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Dominate the office in style, and leave no one in doubt as to your authority, with a B-52 Stratofortress ejector seat office chair obtained from real, decommissioned aircraft.
B52 Ejector Seat
A simply awesome plugin for Firefox, Safari and IE that allow you to search for images on Google, Flickr, Facebook and more by using this amazing ‘wall viewer’ thingy. Wow, I’ve just spent the last 2 hours on Google Images and I’ve never had do much fun!
Pic Lens
Photographer Masaru Tatsuki spent ten years with the truckers and their decotora (short for decorated trucks) of Japan’s highways. and captured some amazing photos along the way. Pick up a copy of his book here.
Decotora
Better View is a blackout roller curtain. Light seeps in through a perforated city view. Currently available are views Shinjuku, Tokyo and Kallio, Helsinki. Each piece is custom made by hand.
Better View
An impressive body of work from Manny B, who has had the pleasure of working on the NIke account for a long time. The Business Card video is particularly nice.
Small Deer
Uber Diving in Utah. The hole at the top of the dome lets in sunlight and fresh air while the interior stays heated by the mineral water. Below the surface divers can descend 55 feet. Why not book a swim through Homestead Resort.
The Crater
Archive 6
...things to tell your friends
To raise funds, inspire creativity, and advertise their programs to the local community, the 826 Centers for struggling writers all have a street-front retail stores. These include a Superhero Supply Store, Space Travel Shop and a Time Travel Mart. Absolutely brilliant.
826 Stores
A cool and quirky gift from Fred & Friends, an excellent website packed with fun and interesting stuff. This ‘To-Do Tattoo kit’ includes 12 graphic “To Do” forms that you can apply to your body wherever it’s most convenient (or creative) and a skin-safe,washable-ink gel pen.
To Do Tattoo
Some will argue that the Gameboy is pretty much a brick anyway, but these cool Gameboy Bricks would make a welcome addition to any house. However at 30 Euros each they are more than a real Gameboy! See the creation process and photos here at Not Cot.
Gameboy Bricks
Stunningly tranquil, moonlit photography from the talented Tim Simmons whose work was featured in the 2007 Creative Review Photography Annual.
Tim Simmons
Tank are trying to push a new addiction in the form of literature. These exquisitely art directed books are worth owning for their cigarette style design alone. But when you combine that with some of the greatest books ever written, you’re going to get hooked either way.
Addictive Books
T-Pod
30th Jan ‘08
Dafont have just added a load of new fonts with Bobo Dylan being the pick of the bunch. This lovely, chunky Pac Man-esque typeface is available as a free download here
Bobo Dylan
This is the sort of thing I’d expect Doc Brown to knock up in his lab. I’m not sure if it’s needs 1.21 gigawatts to work, but I do know it cost $20,000, the ultimate Coffee Chemistry Kit.
$20,000 Coffee
These complex pieces are made up of multiple layers of resin which are stunning from front on, but even more so from the side where you can see all the separate layers used. Visit the current exhibition at the Tinlark here and their website here.
Brooks Salzwede
It didn’t take long did it? You can now get your very own manilla envelope for you new Mac Book Air. This stylish soft case is available from ManillaMac.com.
Air Mail
If you already think his work looks amazing, just wait until you see how he works. Read more at NotCot, where you can watch a video interview or just go straight to his portfolio here.
Jorge Oswaldo
This mini USB Digital Camera combines the feeling of not knowing how your shots turned out a la analog film with the ease of USB transfer. No cables are necessary. Just plug it straight away in your computer and always be surprised
USB Camera
A very nice portfolio of work from multitalented french design studio Negro. I especially loved the ‘All we need is love’ font and their logos.
NegroNouveau
A bespoke labeling system for a cottage that makes seasonal jams and chutneys. Company created colour specific labels for each ingredient and month of the year, to reflect the fact that recipes and ingredients change with the seasons.
Company, London
These pictures from the set of the new ‘Where the wild things are’ film which is being shot by Spike Jonze really got me excited. I’ve always loved the illustrative style of Maurice Sendak and no doubt Mr Jonze will do a great job of bringing his books to life.
Wild Things
A Gucci bracelet watch with a sliding door revealing a glass LED display. Perfect for all those fashion nerds who love geek chic.
Gucci Watch
The Game Card Remote enables you to control volume and change channels all via card playing like gestures. Sliding your thumb up and down in the center raises/lowers volume. Sliding the top card over a tad changes channel.
Card Remote
Italian artist Maurizio Savini creates these amazingly detailed and slightly disturbing sculptures out of chewing gum.
Gum Sculpture
24th Jan ‘08
It’s the battle of the beautiful Travel Guides. In the red corner, these stunning incarnations from Louis Vuitton and in the blue corner, these stylish new Wallpaper guides.
LV City Guides
Amazing photography that flips the world upside down to reveal a place inhabited by shadows. Not sure if it’s visual trickery or just a happy accident, but I love it regardless. There’s a similar shot of Camels here.
Who the Shadow?
This is one crazy bit in interior decoration. Not only is this beautiful creation very practical as a light, but apparently at night it glows in such a way that it ‘reflects it’s luminous surroundings’.
Glass Lamp
Spaceknight! Awesome illustration portfolio of Ana at iamana.org - ‘Between all the cuteness and madness in the world’. Check out the excellent music section.
Iamana
The Koi Club x Asics Collectors Box. The box comes with overall 4 sculptures and shows the transformation of the fish into the sneaker. WTF?
Sneaker Fish
To promote the film The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep, in Japan a Sony did an action unusual: it was created a 'monster of Lake Nessie' of 15 metres using a perfect combination with curtains of water and special effects.
Gum Sculpture
