Modern porch swings by Rick Brown and David Cano. Bright colors, sleek design.
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A gallery charting the evolution of Charles Darwin inspired tattoos
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Wooden library in Japan brings mountain scenery indoors. The Yamakoya (which means wooden-log cabin in Japanese) by Ben Nagaoka was a winning project at the 2009 JCD Design Awards.
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Crate man has been spotted at several places in Australia. These series of Installations definitely adds a spin to graffiti.
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Mimushi presents the Series 1 wooden figures, each of which is hand-crafted and one-of-a-kind. The environmentally-friendly figures use all natural materials to create a truly unique collectible character series.
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Animal testing occurs still. This commercial goes there in a vivid new way, made for Australian group Choose Cruelty Free.
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'Terrible Yellow Eyes,' a collection of art inspired by Maurice Sendak's, 'Where the Wild Things Are' has spawned an exhibition at the Nucleus Gallery in Los Angeles.
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London based design agency, Big Fish has redesigned Clippers packing.
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An electric Audi R8 supercar? That's just what Audi teased today with the Audio e-Tron Concept. It'll be shown off at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.
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It should come as no surprise that lots of iPhone users are downloading lots and lots of apps to their phones. What IS surprising is that Android app downloads aren’t that far behind – and that, in some cases, the iPod Touch leaves both phones in the dust.
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Dubai’s new metro that is 52 kilometers (roughly 32 miles) of track with 29 stations.
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Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept - Features a two-tone shell with a unique dark blue carbon fiber weave and polished aluminum doors and wings. A two-stage supercharged 8-liter W16 flex-fuel engine pumps out up to 1,000 horsepower.
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Helvetimail - minimalist Gmail skin from the Helveti-apps family
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Review of a must-have book for any product designer: Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals
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Amazing 18k gold rings that replicate villas, mansions and buildings by jeweler Philippe Tournaire. He will even create a ring of your 'dream house' from a photo. Here's an enormous gallery of these mini architectural masterpieces.
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Cardboard furniture elements. Cool way to set up fairs, exhibitions, low cost and environmental friendly showrooms.
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Parlour Party Old-Fashioned Celebration Garland ~ absolutely adorable and customizable - 2 boxes of 36 lettered discs plus a ribbon in each box for making and hanging a your message. Also included is a letter-pressed Happy Birthday garland!
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Get your official Lego 2010 calendar - all proceeds go to charity
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Absolutely mind blowing - "In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users. The videos can be played simultaneously"
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VIDEOIn the Animated Short "The Forest" by David Scharf, the protagonist has to cope with this question and her hostile environment and finds a simple but radical solution.
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Vactic is a brand new addition to HypeForType foundry. It’s the modern dot, the modern spot, it’s Spotmatic, it's Vactic!
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@joshington shared a sneak peek at his media center setup with me ~ and it's so pretty to see how the phillips ambilight technology works in the real world!
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This year the Bozen-based monovolume architects finished a hydroelectric power station, located near Winnebach brook in Dörfl (BZ) - a polygonal monolith whose design lives up to the studio’s name.
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The latest extraordinary perfume packaging from AGONIST Parfums from Sweden. Unique collaboration with Åsa Jungnelius for KostaBoda. 40 cm high INCREDIBLE!
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Mano de Desierto is a work of the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal (Uruguay) in the Atacama desert. The motive of hands rising from the ground is an obsession of Mr. Irarrázabal.
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The Diana F+ CMYK special edition is a tribute to those hardworking colours Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black, to us normal folk), the most important shades in offset printing. When mixed together they are capable of making millions of unique colours.
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FEATUREDMade Of Japan (TAB Exclusive Boxed Edition) by Onitsuka Tiger ~ with gorgeous laser cut cardboard Tiger sleeve and more gorgeous packaging within...
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Paper dock for Iphone by Julien Madérou. You can print it and do it yourself.
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From Singapore, a very cute campaign (in a "Tim Burton" sort of cuteness) for Play Doh. Several ads featuring normally "dangerous" things, remind parents of how safe it's to play with it!
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A project by Tuur Van Balen, 'London Biotopes' exploring relationships between a neighborhood and tap water quality. The water in Notting Hill, for instance, is of a higher quality due to the high density of organic shops...
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Happy first anniversary to Antrepo Shop! They are giving us 20% off their goods Sept 14-25th! The code is NOTCOT ~ they have cute fonts + posters
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FEATUREDDinner + Artists inside the LeBasse Projects in culver city ~ lovely way to get to know both the artists and their work before the opening of Edwin Ushiro "Softly Encompassing the Womb" and Ryuichi Ogino "Idealistically Hypocritical 3"'s shows
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Well-known Japanese architect Toyo Ito has designed an attractive dining furniture set for Horm.
