A big giant alphabet. Maybe not exactly that font, but similar concept. Or a 6ft ampersand. *Swoon*. I am all for big type. (Part of House Industries’ Letters & Ligatures show at the Subliminal Gallery in LA. The show is up until December 5th.)
The Great Paper Caper
The The Great Paper Caper
Target launches digital camera gift card
Starting at just $50, the Target Digital Camera GiftCard runs on 2 AAA batteries, features a 1.2MP sensor and has 50MB 8MB of internal storage. What a crazy idea!
(via core77)
Fish Flops
Fish Flops, discovered over at artiseverywhere. Wish I could give credit to the original designer. Anyone know?
ALBINO, colourinable T-shirts
ALBINO are colourinable T-shirts for kids. Practice sheets help the little artists decide how to do their shirt before they begin colouring-in directly on the shirt. Yup, a great gift for the holidays!
cartonlandia
Cartonlandia by Ana Serrano (62x48x54 inches)
design manifesto
World Economic Forum design group issues a manifesto from Dubai.
(via designobserver)
instant frame
Small flat-pack instant photo frame formats images as Polaroid (with some trimming). Use a dry wipe to write a message – changing it when you change the image – an homage to the now defunct image format.
air lines art project poster
Air Lines is an art project showing worldwide airliner routes. Every single scheduled flight on any given day is reresented by a fine line from it’s point of origin to it’s port of destination. Thereby forming a net of thousands of lines. Hubs like JFK, FRA or DXB turn into dark knots where lines meet, lesser served local services are only are a subtle hint. The map is now available as a print. Gasp. What a perfect gift for the holidays! I want one myself! In white! In white! In white! (this is soo cool, nearly faint)
ABC poster gone minimal
Thank you Robin Rosenthal for this minimal and beautiful ABC poster.
Email Standards Project
The Email Standards Project is about working with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email. The project was formed out of frustration with the inconsistent rendering of HTML emails in major email clients.
What is a Blog? The Lines Continue To Blur
Wikipedia defines blogs as:
A Blog (a contraction of the term “Web log”) is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
The Blogosphere is the collective community of all blogs. Since all blogs are on the Internet by definition, they may be seen as interconnected and socially networked. Discussions “in the Blogosphere” have been used by the media as a gauge of public opinion on various issues.
Taken from Technorati’s 2008 State of the Blogosphere.
Abandoned Blogs
According to the Technorati 2008 State of the Blogosphere, of the 133 million blogs the site tracks only 7.4 million have been updated in the last 120 days. (For those that don’t feel like doing the math, that’s 125.6 million abandoned or at least unloved blogs.)
(via Noah)
MUJI Message
MUJI is not a brand. MUJI does not make products of individuality or fashion, nor does MUJI reflect the popularity of its name in its prices. MUJI creates products with a view toward global consumption of the future. This means that we do not create products that lure customers into believing that “this is best” or “I must have this.” We would like our customers to feel the rational sense of satisfaction that comes not with “This is best,” but with “this is enough.”. “Best” becomes “enough”.
There are degrees of “enough,” however. MUJI aims to raise the standard of “enough” to the greatest extent possible. “Best” contains a faint amount of egoism and disharmony, but in “enough” we sense restraint and compromise. On the other hand, “enough” might contain a sense of resignation and a slight amount of dissatisfaction. So by raising the bar of what denotes “enough,” we cast away that resingation and slight dissatisfaction; we create a new dimension of “enough” to attain a clear and heart-felt “This is enough.” That is MUJI’s vision.
DIY Nesting Doll Set
Oh, so much fun in store with this DIY Nesting Doll Set.
Yo Gabba Gabba Christmas Tree Ornaments
Want to shoot your little ones into christmas tree decoration nirvana? Hang these Yo Gabba Gabba characters. Awesome. (And I thought that show would never grow on me!)
Wi-fi structures and people shapes
Wi-fi structures and people shapes: A study into the ‘shape’ of the free wi-fi at The State Library of Queensland. As well as a series of sketches studying the intimacy of working with a laptop.
(via supercolossal)
Culture Bus: Best.Logo.Ever.
The brilliant Culture Bus logo brings together the letters C and B in a form that resembles a route. Best.Logo.Ever. Hat tip to Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram.
(via subtraction)
Melissa & Doug Kitchen Set
Now that our little Ella cooks us entire ‘pretend meals’, I think we need to upgrade her kitchen tools. This Melissa & Doug Pot Set
Economist Style Guide
Economist Style Guide: Based on the guide given to all journalists at The Economist. Includes quiz.
Who’s that bunny on my pillowcase?
Childs head plus Bunny or Teddy heads with embroidered ‘Instructions – place haeds inside dotted lines for best reults’. Sleepyhead Pillowcases.
Sweet Rocking Cycle At Designblok 2008
(PLAY!, originally uploaded by pavelm.)
Don’t know anything about this rocking horse other that I want it. Good find, daddytypes!