronics' Lumiblade division to create an interactive installation that unlocks the creative potential of their next generation OLED technology. You Fade to Light is a fascinating project into our physical interaction with light.

• ANNA by ZMIK designers

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:52 am

  ZMIK designers spatial intervention for Iart Interactive's office corridors is a wireframe world that magically tunes in and out of reality through its clever use of perspectives.

• Konstantino Dregos on culture and nature

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:06 am

  How about meeting one of the most talented Greek artists and getting lost inside his mysterious, mind blowing sculptures? Yatzer had definitely a lot to ask and Konstantino Dregos a lot to answer. Get ready for the ride!

• Galileo Telescope by Odoardo Fioravanti

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:29 pm

  Back to the beginnings. 400 years after Galileo Galilei developed his telescope, Italian Odoardo Fioravanti redesigns the original with minimalist flair and advanced optical technology.

• A Tender Project from Normal studio

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:29 pm

  Could you ever imagine that a simple object like a clothespin can be transformed to something as imaginative and eye catching? Normal™ studio from Argentina has the unquestionable ability to see beyond the ordinary and reveals all the details of the Tender project to Yatzer.

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  Cool Material

• Tuesday Link Roundup

  bdahl

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:59 am

  Bikini Model Search 2010 - Bullz Eye Top 12 Things We Learned From the 2010 Super Bowl Ads - Gunaxin Belladonna Turns the Camera on the Real Fanboys of Porn - Visit Cool Material for the full post.

• Robocop Valentines

  JC

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

  Sometimes it's hard for us tough guys to express our feelings, especially on mushy holidays like Valentine's Day. But even under the cold, metallic exterior of Robocop beats a warm heart. The message is simple, [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

• Dog State Jewelry

  JC

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:32 am

  Modern and a little bit macabre, Dog State specializes in skull and animal jewelry designs. The latest jewelry for 2010 from the London designer fits their usual M.O. The new designs include the gruff looking [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

• Fossil Analog Compass Watch

  bdahl

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:28 am

  Fossil is on the wrists, in the pockets, and blocking UV rays for countless Americans. Odds are, you have at least one Fossil product (don't be mad at Grandma, she could have given you socks [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

• Tarantino Tribute Posters

  bdahl

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:12 am

  When you're searching for art to adorn your abode, iconic movie posters are generally at the top of every guy's list. When you happen to love a Quentin Tarantino movie (and who doesn't) [...]Visit Cool Material for the full post.

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  The Magenta Links

• Sign Out – Josef Schulz

  Konstnatinos

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm

  Sign Out means, to remove oneself from a list, to log off from a system, to stop participating. This refers quite specifically to the signposted shopping centres which are struggling with the impact of the economic crisis. Reduced turnover leads to the closure of businesses and branches. Employees are laid off. And since they no longer go shopping near their place of work, the turnover decreases further still. This is just the superficial result of a calculation which shows that costs are higher than income. An economical chain-reaction threatens: Firstly, because the system is dynamic, and…

• Claudia Basel

  Konstnatinos

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm

  A Switzerland based graphic design and interactive design studio and they love and know how to work with typography in their projects. Claudia Basel Related posts:Co. Pixelgarten Letterpress & Maths

• My Design Walk 2010

  Konstnatinos

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm

  The following magenta link it’s for my flickr gallery with pics from the Design Walk in Athens 2010. You will see not only photos from the Design Studios and their “Poles Apart” projects but also some streets photos from the area around the studios. Yes it was a cloudy, rainy day, grrrrr My Design Walk 2010 Related posts:Design Walk 2010 Design Walk 09 Design Walk 2008 – Athens

• Anni’s

  Konstnatinos

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  Denmark based graphic design Studio. Anni’s Related posts:SB Studio Studio Astrid Stavro Co.

• Jonathan Mangelinckx

  Konstnatinos

  4 Feb 2010 | 12:43 am

  Jonathan Mangelinckx was born and lives in Brussels. He constructs mental spaces made of tri-dimensional figures reduced to 2D areas, as a cerebral architecture. A big part of his life turns around a world made of modular forms, textures, typos…by clicking on the mouse. He looks for ways to fight against the bombardment of images to which we are subject to every day. He turns toward simple and universal forms. He looks for the unique in a world of mass production. «Graphic design exists in order to communicate with the whole world by a universal language without vocabulary or…

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  Big Head Design

• Wordpress for Beginners (Intro)

  Justin Moore-Brown

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  So you’ve decided to make the jump to Wordpress and considering you’re here reading this, you’re probably looking for some help in navigating your way around the Wordpress Dashboard. Below you’ll find the first in our series of Wordpress tutorials that will help better orientate you with the dashboard. This video gives you [...]

• Popular Mechanics Magazine circa 1937

  Justin Moore-Brown

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am

  There’s something about looking at something old that gives you a nostalgic appreciation for what was going on at the time. It also gives you a refreshed appreciation for what is new. This is what happened when I recently came across this “vintage” issue of Popular Mechanics magazine from 1937. More of a book [...]

• 21 Bodacious Brochures!

  Justin Moore-Brown

  26 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am

  Brochures come in all different shapes and sizes. They can be informative or decorative. One thing for certain is that a great brochure is definitely something that is memorable. Whether it’s a fantastic design, a creative die-cut, or awesome construction and use of materials, great brochures can really be an eye-popping piece for any designer or [...]

• 10 Photoshop brushes for you to download!

  Justin Moore-Brown

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am

  Brushes, we’ve all seen them, and we all want em. Grungy, artistic, creative, organic, you name it and there’s probably a brush for it. When used appropriately, brushes can give whatever you’re working on that extra look you’re looking for. There are 1,000’s of fantastic free sets of brushes out there for download (FREE) of [...]

• LA Artwalk is all kinds of #Win!

  Justin Moore-Brown

  18 Jan 2010 | 5:06 pm

  Recently, I took a trip to Downtown LA to take in some food & culture at the LA Artwalk. This event features over 30 art galleries within walking distance, many next to each other, who open up to the public allowing the masses to enter and experience the art of their work and the [...]

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  Davison Creators

• Kinetic Jewelry: The Gear Ring

  Joseph Warren

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  This ring is a perfect marriage of function and style. Gear Ring goes for $165 and comes in limited sizes, and wow, is it ever cool! It boasts that it is designed as a highly durable piece of jewelry that is resistant to tarnishing, fading, scratching, and rusting, and backs it up with a lifetime warranty.  Related posts:Mind Numbing Geneva Gear Nothing  much to say about this post. Just take about... Cool Portable Camping Gear A shower in your pocket? A pontoon on your back? A... Hang Dry – Innovative Product Design With cold weather all around us, we are having...

• Sugru Who?

  Joseph Warren

  2 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  Sugru is described as a creator’s dream, a means to have things that you have already, but better. This room temperature-curing silicone putty has been used for mending pottery, modifying electronics and patching fabric. Heat resistant, washable and tactile enough to mold to any form, this stuff sold out within 16 hours during its online debut. So, when it becomes available again, you’ll have to act fast if you want some for yourself! Related posts:Tricky Kicks – Puma RS 100 INJEX For those of you familiar with the process of...

• Science Is Fun Part 3: Water Marbles

  Joseph Warren

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:49 am

  Non-toxic water trick that produces transparent water marbles that will amaze you. Pretty cool science. Related posts:Science is Fun Part 1: Nitinol + Hot Water = Cool Shapes This video shows the shape memory and super elasticity... Science is Fun Part 2: Elephant Toothpaste What a colorful, fast-action experiment! I imagine its even cooler...

• Science is Fun Part 2: Elephant Toothpaste

  Joseph Warren

  28 Jan 2010 | 12:42 pm

  What a colorful, fast-action experiment! I imagine its even cooler to see it in person. Elephant toothpaste, of course, is not a dental product, but a chemical reaction using a few simple chemicals and food dye. Related posts:Everything Elephant September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. In honor of the largest... Science Is Fun Part 3: Water Marbles Non-toxic water trick that produces transparent water marbles that...

• Apple iPad: It’s Here!

  Joseph Warren

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:43 am

  Fresh pictures from the Apple event live. Thanks to Gizmodo for live blogging, nice reporting! Related posts:apple Designs, of the Organic Variety Apples are at their prime this time of year, and... apple template This IPhone app drafting template is pretty sweet. Use it... Rethinking the Camera – Product Innovation After watching “Objectified” and listening to the reasoning behind...

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  dsgnwrld

• ‘Olympic Gold’ by Studio Lara de Greef

  admin

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:16 am

  From Studio Lara de Greef: ‘In Greek antiquity major events were often depicted on ceramics. These events, from birth until golden wedding, were shown on a tragically, lofty manner. Today, this way of presenting is still used, for example by high quality Wedgwood china. These elegant, sophisticated, three-dimensional decorations are loved by people from all walks of life. Lara de Greef liked to decorate pottery with images that call for more recognition with everyday acts of life, such as dressing and undressing, getting into or out one’s shoes, sweeping the floor or practising…

• ‘Fake Hills’ by MAD Architects

  admin

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:02 am

  ‘Fake Hills’ is a building which will offer residential, office and hotel facilities. The 430,000 sqm project by MAD architects is currently under construction. It is located on a waterfront site in Beihai, China. The following information is from the architects’ website: ‘Throughout China’s ultra-rapid urbanization, attention has been focused on set-piece architecture: opera houses, museums, stadia. However these would-be icons are the exception rather than the rule. The vast majority of development in China’s new cities takes the form of residential schemes, often…

• designer Philippe Starck designs micro wind turbines

  admin

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:31 am

  French designer Philippe Starck, creator of chic hotels, high-tech lamps and modern-style furniture, has turned his attention to energy with the design of two sleek micro wind-power turbines aimed at domestic use. Starck on Wednesday unveiled the “Revolutionair” turbines, made by Italy’s Pramac, which makes power generation equipment, after two years of work on the project. The turbines, which will be made in the Tuscan city of Siena and can be placed in the garden or on the roof, consist of the quadrangular 400W WT model with a power output of 400W and the helicoidal shaped…

