A new favorite blog: jeanniejeannie.

How did I not know about this blog before now? I'm utterly ashamed. Anyway, go there and check it out. It's seriously fab.


Jeannie Huang | design finds for the creative mind

Lure/Forest by Beili Liu.

Red Thread Legend Series

The ancient Chinese legend of the red thread tells that when children are born, invisible red threads connect them to the ones whom they are fated to be with. Over the years of their lives they come closer and eventurally find each other, overcoming the distance between, and cultural and social divides.

Red Thread Legend Series is a group of installations inspired by this tale. Lure/Forest is the first project of the series.

The installation makes use of thousands of hand spiraled coils of red thread suspended from the ceiling of the gallery. Each disk is connected to another, as a “couple”, and each pair is made from a single thread. Every coil is pierced in the center by a sewing needle, which enables the suspension of the disks a few inches from the ground. Subtle air currents set the red disks swaying and turning slowly as the loose strands of thread on the floor drift and become entangled.

Beili Liu artwork, Lure/Forest

(via)

Olive Penguins!

C'mon. Seriously. How cute are these?


Once Upon a Plate: Olive Penguins!

(via Pinterest)

Anna Garforth's moss installations.

So beautiful.



A N N A G A R F O R T H

You can even make your own - recipe over here at Design Mom.

Genis Carreras’ Mininimalist Philosophy Posters.

Flavorwire Gallery: Genis Carreras’ Mininimalist Philosophy Posters

Back to the Start.

Lovely and touching. Sometimes companies genuinely surprise me.



Chipotle: Back to the Start

Like plastic green army men, but better.

I know a few folks who will dig on these. Available at Kid Robot starting 9/15.


Straight out of the South Bronx, Kidrobot’s first series of All City Breakers celebrates the best dance style born from 70’s hip-hop culture. Individually foil-wrapped and blind, each b-boy and b-girl’s punctuated move is captured perfectly in plastic – a stylized freeze. Injection-molded and inspired by the retro but classic green army men and their solid plastic bases, these breakers flaunt moves from Power to Flex in four neon colors: pink, green orange and blue. Each 2-inch art piece is paired with boombox to deliver the beat. No matter what your style, you’re gonna want to choreograph a collection of your own.
Kidrobot's Blog, The KRonikle :: All City Breakers Mini Series

(via My Modern Met)

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Doing a little troubleshooting here. Pay it no mind.

Radioactive Control by luzinterruptus.

This must have been SUCH an amazing, eerie installation.





The installation Radioactive Control was created for the Dockville Festival in de Hamburg which tried to demonstrate, in a humorous tone, the paranoia that we are suffering from since the escape of radioactive material in Japan, has brought into question the safety systems at the nuclear power plants.

With our mysterious army of 100 illuminated radioactive figures, which advanced threateningly on the natural environment of the festival, we wanted to invite reflection regarding the use and abuse of nuclear energy, cheap in economic terms, but which can cause grave secondary effects for the environment and health, forever irreversible.

luzinterruptus

(via inhabitat)

Big yellow Rabbit.

constructed out of locally-manufactured shingles and a wooden armature, the temporary sculpture depicts a giant plush rabbit that has been seemingly dropped into the center of the swedish plaza.the large-scale intervention rests against the engelbrekt monument, the original pivot point of the open site. observers are encouraged to experience the public space within the new context of the rabbit as well as when the presence of the sculpture is gone.

as with his previous work, [florentijn] hofman's sculpture involved the locals with more than 25 volunteers and craftsman coming together to construct the rabbit.

designboom :: florentijn hofman's big yellow rabbit

(via Honestly...WTF)

Space Oddity children's book.

This is just WICKED cool.





Download it from Andrew Kolb's site: Kolbisneat.com | David Bowie Children's Book

(via Zap2it)

The Unseen Sea.

Lovely time-lapse video by Simon Christen – the San Francisco Bay area, shot over a period of one year. Watch the original in HD on Vimeo for full effect.

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

(via trendcentral)

Cool Sweaters.

I LOVE this new print over at The Design Milk Dairy shop.


Society6: The Design Milk Dairy - Cool Sweaters Art Print by Jaakie201

Party Egg.

Cute.




Present & Correct - Party Egg

How To Work Better.

Benedict Froggatt | web log - Fischli & Weiss 'How to Work Better' Mural

(via Present & Correct.)

Coriolanus.

This looks brilliant.


(via HUH. Magazine - Trailer Tuesday)

PANTONE credit cards?

Even though PANTONE novelty products are pretty much played out, I kinda want a PANTONE Visa.



PANTONE Accessories - PANTONE Visa Cards

"I came here to drink milk and kick ass."

Are you an Anglophile couch potato? You need to check out The Modern Stylographer store. Now. Go, go.


