It’s a bookshelf. It’s an elephant dinosaur. It’s a climbing toy. It’s brilliant and called Casaurus. Hat tip to Koichiro Hoshino.
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Casaurus
GridBooks
Oh, these Gridbooks are fantastic! Designed for web designers, Gridbooks feature a 15-point dot grid that divides into four, five or six columns. It also includes storyboard outlines for three standard ad units: a leaderboard, skyscraper and big box. Opposite the grid, a notes page includes lined paper and a checklist for action items.
Nike + Collab: Paint With Your Feet
My wonderfully talented friend Zach Lieberman just informed me about a new project he worked on: Zach and his team collaborated with Nike for which they wrote software that makes paintings from GPS data of your runs that Nike+ gets. The basic idea was that it will allow you to “paint with your feet”. They trained a group of runners how to use it and how their running styles affect the system, then worked with them to design posters. Isn’t that a fantastic idea? Read more about it here.
Tina Fey on Improv
“When you create something out of nothing, the first rule is to agree.”
– Tina Fey
Tina Fey taught Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt the rules of comedy improv last week during her appearance at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View:
I heart Tina Fey. And I love how she was giving away that she uses an iPhone just by doing the ‘swipe’ motion.
#revengeofthenerds
CreativeMornings Video: Debbie Millman
Our speaker at the february 2011 CreativeMornings was wonderful Debbie Millman. Debbie’s talk is a must see for any student about to enter the world of design. Her talk is titled: The Top 10 Things I wish I Knew When I Graduated College.
A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for filming and editing the talk.
In case you’re wondering about Debbie’s comment about going by Denim Millbabe in the very beginning, here’s why.
About Debbie Millman:
Debbie Millman is a partner and president of the design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Millman is president of AIGA, and chair of the School of Visual Arts’ master’s program in Branding. She is a contributing editor to Print magazine and host of the podcast “Design Matters.” She is the author of How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press, 2007), The Essential Principles Of Graphic Design (Rotovision, 2008) and Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design (How Books, 2009).
Rube Goldberg Machine World Record
For the Rube Goldberg Competition, a team from Purdue University took the simple task of watering a flower, and turned it into a record-shattering 244-step lesson in the evolution of the world. Talk about overachievers.
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Tube Televisions Photographs
These photographs of tube televisions the moment they are switched off by Stephan Tillmans are mesmerizing. Absolutely stunning.
Talent Takes the F Train
Happy to see many familiar faces in this Adweek Video called Talent Takes the F Train:
DUMBO represent!
FYI: I tried to change the embedd code to fit my column width but it gets all funky and you don’t see the play button anymore. Sorry! :(
Hyper Island Hard Facts
This video makes me want to become a student at Hyper Island. Not that I needn’t convincing to begin with. Well done.
Hyper Island On a Wall from Hyper Island on Vimeo.
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House Blackboard
Blackboards make me happy. This one, shaped in the form of a house, is extra lovely.
The Human Spirograph
I am *completely* mesmerized by Tony Orrico’s spirograph art. Absolutely intriguing. I wonder if he is in somewhat a meditative state when doing these large scale drawings.
(via Brain Pickings / BOOOOOOOM)
Spoon & Tamago
I just had the pleasure to meet Johnny Strategy, force behind the wonderful blog called Spoon & Tamago. For some reason I thought he was based in Tokyo and just recently found out recently that Johnny just lives a few blocks over in Brooklyn. This made me think that every personal site should have a little worldmap in the top right corner indicating where that person/blog is located.
If you are interested in Japanese art and aesthetics, you will enjoy Spoon & Tamago.
Lhama Font
Avery Oldfield created Llamafont.com, a site that allows you to type a message in a font made of llamas and share it with your friends. Why? Because llamas make everything better. Totally absurd and made my day!
Catapult paper airplane
I want to run home and make one of these catapult paper airplanes with my 5 year old!
(Make sure to check out some of the other Minieco Tutorials.)
Scared Shitless
I enjoyed watching this talk and get a glimpse of the person who’s posts I read over on 43folders.com and Kung Fu Grippe. It’s a talk about ‘being scared‘ Merlin Mann gave at Webstock.
LEGO Soap
What is it with me finding LEGO related stuff today? I don’t know, but here’s my last LEGO product post of the day: LEGO Soap.
Postcup™
The Postcup™ (postcard mug) is a refreshing take on the postcard concept. (Your greetings are permanent once baked.) Lovely idea! So, how’s that handwriting of yours?
Train Breakfast Set
Do you have kids that play with a Brio Train Set? Then you’ll love the idea behind this breakfast plate and coffee cup holder. Why not turn your breakfast into a playground?
Volume Brooch
Oh my! I think I totally need one of those Volume Brooches! For my kids you think? No, for myself! Ha!
LEGO Silverware
And while we’re at it, here’s some LEGO Silverware. Stackable, or course!
LEGO Lunchbox
First was the LEGO storage box, which I absolutely love, now here comes the LEGO lunchbox. Not necessarily practical but FUN! My favorite part is the drinking bottle!