• ‘Binta’ armchair by Philippe Bestenheider

  admin

  26 Jan 2010 | 7:58 am

  ‘Binta’, an Africa-inspired armchair by Swiss designer Philippe Bestenheider, is part of the new Moroso collection unveiled at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan 2009. The chair’s form is based on African wood carvings and the upholstery is based on Senegalese patchwork fabrics. Statement from Bestenheider: ‘Binta was inspired by Africa. Its sculptural shape evokes African wood carvings, but its polyurethane rubber forms are softer. Like a baobab tree, Binta anchors itself firmly to the ground with thick, trunk-like feet whose elegant forms bring to mind the…

• ‘La Debacle’ by Andree-Anne Dupuis-Bourret

  admin

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:14 am

  Andree-Anne Dupuis-Bourret is a Quebec-based artist whose work combines drawing and sculpture together to create unusual installations. ‘La Debacle’ is one of her latest pieces and showcases her unique artistic style. The project is an assemblage of paper that features line drawings done by Dupuis-Bourret, and photocopied over and over. The papers are folded and attached together to create a gradient effect that moves from thin spaced lines to thick and busy ones. Looking at the piece close up it takes on an environmental feeling that recalls mountains. Related…

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  Spoonfed Design

• Stunning Stop-Motion Animation: Ten Examples

  Scott

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:56 am

  Ten amazing and highly creative examples of stop-motion animation.Stunning Stop-Motion Animation: Ten Examples is a post from: Spoonfed Design

• Five Great Design Magazines

  Scott

  14 Dec 2009 | 11:50 am

  There are only a handful of great print magazines that will help you become a better designer. Here are 5 design magazines you need to look into.Five Great Design Magazines is a post from: Spoonfed Design

• Night of the Pixelated Dead: Zombies Made Easy in Photoshop

  Wes Kozalla

  21 Oct 2009 | 9:21 am

  Just in time for Halloween, a Photoshop tutorial on how to bring the dead back to life, rotting flesh and all. Night of the Pixelated Dead: Zombies Made Easy in Photoshop is a post from: Spoonfed Design

• 30 High Quality 3D Text Tutorials (and a New Text Generator)

  Scott

  28 Aug 2009 | 12:09 pm

  A showcase of outstanding tutorials on designing, decorating and using 3D text, using Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D. 30 High Quality 3D Text Tutorials (and a New Text Generator) is a post from: Spoonfed Design

• Accessorize Your Pixels: Placing Jewelry with Photoshop

  Wes Kozalla

  19 Aug 2009 | 10:54 am

  Photoshop tutorial showing how to realistically place jewelry, watches and more onto people in photographs, using layer effects and filters. Accessorize Your Pixels: Placing Jewelry with Photoshop is a post from: Spoonfed Design

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  My Modern Metropolis

• Through Tokyo at Night

  Mark Huckabee

  I just found this totally mesmerizing video of a nighttime ride through Tokyo. It was posted to YouTube a week ago by user cat2525jp. Apparently the music is "A Furrow Dub" by Sugar Plant. I don't read Japanese so I can't tell you much more about it. I'd love to know more about how this was shot. If you can translate then please let us all know more details in the comments. Here is the page on YouTube and here is cat2525jp's blog.

• Dark Doings by Dan Witz

  Inka Leoni

  Lurking behind closed doors are people in situations most are hesitant to see. When you would walk by one of those doors, what would your reaction be? Different to all of us, but it's sure to leave a haunting impression. Art like this would be virtually impossible to have on display in an art gallery. You could give a try, but it would take away most of the viewers experience. On the streets it would catch you by surprise when at a glance you suddenly realize something has grabbed you. The further you walk away from it...the more the thought sinks in.These are the Dark Doings created by Dan…

• Beyond Beautiful (14 photos - NSFW)

  Eugene

  Paris-born Antoine Verglas takes fashion photography to a whole new level. Using great color, composition, and texture, he captures gorgeous shots of models in their natural setting. The images are so full of life, they almost jump out at you. Antoine Verglas's website

• Almost Famous (10 Hip and Hilarious Headcovers)

  alice

  If there's one trend I don't mind seeing, it's people taking record, magazine or book covers and making them their own. Want to be as cool as James Dean? No need to light that cig, just grab his calendar and you're good to go. Ever dreamed of being a magazine cover girl? No need to cake on that make-up,girl, just hold this up. Now if only I could get Eugene to be my willing accomplice... Source: Headcover Flickr group

• Silent Nights (12 pics)

  alice

  In this great photo set by Kevin Cooley, we're left wondering what these twelve individuals could be thinking. Alone in the city on a cold winter's night, they sit in silence with not a single soul around them. What memories could be racing through their head? Are they savoring the silence or swimming in their sea of problems? Kevin Cooley is a photo and video artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. He has worked with magazines like GQ, Fast Company, Details, Newsweek, Time and Wired.

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  theaptBROADCAST

• GOOD MORNING

  well damn... this was it, the weekend of theaptSUPERfriend cindy "why walk when you can" gallop's annual birthday extravaganza. and as much as the aforementioned superlative is usually grossly misused by the vast majority of the reporters of lackluster events, there is no other word to indeed describe this one, ...

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

  shot by the incomparable roderick angle, today's theaptCOVER is more than just mere image, it is the cover of the invitation we created for theaptSUPERfriend cindy gallop's annual birthday party. in the past, our invitations for her have been conceptual in nature, forcing you to work for your information. this ...

• COMPOSED

  just started a new set made up of the various shapes and compositions i have been slow to discover in my own home. i will add to it as i see more. also, i need friends.

• PEEPSHOW

  the french are so good at this! in order to promote their new website, the tackylicious frenchartofloving.com, lingerie powerhouse aubade set up a softly backlit window, easily gawkable from the street, behind which a few girls took their time to get dressed, undressed, play games, you know, what women do ...

• BEST IN CLASS

  there are very few pieces of furniture in existence, any more, whose very reason for being is to serve their master artfully. famed italian storyteller bruno munari utilized all the tools in his artistic arsenal to do just that for, if not, what was it all worth? niente, that's what. ...

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  DesignApplause

• Villa bio.

  PRand

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  the art of living — a landscape folds into itself to create an interesting home / floorplan. below: the floorplan /platform is made of concrete. Designer: Enric Ruiz-Geli Location: Barcelona, Spain via: archdaily | fresh moco

• Yellow cab goes green in chicago.

  PRand

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:32 pm

  chicago loves the blues. now yellow goes green. chicago is honoring a commitment made years ago to have a greener taxi. yellow is the first. yellow group plans an initial deployment of 100 new CNG taxis under its yellow cab subsidiary, which it says is america’s oldest and largest continuously operating taxi fleet. Read more about CNG and how solar and wind are feeling the heat. Resources: what is cng? inhabitat chicago tribune yellow goes green in dallas green tech: solar / wind feel heat from cng environmental leader cleancngvehicles.org cng industry

• Anti paperless society.

  PRand

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:19 am

  uh, about that paperless society …

• Slowcooker wins award.

  PRand

  4 Feb 2010 | 12:22 pm

  the slowcooker is not a crockpot or a bake oven. the food is essentially steamed. Designer: margriet foolen Producer: royal vkb the slowcooker is a winner in wallpaper’s best domestic design 2010.

• Architecture that repairs itself.

  PRand

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  venice, italy is sinking. to save it, rachel armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. she proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon. via ted – ideas worth spreading

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  DeTnk

• D&A Lab

  Collecting Design

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:18 am

  D&A Lab, Brussels is a young gallery that commissions contemporary artists to create innovative design objects. By doing so they aim to unify the unique, rigid and non-functional aspect of art with the recognizable character of the design-object functionality. read more

• Total Table Design

  Collecting Design

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:49 am

  For the Total Table Design project, which premiered at Object Rotterdam, Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and studio Scholten & Baijings present their visions for the art of dining. As they describe it, ‘In contemporary dining culture one encounters worlds of difference. read more

• Object Rotterdam 2010: International fair for autonomous design

  Collecting Design

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:28 am

  Cruise Terminal RotterdamRotterdam, Netherlands The mood was high at the opening of Object Rotterdam on Wednesday the 3rd of February, with many at the private view remarking that it is as good, or even better than some of the major fairs like Miami. read more

• RCA Interim Show

  Collecting Design

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Royal College of ArtKensington Gore, London On Wednesday the 3rd of February, the Royal College of Art will open an interim show of work from half of the design departments, including pieces from the innovative program Design Interactions. read more

• A New Design Museum For NYC?