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VIDEOGorgeous video for Ramona Fall's (part of Menomena) lovely song "Clover". Shot/edited entirely sideways for a very unusual 9:16 aspect ratio.
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Star-shaped light embedded in a concrete block by NOTHING dESIGN. A perfect addition to your boring brick wall.
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The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Meyer May House celebrates 100 years with a Steelcase symposium looking forward to the Next 100.
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A new Canadian supercar has hit the market and it is called the HTT Plethore LC 750. The new Plethore will make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next week.
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Thalys Metamorphosis - beautiful motion & campaign to introduce the new sets of Thalys.
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A great behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Criterion cover! Graphic designer Eric Skillman shares his creative process for the cover of Criterion box set "Pigs, Pimps, and Prostitutes".
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Kevin Tong has a nice follow up to his iSteamPhone -- the iSteamMac. (www.iSteamMac.com)
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Colorware now coats the PS3 Slim with lots of lovely colors.
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"The city is our office.": WorkSnug, an augmented reality application to find the best places to work at, is coming soon... Stop using your eyes, use your mobile instead.
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For over a decade, New Yorker based Creative Director Eric Hoffman has developed a solid reputation designing projects for both boutique agencies and corporate advertising firms at home and abroad.
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Quoteskin is the brainchild of Lee Crutchley, graphic designer armed with nothing but a Moleskin, Asda pens, doodles euphemisms, quotes, song lyrics, and whatever else in his journal before posting them online.
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"I work towards creating a perfect synthesis between jewellery and art." Anthony Roussel's new jewelery range for International Jewellery London are made from woods, including maple, ash, birch etc.
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VIDEO incredible making of - Vogue Italia Main Editorial September 2009
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The collaboration between The Standard Hotel and KnittaPlease, the original knit graffiti crew, during New York Fashion Week emphasizes the interplay between textile art, design, craft, street culture and the DIY movement. From Gothamist.
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Need a little something to do on a rainy day? How about folding 100 photo realistic paper origami animals? These Rasperas (rasterized peramodels) from japan are downloadable paper crafts.
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Incredible "Pop-Up" Restaurant in Paris by Pascal Grasso ..
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Some creative truths that we should all take to heart, shared by legendary figures. All illustrated in a clear and clever way by designer Shirley-Ann Dick.
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Trevor Brown, international grotesque painter extraordinaire, has just what you need for this years weird fashion scene: the Silver Spiked Pacifier Pendant.
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Pretty fantastic music video for, "While You Wait for the Others," the second single off Brooklyn-based band Grizzly Bear's latest album, "Veckatimest."
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A nine - meter long, white, intricate Chandelier that can be purchased by meter, Inspired by London, handmade with recycled paper, launches at London Design Festival.
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Portland Artist Sohaila Adela has a new print of one of her lovely originals online. "You scratch my back, I stab yours "
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Blackbox is a book made by designers for designers and made of a box actually. Awesome idea, the different small books, and the different chapters.
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A first look at the Bontrager x Alchemy's bag made entirely from recycled bicycle tubes and truck signs/ad billboards.
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When science and art combine amazing things can happen: These "start out as Lissajous Curves, but velocity is allowed to vary randomly."
Absolutely beautiful.
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Jerry Seinfeld's apartment 11 years later. Granite counter tops, flat screen TV and the same old superman statue.
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UN Studio’s Ben van Berkel poses with the New Amsterdam Pavilion which opened in Battery Park, New York on September 9 and is expected to attract over six million visitors annually.
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Last month, in August 9-16, Australia’s leading design studios transformed an inner-city Sydney laneway into an inspiring, outdoor exhibition with the theme of “Humanity/Equality”, as part of Sydney Design 09.
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Amazing new pair of toys by Joe Ledbetter, with some articulation.
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Japanese superstar artist Takashi Murakami now worked with Louis Vuitton on two rugs, both hand-produced in India.
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From the 'Go Slow Cafe' in 'Pioneers of Change' on Governors Island, NYC in which elderly people prepare and serve food slowly. In the above plate, local food is served in bigger portions than imported food.
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A tour of Steelcase WorkLab in Grand Rapids, MI, included locally sourced pottery and geometric prototype panels called Echo.
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Sports shoes recycled back into a cow hyde at the Aqua Metropolis Osaka festival, Japan
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A trash can can also double as a plant - with the trash as fertilizer - in this eco-brilliant concept for Braun by industrial designer Julien Bergignat.
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Someone stole Frederick R. Weisman's commissioned set of Andy Warhol's "Athlete Series" portraits - NOT COOL, GUYS. Those two were buddies!
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Brand new website for Netherlands based illustrative designer Zeptonn, featuring new work and colorful graphics!
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S.F. artist Mary Syring is selling some of her older pieces at Funky Door Yoga! So decently priced I'm hoping I can buy something!
