Vandalized Vintage by Trixie Delicious : Re-imagined vintage plates and bowls with just the right antisocial sentiment hand-drawn with heat fused ceramic paint. Check out the sold section too!
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#6480
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Love this Kaight logo for their store in NYC
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Neat little chopsticks that I discovered while shopping at Ikea. They have little nodules at the end that make eating with them a breeze. 12 pairs for $2
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Lindsay Walt creates beautiful calligraphic abstractions
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StudioAKA, in London creates some of the most whimsical animations your likely to see. The Pica Towers shorts are a must see.
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Lamp + Blimp = World View by Afroditi Krassa.
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This contemporary jewelery for men from Franz Schnaas fuses industrial and mechanical components for a decidedly male take on body adornment.
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#6471
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Los Angeles based Hello/Bye (Sun An) is pretty much unstoppable in the areas of art direction, design, typography, illustration, animation and videos. Take a look at the latest - excerpts from an interview and artist profile in Arkitip #30
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Logitech announces their latest foray into laptop stands... the Alto Express and Connect.
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#6464
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these drop speakers look like something that space aliens listen to their ipods on - from spain's scandyna speaker company
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#6463
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Another one for the magnum boys of club land... Marc Newson designed ice bucket... very svelte indeed, and exclusive. Designed for Dom Perignon (LVMH)
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VIDEO"Oh My God" Video ~ lily allen gets all jessica rabbit [Editor's Note: Awwwww sony pulled it off youtube]
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FEATUREDErica Weiner's site got a makeover and you MUST check it out. Just perfectly dark and mysterious enough... to go with pieces like bronze hummingbird skulls
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FEATUREDFace Your Pockets ~ user contributed scanner/pocket emptying/portrait art
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Design: Mattia Cimadoro. Elegant wall clock available in plexiglas, wood and aluminum. Battery quartz movement. Made in Italy. $295.00
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hero design studio designs and silkscreens some pretty amazing gig posters and art prints. check them out!
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A glass and laminated wood public building in Talca, Chile by Alvano & Riquelme Arquitectos
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The Maniac by crazy French artist SKWAK has just been released as a vinyl figure.
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My old company Animal Logic finally re-designed its website. Check out the showreels.
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Latest at MoMA ~ Richard Serra Sculpture: 40 years
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"Who would spend EUR50,620 on a bed?" asks one of their ads on it's first line... Haestens, family owned, 150 yr old Swedish bespoke bed manufacturer. My question, just who the fcuk WOULD pay EUR50620 for a bed!!?
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FEATUREDFreshly added video cut together to give you a quick minute on what the Social Atelier launch was like...
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designer jeremypettis! enough said. [Editor's Note: i loved his typography so much it has been featured on NOTCOT.com]
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One of the IWG's (Insurgent Wilderness Gruppo) Special Edition Exclusives for SDCC 2007! Cute vespas, dangerous creatures.
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Balmuda's floater is a nice way for those who don't want to make a double monitor from their laptop and it want it discreetly hidden while using that monitor with it.
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#6433
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singgih kartono's portable magno radio is made almost entirely out of indonesian hardwoods
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Sisley has a nice user contributed WALL of images (if only the icons didn't smoosh the pics)
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"The Fantastic in Art and Fiction" from Cornell University features some fascinating illustrations and images from their rare manuscript collection. Nicely organized. (Could use a better site design.)
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M-13 - 'Functional Juice' based on Eastern and Western health principles ....$4.59 for 225ml. Sleek bottle!
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The world's smallest website! At just 18x18 pixels, you can play all sorts of games from pac-man to a full 3d arena!
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Speedgoat is just a little bike shop in PA, but with the help of custom painters and artists they've raised almost $35,000 to fight breast cancer. The custom-painted pink frame and fork on this year's high-end bike is amazing. Raffle tickets are just $10.
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Interesting interview with artist Geoff McFetridge before his upcoming solo show in the Netherlands!
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FEATUREDI'm impressed with the Obama 008 schwag.
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#6423
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Chanel goes for a carbon fiber tennis racket... complete with gorgeous roses
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Today it is announced that theOMA's concert hall, Casa da Musica, situated in the historical centre of Porto, Portugal has received the European Award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
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#6419
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the space wire cube pc crams a fully-functional pc into a 2-inch cube that fits in the palm of your hand.
