New print campaign of Hermès "Winter at last!"
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The greatest standardized test you might ever take.
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Scott Jarvie’s Clutch Chair is made from 10,000 drinking straws, a comment on the disposable culture of our society.
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PRANA is a smart inflatable visualizing air-quality of Huntington Beach, California. With technology this installation gathers information every ten seconds from the airnow.gov website.
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130 Dore Street in California by Stanley Saitowitz ~ an interesting boxy design in SF...
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Panelfly ~ an iphone app for comic buying/reading ~ and their site is quite pretty....
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Lovely FOUND terrariums How-To over at Design Sponge!
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These amazing photos of silvered nudes from his SILVEREYE series by Guido Argentini are available now as limited edition prints!
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I can tweet from my TV! Here's a look at the Yahoo! Connected TV Twitter widget overlays up close...
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Amazing Japanese kitchen scrubs made from recycled corn cobs and peach pits.
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Allison Torneros lets the paint do the 'talking', throws paint and other materials onto the canvas in an unpredictable manner and leaves it to dry overnight. Later, she begins drawing based on what she sees in the random composition.
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Gorgeous leather and steampunk masks by Tom Banwell! Check out the unicorn masks too.
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LIFE came across a fish hospital in India.
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Roxy Paine creates stainless-steel trees, faux fields of poppies and mushrooms, and robotic machines that make monochromatic art.
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Some really fantastic print and poster design.
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Dubbed “The Shard”, also known as the London Bridge Tower, is a skyscraper that will stretch the imagination an astounding 1017ft tall when construction is completed in 2012.
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Autonomous tram for Stockholm City, 2025- designed in a Scandinavian way, being clean, simple and bright at the same time as it is timeless, open and user friendly.
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The idea of picking the droppings removes my eyes all the potential pleasure of the canine's friendship. Poupou Royal is a clean system for the urban dog walker developed by Jessica in my packaging class.
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FEATUREDJoby GorillaTorch ~ close up with the tripod maker's new super bright (65 Lumens!) flashlight with magnetic ball socket legs ready to grab on and enlighten just about anywhere! (and teeny LED bulb!)
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Today is the 50th birthday of the Mini and BMW unveiled the Mini Coupe Concept.
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Artist/designer, Leif Podhajsky, has a strange, yet compelling nature to his mixed media work. Implementing a cut-and-paste collage aspect into his geometrically inspired backdrops, Leif achieves an oh-so familiar look, with added flare.
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Experimental photographer Paul Octavious does it again with the Black Sea.
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Julien Renault, french graphic-designer, draws sneakers in an amazing way, and worth a look.
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Photographer Carl W. Heindl unusual and captivating portraiture. Featured on Jeriko, a German language art site.
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Duo converts laptops and monitors into tablet PCs
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Housing project in Helsingborg by Wilhelmson Arkitekter where the windows have gilded frames
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In uncertain times, creative strategy in business has never been more valuable. Reflecting the economic challenges on every firm’s mind, Lisa Tse Ltd has printed its own currency, Design Dollars.
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New York photographer and mathematician, Nikki Graziano, has combined art and math in a rather simplistic and beautiful manner. Photographing the mundane, Nikki extracts the organically occurring functions found in and around nature.
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Photographer Lou Mora travels to the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs for a photo-shoot. Here are a few samples from his blog. Enjoy.
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BIG's winning proposal for the new National Library in Kazakhstan features an innovative design that mixes a lineal circulation to store the books, twisted as an infinite loop.
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Vintage Movie themed photo-shoot. The year is 1971, the car a Buick Riviera. Dialogue Photography by matt taylor of devicious.
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Beautiful grey felted laptop sleeves and denim printed pencil cases by Angie Davis of byrdandbelle
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The British Steam Car just shattered the world record for a steam driven vehicle by hitting an average speed of 139.843mph!
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Colorful interior courtyards with perforated volumes give character to the San Sebastian high school in Chile, designed by Tidy Arquitectos.
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Isotrope Design's beautiful tables are influenced by landscape and topography.
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ROBOX; a series of 9 storage boxes that can turn into giant robot in no time
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FEATUREDOh Incase ~ you guys and your awesome packaging... they've done it again on the packaging for the new Monochrome Slider Cases for iPhones that launched today! Check out all the details!
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glass become couture for the home with the creation of these "soft boxes" and tubes from Tsunami Glass.
