SitBag addresses the global aspects of modern traveling and stress. The trolley doubles as stool and chair. This offers a possibility to sit down when ever you need. It is an important thing to all who have problems walking and carrying loads over a distance. It makes it possible for people to take a brake when needed and that makes you feel safe. Design by Henrik Asbjørn
Wish I could see this: An exhibition of the Dada Art Movement, at the Centre Pompidu in Paris from Oct 5th!
The design encyclopedia: A growing, collaborative resource that describes, tracks and explains culture, commerce, politics, media, sports, brands – everything possible, really – through design.
“Interactive design [is] a seamless blend of graphic arts, technology, and psychology.”
—Brad Wieners, 2002
Diego Golberg has taken photos of his whole family, once a year, always on June 17th. Diego Goldberg and his family.
(via Gadgets.Fosfor.se)
“Design Matters with Debbie Millman is an opinionated and provocative talk radio show that combines a stimulating point of view about graphic design, branding and topics of timely cultural consequence.” Design Matters
(via design*notes – michael surtees – the king of canada)
“Part of a flight attendant’s arrival announcement: “We’d like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurised metal tube, we hope you’ll think of Qantas.”
found here. via plasticshore.
BlueVertigo: The Designers Resource: 1000’s of links to FREE: Stock Photography, Vector Clip-Art, Fonts, Logos, Sounds, Photoshop Brushes, Poser DLs, Text Generator, Patterns, Color Tools and other Random Stuff.
Typetester: Compare fonts for the screen
“The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s or web developer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.”
(via xplane)
An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years. The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region.
Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain
(via bb)
AgencyNet – I am sure, the average ‘potential’ client loves this site. Why? Because ‘stuff moves’ and ‘speaks’? Probably. As for me, it just made me grin… Way too ‘gimmicky’ for my taste.
Love this “offi flip stool“, seen on designpublic.
Kinetic Type by Zach Lieberman, created using ‘processing‘.
esono.com is the archive and portfolio of Boris Müller, an independent consultant, designer, developer (and recently teacher), based in Berlin, Germany.
International Institute of Social History :: Posters from the Cuban Revolution era.
(via bb)
… “Design Is Not Art”: One hears this assertion often in all kinds of forms, from casual conversation to museum exhibitions like the recent “Design Is Not Art” show at the National Design Museum. Thus, for the nondesigner, understanding the field of design is often a daunting task as it requires understanding what “art” is — or least, what is “not art.”
As a result, we see today that “design” has become a convenient buzzword, especially in the business world, to describe the process of creating objects and experiences that consumers will flock to, drawn by the power of design. But what exactly is this power?
In this series of columns, I will lay out the philosophy of design that I’ve developed at MIT in a way that, I hope, sheds light on design for the business community.” …
