This Postal Service Surplus Canvas Bag would make a lovely gift.
question for my readers: pros in sustainable design
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There are more and more sustainable products and options available for how we live our lives, but who are the real masterminds behind all this new stuff? Who are they? What shops do they work for/run? What have they done, what are they working on and what’s their vision?
Do you know of any designers that made themselves a name in sustainable design? If so, please list their/your portfolio as a comment below. Just curious!
Gift Idea: Tivoli Audio Model One
Tivoli Audio Model One
Oliver Tallec | Illustrator
Beautiful illustration work by Olivier Tallec.
Jump at the MoMA tonight!
If you are in the NYC area, you have to go to MoMA tonight and Jump! Today’s MoMA jump is scheduled to start at 6:30. MoMA will be open until 8:45. Brilliant!
DDDDownload
DDDDOWNLOAD is an interesting small utility that allows you to download any FFFFOUND! collection straight to your harddrive.
(thank you Denver Egoist)
Sodamemory
Sodapix, a swiss stock photo agency, offers a fun online memory game. I would love to have an actual copy of this to play with at home.
And while you are on their site, check out their impressive color search filter feature. After you’ve done a search, click on one of the colored squares to filter the results by overall color. Fantastic.
Type Trumps
Just in time for the Christmastime consumer-fest, Face37 has released Type Trumps. Type Trumps, a play on Top Trumps, is a game in which different typefaces are attributed numerical values. These figures are then used to enable the cards to be won or lost using some of the tried and true Top Trumps rules. This novelty is available at Magma Books.
(via swisslegacy and visualculture)
Coolest Typographic Holiday Gift of 2008: ABC3D
Want to impress a font lover this holiday season? Get him/her a copy of ABC3D
Cool Japanese Stuff Now Available in North America
Gizmine is the newly launched gadget website filled with wonderful japanese design. Take the Fukasawa Humidifier for example, or this Balloon Lamp. I’ve just entered design heaven.
(via unplggd)
Christoph Niemann : Coffee
How much do I love Christoph Niemann? What a talent! Check out his latest ode to coffee.
(thank you nersh)
Chris Pullman: What I’ve Learned
1 Work on things that matter.
2 Work with people you like and respect.
3 Be nice.
4 Have high standards.
5 Have a sense of humor.
6 Design is not the narrow application of formal skills, it is a way of thinking.
7 Variety is the spice of life.
8 Institutions have a character, just like people do.
9 We’re all in the “understanding business.”
10 You are what you eat.
Freitag iPhone sleeve
Just introduced: The new F22 iPhone sleeve by FREITAG features individual roadkill tarp designs, a nifty quick-accept strap (inspired by parachutists) and a nice, velvety lining that automatically cleans your precious. Arguably the next best Swiss invention since Ricola. I like it!
Todd Selby | Photographer
Todd Selby photographs interesting people and their creative spaces. Featured in the above picture is Bobb Bruno. I can’t remember when a photographer’s site has made me linger for this long. I am completely mesmerized by this project and enjoy the glimpses into creative people’s apartments. Hat tip off to Todd Selby.
(thank you karin)
Self Applauding Machine
Laikinglands first product is the Applause Machine, designed by British artist Martin Smith. Just press the button and the Applause Machine enthusiastically claps its hands for you.
Oliver Jeffer’s Lost and Found now animated!
Studio aka has completed a 25-minute film adaptation of Oliver Jeffer’s book Lost And Found
(thank you rory, via cartonbrew)
green gift: 4 Battery Solar Charger
This 4 Battery Solar Charger
Atlantis made out of used plastic bottles
Gayle Chong Kwan brings back the lost city of Atlantis with used plastic bottles.
Akihiro Furuta | Pushing the limits of family portraits
After having seen these hilarious family portraits by Akihiro Furuta, I feel seriously challenged. :)
Magic Pen writes Helvetica
Ahhhh… technology. The geniuses at Plexifilm have spent the past two years developing a Sharpie pen that actually writes in Helvetica! This pen is so experimental that it’s priceless… literally. You can’t buy one, but you can get one free with any Helvetica-related purchase (DVD, T-shirt, etc.). Get your free pen while they last. It’s a great gift for that person in your life with sloppy handwriting…
* Warning: if you are John Downer or Marian Bantjes then the pen will actually write in Helvetica. Otherwise, your results may vary. Do not swallow. Keep away from open flame and co-workers. May cause drowsiness.
made me laugh!