  Collecting Design

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:21 am

  Last week at the New York City launch party for the Roy Lichtenstein exhibition now on view at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan, the Triennale announced its plans to open a New York satellite space this spring called Triennale NYC. read more

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  Spot Cool Stuff: Design

• Shopping Cart Furniture

  Spot Cool Stuff

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:20 pm

  If architects can construct entire apartment buildings from used shipping containers and Thai monks can build a temple from discarded beer bottles then why can’t an artist create furniture from old shopping carts? That perhaps is what self-described cross-media visual designer Ramón Coronado asked when he spent 12 weeks at his Los Angeles home creating his Mercado Negro collection. Mercado Negro (Spanish for “black market”) began, as many artistic projects do, as a statement on society. In the words of Coronado: I took it upon myself to take a shopping cart and make a…

• Cool—and Functional—Kitchenware from Architec

  Spot Cool Stuff

  21 Jan 2010 | 9:50 am

  Durable, environmentally friendly and cool looking. Those are the first three adjectives that come to mind when we think of Architec Housewares, one of Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite designers of cookware. What Architec’s hot pads, cutting boards and mixing bowls are best known for, though, are their non-slip properties. For cooks who have suffered our share of burns, cuts and spills this is no small thing. A look at our three favorite Architec items: Silicone HotGrip Architec’s HotGrips are so flexible and squishy that they provide almost the same tactile experience as grabbing…

• The Frank Gehry Hotel

  Spot Cool Stuff

  17 Jan 2010 | 8:08 pm

  There’s a scene in The Simpsons in which a cartoon rendering of architect Frank Gehry casually tosses a piece of paper onto the ground, gives it a look and then says to himself “Frank, you genius! You did it again!” That joke is probably funnier seeing it than reading our recounting. And it’s certainly funnier if you are familiar with certain Gehry-designed buildings—like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A., the Experience Music Project in Seattle and, especially, Bilbao Spain’s Guggenheim Museum—which really do bear some resemblance to crinkled paper (if…

• 7 Downside-Up Houses

  Spot Cool Stuff

  8 Jan 2010 | 1:46 pm

  ˙uʍop ǝpısdn plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ uɹnʇ ʇɐɥʇ—puɐloԀ puɐ ɐıɹʇsn∀ ‘˙∀˙S˙∩ ǝɥʇ ‘ʎuɐɯɹǝפ ‘ɐpɐuɐƆ ‘uıɐdS uı—sǝɹnʇɔnɹʇs uǝʌǝs ǝsǝɥʇ ɟo puoɟ ʎllɐıɔǝdsǝ sı ɟɟnʇS looƆ ʇodS ʎɥʍ sı ɥɔıɥM…

• Green Thumb? Try Growing Jewelry

  Spot Cool Stuff

  7 Jan 2010 | 12:05 pm

  With the rings from the Growing Jewelry collection you’ll need a green thumb to keep green on your finger. That’s because Growing Jewelry rings, handcrafted by Iceland-based designer Hafsteinn Juliusson, are topped with real living Icelandic moss! Think Chia-pet-meets-couture-jewelry. Or, as Juliusson himself explains: “Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry and gardening; couture and organism. The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature…

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  Netdiver Magazine

• Reserves *up

  Carole Guevin

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:49 am

  Reserves just recently released four new typefaces, one of which is Sevigne, a highly refined couture inspired sans-serif which includes more than 130 unique ligatures.

• DIY Typo(graphy)

  Carole Guevin

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am

  Jessica Hische is a typographer (who prefers drawing a font from scratch is easier than scouring the Internet to find the right one) and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. She paid her dues working at a high profile shop (Louise Fili Ltd) and now is freelancing full-time with a scoreboard [...]

• FLIGHT 001

  Carole Guevin

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am

  Hapchanced on the FLIGHT 001 (pronounced flight one) Manhattan store years ago! The brand was conceived in 1998 aboard Air France flight 023 somewhere between New York and Paris. John Sencion and Brad John were two business travelers who had spent far too much time preparing for their trip envisioned a travel [...]

• Quotes as ‘E’ ‘B’

  Carole Guevin

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:12 am

  Oh! Using quotes to create the letters ‘E’ and ‘B’ is a simple and brilliant identity solution that Mihail Mihaylov came up with for Eastside Bookshop. Luv the second level meaning inferred by quote marks which are the staple of story telling and writing in context. _______ via: Design You Trust

• Puzzle Game installation

  Carole Guevin

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am

  Romain Lenancker created this paper installation for Amusement Magazine. Niiiice!

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  New Urbanism Blog

• An Open Letter to President Obama and Congress

  admin

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:42 pm

  While the country staggers towards economic stability, the design professions are feeling their worst economic times since the Great Depression. Depending on the region of the country, the unemployment and underemployment rate for design professionals is anywhere from 20% to 50%. I feel this daily as President of the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and as an owner of a small architecture / planning firm.What I hope to convey to you in this note is not just the seriousness of our situation, but how you can help at the Federal level while achieving your stated goals…

• Free Downtown transit

  admin

  22 Jan 2010 | 12:04 pm

  Over on the Switchboard blog written by Kaid Benfield, he writes today about a free downtown circulator that Baltimore has recently put in place. (pasted below) This is a great heads-up to those cities that are cutting back on transit in tough times. I’ve thought for a while that we need an entirely new service model for transit in most American cities, and will write about this more in future posts. The reality is the current system in most cities is so completely unsupported by fares that we might as well have completely free zones in order to encourage denser, walkable development.

• Let it Snow, Let it Snow

  admin

  14 Jan 2010 | 11:03 am

  This one is especially for my readers in the Kansas City region (but hopefully for others of you in northern climates).I love the snow, and what it does to life in cities. So much of our lives gets consumed by activity and noise, it’s refreshing when we’re forced to have much of that go away. Mainly, it’s wonderful just how quiet the city gets when vehicles can’t travel very well. We forget just how much of the noise of life is vehicular, except when a snowstorm comes and takes most of that away. It’s so… peaceful. Which of course makes you think.You may…

• How walkable neighborhoods increase home values

  admin

  23 Dec 2009 | 2:29 pm

  Posted by: Kevin KlinkenbergIt’s often said that Americans love their cars above everything else, and many question the demand for walkable neighborhoods. And yet, as this and other studies have revealed, quality walkable places are highly valued. This shouldn’t be surprising – as human beings, we inherently like to interact with others, and we prefer to have options on how to experience life. Walking/biking, etc are all just examples of how to achieve what’s in our nature.  This is a blog post that I would like to share written by Kaid Benfield, who is the…

• Path to Prosperity: for retail spaces, think small (and cheap)

  admin

  18 Dec 2009 | 4:12 pm

  We’re obsessed with big: big houses, big churches, big cars, big stores, big food portions. It’s in our nature I suppose to be impressed with size.When planning for our communities, though, it’s often best to think small. Not small as in small goals or dreams; but small as in the kinds of spaces that fill up our neighborhoods. This is especially true when it comes to spaces that sell things – shops, restaurants, etc.What are the benefits of small spaces? For one, they are cheap to rent – very important to mom & pop operations and start-ups. If you want to…

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  Remodelista

• Steal This Look: Martha Stewart Set Kitchen

  janet

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:15 am

  I have to admit that when I walked onto the set of the Martha Stewart Show a couple of weeks ago, I was a bit star struck—not just by Martha, but also by her set kitchen, which is modeled after the one in her Bedford, New York, house. Here are a few ideas for accessorizing the look (for appliance, cookware, and countertop resources listings, go to Martha Stewart). Above: We like the open shelving, the vintage pitchers used for utentsil storage, the vintage rolling pins as decor, and the understated simple cabinet knobs. The cabinet paint is Mourning Dove Gray (MS 151) and the…

• Lighting: Caleb Siemon Happy Kiss Lights

  sarah

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  Santa Ana, California, might not have the same cachet as Murano, Italy, but it's where RISD grad and glass maker Caleb Siemon has made his home. Siemon, who studied in Murano under the famous glass sculptor Pino Signoretto, is renowned for his glass vases and bowls. We are particularly taken with his line of lighting,  especially the Happy Kiss Lights (shown below), which emit a glowing, refracted light. Available through Lightopia. Above: Happy Kiss Light in sargasso$500.    Above: Happy Kiss Light in lime, $500. Above: Thick Clear Barnacle Pendant,…

• Shopper's Diary: Kerry Cassill in Laguna Beach

  sarah

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:45 am

  Admirers of Kerry Cassill's clothing line may not be aware that her signature Indian prints are also available in a bedding line produced under the Paisley Label, available online. Southern Californians can also visit her store, Lala, in Laguna Beach. Above L: King Duvet from $365. Above R: Queen King Flatsheet, $128. Above L: Standard Pillowcases from $26. Above R: King Fitted Sheet; $144.

• Tabletop: Walnut Accessories from Amenity

  janet

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  Amenity is an LA–based collaboration between two graphic designers, Nicole Chiala and Kristina de Corpo, who aspire to merge nature and modern design. We are currently admiring (and coveting) Amenity's Arroyo collection of tabletop accessories, crafted and hewn by hand from FSC-certified walnut and hand-oiled to enhance the beauty of the wood grain. If you are in Los Angeles, the designers welcome visitors to the Amenity Studio Mondays through Thursdays. Above: Arroyo Rectangle Tray measures 11 by 8 inches; $88 at Bobby Berk Home. Above: Arroyo Sectional Tray measures 16 by 6…

• Design Sleuth: Round Felt Cushions from Canvas

  julie

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am

  In today's Architect Visit: From the Desk of Lola, we admired the 16-inch Round Felt Cushions from Canvas (an offshoot of Ochre, one of our favorite lines). The Nepalese 100 percent wool cushions are $150 each and are available through Ochre in New York (for a square pillow alternative, consider FilzFelt's Square Felt Pillows, starting at $60).

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  kontaktmag | design innovation

• Publisher at Large: Lego and Architecture

  Don Crossland

  15 Jan 2010 | 2:47 pm

  When I was young, my go to toy was a big box of Legos. A mish-mash of colors, shapes and sizes of bricks were at my disposal. I had corner pieces, bricks with holes for wheels and even slanted pieces for roofs. If I wanted a toy my mom wouldn’t buy for me, I would [...]

• Palazzina Grazzi on the Grand Canal

  Don Crossland

  14 Jan 2010 | 2:17 pm

  For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed Palazzo Grassi. The façade is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which generations of noble and haute-bourgeois families lived and several [...]

• Publisher at Large: The Liège-Guillemins Railway Station

  Don Crossland

  8 Jan 2010 | 10:29 am

  After spending a week in Belgium it was time to venture out. The location of Ghent made many destinations possible including Paris and Amsterdam. But family comes first and it was time to visit relatives in Germany and introduce them to my (very) new fiancé. So we went to Brussels to catch the train to [...]

• Airsquare – Shelving Out of the (flat) Box

  Don Crossland

  7 Jan 2010 | 8:53 am

  The cube makes a great building block, and a better shelving structure. We’ve seen them before using various materials and even more varied configurations. The Airsquare designed by Oliver Schick in Germany has a cool factor not achieved by the previous versions (with the exception of the Cubitec, but not completely modular). The cubes are made [...]

