LALA Arts is about to release a series of limited-edition series of metal die-cast mini-billboards based on the Public Works project billboards going up around LA, designed by a select group of leading street artists and graffiti writers!
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FEATUREDLAX-FRA-LNZ - the inspiration and amusement are in the details! A peek at unexpected travel snapshots, art, logos, exhibition set up and more - part one of Linz/Ars Electronica Festival adventures!
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This built-in bunk bed & nook by Van Oud Hout makes great use of wasted space in a vaulted children’s room
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A Studio Life by Grid, a series of illustrations outlining the typical life of the design studio, from essential tools and must haves, to thoughts, visionaries and revelations
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FEATUREDWashable keyboards, water wigs and dynamite cupcakes all feature in this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.
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Tu Wei-Cheng's atypical chocolate shop. A large-scale installation that alongside its pink walls and hearts contains chocolate hand grenades, soldiers, guns and other miniature chocolate arms and artillery.
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Dutch Building ceramic necklaces. There is a necklace from every archetype Dutch building: farm, church, family house, canal house, flat, factory, and the mill.
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Limited Edition Ugmonk 4th Anniversary Set. Each tee comes packaged in a flexible wood cylinder, accompanied by a letterpress block made from reclaimed Ginkgo wood. Only 200 ever made.
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VIDEOWatch the ignition of an atomized spray of flammable liquid, recorded at 10,000 fps and replayed at 30 fps.
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Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer's The Guardians of Time at Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany. Uninvited, it is more of an occupation than an installation!
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New Scientist and the Australian Museum's 2012 winners of the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
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New Museum ABC in Madrid is one of the few spaces in Europe dedicated to contemporary drawing and illustration. Designed by studio Aranguren & Gallegos.
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Grain Creative Pty Ltd's beautiful wine packaging for Wildfire Restaurant in Sydney.
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Gorgeous design in the SHED 5 restaurant in Melbourne from Loopcreative.
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With "Brick", young Dutch designers Leanie van der Vyver and Lars Zwirs devised a terracotta brick.
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PostlerFerguson's clever packaging proposal for fresh fish.
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GranTouristas, which is being presented as part of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture - it is an open system of knowledge acquisition.
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Michael H. Rhode makes familiar spaces seem alien through an unexpected perspective in his "From Below" series.
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8 to 30 September, 'Espace Wallonie' in Brussels will host the exhibition 'Homology'. Organized in partnership with Muuuz.com, this exhibition brings together the work of young Belgian designers through a selection of twenty everyday objects
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The OCT Design Museum, designed by Studio Pei-Zhu, focuses mainly on fashion shows, product design, and conceptual automotive shows. The goal was to create a space that is surreal to the subject matter.
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Fotodiox produces Canon 7D replicas in crystal. The beautifully detailed replicas are 2/3 life size.
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B-OK, a bookshelf/divider by Marica Vizzuso.
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VIDEOCelebrating the simple pleasures of life, the charming short "The Pleasure of" by Vitùc.
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VIDEOiTypewriter by Austin Yang allows you to type on your iPad with a typewriter that has been specifically designed for the size and screen. A little slow, but still cool.
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The Barking Bathhouse, an experimental spa and bar bringing everyday luxury and relaxation to Barking Town Centre for 8 weeks. Commissioned by Arts Agency CREATE and designed and produced by Something & Son.
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World's Best Jungle Gym. Newly constructed from massive fallen eucalyptus trees, it's an art installation —and a play structure at Marin Country Mart mall in Northern California.
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Stunning photograph of moths in flight by Steve Irvine.
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"Hubble's Hidden Treasures Revealed" - a look at some of the amazing photography winners... Stunning!
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FOLDS is 3D angular sculpture by David Mesguich and Valentin Van der Meulen that shows the transformations of the faces associated with life and death.
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FEATUREDUnboxing the HTC One S ~ current phone favorite over at NOTCOT! Also, take a peek at some of my favorite UI details! The world clock is beautiful!
