Look how much fun they had in 1964!
“Collection of Vinyl Cover Girls“
(via easydreamer)
morguefile and more
If you can’t find what you’re loooking for on Morguefile itself, they offer a link to various free or at least affordable stock photography sites… These sites come in handy when the budget is tight and all you need is some small imagery on a project.
polaroid
Love this polaroid photo set on flickr by Fliegender.
first photo licensing agreement
I am thrilled about my first photo licensing agreement! Showtime TV knocked on my door and asked if they could license 5 of my images they found on flickr. The images will be used for Sho Next Id’s. (SHO Next is part of the Showtime Unlimited package and is geared towards a younger audience.)
I am thrilled. Thank you Flickr, Thank you C.!
confession:
I *very* much dislike evite.
There, I said it.
Evite invitations give me a rash.
I am wondering: Am I the only one?
And, is there a cool alternative out there?
(Dear friends, please do not stop inviting me,
I love to attend to your gatherings, it’s just one of
these ‘designer things’, you know?)
great small hotels
Looking for a great small hotel? Not too many choices yet, good idea though!
el baile de yoda
Yoda throws away his stick, and performs a Hip Hop dance – Yoda Style. El baile de yoda
(via gadgets.fosfor.se)
netvibes
Netvibes.com is a customizable web 2.0 homepage solution This service is free and gives you the user the ability: to create a personalized page with the content you like, to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 applications with a very simple interface, to access your page anytime and from any computer .
Key features of Netvibes:
– Browse, modify, and import your RSS feeds with our integrated RSS/ATOM feedreader. You can easily import an OPML file as well.
– Import, download and listen to podcasts without any additional software
– Check your e-mail on one or many Gmail accounts; stick web notes and weather updates; and many more features to come!
Check it out, pretty amazing! (Safari and Opera not supported….)
email time capsule
“Most time capsules involve cramming stuff into a metal box and burying it in a hole in the ground. It’s a method that works –but it’s so primitive. What if you could write an email to yourself, and be assured of receiving it twenty years in the future?
Send yourself a time capsule email….
“the cooks book”
I discovered “The Cooks Book” over the weekend. What a find! 18 top chefs explain all kinds of culinary techniques. Even basic ones are clearly explained with step-by-step advice. It’s heavily photo driven, wich I very much appreciate! If you’re into cooking, go and check it out! G and I ended up making pasta from scratch – YUMM!
coraline gillet | illustrator
Beautiful illustration work by Coraline Gillet.
She sells some of her prints over at Blau Gallery.
brand eins
Hooray! I got my first issue of the german magazine called Brand Eins delivered to my mailbox. Thank you so much M!
how much is your blog worth?
Ever wondered how much your blog is worth? Here’s the answer!
(thanks bb!)
miya ando stanoff
“Miya Ando Stanoff is a minimalist metalworker; employing steel and pigment to create quiet, meditative environments. Working solely in two-dimensional metal panels, she is ultimately interested in the study of subtraction to the point of purity, simplicity and refinement.
Miya is a graduate of UC Berkeley and attended Yale University where she studied East Asian Buddhist Iconography. Half-Japanese and half-Russian, she was raised bilingually and in two cultures, living both in her family’s Buddhist temple in Japan and in Northern California. She comes from a tradition of metalworking, as she is the descendant of Bizen sword maker Ando Yoshiro Masakatsu. Her work appears in over 100 private and public collections, both nationally and abroad. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay area.”
I hope I’ll be able to see some of Miya Ando Stanoff’s art work in ‘person’ sometime. Looks absolutely beautiful!
pantyhose 3x
“Are these crazy pantyhose designed for a cloning experiment gone wrong? No, they’re a somewhat practical yet goofy looking solution to an age old problem. Ladies, you know what we mean; the dilemma of unsightly runs in your pantyhose. With Pantyhose 3x, you don’t have to carry a spare and chuck the old pair when you get a run or hole in your pantyhose.
With this ingenious design you simply (and discretely) rotate your leg into the new, unblemished pantyhose appendage. The damaged hosiery leg is then tucked into a pocket in the crotch of the pantyhose. Comfortable? You be the judge.”
Pantyhose 3x | US Patent Issued In 1997. Found in the Totally Absurd Inventions Archive.
W-ZERO3
Gizmodo is pointing us to Sharp’s W-ZERO3 PDA Phone. It’s a slider with a huge 3.7 inch VGA touchscreen LCD with 65,536 colors that almost dwarfs the QWERTY keypad underneath. Other features include 128 MB of built-in memory, a 1.3 megapixel camera, an Intel PXA270 416Mhz processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a miniSD card slot, and USB.
Read more on Gizmodo.com
kipiis
Kipiis clips transforms napkins, dishtowels, or cloth diapers into functional and secure bibs, it is designed to fit into a handbag or a diaper bag and puts an end to the chore of taking home a messy bib.
(via shefindsmom)
upcoming.org
I just discovered Upcoming.org – a social events calendar. I always knew there was a lot going on in NYC, but now, now I need a clone… or two!
visual complexity
VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. Assembled by Manuel Lima, a portuguese interaction designer, living in NYC.
what is web 2.0?
What is Web 2.0 | Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software Article by Tim O’Reilly.
(via plasticshore)
does sex really sell?
This Adweek article (pdf) analyzes a recent survey conducted by MediaAnalyzer (pdf) on ‘Does Sex Really Sell?’. It shows the viewing patterns of how the men and women survey respondents look at sexual and non-sexual advertising. It’s a revealing look at how differently men and women view print ads.
(via design*notes)
apperture | apple
Apple introduced Aperture, the first all-in-one post production tool that supposedly provides everything photographers need after the shoot.
Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture makes RAW as easy as JPEG, letting you import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive your images more effectively and efficiently than ever before. From capture to output, you work directly with your RAW files, never having to first convert them into another format before viewing, adjusting, organizing, or printing them.
Looks and sounds promising: watch the quick tour.
I see that you can only pre-order it at this point? Did anyone of you get your hands on it already? If so, what’s your verdict on Aperture?
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On another note: What is up with the black background on Apples Apperture website? It makes me shiver. I feel like I am being sucked back into the web-80’s!