Eponymous Style Of The Sixties
The Swissmade limited edition (set of 200) AM1 (€990) watch stands as the firstborn of the AM series. Its curves are a tribute to the eponymous style of the Sixties: simple, elegant with nuances of attitude and swagger. The AM1 subtly and successfully twists the past and present aesthetic codes of watchmaking. I totally fell [...]
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‘get addicted to …’ is the wildcard to make your day just a little better and a mixture and metamorphosis of creative culture. Together with a number of writers, we continue to influence both online media and printed press on the direction of new media and digital arts. We love researching, writing, editing, and curating [...]
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 [...]
Literally Speaking, It’s A Living Object
In contrast to other cabinets, the drawers of “growing cabinet” by German industrial designer Yi-Cong Lu are located on the side. By pulling the drawer, extra space evolve, which can be use as a temporary storage if needed. This kind of interaction makes it a “living” object, that changes its shape and size according to [...]
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. $180) , a bedside phone charger/alarm hub, lets you know it’s time to rise and shine with a little added spring from your phone alarm. And if [...]
The Tattooed Poster – History Under Your Skin
How to promote a tattoo studio? Serviceplan Campaign 3 developed a poster and making of video that impressively shows the bavarian tattoo artists’ skills. The Chaos Crew tattoo studio is well known in Munich and far beyond its city limits. “Just as tattoo motives tell countless stories, we interwove the most important events of 2011 into [...]
Football’s Coming Home With Teckell’s Coffee Table
If we speak about Teckell we speak about the reinterpretation of the table sport of football by designer Adriano Design. Take for example the Intervallo ($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 [...]
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Anatomy App
Leonardo’s genius is revealed in the ‘Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy’ app ($13.99) for iPad. Lost to the world for over 400 years these ground-breaking drawings are brought to the iPad screen. Martin Clayton, Curator at Windsor Castle, tells the story behind Leonardo’s life-long ambition and reveals the mind of a scientist centuries ahead of his time. [...]
A Tiny Machine That Makes Postcards
Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine (Melvin the Machine or simply Melvin for friends) is a Rube Goldberg machine that has an online identity as well. “When we built our first Melvin late 2010, we built it BIG because it needed to entertain loads of people all at once. After its initial (online) succes, a [...]
SCOTT Colors your City
Following up on its collaboration with French artist Grems in Take Art To The Street, SCOTT continues its impact on the city by bringing a touch of color with its urban SUB bikes – this time under the code name Color Your City. The SCOTT Sub 10 ($1.180) with its clean and minimalist design is simply [...]
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 Next Generation Of Big Buildings
Evolo Skyscrapers (ISBN: 978-0-9816658-4-9, $120, 1.200-page publication, 300+ innovative skyscrapers) which was sold out in only two months after its initial release and praised by the Wall Street Journal, will be available as reprint for a limited time! Evolo will take orders for the second printing until May 31, 2012. Books ordered will be delivered in [...]
I Come Back in 5 Minutes, I’m Going To Put Silicone
This video is the last action of Yolanda Dominguez in Brazil, which presents the viewer in a very “everyday” excessive use and the normalization of cosmetic surgery, surprising him as always in the most unexpected places … I Come Back In 5 Minutes is a series of actions in Brazil, within the NOVA Contemporary Culture [...]
Test: Capture The Moment With Nero Multi Trigger
I am completely fascinated by this versatile device for photographers to take special photographs by triggering your SLR or external flash. The Nero MultiTrigger has been designed based on microcontroller technology. For my test of the porcelain statue drop of a German Shepherd Dog I have chosen the extremely sensitive Sound Trigger function with 100 [...]
What’s In My Bag (On-The-Go)
Peter Nitsch‘s background is located back in the early eighties of the German Skater scene. Nitsch has won several international awards both as designer (New York Festival, BDA …) and photographer (Los Angeles International Photography Award, Hasselblad Masters semifinalist …). Furthermore he is co-founder of ‘get addicted to … DAILY MIX OF CREATIVE CULTURE’. Often being [...]
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 [...]
Somewhere – A Timelapse Film About The World’s Natural Beauty
“Somewhere” is a timelapse film about the world’s natural beauty alongside man made industrial wonders. This is an ongoing project and this is the first instalment. Shot on the Canon 5DMkII. ❚
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 [...]