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Mac Tablet Rumors ~ they are flying around constantly, and over at wepc we're discussing whether a touchscreen netbook would need a slideout keyboard...
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Break-to-open Pygg Piggy Bank by Willie Tsang tells the story of our familiar piggy banks. The origin of piggy banks come from a mistranslation of an orange clay called "pygg".
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A new contemporary arts program called ReMap is taking to the streets with guerilla-style artwork that blurs the lines between public property, commercial art practice, and vandalism.
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The Wounded Artist Project supplies beginner drawing kits to wounded soldiers to help occupy their time while healing. They need donations!
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Style, composition, urban feel, illustrations by Jessie Douglas, originally from Ibiza, now in Plymouth, UK.
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FEATUREDJimmyJane's new Contour Q porcelain massage stone set... and it combines nicely with the Contour M as well... see closeups as well as a peek at some of their cheeky packaging...
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Berlin-based photographer Giorgio Fochesato looks at America with the critical eye of an outsider, and the creative eye of a photographer, giving us a look at the iconic American road – Route 66
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Kerin Rose made these pyramid stud sunglasses for Rihanna with her brand a-morir. You can actually see through them.
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VIDEOOne of the pioneers of "Glass Art" at work. Watch Bert van Loo in Timelapse.
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llustrator and graphic designer Juan Casini from Buenos Aires, Argentina just released his latest body of work, which features illustrations and designs in the shape of a sketchbook.
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60 Foot Mural by Pixel.Tron & Karl Addison - two Seattle based artist. Squid VS. Whale Release Party August 29th @ The Twilight Exit - 6PM
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What would you do with a kilomater of wood?
Designers, architects, carpenters and everybody else who had an idea what to do with unlimited amounts of wood and screws was invited to realise their proposals within three days...
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Flickr set of awesome posters from graphic designer Jordan Michael Gray.
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Add a touch of aviation to your life with this unique contemporary flight attendant cart! For your home office, coffee station and portable wine bar or... get creative! Let your imagination FLY!
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Here's a first look at the 2009 Showtime House where 14 designers turn 2 NY penthouses into homes inspired by the 6 original Showtime series; Californication, Dexter, Nurse Jackie, the Tudors, United States of Tara & Weeds
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Is resin the new vinyl?By using resin artists are now able to create their own small run of art toys. Golden Delicious pictured is limited to just 5.
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The Royal Master Sealight is a great replica of an old marine light. Beautiful, available in floor, table and pendant models at Restoration Hardware.
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Superhero photographer Li Wei flies through the air with ease! See him and his team of flyers take on gravity and win - again and again!
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Birds in flight series by ceramic artist, Jenny Hager. Her works features porcelain and earthenware pottery, incorporating printmaking.
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Craigslist makeovers at WIRED ~ here's how the NYT's team would do it... see the others too!
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Zaha Hadid´s pavilion for the Burnham Centennial recently opened at the Millennium Park in Chicago, featuring video installations about the future of the city.
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Artists were asked to submit a playing card as part of the Shelter Awareness campaign in the UK. The chosen card becomes part of an exhibition with Damien Hirst, D*Face, Douglas Gordon and many more.
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Commercial building ’Textil’ in Serbia by Studio NEO Arhitekti. One of the nominees in MIES ARCH competition.
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how amazingly inspirational are the curvy 1950's pin-ups of George Petty ! Love them all
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The EyeWriter is a new device that allows artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes and a special software.
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CoolHunting has a nice interview with Fashion Illustrator Michael Sanderson
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Great Britain’s first living wall has died after three years shading the front facade of a DSDHA-designed £1.5 million children’s center. The 30 species of flora growing are now just a “host of brown, wilting plants.”
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Impressive 'Paint Drop Sculptures ' by artist Chris Dorosz.
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Tasty Bone! Objective Studio adds a modern twist on traditional dog biscuit packaging and uses tongue-in-cheek copy writing creating a charming and simple design.
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Seed magazine visits the somewhat chaotic desk of an industrial designer who is leveraging the power of design cues and functionality to convince people to live greener lives.
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Hotel V was designed by studio OFF with an idea of roughness as a metaphor. The wall finished with a special mosaic expression tile to give different visual expressions in different weather conditions and viewing angles.
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Gizmodo commentary looking back on the packaging design of OS X... and this snow leopard box that is so un-mac-like... esp with the very literal snow leopard
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FEATUREDPACT claims 45 day biodegradable shipping pack and labels, and pouches for each underwear... but what do they look like? Here's a peek into the packaging of the yves behar design undies... (and discount code too!)
