*shape+colour
In the final build-up to the opening of Beijing 2008, two wonderful and anticipated new TV spots - Coca Cola's "Bird's Nest Stadium" and Adidas' "Countdown" - were finally aired this week.
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*sub-studio
Li Jianye created the Flexibin to be both elegant and functional. The frame is flexible, thereby enabling you to use it with a variety of bag sizes.
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*NOTCOT
Teething Bling ~ by Smart Mom Jewelry... yes, some nice simple pieces that your baby can teeth on! No more sacrificing your necklaces to teeth marks
*Jermacide
Chris Gilmour's cardboard version of Bond's Aston Martin is amazing. Includes front mounted machine guns, pop-out wheel blades, flip up stick shift eject button and more. Also check out Gilmour's cardboard safe and bicycle.
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*shockvalue
"This is the documentation of the 44 days - during the summer of '08 - Laura and I spent together in New York before I went to Montreal and didn't return." - Mikhail Wassmer (Swiss/Canadian portrait photographer)
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*coscadesign
Penta is a project developed by italian designer Luca Casarotto (Coscadesign studio) during Foscarini Lab, a workshop by Foscarini.
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*rattler
Patrick Brown from Australia, has done some rad graphics on his favourite video game GTA4.
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*shockvalue
On-going photo series by photographer Mikhail Wassmer; described as “Pulling the kids out of their familiar party atmosphere and having them pose without smiling"
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*venus
Creative teams from Kotoc and Cuatro created this campaign for UEFA Euro 2008 football consisting of small sequences in which extreme football, action and science fiction were merged.
*NOTCOT
The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, by Claire Nouvian ~ i just rediscovered this coffee table book i've been meaning to buy!
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*materialicious
The Shack at Hinkle Farm, updated with new images. You know you want one...
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*scbr
Lago, the Italian interior design company, just started their own "green" advertising campaing, using their own trucks to pass the message on.
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*laurasweet
Lovegrove and Repucci have just released their follow up to their New York Delft Dinnerware with this set of London Delft Dinnerware. 5 piece porcelain place setting is 100$. And totally cool.
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*Sete
3rd Space FPS, a vest that input real pain in the player. Allows you to know where enemies are shooting from. Retailing for $169.00, it is available in Camoflauge or Black. Oh! Lights are fading... I'm feeling cold...
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*morgan
Useful and alive at the same time, this little indoor garden will need all your care to stay functional!
Design by What Else?
*elmanco
Tutrix is a system which support plants growth. I like the concept, moreover design is cool and flexible.
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*MAXIMILLION
Don't believe it wasn't Photoshopped? Here's the proof: 1,000 water bottles spread out across the Salt Flats in El Paso. Check out the visual diaries for some jaw-dropping shots... by SKAGGS for TOTO.
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*Sete
Created for the Joint Striker Fighter project, this helmet allows pilots to see through the plane floor and see long distance images. Outside the plane, cameras record what's below the plane.
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*alik
The new Miami Art Museum from Herzog & de Meuron can only be described as the modern interpretation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - an imaginative structure that bridges urban spaces, climates and cultures.
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*comunicador
Clip Alphabetical | Designer Stephen Reed, created such interesting clips where each has a letter, thus serving to organize more easily, for example, documents that are required separated by alphabetical order!
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*atingle
MP3 players really do not come much smaller than this beautifully cute wooden Acorn MP3 player (which still packs in 1GB of internal storage capacity).
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*XzanderX
Playhouse by Swedish designer Anders Breitholtz are small foam house and a matching green carpet. I know it's for kids, but I wouldn't mind a set of Playhouse for myself...
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*materialicious
The Cape Schank House in Victoria, AU, has an internal water tank that cools the ambient air temperature of the living room during summer, supplies rain water to the house and garden, and structurally carries the roof load.
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*turbografix
As a senior designer at Knopf and the art director for Vertical Press, an independent Japanese-American publisher, Peter has risen to become part of the lineup of designers for Random House.
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*newshow
A Bathing Ape renovated their Shibuya store in Japan and as usual it was designed by architects Wonderwall and as usual its really impressive!
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*jhayne
a {handmade out of durable upholstery-grade vinyl, and lined with fuzzy, soft fleece} manila envelope for your macbook air (via craftzine)
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*Fette
William Lamson is featured in the group show (Untitled) u=___ opening at fette's gallery Jan. 11th. Each artist was asked to take a self-portrait representing someone else. Same size, edition of 1!
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*dgtlhybrd
Bustin Down the Door ~ a new Documentary - Some killer photography and imagery from '75 and some of the original surfing icons that are responsible for where the sport is today.
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*one floor up
ClothTAG: Conceptual RFID laundry instruction tags readable by washing machines and driers to help reduce laundry disasters. Designed by Samgmin Bae.
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*coco
The design studios of Psyrri, in Athens invite designers across the globe (from European metropolises such as Athens, London, Paris, Milan, Hamburg and Madrid to Montana U.S.A) to unite with them and choose a theme in order to create an exhibition.
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*laurasweet
Type Designer Oded Ezer has come out with his Biotypography 2 project. The main idea of the 'Typosperma' project was to create some sort of new transgenic creatures, half (human) sperm, half letter.
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*NOTCOT
Daniel Edlen makes acrylic on vinyl paintings that bring out the artist's portraits from their records... and it turns out i knew him as a kid! (worked for his parents) ~ and the videos of the making of are worth checking out
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*laydeh
Palate Palette - the name says it all, an eclectic cafe where art, food + great company meet. Kuala Lumpur's humblest artsy-fartsy spot also hosts nu-rave parties (Lapsap plays electro techno + retro) that rock the colours off you!
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*audiophile
Bowers & Wilkins takes car audio to the next level with their spiral diffuser.
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*kitsunenoir
Geoff McFetridge's Monster Dice, a block of European Oak featuring a laser engraved story about a boy who draws monsters who start drawing more monsters. Really awesome.
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*NOTCOT
For the mac geeks ~ i love that Woz inscribed "I like this Steve J. better than the real one." for dan lyons' (aka fake steve job) copy of option$
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*psychopooch
Carter Hodgkin uses computer codes to model collisions of imaginary subatomic particles with beautiful results.
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*psychopooch
You'll never look at crumpled pieces of paper the same again. Installation art by Paul Hayes.
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*PatrickB
Inspired by the Wild West, Steve Williams' Snake Oil Sales Van replaces the trusty steed of yore with a couple of Honda mopeds
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*NOTCOT
Happy 100th to the Eames! Their grandson made a stop action film with their newly produced elephants running rampant across LA!
*NOTCOT
I am craving these beautiful speakers... Vers 2x... see the rest of the eyecandy, and apparently they will be popping up in target mid-oct for $179
*NOTCOT
Samsung has launched some seriously sexy laser printers ~ it's about time! [and yes i blocked the girl because she was creeping me out]
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