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They Might Be Giants continue to amaze with their new line up of animated music videos. Added to the list, 'I'm Impressed' and 'I'm a Paleontologist'. Rob Shaw did a gorgeous job using paper robots in 'I'm Impressed' ...
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The ending of 'The Beatles: Rock Band'. Wonderful animation.
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Argentinian photographer, Catalina Bartolome, presents us with this lovely set of photos that features a series of woman who all similarly mask their faces with commonly found objects.
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Behind the provocative name “My dead pony” hides a man from Belgium named Raphaël Vicenzi. He is a self-taught illustrator, and who needs to go to school when you can draw like this?
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Graphic designer Maria Papadonikolakis of Brooklyn, NY, has designed this first-aid kit with the likeness of former World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali.
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"The Collector" a new limited edition giclee print by Shannon Bonatakis.
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Xavier Veilhan takes over the Chateau de Versailles
13 September - 13 December
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Maison & Objet 2009 : ALESSI news products 2009
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Benthem Crouwel’s Elicium building opens later this month and houses offices, conference rooms and the Netherlands’ largest ballroom.
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Workstead Table - Composed of 100% reclaimed materials, the table is built from two steel stands formerly used to support the structure of a ship’s hull.
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Graffiti artist Erik Inkala will be utterly abandoning his roots by leaving Minneapolis Minnesota, and we're gonna celebrate! It's an art show of epic proportions with street art, photography, painting, music, dancing and more.
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Very cool promo for the VMAs. Raining Michael Jackson gloves in NYC.
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Pravus Gallery hosed its third annual Skateboard Art Show: Deck III. It was a show featuring many different style of art that was truly inspirational
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Beautiful campaign for Tame Ecuador Airlines!
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Australian illustrator, Lucas Grogan, with somewhat of a fetish for black and white tribal-inspired drawings. His pieces are a marvel of detailed and integrated lines, forms a dizzying maze of alien-themed pictographic images.
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Chicago's 826CHI non-profit tutoring center, founded by writer Dave Eggers, just released their online store "Not A Secret Agent Store." Not only an amazing website, but the gadgets available are for the true secret agent.
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A runner-up in the Earth and Space category of the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.
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Google Japan just released this short animated feature that shows how Google Maps’ Streetview function actually works.Perhaps to quell privacy concerns, perhaps not. Either way it’s clever and worth the watch.
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Leave it to dell to tease us with a new Adamo laptop that will be a mere 9.99mm thick... announced on 9/9/9... that's like half the thickness of a macbook air.
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Evan Hecox shares his latest travels in his new show ‘The Last Thousand Years’ at Joshua Liner Gallery. Muted tones red banners and cute carts for everyone!
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FEATUREDGIVEAWAY! (and unbox/review) ~ trying out those soapstone Whisky Stones in some delicious Balvenie 21yr Portwood... chilled but not diluted...
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The new 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Its "Gullwing" design pays homage to the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Features a 571 horsepower engine good for 0-60 mph sprints in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 197 mph.
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Ping is a Portland restaurant with good service, fast healthy food, all presented with unassuming style. Pok Pok owner, Andy Ricker collaborated with John Jay, one of the leading strategists at the advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy.
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The Harbinger Co's Honeycomb necklace... or array of 2D cubes depending on how you look at it...
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Perhaps my favorite Hello Kitty figure yet - Hello Kitty x Caperino & Peperone Figure - as hello kitty mania runs rampant, love that cap and pep only appear when glowing in the dark!
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No Mas teams collaborates with Dee & Ricky, letting them transform their collection of Starter Jackets into... Finisher Bags! We've seen a lot of things upcycled into bags, but this is a first!
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Haute Couture meets fencing through the photography of Ruven Afanador.
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Amanda Levete’s 10 Hills Place, just off London's Oxford Street, demonstrates the same experimental spirit shown by her former practice, Future Systems
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Great new Audi A4 spot from german agency Kempertrautmann gmbh and Markenfilm.
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Amazing new show from Luke Chueh 'Inferno' Featuring his trademark melancholy bears depicting Danté's Inferno. His best show to date.
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Under a violent irruption of forms and structures, everything flows towards a constant evolution. “All that is solid” is a visual and poetic journey influenced by art, design, architecture and photography.
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TAXI, The Ebeling Group, Pirate Radio, and XYZ are very proud to support One Laptop per Child with this animation called "A to Z". OLPC is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for the word's poorest children.
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"Meet The Elements" is a killer new video introducing the periodic table. A single from They Might Be Giants' new DVD/CD "Here Comes Science", directed by Feel Good Anyway.
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From “Love Hotel,” a series of photos in clandestine pay-by-the-hour hotels in Seoul by Grace Kim.
