Jotted down to remember.
Love the reduction design of this ceiling fan.
I’m a sucker for Coke and chairs, so I’m definitely a sucker for these.
Hand Eye Supply makes the greatest stuff.
Beautifully done.
If not Apple, someone should take this on.
Just signed up for Pinboard.in and switched over my import scripts for T Inc. It’s an end of an era for me. I’ve been using Delicious since 2005.
Gorgeous work. Love the current limited edition poster, Manual.
Clever and beautiful. I just might have to get one for my office.
“The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world’s visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.” Great resource.
Gorgeous collection of minimalist posters.
“What we have here is stakeholder capitalism, not shareholder capitalism”
A visual history of the credit card.
I want this calculator.
I’ve been making these at home for a few weeks now, but I love this overview. The process of using just a few ingredients and working to get it just right really appeals to me. Well, and the whole delicious drink at the end isn’t too bad either.
Looks awesome, but $50 is a bit steep for a nail clipper.
Saved for inspiration.
I definitely want to snag one of these if I ever start running again.
Beautiful set of wooden blocks for kids. I love the addition of numbers and sizes over traditional wood blocks. They’re sort of like pre-duplos.
Slate + Clock = Hot.
Though I consider myself very environmentally conscious, my grandmother really is better at recycling and cutting back than I am.
This identity worked on me. I’m actually interested in visiting Nordkyn now.
Love the use of negative space.
“Technology should get a bit more… human.”
Love the one of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The pieces are designed so that the shapes represents how the pieces move. For example, the Knight is shaped in an L. The pieces also fit together into a tight box like puzzle. Very slick.
Love this simple iPad stand design.
Gorgeous visualization of social activities in New York, London and Paris.
Love the grey one.
These may be entirely impractical, but I still want a deck.
Badass. Saved for inspiration.
My great grandfather made stair railings and grape arbors out of this type of plumbing and I loved it. Does anyone know if you can buy these? If not, anyone want to try and make some with me?
“Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking. The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic engagement, economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns. Yet much of the dialogue on these issues is disconnected from the public domain.” I can’t wait.
Saved for inspiration.
I have a hard time not loving almost everything Paul Octavious does.
I really wish this was a shipping product. Brilliant design by Pavel Sidorenko.
“I realized recently that what one thinks about in the shower in the morning is more important than I’d thought. I knew it was a good time to have ideas. Now I’d go further: now I’d say it’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” Completely agree.
Better than jetpacks.
As usual, the process behind design is always fascinating. “Hi Score” always cracks me up too.
Lovely, simple idea, gorgeous execution.
Gorgeous collection of menus from the New York Public Library. Saved for reference.
Apparently I’m getting really good at Jeopardy.
Looks very handy, though I just wish sites would stop using these things to begin with.
Fantastic commencement speech about perspective in life. When reading it I couldn’t help but hear my mother’s voice saying, “You don’t have to look very far to see someone worse off then yourself.”
“A unique collection of iconic Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs as re-imagined by some of today’s most celebrated graffiti and street artists.” Caribbean Clouds is my favorite.
paper + laser cut = ♥
Clever.
“Laptopograms are images made by pressing photosensitive paper onto a laptop screen and flashing an image in a manner not unlike contact printing orphotograms.”
Cost effective and attractive.
Love the letting, but I do have a soft spot for the old one.
I need to find a team to coach again.
Saved to drool over later.
“My new years resolution is to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made. The idea is to expand and add context to the stories and information contained in the shows. Basically, anything I am curious about while listening to the pieces.” Lovely.
I was interviewed by the Herman Miller blog about T Inc., Level & Tap, Simple Desktops and my workspace.
“DJ App for iPad.” For you wannabe DJ’s out there.
It’s hip to be square.
Some drool worth products. I especially love the wallet and pretty much all of their bags.
House Industries + Heath Ceramics = swoon.
Ecstatic to see the new instant film from The Impossible Project become a reality.
“But, he proposed, substantive conversation seemed to hold the key to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create meaning in their lives, and because we are social animals who want and need to connect with other people.” I totally agree.
“Building a palette is an intuitive process, but expanding a typographic duet to three, four, or even five voices can be daunting. Here are four tips for navigating the typographic ocean, all built around H&FJ’s Highly Scientific First Principle of Combining Fonts: keep one thing consistent, and let one thing vary.” Great advice from H&FJ.
Damn these jellyfish have something on us.
“Reimagining the Roman Coliseum with type.”
This is just gorgeous.
“Vector based icons created to aid in the design, development, implementation and promotion of multi-touch interfaces. These icons will aid in the creation of wire-frame documents, digital help files and printed documentation. You can also use Gesturecons inside of your applications in order to demonstrate to users how to complete actions or prompt them to interact with an application when they approach it.”
