Jotted down to remember.
The year I was born.
Clever concept and great execution from photographer Zander Olsen
Gorgeous T for T Magazine made enitrely from legos. It took eleven days in 16-hour shifts. Whoa.
Love the original, but this mini one is quite nice as well.
Looks like a blast to play with.
Wirelessly stream sound via AirPlay through Scandinavian design and Italian cashmere. Swanky.
Love this post on Instagram filter ancestors.
It’s like browsing a Dieter Rams exhibit where you can buy the items.
The photos of the Mass Games are both uncomfortable and stunning at the same time.
She actually pours the paint on instead of using a brush or her fingers.
“Designed by darin montgomery and trey jones - a handcrafted cabinet featuring a laterally sliding panel revealing adjacent compartments for glassware and liquor storage. a drop front door houses tools and a pull-out drawer below stashes peripherals. interiors of the compartments are incised with a pattern that refers to diamond tuck and roll upholstery and nods to vintage handbags and luggage.” Want.
Handy reference.
Filed for future inspiration.
Dig this, though I feel like I should just make one myself.
Poster series explaining complex philosophical theories through basic shapes.
It’s really too bad this is a fictional label.
“After my father passed away, my mother said she couldn’t imagine living on her own. For months she would stay at the side of my father’s gravesite. She didn’t know what else to do. Sunburns and bug bites weren’t enough to keep her away. Despite the lingering pain and subsequent fear, my mother grew to learn that she could go on. She would call me with triumph in her voice explaining how she went to the DMV and Social Security office all on her own. She lives in Bakersfield, CA and I take the 5 North through the farmlands to visit her. On one trip to visit her, I noticed a lone tree along the highway that reminded me of her. It was in early spring and there was a tree that was just beginning to sprout. It was a new season, and despite the cold winter days, that tree and my mother still blossomed.” I’m going to have a difficult time not buying one of these.
Now that’s a pencil.
“Danish photographer who slightly alters ordinary objects to create these humorous and unexpected images.” Clever.
Gorgeous looking console from the Jamison Sellers. Love the Pallet Chairs as well.
Simple and clean but it doesn’t meet FAA carry on guidelines. Looks prefect for checked luggage though.
Sunday it’ll be 50 years old.
Beautiful kids toy. Hopefully these don’t end up extinct like the dinosaur toys I played with as a kid.
“Basically, to create anything meaningful in digital media, you need to think in terms of a product, not just a story.”
Would love to find one of these under my Christmas tree Santa.
Love the deer, so hopefully she’ll do reprints.
It gave me chills too.
If San Francisco required a fan, this would be the one I’d get.
Originally designed for drawing exercises, these would look great on a desk or as a rich kids blocks.
“The shelves are designed to occupy a space normally reserved for a framed picture or painting, and they act so as to frame compositions of everyday objects.”
Well isn’t that just a sexy little turntable?
Pick up that Neon/LED for your studio that you’ve always wanted.
Might need to pick up a few of these for my new grill.
The few I’ve seen, I’ve loved. Saving this for future gift ideas.
Toughness and beauty combined.
The butlers of today are our products and our furniture.
More ping pong table porn. Love the idea of playing outside and having to take wind into account.
Set this to your Flickr favorites and enjoy.
Another functional and beautiful ping pong table.
“Modern Graphic Design Collection and Rare Graphic Design Books.” I think I could spend all day surfing around this site.
Someday…
“Constructed from silky-smooth pigmented ceramic that allows it’s body to be drawn on time and again. Draw your favorite pattern, label what you’re saving for, let your friends play graffiti artist, or simply leave him clean and minimal. This piggy is ready to be your friend and help you save.”
Minimal line drawings on sustainable materials.
Vetted rules. This stuff is beautiful if a bit pricey.
Damn Japan and their beautiful minimal design that I can’t buy in the U.S.
“San Francisco based designer Joey Roth created this ceramic speaker system to convey the warmth and human feeling of good music. System includes two ceramic speakers, amplifier based on the Tripath 2024 T-Amp with gold-plated binding posts, 1/8” input, cast iron base, 16-gauge oxygen-free copper speaker cables with banana plug termination plus interconnects for RCA and 1/8” sources.” Absolutely gorgeous.
“He arrived with no art, no supplies, and no firm plan for this new series of canvas paintings. The paintings were created entirely with spray paint, one of Matt’s favorite mediums. The designs are very clean and appear almost digital in their precise details and craft. An honest analog attempt to achieve the same depth and abstract geometry of his digital “Vectorfunk” style of graphic art.” Love these.
This reminded me of one of my favorite quotes. “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized.” - Daniel Burnham
“Ikea’s instruction manuals are an odd mix of confusion and simplicity. If their same instructional processes were applied to Sci-Fi movies, these would be the product.”
The curtain sounds perfect for our bedroom complete with original windows and San Francisco street noise.
Quite clever.
Love this photo set, especially the square crop. Driving across america while taking photos sounds like a perfect way to spend a few months.
Pro tips. Lots of things I didn’t know about on this list.
Fascinating photos of last suppers from prisoners on death row.
Dig that it’s recycled and the style.
Fantastic observation from Ira Glass that really struck a chord with me.
Absolutely gorgeous timepieces, and their making product video is awesome.
