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August 27, 2010
August 26, 2010
Hackers Plant Tardis Atop MIT Building.
Since I'm a total Doctor Who dork, this warms my heart in untold ways.
Hackers Plant Tardis Atop MIT Building | Threat Level | Wired.com
Hackers Plant Tardis Atop MIT Building | Threat Level | Wired.com
August 25, 2010
The Hello Wall.
If I were to write a crime novel, I would SO use this as a plot device to help my fleeing protagonists communicate.
Wasted Spaces commissioned London-based artist duo Hellicar & Lewis to develop The Hello Wall.
The installation went live this Monday, March 8th. It uses Twitter to let the public interact with the huge wall projection on Wembley High Road.
Until Sunday March 14th, you can get interact with this live artwork by Tweeting commands to @thehellowall. You can use shapes (triangles, squares, circles), commands (more, less, shake) or just say hello@thehellowall.
The Hello Wall.
Looks like they're looking for another space for it now. Wish we could afford to bring it over here to shine on our office building...
(via the always-fab design milk)
Wasted Spaces commissioned London-based artist duo Hellicar & Lewis to develop The Hello Wall.
The installation went live this Monday, March 8th. It uses Twitter to let the public interact with the huge wall projection on Wembley High Road.
Until Sunday March 14th, you can get interact with this live artwork by Tweeting commands to @thehellowall. You can use shapes (triangles, squares, circles), commands (more, less, shake) or just say hello@thehellowall.
The Hello Wall.
Looks like they're looking for another space for it now. Wish we could afford to bring it over here to shine on our office building...
(via the always-fab design milk)
Fork and Cream Sauce cable wrangler.
Buy One, Save One! The greater part of the profits of this products selling are used to contribute for save the starving children.
With each item purchased, 'Save the Children' will be able to provide one meal for a child in hunger.
Lufdesign: store
August 24, 2010
Mint pillow covers.
I've gotta give a shout out to MintDesign for her pillow covers. I'm ordering a second today of this particular design. With a $5 Target pillow insert, the whole thing put me back 20 bucks. The one I have is gorgeous, durable, washable and really nicely made. Plus – the color pops like you wouldn't believe.
Etsy :: Mint by MintDesign
Etsy :: Mint by MintDesign
August 23, 2010
'Duck Man' catches five ducklings before they crash to earth.
Two or three times every year, Joel Armstrong will look out his bank office window nervously, waiting for the sign. When he hears a mother duck quacking from the ground, he'll rush outside and start catching newborn chicks from the air, as they tumble one after another from their nest above.– Mental Floss
'Duck Man' catches five ducklings before they crash to earth - Telegraph
August 20, 2010
The Rolly console table.
I'm kind of in love with this U+ Collection console table. Yummy lines.
rolly console table - Furniture - Walnut - Umbra Store - Manufacturer of Houseware Designs
rolly console table - Furniture - Walnut - Umbra Store - Manufacturer of Houseware Designs
fishhotel.
I really can't imagine this is a very good fish environment, but it's really pretty.
fishhotel - Umbra Store
fishhotel - Umbra Store
GEORGE pet products sale.
I'm posting this solely because I have SUCH a soft spot for this shop. Years ago, when I was doing research on DIY shopping sites, I ran across GEORGE. They're scrappy, have the sweetest design aesthetic, and they fully recognized the potential of pleasing pet product design before it became "a thing." I love them.
And how cute is this graphic??
GEORGE - high quality pet products: SALE
And how cute is this graphic??
GEORGE - high quality pet products: SALE
piggy.
A lovely concept well executed.
Piggy is a set of two savings banks that nest together. The larger “momma” bank is for a child’s personal savings, and the smaller bank is for the child's charitable savings.
shop piggy.
(via the always-fab Design Milk)
Piggy is a set of two savings banks that nest together. The larger “momma” bank is for a child’s personal savings, and the smaller bank is for the child's charitable savings.
shop piggy.
(via the always-fab Design Milk)
August 19, 2010
August 18, 2010
Perfection.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Ghastly Find Has LAPD Brushing Up On History.
This is SUCH a great story.
"Two infant skeletons wrapped in 1930s newspapers and placed in doctor's bags were found inside an unclaimed steamer trunk by a woman cleaning out the basement of a 1924 building that's being converted to condominiums, authorities in Los Angeles said.
The skeletons, believed to be decades-old remains of fetuses or infants, were discovered late Tuesday in the 4-foot-tall green trunk inscribed with the initials JMB.
Other things found in the trunk included cigarettes, a green bowl, black and white photos, letters, a book club membership certificate inscribed Jean M. Barrie and ticket stubs from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games."
Read the rest of the story at NPR
(Thank you, Bradley!)
