The ten primary cloud formations illustrated and explained in one simple and easy to understand diagram. I heart clouds. Screen-printed on 100lb natural stock paper (20″ x 26″) with glow in the dark ink, so you can continue to study and learn long after the sun goes down. Perfect for any kid’s room!
(thank you mark)
My reader Joshua Longbrake found this beauty of an Elgin clock-radio at Goodwill for $2.99. And lucky him it works perfectly, including the crackly radio. He offers the image as a desktop wallpaper. Lovely.
Bird Necklace by Ingrid Montoya. Major Holiday Gift Alert going off here.
Beim Chef (With the boss) by swiss artist Roman Signer. I agree with today and tomorrow, every office should have such a button.
Lovely illustration (which you can purchase here) by Marc Johns.
UPDATE: Make sure to read the comments, especially Marc’s below.
(via designnotes)
Now that we’ve watched When I am 64 about a hundred times on YouTube, I think it’s time I purchase the Yellow Submarine DVD. Ella and I are equally amazed by the psychedelic graphics in this DVD. For those of you not familiar with this awesome animation, Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated feature film based on the music of The Beatles.
And I thought this was an interesting fact from Wikipedia:
The animation of Yellow Submarine has sometimes falsely been attributed to the famous psychedelic pop art artist of the era, Peter Max; but the film’s art director was Heinz Edelmann. Edelmann, along with his contemporary Milton Glaser, pioneered the psychedelic style for which Max would later become famous, but according to Edelmann and producer Al Brodax, as quoted in the book Inside the Yellow Submarine by Hieronimus and Cortner, Max had nothing to do with the production of Yellow Submarine.
I’ve posted about David Weik’s an apple a day letterpress poster last year, and just learned that he came out with a new one, this time in a lovely dark brown.
Here’s how it works: Just peel the little variety sticker from every apple you eat and affix it to a square. Keep it interesting. Try a Belle De Boskoop, a Newtown Pippin, how about a Peasgood Nonsuch, or maybe a Turley Winesap. There’s no shortage of combinations and imagine how good you’ll feel, when, after a years time, you’ve filled each square with a colorful little sticker.
An Apple A Day Poster. Makes a perfect gift. Holiday season anyone?
Poking. Friending. De-friending. Messaging. Posting. Tagging. Liking. Ignoring.
frog Senior Interaction Designer Kevin Hutchinson confesses that our social power is evolving due to our presence on online social networks because we are able to find, reach, and communicate with people at a greater speed. But with this new amplified social connectivity comes a new set of expectations for increased engagement. Social networking etiquette is still evolving and it can be difficult to decipher what is appropriate in this hyper-social online space.
Hutchinson believes that, we as social creatures, should take some cues from other forms of communication. You wouldn’t text, call, or knock on someone’s door several times a day to tell them how much you enjoyed what they were reading, doing, or saying, so why comment or “like”, everything they post on their Facebook wall. Right? How does one create social boundaries on their networks and how do we not take it so, er, personally when someone does not befriend us?
Listen to the show, over at designmind.frogdesign.com
Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio
(thank you kirsti)
I have just discovered and fallen in love with this awesome barded man by Matilde Beldroega.
(Loja de Estar is a portuguese online shop that gathers objects from a variety of Portuguese designers. “Loja de Estar” is the result of combining “living room” with “store” so it stands for something close to “living store”. Cute!)
Watch what happens with these diamonds (no camera tricks or special effects used here…just an optical illusion).
(via atenepopular)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. What about a plush chicken/turkey?
(thanks jon)
Mr. Fries and Mr. Zumbühl in action
Townhouse Zurich teamed up with Zurich based design office Fries&Zumbühl and created this modern bedside lamp. The Townhouse lamp can be set up in three different positions to regulate the light intensity and can thus be used as a reading, mood or night light. Like Japanese Origami the lamp is folded from a singular sheet of metal and held together without any screws. A 2 mm plexiglas is inserted to ensure a soft glow. Manufactured 100% in Switzerland, energy saving bulb included. Design by Fries&Zumbühl exclusively for Townhouse.
Today’s art+commerce image of the day was picked by moi. Isn’t that one cute little car? Made me smile. Image by Stefan Ruiz.
Designed exclusively for MacBook, BassJump is a USB-powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a mini sound system. One single USB cable delivers power and sound. Custom software blends the music coming out of your built-in speakers with the sound output of the BassJump for dramatically enhanced audio performance.
I am a big fan of Jez Burrow’s design work. Happy to see he just launched a new site. His redesign announcement on twitter made me chuckle:
Last week I had the pleasure to meet Ashley, the charming lead singer of The Jimmies, a NYC based rock-band for little ones. She handed me one of their latest DVD’s and now our little Ella is completely addicted. Check out the amazing videos below. (Bedhead is hilarious.) Support The Jimmies by buying their CD or DVD.
(Every time Ella watches Spanimals Ella cracks up and says: “Mommy, she has grapes on her head”)
Two nights ago, G and I were discussing potential boy’s names for our little unborn son. I spontaneously said: “Why don’t we ask the twittersphere for some ideas?” Within seconds of posting my quest for a cool 4 letter boy’s name suggestions came pouring in. We just sat there refreshing Tweetie and couldn’t believe the amazing and most of all international name suggestions we got.
Crowdsourcing at its best!
I would like to extend this experiment to my blog readers. Have any cool suggestions for a rather unique 4 letter boy’s name for our unborn son? If so, indulge in this extreme crowdsourcing experiment with me and share in a comment below.
Again, the only condition: it has to be a 4 Letter Boys Name.