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#6418
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Knox - Cool, vaguely nautical/star warsy/army surplusy/ multi-purposey leathery bags.
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Design your own luxury bedding with Inmod Design Studio. Choose from a growing variety of embroidered patterns, colors and premium fabrics.
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#6416
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A blog dedicated to the world's best guerrilla and viral advertising and marketing.
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#6411
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Designed by Guillaume Delvigne and Ionna Vautrin for Innotreal the Embroidery Bowl let's you stitch your own pattern on it.
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Help the little deviants take on the Sheeple. Another Scion xD web campaign game...
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OR celebrate the summer solstice like the scandinavians ~ partying hard for Midsommar & "girls and young women are supposed to pick seven different species of flowers and lay them under their pillows. At night, their future husbands appear to them in a dream."
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Turn out your lights for two hours on the Summer solstice. A time to save energy, to think about peace, to think about people in distant lands who share your planet.
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#6400
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Relearn to drive ~ BMW's Performance Driving School made some videos of the cliche bad driving teachers...
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Impeccable, intelligent, and elegant website by the always consistent Syrup Helsinki for Finnish design agency Kokos3. Props go to the lovely "3-d" workspace likely inspired by their projects in architecture and interiors.
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#6398
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I See Dead Pixels is the online portfolio of Sander Rietdijk, a dutch graphic designer experienced and skilled in illustration, print and web.
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the digitalbox combines modern news reading technology with an old newspaper vending machine.
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Two Faced: The Changing Face of Portraiture.
This book is a celebration of portraiture in the 21st century, Two Faced unfolds over two sections and offers an interesting, unique and often amusing look at the art form.
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Papiroflexia (Spanish for Origami) is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands. Created by Joaquin Baldwin at the UCLA Animation Workshop, 2007. Original Score written by Nick Fevola.
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Lo-tec are a young, edgy, multi-disciplinary design studio. Pop on your sunglasses and check out the new website!
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It's Go Skateboarding Day! June 21st (TODAY!)
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Love the way these zippers lock on the Samsonite Black Label rollers by Marc Newson
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FEATUREDMilagro Tequila has some exquisite hand blown bottles...
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CULLA BELLY, 2007 ~ i'm no mom, but it does feel a bit precarious to have my kid floating on what looks like a balcony off my bed? - by Manuela Busetti | Andrea Garuti
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The F.A.M. is a network of young professionals and close friends who specialize in a wide variety of art and design talents. The site houses information on each member's background, portfolio, and contact.
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Pedal Mafia: Think Nike iD but for fixed gears. You can build up a bike using a palette of colorful frames, parts and components. Useful to visualize your future bike, and t's a great time waster.
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Finally, wish-you-were-here postcards that don't bore you to death.
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Pleo is finally available for pre-order!!! Shipping in October.
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Designer Per Brickstad worked in collaboration with Swedish speaker company Audio Pro to develop these unique transparent speakers that can play music from cell phones, computers and mp3 players.
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Dedicated to Japan's rackgaki (graffiti) scene, this book illustrates the work of major graffiti artists working in Japan today. It showcases the creativity that lies within this new and relatively unexplored form of contemporary Japanese art. DVD included.
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Graffiti master, GHOST, is releasing exclusive black on black versions of his 'Cousin Frank' vinyl figures.
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For our brilliant Fashion Photographers ~ Surface just let me know about their latest Avant Guardian Fashion Photography Competition...
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DUO x Clothing brand, Rogue Status, to produce this Pivotal seat. The Pivotal seat features Rogue Status' popular gun design. There will be several colors available for this seat. Available starting this Fall.
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beautifully original wedding invitation by chris maclean. in his words: "simply removing the dot from the word claire reveals the word dave proving that they really were meant to be together."
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Tomorrow (June 21) is LA FETE DE LA MUSIQUE (World Music Day) Don't miss the all day and all night party if you happen to be in Paris.
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Designed by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg the Carpet Alarm Clock requires a little stomping to shut it off.
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VIDEOa collaboration between fox and clearchannel create that saw life sized chrome silver surfers bursting from golden square billboards!
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Project to Surface is a collaboration between artists like KAWS (pictured above), David Diao, Kenji Hirata, Matzu-MTP, Leah Raintree, and architect Ben Krone. He will render their visual concepts into three dimensional forms.
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Levi van Veluw is part of A.K.A., the upcoming group show at fette's gallery in Los Angeles. Opens June 22nd.