• Renamed Burj Dubai Opens as Burj Khalifa

  Don Crossland

  6 Jan 2010 | 2:21 pm

  On January 4, 2010 the tallest structure in the world was opened with fireworks and fanfare. One of the biggest surprises was the last-minute announcement that the name of the tower was changed to Burj Khalifa in honor of the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. What was [...]

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  Product Design Hub - Industrial Design Community & Resources

• Present Time Design Contest

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:01 am

  Do you have a secretly scribbled design, a flash of inspiration or some untapped talent? Then enter the Present Time DESIGN CONTEST 2010, launched to give creativity the platform it deserves. The winning design will be produced as part of one of the brands of Present Time, with YOUR NAME listed on the packaging as the signature designer. Naturally, you will get an official contract and receive a royalty! Present Time is a producer of gifts and home decoration items, based in the Netherlands. Our mission is to use contemporary design to add fun and a personal touch to life. For over 30 years,…

• Tiffin Box

  18 Jan 2010 | 4:36 am

  Tiffin Box is a lunchbox. Possibly the best expression of a lunchbox I know. It’s made from stainless steel and is made of eighteen components (which seems like it could be less). It has roughly the circumference of a CD and stands about eight inches tall. It has some of the best proportions I’ve seen in a product and as a result it is a delightful thing to both use and look at. So why am I talking about a lunchbox? Why does such a mundane thing occupy my thoughts? And why do I believe it should occupy yours? Well I’ll start by mentioning the fact that the lunchbox is a design problem…

• Putting Innovation at the heart of your business

  18 Jan 2010 | 3:42 am

  ‘Nothing restricts our ability to innovate more than what we already know, and what we therefore believe not to be possible’(Geoff Mulgan, founder of think tank Demos) What is innovation? Innovation is all about doing things differently, exploiting new ideas and taking risks. It enables businesses to bring new and improved products or services to market, re-energise brands, refine processes and, most importantly, improve profitability. Innovation should be an on-going process that’s embedded in the company culture at all levels. It’s a team process that thrives when passionate people…

• Automotive Rendering Techniques Video

  14 Jan 2010 | 7:14 am

  cmiVFX | cmiStudios launches a brand new way of delivering videos for its fast growing user base. This new series of training videos is called cmiDirect. Why "direct"?  The videos are DIRECT to the point and focus on one topic at the time. This will enable artists all over the world to have access to the information they need immediately without sorting through longer feature length videos. These videos explain all the information you need in depth and direct to the topic.  Bundled video packages will be available in the near future for continuing education at affordable prices.  When it…

• Red Monkey

  8 Jan 2010 | 6:42 pm

  If a product could illustrate the funny side of design better than this red monkey, I would like to see it. This, as you can or maybe cannot see, is a red wind-up monkey. I bought this object in Bangalore at a market toy shop with a plethora of other neon coloured animals, cars and toy soldiers. It was the monkey that stood out and I had to buy it. I’d invite you to just take a second and just look at it. Firstly look at its expression, slightly constipated. Now, its tremendously realistic fur covering; amazing. The monkey has no relevance for me in terms of India, but it has cemented its…

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• color block scarves.

  Traci

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  color block scarves by etcetera media. (thought you could use a little bit more kelly this week!)

• uno c steel.

  Traci

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  uno c steel by gourmet.

• sunday in portland.

  Traci

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:04 pm

  there's something kind of great about traveling in winter. its cold, yes but there's a quiet and stillness in winter that i love. a friend and i drove up to portland, maine yesterday and even though my hands got cold, it was lovely. (top photo by stephanie calvet.)

• etsy love story.

  Traci

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:12 pm

  thank you to etsy for featuring kelly and i as part of their annual love stories! (yes, kelly and i met through etsy and are, indeed, an etsy love story.)

• hansen family desk.

  Traci

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  hansen family desk by gesa hansen. [via svpply.]

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  kontaktmag | modern living, forward thinking

• Publisher at Large: Lego and Architecture

  Don Crossland

  15 Jan 2010 | 2:47 pm

  When I was young, my go to toy was a big box of Legos. A mish-mash of colors, shapes and sizes of bricks were at my disposal. I had corner pieces, bricks with holes for wheels and even slanted pieces for roofs. If I wanted a toy my mom wouldn’t buy for me, I would [...]

• Palazzina Grazzi on the Grand Canal

  Don Crossland

  14 Jan 2010 | 2:17 pm

  For his first hotel designed in Italy, French designer, Philippe Starck, scored the Palazzina Grassi. The newest hotel in the heart of Venice, Italy is located on the Grand Canal, right next to the famed Palazzo Grassi. The façade is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which generations of noble and haute-bourgeois families lived and several [...]

• Publisher at Large: The Liège-Guillemins Railway Station

  Don Crossland

  8 Jan 2010 | 10:29 am

  After spending a week in Belgium it was time to venture out. The location of Ghent made many destinations possible including Paris and Amsterdam. But family comes first and it was time to visit relatives in Germany and introduce them to my (very) new fiancé. So we went to Brussels to catch the train to [...]

• Airsquare – Shelving Out of the (flat) Box

  Don Crossland

  7 Jan 2010 | 8:53 am

  The cube makes a great building block, and a better shelving structure. We’ve seen them before using various materials and even more varied configurations. The Airsquare designed by Oliver Schick in Germany has a cool factor not achieved by the previous versions (with the exception of the Cubitec, but not completely modular). The cubes are made [...]

• Renamed Burj Dubai Opens as Burj Khalifa

  Don Crossland

  6 Jan 2010 | 2:21 pm

  On January 4, 2010 the tallest structure in the world was opened with fireworks and fanfare. One of the biggest surprises was the last-minute announcement that the name of the tower was changed to Burj Khalifa in honor of the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. What was [...]

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  LogoInn

• Logo Design Trends in 2009

  joey

  21 Jan 2010 | 6:04 am

  The global economy in general and the US economy in particular started to recover from the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Web and graphic design industries were also affected. But the new start ups and a growing trend of home based small businesses emerging throughout North America and Europe helped many medium sized design [...]

• Logo Design Review: Xerox Logo Revamped For The Future

  joey

  7 Jan 2010 | 3:22 am

  Xerox, the world’s leading document management enterprise has considered revamping its logo to meet the branding challenges (such as new media & intense competition) in the future. In diversified and dynamic markets, it has become critical to synchronize your brand with your innovations, upcoming products and marketing strategies that you have to introduce to your [...]

• Book Review: “Marks of Excellence” by Per Mollerup

  joey

  24 Dec 2009 | 3:57 am

  Today, I have picked Per Mollerup’s “Marks of Excellence” for review. If you are a creative designer or a brand marketer, this book definitely deserves to be on your coffee table. With a deep insight into trademarks and its meanings, it has covered each and every aspect that deals with trademark’s history, its evolution and its [...]

• Logo Design Review: Wikipedia

  joey

  14 Dec 2009 | 10:40 pm

  Everybody is quite familiar with Wikipedia, the world’s largest online resource for content about everything. On January 15, 2001 when it was officially launched, the founder Jimmy Wales used the American flag “Old Glory” as its logo; but it turned out to be a bad idea and attracted widespread criticism. People called it “Ethno centric” biased [...]

• Origins of Twitter Logo

  joey

  7 Dec 2009 | 11:45 pm

  We are sorry to announce that the bird we all love and recognize is not Twitter’s official logo. Yet, still we see the bird everywhere representing twitter. Just to clarify things, this is twitter’s official logo: So where did the bird come from? The story of Twitter bird begins when someone at Twitter spotted an illustration of [...]

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  Changed by Design

• Emily Pilloton gives Stephen Colbert a new pair of specs

  editors

  19 Jan 2010 | 11:20 pm

  We were delighted to see Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design and author of Design Revolution, appear as a guest on the Colbert Report last night. The highlight of the interview was the rousing response from Pilloton’s call for a new measure of success according to “the triple bottom line: Planet, People and Profit”. Pilloton chose excellent visual aids to show Colbert how design can improve lives. Selected from her book, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, Colbert walked to the interview table wearing Spider Boots, donned a pair of Adaptive Eyewear,…

• The Project H Redesign of Hippo water transport

  editors

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:06 pm

  In a recent interview with Hippo Water founder Cynthia Koenig, we learned a bit more about the recent re-design of the Hippo Roller. It was a dream experience for this blog. The challenge In third-world countries, women and children must haul water over long distances in order to supply their communities with clean, safe water. Alternative sources like wells are only functional 6-8 months of the year, and well pumps are unreliable or fuel to power them can be difficult to obtain The first version of the Hippo Roller multiplied the hauling capacity of a single person but the cost of…

• Hippo Water: Smarter and ready to go further

  editors

  14 Oct 2009 | 1:14 pm

  We’ve had the fortune of interviewing Cynthia Koenig, founder of Hippo Water International, to learn more about their recent re-design and their latest plans to spread Hippo technology to more communities outside South Africa. Before we dig in, Hippo most urgently needs your vote for a much-needed scouting trip in India to exchange ideas and advice with other social entrepreneurs and establish critical distribution partners. The contest is hosted by JustMeans, offering an India Social Entrepreneurship Journey with Journeys for Change, for which Hippo Water is currently in the Top 5…

• Chicken a la Carte

  editors

  22 Jul 2009 | 1:33 am

  Sometimes, a well-told story can do just as much good for a problem as a well-designed solution. This principle attracted me to switch careers from engineering to advertising years ago…I’m still so far from becoming like the storytellers I so admire. This short film makes Ferdinand Dimadura one such storyteller. I won’t spoil it by telling you what’s in it, but I will say that people have been inspired to share this video so much that it has been viewed nearly 10 million times. In fact, I found this from my aunt who forwarded it to my entire extended family! View this…

• Three mobile solutions to development challenges

  editors

  30 Jun 2009 | 8:00 am

  Two thirds of the world’s 3.3 billion mobile phones are owned in developing countries. Social changemakers recognize this opportunity to reach those in need with information, tips, and resources that would otherwise be inaccessible at large scale. Here, we profile three innovative uses of mobile technology to combat developing world challenges. A Twitter tip informed me of Project Masiluleke in South Africa. Due to the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, individuals avoid getting tested and 90% of those infected are not getting treatment. In the KwaZulu Natal province, >40%…

