1950's advertising and marketing for Swiss pharmaceutical company, Geigy from an article in 'Print in Britain', 1958.

Christopher LaBrooy's Marble Lamp - with a gathered synthetic felt shade that creates gorgeous shadows!

Irena Zablotska has a great portfolio of illustration work.

some cute pieces over at eden and eden.

Plug - a light fixture by Tomas Kral inspired by a wine cork.

WiiWare finally has World Of Goo! And it got a 10/10 at wiiware world!

WrecordsByMonkey just released there "Heritage Collection". A unique combination of vintage imagery with recycled materials showcases another level of design style, and this collection is convincingly contemporary.

Paykar Bonyan Panel Factory in Iran, by ARAD. A sequence of volume and the use of daylight make of this factory an architectural piece worth looking at.

Paris/First look at Tim Biskup’s “O/S OPERATING SYSTEM” at Addict Galerie ~ one of the coolest parts is how the paintings are presented ~ fun stands!

Jonathan Adler's Danner Sectional (sofa+daybed) is gorgeous as well ~ the new couches are so so tempting ~ and all of them even offer C.O.M. on all upholstered furniture.

Oh, Penny Arcade - "Hothead Presents: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two Papercraft Contest" - only you could make me really want to print and cut a Fruit F*cker

The whimsical works of one of my favourite illustrators, Renée Nault.

The Italian coffee company, Lavazza, asked Annie Leibovitz to shoot their 2009 calendar which artfully re-imagines iconic Italian images (and it's shot in a studio)

Jonathan Adler Baxter Sofa ~ so tempting! "You'll love it because: Tufting, tufting, tufting! A beautiful silhouette, modern lines mixed with traditional tufting."

On things to do with IKEA blue bags... FreeDesigndom: Hacking IKEA by Lovis Caputo and Sarah Kueng (from the competitions book).

Easel TV stand, not sure how i feel about it, but kind of fun

Designboom has some really fun pics of " prague designblok 08: studio of product design at AAAD in prague" ~ i love these kids toys!


a mobile toy by tomaš varga takes on the form of a goat-like creature
image © designboom

the students of the product design studio at AAAD in prague had several exhibitions, including a collection of
plastic toy cars for young children aged 1 - 4 years old. the tiny vehicles ranged from more aerodynamic shapes
to ones that took on more the form of an animal. mini ramps provided in an open area where children were given
the opportunity to test out their piloting skills on a couple of the prototypes.


this aerodynamic toy vehicle was designed by karel matējka
image © designboom


somewhat of a modern day version of the classic rocking horse by michaela tomišková
image © designboom


toy designed by pesr polák
image © designboom


installation view of all the toys designed by AAAD product design students
image © designboom

more
AAAD / VSUP: http://www.vsup.cz
prague designblok: http://www.designblok.cz

andrea db 10.14.08




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