A new book showcases architectural photographer Julius Shulman's images of a blossoming 1950s and 60s Los Angeles.
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Outdoor hanging light 'Pistillo' by Martinelli Luce.
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Meet the KnightHawk 3G, a network in a box. The self-contained WCDMA network runs over the 2100MHz spectrum. Incredible, but a hefty 45 pounds!
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Quantum Parallelograph merges an unlikely pairing of product design and Quantum Physics. It explores current ideas on reality, glimpses of user's 'parallel lives' and communicates the strangeness of quantum physics.
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Miniature, walking, wind-powered 'Strandbeests' by Theo Jansen.
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VIDEOTimelapse shot at the holy rock mountains of Meteora, Greece by Alexandros Maragos.
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Inverso is a storage system studio Jens Praet for PlusDesign Gallery in Milano, composed by honeycomb patterned marble blocks and particle board shelves both produced with use of avant-garde production methods.
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Following the successful shows by Jeff Koons, Xavier Veilhan and Takashi Murakami, this summer will see another artist, Benar Venet, exhibit at the Palace of Versailles.
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Loved this very cool collection of bird cages at Revel Spa, SF spotlighted in Interior Design Magazine.
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TweetingSeat by Chris McNicholl. The interactive park bench links physical and digital worlds by tweeting photos of its users and the environment in which it is placed.
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Molded paper boxes full of seeds by Brett Fuss.
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Suzumushi is silent swarm of stylized crickets that display catalogue searches being undertaken by the public at the State Library Queensland. Commonly found searches spread like a meme through the swarm.
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Kevin Cyr's post-apocalyptic mobile homes are foretelling and whimsical. If you are in San Francisco April 30th come out and see his solo exhibition at 941 Geary.
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A packaging in chocolate ? This idea for a whiskey bottle is by Patrick Roger, chocolate maker and Meilleur Ouvrier de France.
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Mixed Tapes gets a redesign! 2 Tape releases every week from artists/journalists/singers and cool people, giving you a tiny view into their personal music choice!
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Cut It Sharp, cutting board by Darius Petrulaitis at design studio Contraforma, lets you chop with precision.
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Love Hangar One Vodka's new website by Dead As We Know It ~ Farm To GLASS ~ with a blimp! Fun wiggly illustration styles through the design...
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VIDEOEchoing the appeal of sports in slow-motion, here's an amazing video capturing the surreal beauty of sky-diving, produced for the Melbourne Skydive Centre.
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Historical video footage of the Ford Model T assembly line.
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Animated Title Sequences in Movies & TV and designers behind them (Pacific, Sherlock Holmes, 300, Human Target ...)
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Daavid Moertl's watercolors are something to see, mixing design icons such as Gio Ponti and Ettore Sotsass amongst the scenery.
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FOCUS! Awesome reminder of an art print for every studio space from Delicious Design League
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Expocamacol 2010, a temporary pavilion in Medellín, Colombia built from sustainable materials for a construction expo by Plan:b arquitectos.
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Acoustic Alarm by Jamie McMahon is pleasant to wake up to. It was inspired by various musical instruments, and uses a rotational pick to pluck guitar strings to awaken its user.
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Fifty Nests and the Birds that Built Them: Photographer Sharon Beals presents visual proof of the astounding self-sustainability of the avian race.
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Identity, stationery and packaging for a traditional bespoke tailor called Charles Campbell by Teacake Design.
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The online magazine Polkadot presents its printed version. You can browse the issue online. Designed by Dario Verrengia. Illustrations by Alvvino, Mklane and Oisin Orlandy.
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Beautiful packaging for natural cosmetic line Greenpharma by Grupo Habermas.
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Francois Robert's Stop the Violence series in a beautiful book.
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"I Like It. What is it?" by Anthony Burrill
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Roots by MUT Design, an infinitive modular system for gardens, inspired by traditional trellises. Exhibited at Salone Satellite 2011.
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Haha ~ Old Spice - Jungle Wilderness ad for Danger Zone from Wieden + Kennedy by the Mill
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We all like to receive beautiful things, and this invitation from Japanese clothes brand 45rpm was no exception.
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Delicious Design League has an awesome new Hour Glass print!
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The Nub collection, designed by Patricia Urquiola and composed of an attractive line of sofas and chairs with natural wood structures that offer multiple color combinations for their structures and upholstery. Produced by Andreu World.