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the ultimate guitar for geeks...
this "air guitar" from japan lets you strum in mid-air and detects your strumming using infrared sensors.
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The Cup Ring from Floyd, designed by Yusuke Fujinuma and Yoko Yamazaki. Nice concept, adorable when held.
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Calling all artists we want YOUR MTV. This project is called MTV Hats (Header Art Treatments), and we at MTV.com plan to wear many of them.
Download the template, design, and submit!
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'Hindsight is always twenty twenty', nifty message these little screen prints, inspired by vintage eye chart designs.
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Incredible what Nike did in the Tech Pack - the M65 military jackets are water proof with waterproof zippers and almost entirely lasered and glued together. I cannot even describe the innovation here!
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It's not a photoshop joke.
The Tunnel House is a real installation made by artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck. Check these incredible images!
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Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's film 'Manufactured Landscapes' captures a side of China that is both seductively surreal and grotesque toxicity.
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Best thing in TOKYO! Softbank is making a cell phone that comes in 20 Pantone colors.
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FEATUREDYour office printer may never forgive you for the army of Gloo Men and Women you will need to make once you click this. But Gloo has taken paper cut+gloo toys to a whole new level with this set... business in the back, party in front!
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"I'm bored!" Have something to say but can't because you'll get in trouble? Why not wear passive agressive cheeky charm jewelry by Minou Fou? We have many combinations intened to make people laugh.
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Ahhhhh Diesel Sweeties... new poster on art just announced.
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The new Paris hilton autopsy sculpture with removable life-sized organs, glass and cell phone in hand - by Daniel Edwards. Yes, he is the one who made the Britney Spears on-all-fours-giving-birth statue
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Do you think this is normal bin? I don't think so... Bertozzi and Casoni, Italian Designer decides to show simple object made in new, innovative material. This sculpture? Glaze Ceramic. I love it.
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Tia Pulitzer at the Black Dragon Society.
Amazing.
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The Glass Sonata, by Marie Lu. Gorgeous Work! Be sure to read up on the story and watch her movies. Stunning.
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U.K. firm Jade Integration has unveiled a computer so small, it fits into a wall socket and is powered via Ethernet.
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Mobius Dress - Inside Outside Garment by My Studio. The Mobius Loop, applied to the body, creates one continuous loop designed to turn inside out as it unravels. So beautiful and innovative.
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Lelo is announcing two new pleasure objects to their lineup... Liv & Gigi, tomorrow June 20th. Here's a quick sneak peek.
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As much as i love/hate the LOLcats, etc ~ this tshirt makes great use of washable marker technology.
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Cool Hunter shows you some of the insane karaoke rooms out there... seems like that boutique hotel trend of artist painted rooms has found a new niche to take on.
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#6316
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Le Monde Diplomatique redesign for the German edition has a flexible, clean layout that accommodates lengthy feature articles. Great looking newspaper.
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iannone's elk mod lodge sideboard made from the reclaimed stalks of the sorghum plant and bonded using a formaldehyde free adhesive.
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Perly Burly is a swirling almost wood pattern generator written with Processing by Dave Bollinger
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With its exposed gears and post-modern typeface and LED illumination, this has got to be the coolest flip clock I've seen so far. From Dutch designer Will Vanden Vos.
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1997-2007 the Art-o-mat is celebrating 10 years. The machine above is the one at the MOCA store in Santa Monica
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Sick and tired of having the same t-shirt everyone else has? Check out Usman Haques Configurable T-shirt. The shirt lets you create your very own design by simply turning off pixels with a permanent market.
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A brilliant site chalked full of of inspiration designs ranging from print packages to motion design!
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Car sign with an attitude. One for each gender, a big shot is on board!
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HK toy designer Michael Lau designs the figures of Nike Pro's including Ronaldhino, Federer and Kobe Bryant. As usual great work by the artist!
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FEATUREDSyntes Studios shares some behind the phone sketches and concept renderings... and of course i also have pictures of the final O2 Cocoon to complement them as well.
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A great ad for a television channel explaining how the world works. Fantastic!
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VIDEOThe original music video for the Gnarls Barkley song : Smiley faces
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#6280
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yes it's my myspace but as far as myspaces go, it's beautiful. it's clean, simple, and built from the ground up; kind of like sprint. Impressive, Matt Venture.
