KesselsKramer from Amsterdam created this 30 frame lenticular on a Dutch stamp. All shot by Anton Corbin. Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Shortest Film on a stamp
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Labels: design, innovation
Monday, 27 September 2010
UNITED EUROPE - Maps that show what the Euro zone really thinks of one another


Maps by Graphic Designer Yanko Tsvetkov.
More here
BRA WARS - yes it's a bra that doubles up as a gas mask.
Find out more at emergency bra HQ http://ebbra.com/
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Monday, 9 August 2010
Smart building
In Tuscany, Italy by Italian architect Massimo Mariani...
Read all about it here
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Labels: architecture, Art, design
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
The art of Cosmogramma

Short film by Flying Lotus about the sleeve art of his latest LP 'Cosmogramma' which was done by artist Leigh J McCloskey
Dell X Threadless
Dell now offer 11 different designer lap top covers (at an extra $85) through crowd-sourcing design company Threadless (famous for their tees primarily)


Seen on Contagious Feed
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Labels: crowd sourcing, customisation, design, technology
Thursday, 8 July 2010
The Lo Res Project
The Lo Res Project makes new renderings of objects by decreasing the resolution... so a Lamborghini starts life as you know it and slowly ends up as a representative shape...


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Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Power up
This power station in Roombeek, the Netherlands is designed to develop a sensibility for the consumption of energy and sustainable cohabitation. Looks stunning, lovely tiles and a great idea to make something visible and with a message - when most other power stations strive to be invisible within the landscape...


Read a bit more at ArchDaily
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Labels: architecture, design, environment, recycling
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Cheers

Nice beer and footy collab posters...
Check them all here
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Nerdball
Some lovely data visualisations of football over at World Cup of Nerds ...

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Monday, 21 June 2010
We are not time travellers

Alex Varanese has grabbed grab all the modern technology he could find, taken it back to the late 70's, superficially redesigned it all to blend in, and started a fictional consumer electronics company to unleash it upon the world. Cool.



For the full set go here
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Labels: advertising, design, products, retro
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Startup quotes
Loads of inspiring quotes from people that have started their own successful businesses...



Lots more here
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010
The Pantone Hotel
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Strategic Plan...

By and available to buy from The Baltimore Print Studios
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Monday, 17 May 2010
Football socks
Nice World cup themed stuff by design agency Wong Wong and Happy Socks.
The other one is here
Monday, 19 April 2010
So you need a typeface?
A humorous flowchart of the choices we go through choosing fonts by Julian Hansen - click on it to view it big.
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Labels: design, Typography
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Google maps

Funny little Google maps manipulations by Christoph Niemann - who has plenty of other top notch illustrations on his site - worth a look.



Loads more here
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Labels: comedy, design, Illustration
Monday, 12 April 2010
Repeat X Repeat Y

Repeat X Repeat Y is a collection of patterns from a plethora of designers, illustrator and artists:


View and submit here
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Labels: Art, design, Illustration
Thursday, 8 April 2010
TrustoCorp
NYC based TrustoCorp (an upstart street art conglomerate) are full of mischief and mayhem.
They've made fake products and put them on the shelves of real stores....


More on that over at Arrested Motion
They've done tons of guerrilla street signage as social commentary and culture jamming. Like:


Their Flickr stream is full of cool shit and is well worth a look; their minimal official site is here
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Labels: design, Illustration, Packaging, products, Street art
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Music Philosophy
Song lyrics meets nice type. Loads more here 



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Labels: design, music, Typography

