Tanks but no tanks
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: They say rooting out insurgents is like finding a needle in a haystack. If that's true, this tank is in trouble. (By German artist .) via ...
Archive for February, 2008
Original Post: They say rooting out insurgents is like finding a needle in a haystack. If that's true, this tank is in trouble. (By German artist .) via ...
Nissan Skyline’s interior partially designed by…Playstation game designers
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: There's at least two groups of people who know about the Nissan Skyline: Gen-X motorheads who grew up reading Car & Driver in the '80s, and Gen-Y videogamers who have "driven" virtual versions of the car through a Playstation controller. As the Times , Not only did Nissan give GT-R data ...
If the Kindle wins, bookshelf designers lose
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: If you've still got an Ikea "Billy" holding up the wall in your apartment, maybe it's time you freshened up. Here's an exhaustive , some you've seen before, some you haven't. The variety of designs are sure to spark interest in most people except for Jeff Bezos, who probably ...
An umbrella for Barbarella?
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: "Early adopter" is often synonymous with "dork," but sometimes a new iteration of a product promises such improved performance over its predecessor that you can't resist it. The is one such product we can get behind--or rather, inside. The nearly-hands-free umbrella tries to resolve the trade-off between protection ...
progress
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: progress / it's nice, that Last October Ben from British Letterpress sent me a whole pile of stuff. Lots of letterpressed bits and pieces. It was really nice of him; really interesting things, including that British Rail booklet I blogged. It was lovely. So lovely, since then I've sought out ...
progress
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: progress / acejet Last October Ben from British Letterpress sent me a whole pile of stuff. Lots of letterpressed bits and pieces. It was really nice of him; really interesting things, including that British Rail booklet I blogged. It was lovely. So lovely, since then I've sought out other examples ...
Birdtreehut by Maandag Meubels
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: Birdtreehut by Maandag Meubels / design spotter A real birds paradise, this birdtreehut made by Maandag meubels. A comfortable home for breading, a feeding place and branches for greasebals. Not only fun for birds, also enjoyable for people. Who doesn’t like birds in garden, balcony or terrace? This birdtreehut ...
Help wanted! New York Art Beat
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: Help wanted! New York Art Beat / tokyo art beat Since the creation of the original Tokyo Art Beat site in 2004, our international team has strived to realize the dream of making the art and design world more fun, more diverse and more accessible to all. With TAB ...
Found Type Friday #47
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: Found Type Friday #47 / it's nice, that So sooner had Yanek emailed me a link to his Stencil Flickr set than I'd swiped half of them for this weeks FTF. I haven't even asked him if that's OK. I'll do that next. If you've got anything ...
SMIT in the Limelight
Friday, February 29th, 2008Original Post: The sustainable materials and resources community Ecolect has just launched , a monthly series dedicated to featuring Ecolect members doing extraordinary sustainable design. The debut designer is Teresita Cochran, CEO and co-founder of SMIT, or Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology. In addition to checking out its hybrid energy device ...