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VIDEORobot Chef that makes sliced noodles is appearing all over noodle shops in china...
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A tour of Arion Press, a typefoundry and limited edition book press, in the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
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Adorable Firefox for Android video ~ great illustrations in this animation!
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Tim Tadder's Water Wigs photo series - bald men + water balloons = amazing water hair styles
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VIDEOAIRarm - Inflatable Robot Manipulator Arm (AIR = Advanced Inflatable Robotics) by iRobot for DARPA
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Korean toy artist Coolrain's Dunkeys series of monkey characters celebrating hoops and sneaker culture. MINDstyle brings them into production vinyl in both 18” and 5” forms.
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London-based designer Po-Chih Lai invented STAIR ROVER – a skateboard that could easily roll down the stairs.
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Autostadt, a theme park in Wolfsburg, Germany, with the new Porsche Pavilion, designed by HENN Architekten.
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Psy's Gangnam Style! The Atlantic has a great article on "Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation" (AMAZING music video)
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Adelaide-based artist, Emma Hack, is a skin illustrator, photographer and sculptor.
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Alex & Chloe geometric bangles in thin sterling silver
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The Owl, the Lion and the Elephant get some wheels! Wooden toys for Skip Hop by Sandra Isaksson.
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Salih Kucukaga designed these cute hot beverage cups for Dripp Coffee.
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Reebok's Fit Hub Experience ~ a store and crossfit gym in NYC just opened (following their Russia, Korea, and Dubai ones) Interesting to see more and more sportswear gym spaces opening.
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Natalya Zahn's latest are adorable illustrations of salamanders - from eggs to full grown! Also a nice illustrated lesson on lung breathing vs cutaneous respiration (breathing through your skin - no lungs!)
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Beautiful Harvest Pavilion from Vector Architects, a shelter to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China.
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Porcelain Fortune Cookies by Aleksandra Pollner & OBJECT.
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FEATUREDNOTlabs helped SubStudio laser cut/etch her wood frames for Brevity Jewelry's NYIGF Booth! See the making of, as well as the finished booth!
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Black & Decker is going MODULAR with their new power tool - Matrix tool system consists of main unit containing a handle, motor and battery, to which the user connects: drill, impact driver, oscillating multi-tool, jigsaw, sander, router and circular saw.
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The Hut Pendant Light a beacon of light and shape, which directs our gaze upwards, pointing us home. From Australian based Under.
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Evernote + Moleskine for a special "smart notebook"... I like that it cleans up scribbled pages for digitizing... also interesting.. the smart stickers it can recognize? (why not have special scribbled notations?)
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FEATUREDPictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities By John M. Carrera now comes in a POCKET size! Nearly a quarter of the size of the original, here's a peek inside!
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Great new series from Thomas Allen called Beautiful Evidence that creates artwork from old encyclopedias.
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A visit to the studio of stencil master Logan Hicks.
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Paolo Gianfrancesco has released a set of graphic maps based on Open Street Map data. The series is still in development and will soon cover all the European capitals.
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VIDEOJessiva Wise's excellent TED talk 'How fiction can change reality'.
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FEATUREDMetroDecks - nyc MTA subway cards upcycled into playing cards. Each card is hand screen printed, and sets are encased in beautiful letter pressed packaging. Face cards have nyc inspired designs!
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Brussels designer Benoît Deneufbourg drew this little wooden peg edited by Normann Copenhagen. Sober and simple in design, it consists of three pieces of oak intertwined like the wood framing.
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In light of the Pen Type-A/Torr situation #49788, here's a great must read from Core77 - their series "The Design of Design Patents: What Every Designer Should Know About Protecting Your Work"
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Why rock on a horse when you could have a Rocking Zebra from Newmakers! Check our their facebook page for rocking gorillas, pandas and more!
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Michiel Cornelissen's Happy Bird and Merry Bird earring and necklaces
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Mirco Pagano's graphics and video made from CDs for a piracy campaign
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This week’s roundup from NotVentures includes everything from LA’s hottest tables to Bora Bora escapes.
