The Easy Way To Send Big Files In Style
The photography of GAT co-founder Peter Nitsch of a cable wire in Bangkok is up on WeTransfer! This photo is dedicated to the electricity and telecommunications cables in Bangkok that seems to carry on their own uncontrolled and chaotic lives above the heads of passers-by. At the same time those cables seem to have virtually [...]
Tuesday Link Pack – Design
In the following you’ll find our tuesday design link pack for your consideration … have fun exploring. Hopefully you’ll have just discovered one or two subscription-worthy design sites. ❚ 100for10 (source image/background above) 300million A List Apart Ace Jet 170 AisleOne Anagrama Brain Pickings Brand New Creative Review Daniel Gray Design Observer Design Notes Design [...]
Will Design For Money
Will Design For Money ($16) is part of some witty typography tees by Words Brand that make you look awesome. WDFM is a pure designer tee. Whether you’re “free” lance or on staff, wear your art on your sleeve with this seemingly obvious but often overlooked truism. Or if you’re prefer to stay in perpetual [...]
100 For 10 Basic Backgrounds
With this basic set you’ll get 100 pro backgrounds for just 10 dollars, yeah. This means $1 for each high resolution image! No matter if you’re a design-minded guru, icon designer, developer, web designer, magazine designer, architect or a “who the hell knows I just need some backgrounds for my iPad” buff, this background set [...]
Radical Sitting, Hidden Experiments In Seating Furniture 1900 – 1990
Radical Sitting, Hidden Experiments in Seating Furniture 1900 – 1990 is an illustrated curated “source book” by Okolo including timeline of some of the lesser known, but really interesting experiments in the seating furniture designed during the 20th century. The project was created for SEATS 05 exhibition at Depot Basel. The book includes Carlo Bugatti, Paul [...]
Day Maker – The Charging iPhone Alarm Toaster
We have seen a lot of alarm clocks, but nothing says morning like a piece of toast jumping in a toaster. With that in mind, Day Maker (est. $180) , a bedside phone charger/alarm hub, lets you know it’s time to rise and shine with a little added spring from your phone alarm. And if [...]
Free Polyhedral Wallpaper By Carmelaine Antonio
Carmelaine Antonio, born in 1990, is a graphic designer based in the Philippines. As you can see in this free downloadable Wallpaper above for Kuvva she loves and finds joy in playing with shapes, lines and mixing 3d objects to create interesting abstract forms. Her interests include photography, advertising, print, Illustration, typography and now she [...]
This Is Not The End …
… this is just the beginning of something new, a great magazine project by designer Stefan Trifan about Art, Culture and Fashion. At a time when large media groups are dissolving and cohorts of prophets are trumpeting the arrival of a fully digital world, to talk about and to propose a new publication in an utterly [...]
The Ace Of 52Aces
52Aces ($28) is a deck consisting of 52 extremely different cards. The basic idea behind this playing cards by Zeixs is to have each of these cards individually designed by an international designer or illustrator in their distinct style. The unique ensemble, in which a variety of illustrations in many styles come together to form [...]
New Persistance Of Memory
Liquid Time by designer Andy Kurovets is a wristwatch that interprets Salvador Dali’s melting clock in The Persistence of Memory in a modern way. The watch utilizes two LCD screens specially crafted to fit the watch “melting” the time in form of typography with counting numbers. The truth is, time is an illusion! The future [...]
Football’s Coming Home With Teckell’s Coffee Table
If we speak about Teckell we speak about the reinterpretation of the table sport of football by designer Adriano Design. Take for example the Intervallo ($TBA), a coffee table with attitude and an interlude to think things over, to see the world from another perspective, and to elaborate new tactics, before getting back into the [...]
The Instagram Socialmatic Concept Camera
Since Facebook has bought Instagram for nearly a billion dollars in cash and stock, many users, bloggers, economy experts have thought Instagram could build its first real photo camera. Imagine to pick the Instagram App icon and now imagine it as real camera. This is the main idea of ADR Studio at the base of [...]