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  Living Locurto

• Three Cute Free Valentines

  Amy

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am

  I love this free printable by Kathleen at Twig and Thistle. Print on a bag or make a card. Have girls? They will love making this adorable Ladybug Valentine by Cindy at Skip to My Lou. Avery movie ticket freebies would be great for older kids, teens and husbands. Want more ideas? Click here… Free Printable Valentines – A great list of over 30 free Valentines. You might also enjoy these links: Weekly Meal Plans- Meals made easy with free printable grocery lists. Free Downloads - A great list with hundreds of free printables. Cute Party Ideas: Mermaid Party, Mad Science Party, Super…

• I Heart Faces Photo Challenge

  Amy

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:36 pm

  Our theme this week is “Kiss”. Good for me, there was a sweet couple on our Nashville Photo Walk who was happy to pose for me! Aren’t they cute? Photo taken with a Tamron 17-50mm I hope you’ll visit I Heart Faces and enter a photo this week! I’m one of the Co-Founders of I Heart Faces and just entering for fun. Click below to view more of my I Heart Faces entries. Texture Challenge Family Challenge You might also enjoy these links: Weekly Meal Plans- Meals made easy with free printable grocery lists. Free Downloads - A great list with hundreds of free…

• Owl Plushies

  Amy

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:06 am

  If you haven’t noticed, I like owls. These handmade plushies by Night Owl Paper Goods are the cutest! You might also enjoy these links: Weekly Meal Plans- Meals made easy with free printable grocery lists. Free Downloads - A great list with hundreds of free printables. Cute Party Ideas: Mermaid Party, Mad Science Party, Super Hero Party Thanks to this month's sponsors: - Lisa Leonard Designs- Beautiful hand stamped jewelry. - Hostess Jo - Unique items for entertaining. - Color Inc. - A full service photo printing lab. Use code LL09 for 25 free 4x6 prints. - Tiny Prints - Get $10 Off…

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  The Office Stylist

• The Arc Keyboard

  The Office Stylist

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:48 am

  We were lucky enough to get our hot little hands on the brand new(not even out yet!) Microsoft Arc Keyboard: Isn’t it pretty? The Microsoft Arc Keyboard has a very sleek and slim design, and typing on the keyboard is quite comfortable as well. Though we work on Mac computers here at The Office Stylist, the keyboard does work with both Mac and Windows systems. The main differences here on the Mac is that instead of using the Command button we use the Windows button. Some cool features: Use it up to 15 feet away Small size 12″ X 6″ Thin, compact and light weight Only $59.95…

• Steamer Trunk Office

  The Office Stylist

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am

  If a Steamer Trunk is something you could see in your home, then why not use one that is more than just a trunk? Steamer Trunk Office-$2995 If you work from home, then you know how hard it can be to stop working. There is always one thing you remember to do, even if you are in your pajamas and ready for bed. With a Steamer Trunk you can easily close up shop, but literally closing the trunk. Some interesting facts about this steamer trunk: Handmade Comes with magazine file holders Comes with Storage drawers Made of scratch resistant leather Has wheels and closes easily No two trunks are the…

• The Offices of One Work Place

  The Office Stylist

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Last week we got an inside peek at Google’s Offices, which were designed and furnished by One Work Place. This week we take an inside look at the company behind great office design. It’s no surprise that the team behind amazing office design, would have well designed headquarters too. Their office seems, large, grand, artistic, modern and very very unique. If you have a stylish, modern or cool office  you want to feature on TheOfficeStylist, or you need help transforming your space, please email us at hi@theofficestylist.com. Located in LA? We’d love to stop by and take photos…

• Lap Desk Tray: A relaxed version of the office

  The Office Stylist

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am

  In order to be productive and move forward with your work or business, you need to have a set work environment. From time to time you can work out of coffee shops, or out of your bed, etc. However, in order to get work done on a continual basis, it’s best to have a designated work area with a desk, comfortable chair, and good lighting. But have you tried to work out of your bed or on your living room floor before? It’s not very comfortable and not very efficient either. So when we discovered this Lap Desk Tray, we were more than thrilled to share it with you all. Lap Desk Tray…

• Gorgeous Desk Chairs

  The Office Stylist

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am

  Patterned Bent Wood Chair in Black, Silver and White available from Brocade Home Aren’t these just gorgeous? All for a price of $199 each, which is very reasonable considering the quality and beauty of the chairs. These chairs add glamour, style and french influence while keeping the piece modern. Pair any of these chairs with a Parsons Desk for a gorgeous effect. The Office Stylist

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  Creative Opera

• Why Young People prefer Facebook

  Manda

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:53 pm

  There have been a lot of articles floating around in the past two days, sharing recently collected data that shows that teens and young adults prefer Facebook to blogging or Twitter. People seem shocked by this. They are blaming the fall of MySpace for young people’s recent disinterest in blogging, and are baffled that they never really jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. I’m not a teen, or even a young adult, and anyone who knows me knows that I’m definitely not a fan of Facebook, but it still feels obvious to me. Of course young people prefer Facebook! And, this is why:…

• 5 Things I’ve Missed About Blogging

  Manda

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:24 pm

  It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new on Creative Opera. I just haven’t been able to find the time. Things have just been too busy. Blogging takes a LOT of time, and I wasn’t surprised how much other work I was able to finish when I wasn’t using that time to blog. I thought I might even give it up. But here I am, blogging again. Because I missed it. A lot. Even as I went about my day, rushing to finish deadline-driven projects, I found myself jotting notes for future blog post ideas, and sketching ideas for a new Creative Opera website. I can’t…

• 7 Random Twitter Observations

  Manda

  10 Oct 2009 | 9:04 pm

  1. Avatars Change Fast! Who are these People? There are arguments all over the web about the evils of changing your avatar, about how it is part of your brand, and why it should stay the same until the end of time. There are also arguments on the other side. If I’ve changed my look, how will people recognize me if I never update my avatar? I don’t have strong feelings either way — and I guess I’ve avoided the problem entirely by choosing an avatar without my own face on it (another no-no according to experts) — but it is a little shocking to see a stream of new faces in…

• Redesigning the NFL – in Pink?

  Manda

  6 Oct 2009 | 9:44 pm

  Anyone who sat down to watch an American football game this weekend was sure to notice that the league has been taken over by pink. You’ll be seeing players, coaches and referees in pink throughout the month of October, in support of the fight against breast cancer. All apparel worn at games by players and coaches, as well as the special K-balls and pink coins will be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society and team charities. NFL.com has put together some great information if you’d like to learn more. In addition, if you would like to support this cause…

• Reader Question: Get a Design Job? Or Start my Own Company?

  Manda

  3 Oct 2009 | 2:31 pm

  Here is Debbie’s question: Hi, I’m a design student at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and I would like to know about the pros and cons of the different options a design graduate has. These options being.. 1. Get a job with an established firm of experienced designers. 2. Go out and start up your own company/be a free lance designer. 3. Form a co-operative design company with a partner. Obviously there are pros and cons to each of these options and therefore they will suit different people depending on their personality and situations, but I am unsure about what they…

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  OMC Design

• Umbrella Box : Mondriano

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm

  Grand Chair Mondriano OpenThis umbrella box is for folding umbrellas, different from other umbrella boxes, the object is made with a special rubber type plastic that doesn't let water out so that you can store your umbrella inside even if it is wet, the object is also fashionable and could even be used to store other goodies as well!

• Umbrella : Vortex

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:08 pm

  Arm Chair Vortex OpenInspired by whirlwinds and vortices, the object was designed to stand heavy rains! Focus all your positive feelings to the tip of your umbrella and raise your umbrella-shield to the sky!

• Paper Weight : Kaplumba

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:39 pm

  Couch Kaplumba OpenKaplumba is a very happy paper weight inspired by turtles, the shield has the ornamental decoration of traditional Ottoman patterns. I was thinking of ceramics when I designed the item however I believe it is also great in metal.

• Bowl : Canak Comlek

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:34 pm

  Canak Comlek OpenThe Bowl was inspired by the raindrops; the very moment it touches the ground it is kind of reflected, I wanted to create a bowl with similar feeling yet I did not wanted it to be totally circular so it has the shape of a rounded rectangle.

• Bowl : Cannak

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:30 pm

  Cannak OpenInspired by chocolate fountains and whirlpools the design is a nice looking fruit bowl that could bring some fun and color to your table.

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  PSFK

• Dan Meyer’s Animated Annual Report

  Following on the heels of Nick Feltron's popular annual report, Dan Meyer has taking life tracking into a new medium with his animated 2009 annual report. A short video explores different statistics about Meyer's life such as: pop culture consumed, people talked to, beer drank and places visited. Watch the video ...

• The Future Well: Design For Health and Happiness

  Today, Grant Harrison and Dr. Jay Parkinson launched their design and health innovation consulting firm, The Future Well, which aims to design innovative practices that make a positive impact on health, happiness, and business. They have created a decentralized, cost-effective network of experts bound by a unified mission: "to improve health ...

• (Data Visualization) The Mythical United States of Facebook

  GigaOM guides us to the data visualization former Apple engineer Peter Warden created as a result of digging through the 210 million profiles that populate Facebook. His latest findings revealed patterns by location, drawing connections between places that share friends. Warden's qualitative analysis of Facebook users in the United States is ...

• (Pic) The Rug Scale

  A conceptual design by Kwan Sunman offers a softer take on the traditional home scale. A plush rug covers a thin scale, and a small tab provides digital readouts of the user's weight. [Red Dot via Gizmodo]

• Gmail Update To Compete With Twitter

  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google plans to launch a new 'updates' service this Wednesday which will be seen my the industry as a move to compete with social media services including Twitter and Facebook. The move will will allow the 176m Gmail users to view a stream ...

