A great bit of graphic design from Helene Ryenbakken. The 2009 agenda was given to graphic designers and art directors all over Norway and Denmark.
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David Crla's Les Liaisons Dangereuses is boudoir ready ~ strangely appealing, nice legs in addition to that fabric!
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Adorable spray can packaging for this Stussy x Kuumba Fragrance Air Freshener “World Tribe”
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This is a great website made by students. They come from a variety of art schools and combine their different areas of expertise. Some great furniture, paintings, t-shirts, silkscreens, photographs and lots more.
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Spanish architect Manuel Ocaña refurbished an old apartment using OSB panels, for his mother in law. The floor of the apartment has an amazing hand crafted wood work with her portrait.
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Samsonite's 20's inspired carry-on trunk is divine ~ although a little mixed about the lining ~ love the look!
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Here is Steve Schofield's entry to the National Portrait Gallery's Photo Portrait prize, documenting extraordinary people in ordinary settings. Incredible calibre of work on show here.
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The Jetlag Alarm Clock, designed by the UK design studio Industrial Facility, was selected by I.D. Magazine as the "Best Travel Product of 2008"
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The Cut Armchair, designed by Filippo Ghezzani, manufactured by The Home Key, is composed of four proportionately sized and spaced partitions. When placed together, they form an aesthetically pleasing and surprisingly functional armchair.
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Fantastic music video from Onesize for The American Dollar’s “Anything You Synthesize.” Absolutely beautiful ~ no people, incredible use of timelapsing, you have to watch it to understand!
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Elephant Journal breaks out their Top Ten Albums of 2008 - great recommendations of the best indie and rock albums of the year.
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Modern 1200 square foot addition to the rear of a 100 year old Victorian home. Respecting the proportion and architectural character of the Victorian, old and new were kept at bay by a five foot wide clear polycarbonate annex.
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Sony Style invades city with edible Electronic Surprises - Directed by Tronic, music by Nylon.
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Dsrupt™ is the online selected works of the portuguese Art Director Nuno Trafaria.
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BBDO Argentina creates for Nike the campaign HOODYON MOMENTS. Hoodies are synonyms of crime, the underground? Or just until now?
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Victor Britto's art is amazing. He combined graphic design with graffiti. His advertisements for Asics are brilliant.
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Kapero has a really nice office designed by Swedish N59.
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Craig Hubbard's Chubbard ~ i just lost quite a bit of time browsing his incredible illustration and motion graphics portfolio
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Hangbag, metallic, light and decorative heart shaped hanger for bags and all hangable objects - by Ototo [Editor's Note - genius! bag hook + keychain!]
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The Pollynation Leezard Smirk is adorable ~ over at Rocketworld!
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On unexpected design... Bukket ~ a gravity driven pocket-sized bong that even comes in a wooden version ~ see the walk through to make sense of the design
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3D decoration object - iron skeleton with glowing strings , in a night club .
created by kabriha decoration - israel. :)
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Awesome inspiration: Mid-Century Illustrated Flickr pool!
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I love this photogallery of Philippe Starck at Big Lots! in hollywood from the LA Times - "to show how far a dollar can go in recessionary times."
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Gallery 1988's January show sounds incredible ~ "Under the Influence: An Official Tribute to Beastie Boys" - 100 participating artists
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Great flickr set of the collab: "c13 recently teamed up with AMG to create a series of custom Munny’s for some industry heavies." Here's the Veuve Clicquot Munny!
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Forvo ~ "all the words in the world. Pronounced."
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VIDEOTen Thousand Pictures of You - An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah's world. By Robin King
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There are of course the more sexy/creepy sides of Augmented Reality as proven by the japanese Geisha Tokyo by ARis that comes with two cubes, one the girl appears on, and the one you poke/gift/etc her with... see the vid...
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Most involved Augmented Reality video i just found ~ Next Wall's "Tagged In Motion" Project - Free Graffiti!!! ~ tracking graffiti artist DAIM in virtual space where he paints with the tracking codes and sees through a headset/monitor
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Famous faces masks from Cox & Cox!! (Unfortunately they are sold out!)