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Phaidon's Concrete ~ add this to the list of books we're looking forward to!
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FEATUREDBeautiful packaging, branding, and use of patterns for the new minimal Skora running shoes.
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VIDEOInsane in the Chromatophores! A closeup look at squid chromatophores set to Cyprus Hill's Insane in the Brain.
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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia designed and fabricated the Endesa Pavilion. Optimally oriented for the charging of solar cells, with no direct sunlight in summer. Prefabricated in chunks and assembled on site.
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FEATURED3D Printed Interlocking Cubes ~ one made of cubes and one of dodecahedrons! Mesmerizing desk/fidget toys... see the details and the unboxing of my Shapeways order.
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Ring Rolling is a forging method for producing large steel cylinders or rings. The process is mesmerizing!
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The 2012 FIRA RoboWorld Cup in Bristol, UK will host 26 teams from around the world and all the robots that come with them. The 5 day event has a variety of events, but the soccer matches are classic.
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The FCC has released an interactive map displaying the latest broadband data speeds. If you are an internet junkie, perhaps this will help you decide where to move next...
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As Paralympic athletes fly into London, Priestman Goode has developed a seat concept for air passengers with disabilities.
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The Bentley Barnato Roadster is a concept designed by Ben Knapp Voith while attending an 8-month design internship at Bentley.
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Have you been to the High Line park's only sit-down restaurant? It's called Terroir on the Porch and it's in a shipping container!
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The architectural firm Yvann Pluskwa this town house in Marseille, Maison PL . Confined on a plot rooted in rock and dressed with wood trellises.
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Glowing cockroaches that mimic toxic beetles!
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Student Caleb Heisey's packaging work for Folksaga, a Swedish distillery of akvavit, a traditional Scandinavian liquor.
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Sneeoosh Cabin in Washington's Puget Sound by Zeroplus Architects
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Creative Review look at the Graphic Design of the Eames Office ahead of an upcoming exhibition Addressing the Need: The Graphic Design of the Eames Office opens at the PM Gallery & House at Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing, West London.
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FEATUREDKickstarter Nightmare and lesson to all designers - the successful Pen Type-A kickstarter project has an UNBELIEVABLE new kink in its story - Torr Pens! (And there's a ridiculous james bond parody video.)
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Lomography's latest tiny camera, the Diana Baby 110.
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VIDEOGhostly international presents paper engineer Matthew Shilan.
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Photographer Chris Mottalini paints iconic skyscrapers fifty shades of grey.
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The new Logitech washable keyboard. No more excuses for a dirty keyboard.
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VIDEOMusical artist Alfred Weisberg-Roberts, aka Daedelus, performs on stage in front of this kinetic sculpture with tiled mirrors. This is a sneak peak into his stage setup for future performances.
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Crowdsourcing the Sublime: Studio Tobias Klein's "Virtual Sunset"
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Designed by architects Jordi Fornells and Rolf Heinemann agency Vora Arquitectura, 'Villa Extramuros' offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional Latin remains central patio.
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Brandimage designed the new business lounge Air France at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
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Kevin Langan 's inspirational project to build 100 wild shelters.
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The Ocean Health Index gave the world's oceans a score of 60 out of 100.
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Sprout, a pencil with a seed. When the pencil becomes too short to use, you can plant it to grow herbs! Concept by democratech.
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Architectkidd's beautifully renovated flat in Bangkok.
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VIDEOMaster Bladesmith Bob Kramer on the creation of kitchen knives in Seki City, Japan.
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Kumi Yamashita creates incredible portraits in shadow.
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VIDEOThe science behind that wet-dog shake. Science and slow-motion mammals shaking themselves dry.
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Some Type of Hero series by Matthew Olin, a series of typographic superhero posters.
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Moose shaped natural Fire Lighters made in Sweden from a mixture of sawdust, wax and tar.
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New Zealand's 'Best Awards' celebrates the very BEST in graphic, spatial, product and interactive design for 2012
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