I apologize for the upcoming posting-hiatus. Don’t despair, I’ll be back in the new year, ready to link up a storm! Until then, may I suggest these fabulous blogs: Coudal, gadgets.fosfor.se, BBLinks, Poppy, ChrisGlass, Design*Notes, things. Happy Holidays – Ho-ho-ho and stuff!
– swissmiss
ho ho ho and stuff
map your world with frappr
Frappr: Create a map for your group.
Bloggers/BlogReaders unite: Show me where you’re located, enter your geographical data on my Swissmiss Frappr Map
color palette tools
Neat selection/overview of Color Palette Tools.
overheard in the office
I already knew the ‘NYC’ version of overheard, but this is hilarious: Overheard in the office
covered up
CoveredUp, a selection of photographs by FILE’s Photo Editor apatrick, are images that embrace the abstract nature of covered up graffiti tagging. The “clean-up” has a style of its own: geometric, utilitarian, and colorblind. The painters’ battle against their nocturnal foes and the endless cycle of paint and repaint results in a colorful patchwork that is a familiar urban phenomenon.
Fascinated by the ordinary: Covered up Photo Gallery
(via chrisglass)
popular toys
Popular toys of the last 100 years.
MSNBC Article
(via kottke)
so, who runs the internet?
… The UN has been wrestling over who should run the internet for a number of years. It was one of the issues which divided nations at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva two years ago. …
Net power struggle nears climax
By Alfred Hermida, Technology editor, BBC News website
(via terkeurst)
the art of chess
The art of chess: an exhibition featuring ten chess sets designed by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists in a celebration of the game and its continued relevance to the creative arts.
(via poppy)
critical
Because I am critical does not mean I am right.
– Rob Roy Kelly
Food for thought, Rob Roy Kelly’s Inights and Thoughts
collecting | rob roy kelly
Some Thoughts On Collecting: I don’t know if collecting springs from some sublimated form of man’s primeval instincts to hunt, but it certainly can be just as intense. I am never happier than when hot on the trail. Whenever I find a good piece after years of looking, and especially if the dealer does not recognize it’s true value and it is underpriced, I could easily throw back my head, raise my arms and bay at the moon. Success in the hunt is a most rewarding feeling. …
– Rob Roy Kelly
designers: new york commuters need you!
These past two days we have webommuted to work and watched on TV thousands of people walk across the bridges in freezing temperatures, cram Grand Central and Penn Stations and, people standing at major entry points to the city, waving handwritten signs that specify their needs and wants. These men and women could use the help of a designer.
Read full article: Designers: New York Commuters Need You!
coink piggy bank
I emptied out some of my bags/purses this morning and our little coink piggy bank was put to use. Everytime G or I put coins into our little coink we make a fairly nasal ‘coink’ sound along with it. G is out west skiing, so I felt rather silly ‘coinking’ to myself…
Anyhow. If you need a last minute gift that is useful, designy and will save money: Get a Coink Piggy Bank! ($38 at the MoMA Store)
wordcounter
Wordcounter ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use this to see what words you overuse (is everything a “solution” for you?) or maybe just to find some keywords from a document. It’s free!
tagcloud
TagCloud lets you create and manage clouds with content you are interested in, and lets you publish them on your own website.
web design patterns
Web Design patterns – Excellent resource.
vintage restored phones
These vintage restored phones definitely bring up memories. The pricetag $160 made me go “outch!” though!
graphic thought facility
Graphic Thought Facility showcases some amazing work on their site (which by the way is refreshingly straightforward)
(via magnetstudio)
boinx | istop motion
iStopMotion is the ideal supplement for your Digital Hub. Used by educators, professional and amateur film makers all over the world to create astonishing work, iStopMotion is the tool of choice for Stop Motion Animation (aka. Claymation) and Time Lapse Recording.
Here’s an example: Mini Cooper TIme Lapse spot, by Christopher Ratledge
The guys over on coudal give it a thumbs up!
roadtrip: salt lake city – sedona – phoenix
G and I will be on a one week roadtrip from Salt Lake City – though Sedona to Phoenix starting sunday. I am t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d! Do you happen to know that area, have been there yourself and have some good tips on what to see, where to eat, what to do? If so, send them my way, by commenting to this post. Much appreciated and you will win 400 instant karma points – *tschatsching*!
books to go
Brilliant bookshelf idea: Books to go – By Thorsten Van Elten. With a few turns of the handle the books are safely clamped, and then can be wheeled away. (For some reason I can’t find it on their site. hmmm)
(via sensory impact)
1976 superior funeral coaches
Look at this amazing catalog for 1976 Superior Funeral Coaches. (Morbid topic, I know!) I agree with jc over at coudal, this type of design style is soon going to have a comeback.