A nice complete reference of what’s out there.
“As the last quantities of carefully stored original Polaroid films are currently melting like snow in the sun, it is about time to introduce a new chapter of analog Instant Photography. To begin with, please make yourself comfortable at our new Impossible shop and update your bookmarks. In the meantime, we are preparing everything for the Impossible.” Stoked.
Gorgeous and minimal. A very tasty combination and the Star Wars theme is just icing on the cake.
Saved for when I start traveling a bit more again.
“a Switzerland of bits.” Interesting reaction from a country hit so hard by the global financial crisis.
Not totally sold, but very interesting stuff.
The lens lust is strong.
“It’s called Glitch because in the far-distant and totally-perfect future, the world starts becoming less and less probable, things fall apart, the center cannot hold, and there occurs what comes to be called the “glitch” — a grave danger of disemprobablization.” Intrigued can’t wait to see how Mr. Burka creative directs what looks to be an awesome project.
“Its founder, Bill Gates, is not only the most generous philanthropist in history, but has also inspired thousands of his employees to give generously themselves. No one in his right mind should wish Microsoft failure.” I’ve poked fun at Microsoft many times in the past, but it is sad how they can’t innovate at all. Instead of a long slow Microsoft failure it would be nice to see them turn the ship around. I’m not holding my breath though, and look to them as an example of what not to do with your corporate culture.
“Over the course of the project the vans themselves have become more and more of a rarity. The reasons are as simple as rust and changing tastes; and as complex as government “cash for clunkers” initiatives encouraging more fuel-efficient transportation. Notably, at the same time these vans have been disappearing from our roads – film photography as a visual medium has also begun it’s slow death. Consequently the goal of the project is to one day shoot the last remaining van on the final frame of photographic film in existence. Then the project will be finished.” Epic.
“This re-branding comes as Comcast has struggled to rebuild its reputation because of poor service and problems with its network that resulted in telephone and Internet outages. Its customer-satisfaction rating is among the lowest in the industry, but it has improved slightly in the last year.” And a terrible name like this is going to help how?
I work with some of the most amazing engineers in the business. I’m still amazed at what the did with this.
Coworker Kevin Fox on the potential for widgets on the iPad. Great stuff.
The future of video on the internet.
“There’s very little actual football in a football game.” I rarely record a game since I can’t stand not watching it in real time, but when I do I’m always blown away by how quickly I can skip through it.
Get some balls.
Love these. They remind me of these shots I took last year only lined up better and a bit more clever.
“Twelve South opens a new chapter in Mac protection with BookBook, a totally original, vintage hardback case designed exclusively for MacBook.” It’s pretty hard not to like everything Twelve South sells.
Great article about how detailed a rendering of an object can drastically change our perception of it’s meaning.
Easy Full Screen Background Images with jQuery by Scott Robbin. Saved for later.
Love the style and quick release swivel snaps on this on this “classy” camera strap.
Now officially out and in HD. Man, this looks so terrible and yet awesome at the same time. I can’t wait.
Might as well be ray guns.
It’s out!
“Priori Acute is the latest addition to the Priori family. It is the result of a series of experiments into three-dimensional letter form design inspired by 19th Century display and artistic printing types. However, instead of simply adding drop shadows or fake relief to create the illusion of depth, the designers at Jonathan Barnbrook’s studio took their cue from such diverse sources as the angles on the Stealth bomber and the visual conceit in the work of the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.” Stunning stuff, and I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Stealth bombers and Escher.
“Examine Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities.” Truly fascinating interactive graphic. The Mad Men pattern is particularly interesting.
I’m curious how often you have to change out the dry cleaner pads, but I definitely want one of these.
“I love it when a plan comes together.”
“An umbrella is only as strong as the tension able to be applied to the fabric stretched across the ribs. Taut fabric across the frame equals a strong umbrella, but as soon as the fabric tears away from a spike, or comes away from the ribs and comes loose, the whole strength of the umbrella is compromised.” It seems almost ridiculous this hasn’t been thought of before.
“An umbrella is only as strong as the tension able to be applied to the fabric stretched across the ribs. Taut fabric across the frame equals a strong umbrella, but as soon as the fabric tears away from a spike, or comes away from the ribs and comes loose, the whole strength of the umbrella is compromised.” It seems almost ridiculous this hasn’t been thought of before.
I love the attention to detail given to these infographics. The craft and time that went into creating them is so apparent. My assumption is it’s because people really thought they would be around for a long time. Unfortunately, it’s all to common for me to feel the stuff I’m working on is just going to be deleted pixels in a few years.