Tired of boring old white, black or gray trash bags? Trash Chic Bin Liners are to the rescue.
(via la.apartmenttherapy)
MIT Designs Clutter Detector
A new technique measures visual clutter, creating a tool for designers of all types. MIT Designs Clutter Detector
hulda vilse rug
Hulda Vilse Rug by Jon Eliason
Whose Red Cross to Bear?
In early August, the medical supplies and drug firm Johnson & Johnson sued the American Red Cross over the right to use the red-cross emblem. Most of us had assumed that the red cross, seen on ambulances and first-aid kits, was a universal symbol of succor to the suffering. But like any graphic symbol, the red cross turns out to have more meanings and more history than would at first appear. And the rights to use this symbol are equally complicated—a reminder that many graphic symbols have more complex stories than we expect.
Whose Red Cross to Bear?, by Phil Patton
Oval Decanter
The very special shape of this decanter gives the wine proper oxygenation. Hand blown crystal. What a beauty!
NxE’s Fifty Most Influential Bloggers
There are literally millions of bloggers out there, each of them with their own voice and style, and yet in the blogging world, a handful stand out. These are the movers and shakers. When they speak, the blogging world listens. These are our Fifty Most Influential Bloggers, and if you don’t know them, you need to.
NxE’s Fifty Most Influential Bloggers
(via trendalicious)
Why are we happy?
Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says it’s “every bit as real and enduring as the kind of happiness you stumble upon when you get exactly what you were aiming for.”
Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?
(thank you andres)
Computed visualization, based on data found in digital images.
Computed visualization, by Greg Fraser, based on data found in digital images: The rgb-value from every pixel found in an image is read and stored. The collected information is visualized by mapping the three values of red, green and blue on to the x, y and z-axis, thus placing a particular color-value into a 3dimensional space. Dependent on the amount of pixels sharing the same rgb-value, a box is drawn at that location, it’s size representing the quantity.
business card that made me chuckle.
A business card for a hair and make up artist. Too funny. Found here.
stuart daly
six eight seven six, by stuart daly
MIMOA places modern architecture on the map
MIMOA.eu is a user generated online guide to Modern Architecture in Europe, providing exact addresses and interactive maps. MIMOA is a personal architecture guide for buildings, interiors, squares, parks and bridges. Going to London, St. Petersburg, Tirana or Bilbao? Every city- or architecture visit is planned within a few mouse clicks.
noah k on my iphone on my cat
Only Noah Kalina can pull off a cat image that I want to blog. Hat tip.
reclaimed sailcloth bag
Paper or plastic? In light of the Alternate Use Material (AUM) Shopper, “neither” might be an even better answer. Breathing new life into old sailboat sails, this all-weather, all-purpose shopper transforms a distinctive yet durable material into a long-lasting, limited edition bag that retains the marks of its nautical origins.
eliot shepart | photographer
Photography by Brooklyn based Eliot Shepard
burning navigation
The burning navigation rollovers on this site had me laugh out loud.
it’s fun to poke a head of cauliflower.
I agree with BB: I shall print and hang. And perhaps, periodically, put a name on the head of cauliflower. In pencil so I can change it depending on my mood.
RetroLife: Pearls of Wisdom from the Homemaker’s Encyclopedia