BlueTube Audio vacuum tube amplifier with built-in Bluetooth.

Wow. Just look at this little beauty – vacuum tubes + digital technology, all wrapped in a seriously yummy wood case.

I'm posting this in the hope that it will help them to reach their Kickstarter goal. (Thanks for the submission, BlueTube Audio. I hope you nail your goal.)

BlueTube Audio vacuum tube amplifier with built-in Bluetooth by ClockOS Team — Kickstarter

Dumb Ways to Die.

Irresistably catchy.

 

3D Printer Photo Booth Makes Figurines Instead of Photos

SO. Cool.

Tokyo’s stylish Harajuku district will soon be home to an unusual pop-up photo booth—customers will walk away not with photos, but with 3D printed figurines of themselves. The customer is first 3D scanned in a process that requires them to stand still for 15 minutes. A 3D model of the customer is then refined on a computer before output to a 3D printer. The figurines are available in sizes ranging from 4 to 8 inches.

Laughing Squid: 3D Printer Photo Booth Makes Figurines Instead of Photos

Metal Letters SOUL light fixture.

WANT.

This listing is for an SOUL or any four letter word:) sign in 18 inch tall letters. The sign can hang outdoors or indoors. I can send them with no bracket on the back or weld a bar on the back for a wall mount. The brackets will have a hole in them so you can screw it into your wall. I can also make custom fonts and logos, whatever you can think of really. The letters are like my arrow signs I make with marble rusty sheet metal. They are sturdy and you can hang them up, or you can mount them on the wall. The sign is meant for dry/damp use, so if it was covered it would be best.

WestVintageTradingCo: Metal Letters SOUL light fixture 18 inch

Piñata cookies.

Totally adorable. Tempted to try these for our annual holiday fundraiser.

Piñata cookie tutorial - Pinata Cookies Tutorial

Toast wall decal.

Self-adhesive photographic wall decal. Available in four sizes. So cool.

Starting at $105 for 24"x23".

Toast | WallflowerWallflower

Shipping Forecast print.

A beautiful, if pricey, print from my favorite little shop in Brighton (UK).

FYI: I cannot stress this enough – if you ever find yourself in Brighton (on the south coast of England), make sure you stop at Castor+Pollux. It is the loveliest little shop, nestled in arches under the street. I love, love, love this shop. They have an beautiful selection of jewelry (and I don't usually get excited about jewelry) and an incredible selection of prints. (A lot of the gorgeous posters from their own exhibits are only £5!)

Castor + Pollux: Handmade letterpress print of the shipping forecast 220x1500mm

Longman & Eagle.

I'm so excited that I'm going to have a birthday dinner and stay at Chicago's Longman & Eagle in December.

Reader peeps - has anyone been? What's the verdict? As good as it looks?

Longman & Eagle

Fucking Coffee Mug.

Diesel Sweeties Store - Fucking Coffee Mug

Electric guitar paper model kit.

Looking for a special gift for a music lover? This is a little spendy, but sooo cool. Assembly required, but that makes it all the more special. (Awww.)

 

upon a fold:  pepakura - electric guitar l paper model kit

These Are Things / Milwaukee Neighborhoods Map

Yay, These Are Things! Thanks for giving some love to Milwaukee with a new Milwaukee Neighborhoods map! People always overlook us...

These Are Things / Milwaukee Neighborhoods Map

A Creative Catharsis.

Ireland's creative community have gotten together to release a lot of pent-up anger and sadness through the medium of the A3 poster, all in aid of Temple Street Children's Hospital.
Ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more have taken time out to dress up their favourite worst feedback from clients, transforming quotes that would normally give you a twitch, into a diverse collection of posters.

SHARP SUITS

(via my sweet pal, Tim)

Belle Jar Table Lamp.

I'm a sucker for industrial/vintage/upcycle lamp design.

Scoutmob Shoppe - Belle Jar Table Lamp

Letter cards.

Sweet.

Hang your initial on the wall with one of these old classroom cards. The blue and red lines are a nice detail, much like a piece of foolscap. Neat black letters in upper and lower case. Choose your letter. 16.5x7.5". £11.50

Present & Correct - Letter cards

Mike Lowery.

There's some fun stuff over in Mike Lowery's Scoutmob Shoppe.

Scoutmob Shoppe: Mike Lowery

Twig Terrarium: Forensics in the Flora

I know it's wrong to want this, but I've invested so much time in Bones and Law & Order that I can't help it.

Twig Terrarium Forensics in the Flora

Buildings Shaped Like Cute Animals.

Just because.

Flavorwire - Architectural Zoo: 10 Buildings Shaped Like Cute Animals

The Bedford – Wicker Park Chicago.

I need to go to here. What an amazing location for a restaurant!

The Bedford – Wicker Park Chicago

Mini Morse code satellite.

Science is cool. I might need to learn Morse code.

A couple of months ago we reported on the ArduSat project, which aimed to enable anyone to control a CubeSat orbiting space. Using similar technology, the FITSAT-1 developed by researchers at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology in Japan houses LEDs that can create a morse code message that can be seen from earth.

Mini satellite can create visible Morse code across the night sky | Springwise

"Thanks for flying SkyOats."

"Hog the armrest = 4 hours in the hole."

How commercial airplanes SHOULD be laid out - The Oatmeal

FILMography.

My brother sent this site to me, knowing that I'd love it. I do. Especially since the first photo that I saw when I went there was a photo with Cary Grant from "That Touch of Mink" (I have a serious weakness for this particular Doris Day movie). The other photos below are from "Godspell" and "The Fisher King," two other faves of mine. I could spend hours on this site.

All photos by Christopher Moloney, aka @Moloknee.

FILMography

BRAUN SK55 Vintage Record Player w/ AM-FM Radio

This is an absolute beauty.

Vintage 1960s Braun Record phonograph and 3 band radio with a tube amplifier in fully working and good looking condition. Designed by Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot, it's an industrial design & audio milestone. This music system was part of the traveling exhibit "Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams" and is part of the permanent collection of MoMA. The player has been professionally restored replacing capacitors and resistors as needed to reduce hum, get good radio reception and play records correctly. All tubes were tested good for good emission. Control pots have been sprayed so they are quiet when turned. A new phonograph needle was installed.

eBay ::: BRAUN SK55 Vintage RECORD PLAYER Am-Fm RADIO ~ Dieter Rams Design 

(via Zuburbia's eBAY ROUNDUP of Vintage Home Finds)

Ouchlet.

Adorbs.

It's preventative medicine for outlet shocks! Keep your kids and pets safe from being electrocuted with our Ouchlets. Just toss them into any inviting outlet to let kids know that a bandage equals an ouchie! We weren’t going to say it, but here it goes… keep your sometimes dim-witted better-half safe with these whimsically designed outlet covers. Set of four.

Fancy - Ouchlet Outlet Cover