In my latest blogpost over at Nesting I feature the stunning Balouga kids desk collection Kazam 01, designed by Mahmoud Akram.
face hooked
Facehooked T-Shirt. Sad to admit this, but that’s so me, the minute I sit in front of a computer with an internet connection…
group94.com
Group94.com: A belgium based design studio with a refreshing, personal and just simply unusual temporary website, featuring fullscreen videocasts. Love it!
Real Time Illustration Tribute to Pavarotti
With the powerful ‘Nessun Dorma’ playing in my living room, I draw a speed portrait in marker, paying tribute to my favorite tenor of all time. We miss you, Maestro!
siamese chair
Siamese chair By Guy Brown
Alyson Fox Prints
Lucas and Hayley of Keep Calm Gallery did it again. Consider me their biggest fan. They just announced the release of two limited edition prints from the wonderfully talented artist and designer Alyson Fox.
*LOVE* it!
old magazine articles
From my new favorite time-sucker resource: OldMagazineArticles.com. A Neat little database of .pdf copies of vintage magazine articles like this one: In a desperate effort to stimulate egg production, a French poultry farmer turns his chickens into drinking buddies. Three Drink Minimum (Popular Mechanics, 1912)
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where are my legs?
Here’s a great way to get kids involved with cleaning up the beach. This toy octopus is missing his 8 legs. You’re supposed to find plastic bottles and screw them on to become his legs. Once you get all 8, he’ll be buoyant enough to float. Designed by Jaehyung Hong
typography umbrella
Splashed with more than 80 typefaces from Veer’s Umbrella type collection, the Pitter Patter umbrella shields you from cloudbursts with a burst of typography. Set in blue type on eight panels of black fabric, with a wooden handle and automatic release.
photo retouching tutorial: enhance skin
photo retouching tutorial: skin enhancing
Tolomeo Mega
I am drooling over the Tolomeo Mega. (Three lighting posts in one morning? I officially declare this day to be a ‘swissmiss lighting day”. )
Social Graph: Concepts and Issues
Social Graph: Concepts and Issues, by Alex Iskold
Folded Bunny
Folded Bunny By Carlo Giovani
heavy guy single
You have to love this lamp just for its name. I can see myself coming home saying: “Hey there, Heavy Guy Single, how was your day?”
koope
3 bycicle braking cables (?)
2 circles made out of plexiglass
1 efficiency bulb
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Lots of wine glasses
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Koope, a chandelier designed by Phillipe, a swiss architecture student. Very practical for tiny NYC apartments. Finally a place to put all of our wine glasses and free up some valuable kitchen cabinet space.
adopt the sky.
Adopt the Sky has had quite some buzz already in the blogsphere, it’s a cause worth mentioning again. So, take a minute and sign the petition for cleaner air.
me me smile.
It made me smile. That’s all.
zipper necklace
Zipper necklaces, by Vanessa Yanow, are made from SWISS zippers. They zip up to become chokers, down to classic lengths, or you can just leave them somewhere in between. Each necklace has a hand blown, one-of-a-kind, borosilicate (aka. Pyrex) charm that hangs off of the zipper pull. All of the charms are like capsules that contain different objects.
The Hug Shirt
The Hug Shirt, a high-tech garment that simulates the experience of being embraced by a loved one. When a friend sends you a virtual hug, your cell phone notifies the shirt wirelessly, via Bluetooth. The shirt then re-creates that person’s distinctive cuddle, replicating his or her warmth, pressure, duration and even heartbeat. And, yes, the Hug Shirt is fully washable.
alphabet town
alphabet town by mike perry