John Baldessari’s 1966-68 painting, Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell shirt
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Kross Wood by Studio 248 is created through the balance of two identical pieces of golden teak wood crossing together. It can be placed against a wall, or used as a partition, transforming the spaces simply by well-chosen props.
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We Are Hunted has launched a design refresh that features a slidable iPad-like user interface ~ It's also a great place to find new music, everyday.
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Susan Kare's Icons, a curated look at 80 of Susan Kare's favorite icons created between 1983 and 2011.
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Sterling silver army men with skulls made by Good Art Hlywd jewelry.
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FEATUREDBompass & Parr's ultimate Adventure Hamper ~ filled with everything from axes and flares to magnums of champagne (vintage piper!) as well as culinary delights for the finest of palettes.
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The Cranky Pressman's amazing Letterpressed Coasters ~ the characters are adorable, and wait till you see the details on the back.
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Immersive light displays make up XYZT, Les paysages abstraits, an exhibition created and curated by the digital art duo Adrien M and Claire B in Grenoble.
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It's Nice That interview graphic designer John LLoyd.
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The Makerie Studio (Julie Wilkinson and Joyanne Horscroft) create beautiful intricate paper sculptures.
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Dencity, a map of global population density.
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Check out these wonderful prints from the talented Swedish art director Therese Sennerholt.
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The Old Spice Bear Deodorant protector. That's right, it's a bear for keeping your deodorant.
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Adorable beagle mosaic created from 221,000 candy sprinkles by Joel Brochu.
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Great look inside the sketchbook of Susan Kare, the artist who developed the fonts and icons for the Mac OS.
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Les Terrasses Cap-á-l’aigle in the Charlevoix Region, Quebec by MU Architects.
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The Cubist Martini Set is a must have for Martini lovers. The one thing they all agree on is that martinis should be served icy-cold. These Martini glasses are designed to sit between sips in ice-filled glass cubes.
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Solar powered lunar sculpture by Spencer Finch uses the sun's energy to produce moonlight in Chicago.
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Eveline Pieters designed a clever and functional puzzle shaped laptopstand out of small leftover pieces of bamboo wood.
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Fixed Rig, a rig for DSLR cameras that has been engineered by indie film-makers with no parts to assemble, so no more shaky hand-held footage. Designed and manufactured in London.
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FEATUREDAroha Sillhouettes' new Molecular Addictions collection ~ Caffeine, Chocolate, MDMA, Nicotine, THC, or DMT ~ simplified molecules in stainless steel that has been finished in a matte black powder coating.
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VIDEONice video of Volkswagen's latest Golf GTI taking on time travel...
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FEATUREDSnow Peak ~ multipurpose camping goods perfect for home and vice versa. The modular cooking setups can dock right into a garden table! The lamps are incredibly versatile, and check out the folding bamboo table.
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'Little Ben' wooden tea table with magazine rack by Studio Dreimann
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A roundup of art and design installations and projects made from, and inspired by, traffic cones.
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Ski down the roof with Norwegian architects Fantastic Norway's Mountain Hill Cabin.
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The Semblance Collection Box Set available for preorder from ShopVon.
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Tactile sound art, embedded in the fabric of the city. Mr Underwood brings his Sonic Graffiti to Birmingham, and The BBC Culture Show.
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Schmidhuber + Partner designed this beautiful Audi AreA1 exhibit in Barcelona, Spain.
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People People’s new invisible speaker. It kind of puts the whole, ‘It’s better to be seen and not heard’ thing on its head. In this case, it’s better to be heard.
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Interview with conservationist and illustrator Brendan Wenzel on his work in South East Asia and his love for all things furred, feathered and scaled.
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Windowfarms, a kickstarter project that lets you grow your own without requiring any outside space.
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T magazine on holiday windows. This is Gaga’s 'boudoir' at Barney’s, the display is made entirely out of hair.
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La Firme's Chaise etiquette, a simple folding chair that looks like a label when folded.
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Microscopic life shines in the 2011 Olympus BioScapes competition.
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The new Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by Preston Scott Cohen.
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VIDEOJon-Kyle's beautiful musical spectrum analysis.
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Nathan Bestwick's MiiMii manual pepper grinder, a new designer startup success story!
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The most successful snowboard documentary ever made, The Art of Flight hast released a limited pop up, photo book. It is a testament to modern print technology.
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Pre-order your Gerber Apocalypse kit, complete with 7 Apocalypse Survival Tools including Gator Machete, Camp Axe, Parang and more.
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A typography project inspired by the arctic and Stacie Cassarino's poem, Northwest.
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FEATUREDHoney-Bourbon Toddies, El Diablo Chocolate Truffles and flaming strawberries are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.
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Try on making your own espresso cup via Shapeways 3D printing ceramic. A project by Aminimal Studio, Mary Huang, and Alan Hudson.
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Combine your photography with Cartolina's vintage imagery to create unique, one of a kind postcards with the new Cartolina Postale iPhone app. Printed and mailed directly from your phone.
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Normal Studio offers his designs in this fun take away box.
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Nice little video of a scary night at the AIAIAI HQ ...
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Esdi, Brazil & Latin America's first design school, (listed in Newsweek's Top 60 Design Schools in the world) launched its First Ever Collective Playing Card Deck, limited edition of 300!
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Interesting ball point pen paintings by Shane McAdams.
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'optimARes' is the first iPad2 application that allows us to interact with virtual models of airplane seats directly in the real physical space using AR (Augmented Reality) technology.