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Pull-Along Zebra ~ something so cute about its disproportionate black and white little woodiness
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Ooooh this one brings in to play the idea that Augmented Reality dogs can walk away from the marker, and add more markers, drink water, and interact ~ prototype video from Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab
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Favorite use of Augmented Reality in the print+webcam so far ~ Boffswana's adorable green monster ~ see the video and try it yourself!
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Here's a video of the making of and execution of that Mini Convertible 09 Magazine ad ~ over at the Augmented Reality Blog i just found
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With ARplug-in, Google Sketch-Up: visualize 3D models directly in the real physical space! Sketch-Up 3D models can be visualized directly on users' desktop, by connecting webcam and a printout. By Inglobe tech
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Wired blog piece on Augmented Reality as used in Pop Up Books!!! 2D/Virtual 3D ~ fun videos, awesome to see kids reactions - "ArsEdition's upcoming interactive 3D book Aliens & UFOs, provides a good example of Metaio's Augmented Reality (AR) technology"
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Fascinating to see what inspires those who inspire us ~ check out Audrey Kawasaki's Ffffound [might lean on the NSFW side]
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Howies has collaborated with Tom Seymour to create a range of extra large care labels with instructions of how to look after the environment.
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Check out Tellart's beautiful, interactive "augmented reality" holiday card for 2008. Use your webcam to create flurries on your desk and play winter melodies.
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Here's another Augmented Reality example ~ McCann Brazil's xmas card ~ print it out and show it to your webcam to watch santa dance!
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It's about time! Augmented Reality seems to be getting really trendy all of a sudden ~ print it out, show it to your phone/webcam, and spin it around in 3D! Check out the vid at designboom
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Julie West letterpressed Artist's Series cards now available from Letter Pressed.
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Tres Birds has some incredible inspiring architectural, artistic and interior installations/spaces!
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The Ovation iDea is the first guitar of its kind featuring a built-in MP3 recorder/player. A digital recorder is part of the on-board Ovation preamp.
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Ooh cute white on black tote with red tag from Monocle when you get a subscription
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Metal For Monsters! Metal necklaces with monster illustrations from Blend Creations ~ this monster is by Anna Chambers ~ very fun illustrations in the set
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Super cute trailer for Studio AKA’s new short Film “Lost and Found,” directed by Philip Hunt ~ a 25-minute animation adaptation of Oliver Jeffer’s children's book!
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'In from the cold' is a four weeks Xmas event at the Royal Festival Hall, London, come and join us for music, dance and film in this winter wonderland! Three large scale Cloud Chandeliers designed by Jordy Fu.
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The "Could Be Me" project keeps on getting bigger... Well worth checking out and seeing whats being added to it... Some big names popping up on there as well :D
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FEATUREDWow Villainess Soap is like the vintage pirate version of Lush... the packaging is pretty awesome, the naming even cooler ~ take a look at the clawfoot bathtub display too!
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DIY Bottle Catamaran!!! From urban ~ and its nice and sleekly simple with just black and whatever bottles you use...
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When looking for dining tables, i found these Shaker Workshop tables that you have the option of building/staining yourself even... nice, clean, classic designs
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Marcel Wanders created a Christmas collection for Bijenkorf dept store in Amsterdam, complete with in store decor and amazing window displays. Three Queens decked out in gold, black and white to match the collection announced it's arrival.
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The new video for Metronomy's 'A Thing For Me' with remixes by Sinden, Breakbot, Nightmoves, Fontan and Mad Decent.
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FEATUREDOMG busted open the monkey balls a few days ago... see the close up pics... and see how its exploded over the last few days!!!
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Swedish architectural firm Thorbjörnsson+Edgren has designed the HQ for the marquess and jalousie company Riviera. I especially like the big windows and the simple red logo above the entrance.
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The McLaren / Mercedes partnership is done this year, and they've decided to go out with a bang with this 2009 McLaren SLR Sir Stirling Moss Edition.
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Loving the new sculptural chair by dutch artist Parra!
