*Everything Such As
Check out the result of Earth Hour '09 ... when the world when dark.. yet again.. for an hour.. in support of the environment ~ amazing to click and see the lit pictures fade into darkness on the Big Picture!
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*NOTCOT
The Florence Institute of Design International, a brand new "boutique" design school in Florence, Italy
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*claire_sambrook
Wonderful work by Artist Los Stencilistas.
A series of poetry stones left on a beach in Southsea, Hampshire, UK
*entermothership
Art producer Mothership produced this piece of art 'graffitibriljant' in Rotterdam (NL). The artists are the young illustrators Transister.
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*tricky
A pavillion by Canadian Saucier + Perrotte architectes uses simple materials to integrate through transparency with the surroundings at the First Nations Garden in Montreal.
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*borabora
WuJi Entire (RSWJ) is a China based company specialize in alcohol drink packaging and branding. RSWJ does not just focus on the label design, but the overall look of the bottle.
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*acriacao
Leo Burnett's campaign for Shelter - the Homeless and Housing charity. The 'House of Cards'.
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*NOTCOT
Beautiful Tree of Keys made of metal on a bed of rocks... found at Lucent L'amour
*joannaib
Lefevre Beach House. "Where the desert meets the ocean", a house at Punta Misterio. Cañete-Perú. LONGHI ARCHITECTS.
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*AGUADESIGNS
Chessboard by Alastair Mackie. A logical evolution from his previous set of dices, each chess piece features a single suspended insect; the "white" pieces represented by flying insects and the "black" side by ground based insects. eces.
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*zeo
X-Ray Lamp by Sture Pallarp, the designer take one step further by turning the x-ray films into a beautiful lamp. Have any of your own x-rays laying around the house? Send them to Sture Pallarp and see what he can make for you!!
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*tricky
"Lost in Paris" is an amazing skin for a laboratory in Paris, featuring an hydrophonic wall system and 300 blown glass containers that add light refraction to the interior.
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*aymarius
Terry Richardson explores paparazzi & '15 minutes of fame' in our digital age as a nod to Andy Warhol in Interview Magazine.
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*icie
A NOTCOT favorite addiction: Crayon Physics Deluxe, a deceptively simple physics game where you draw objects which follow the laws of physics to solve puzzles.
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*happypelican
“Forever is a large videowall installation of endless animations responding to an ever changing soundtrack... will spawn unique audio-visual films every day, forever.” Incredible!
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*moralpunch
Darling little comic about "finding myths and dreams in unlikely places." Especially love the hand screen printed cover.
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*NOTCOT
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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*jenbee
Two new 20x200 editions from the design studio Superdeluxe, part of their Card Suits series.
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*quelle4
Wool felt laptop sleeves for mini laptops (netbooks). Charcoal or red wool felt, black corduroy lining and black wooden buttons for closure.
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*jhilldesign
Grab your waders, Venice is flooding! Great series of images from The Big Picture.
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*dm543
A Danish furniture manufacturer is re-introducing this molded plywood chair that was designed by Grete Jalk in 1963. Only 300 of the originals were ever produced.
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*NOTCOT
House Industries has an Ampersand Cutting Board! Every typography junkie needs one in their kitchen!
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*fubiz
This video uses a mathematical formula based upon an image Escher did (The Print Gallery), known as the "Droste Effect".
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*fubiz
London in stop-motion : More 3000 pictures in 2 minutes, mixed with ''Harder, better, faster, stronger'' from Daft Punk.
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*joanmonster
i don't know what it is about octopi but i'm liking this octopus cuff from modcloth.
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*NOTCOT
The "Lean-On" self-standing closet rod, designed by Peter Van de Water for Cascando ~ gorgeously simple ~ also take a look as cascando's other minimalist hanging racks
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*MFlick
I love this "Now Panic and Freak Out" parody of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster that everyone (including me) has bought. Tshirt on threadless!
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*NOTCOT
Evaline Tarunadjaja has some gorgeous illustration work, particularly liking her woody pieces
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*vandit
The diverse work of Evgeny Kiselev oscillates between the rigors of symmetry and prolific excess.
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*pashdown
The Dutch artist Stani explains how he used free and open source software to design his award winning 5 Euro coin. Dedicated to "Netherlands and Architecture", the queen's portrait is made up of the names of prominent Dutch architects.
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*sub-studio
Besides just being gorgeous, Akihiro Kumagaya's Sumizara charcoal ashtray helps to deodorize the smell of cigarette smoke when they are put out.
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*NOTCOT
Cool Hunting shares the Middle Colors Humidifier designed by Takashi Hiroshi Tsuboi
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*russell brandom
A Hudson Valley artist called Variegated manufactures "bedspread canvasses" out of old menswear fabrics. Because of the limited materials, each set is one of a kind.
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*velviona
A great renovation inside a 120-year-old Japanese house not far from Kyoto done by a young Tokyo-based architect Chikara (means 'power') Ono.
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*sub-studio
The Minox Agent M DSC DigitalSpyCam is a tiny digital camera - only 3.14" x 1.14" x 0.79". At 5 megapixels, it's a good little portable camera.
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*NOTCOT
On notebooks and pens ~ here are some recent obsessions that came in the form of DWR Tools for Living Press Kit (best notebook!) and the Federated Media pen from the summit (it's a keeper too!)
*NOTCOT
prague designblok 08: cohn studio ~ designboom has great coverage of their gorgeous glass
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*logophile
The typography work of Australian designer Luca Ionescu is on sho at their new studio website Like Minded
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