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VIDEO The worlds of print and motion coming together in this new launch video featuring the latest line of European city prints from These Are Things.
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FEATUREDCrumpled City Maps ~ awesome packaging, and now available in city sets, these tyvek maps are meant to be crumpled up in your pocket/purse/etc!
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Interesting featurette on vintage Japanese design on the LogLike blog.
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FEATUREDOperation window seat! Looking down on the snowiness somewhere over central CA from LHR-LAX
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VIDEOA trip around the world in less than a minute. Video composed of still images by Maground with music by Digitalism.
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Collapse 4 - Weekend. The pattern on this bag is designed to make it fold entirely flat when empty. Designed by Dutch designer Frrry.
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'Booth' is a minimalist shower with an uncommon circular platform by Inax.
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Fantastic interactive animation for the launch of the new Dr. Oetker 'Bistro' food. Feed Jean Pierre, a french gourmet, with your cursor and let him criticize.
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VIDEOBen Howard's new video beautifully shot by Astray films. Makes me want to be by the coast!
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Serie Architect's installation at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Monsoon Club, opens in Washington D.C. for the Maximum India Festival.
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Choco Shock bars enable visually-impaired to recognize varieties of chocolate by touch. Packaging design by Andrea Giorgi.
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This medical marijuana dispensary located in San Francisco, designed by Sand Studios, has won an AIA-SF 2011 design award.
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Star Wars Episode V retold in Iconoscope by Wayne Dorrington captures all 63 scenes.
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'Places, strange and quiet' a new show at London gallery Haunch of Venison, featuring the work of Wim Wenders.
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FEATUREDThe Ultimate Gadgets for Grilling!!! We had fun rounding up some of the coolest gadgets and accessories you probably didn't even know you needed to cook out this summer.
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Fast Company Design shows the work of Louise Despont, a Brooklyn-based artist who draws enigmatic, intricate graphite patterns on ledger paper designed for recording turn-of-the-century bank balances.
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Presented this month in the garden of the Sully Hotel in Paris, 'La Danse des Abeilles' (Dance of Bees) is a caged hive representing the barrier between man and bee. By French designers Vaulot&Dyèvre.
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The Alerion race car just won first place at Shell's Eco Marathon with a staggering fuel efficiency of 2,564.8 MPG.
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The winning design for the new Saint Petersburg, Russia zoo, by a team of French architects.
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Celebrate Earth Day with Greenaid 2.0! In addition to new seed mixes, the developers of the seedbomb vending machine are now offering the worlds first guerrilla gardening iphone app to tag and share your interventions online.
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VIDEOA new video directed and animated by Cromazoo studio.
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Sara Pfau creates wearable maps that stimulates self definition according to location. Above is a gold necklace of Brooklyn, NY!
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Empire Mayonnaise is luxury mayonnaise, exciting exotic flavors by Chef Sam Mason and designer Elizabeth Valleau.
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Lovely packaging for these puzzles from Puzzled by Iceland.
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VIDEOBeautiful video of jellyfish at the Shedd Aquarium by Atort Photography (Anthony Tortoriello).
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Simplehuman's pet food can will keep food in and pets out. It has an airtight seal and scoop in the lid.
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An interview with Timothy Karpinski, who runs Together Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and is currently showing 'This Is Forever' with Dan-ah Kim at Thinkspace Gallery.
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'Bang' by Fabio Novembre for Lasvit, part of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which Novembre curated including work by Mathieu Lehanneur and Nendo for Lasvit.
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H-57's Design Invasion Project. Cute intercontinental Ballistic Design Missile USBs.
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A seaside shot of the new Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate, England, which opened the weekend of 4/15-4/17.
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Adorable gift box for newborns with an adorable plane and shirt with plane design designed by Ole Søndergaard and Anne Lehmann.
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Cute block hi-fi amplifier by Mateus GĹ‚ówka.
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Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo introduces its new identity and theme 'More Wonder, More Wild' by Phinney Bischoff Design House.
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Marimekko celebrate 60 years with the results of a crowd sourced Facebook competition shown at the Milanese shop an Jannelli & Volpi and a cute accompanying book called "Surrur".
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'Fragments' ('frammenti rossi') by the Campana brothers for Venini.
