This family rocker flips over to become a picnic table and a bar! Made me chuckle. We totally need a red version of this at Studiomates. Rocker Meetings!
James Bond 007 Miniature Vehicles Set
This set of eight miniature die-cast miniature vehicles features a selection of 077’s most memorable vehicles—the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger, the BMW Z3 from GoldenEye, the Aston Martin DBS from Casino Royale, the Little Nellie from You Only Live Twice, the Jaguar XKR from Die Another Day, the Lotus Esprit Underwater from The Spy Who Loved Me, the Rolls Royce III from Goldfinger, and the Space Shuttle from Moonraker.
Spixi
Spixi is a retractable cable for your iPhone and Android. Eco-friendly materials and good design get my vote.
Big Giant Bacon
Today we had our extra special Benefit CreativeMornings with two thoughtful talks by Jason Santa Maria and Simon Collison. The talks were nothing short of fantastic and I can not wait to share them. And how much fun was it to sip Mimosas at 9am and indulge in some photobooth fun! Check the photos here.
#happytuesday
pennies
“I collect articles in Instapaper like pennies, and like pennies, I do nothing with them.”
– Simon Collison
during today’s CreativeMornings on information overload
marathon
“Your career is not a sprint; it’s a marathon.”
– Jason Santa Maria
during today’s CreativeMornings talk on saying NO
Les Briques
Love these simple catch-all boxes. Think keys, coins, lipstick, etc. Created by the French studio YPLFL. Available for purchase here.
(via shoeboxdwelling)
Rain Room
The Rain Room art installation makes me want to book a flight to London, asap. Created by rAndom, it allows visitors to pass through a downpour without getting wet. Cameras map human movement in the 100-square-meter room and send instructions for the rain to move near people, yet not too near, as they traverse the space. Fascinating.
Read more over on Architizer.
Also: rAndom spoke at CreativeMornings/London. Watch their talk.
(via @curiousoctopus)
Designer’s Debate Club
The Designer’s Debate Club is going at it this Thursday, at General Assembly debating whether web designers must learn to code or not. Important question and awesome idea, going debate style. Get your tickets. Only 4 left.
Wonderful Things
“Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.”
– Maira Kalman
Friday Link Pack
Big Bird, you had a turbulent week! Same goes for PBS.
– Google Street View now features underwater maps. (via Amrit)
– 10 Peanuts Characters You’ve Probably Forgotten: One of the most bizarre characters in the Peanuts universe was “555 95472,” or “5” for short. Introduced in September 1963, 5 explained that his father was so upset about people being seen as “just a number,” he renamed the entire family as a series of digits.
– Cadbury won a High Court battle giving it exclusive rights to use Pantone 2685C. You gotta be kidding!? (via @adaptordie)
– H&FJ’s recommendations for books on typography.
– Pictalicious is a color palette generator. Upload an image and you’ll get suggestions on what colors to use.
– A heart clutch? Yes, please.
– 10 Videos about the Creative Process
– Netbot, a full-featured iPhone App.net client.
– Meet the 2012 MacArthur Fellows
– Here’s your chance to become a studiomates: Oak is hiring an intern.
– Tempted to order this so I can see what it’s like to be my son’s height. He’s 2.
– Caped Superman & Batman Onesie Pajamas For Grown-ups
– Design your new Twitter header – with a free PSD for pixel perfection!
– DIY’s CTO @thisandagain made a library to calculate the probability that a commenter is a troll. (via Zach)
– See how many fake followers you or your friends have on Twitter. (via hideh)
Pixel States
Your state pixelated on a t-Shirt. Yep, that’s Pixel States.
Feeling vs Thinking
The amazing Maira Kalman talking about how she finds inspiration while walking the city streets and veering off the prescribed path.
Maira Will be speaking at next week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork hosted at the MoMA.
Looking ahead
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
– Wayne Gretzky
Herman’s House
I saw the Trailer for Herman’s House at The Feast Conference yesterday. I absolutely need to see this movie. It is a feature documentary that follows the unlikely friendship between a New York artist and one of America’s most famous inmates as they collaborate on an acclaimed art project.
In 1972, New Orleans native Herman Joshua Wallace (b. 1941) was serving a 25-year sentence for bank robbery when he was accused of murdering an Angola Prison guard and thrown into solitary confinement. Many believed him wrongfully convicted. Appeals were made but Herman remained in jail and—to increasingly widespread outrage—in solitary. Years passed with one day much like the next. Then in 2001, Herman received a perspective-shifting letter from a Jackie Sumell, a young art student, who posed the provocative question:
“What kind of house does a man who has lived in a six-foot-by-nince-foot cell for over 30 years dream of?”
Thus began an inspired creative dialogue, unfolding over hundreds of letters and phone calls and yielding a multi-faceted collaborative project that includes the exhibition “The House That Herman Built.”
Here’s a list of upcoming screenings.
We The Data
Data is quickly becoming the planet’s most abundant resource. We The Data believes this data is vibrant with potential for creating positive change by and for the very individuals generating it.
We The Data was born of a partnership between a group of friends, TED Fellows, and some visionaries at Intel Labs. Learn more.
(via The Feast Conference which I am currently attending. Watch the Livestream.)
English Is Not Easy
English Is not Easy is a beautifully illustrated guide to the English language by Luci Gutiérrez. I unfortunately couldn’t find a place that sells it online. I would love to get my hands on a copy.
The Bobine
Bobine is an iPhone cable that also acts as a flexible tripod. Brilliant.
Hot Tub Jacuzzi Boat
Ever heard of the existence of a Hot Tub Jacuzzi Boat? Me neither. It made me smile. Filed under seriously strange.
Geometry Daily
Tilman, an interaction and graphic designer living and working in and near Nuremberg, Germany, posts daily geometric compositions on Geometry Daily. Beautiful.
(via Chesley)
♥ / FoundersCard
A big thank you to FoundersCard for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
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Pixel Ruler
Pixel Ruler, the ultimate tool for responsive screen size sketching. Heavy-duty gauge stainless steel ruler with pixel increments. Markers for mobile, tablet and widescreen (laptop) sizing. Brilliant and oh so nerdy!
Animal Clothes Hangers
Animal Clothes Hangers? Yes, please. Totally getting these for the studio.