boston.com has a very cool look at what different cities around the world did to participate in Earth Hour, make sure you click the photos to watch the fade. My wife and I passed the time by playing a little bit of aggravation by candle light. Directions for games are a little hard to read by candle light just so you know.
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Creative and a bit dark art dolls created by Canadian artist and writer Sarah Faber aka Blackeyedsuzie. Her dolls are inspired by Victorian, Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, and many, many talented doll artists who are have forged the unusual art doll path. Above and below are just two of the creations this talented artist has come up with. Make sure check out the art prints at her Etsy shop, or head over to her blog, she is giving away one of her latest prints.
Water carafeAn absolutely stunning set of porcelain tableware pieces. These pieces come from Amsterdam based designer Aldo Bakker for producers Frans Ottink. The collection collection includes a salt cellar, flasks for oil and vinegar, an oil platter, a milk jug, and water carafe. Check out the rest of the pictures below and the links below that.
Vinegar flask
Salt cellar
Oil platter
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Bring a little bit of your old school days into your kitchen with the paper towel tea towel. It is a high quality Tea Towel designed to look like a sheet of lined notepaper. Designed by super-creative London studio I Saw It First. Get it over at the designmuseumshop.com, for 10 pounds.
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Bak design magazine is out, go get it now at bakmagazine.com. This is always a great source of inspiration for me.
The trailer is finally out for Where the wild things are, and it looks great. And good on them for using a bit of Arcade Fire in the trailer.
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If you aren't reading garfield minus garfield you probably should be. It is a great look at a classic comic strip minus its main character.
The strip above has to be one of the saddest ones I have ever seen, poor poor Jon.
Got a little update on the periodic table of typefaces post I did a few weeks ago. The guys from scribbleoneverything.com, have gotten permission to make this into a wall decal. You can get it at their shop for $49, nice. Now the only thing left is for this to be turned into poster format.
This made me laugh, designed by Waterloo, IA based illustrator and designer Michael Meyers. Vote for the design over at threadless, and check out Michaels site.
Fantastic video showcasing the new BMW Z4, it features the Berlin based South African artist Robin Rhode. How much fun would it be to drive that Z4 on a giant canvas, awesome.
I'll be in and out over the next couple of days, my posting will be very sporadic at best. But mainly I will be working on editing photos of a photo shoot my wife and I did with my brand new little niece, she was only 12 days old when we were taking photos, so small.
I'll make sure I get up a few of the photos after they are all done, they are turning out really well so far.
USA today has a great set of production stills from the upcoming motion picture "Where The Wild Things Are." This movie looks better and better every time I see something about it.
Check out the set of stills here
With Polaroid instant dead I've been waiting for someone, anyone, to take up the mantle of the instant photography king. Now someone has finally come forward to fill that void. The Diana F+ Instant Back is an attachment that snaps onto the back of the lomography cameras and takes Fujifilm Instax Mini film. Anyone who loved the Polaroid instant film cameras should definitely look into getting this set up. The only real draw back is the price of the Fujifilm Instax Mini film, coming in at $15 for 10 shots, it is over a dollar a shot. But Polaroid film was just as expensive so it may not be that big of a draw back to the Polaroid lovers out there.
The Diana Instant back+ was developed by Lomography Japan. It’s the first, and only, time the Fujifilm Instax Mini format has been used in this innovative way! You’ll be pleased to know, Fujifilm Instax Mini is in constant production and easily available for your Diana Instant Back+ adventures on shop.lomography.com!via
Two new posters available today from Artillery Design. The first poster is a new poster for the instrumental band Pelican. The poster is 14.5" x 24", 7 colors (the orange is metallic) and they are signed and numbered out of 175. They are $25 plus shipping.
Also for sale is a poster for the Thai movie "Ong Bak 2". The movie just had it's US debut this past weekend at SXSW. The poster is 7 colors, 24"x36" and signed and numbered out of 175, however only 40 copies will be available for sale. They will be $30 plus shipping.
Brand new, hand-printed art print from Nate Duval. Available next week in his shop. 3 colors, 9″ x 22″, limited edition.
Awesome pin hole camera kit...get it here.