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  Neoformix

• Apple Logo from Products

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:10 pm

  I was looking for pictures of the new Apple iPad and stumbled across this image of Apple form Factor Evolution. It's got lots of images of Apple products on a nice simple white background and was perfect fodder to use with the Image Foam Technique so I made this version of the Apple logo from the product sub-images.

• SOTU 2010 Word Cloud Map

  28 Jan 2010 | 1:15 am

  Last night President Obama delivered the State of the Union Address. The Shaped Word Cloud below was created from the text.

• More Visualization Links on Twitter

  23 Jan 2010 | 1:55 am

  In a recent post I showed the Top 20 Individual Data Visualizations Mentioned on Twitter and remarked that many of the most frequently mentioned twitter links were to collections of visualizations. Shown below is a meta list of the top collection-type data visualization or infographic links. Top Collections of Data Visualization Links 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization - Webdesigner Depot Data Visualization and Infographics Resources - Smashing Magazine 15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization - Web Design Ledger 20 Essential Infographics & Data Visualization Blogs - Inspired…

• Charting the Beatles

  18 Jan 2010 | 10:30 am

  Michael Deal has published an interesting collection of graphics in his Charting the Beatles project. This first snippet below shows the beginnings of a graph illustrating authorship and collaboration in songwriting throughout their song collection. The full graphic clearly shows the trend towards less collaboration over time in songwriting, the increasing contribution from George, and increasing contribution by outside contributors. This second image is from a chart showing references in Beatles songs to earlier songs. There are full images and several other interesting graphics on his site.

• Top 20 Data Visualizations Mentioned on Twitter

  17 Jan 2010 | 11:15 pm

  For many people Twitter has become the best place for discovering the latest and most interesting work in a variety of fields. In my twitter client I keep a search column open that gets constantly updated with the latest tweets pertaining to data visualization or infographics and I see lots of beautiful content flow by. I've been collecting these tweets for quite a while and thought it would be interesting to analyze them and see which visualizations were shared through twitter the most often. Many of the top links in the domain were articles containing collections of visualizations chosen to…

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  shape+colour

• barclaycard + the mill: rollercoaster.

  shape and colour

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm

  In 2008, BBH London created a refreshing and beautifully executed spot for Barclaycard called “Waterslide.” For 2010 they’re back at it, this time with a Nicolai Fuglsig-directed spot called “Rollercoaster.” If you’re wondering what it’s about, the title is pretty self-explanatory. Created by VFXperts (I just made that term up, I’m not sure I like it, but I’ll keep it for now…) The Mill, the spot is sharp, tight, fearless, and seamless. But despite the technical radness, the best part is that it really does capture the joy behind the…

• efterklang + kristian leth: modern drift.

  shape and colour

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:29 pm

  I first discovered Danish experimental pop collective Efterklang when some of their music was featured in Jeremiah Zagar’s brilliant family autobiographical film “In A Dream.” Both the film and the music were some of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Efterklang’s sound is ethereal and dreamy and huge. Luckily, it leaves itself so open to visual interpretation. Not a blank canvas, but a launching pad, ready to propel the song into whatever video the lucky director gets to imagine. For “Modern Drift”, that director is Danish multi-media artist…

• 01.28.10: sia, kent rogowski, y∆cht & the straight gaze, home video.

  shape and colour

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:29 am

  A quick list of some awesome things: The incredible Sia announced her Spring North American tour. Sia is one-of-a-kind live, and  “The We Meaning You Tour”, including a stop at Coachella 2010, is a must-see. I. Can’t. Wait. One of my favourite artists, Kent Rogowski, has two killer new prints from his hugely-popular “Bears” series up for grabs on 20×200. I’m super psyched for this. One of my luckiest musical finds of 2009, Y∆CHT & The Straight Gaze, announced their spring “New Mystery Moods” tour, and are hyping it with a killer…

• zoltán lányi: i’ll have the waldorf salad.

  shape and colour

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:31 pm

  Not only did Zoltán Lányi create this futuristic, fragmented, jolting experimental work to a track by Amon Tobin featuring Bonobo, but he did it while still in school at the Eszterházy Károly College in Eger, Hungary. To me, the twitching, glitchy POV reminds me of a sort of post-apocalyptic, burned world being studied and leading to the discovery of a whole new level of mechanical life underneath the ruin. Plus, it’s just really fucking cool. Via Ventilate

• pick a piper.

  shape and colour

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:41 pm

  Caribou is easily one of the best things that’s happened to music in the last ten years. I remember where I was sitting the first time I heard “Melody Day” and tripped over myself to find out who was making that colossal, layered, glorious mash-up of sound. I didn’t think it could, but it gets better, courtesy of Caribou drummer Brad Weber… Pick A Piper is a collective from Weber along with Angus Fraser, Dan Roberts, and Clint Scrivener. They leave no sonic stone unturned: flute, trumpets, glockenspiel, flutes, hand claps, bells, and basically anything you can…

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  CSS Globe | Web Standards Magazine

• 10 Brilliant CSS3 and jQuery Examples

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:17 am

  This post is all about CSS3 and Javascript. With all the new features that come with CSS3, there are whole lot of animation possibilities that can't be achieve before. So, Check this out and get inspired.

• Expandable Drop Down Ticker

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:37 pm

  A one of a kind jQuery ticker script that can be viewed both sequentially and simultaneously, via drop down menu. The ticker's contents can be defined either inline on the page, or inside an external file on the same server and fetched via Ajax.

• Choosing The Best CSS Framework: A Complete Guide

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:04 am

  There are plenty of reasons to use a CSS Framework to build your websites. They can speed up development, make your sites more aesthetically pleasing, and they can help eliminate all those nasty cross-browser compatibility issues.

• JavaScript WYSIWYG Editor � TinyEditor

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:19 pm

  TinyEditor is a simple JavaScript WYSIWYG editor that is both lightweight (8KB) and standalone. It can easily be customized to integrate with any website through CSS and the multitude of parameters.

• Anatomy of The Perfect Sidebar

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:10 am

  A well organized sidebar should include some important items, such as subscription options, advertisements, recent and popular posts, and help blog readers find contextual information related to the article they are reading...

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  Naldz Graphics

• A Showcase of Stunning Infrared Photos in Photography

  Ronald Bien

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am

  Frequently, we have showcased several posts on images that uses amazing Photography techniques. This posts were accomplished to give out overwhelming motivating effects to readers and aspiring photographers out there... As our addition to the numerous posts on Photography, here is A Showcase of Stunning Infrared Photos in Photography that you can refer to whenever inspiration is needed to create astonishing photos .. Feel free to check out this wonderful collection we have compiled for you... Be inspired as you browse through this images and get insight from testimonials given by the author…

• 33 New High Quality Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

  Ronald Bien

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:15 am

  Learning is, of course, a continuous process and it is important that we don't let our skills be stagnant. Hence, we need change and improvement... To stand by this proclamation, we give you another post on illustrator tutorials but with different techniques and outcome. This post differs from the numerous tutorials in Illustrator that we have posted in this site, because not only does they provide useful information, but they are entertaining as well. We are proud to present 33 New High Quality Adobe Illustrator Tutorials for illustrator users from every level. May you be a beginner or a…

• Naldz Graphics Turns One Year Old + Amazing Giveaways

  Ronald Bien

  5 Feb 2010 | 5:19 am

  Dearest readers, subscribers, followers and fans, I am happy to announce that Naldz Graphics has reached its 1st year in serving our beloved designers through posting of useful high quality resource articles and tutorials. In the past year, we have enjoyed this wonderful ride together. I started as a designer myself by making graphic designs when I had an idea of making a blog dedicated for design. And from that dream, NaldzGraphics.net was born. Now Naldz Graphics has made it this far with over 12,000+ of subscribers and 51,000+ followers and growing, this means thanking the people behind…

• 30 Free and Fresh iPad Wallpapers

  Ronald Bien

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:03 am

  Various state-of-the-art gadgets have now emerged in the market. In response to the latest technology that modern science has to offer, we bring you wallpapers for the newest gadget produced by one of the most prominent company in the world... The iPad. This piece of item is the latest gadget presented to us by Apple. With several features included, it allows its user to browse through the web, email, photos and video in one touch. To further customize this gadget, we have decided to collect the most recent wallpapers designed in the web. This post contains the first ever set of wallpapers…

• Illustrations: A Showcase of Astonishing Spaceship Concepts

  Ronald Bien

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:12 am

  Man's fixation and curiosity regarding space and all heavenly bodies have been pronounced over the years. As proof, there have been several books, movies, inventions and studies created that conceptualize space as interpreted by man. One of these creations and inventions mentioned above is actually our latest post for inspiration...the Spaceships... Previously, we have showcased several posts on space and the heavenly bodies... Today, we bring you Astonishing Spaceship Concepts ... This post is centered on unique interpretations of space ship by several talented artists in the web. Check out…

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  Become an Art Director

• My Week on Twitter for 2010-01-31

  derfrankie

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:02 am

  Good morning and a hello to my new followers – hope you're all good and ready for the week # One of the best corporate designers I know: integral ruedi baur http://cli.gs/7e7YVG # From Become an Art Director: The secret behind appealing magazine covers http://cli.gs/syHtdZ #tutorial # SmK (german): Wie möchten Sie begraben werden? http://cli.gs/X0U7nQ # At 40 a man discovers to be young, but it's too late – Pablo Picasso ok. Ihave another 5 years LOL # Great photo shooting making ofs – in HDTV – KELLY KELLERHOFF http://cli.gs/ae0J2r (some german) # Do you take…

• Convert video for the Nexus One

  derfrankie

  27 Jan 2010 | 2:12 am

  I just wanted to share the settings I use to convert video for the Nexus One with Handbrake (the freeware video converter). The Nexus One has a wonderful screen and it would be a shame to not use it for video podcasts. But some podcasts (the Nasa Edge for example) encode their 720p video in a way the Google phone does not recognize. I included the screenshots of the important settings and if you want to set them in a quick way just select the ipod classic preset und change the settings to 800 pixel width, Anamorphic none and the Avg Bitrate to 1500 kbps and the Audio to 2 channel AAC and you…