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The variable section of the Ventolera Winery adds a more naturally object on top of an almost untouched landscape. Designed by chilean architect Francisco Izquierdo. Great shots by Cristobal Palma.
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Eredel Illustration : beautiful manipulation in photoshop.
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VIDEOCool film with Landscapes and Japanese electronic music by Ametsub
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From sketch to Hint Mint tin... fun look at james jean's process
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Salami Advent Calendar! by Butter in Germany for Koenecke
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Beautiful piece on ikuikuiku's livejournal
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Ong & Ong renovated an art deco house in Singapore, creating a stunning new interior, complete with a pool.
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World Famous Design Junkies creates a graphic-design master set of the many wild and weird ways a person can hold their own poster. Hold it yourself or bring a friend!
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An interesting round stage for the Austria Pavilion at the Zaragoza World Expo, by Solid Architecture. Note how the mirrors extend the performances.
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FEATUREDRocket World is trying to decide on what the 2010 Creature Hoodie should be... and they want your help! Help them out by sharing your opinion and get a chance to win prizes too...
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Stunning artwork using flamingo graphics by Cassandra C.Jones.
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Out of creative inspiration (and to quit smoking), this artist Patrik Bundeli transforms ping-pong balls into fine art.
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Meredith Dittmar's 3D dioramas are human-animal-plant-energy amalgams that express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness.
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Truck Farm is a living, mobile garden inside the bed of a 1986 Dodge half-ton pickup truck which grows tomatoes, broccoli, arugula, and parsley. As a bonus all the Truck Farm activity is being recorded for TV too.
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Australian artist Buff Diss trademark style of 100% legal masking tape street art
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FEATURED826LA and the Echo Park Time Travel Mart are proud to premiere the second collection of original time travel themed posters designed by Los Angeles-based artist, Amy Martin.
Each poster promotes a civic message for good citizenship in the far past or distant future, transforming the predictable aesthetic of the WPA poster with ironic sloganeering such as "Fire Good...But Also Bad" and "Robots! Clean Your Drives Daily", coupled with clean, retro graphic design. They are on sale now for PRE-ORDER (shipping starts on September 14th) at http://www.826la.org/store-sundries/#time-travel-posters
Each poster is $19.99, or you can buy a set of 4 for $69.99. All proceeds go to 826LA, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Last year's popular Time Travel Posters raised over $30,000 for 826LA's programs.
Purchase them in person, and meet the artist at The Echo Park Time Travel Mart at 1714 W. Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, CA 90026. 826LA and Stories Books and Cafe will be hosting an open house with music, art, food, and drinkon September 12th at 7:30 p.m.
You can find preview images at the end of this email, and you can click on each for a larger version. If you'd like more information, please visit www.826la.org or contact christina@826la.org. For more information about Amy or to contact her, click here: http://design-book.blogspot.com/
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Brain Patter skate decks by Emilio Garcia and Arts Projekt
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By Architects Pedro Pacheco + Marie Clément, Luz Cemetery is located in Luz, Mourão, Portugal.
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Love the way these glasses stack to make perfect sense...
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8x10 art print featuring bright rain clouds that shower down beautiful rainbow raindrops.
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Cute COREtoon about how a creative director works...
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Total Crisis Panic Button, a terrific culture jam created in Los Angeles by Jason Eppink.
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Inspired by Escher's "Waterfall," Dyson's "Wrong Garden" incorporates a clever design to create the illusion that water flows up.
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FEATUREDMixko "Here Comes the Sun" necklace ~ with a dove leading a rainbow across your chest, and the last crystal raindrop on your back... so lovely!
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The world as designer Justin Gorman sees it, including gigantic asterisks and footnotes!
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Brand identity, logo, character & packaging design concept for Zürcher, a Swiss family chocolate producer and takeaway confectionery based in Zurich. By Prague based Stas Sipovich.
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Fun at the workplace! That the thought when Fredrik Mattson designed NOMONO workstation. NOMONO is an office that is as simple to keep in order as possible – and give you more energy for the fun things to do.
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Exclusive Banksy vs Bristol microsite from the team at UK Street Art
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Pastiglie Leone ~ fun to see one of my favorite candies celebrated in the Fara Collection SS2010
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Parking Lot Art Show 2! Coming to LA tomorrow ~ artists showing inside trucks at the Cafe Stella Parking Lot
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Nothing is more amusing than a time-lapse video documenting the evening of a man in a gorilla suit. Great score, absurd premise and worth the watch.