"The Hole-On Ex is a complete do-it-yourself pinhole camera kit. All the parts needed are printed on heavy durable cardstock, die cut and scored for easy assembly. A metal pinhole aperture is included. Step-by-step instructions mean the camera can be ready for shooting in less than two hours using standard 35mm film (not included). Assembly requires only white school glue. Pinhole cameras have no optical lens, only a pinhole that lets light in when the shutter is opened exposing the film. The resulting photos are instantly artful with a softer, almost glowing illumination."
Such a cute little necklace from the etsy shop of Joanna Rutter, get it here there is only one.
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Sweet hand fabricated sterling silver house on a modern sterling silver ball chain. The cabin has a bright brushed finish contrasting with the textured and oxidised finish of the woodsmoke. The pendant measures approx. 1" (2.5cm) tall, so it's lovely and dainty!
Necklace length is your choice of 16/18". Please let me know your preference in the notes at checkout. If no length is given I will send 16".
The first poster for Where The Wild Things Are is out and it is an awesome poster with great typography...I can't wait to see this movie.
Book City Jackets, by Jeremy Schwartz, are portable pieces of personal expression and represent a modern take on a childhood classic. The covers are printed at a small press in downtown New York, made from recycled paper and sized to fit almost any book. Whether you keep them pristine, mark them with your message to the world or use them as a space to record your private thoughts. Book City Jackets make any book your own. Get them here.
These are awesome my Mom used to make us cover our school books in brown paper bags. I would just draw all over them, by about half way through the school year I always had to recover all of my books.
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We must be off our trolleys……..!
Brahma and artichoke have joined forces to beat the Credit Crunch. We believe that these tough economic times should not affect your art collection – so you can buy an original Banksy print for only 1p here.
To ensure the process is completely democratic and not just a case of ‘fastest finger first’ you will need to click on the 'register for 1p Banksy' button at the bottom of the page to get your chance to buy the Banksy for 1p.
You will be allocated with a registration number which will be entered into a draw at a secret location in central London on the 27th of March; should your number come up, you get the Banksy for 1p.
You will need to be able to attend the draw, oh, and Brahma are providing the beer! (The draw is our excuse to have a bit of a 'do', making shapes is acceptable, however due to health and safety restrains breakdancing will not allowed anywhere in the building.)
The ‘Trolleys’ print is currently being housed on display just off Carnaby Street at 3 Newburgh Street, W1.
The small print….
You must be over 18 to enter
Only one registration per person will be permitted, those registering twice will only be counted once
You must be available to attend the sale event on 27th March at 8pm at a secret location yet to be announced (in Central London)
You must be prepared to be available for PR exposure after the sale
All you design nerds out there, you know you want this tie.
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Absolutely fantastic illustrations from Madrid based illustrator Raul Allen. I just can't stop looking at his portfolio. When you check out the portfolio make sure you scroll down near the bottom of the gallery for the sketchbook links, they are well worth it. A little about Raul below, then another great illustration, then the portfolio links below all of that...enjoy.
The town of Valladolid saw him grow up, come and go. While in Salamanca he graduated from Fine Arts, later on he moved to Boston to study Illustration and Design. He currently lives in Spain. He is been always searching for a way to see the inside and outside of things, to the extreme of sleeping with his eyes open.
His work has been selected and awarded by the Society of Illustrators of NY 49th Annual Exhibition, Illustration West 43, 3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, The National Drawing Award Gregorio Prieto, Expocomic,Jovenes Creadores2006 Comunidad Madrid , Artis Gallery Drawing Award, Arte Joven of La Junta de Castilla y Leon, and La Diputación de Valladolid. His work has been exhibited in New York, Boston, Madrid and Barcelona.
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Normally I just put up ads that I like and that are done very well. Today on the other hand I came across this ad and just busted out laughing. I really can't believe that this is an actual ad, but if it is OH MY GOD is it terrible. Seriously Dracula and tampons what were they thinking. The details of the ad below.
Advertising Agency: Draftfcb/Lowe Group, Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Creative Director: Daniel Comte
Art Director: Sebastian Hugelshofer
Copywriter: Ivan Madeo
Photographer: Sandro Diener
3D-Art: Pixelprinz.ch
Graphics: Claudia Gaisser
Account Supervisors: Rolf Jeger, René Kaiser
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This animal poster from Ink and Wit has to be just about the perfect poster for any little kids room. The 16x20 poster is printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper, with soy inks, packaged in a recycled kraft tube mailer. You can get the poster over at Ink and Wit for $60. Now a bit about Ink and Wit below.