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Playground by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada for Colomer.
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HK Honey’s collective of beekeepers, artists and designers exercise their passion for the ubiquitous honey bee in this Nokia Presents video by Kiku Ohe.
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Rosita Missoni speaks to habitus living about the new MissoniHome collection 2011, the family tradition and the Missoni hotels.
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Omotesando Koffee is a secret 'box design' coffee shop inside an old Japanese house in central Tokyo.
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FEATUREDLatest roundup of a week of goodness and inspiration here on NOTCOT.org!
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If your mom drove a van, this is the Mother's Day card for her. This three-color, letterpress card from Paper Plates Press brings back nostalgia of getting picked up in that faux wood panel ride.
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VIDEOIn this video, Inga Sempe explains the wall lamp Ecran designed for Luceplan.
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Love Love Love by Avalanche City. New music video by Josh Smith at Waxeye.
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VIDEOA string map of the London underground by fsm vpggru.
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Unexpectedly cute soaps from The Yorkshire Soap Co. with packaging by Madebyanalogue.
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Cute packaging for Illegal Burger by the Metric System with illustrations by Frode Skaren.
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Red Milk - Wine - design by TACN Studio in Vancouver, Canada.
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Great packaging for Barú, designed by Creneau International.
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Minimalist movie posters by Matt Owen shows that less is more.
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Aldo Bakker presents the 'Wood Project', 'Jug' and 'Handle' collections at the Salone del Mobile Milan Furniture Fair. And tells us about the exhibition currently at the Zuiderzee Museum dedicated to his family of designers.
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Sugar Chair - A chair made out of pure sugar. You can lick it and personalize it your way. You are the designer!
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'Here & (T)here' exhibition for Milan Design Week by Fabrica for Secondome.
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For their 350th year anniversary, The University of the Arts Bremen created a striking paper installation over their library staircase.
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A thorough look through the new ART IN THE STREETS exhibition at MoCA in Los Angeles. [Editor's Note: Amazing pics!!!]
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Oliver & Evan Haslegrave are the brothers behind hOmE, a design partnership responsible for the interiors to some of NYC's most exciting restaurants & bars.
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At the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011, Kartell was one of the most amazing spaces - a nod to great American neon signs.
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Three beautiful skateboard designs by Shan Jiang for the Antwerp skate shop Lockwood.
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VIDEOGreat physical spot by Hyundai for the Accent, utilizing 3d image projection mapping. 'New Thinking. New Possibilities'.
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The uncensored collection, the sweetest war toys by kidsonroof.
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Akko Golenbeld's Stadsmuziek was part of Design Academy Eindhoven's exhibition in Milan.
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Empty-Memory ~ interesting USB concept designs playing with the idea of empty space.
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Arillo, lovely vases designed by Luca Nichetto, inspired by Italian glass pearls. Shown at Designgalleriet in Stockholm.
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Fun images of kaleidoscope-like compositions showcasing Normann Copenhagen products.
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Coke is celebrating their 125th Anniversary in style with the help of British illustrator James Jarvis.
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Floris Hovers' boats for kids bath time play made of simply adding to empty shampoo/etc bottles.
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Woodshop in San Francisco has beautiful birdhouses by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham. Amazing details. From the collaborative studio with Danny Hess and Josh Duthie.
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Interview with Matthias Wandel, prolific woodworking machinist.[Editor's Note: wow. check out the video of the marble shooting cross bow in action!]
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FEATUREDStone Island’s Heat Reactive Jacket - A hooded bomber jacket in cotton nylon canvas with thermosensitive liquid crystals - Turns from black to blue or green - Dramatic video of it in action even!
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VIDEOLandscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd scaled Pico del Teide, Spain´s highest elevation, to capture footage of the Milky Way.
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Designed by Joachim de Callatay, Jojo shoes are more than just a pair of shoes, they’re a project. Using a TOMS shoes-type model of giving back for each pair you buy, Jojo gives you the option to donate to specific causes.
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A look at all of the work shown in "Required Reading - posters inspired by classic novels" ~ Gallery 1988 and OMG Posters! (All purchasable prints)
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The official Moleskine iPhone and iPad app (free)
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Great new campaign from the We Are From LA agency for Eastpak France involving a game of human Tetris.