Gorgeous simple, geometric designs.
Really beautiful ad from Docomo. They built a giant wood xylophone in the forest that’s played by a wood ball rolling down it. Be sure to watch the video.
This MIGHT be a bit over the top, but it’s pretty damn awesome.
“The key when you’re putting across an idea is you have to understand the culture you’re dealing with first and foremost and put everything very much like the cultures used to and then put your idea, the essential elements of your idea out there so that it doesn’t get confused with things that might complicate the concept.”
I might have to get myself some of these here soon. Love the packaging and handmade feel.
Beautiful, but it seems a bit pricey.
I know this was an April fools joke, but I do hope they are able to come up with a way to make this.
Love these, especially the name.
Pixels + Cameras = ♥
I ordered the white faced one from Vetted a few days ago.
Stunning photo series about energy in America.
Cover that iPad two in style.
“Crafted in Germany and built to last a generation, it’s been made the same way for over 100 years by dedicated craftsmen. Materials matter. The ash wood finish handles the Sahara as competently as the Arctic. Precision fittings keep your camera boulder-steady, while solid wood legs absorb vibration naturally. (A trade secret, wood absorbs vibration better than steel, carbon, or aluminum.)” *swoon*
Fantastic article about the Oregon Trail video game was made.
“A collection of goods for a modern lifestyle.” Gorgeous stuff with smart curation and a clean, sexy design. I’m now following the blog.
I’m a sucker for a beautiful wallet.
“The Element Portable Gas Grill Gear up for tailgating, hand-toting, fold-and-fling fun on the go.” Slick design. I especially love the red strap.
“British-born type designer and professor at California State University at Long Beach, is a typographic conceptualist – a sculptor by any other name – who creates “experimental” typefaces out of Band-Aids, drinking straws, steel railings and neon lights. He has also turned them into objects like furniture, bathroom fixtures and kites.” Gorgeous work.
Love the box and concept, but the type execution seems like it would make playing the game a lot more difficult.
One of my favorite “games” over the past year. Just gorgeous.
Clever and cute.
“Peculiar is a free icon package made only in CSS. It was created for sites and web applications that depend on fewer HTTP requests as possible or don’t need to use any image at all. The package contains 45 pictograms that are available in 16² pixels size. More icons are about to come in the future.”
Clever cabinet design that I wish wasn’t just a concept.
Flash drives really are destined for the floppy disk bin. It’s nice to finally see a design reflect this.
Awesome.
Still love that the name of this is “Watson”. Excellent work from Joshua Davis.
The attention to detail that’s put into Ace Hotels is so damn impressive.
Clever cards from patent office applications.
There were a few more great ones up earlier and hopefully he’ll post a few more. They’re actually made by an accountant in El Paso, TX.
“Cavalier Essentials is a line of vintage products designed for the rugged, yet sophisticated gentleman. Cavalier was always briefly explained as—”If Steve McQueen carried a beat-up leather duffle bag on the back of his motorcycle; what would be in it and how would the products look?” This simple idea married an appreciation for lifestyle design and vintage accessories. All of the products possess a hand-made quality while responding to the modern influences of today’s culture.”
I’m pretty sure I’ve linked to this before, but it looks like it’s becoming less of a concept and more of a reality.
“Foodily is (ta-da) a food site. More accurately, we are the world’s largest recipe network, bringing together recipes from across the web so you can compare any recipe and find the ones your friends like.” A beautiful site that I’m hoping more of my friends start to use. From the little bit I’ve played around with it has great recipe aggregation and the ability to remove ingredients I don’t like is slick.
Lots of great design inspiration here.
Love the simplicity of this speaker. No power or extra cords needed.
Fozzie bear!
“BARNA is a type family designed by Andreu Balius (2010-2011). It is intended for long running reading text. It’s simple and rational flavour makes it appropiate for technical literature contents.” Love the forms and the number of weights. Having an entire stencil version is pretty fantastic as well.
“The Case & Point is a curated selection of custom type design and lettering created for a specific project or use. Through a combination of short entries, interviews and in-depth features, TC&P provides a platform for type and graphic designers to showcase work that falls outside the sphere of retail type design.” Beautiful stuff.
“The technological means to produce an archive are not beyond our skills; sadly, right now at least, the will to do so is insufficient. Let’s hope that doesn’t last forever.” The older I get, the more I want to become a digital pack rat.
Working with reappropriated motorcycle components as their base materials, young industrial designers developed a collection of home good prototypes in a recent collaborative exhibition between triumph motorcycles and the birmingham institute of art and design.
Been looking for something like this for years.
“The Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamp pane honors 12 of the nation’s most important and influential industrial designers. Encompassing everything from furniture and electric kitchen appliances to corporate office buildings and passenger trains, the work of these designers helped shape the look of everyday life in the 20th century. The stamps go on sale in July.” I’ll definitely be picking up some of these when they come out.
“They wanted a frame that could display digital snapshots with all the vibrancy and subtlety of film transparencies or cinema screens, so they designed the Parrot so that its 10.4-inch LCD display and the light source illuminating it are on two layers physically separated by open space — like a studio lightbox in miniature.” Slick.
Gorgeous photos of animals in their “naked state”. The baby giraffe is the cutest thing I’ve seen all year.