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Brilliant print ads by Saatchi & Saatchi in China for Ariel laundry detergent that show food bravely fighting back.
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Chicago designer, Garrett EB Smith, repurposes a faucet ball valve as a Dreidel for Delta® faucet's Designers of Tomorrow Contest.
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Murano blown glass animals with small spots of coloured glass and goldleaf. Design by Ferro Lorenzo Murano.
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Portfolio website of graphic designer jonathan arena. Includes featured project 2009 RISD yearbook.
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beautiful, fetishistic vintage typewriter repair kit
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Pretty cool website trying to stop the use of "Performance Enhancing Apparel" in sports.
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Duracell's MyGrid is a brand new drop-and-go charging pad for all of your wireless devices without the mess of multiple chargers.
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SEVRES VASE CLOCK has an adjustable hammer that gently knocks on any vase you place on the stand on the hour, every hour. Different vases produce different sounds.
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Kids playing Sportpong, a multiplayer game. This sporty arcadegame ist the ultimate fun-tool for kids and their parents. interaction is physical, the game itself is virtual.
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Custom skull Vans slip-ons with inter-changeable tongues from Toronto artist, Dan Springer
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Awesome flickr set of Les Animaux Tels Qu'ils Sont ~ one of those old simplified "how to draw" books
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Red Bull put a little bull in the pull tabs on the tops of their energy drinks. Where do all the bull cutouts go? answer here ...
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Designer Wyatt Turner’s Ironcat concept is a high-performance car with looks inspired by the Porsche Carrera GT and power coming from a twin-turbocharged 5.6-liter V8 engine.
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RRA Architects finished another section of the National Tourist Route in Norway. The selection of the materials create a slight contrast with the landscape. Amazing views!
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MENU ~ the carafe with smart lid designed by Jakob Wagner
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Matteo Grassi's Loom Armchair designed by Franco Poli
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Tuft vs. Turf (Fire Escape) is an installation made with zip ties by Brian Jobe.
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Keep Cup! A new aussie reusable cup to replace all those coffee cups and bands that get wasted...
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Amazing concept of a laptop made for designers and illustrators, including a Graphic tablet on the other side of the keyboard. Too bad it's just a concept.
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Ralston & Bau made their first redesign series:
"Tekannelampe" (tea pot light) with the cable flowing out from the spout and the handle as invitation to carry your lamp around.
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America’s most notorious crooked street got a makeover yesterday thanks to Hasbro toy company, in what one onlooker described as “capitalism meets childhood.”
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Camera with body made out of recycled paper. Concept by Amos Woo and Sharon Ng.
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Astrid Krogh's latest neon light installation is ‘Flora’, a decoration for the Nikolai Quarter in Kolding, Denmark, which was commissioned by the Commune of Kolding.
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Ryan Frank, a London based designer, created these clothhangers entirely from reclaimed British newspapers.
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Ceramic slip cast jug/mug range that makes you look twice. Designed by Kristy Whyte.
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Disney recreated "Alice in Wonderland" in San Diego, Comic-Con.
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Toy camera maker Superheadz has managed to make a digital camera that still captures the lomography for which its original cameras are so beloved.
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Modernism is for the birds with the Birdbottle as their new home. Available at Blend Design.
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Beautiful new poster by The Silent Giants.
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French photographer Michel Rajkovic has thing about fog and pathways.
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The Xeros residence in Phoenix, Arizona, is a experimental housing typology for dry environments. The materials used age during time, blending the structure with the landscape. Designed by BLANK Studio.
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Detractors call the design to an “outhouse” and allege that the tower intrudes on the rural landscape of Hamarøy, the village where Hamsun spent much of his life. The architect describes the concept of “building as a body.”
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Medio día Chair: This piece is a reinterpretation of the traditional beach chairs found on the coasts of Mexico. Medio día can be part of the most pure and demanding decoration.
Design: Sebastian Lara
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In a stunt to raise awareness of the car scrappage scheme, Vauxhall covered an Astra in £2000 worth of real coins which the public were then invited to remove - getting to keep all the money they removed from the car!
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All in One from Bulgerian Dragomir Winery Estate has a clean Art Nouveau label designed by talented designer Jordan Jelev.
If you should drink, drink in style...
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