core77.com's design blog |
Mar 13, 2009 01:03PM
No, that photo up above is not a joke. Tough times breed interesting solutions, and that's one of them. Twenty-seven-year old Seattle resident [and architect] John Morefield...was laid off not once, but twice in a single year as projects dry up and small firms tighten budgets. So what's a boy to do? Watch Peanuts cartoons and hang out at the local farmers' market? Why yes indeedy. Morefield's concept for Architecture 5¢--edificially inspired by Charles Schulz's psychiatrist booth for Lucy--is bringing [...]
core77.com's design blog |
Mar 13, 2009 01:03PM
If Jackson Pollack had driven a BMW Z4 Roadster, perhaps he might have first conceived of the project devised by artist Robin Rhode: Rhode used an all-new 2009 BMW Z4 Roadster as his paintbrush to create a bold, dramatic, contemporary piece, one of his most ambitious to date. From a tower 30 feet above his canvas, Rhode choreographed the movement of the BMW Z4 Roadster, which was mounted with special paint dispensers behind its wheels, across the canvas, while filmmaker Jake [...]
decor8 |
Mar 13, 2009 01:03PM
Morgan Levine grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and moved to Brooklyn to study industrial design at Pratt Institute where she graduated in ‘04. It was during her first freelance job at Martha Stewart when she was assigned to create bunches of crepe paper daffodils that a love for crepe paper was born. She started to experiment with turning it brooches and barrettes. Today, she is making paper goodies for her company Amble Through Bramble. My mother and I made a ton [...]
JoshSpear.com |
Mar 13, 2009 01:01PM
Remember when we told you about Metal for Monsters? After achieving some success with their artist series of monster pendants benefiting UNICEF, Blend Creations launched a DIY version of the necklaces. Now they’ve combined the concepts, teaming up with Celebrate Green for a Mother’s Day contest. They’re looking for designs they can etch on stainless steel. Professionals and kids alike are invited to submit entries by March 17th, with the winner receiving an edition of his/her winning pendant and a copy [...]
Swiss Legacy |
Mar 13, 2009 12:36PM
I just discovered this great blog about typography and letterpress: Typoretum. Be sure to have a look at iti!
NETDIVER Feed your eyes |
Mar 13, 2009 12:30PM
Le Raclet is a screen print studio based in Milan, mainly focused on the production of fine art prints and tees made in collaboration with artists they support. Showing a nice screen print of Helen Slater, screen powagirrrl.
Three Minds @ Organic |
Mar 13, 2009 12:06PM
I was tempted to add a Friday the 13th image at the top, since this is our second of three superstitious Fridays of 2009. But, there was a more important date to recognize. On March 13th, 2009 the World Wide Web will turn 20 years old. Which begs the question, what will become of the web next year when it's old enough to buy alcohol and gamble in Vegas? Watch out! On a more serious note, the... Read more
Cool Hunting |
Mar 13, 2009 12:06PM
Bringing about a sense of community among American designers, the American Design Club is highlighting their talented collective with their third exhibition, "Hue Are You," a show revolving around the theme of color in contemporary design. Located at the store, shop, gallery and mecca The Future Perfect in Brooklyn, the exhibit will also be an opportunity to purchase some of the furniture, lighting, jewelry and home goods from the display, which will feature the designs of Kiel Mead, Kyle Cunniff, [...]
UX Magazine |
Mar 13, 2009 12:05PM
Just a quick note to remind you that the UX Magazine crew will be keeping the Twitter feed @uxmag well up-to-date while we wrap up porting the whole site to Drupal 6 (we’re about 90% done). We won’t be posting much until the move is completed. It’s running on our dev environment and we hope to start increasing our news output dramatically as soon as we re-launch. We’ll also be ‘leaking’ some information on the new design which should come a [...]
adfreak |
Mar 13, 2009 12:04PM
Everyone still wants a piece of Barack Obama, but a casino in Indiana is among the first advertisers to be pressured to pull an Obama-themed ad. The spot, shown above, features a pretty good Obama sound-alike (it's not actually him) talking up the grand opening of the Indiana Live! Casino. "Our time for change has come," the voiceover says. "Months ago we began the work of making sure that the Indiana! Live Casino is superior to anything that existed [...]
decor8 |
Mar 13, 2009 12:03PM
My good friend Anne, who I hang out with when I’m based in Germany, just told me about her creative friend Kerstin who is a product and interior designer based in Hannover too. I’m really looking forward to meeting Kerstin in person when I’m back in Germany this year. She owns a new DaWanda shop called Domestic Candy that I really like, her things are so sweet that I have to share them with you today. I’m also including a peek [...]
Designboom - Weblog |
Mar 13, 2009 12:03PM
completed in 2007, openhouse is a residence that sits atop the hollywood hills, designed by
xten architecture. the home sits on a relatively small site that is very narrow and steep. however the
challenging site, led the architects to create a design that embraced it constraints. the final concept is
integrated into the landscape using retaining walls that extend the first floor directly into the hillside.
these walls also serve to create small private gardens on each side of the home. [...]