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Very awesome SHELBY SLOT CAR RACETRACK, better then the ones you had as a kid.
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Ornaments for the Holidays to commemorate the year of the mustache.
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A review of Jennifer McLagan's new cookbook, "Fat," a call to arms against a culture that has unjustly vilified this delightful substance.
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A commercial building in Fermo, Italy. The design by Spacelab Architects re thinks the traditional box by folding planes.
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The Brooklyn-based painter, Bettina Sellmann, digs deep and finds bolder, more conflicted work. In these intense, richly colored paintings, two opposing forces are at work: one of beauty and lyricism, and one seething with violence.
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Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten designed the Dornbusch church in Frankfurt. The old church facade is reflected via spatial subtractions in the new facade. MSWA has some great images of their creative process on their website.
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Part 3 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 Year in Photographs.
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Hyun-Woo Sim's KeyLamp is turned off and on via the turning of a key. Also innovative - the shade is just a cloth hung over the bulb.
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Leah Evans is a textile artist doing some innovative quilting. Each quilt features a map with intense, hand-sewn details that create abstracted patterns. The quilts map out imaginary places.
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54 slides presentation and an analysis of gaming trends in the USA by Advertising Pawn
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Signature Creative is a leading Interactive Agency in Hollywood, CA and this is their online holiday card to celebrate the season. Enjoy!
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Zabola - Transylvania's best kept secret! The Red Room at "The Machine House" - Count Mikes Estate
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A nifty solution is this carry-bag for coffees! (Author unknown).
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Smoke is Poisonous ~ Clever and informative site describing the perils of secondhand smoke. Good videos too.
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In Vienna a club recently opened up with a 6 month concept. The building will be torn away after that period. Awesome design, this pic is from inside the elevator!
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Andy Mangold's new take on the classic Monopoly packaging.
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Eddie's Room - The greatest cat/dog house we've seen, for your pets inner designer - GreenGrassDesign
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Cameron Moll designed this crazy letterpress poster of the Salt Lake Temple using bazillions of tiny letters to create the image.
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Awesome promo video for Nip/Tuck Season 5, Part 2 !
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This Weigtbot weight tracking iPhone app by Tapbots has a spectacular looking UI. They appear to have redone every iPhone UI element to make even their preferences menus look exquisite.
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Judith Seng's body of work embraces and highlights flaws and imperfections - her Hide and Show Clothing framework turns your clothing into part of the furniture's aesthetic.
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In "Skunk Hour" Seattle based artist Mike Simi captures your attention and has you wondering what will happen next. Be sure to watch the video!
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FEATUREDOn more irresistible NOTCOT Holiday Coupons ~ Kiki de Montparnasse! 40% off, Free domestic Shipping, and an exclusive NotCouture Gift of a bottle of Kiki Body Oil with $75+... so tempting!
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Dutch artist Bart van Leeuwen (aka Im All Fake) Illustrations are just genius...
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RosOne is an elegant wall clock made by a polystirene ceiling rose usually employed in interior decorations.
By the italian ZPSTUDIO.
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FEATUREDNew contest!!! And first of three chances to win the NVIDIA Quadro CX graphics accelerator and CS4 Master Suite in this art contest NVIDIA has sponsored for NOTCOT, Core77, and Behance!
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Hans-Christian Schink's Verkehrsprojekte deutsche Einheit project includes beautiful portraits of mundane urban structures such as bridges, highways, etc.
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The first ever tensegrity pedestrian bridge is being constructed in Brisbane’s inner city (Australia). A great achievement from an architectural point of view as well as engineering.
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Mattias Inks ~ awesome blog of illustrations ~ absolutely adorable must see header ~ and this is one of his many self portraits
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FEATUREDZirkeltraining ~ a line of german messenger bags, laptop sleeves, and wallets made from recycled vintage 1950's gymnastics pummel horses, floor mats, rescue nets, and more... think of where that's been!
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Fatboy Avenue ~ now they have block seating as well as free form bean bags, metallics, hammocks, bags and more!
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