Love the simple design of this mail holder. Available at the Scandinavian Design Center.
mail holder
test your typing skills
TyperA – test your typing skills
My score:
194 keys per minute ~ 38 words per minute
Ranking: Not bad!
[ together ] book
Saw this in the current issue of REALSIMPLE: [ Together ] book: Bind your photos in a beautiful linen hardcover book. It’s easy to order: Gather your photos and organize them in stacks between 25 and 100 photos. Order your book online, select a cover color, optional stamping and optional slipcase. Send your photos to the address provided along with your order receipt slip. [ Together ] book $29.99. (Their website definitely needs some work, but I guess, it’s a one-woman-show starting out with a good idea. Good luck!)
alelale.com
Please meet the Lalas! Each lala, (lala=doll) is an original, therefore single. They have their own names and their practices. They are created in Paris, but have a Slavic heart (like their creator)
These little characters crack me up! Say hello to them at: www.alelale.com
japanese manhole collection
Japanese Manholes – made me look!
the decoder ring
Beautiful work by the Decoder Ring. Love the bunny and this poster.
(via camilla engman)
pimp my safari
Pimp my Safari was started as a reaction to the sites cataloguing Firefox extensions. Find many excellent plugins for Safari. Site maintained by Jon Hicks.
fosters lager beer can safe
Its amazing what you can do with beer these days, it really can cure all. OK so thats a complete lie, however this ingenious can safe will keep your keys and credit cards safe as it looks like a can of beer. Clever huh? Recognised by police forces, neighbourhood watch groups and insurance companies worldwide as an excellent deterrent to theft, the safe can is the ideal place to hide money, jewellery and valuables.
Fosters Lager Beer Can Safe Or if you don’t like Fosters, you can also buy the John Smiths Beer Can Safe
facial expression learning tool
This just got a big “WOW” out of me: ARTNATOMY: Anatomical basis of facial expression learning tool.
SAAB roadster
This childrens car is based on the prototype of the first SAAB drawn by the famous designer Sixten Sason. Built for the first 4 years of car adventures. Wroommm! Wrommmm!
Available at scandinaviandesigncenter for a whopping $364.25 (but it’s oh so pretty!)
my favourite cd
My Favourite CD is the decorative shelf in solid oak for your absolute favourite cd! Made me chuckle.
i use magic
(via coudal)
how to make meetings useful
Though meetings are harmful, you sometimes need to get together and work a problem out. Here are some tips to make sure nobody wastes their time.
1. Begin with a specific problem. Meetings are wild horses that always try to run off course. Yoke the meeting to a specific problem. “Improve the flow on the New Entry page” is better than “Talk about New Entry page.”
2. Meet on site. Meet at the site of the problem instead of the conference room. Get in front of the code, in front of the UI, and talk about it together. Point to real things and suggest real changes.
3. End with a solution and responsible parties. Your next action will be concrete if the problem is solved. You’re ready to go when you know what will be done and by whom. If you can’t find a concrete solution, end the meeting and come back when you understand the problem better.
4. Celebrate, shut up, and do something. Celebrate the solution. It’s good when heads come together and solve a problem. It’s great when they get back to work and build the damn thing.
Say “Done!” then do it!
Found at Signal vs Noise.
door knocker
This door knocker charmingly lets visitors alert you of their presence the old fashioned way. The rock door knocker is handmade in Sonoma County, California.
Available at uncommongoods
minilabo
Wonderfully creative: minilabo. The smiling cat made me chuckle.
(via Karin eriksson)
open x
Open X – Open those stubborn plastic packages with ease!™
Those plastic packages that electronic stuff comes in these days is driving me coo-coo! They are impossible to open even with sturdy scissors. Tadaaaa: Open X to the rescue! It looks so easy, check out the little demo video. I am such a sucker for practical tools like this one.
Thanks for the find Mikael! Hi to Stockholm!
color in a worldwide context
The way color is used in a worldwide context is a profound issue that’s often misunderstood or overlooked by Web designers.
Color My World – New Architect, Article by By Molly E. Holzschlag
(via lukew)
quote | donald norman
“Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability — they should go hand in hand.”
—Donald Norman
quit complaining about your job
Quit complaining about your job. It’s all about putting things into perspective…
(via chris glass)
how to be creative
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.
30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.
How to be creative: long version | short version
(via design*notes)