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Only thing more beautiful than a great design ~ is a great concept and story behind it. Take a look at the video with Worrell designer Dan Clements about his new Wiegen stroller.
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Info aesthetics found - an early, infographical-like, episode of Disneyland which aired on December 4, 1957. it discusses the possibility of life on other planets, especially on Mars. [I loved these as a kid!]
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Luggage cart that turns into a little laptop table? Awesome? Borderline silly, but would be great for conventions and such.
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#6293
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Design*Sponge has a great round up of the Renegade Craft Fair ~ loving these "something's hiding in here" bags!
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Meyer Wells in Seattle makes modern furniture from urban salvage trees.
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"babble box", a new 32 page story from the mind of ric stultz. 6 months and over 200 drawings later... take a look at now from the future.
limited 1st ed. of 300 copies, offset lithography, 8" x 5"
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iRiver NV media player / gps features a gorgeous industrial design highlighted a unique scroll wheel interface with a round color display in the middle of it
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#6279
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Sleep station is a project by Maria W.Nielsen for Invicta Minisac.
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#6289
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Who killed Bambi is a new blog about art and violence. They act in the dark, exploring the most sinister places, in search for the bloody heart of talent and creativity. Their favourite victims are banality, conformism, lack of humor and good will at any cost.
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Retaining minimal design elements from the original site, FormatMag.com has been redesigned to accommodate features, news, and navigation in an enhanced user friendly, sleek, colorful, new website.
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Bianconiglio is a nice puppet made of pile, wool and leather, by the italian Megadito
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A speaker that bring you the sound;)
Working prototype realised by Bnko , enjoy more of his artwork on his blog .
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Well it was that time of the year when the weather was nice and people go out for a barbeque. But I was always missing the decent sound out there in the green. So there it was, the beatbox with 4x150Watts and 2 attachable subwoofers in an old Grundig case.
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I'm hooked on John From Cincinnati (HBO's latest show, form the Deadwood guy)~ and amused by the way the flash site yells at you when you smoosh the window too small.
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minimalist, zen-style house. stunning. - 30 elm has some really interesting home design case studies.
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Chris Holewski's HTML Portfolio, just one flipping huge image of work. Check it out.
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Wine in a Box done rght! The new and stylish way to serve the wine from your bag-in-box is finally here! VinUno from Denmark is designed by Lars Erdman.
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The V2 Flat: It's versatile and cool getaway in the middle of the desert... fully customizable, costs about $200/sq ft
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Compenion - by Felix Schmidberger, is a concept laptop featuring two OLED for a complete touch sensitive laptop experience.
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#6264
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FEATUREDElise review ~ unboxing and close ups of the latest gorgeously packaged and designed vibrator "pleasure object" by swedish Lelo.
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#6272
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NOTCOT for Aural NY : we designed the boxes and colors for their latest line of headphones... the green is my favorite... and maybe the black & white too.
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#6271
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GORGEOUS animated shorts from Gobelins art school in France. Make sure to watch them all! No two are alike.
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#6269
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FEATUREDNOTCOT.org made it into the latest Web Design Index 7 by Pepin Press!!! (i'm kind of giddy)
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#6270
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Blik teams up with Malaysian Artist Undoboy for a special line of wall decals
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FEATUREDMystery solved ~ Generation Praktikum exhibition makes you rethink tees and pop up shops at the Frankfurt "The Design Annual" show.
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#6266
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FEATUREDYouTube REMIXER Beta launched ~ you can now have the instant gratification of simple web video editing thanks to Adobe Premiere Express.
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VIDEOShadow Monsters: monsters materialise from the shadows cast by the hands of participants, reacting to and elaborating on their gestures with sound and animation
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#6260
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I see your Palumb0 M80 and raise you a Lightning GT. Zero to 60 in 3.9 also, but 100% electric.
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GREENER POSTURE is "Hacking through the biodegradable, zero-carbon, ecochic overhype". I just hope all that stuff was greenwashed with lead-free paint.
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#6261
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Yeah, this is my next hybrid... presenting the Palumbo M80. 46Mpg and 0-60 in 3.9 seconds.
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Museum of the History of Science University of Oxford, attempts to make permanent, the temporal nature of information in a blackboard age.
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Oh. I like! Very sexy clock - now if only the laser-etched crystal images were in fact animated holographics. From the geeks at Oregon.
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Richard Wentworth, allow us insight into our found object world.
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