May 29, 2012

Salt Made From Tears.

I love Hoxton Street Monster Supplies.


Salt Made From Tears combines centuries-old craft with the freshest human tears which are gently boiled, released into shallow crystallisation tanks, then harvested by hand and finally rinsed in brine. Experience the full range of these flavours in this exclusive collection.




Salt Made From Tears Range - Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

(via incredible things)

May 16, 2012

Helvetica Poster.

This poster, in eight pieces, is quite lovely and very reasonably priced. (Especially since you don't have to frame it.) Nice job, Print Handbook Store.


These posters are printed using silver metallic ink (Pantone 877) on 250gsm Burgundy Keaykolour. 

Each poster is made from 8 individual A5 cards (148 x 210mm or 5.8 x 8.3in). When combined they produce a poster that is slightly larger than A2 (420 x 594mm or 16.5 x 23.4in).


Helvetica Poster - The Print Handbook Store

May 15, 2012

Rainbow by Helmut Smits



Title: Rainbow
Year: 2010
Materials: acrylic paint
Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg

Rainbow :: Helmut Smits

BBC: Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions

I find the idea of a social media-driven air freshener strangely disturbing.


Called Olly, the robot watches the millions of messages passing through social networks and spots when its owner is mentioned. For every mention or referral Olly emits a waft of scent as a "reward" for the online interaction.
BBC News - Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions

May 11, 2012

Retro Basic Custom Wall Sticker.

I was never a gamer, but I kind of want one of these retro custom wall stickers.



A bit target reference, but anyone who owned a home computer in the 80's whether it be a ZX-81, Commodore 64 or BBC (acorn electron doesn't count!), will remember typing this in at some point (we certainly did!). Anyway, you can customise this wall sticker with your own text to add a bit of retro basic to your wall. 

Spin Collective UK - Retro Basic Custom Wall Sticker

Signs of Affection project.

If I ran the world, most of the design industry would be busy making/doing stuff like this.


Established in May 2010, the Signs of Affection project aims to make the walls talk. Short positive messages are placed in public spaces around the world to be seen by thousands. To get involved you can submit a few words [...] If your entry is chosen it will be designed, screen-printed and sent to you all for free! Copies will also be sent across the world to be pasted-up on the walls of other cities.





Go on – submit an idea to The Signs of Affection Project.


(via HUH magazine)

Calming Manatee

Just what it says on the tin.


Calming Manatee (Thank you, Sami!)

May 10, 2012

First Book: Access to New Books for Children in Need

Does your mom (like mine) insist that she doesn't need any gifts for Mother's Day? If you still want to give her a gift without getting yelled at, you might want to consider donating to this really lovely organization. They provide books to schools and community programs so low-income kids can learn to love the same bedtime stories the rest of us do.





Forty-two percent of children in the United States — more than 30 million — live in low-income households. Most of these children have no age-appropriate books at home, and the classrooms and programs they attend are woefully under-resourced. Approximately two-thirds of these schools and programs cannot afford to buy books at retail prices.

Visit First Book.org for more info

May 04, 2012

The Real Reason They Still Play 'Mrs. Robinson' On The Radio.

A tiny piece of a big, beautiful infographic about the ridiculous amounts of power and money The Big Six have over America's media.


Enabled by FCC deregulation and a decades-long orgy of mergers and acquisitions, [...] six giants dominate our media landscape. Until regulations return (or they buy each other out of existence), they will continue to control 90% of everything Americans see, hear and consider important.

Upworthy: The Real Reason They Still Play 'Mrs. Robinson' On The Radio

May 02, 2012

Birds of Paradise.

Wow. I love birds anyway, but these completely blow my mind.

Pteridophora alberti
Plumes such as the King of Saxony's graceful head ribbons offer ancestral strength to the people who wear them, according to local belief.


Paradisaea rubra
Framed by its wiry tail feathers, a red bird of paradise is nature's valentine—an apt emblem for this family of birds famous for fanciful plumage and elaborate courtship rituals.

Birds of Paradise - National Geographic Magazine

(via the always-lovely Sub-Studio Design Blog)