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Rediscover New York City shot by a french light painter. Times Square, Crane Street.. enjoy the trip !
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The next installment of the global typographic design initiative Some Type Of Wonderful has just been announced. Amazing lineup!
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FEATUREDLogitech Squeezebox Radio! It's like a mini version of the Boom ~ wirelessly streaming all your networked and internet music! Only it can even run on batteries, so easier to move around the house or bring outside! (no remote though!)
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The charity drinks ChariTea and LemonAid, soon be launched all over Europe get a kick start with innovative & iconic design from BVD.
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A urban intervention in Bratislava by Vallo Sadovsky architects. BA_Lik is a pavilion for urban activities. Closed during winter, open in summer, it is a platform for different activities at a historical square in the city.
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Design By Humans 10K contest Winner, 3rd place: the Journey to the City of No Horizon ...
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Norwegian company, StatoilHydro, tows the world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine into place in the North Sea.
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This font is made with inspiration from fabric that wraps itself around the letters as a dress does around your body in the summer wind. Love it!
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Bram Hendriks creates incredibly beautiful wooden furniture that features natural details like live moss on bark and industrial decorative details like screws (which also serve a functional purpose) arranged in a studded fashion.
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Videomapping Tower installation from Dominik Wieschermann.
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Introducing our Creative Economy t-shirt series from Etcetera Media! Which are you? The Designer? The Maker? The Ideas Guy? Or the Business Man?
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FEATUREDThe Beatles: Rock Band UNBOXED! The hardware and goodies thrown in were so pretty ~ definitely design details worth taking a peek at!
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FEATURED2010 Porsche 911 Sport Classic ~ limited to 250 pieces ~ definitely lustworthy... see the design details!
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Let others know how much you appreciate them! Give this pin to your hero, sweetheart or wizzkid.
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When it comes to Helvetica in everyday media it's time to mention Helvetwitter from Josef Richter
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This is the TV commercial created by BBH, London for new Surf Twilight Sensations. Shot entirely in camera, using theatrical shadow puppetry. Production from Sonny, London, and directed by Guy Manwaring.
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A pop-up shop for Punkalive, a furniture company based in Punkaharju, Finland. Their collection of chairs, tables and storage units are all crafted from wood collected within a hundred kilometers of their factory.
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Biomodd has plants growing out of computer parts
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An interview on candy, humpty dumpty, and other sweet fantasies with California artist Brandi Milne.
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Format Presents: No Homer – Hip Hop Icons Simpsonized. The set features Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Flava Flav, Eazy E, Andre 3000, Eminem, and Fat Joe.
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Truly magnificent monotone photographs of Africa's Big 5 and other African animals by Nick Brandt. View his portfolio called 'A Shadow Falls'
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The new issue of Clark Magazine features the art of Takashi Murakami, in time for the artist's exhibition in Paris.
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Bubblicious ~ fun bowl by D-Vision ~ depending on fruit/weight placement the bowl takes on a new position
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Oooh helvetical now takes on Google Calendar ~
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Lena Corwin does this months adorable wallpaper calendar's for design*sponge
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MOMA's Paola Antonelli interview by Tom Bieling (Design Research Network) - relationship between 'making' and 'thinking', interesting new role for the designer between 'problemsolver' and 'sensemaker'. The Problem Maker!
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VIDEOAmazingly beautiful music video for Ólafur Arnalds.
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CONVERGENCE : A Collaborative Painting Series & Window Mural by Portland, Maine Artists Kate Cleaves & Matt W. Moore. Full Slideshow of the Artwork, Mural, Surfboards, Opening Party, and More.
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The Fowler Brothers are twin brothers and graphic artists/illustrators--each with their own unique style.
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Spiki "Game of Death" Edition by Nakanari - Limited Edition of 100 - Comes with the 2 Shurikens and Sword - Produced by Kuso Vinyl
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I dream of vinyl with these turntable bed sheets from Diesel. Check out the black & white mixers, tape decks, control panels and cables...
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Information is Beautiful! The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions... amazing infographic...
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Aperitivo tree! eon ju park: aperitivo table - it's aperitivo time competition shortlisted revealed
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FEATUREDCute pull over Built NY netbook cases!
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This is a very captivating video of a lightning storm in Cali – Salvation mountain to be exact. Lucasberg used his Canon 5D MKII to capture the storm and its just amazing, watch in HD a must!
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TAG Heuer Grand CARRERA Calibre 36 RS Chronograph-'GRAND PRIX D’HORLOGERIE DE GENEVE' Winner, has the distinction of being mounted in the dash of legendary designer Ken Okuyama's new K.O.7 sportscar.
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Take a deep breath and dive in a mad tea undersea party!.......Alice in Waterland by Elena Kalis
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Data Collection: identity document portraits by Toronto-based artist Dave Kemp.
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