• Relaunch of my portfolio site – part 1: Own portfolio site vs. online portfolio site

  derfrankie

  16 Jan 2010 | 4:30 am

  There are beautiful portfolio sites out there in the web and I wanted to redo my portfolio site because like most of the websites of designers my site was: Quite out of date Not very compelling any more The reasons because my site was like this are easy to find. If you are a busy designer you mostly don’t have time to update your site. In the last years I  started a blog and used twitter to engage with my audience, so the time for the portfolio is even smaller. Maintaining a portfolio site is not as easy and there are many big sites where you can upload your portfolio. The question was,…

• Quicktip: Picasa Facial recognicion for corporate use

  derfrankie

  22 Oct 2009 | 6:29 am

  Google launched a couple of weeks ago a new version of it’s image management software Picasa. You already read about the new version everywhere – Facial recognition. This feature was formely only available on the web albums. Now I think that many of you already tried out the new version and this amazing feature and you might think that it’s a nice feature for private users, but not for the corporate use. Actually there are a few interesting uses after you did the preparational steps – Use the facial recognition to tag the images of your co-workers, employes, clients,…

• New inspiring TV advertising visuals

  derfrankie

  2 Oct 2009 | 4:20 am

  Not many TV commercials try to break new visual grounds. Partly because the big budget campaigns tend to stay on the safe side. They have to be “different” but common enough to not frighten the audience. In the last few years we have seen some fine photography experimenting with the look of miniatures, but the new tv spot from german Telecom uses a mix of animated miniatures as stage and actors and life actors. The spot aired only in Germany is integrated into a environmental campaign. Very nice, I want to see more of this creative spots in the future. Related posts:Advertising…

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  Rames Studios

• The day I bought my 30mmf.14!

  Rames

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  As you all know, I bought my new Sigma 30mmf1.4 not long ago! Well, here are some of the test shots taken right after I bought it! :D

• Emo-ing @ Saree Dreams Photoshoot

  Rames

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:15 am

  Hi all,Here's the finale post of my Saree Dreams Photoshoot. Myself and Raaja joined the photoshoot, we brought our traditional cloths to match with the girls hehe. Once done with the photoshoot, we headed to Kanna Curry House @ Puchong for lunch!!!!!!

• Savanna, Oh Savanna + Meeting Benjamin Moh

  Rames

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am

  Hi all,How's weekend? Hope good! Mine was fantastic hehe! Woke up early on Sunday morning and went to Savanna Condo to swim with Jenifer, Laurel Jacklyn and Jed. Myself and Jen reached first, so we did photoshoot near the infinity pool lol. More photos soon!!!After done swimming, we headed to Pavilion to meet up with our funny lil buddy, Benjamin Moh.. who's here for semester break from Adelaide,

• It's Bokeh Night!

  Rames

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:57 am

  Hi all :)Just came back home from KLCC. Did a photoshoot "It's Bokeh Night" around there together with Selan, Puvanan & Kavilan. We spent almost 5 hours taking shots using 50mm, 35mm and 30mm prime lenses hehe. Here are some of the shots taken just now! Still fresh. I got more to show, but not now ahha, soon ya!

• 4 girls in fancy sarees!

  Rames

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:08 am

  Just got back from MOS (Ministry Of Sound) I was there to attend the REV-UP with Revive Isotonic event. Details of the event will go up soon on my blog! Here's a shot I took right before getting in and REV-UP lol!More photos from the photoshoot! We walked further in the park and found nice location to shoot the girls! :)

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  Design Tavern

• Small Living: Sliding Apartment

  Henry

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:43 am

  Architect Gary Chang has lived in the same 32 square meter apartment since he was 14 years old, over 30 years ago. “My whole family – my parents, my three younger sisters, and me – used to live here. To make ends meet, my parents also rented out one of the rooms to an outsider, a woman in her late twenties. Then the room was rented to her younger brother.” Chang has since renovated the space four times and calls the apartment his ‘domestic transformer.’ Now the soul occupier, the apartment can be easily changed to suit Chang’s desire through the use of…

• Gear Ring up for a good time.

  Henry

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:27 am

  I’m not a huge jewellery kind of guy, but this is something I think I might just be able to pull off.. The Gear Ring is not your normal stationary ring, oh no, this ring designed by designed by Ben Hopson and Glen Liberman features six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rims are spun. via:  Kinekt Design I first saw this tweeted by: @nalri

• Japan meets Scandinavia – IKEA manga.

  Henry

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:33 pm

  There's no denying it.. I'm an IKEA fan boy.. and I was ecstatic to see that a collection of fabrics by designer Åsa Ekström on the theme, 'Japan meets Scandinavia.' Ekström has been drawing manga since the age of 13. I found this awesome post via a tweet from the lovely, ever sharing @marysoul via: ROOM AND SERVE

• So you want to customize your own sneakers

  Henry

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:08 pm

  The ever growing collection of Melbourne based, professional sneaker customizer, Sekure D is one that all would be street artists should be keeping a close eye on. SD has had his work exhibited both at home [Australia] and abroad, has been featured in dozens of sneaker, street art and fashion publications, has done a collection a number of solo exhibitions and has even collaborated with brands such as globe, whom replicated 2500 pairs of his Mace Hi sneakers. Mr. D has kindly agreed to share some insight into what It takes to become a successful sneaker customizer. DT: First off, how did…

• Handmade gifts for the twitter addict

  Henry

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:21 am

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  Dexigner Design Portal

• City of Dreams Pavilion Competition Jurors Announced

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  FIGMENT, The Emerging New York Architect Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) announced the jurors for the 2010 City of Dreams Pavilion Competition to design and construct a pavilion on Governors Island.

• Action! Design over Time

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:26 am

  The Museum of Modern Art announced Action! Design over Time, a new installation of the contemporary section of The Philip Johnson Architecture and Design Galleries, beginning on February 5, 2010.

• RIBA Building Futures Debate: This House Believes the Road to Recovery is Paved with...

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:44 am

  The Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) think tank Building Futures, with The Surface Design Show, kicks off the most critical election year for a generation with a provocative debate on the big ideas for the future of our towns and cities.

• iPhone BirdBox Alarm Clock

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:21 am

  Luckybite (Durrell Bishop and Tom Hulbert) have developed a quirky new idea that mixes the iPhone with physical things - an App, but not as we know it.

• New EU Organic Products Logo

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:52 pm

  The European Commission today officially announced the winner of the EU organic logo competition.

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  TreeHugger

• Batucada: Über Cool Home Accessories from Recycled Aluminum

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:45 am

  Photos: Courtesy of Jahara Studio. Made entirely from recycled aluminum and 100% recyclable at the end of their lifetime, these home accessories are the first creation of Jahara studio in Brazil. Their name, Batucada, refers to a percussion beat used in carnaval parties in that country, in which people often play instruments made of tin (hence the beaten aesthetics of the collection). More pieces and colors inside. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

• US Consumer Watchdog Says Shoo to Bamboo Textiles

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:25 am

  Photo: Warren McLaren / Inov8 Last week the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) advised it had sent out letters to 78 US retailers advising them to stop labelling clothing as being made from 'bamboo.' Any company that fails to correct its advertising and labeling may find the FTC imposing penalties of up to $16,000 per violation, or as the FTC did last year suing four companies for falsely claiming that their clothing and other textile products were made of bamboo fibre. The Federal Trade Commission believe such claims are deceptive. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

• Ponoko Ships Ideas Instead of Objects Across the Atlantic

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm

  Ponoko CEO David Ten Have by Williams + Hirakawa, via Inc We have written so much about downloadable designs, about shipping ideas all over the world instead of stuff. It just keeps getting better, with more products and more options. That is why I love Ponoko so much; it is the first real demonstration of the concept. Now that they have added a hub in Europe, you can see the fir... Read the full story on TreeHugger

• Who Got It Right With Olympic Architecture, Beijing or Vancouver?

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Susetta Bozzi/OnAsia.com. See slideshow The New York Times describes how the glorious stadia and facilities built for the 2008 Olympics are virtually empty, sort of a Field of Dreams where they built it, but nobody is coming. Alas, after the 2008 Olympics, the ticket buyers haven't come. Right now, the Bird's Nest serves as a winter amusement park known as the Happy Ice and Snow Season. In April, a promoter may stage a ce... Read the full story on TreeHugger

• 5 Shed Interiors at IDS2010 Range From Practical to Over-the-Top Glam

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:16 am

  Urban Mode at Interior Design Show. All images via IDS We show a lot of garden sheds in TreeHugger; they are a great way to get some extra space without having to get building permits or renovate. But we rarely show their interiors; they are hard to photograph and often not as interesting inside as out. One of the fun features at the Interior Design Show in Toronto last month were the Five Small Rooms, where five designers outfitted the interiors of Summerwood garden sheds. I could no... Read the full story on TreeHugger

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  THE HOBBYSHOP HERO

• Video: "Home Sweet Home" by Mishoo The Drumkit

  17 Jan 2010 | 7:15 pm

  &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://mishoothedrumkit.bandcamp.com/track/home-sweet-home-produced-by-dj-madsen"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Home Sweet Home (Produced by Dj Madsen) by Mishoo The Drumkit&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;WORDS FROM THE HEROI have always wanted to be able to create Visual's whether it be a photo, video, or just anything to accompany the music I create. My dear friend Michael (Mishoo) pulled off such A heart felt video.... and it made me feel so…

• Full Crate & Mar “Conversations With Her” EP [digital & vinyl out now!]

  15 Jan 2010 | 1:14 pm

  WORDS FROM THE HEROLazy Afternoon - I Completely Lifted this post from one of my favorite spots on the Interwebs...Moovmnt.com So after you read the post, Click on this Picture below and check out who brought it to you! hahaha..... Fashionably late, but right on time we present to you the “Conversations With Her” EP. Now a lot of you got hip to Full Crate & Mar through us and it’s only logic that we support these guys like we have been doing from the get go. This soulful, soothing piece of music was something we’ve been looking forward to for a long time and finally it’s here.