Wine Corks Dressed Up To Create Forms That Resemble The Countries
Spanish design studio Lavernia & Cienfuegos has redesigned a range of playful wine labels that the Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize offers within its own brand 365. The wine corks were dressed up to create forms that resemble the countries. These include a koala bear to represent Australian wine, an elephant to represent South African wine, [...]
Never Tie Or Untie Your Kicks Again
Hickies ($17 for one pack of 14 Hickies) is an elastic lacing system that replaces traditional shoelaces and lets you easily slip in and out of your shoes while keeping them snug and secure. Turn your kicks into slip-ons, keep them snug and never tie or untie your kicks again! You can easily slip in [...]
The Soap Range
Soap Range by Daniel Ting Chong is a collaboration between Chong and a soap maker in Johannesburg, South Africa. “I wanted to make something quite quirky and fun. The Paintbrush has a lemon scent, the Cleaver has a strong peppermint scent and the Ice Cream is a combination of both,” says Chong. These are available [...]
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog
This fox iPad sleeve ($76) is handmade in Canada by Isabelle Dansereau and fits all iPad versions. The sleeve is made with 100% wool design felt and the flap is attached with a metal button. Details are also made with 100% wool felt. The sparkles in the eyes are added by Swarovski rhinestones. There is [...]
The Magic Cube Laser Keyboard
The Magic Cube ($169) by Korean technology company Celluon is a projection keyboard and multi-touch mouse, which allows you to use any surface as a keyboard. The device projects the keyboard onto the surface using lasers which can pick up your finger movements. It connects easily to any Bluetooth HID devices, including the latest iPhone, [...]
It’s A Mad World And BRICKiPhone Will Save You
If you have a 3-D printer you can fabricate for yourself this BRICKiPhone case that recreates that classic look of a 1980s-era cellular phone. Insert an iPhone headset, your iPhone 4/4s and a vintage antenna, then go. In four pieces it snaps together then transforms your iPhone 4/4s into the hottest retro thing, (including the coveted [...]
End-Of-The-World Survival Kit
We’re not far away from Dec. 21, 2012, the date that the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar allegedly marked as the end of an era. In southern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, a yearlong celebration is planned. Thinking ahead, Mexican design agency, Menosunocerouno, have created for this period of our evolution the Just in [...]
Iconic NYC Metrocard Project
< INSERT THIS WAY READ THIS WAY > The Metrocard Project is an ongoing project that aims to redesign the iconic New York City Metrocard in a fresh way. The project was created by Melanie Chernock, a graphic designer studying at the School of Visual Arts. Chernock says, “The Metrocard Project stemmed from an assignment [...]
Straightforward Downhill Riding Sneaker
With this latest concept sneaker design, Matt Collins created the Dirtbag, a downhill riding shoe with a bit more minimalsim flavor. Collins says, “This design is an attempt to remedy that with a beefy, straightforward downhill riding sneaker for those out there who would rather dodge trees than MBTA buses. I started this design with a [...]
It’s Ready With A Clip
The AViiQ Ready Clips ($19.99 to $29.99) are smart designed and simple to use. Created to be carried like a pen and to be just as portable, they are sized to match the standard pen size of 5.5 inches. You can slide them in your bag or your pocket and plug them into any USB [...]
Useful Knowledge: Reading Letters – Designing for Legibility
Do you have the same troubles like me sometimes, not knowing whether you’re right or wrong with your typeface? Reading Letters (BIS Publishers, ISBN 978-90-6369-271-1 , $49.90) by Sofie Beier is a massive illustrated overview of knowledge from scientists and designers on legibility. This book will help graphic designers determine the optimal typeface for a [...]
Truly Cinematic – Blackmagic Cinema Camera
This is what I call a sophisticated and truly cinematic camera with the latest digital cinema technology giving your work a timeless feature film look. Blackmagic Cinema Camera’s ($2,995) hand held design features a machined aluminum chassis, interchangeable optics, high resolution 2.5K sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range and uncompressed 12-bit RAW uncompressed and compressed [...]