Part of a new series of The IT Crowd inspired quote prints, the quote "I Came Here to Drink Milk and Kick Ass." "And I've just Finished my Milk." is a great illustration of the irreverent humor that comes out of the UK these days. This grungy, textured illustration is a great piece of typographic art and a great conversation piece that will have you laughing at the ridiculous of this BBC show.

The IT Crowd BBC Quote Poster Kick Ass and by balancedpersonality

The Illustrious Omnibus of Superpowers.

A lovely infographic.


Pop Chart Lab — The Illustrious Omnibus of Superpowers

DIY fridge.

This amazes me. Who would think to take a refrigerator to an auto painter?? SO smart.


This refrigerator, formerly brown, was purchased for $30 at a garage sale. The owner took it to an automotive painter and had it turned shell pink.

Pinterest: Nest / Kitchen Decorating - Country Living

TinEye Reverse Image Search.

Photographers – you might want to check this out. You can see who's using your photos or even submit your collection so it's credited/attributed properly.


TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.

TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. It is free to use for non-commercial searching.

TinEye Reverse Image Search

BBC Radio 4 Extra: William Gibson's 'Pattern Recognition' (in five parts).

THREE of my nerdgirl loves in one! Radio, BBC and Cayce Pollard! Be sure to listen soon – shows are only available for seven days total. (Unless you have the TuneIn Radio app, in which case you can record it and listen to it at your leisure. Which I plan to do.)



LISTEN TO IT HERE:
BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes - Pattern Recognition, Episode 1

Bonus link for Pattern Recognition fans:


NOGOODFORME.COM

(Microphone image borrowed with thanks to 2parse or whomever owns it.)

Uglydoll wind ups.

I would like all of them, please.


Uglydoll Wind Ups have landed at Ningyoushi.com. Now you can own all your favorite Uglydoll characters as Wind Up toys. Watch Babo do flips, Peaco swim, Big Toe sneak away, Ice-Bat hop and jump for joy with Trunko!

Ningyoushi.com - Cool Toys For The Savvy Collector!

(via Ningyoushi News)

Printstagram.

My nerdy love for Instagram and my unending love of tiny things converge. And two books for 12 bucks? I'm sold.


Print your Instagram photos in a special little book. The photos are printed back to back on cardstock with a glossy photo-finish. Its a simple product, but a good one. Photos are printed at just about the same size they appear on your iPhone.

The minibook measures just 3.5" inches x 2.4" inches ( 90mm x 60 mm ) and each book has 50 photos in it. Each order comes with 2 books.

Printstagram - We Print Your Instagram Photos

(via Incredible Things – which totally lives up to its name. Such a great site.)

Two Guys, Two Hats by John Hovenstine.

How could I NOT buy this?


Two guys, two hats by jhovenstine :: Etsy

Library sign.

Three Potato Four has the BEST stuff.



Three Potato Four – Library Sign

"Exclaim" typography poster.

It made me smile.



Exclaim Typography Poster 12 1/2 x 19 by 2in1design on Etsy

Sokoblovsky Farms | Russia's Finest Purveyors of Miniature Lap Giraffes

Size: adult is 76 centimeters, baby is 15 centimeters tall. Weight is 4.5kg unless the giraffe is fat cow then 5.44kg

Diet: distilled water and bonsai tree leaves

Health problems: none. They are the best.

Gestation: 420 days

Living conditions: PLG’s love being indoors in filtered air conditioning. If they can listen to music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov it is dream.

Grooming: a bubble bath once a week with purified water is all they need.

Sokoblovsky Farms - Russia's Finest Purveyors of Miniature Lap Giraffes

(Yes, it's a joke. It's a brilliant promotional site for DirecTV.)

Five months + 350,000 Post-it Notes + Love.

Laughing Squid :: The Power Of Love: 350,000 Post-it Notes Used To Express Love

Stereo table.

Stereo table is a foldable table, designed by Klaus Aalto, that can be hung on a wall for storage, becoming decorative object when not in use. (Custom orders available.)

Stereo table :: Selki-asema

Suitcase eyes. They're watching you. (clap clap)

Oh, Muji. You rock.



Lilsnob by Highsnobiety | MUJI OJOKEESUS Suitcase Eyes

Still laughing 24 hrs later...

"That's a lovely rug and OMG WHAT ARE THOSE CLOWN SHOES DOING THERE #pier1catalog" – Clinton Forry aka @wd45.


That's a lovely rug and OMG WHAT ARE THOSE CLOWN SHOES D... on Twitpic

Philadelphia | Movie Sale - August 4 + 5

If I were in Philadelphia this weekend, this is where you'd find me. Or maybe frolicking in one of their giant fabulous fountains. But probably here. If you live in Philly, please go to this for me and report back. Thank you.


Three Potato Four - Movie Sale