• 63 VINYL ARTIST YOU SHOULD KNOW!!! - Via COLLECT3D

  5 Jan 2010 | 12:52 pm

  WORDS FROM THE HEROPeace, WORLD! ....I Love Plastic, One of my Favorite Books of all time! haha tho it is primarily A picture book it is the dopest coffee table topper A Goonie can Own!!! As you can see Below I have A Black & While DIY DUNNY/MUNNY & I have No Idea what to do for the Customization....... Any Suggestions? If so Leave em in the comments.......Enjoy this wonderful post presented by Collect3d.com! - HsH Starting a new hobby can be difficult, and Collect3d gets that. We’ve all been there, that difficult first part where you’re still learning the names, and trying not to…

• Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra “Take Notice” Timeless DVD Set

  5 Jan 2010 | 11:22 am

  WORDSFROMTHEHEROFor those of Us whom missed what many have dubbed one of the most important musical performances in history, All hope is not lost as we can now get our hands on (if lucky) this box Dvd set.... Lemme take you on a journey thru the TIMELESS!!!!!Right Click To Download(.MP3): Take Notice (Bob Power mix)____________________________FULL SCREENThe Timeless DVD Box Set Timeless describes moments outside of time— moments that exist so deep inside history that they break through that finite grid. Timeless: The Composer/Arranger Series is an homage to the composer-arrangers that have…

• East Coast Avengers (Esoteric, Tradermarc, DC The Midi Alien) - Kill Bill O'Reilly [Banned From Myspace]

  3 Jan 2010 | 1:11 am

  WORDS FROM THE HEROLemme be honest here. I'm not really a fan of this song "Vibe" wise. I love the content tho, as I am disgusted by the ish alot of these media cats get away with. As far as the production and vibe of the song its not my cup of tea but I felt that the message is important and I always support my Fam! I posted the Video, the lyrics and this dope jawn with my brother Celph Titled!Peep game! HsH____________________________________ DOWNLOAD: East Coast Avengers – Kill Bill (O’Reilly) | MediaFireBuy Album: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/stor...East Coast Avengers @…

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  The Design O'Blog

• Designers *First* Designs…

  Niki Brown

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 am

  Remember when you had that *first* genius moment in design when we discovered effects in Photoshop or the gradient mesh tool in Illustrator? (I remember these moments quite fondly…) Its always great to look back and where we came from and laugh at ourselves I asked some of my fellow designers to dig though their archives and share their lovely first attempts at design. Enjoy! James White – SignalNoise.com Here is a design for Signalnoise.com I created way back in 1999. At the time I was into my first year working in the design field and I wanted a website that encompassed my…

• Finding A Design Community Online

  jaredthompson

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:13 am

  Social design communities can be found all over the web and can play a vital role in growing and learning as a designer. I will be reviewing four of my favorites: Flickr, DeviantART, Coroflot and Behance and discussing the positives and negatives of each community. Flickr is mainly geared towards showing off photography, but you can often find wallpaper designs and other pieces of artwork. Flickr was one of the first sites I actively engaged in using, and was first recommended to use the site after a lecturer at university directed me towards using its vast library of images for work as…

• Quick Tip: How To Create Diagonal Guides In Illustrator

  Niki Brown

  29 Jan 2010 | 3:47 am

  It’s super easy to make diagonal or custom guides in Illustrator! Just grab the line tool or pen tool, draw the line and then go to view guides make guides. If you are into keyboard shortcuts its apple+5 on mac or control+5 on PC. Walla! Have a suggestion for a quick tip? Wondering how to do something in Photoshop, illustrator, indesign, dreamweaver, any program? Ask away!

• My Thoughts On The Apple iPad

  Niki Brown

  28 Jan 2010 | 5:01 am

  Yesterday afternoon I tuned in with the thousands of fanbois and girls to listen to God, (I mean Steve Jobs) introduce Apples newest creation: The iPad. After my initial non-amusement with the name and product features I couldn’t stop thinking that this product was not made for me – a power user. The iPad is geared towards media consumers – which is who we design for – which is why designers should pay attention. Not For Me… I have a MacBook Pro, Netbook, and an iPhone already – so why would I want to carry around another device. I purchased a laptop to get…

• Quality Not Quantity

  Niki Brown

  21 Jan 2010 | 5:27 am

  Photo by Thomas Hawk In this fast paced world of design how do we keep our focus on quality and not quantity? For the past month I’ve taken some time to evaluate, rethink and regroup. I’m going to try to do a few things differently in order to bring this quality back into my design world. Freelance projects I’m going to be much more selective with the freelance projects I take on. No more last minute, oh no I needed it yesterday jobs! Not worth my time! I freelance in the spare time (currently employed full time) so this is valuable time that I could be spending doing…

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  Flavorwire

• The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

  Caroline Stanley

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am

  1. Thanks to a push from Kiefer Sutherland, FOX’s film and TV studios have finally agreed on a big-screen adaption of 24 which will take Jack Bauer to Europe. [via Variety] 2. Tonight will be the final installment of The Jay Leno Show with guests Ashton Kutcher and Gabourey Sidibe; Leno will return with The Tonight [...] Related posts:The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

• What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

  Caroline Stanley

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:34 pm

  Today at Flavorpill, we appreciated the fact that Tiny Mix Tapes put some thought into their end of the decade list. We fell in love with these terrariums. We checked out Shepard Fairey’s collaboration with Smokey Robinson, hot on the heels with his upcoming print with civil rights activist Cornel West. We liked the idea [...] Related posts:What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

• Unsound Festival Artists Predict the Future of Electronic Music

  Bianca Merbaum

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:05 pm

  Feb. 4th was the kick-start date for the Unsound Festival New York, an ambitious ten-day electronic music event throughout various venues in the city and in Brooklyn. In the spirit of this festival being dedicated to advanced talent and creativity we reached out to several of the artists involved who are considered innovators at the forefront of electronic music we asked them – “what do you envision as the future of electronic music, and how do you see your work evolving with that in mind?" Related posts:Dispatches from the Field: The Electronic Life of an Expat Exclusive: Made…

• Unexpected Covers: Head Scratchers and Head Nodders

  Aaron Gonsher

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:31 pm

  Indie rock is having a covers moment. First was Beck's decision to cover full albums and release them one track at a time. The Flaming Lips covered Dark Side of the Moon. Then, streaming material from Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back, featuring covers of artists like Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, and Elbow. Flavorwire even got in on the act, giving you a mixtape featuring indie rock covers of indie rock songs. With Vampire Weekend's cover of Rancid's "Ruby Soho," it seems that we have reached a WTF cover saturation point Related posts:Mutual Appreciation: 10 Indie Rock Covers of Indie Rock Songs Moby…

• Adventures in Australia: Yacht

  Caroline Stanley

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:28 pm

  When we put out a call for artists who had been professionally inspired by their travels in Australia, our former guest bloggers Yacht were among the first to respond. It turns out that they became obsessed with photographing Utes (an Aussie version of a pickup truck) while touring through the country just last year. Check [...] Related posts:Adventures in Australia: Drummer Ed Lay of Editors Adventures in Australia: Visual Artist Liz Linden Nightlife Notes From Melbourne, Australia

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  The Roxor | Design blog for resources and inspiration

• Logorama: A Short Film With Animated Logos

  Kvn

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:55 am

  Logorama is a short film that was made by a French graphic design studio called H5. This great short film already won the Kodak Short Film Discovery price at the 2009 Cannes Fim Festival. Every person or object in this film is composed of corporate logos. You’ll see logos from well known companies such as Michelin, Haribo, McDonalds, Bic… In some way, this short film is a reflection of our daily lives. We come into contact with thousands of logos every day: from the minute we wake up, till the minute we go to bed. Logotypes are used to describe an alarming universe (similar to the…

• 8 Amazing Office Desk Setups

  Tom Walker

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:51 am

  1. Brooklyn Home Office (mkosut) Simplicity is the key to this amazing desk setup. Equipment has been scaled down and additional hardware and wires have been hidden from view, a great idea for those of you who live in a small(ish) dwelling. Rather than have an ugly whiteboard on display, the owner of this office writes with dry erase markers on the glass windows. Computer: MacBook Pro Accessories G5 server Dual Core 2.8GHz HP Proliant server running Ubuntu (hidden) Canon All-In-One printer/scanner/copier (hidden inside sliding glass door cabinet) Aeron chair Tinted side windows MacBook Air…

• Surprisingly Beautiful Curved Stairs

  Kvn

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:12 am

  Graz, Stairs by Lorien79 Infinity by TrichOhm Spiral Stair One by mtribal Circular Staircase Down II by illpadrino Schnecke I by zuckerbaer Spiral Infinity by NIGHTxFLIGHT Nautilus by CharlesWb Round And Round And Round by trudy81 House Of Curves by elgarbo Vertigo by paikan07 Twisted by genr Going Down by kpavlis Forever Lost by bosniak The Eye 4279 by Sooper-Deviant Uplifting by Dynnad Loof by hopday Prdx by MustafaDedeogLu Yh by gnato Stairs by Initio Stairs by Jorbe42 If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it:

• 15 Quality Apple Wallpapers

  Kvn

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:06 am

  Luxury Apple by Stratification It’s Like Chocolate by Kevin Andersson Apple Metal by Fi2-Shift Conquer The Universe by Adam Betts Apple Wallpaper by Ricardo Saramago Apple Wallpaper Black by Shaman Apple by Djeric Apple Vortex by mgilchuk Apple Life by HiDeoo Insert Apple Symbol by Inky Apple Wallpaper by Project FAV Blue Apple Wallpaper by jtjdt Applewood by Vagrant Concept Think Green by g2k556 Exagon Rainbow Apple Wallpaper by Enrico Agostini If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it:

• Great Examples Of Negative Space In Logo Design

  Kvn

  31 Jan 2010 | 1:32 am

  If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it: