April 15th ‘08
Just imagine if this amount of time, effort and dedication was actually put into something productive? Mind you, some could argue that playing the theme from Mario on bottles with an RC car is productive and I’d have to agree.
Mario Madness
A fantastic collection of over 150 X-Rated movie posters from the 60’s and 70’s. Although you wont believe me, there are some real classics in there and some of them are nicely designed. Honestly.
Classic Porn Posters
The Van Der Led WM2 Cellphone Watch will cost $471, but for that you get a 1.3-inch, 260k color touchscreen display, stereo Bluetooth, 240-hours of standby or 300-minutes of talktime and 1GB of storage. But most importantly you get to look like a secret agent when you talk into it.
Phone Watch
An awesome selection of 80’s inspired retro clothing from the uber trendy Kilo. I love their supa-fresh patterns and colours, it’s like going back to the 80’s, but only better. Check out their latest line at High Snobiety.
Kilo Tees
Inventive Barcodes
Whatever they seem to turn their hands to ends up looking fantastic, in particular their lighting designs. But it doesn’t stop there, there’s furniture, graphics, photoshoots and more. definitely worth a look.
Buro Fur Form
1800 Tequila takes on 9 artists for billboard/bottle collaborations that will certainly turn your bar into a gallery. Click to see more images over at NotCot.
Ltd Edition Tequila
The Coke bottle was designed by Earl Dean so that it could still be recognised when felt in the dark and even when in pieces. That’s how strong and distinctive the design is, which is shown evolving here.
Coke Bottle Evolution
Designfruit just released a blend of bubbly, colorful, high-spirited seamless vector patterns inspired by modern coffeehouse wallpapers and a blend of retro goodness
Vector Patterns
Another extensive collection of creative ambient advertising. Some great, some not so great, but still worth a look.
More Ambient
A Whoopie Pie is basically a fluffy, white frosting-like filling, sandwiched between two discs of chocolate cake. Like a giant Oreo and if you’re like me, you’ll be making one today. Here’s the recipie from The Pie Lady.
Whoopie Pie
In a word....underwhelming. But you make your own minds up by watching it for yourself.
Sony Foam
April 14th ‘08
April 16th ‘08
Adidas looked to two creative factions, the east coast's Surface to Air and the west coast's Sam Flores (of Upper Playground) to wage artistic battle on a pair of 15 foot long adidas Superstars
Adidas Left/Right Project
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming’s birth, Penguin UK has revealed these new sizzling James Bond hardcover designs sketched by San Francisco (via Wales) based artist Michael Gillette.
Bond Book Covers
FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by leading retailer of digital type, FontShop. FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes
Fonstruct
I could try to explain what these ads are all about, but in order to do that, I’d have to know myself and I don’t have a clue. However thanks to the informative and entertaining Kitsune Noir, I’ve found out.
Tarako Pasta Ads
The Lego MP3 Player can play MP3, WMA format music file, up to 2GB microSD card supported and one change can play 6-10 hours. Available in yellow, red, white, blue, green and red.
Lego Mp3 Player
Inspired by the nostalgic days of world championship rings, basketball heroes and a rainbow palette to treat the eyes, it wasn't long before L&D were sought out by major labels to collaborate on projects outside the realm of apparel.
Lemar & Dauley
Jan Von Hollenben has some really nice photos in his collection. I love the variety of work and more than that, the fun ideas behind the shots. Check out more of his work here.
Jan Von Holleben
I just stumbled over this great site a few minutes ago and I to showcase it for numerous reasons. Firstly its an informative site that is regularly updated with perceptive posts on anything to do with excellent design, but also it boasts a strong portfolio.
Change of Thought
This is a really captivating stop motion video by Blu. I’m always impressed by the art of stop motion and this is one of the best. I’m not a fan of the drawing style, but the amount of effort needed to paint and continuously re-paint each frame must’ve have been exhausting.
Blu Movie
The idea is from Rubik`s cube puzzle. The only way to activate the mp3 player on is similar to playing with the Rubik`s cube puzzle, by solving each layer has a specific function such as play, pause, forward or back.
Rubik Cube Mp3 Player
It comprises nine wooden panels that can be moved around like an old childhood slide puzzle game minus the image, and some of the panels are specifically designed to function as a CD holder or fruit bowl
Mix & Match Table
The Cortez is an iconic shoe from the original vintage Nike running line, yet despite looking 30 years old, it's brand new. Special vintage effects (used sole, distress leather, yellowing etc...), have been used in the production process to make it look authentic.
Nike Vintage Cortez
April 17th ‘08
April 21st ‘08
Just found these awesome new Adidas Gazelle II Logo sneakers. It’s no surprise that I’m a fan of the combination of turquoise hot pink and black & white and I especially love those luminous soles!
Adidas Gazelle II
Deter are a friggidy, fresh. Great designs with cool 80’s styles colours. Check out their range of cool clothing at DeterClothing.com.
Deter Clothing
Embryo Glo Pillow by Ian Walton. This pillow starts glowing 40 minutes before you wake up which has to be a far better alternative to using an annoying alarm clock....unless you wear a mask to bed.
Glo Pillow
This unique mural was created by British-based artist Paul “Moose” Curtis using a technique called reverse graffiti or clean tagging.
Reverse Graffiti
Although 65.000 hits is something that established sites achieve daily, to get over 65,000 (68,704 to be exact) hits so far this year is a great achievement for me. I do this for fun and I’m pleased people enjoy it, so to reach this number is really flattering.
65,000 and counting
I love things like this. We’ve all build small scale versions in our lounges as kids, but can you imagine actually being paid to build the ultimate hideout? Maybe because I’m a Cancer it appeal to me, but I still think it’s great.
Hiding Place