Early experiences of my native New England state of Connecticut influenced my love of weathered materials on the shore in addition to coastal birds walking amidst thin brushes of seaweed and sticks. In addition, the diversity of New York City, being only an hour away from home, opened my eyes to a larger scale of proportions and grandeur. I have a loving appreciation for nature's intricate beauty combined with modern urban style. I see the world as organic and bright.
We letterpress and offset print all of our paper products. We utilize 100% cotton paper made from tree free fibers along with 100% post consumer recycled paper. Ink is soy and water based.
All illustration and design for INK+WIT is created by Tara Hogan.
INK+WIT has participated in Domino Magazine's Holiday Bazaar, featured in eco fashion designer Linda Loudermilk's swag bags, and written about in Yoga Journal.
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Just a little fun with Illustrator, some repeating patterns, and my birth year. I'm getting old.
Love this new video from Bloc Party, so weird and creepy. The video is for the remix of the song "Signs," it was remixed by Armand Van Helden.
Bloc Party announced today that on the 11th of May they will be releasing ‘Intimacy Remixed’ on limited edition CD or triple 12”. It will also be available digitally.
The album will include remixes by Gold Panda, Mogwai and Filthy Dukes and will lead off with a remix of ‘Signs’ by Armand Van Helden which will be released on the 27th of April.
Theory11 in association with WA007 - one of the premiere graphic design firms in the nation - presents a refreshing, industrial spin on modern playing card design with a best in class feel and finish.
Innovative, unique, and intricate, PROPAGANDA is grunge with an edge of 20th century military imagery. Playing cards uniquely engineered to military precision, with original, iconic style and unsurpassed quality.
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PostersandToys.com will be offering an Australian Brush Fire Relief version of Tyler Stout's classic "Welcome Home" art print. This version features a new color scheme, including four glow in the dark inks. It's a 16" x 24" screenprint, and is easily one of Tyler's most sought-after images ever. Half of all profits will be donated directly to the Australian Red Cross' Brushfire Appeal Fund.
Here is how this will work: postersandtoys.com will be putting these up for sale on Monday, March 16 at noon CST. They will allow open sales for 48 hours, ending on Wednesday, March 18 at noon CST. After the sales period, the edition will be announced. The price will be $50.
Go to najle.com/idaft let it load, it does take a second or two, and have some fun.
"Long live rock n' roll. Always use condoms."
I have seen this commercial about a thousand times, and I love it every time. This is the first time I have seen this with extra video interviews with some of the stars in the commercial. Although my favorite part of this is the volume slider, I know it is stupid but it is different and it caught my attention.
Thanks for sending this over to me Sally.
How nice is this piece of outdoor furniture from Fermob Furniture. The hanging armchair would be just perfect for the nice summer evenings. Get it over at madeindesign.co.uk.
Two words describe Fermob furniture: Outdoor and lounge. Outdoor: for everything which attracts and draws us outside to recharge our batteries. Lounge: for our desire to relax and feel at ease. Fermob furniture is part of the pleasure gained from the positive effects of nature, such as getting together in a garden, improvising a terrace, on a beach or creating a green paradise in one's own back yard... For the ever-increasing number of people who yearn for this lifestyle, Fermob offers a range of innovative and comfortable furniture, in various shapes and sizes which let one's imagination run wild and encourage numerous creative ideas for decoration, as the furniture is available in a multitude of colours.
Great new letterpress art print from UK designer and illustrator Lizzy Stewart. The print entitled "flood" is 9x7, and is available over at Tiny Showcase for $25. Hurry if you want one this is a limited edition run of 100. Read a bit more about the print and which charity it is supporting below, and get the portfolio and buy links below that.
"Flood" was created in the United Kingdom by Lizzy Stewart and printed in Rhode Island by letterpress artist Dan Wood. The edition of 100 prints is a continuation of the Letterpress Print Series at Tiny Showcase. Printed on an archival 260gsm Somerselt Velet printmaking paper, each piece has been blind-debossed with the artist's name and edition information.
