This Home Made Cookie Stamp made me laugh!
Polly Tights
So, you think tights are boring? Nope. Check out these Polly Tights. #mademesmile
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Dear Great Teachers,
Our schools are facing some tough challenges right now. But, the way TBD sees it, there’s no better time to bring the spotlight back on those teachers that make our classrooms thrive.
They *just* launched ThanksForTeaching.Us, a 30 day campaign to share thanks for the unforgettable teachers that shaped our lives.
Take a minute to say thanks by recognizing one (or a bunch) of your favorite teachers and what they inspired you to do. I just added mine.
Two of my studiomates, Kevin and Yoko helped design and build the site. Studiomates represent!
Be Optimistic (continued)
Thank you Olimpia for pointing me to this video. You’re right, this video goes well with my prior Be Optimistic Felt Badge I posted just a moment ago.
Bestmade Co 100lb Coal Bag
Originally designed in 1920 to haul 100 lbs of coal or dirt, this virtually indestructible tote features a full open top and a double thick-boxed bottom made of super-heavy #6 duck canvas. And of course, sporting Best Made Co.’s signature “Everything Here is Wonderful” logo.
Currently available over at Fab.com
It’s Nice That Bookshelf
Every week It’s Nice That invites someone from the creative industry to share with them what book they turn to in need of inspiration or reference, but condensed down, to five titles and the stories behind them. Lovely idea: It’s Nice That / Bookshelf
(If you’re into book lists by designers, make sure to also check out Designers & Books. A fantastic resource!)
20 Hangers
Made of 20 common wood hangers and black ropes, this wardrobe has serious sculptural appeal. Hat tip to Alice Rosignoli. Made me look.
(via stilsucht)
Plywerk
Plywerk perfected an easy, elegant, and eco-conscious way to exhibit artwork and photos without the clunky and expensive frame, glass and mat. They print, mount and ship the Plywerk right to your door. How? 1) upload your image 2) select finishing options 3) wait for your handmade Plywerk to be delivered into your loving arms.
Cool? Y-E-S!
#wishlisted
(thank you Garrett)
The Dutch Have Two Words for Design
“In Holland, we have two words for design. One is vormgeving; in German formgeben. And the other word is ontwerpen; in German entwurf. In the Anglo-Saxon language there’s only one word for design, which is design. That is something you should work out. Vormgeving is more to make things look nice. So for instance, packaging for a perfume or for chocolate in order to make things fashionable, obsolete and therefore bad for society because we don’t really need it. While ontwerpe means, and the Anglo-saxon word, but its stronger, means engineering. That means you as a person try to invent a new thing—which is intelligent, which is clever, and which will have a long-life. And that’s called stylistic durability. It means you can use it for a long time.”
— Gert Dumbar
(via frankchimero)
Tattlys for the Photo Enthusiast
We just launched five photo camera Tattlys. And a camera set by Julia Rothman. Photo lovers rejoice!
Muller Van Severen
I love this minimal book-desk-combo by Muller Van Severen, spotted over on ilovebelgium.be
Design*Sponge at Home
Grace Bonney, force behind the blog Design*Sponge, just came out with a book called Design*Sponge at Home. (Available as a digital version as well.)
The book includes tours of 70 real-life interiors featuring artists and designers, DIY projects, step-by-step tutorials, Before & After makeovers submitted by her readers and essential tips on modern flower arranging.
Congratulations to Grace, what a wonderful achievement! And how adorable is this book trailer?
Once in a while…
“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.”
– Alan Keightley
(via Chris Guillebeau‘s email signature)
Digital Time-Lapse Camera
I have always wanted to take time-lapse videos and always find a reason not to do it. No more excuses! Meet the Time-Lapse Camera: here to solve all of my time-controlling, video-making, weather-fearing troubles!
It’s designed to create time-lapse videos at the push of a button, doing all of the work for you. Say goodbye to intervalometers, settings menus and complicated gear setups.
Can you believe it’s weather resistant? Totally #wishlisted!
The Camera Day Pack
In april of 2010 I asked my readers about camera bag recommendations. That post sure showed I have photo enthusiastic readers; there are currently 113 comments on that post. Just to confuse things even more, PhotoJojo just added the Camera Day Pack to their store. Looks nice, now, can I have that in felt or leather, please?
Film Biz Recycling
Film Biz Recycling a fantastic Brooklyn-based non-profit keeping furniture and props from film sets out of the trash. Two swissmiss thumbs up.
Internet High Five
Next time you feel like high fiving someone that is far away, try ihighfive.com. Made me smile.
(via @dwaldron)
The Future of Education
Creating the Future of Education and Work wants to help educators foster creativity and conceptual thinking in schools. The founders, Rita J. King and Joshua Fouts, created creatingthefuturetoday.com as a resource for teachers and parents with ideas that help foster imagination and teach kids to collaborate while problem solving.
(via GOOD / @archiculture)
Digital Literacy
A study shows that 90 percent of people in their studies don’t know how to use CTRL/Command + F to find a word in a document or web page!
“I can’t believe people have been wasting their lives like this either! It makes me think that we need a new type of class in schools across the land immediately. Electronic literacy. Just like we learn to skim tables of content or look through an index or just skim chapter titles to find what we’re looking for, we need to teach people about this CTRL F thing.”
(via frankchimero)