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Minimalux has devised a beautiful concept to present their current collection of objects at this year's Salone del Mobile, using Milan itself as a backdrop.
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VIDEO'Leave a Message' - Nike 6.0's latest women's surf film by Aaron Lieber.
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FEATUREDLondon silliness - When browsing the produce section, spotted a strange item among the berries. Pineberries!
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Bldgblog looks at a study of water towers in Ireland, which the artist calls 'part inventory, part photographic essay and part history'.
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FEATUREDAir Vases ~ Canon Neoreal Wonder version ~ with favorite photos printed on each side, a piece of paper is perfectly cut and extruded into these gorgeous vases!
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Interview with marine biologist Alexander Semenov, a deep sea photographer who has built a stunningly beautiful collection of alien sea creatures only located in the hostile, icy depths of the far northern sea off the coast of Russia.
See more: Breathtaking Undersea Aliens: Interview with Deep Sea Photographer Alexander Semenov « How-To News http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/wonderment/breathtaking-undersea-aliens-interview-with-deep-sea-photographer-alexander-semenov-0126638/#ixzz1JdleP0Kz
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Bart Bekker designed a D.I.Y.-kit for a rowing boat. Presented at the exposition'This way' Salone di mobile, Milan.
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FEATUREDStunning bottles for Bottle Green are the limited edition, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer series. The beautiful designs are by illustrator Monsieur Qui.
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Aperture Science will reboot GladOS@home ~ and launch Portal 2 early iff enough people play 13 of the indie games in potato sack...
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Paper art design of a story about finding a little bit of England in San Francisco. The paper works were all individually created and photographed by artist Chloe Fleury for The Bold Italic.
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Penguin revitalizes the classic story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' with Jen Wang's hauntingly beautiful hand-lettered type on a new movie tie-in edition of the book which includes other 'French Fairy Tales'.
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Austin Kleon's 'How To Steal Like An Artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)' created a simple list of ten things he wishes he would have heard when he was in college.
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Graphic Design for Rainy Days, beautiful book about the history of graphic design.
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Great packaging for the wine "Vi Novell" by Atipus.
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The Grand Derby - Osa the Armadillo Jockey by Flora Lam. Fun plates ~ also in ostrich and kangaroo models!
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The Luggage Yobot at the soon-to-open NYC Yotel, will store left luggage for visitors when not in their "capsule" rooms.
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A new concept in self-promotion, Ben the Illustrator has launched 'Ben's Seasonal Billboard' as a unique paper-free way to share his illustration work.
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Cool Hunting checks out Belgium is Design at Milan Design week which showcases the work of three Belgian design organizations (101% Designed in Brussels, Designed in Brussels and Wallonie-Bruxelles Design/Mode).
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Chaos at breakfast? These 'buds' are an elegant solution to organizing cereals, milk, and sugar. By Pratt Institute senior Collin Velkoff at the 2011 Pratt Show!
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FEATUREDDe Vorm Press Kit on a viewmaster-like mini plastic camera from germany! See the camera, the portfolio, and the camera all taken apart!
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'Hotel Sezz' in Saint Tropez by French designer Christophe Pillet.
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Tea shelves are a great way to show off all your gorgeous tea accessories, and also a beautiful design piece on the wall! Check out more top student work at the 2011 Pratt Show!
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Nike 6.0 presents a surf journey down the coast of California from San Francisco to San Diego in order to teach you how you can help protect their ocean and beaches.
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A cool example of recycled art: Metal oil barrels transformed into beautiful 'Schraenk' cupboards.
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Beautiful designer bank in Zurich. This is the Raiffeisen Bank’s flagship in Zurich designed by design co-operative NAU.
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My Way, a beautiful exhibition from French contemporary artist at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Punch in the Face wine. Packaging designed by Cactus Restaurants Ltd.
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FEATUREDSpotted out in Ventura Lambrate in Milan, this is the Compost Distiller by Lisa Johansson from the Royal College of Art, which turns plant-based waste into biofuel, soil nutrients and compost.
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Maps - new book of illustrated cities by Lena Corwin.
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VIDEOAn experimental short for the magazine UMAG about the lifestyle of a group of skateboarders and surfers in São Paulo and Florianópolis - Brazil
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VIDEOCool stop motion video from swedish hi-tech school Hyper Island when they show facts about their school on a real wall. A true piece of art!
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