Cool Hunting |
Mar 13, 2009 11:35AM
For anyone who uses their iPhone to its fullest capabilities, you know that while the features are fruitful, the battery life span is not. PhoneSuit offers extended use time without extending the phone's size, with their sleek MiLi Power Pack. We've been testing ours out and found quite a few useful components making it a worthy contender in a market that includes the Mophie and Fastmac's iV. One of the more convenient aspects is that the power pack charges quickly, [...]
decor8 |
Mar 13, 2009 11:33AM
You’re going to love this week’s How Much For This Room? because it’s so budget friendly that you won’t believe your eyes. This living room belongs to Ashley Vaughn and her husband who own a record store, Vertical House, in Huntsville, Alabama. She is also a wedding photographer and a Realtor, and her husband is a graphic designer. When they have time to spare, they can usually be found restoring their 106-year-old house. Deets on the house: The 2,100 square foot [...]
Designboom - Weblog |
Mar 13, 2009 11:33AM
negative series vase (photo: max hodges)
chris kirby is a canadian designer now living and working in tokyo. working primarily in ceramics,
designboom has featured kirbys work on numerous occasions including his entry to the
ceramics for breakfast' competition that was also exhibited in our handled with care exhibition.
kirby has recently launched a series of new products including a sake set, ceramic lamp and a vase.
the vase and lamp are both part of his negative series of ceramics which are [...]
Designboom - Weblog |
Mar 13, 2009 11:03AM
axonometric array by ron van der ende, 2008
cassette tape culture is always on our radar, as evidenced by our interest in finnish artist sami havias old
cassette tape paintings of famous record covers. never satisfied, we have found two more examples of
the vintage medium being used in art. the first is the work of dutch artist ron van der ende, who recently
created a special installation for worm rotterdam. the bas-relief piece named axonometric array is made
completely of reclaimed [...]
Eyebeam reBlog |
Mar 13, 2009 11:02AM
"Know this, along with the BBC 10 rules and you really have no excuse for getting it wrong." ...As new media artists, we already know this crap and we've known it for years...it's worth our time, though, to see how advertisers are catching up. No doubt, this too will result in a change to the datasphere. Oh yea, I just wrote datasphere, ala Rushkoff and Person. --xb Originally posted by meltingman from Delicious/tag/future, ReBlogged by xtine on Mar 13, 2009 at [...]
Eyebeam reBlog |
Mar 13, 2009 11:02AM
Quite a few people I know seem to think that shit is really about to hit the fan. I'm talking hysteria, riots, complete global market collapse, extreme chaos. We'll see. If the apocalypse does arrive, I hope I can scalp my ringside seats. It's in that spirit that cultural critic Mark Dery took a look back at his classic millennial meditation, the 1999 book Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink. Mark has decided to offer up essays from that must-read [...]
Eyebeam reBlog |
Mar 13, 2009 11:02AM
Here's a massive boatload of covers from vintage Soviet tech magazines -- most of these came from valiant Twitterers (@billnagel, @kwispel, @vr_quarksoup, @houbi) who responded to my call for the originating URL for an unattributed gallery of covers I found on another site, filling my cup to overflowing with a motherload of sovfuturkitsch that I'll be wallowing in for days. Originally posted by Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing, ReBlogged by xtine on Mar 13, 2009 at 01:26 PM
Inhabitat |
Mar 13, 2009 11:01AM
Spring is almost here! That means goodbye cold weather and short days and heeeeello sunshine! We aren’t quite there yet though which means there is still time for spring cleaning! We recommend a cleaner, greener lifestyle this year by using eco-sensitive products. You will certainly find the goods at the Green Depot whether you visit the flagship retail store in New York City or their helpful website. Yet, we know that sometimes you are seeking something special and eco-quirky, which [...]
MoCo Loco |
Mar 13, 2009 11:01AM
"It all really started with a strong woman, my grandma". Fredrik Kjellgren's grandma Astrid was one of Sweden's first sewing teachers. She sewed Fredrik's first clothes, introduced him to form and design and showed him how to make clothes out of simple paper templates. "Paperfold is a lamp series inspired by colorful paper and beautiful collars. The different forms have been developed through playing with paper." The series is comprised of six lamps, each derived from the same idea. kjellgrenkaminsky.se [...]
Snook.ca |
Mar 13, 2009 11:00AM
This post isn't about what you think. This isn't about some handy little CSS technique you can implement right now. Not yet, anyway. This is about an idea that I've been working on. An idea that — I hope — will one day help you and me build better web sites. I've come up with my own layout specification. Um, why? Who in their right mind would ever want to do something like that? Apparently, I would. Here's the thing. Some [...]
Swiss Legacy |
Mar 13, 2009 10:35AM
Very interesting projects by Vancouver based Art Director Christopher Allen. Chris Allen is multi-disciplinary graphic designer living and working in Vancouver where he regularly collaborates with different studios and designers. He approaches each project with objectivity, simplicity and clarity of message to create appropriate communication solutions for a wide range of diverse clients.
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report |
Mar 13, 2009 10:32AM
10 Things They Don't Teach You in Design School. Via Designmeme. (Sorry for lazy post, but I'm at SXSW Interactive.) Comments off.
John Nack on Adobe |
Mar 13, 2009 10:31AM
Here's a little inspiration for your Friday. Filmmaker Bruce Branit has created World Builder, in which "a strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves." I've embedded it below, but it's worth hitting the full-screen viewing button (next to the Vimeo logo). This is how smooth and effortless I'd like Photoshop to feel. Bruce was one half of the two-man team that produced the excellent 405: The Movie on their desktop computers back in 2000 (more [...]