"Two infant skeletons wrapped in 1930s newspapers and placed in doctor's bags were found inside an unclaimed steamer trunk by a woman cleaning out the basement of a 1924 building that's being converted to condominiums, authorities in Los Angeles said.
The skeletons, believed to be decades-old remains of fetuses or infants, were discovered late Tuesday in the 4-foot-tall green trunk inscribed with the initials JMB.
Other things found in the trunk included cigarettes, a green bowl, black and white photos, letters, a book club membership certificate inscribed Jean M. Barrie and ticket stubs from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games."
Read the rest of the story at NPR
(Thank you, Bradley!)
Electric guitar paper model kit.
This kind of blows my mind.
This Electric Guitar L Model was designed by both paper engineers and professional musicians, so it’s a perfect replica of the real thing. You’ll see all the details you’d find on an electric guitar – tuning pegs, pick-ups, control knobs, bridge – this piece of paper art has it all! Pepakura is a musical instrument paper model series designed by HANDSON from Japan. It comes with illustrated instructions and 136 pre-cut parts ready to be assembled. No tedious scissor work is required. Approximate height when completed is 30cm.
pepakura - electric guitar l paper model kit - shop - upon a fold
This Electric Guitar L Model was designed by both paper engineers and professional musicians, so it’s a perfect replica of the real thing. You’ll see all the details you’d find on an electric guitar – tuning pegs, pick-ups, control knobs, bridge – this piece of paper art has it all! Pepakura is a musical instrument paper model series designed by HANDSON from Japan. It comes with illustrated instructions and 136 pre-cut parts ready to be assembled. No tedious scissor work is required. Approximate height when completed is 30cm.
pepakura - electric guitar l paper model kit - shop - upon a fold
August 17, 2010
22 Incredible Photos of Faraway Places.
This is my hands-down fave.
22 Incredible Photos of Faraway Places - My Modern Metropolis
(via yay!everyday)
22 Incredible Photos of Faraway Places - My Modern Metropolis
(via yay!everyday)
August 16, 2010
CB2 – Is Your Space a Selby Place? Contest
Just submit three photos of your most creative space, then hustle for as many votes as you can. The top 50 vote-getters will advance to the next round to be judged by Todd Selby and CB2 for their creativity and originality. One Grand Prize winner will receive $10,000 in cool CB2 merchandise and a private photo shoot by Todd Selby. Todd will feature this shoot on his blog, theselby.com. 18 other lucky winners will receive CB2 Shop Cards to splurge on their habitats.
CB2 – The Selby is In Your Place Contest
Kitteh coloring book.
This would pretty much fall smack dab in the middle of my cute/kitten Venn diagram, if I had one.
"What Kitties Feel" Coloring & Activity Book from KittyBabyLove | moderncat
"What Kitties Feel" Coloring & Activity Book from KittyBabyLove | moderncat
August 13, 2010
August 09, 2010
August 06, 2010
70s Sci-Fi Was All About Hexagons.
So, so true.
Oh, the hexagons you’ll see, as you slurp up your soylent green and wait to be exterminated upon your thirtieth birthday. When you map out complex chemical compounds, there they’ll be. When you pour your cereal, you’ll eat it out of a hexagonal bowl. When you put on your androgynous silver jumpsuit, you’ll accessorize it with a hexagonal belt buckle.
70s Sci-Fi Was All About Hexagons | Glarkware
Oh, the hexagons you’ll see, as you slurp up your soylent green and wait to be exterminated upon your thirtieth birthday. When you map out complex chemical compounds, there they’ll be. When you pour your cereal, you’ll eat it out of a hexagonal bowl. When you put on your androgynous silver jumpsuit, you’ll accessorize it with a hexagonal belt buckle.
70s Sci-Fi Was All About Hexagons | Glarkware
Snow & Graham Accordian Calendar.
While they're a bit twee, I have a weakness for Snow & Graham. And I just picked up this calendar at my local paper store.
(I don't think I ever bought a calendar this early before. I hope I remember it at the end of the year. Someone remind me, okay?)
This accordion calendar folds down to just 3.5 x 2.5 inches, but when opened in all its glory this little guy is 30 inches long! We like to call it the micro wall calendar. The accordion calendar allows you to see all of 2011 in one view and 12 unique S&G designs, too.
Snow & Graham Accordian Calendar 2011
(I don't think I ever bought a calendar this early before. I hope I remember it at the end of the year. Someone remind me, okay?)
This accordion calendar folds down to just 3.5 x 2.5 inches, but when opened in all its glory this little guy is 30 inches long! We like to call it the micro wall calendar. The accordion calendar allows you to see all of 2011 in one view and 12 unique S&G designs, too.
Snow & Graham Accordian Calendar 2011
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