*tsunamistrike
Last night, while leaving the grocery store, I saw the Vitamin Water vending machine in the darkness. It blew my mind!
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*NOTCOT
Frankie's Tiki Room in Las Vegas ~ an incredible tiki bar with lots of lore and history behind it ~ and filled with gorgeous tiki artworks, sculptures, and exclusive tiki mugs made by some of our favorite artists!
*newshow
For the launch of the Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse collection this week, LV has produced this limited edition skateboard deck. It comes with the box. Amazing!
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*totonko
amazing new transparent concrete, by mexican students joel sosa and sergio omar galván, 30% lighter than normal concrete and lets through 80% of the light.
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*NOTCOT
The crew of Coraline is sending out 50 secret suitcases filled with mystery to various bloggers... ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive is collecting up links and images of each one... only 22 found so far!
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*trendsnow
“Correspondence greeting cards with seasonal and fresh tastes” by designer Akihiro Kumagaya. Each season, you send seasonal fruits, peel the skins to see the what is inside the fruits.
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*nightowlpapergoods
Spruce up holiday gifts with cards made from REAL Birch wood! A forest full of critters to choose from.
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*scbr
Wonderful video of a design studio made of kids' stuff. The idea was to encourage designers to create but going back to the basics...
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*jplei
Paul McCarthy's work ranges from intimate performance videos to spectacular public works - all without sacrificing its unnerving psychosexual tone. His most recent sculptural work is a Santa figure holding a tree-like butt plug.
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*sub-studio
Laura Lobdell's Free Bird necklace - randomly inspired by a "free-spirit who plays with matches, knows Rome and eats candy". Available in sterling silver and in gold.
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*MY
The “ICE TREE” by Paprika for Domison - Montreal’s furniture store DOMISON has commissioned the design firm Paprika to create a magical Christmas window installation.
Over 300 bottles are hung at various heights to give the random shape of the tree. Each bottle is filled with a DOMISON logo. The end result is a floating enchanted winter creature.
*NOTCOT
Survival Straps ~ because you never know when you'll magically need 15'-20' of paracord that can come from your bracelet? Also comes in keyfobs, rifle slings, dog collars and more...
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*Jack Rabbit Slim
Detaille has collaborated with Sophnet for a third time with a great collection of candles.
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*NOTCOT
(rī)1 ~ Beam Global's first Ultra-premium rye whiskey ~ and the packaging of this bottle is gorgeous and definitely appeals to the math geek in me... even cooler, you have to see the acrylic gift box set!!!
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*mentaldesign
SHIP is an arena for creativity that provides an exciting glimpse of the future of southern Helsingborg, Sweden. A meeting place and showroom for the changes that will come when the railway is moved underground.
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*NOTCOT
Paige Russell's North American Wild Life series. It is a matte white glazed stoneware ‘anything’ holder - 4By, Rvee, Camper, Monster
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*NOTCOT
Israeli Military Photo/camera Bags ~ wow ~ KATA's 3N1-20 Sling Bag for photography gear ~ so awesome, Core77 has a nice write up on it!
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*jplei
Kazimir Malevich's "Suprematist Composition" (1916), sold for $60,002,500 at Sotheby's last night. Check out other works from the auction that brought in a total of $223,812,500 and included Edvard Munch’s "Vampire."
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*placentahat
Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman (yes, who did Creature). Short Movie & Book: Influential people leaving words of wisdom for us all.
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*vandit
What you see is what you get. Or is it the other way round? The answer remains open. At least for the time being. Honda will present a V4 concept bike at INTERMOT in Cologne.
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*sub-studio
The Trust Creative Society created this limited-edition bottle design for Loimu, a Finnish vintage mulled wine flavored with raspberry and clove.
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*MikeChino
A brand new Ithouse was recently completed in Joshua Tree National Park. The gorgeous off-the-grid residence is powered entirely by photovoltaic and solar thermal technology.
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*tricky
A sports and culture centre in Copenhagen by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. The new building is a literal extension of the old one, as the pavillions seem to be extruded from the old masonry walls.
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*iD
nice new clock from Peter van der Jagt... can not keep my eye of the scrolling second.
*overlooked
35 feet of amazing typographic work called the "Gastrotypographicalassemblage." It was originally created by Lou Dorfsman and is now being restored.
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*Pinkcustardcats
1950's advertising and marketing for Swiss pharmaceutical company, Geigy from an article in 'Print in Britain', 1958.
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*sub-studio
Mayuko Hari is a recent grad from FIT - love the iconic packaging for Cookuru.
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*theory11
Theory 11 Magic Trick site ~ eXile takes place entirely on the spectator's own hand. Seen by David Blaine [Editor's Note: cool preview, but such a tease, have to buy dvd to see how it works]
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*sub-studio
Interesting idea behind Jürgen Mayer's Dupli.Casa - the floor plan matches that of the previous house, but the Dupli.Casa's form takes on its own life.
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*Atticus
Muura is a Finnish illustrator/character designer. Her website (navigable in Firefox) exhibits her portfolio and also links to her DeviantArt and sketchblog. Love the line quality!
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*woohome
Architecture isn’t just about architects. It’s human, it’s organic - it’s all about add-ons!
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*laurasweet
Graphic Concrete of Helsinki adds images, patterns, photos, colors and textures to both interior and exterior concrete walls and flooring, making an otherwise bring grey slab really interesting.
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*NOTCOT
Klok ~ another little mac app i was just introduced to thats great for tracking your time ~ whether its freelance projects or email vs design time... and it makes gorgeous pie graphs!
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*sub-studio
5.5 Designers redesigned Baccarat's luxury Harcourt glassware into a more accessible line. The traditional Harcout silhouettes have been superimposed onto simple glass forms.
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*weheartstuff
Colab Eyewear is an Australian company who collaborate with leading mixed-media artists on ultra-stylish and highly collectible shades.
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*instil
Interesting Case Study section on Instil Productions new website that shows how an image comes together.
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