Hubert Vykukal demonstrates the mobility of his Hardsuit AX-3 Space Suit design. All kinds of fascinating!
Advent Calendar
This minimal advent calendar is after my own heart. It lets you write a daily note to the recipient. Love it.
Egg Thief
Soft boiled eggs were a big sunday breakfast tradition in my house, growing up. I couldn’t help but chuckle seeing this thief egg cozy.
Perfect Travel Pillow
I believe I just found the perfect (and most adorable) kid’s travel pillow. It’s by Bla Bla Kids.
(I realize this has been around for a while, no need to tell me it’s not new!)
New York Transit Museum
I just discovered this Transit Museum Feature over on the new Barclay Center site. Love that they are celebrating all things Brooklyn with this growing series.
The New York Transit Museum is my son’s favorite place in Brooklyn. Lucky us, it’s just down the street from our apartment. The museum is in an actual subway stop and allows you to go back in time in subway history. It’s totally worth a visit, not just for kids. I give it two swissmiss thumbs up!
Just Another Day at Tattly
If you ever wondered who is taking care of customer support at Tattly, here’s your answer.
(File that under “ILoveMyTeam”. Also, you can get that costume here.)
Cloudy
“Cloudy” is an adorable short by artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of FriendsWithYou. Yes, my cloud obsession is still going strong.
(via designmom)
Hey there, Mr. Moose
This is my kind of christmas stocking: Hey there, Mr. Moose!
Filo Tape Dispenser
(photo by ECAL- Julien Chavaillaz)
I have no idea if this Filo Scotch Tape Dispenser is at all easy to use, but it sure made me look for it’s minimal aesthetic. It is the brainchild of Swiss designer Marie Schenker.
Dude on Crab Mobile
This dude on a crab mobile by YUM YUM London made my day.
Photoshop Etiquette
A message that is worth spreading in the design community: Name your Layers by Photoshop Etiquette
New York’s Newest Neighborhood
This illustration of New York’s newest neighborhood, SoPo, by Jake Levine made me chuckle. And then, my heart sinks at the thought that so many of my fellow New Yorker neighbors are still without power.
UPDATE: You can buy a SoPo T-Shirt for Sandy Relief
Knitting Clock
This Knitting Clock by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen is quite a poetic way of showing the passing of time. Made me smile.
(via Stilsucht)
Potato Stamps
Martin Schmid, Art School Teacher at Schule für Gestaltung in St.Gallen, Switzerland sent me the above image of type potato stamps he did with his students. Each student did two letters. It put a big smile on my face and yes, I am totally going to do this with Ella.
Muppet Wiki
Ok, my day is shot, I just discovered the Muppet Wiki.
Emergency Compliment
For those days when you need an emergency compliment.
Out of Place
Hamburg-based artist Robert Rickhoff invades public space with humor through a series of digitally manipulated photographs in his Bachelor project entitled ‘Out of Place’.
Mantis Shrimp
I listened to an incredibly fascinating Radiolab episode on Color and learned about the mighty Mantis Shrimp. It has the most sophisticated visual system in the world, as its eyes contain 16 different types of photoreceptors (12 for color analysis, compared to humanity’s 3 cones). Mantis shrimps can thus see polarized light and 4 colors of uv light, and they may also be able to distinguish up to 100,000 colors (compared to the 10,000 seen by human beings).
Do yourself a favor and listen to the Color Radiolab Podcast.
(image by p@ragon)
Mini Uno Card Game
Ever since Jonnie and Jen joined Studiomates UNO has become the go-to-cardcame on beer fridays. So, of course, these Mini Uno Cards made me gasp and click that purchase button. A Studiomates must have.
I met Kevin Clash
“If everybody else your age is doing something very different than what you’re doing, there’s always going to be someone saying to you you might not succeed with it, you might not make any money with that… there’s always going to be some type of obstacle in the way. All of those things will go away if you really focus on what makes you happy.”
― Kevin Clash
Anyone who has ever seen me speak, knows that I believe that you need to do something you truly love. Life is too short to go into a career that doesn’t make you happy, that fuels your passion and makes you want to get up every morning in excitement.
There is one person that personifies this personal rule of mine; Kevin Clash, the person that brought Sesame Street’s Elmo to life.
If you haven’t seen his documentary do yourself a favor and watch it. (It’s on Netflix) At 10 years old Kevin knew he wanted to be a puppeteer and he followed his dream, relentlessly, with the support of his parents. No documentary has ever touched me as much as Being Elmo. (Have a box of tissues next to you)
Yesterday, thanks to Louis Mitchell, I got to visit the set of Sesame Street and watch a taping.
!!!
I can’t remember when I last was this excited and giddy. My heart started racing when I spotted Kevin Clash on set. And when Louis introduced me to Kevin, I was speechless, just smiling ear to ear. Here’s proof:
Now my dream is to have Kevin speak at a CreativeMornings.
(And yes, I live a charmed life.)
World’s Coolest Flight Attendant
I applaud this Southwest Airlines flight attendant.
(via MentalFloss)
