Swiss Cheese Makers

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The Book about Swiss Cheese Makers began as an editorial project for a journalist friend. “I expected this to be an agricultural trip, meeting people who make a living through the production of cheese in a more or less industrial way,” Scheffold confesses” But far from it: I met unorthodox lateral thinkers, visionary fellows, modest canny and successful people living and working in some of the most spectacular landscapes of Switzerland. Some sell their products abroad, inventing a new cheese every other month, some work exactly as they have learned from their fathers, now sometimes just selling to hikers visiting their remote location by chance. But all of them seemed to follow an individual vision they are not willing to betray for growth and money.”

Swiss Cheese Makers“, by Fabian & István Scheffold & Vizner, Switzerland

(via my long-distance roommate BBlinks)

Star Wars Movie Crowdsourced

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You and 472 other people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. Go to StarWarsUncut.com, pick one of the 15 seconds scene, claim it, film it, and upload it. When they’re all done, they’ll stitch it all together and watch the magic happen. This is rue Crowdsourcing! Made me smile!

(thank you booooooom)

On The Go Dollhouse

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home on the go is a compact little campervan of a home. It’s a 13 piece block set with 1300 ways to arrange them! I adore toys like these that leave lots of room for imagination and invite adventure.

(via squeaky stroller)

Happy 60th Birthday Barcode

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Google is honoring Barcode’s 60th Birthday today!

You are the CSS to my HTML

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After the Button comes the T-Shirt: You are the CSS to my HTML.

UPDATE: You can now purchase it over at rumplo.com

Work Shticks

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We so totally need these Work Shticks in our studio!

Tim Brown urges designers to think big

Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects — even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.”

Mustache Bandages

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Mustache Bandages. (I need to stop this facial hair madness currently happening on this channel. I know.)

Mustache Sisters

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The Mustache Sisters, Aya Kakeda and Nina Frenkel, are two illustrators who live and work in New York City.

(via beardreview)

Beard-Review

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The Beard-Review is an awesome blog for the beard enthusiast. They caught me by surprise by posting my BeardHead Flickr Picture. Made me smile.

What a fun blog!

When I’m 64



(via jon)

Monsieur Cabinet

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Made me smile. By Monsieur Cabinet.

Stefan Sagmeister | The Power of Time Off

(thank you Burks)

swissmiss at W+K studio this friday | Oct.9th

Banner Design by Jen Cogliantry

Banner Design by Jen Cogliantry

I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at W+K Studio Portland this coming friday!

W+K Studio presents swissmiss
October 9th, 2009 | 11.30-1pm

Bring your lunch and listen to Tina talk about what brought her from the swiss alps to the big apple and how her blog turned her into a ‘networked designer’. Oh, and she’ll talk about her eccentric aunt Hugi. Really.

Wieden+Kennedy
224 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

Please R.S.V.P to [email protected] | Subject: SWISSMISS. And leave a comment below if you’re planning on attending!

Playgrounds From the 70’s

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Check out this Gallery of Playgrounds From the 70’s.

(via @bobulate)

Mustaches Onesie

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The mustache fascination continues: Mustaches Onesie by HandsomeHoward. (why 3?)

Graphic Design, Referenced

Major Hat Tip off to Armin Vit and his wife Bryony Gomez Palacio for the amazing Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. I just received my copy today and am highly impressed. What an amazing reference book for *any* graphic designer.

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Hanger ‘natural’

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Pretty Branch Hangers.

Do you have any unused Gift Cards?

Four friends had an idea to collect gift cards and give them to people in need. They went to a gathering and asked 8 people how much money in unused Gift Cards they had in their wallets and walked away with $50 in Gift Cards to help people in need. GiftCardGiver.com was born.

What about you? Do you have any unused GiftCards? (I do!) It is very simple to get involved:
STEP 1: Use as much of your card as you want (or send a full card).
STEP 2: Write how much is left on your card using a permanent marker.
STEP 3: Place the card in an envelope and send it to the guys of GiftCardGiver.com at:

Gift Card Giver
490 East Side Ave SE
Atlanta, GA 30316

They then collect and distribute the cards to appropriate Non-Profit Organizations that can use those cards to help others. This is a grass roots campaign that has created a new form of giving and you are an important piece to the idea coming to life.

Or here’s a cool idea: Throw a party and ‘card’ people at the door:

Look, Beach Balls!

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Look, lots of beach balls! (Discovered in Chris Glass’ Footer links) Made me smile!

Expandable Maternity Dresses

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This is so what I need for my current 20-week-pregnancy-bump: Expandable maternity dresses by Marisol Rodriguez that can be worn forever.

(thank you carlo)

Stylish Toy Storage anyone?

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Bulles de Nua were designed by Marie Macon and Anne-Laure Lesquoy for Red Editions. I agree with Jennifer, I think these could make for very aesthetically pleasing toy storage in the living room!

Most comments suck. Discuss.

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In It’s Nice That’s first weekly discussion they have invited their digital partner With Associates, to comment on commenting. Online comment has become a medium in its own right, but when the general consensus is that most comments suck, why do we continue to add the functionality to websites?

Read the post.

Tease by W+K

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Awesome “Tease” by Wieden+Kennedy. (Did you know W+K has a blog?)