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Skull-A-Day's Noah Scalin was commissioned by Kenneth Cole to create an ornamental skull for a T-shirt this holiday season.
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Macarons displayed in 'break glass in case of emergency' boxes, a dessert 'sushi train' and macaron wallpaper inspired by Willa Wonka, from Luchetti Krelle design for the new Adriano Zumbo patisserie in Sydney.
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Grady's Cold Brew ~ these bottles of coffee concentrate with fun packaging are addictively delicious (and hard to keep in the fridge this week) ~ each bottle makes 8 cups of iced/hot coffee.
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FEATUREDHendrick's Most unusual 13th day of Christmas featuring wild haggis drumming’, three ‘Giant snails’ pretending to be French hens, a lone partridge in a cucumber plant and more!
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A look at what the White House might have looked like.
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From the cheeky folks that brought us Locher's ~ now there are Maude and Tilda's playful totes! And you can even choose the color of the bows...
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VIDEOAnimated music video for Fleet Foxes' The Shrine / An Argument.
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At the Danish Roskilde Music Festival, a temporary plywood dome installation, from architects Kristoffer Tejlgaard.
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Chartball's complete prosports Twitterverse.
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VIDEOIndiGo - the airline that brought you amazing on-time performance, hassle-free service, fabulous inflight snacks and always affordable fares - now introduces another category breakthrough: the world's first Runway Musical!
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FEATUREDMusical business cards, paramotors and lovely owls are all a part of this week’s roundup from here at NOTCOT.org.
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VIDEOThis is a low-fi DJ Set made with cheap and fun recycled technology. The faster you scrath the fan, the faster your cassete will play!
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FEATUREDIcebreaker has always had some pretty incredible surreal photography with their Ram-men, here's a peek at their new SS12 lookbook that came in playful flash card form.
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The iPhone Lens Dial, a complete three-lens optical system for serious iPhoneographers.
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A temporary intervention by the collective Stiftung FREIZEIT awakes the potential of an invisible public space under a bridge, in Berlin.
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From the japanese paper tool shop guys comes ~ 1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series Coaster
No.3 Savannah! (Also available in person at A+R In Venice Beach)
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VIDEOSmithsonian 3D Digitization team just got back from field work in Chile. These are raw, uncut time lapses of us doing what we do. We will release more each week. Check it out before editors start editing.
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Mezcal Mano Negra called upon Mexican branding/identity firm Sociedad Anonima to re-vamp their new bottles.
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FEATURED Rüdiger Nehmzow’s Cloud Collection while like our "Operation Window Seat" ~ are actually taken out of an OPEN plane DOOR at 4 miles up over Brazil. The making of video is as fun as the pictures!
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Modern applications of reclaimed materials with some unexpected ingredients (like a dash of airplane wing) is Denver's Fin Art.
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Wooden phone with cube 'apps' made for the latest cover of Computer Arts magazine. A collaboration between Kyle Bean and Thomas Forsyth.
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Brand Memory Game is a game about the knowledge of brands. The challenge is to find matching pairs of a brand, based solely on their characteristic colours and style elements and a short description of the brand.
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FEATUREDA look at the nice simple, yet strong, shipping/packaging of the Kindle Fire
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Mark Laita's breathtaking photographs of deadly snakes from around the world.
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The Willo Collection is a surprising series of pillow pots for indoor - designed by studio LIBEL. with willo you can decorate your interior house and enrich the environment with new textures.
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FEATUREDMalibu Farm Dinners ~ bringing farm to table as close as can be ~ you can explore the farm from the goats and pigs and chickens to the bees and flowers and organic gardens before sitting down to a gorgeous dinner outside!
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William Doxford & Sons Ltd in Pallion, Sunderland UK made massive boats and engines. Check out these old school photos of the factory and engine making process from 1957.
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The Morgan Library and Museum make the illuminated manuscript, Black Hours, available for perusal online.
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Elegant black packaging for Dalehead by Kaleidoscope.
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Mistletoe ~ cast in silver, gold, and brass Kiel Mead style
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'IFO' (Identified Flying Object) by French artist and architect Jacques Rival lights up the sky by night and comes to rest on the ground by day, an art programme for the King’s Cross redevelopment.
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VIDEOEndless Dance, slowmotion breakdancing on the beach.
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The JawSaw is an electric chainsaw that tears through branches of up to four inches thick. Its jaw-shaped frame lets you hold wood firmly in place and shields your hands from potential accidents.
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Richard Mosse's collection "Infra," on display at NYC's Jack Shainman Gallery.
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Brooklyn Brew Shop's Beer Making Book: 52 Seasonal Recipes for Small Batches.
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Surface to Air, an exhibition of new sculptures and photographs by artist Thomas Doyle at LeBasse Projects.
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How can a static graphic image can express music? Here are some results of "basic graphic design" applied to the basic packaging.
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Ministry of Type has a nice first look and thorough review of the new Wacom Inkling that finally started shipping...
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Charley Harper + Todd Oldham + Fish's Eddy = an adorable series of trays, cups, plates, mugs and more covered with adorable Charley Harper Fish graphics.
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JustDropt.com is a launchpad for fashion collections. Beautiful teaser film!
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Just make a Crashed Ferrari Table when you crash a Ferrari next time.
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VIDEOAllan Jones gives a TED talk on a map of the brain.
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Great series of Soviet anti-alcohol posters.
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Le Creuset cast iron trivets in their rainbow of colors...
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