Lizzie has chosen The National Autistic Society as her artwork's charity. The organzation champions the rights and interests of all people with autism. The National Autistic Society works to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives. $250 from the sale of her print will be donated to the organization.
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Cute shelf for a kids rooms, you can read about it below. The reason I really put this up is because in the photo there is quite possibly the best book ever pictured, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. If you have kids and you don't own this book you need to go get it today.
We know that kids can sometimes end up with their heads in the clouds, well now so can their stuff! Adorable as it is functional, our brand new Cloud Shelf provides storage for books, furry friends and even a small back pack! Each shelf is laser cut from heavy grade metal and features a 6 inch deep shelf + hook for all their modern treasures. A stylish and decorative storage solution with an affordable price tag!
I can't get enough of these fonts from designer Jakob Nylund. I've had these up since this morning, and I keep coming back to look at them. I downloaded all of them and I'm just waiting for a project to come up that I can use them in. Get over to Just-My-Type and download them yourself.
Holy photoshop filter Batman, I just had to post this horribly over photoshoped poster for "Tyson." Wow is all I can really say.
If you haven't been there yet check out the photoshop disasters blog, it gives me a good laugh everyday.
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I finally got this whole twitter thing set up, so follow me already.
The periodic table of typefaces by squidspot is just brilliant. I have seen quite a few of these different periodic tables running about the design blogs lately, but I have a bit of a soft spot for anything typography related. Make sure you click on the Larger image link its great, and as always where the heck is Comic Sans. A bit about the project below and the portfolio links below that.
"The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.squidspot behance
As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: san-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed.
Each cell of the table lists the typeface and a one or two character "symbol" , the designer, year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100.
Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. The final overall ranking was achieved depending on how many lists the particular typeface was presented on and it's ranking on the lists (if the particular source list used a ranking system; some did not, in which case just the typeface's presence on the list boosted it's overall score.) After averaging the typefaces appearances and rankings a composite score was given and the list was sorted on a spreadsheet then finally given an overall score of 1 through 100 based on it's final resting position.
Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. It had to be one or the other. Of course it COULD have been done but I would have had to seriously sacrifice aesthetics of the overall design (i.e. it wouldn't have come out looking AT ALL like a traditional periodic table.) However, upon close inspection, you find that at least the typefaces are ordered within their family/class groupings."
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Great bit of sustainable design and a winner of a green dot award, for excellence in green products. 60BAGs are a great, I would love to see these at my local grocery store.
60BAGs are the perfect natural answer to the environment's needs. They are biodegradable carrier bags made out of flax-viscose non-woven fabric. Its materials was scientifically developed and manufactured in Poland. The flax-viscose fabric is produced with flax fiber industrial waste, which means it doesn't exploit any natural resources and requires minimal energy during its production. This highly innovative technology enable the bags to naturally decompose approximately 60 days after being discarded, which means they don't require expensive recycling or disposal in landfills.
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Great set of bags from the Montreal based company m0851. The Fedoras bags are a great combination of wool and leather. To bad these bags were only available during this past holiday season.
"It is with pride and joy that m0851 presents our limited edition collection of bags: the FEDORAS. Emanating a sense of practicality and durability cleverly combined with attention to detail and beauty, the fedoras embody the perfect recipe for a multi-purpose, multi functional-bag. The contrasts of the saddle leather on the fedora wool, accented by nickel clasps, are reminiscent of childhood memories. The fedoras will be available only during this holiday season, so take a look and you might find just what you were looking for."*update: Sorry I didn't look closely enough at the website, the Fedoras bags are still available, in limited quantities and at 40% off. The two that are still available are "Flight" and "Safari."
viaHere is a little update on the "Stages" collection from Nike and Lance Armstrong. Took a little longer look at the Nike press site and found images for the full collection. Looks like a great collection, I can't wait to see what they price this at. You can check out the other post on this collection, that includes the M65 Livestrong Jacket here.
"The Cutters"
"LunaRacer"
"Lunar Livestrong"
"Livestrong Firefly Jacket"
"Greatest Hits"
"Nike City Tiempo"
"Air Max 1"
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