Pentagram
So thin it fits inside an envelope. You can expect all the usual hype about this in the coming months, as people go mental for another bit of design candy from Apple.
Mac Book Air
Giving a whole new meaning to a light read. This beautiful creation by Light Up Your World is straight out of a Harry Potter film would make a welcome addition to any shelf or bedside table, particularly mine.
Reading Light
Bears, is a series of portraits of teddy bears that have been turned inside out and restuffed. Despite being freaky looking, they are still endearing and actually more interesting. Just don’t try this at home with your pets.
Kent Rogowski
After endless hours of Nintendo ‘training’, this hard work and dedication can be recognised with this prestigious medal. If you are worthy of such an accolade, go ahead and bestow that honour on yourself by getting one.
Mario Medal
I love quirky watches and these new Nooka watches definitely caught my eye despite their camouflage design, which is an interesting choice because these are hardly disguised and can be spotted a mile away! Then again, maybe that’s the point.
Nooka Watches
A slick advert for the new Nike Air Force 1’s shot through Radical Media by Christopher Riggert. No creative idea, just a beautiful animation set to a cool soundtrack. Watch it for yourself at the excellent Fubiz.net, a must for a daily dose of inspiration.
Nike AF1
Camille Rousseau’s work is a delight to view. Not only is she a very talented illustrator, but she also turns her hand to animation, producing great short films. You can check out her portfolio and some of her reel here.
Camille Rousseau
The Vauni Globe is the world’s first ethanol fireplace made from a special cast concrete, that gives it ‘fascinating properties’. Personally I like it because it looks like a giant Pac Man. How cool would it be if the mouth closed to extinguish the flames?
Globe Fireplace
A wonderfully inventive design for a skateboard from Spanish design collective SpY. It’s not the first time I’ve seen a skater with a plaster, but it is the first time anyone attempt to pull some tricks on one.
Plaster Board
Furoshikii is an ancient Japanese cloth traditionally used for wrapping stuff in a stylish way. The current Japanese Minister for the Envirionment is encouraging people to use it for disposing of rubbish. Much cooler than a black bin bag.
Mottainai Furoshiki
A superb body of work from multi-talented Hungarian designer Karoly Kiralyfalvi. His unique style of graffiti inspired vector based work can in his portfolio which is a veritable feast of stickers, clothing, icons, fonts and more!
Karoly Kiralyfalvi
This new and exciting collaboration between Adidas and Diesel doesn’t disappoint. There’s a whole host of adverts and pictures over at the brilliant adi-obsessed Adifans.net. If you like your Adidas, check out these designs by yesterday’s Kiroly Kiralyfalvi.
Adidas by Diesel
Although it looks like a reject from ‘Pimp My Board’, these Photon Lightboards look great, especially at night. Check out pics, videos and even pick up one yourself on their site.
Photon Lightboards
A selection of the best animated films involving type around from the consistently inspirational Designer Daily. I loved them all, but my favourite has to be the Pulp Fiction clip, outstanding.
Movies with Type
Unlike Wikipedia, this is the content encyclopedia which anyone can edit. And because of this, it’s much the better for it as it’s full of brilliantly inventive and entertaining lies and made up stories.
Uncyclopedia
A sublime typeface from the excellent Veer.com. The appropriately named ‘Whomp’ is wonderfully chunky and graceful, with lovely sweeping letterforms. Inspired by American master sign-maker Alf Becker, it’s a must for any collection.
Whomp Typeface
An iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows the you to purchase your favourite Starbucks drink without waiting in line. This application also includes QuickPay, a swipe transaction system using semacode technology. Find out more at Geneco.
iPhone Quickorder
15th Jan ‘08
14th Jan ‘08
“Go ahead Punk, make my eggs!” A cool alternative to those twee heart shaped egg pans. These are a perfect gift for any wannabee hard-nut.
Ganster Eggs
James White
I great site that I ‘Found’ recently. It’s hard to describe, but addictive viewing. Random images pop up, if you like them then it shows you more based on your tastes. Before you know it, it’s dark outside and time to go home.
FFFFound.com
I don’t know who it’s by and why, but I love it for that. Perhaps the funniest thing I’ve seen in my life, but it’s definitely the darkest. It’s one for you ‘dog lovers’ out there.
Warm & Fuzzy
This amazing store has stepped straight out of Back to the Future and is full of the most wonderful stuff from across all time. So if you ever need some Mammoth Chunks, Barbarian Repellant & Jupiter Robot Milk you know where to go.
Time Travel Mart
This stunning whale shaped airship hotel is the vision of French designer Jean Marie Massaud. Inspired by Zeppelins of WWI, this graceful craft is currently at concept stage, but should become a reality in the near future with help from ONERA.
Cloud Hotel
17th Jan ‘08
16th Jan ‘08
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The best of the best by the best. Wallpaper has just released it’s awards list for the best in everything in design. This is a fairly broad spectrum which includes best private house and best city along with best armchair?
Wallpaper Awards
The same "futurist vandal" who dyed the Trevi Fountain red (post #6753) today dumped 500,000 colored balls down the Spanish Steps in order to call attention to lies told by the Italian government.
Graziano Cecchini
A stunning woolen wooden rug. It looks just like a thin slice of tree, but feels soft to the touch. It’s called Woody Wood and you can see it and many more bizarre wood creations here.
Wood Rug
Fantastic moody and atmospheric photography from Sean Marc Lee of believe it or not...LA. It looks like something from Bladerunner, not the Sunny La La land it’s normally portrayed as.
Sean Marc Lee
This is one for all of us design snobs out there. Now you can claim back the streets from bad kerning, stolen ideas and bad photoshopping with your very own downloadable kit from the Design Police.
Design Police
Formerly ‘LoveEveryday’ this Camden design collective has rebranded itself as ‘Sawdust’. So the name’s changed, but the work has stayed as brilliant as ever.
Sawdust
