May 2013 – Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007

I’m with You

Newborn ring-tailed lemur Rascal is carried by its mother Roxy at Bristol Zoo Gardens. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Cow of the Year

Bluegrass Sergeants Snow Queen has been crowned the winner of gourmet yoghurt brand The Collective’s 2013 beauty competition ‘Cow of the Year’. Above. model and makeup artist Tabby Richards pampers the cow on the Millenium Bridge in London. (9Spider-PR)

Don’t Bear with Me!

Photographer Ronald Wittek watched from close range as a bear cleans himself in a pool before falling asleep under a tree in the Bavarian Forest, Germany. (Ronald Wittek/Arco Images/Solent News)

Keep Your Smartphone Charged with The PowerBar

If you’ve been wishing for an easy way to charge your smartphone when you’re on the go, look no further because now you can with this portable PowerBar smartphone charger. Simply, plug your PowerBar into your smartphone and the charging will begin. Never have your smartphone die on your again with this powerful little portable charger!

The PowerBar is small, light and sturdy… all while packing a punch. It’s built of sleek aluminum and is quality assured by Battery On The Go. Whether you’re on a long flight or simply out all day, having the PowerBar means you don’t have to worry about how much charge you have left! This portable charger works great and is built to last and its USB charging feature makes it extremely easy to use.

We hate when our smartphone dies and now thanks for Battery On the Go, we never have to worry about it again. This little device will definitely buy you the time so you don’t need to “run” home to charge your smartphone. It’s a true game changer.

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Portrait of Two

Photographer Daniel Botelho photographed this oceanic white tip shark swimming past a diver off the coast of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. (Daniel Botelho / Barcroft Media)

Old as Hell

A house from 1562 waits to be restored in a pears tree field outside San Felice sul Panaro a year after the Emilia Romagna earthquake. Reconstruction efforts in Emilia Romagna in Italy are proceeding slowly a year after two powerful earthquakes wrecked homes and businesses in this rich farming and medical industry region. (Olivier Morin/AFP)

Hop! Meow.

Vladimir Kouklatchev performs with a cat during a show at the Moscow Cat Theatre. The theatre was founded by his father, famous Russian clown Yuri Kouklatchev, shortly before the fall of the USSR. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Give Me Your Hand

Stuntwoman Leigh-Anne Vizer is held by a 4.5 metre King Kong hand 300 metres above the city of Melbourne during a photoshoot at the Eureka Skydeck, the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, in Melbourne, Australia. The King Kong show is set to open in June in Melbourne. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Easily Shoot 360° Video With Dot

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Looking for an easy way to capture 360 degree video on your iPhone 4/4S when you’re out experiencing the world?

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Dot is more than a lens for your iPhone. It’s a fast and fun way to shoot fully-interactive 360 degree video which you can then share instantly with your friends online. Just snap it on your phone, shoot a panoramic video (we call them “Dotspots”), then post to facebook, twitter. Or you can just email it to someone you love – all from Kogeto’s free app.

We love capturing video on our iPhone and now thanks to Kogeto we can take amazingly awesome 360 degree video with the click of a button. It’s that simple. Not only is the video quality great but the interactive 360 views are unreal. We’re all about innovative and well designed products when it comes to add-ons to your iPhone and this one truly sets itself apart from the rest of them. When Kogeto says they’re trying to help you share the world around you… they’re dead serious.

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Feces Font

Check this fantastic font, created… Created from what? Continue reading »

Style Up Your Favorite Tech Gadgets with Slick & Protective Skins

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Cleanup Your iTunes with Tunes Cleaner For Mac

Leawo Tunes Cleaner for Mac is a smart iTunes cleanup tool to seamlessly organize and repair music library in few simple clicks. It could help you delete duplicates in iTunes, get album artwork, add missed music tags including artists and album, add music information by searching key tags of music files via manual fixing. Besides to clean up iTunes music library, it could also open external music folders for fixing. Based on powerful online database, this iTunes cleanup tool provides massive fixes fast and accurately. The initiate scoring system brings totally different experience to show you the iTunes music library health. By automatically scanning your iTunes music library, Leawo Tunes Cleaner for Mac saves you time and energy, and makes the iTunes cleanup process clear and simple. In one click, you can apply and save all fixes into iTunes music library.

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Shooting an Elephant

Wildlife photographer Paul Souders managed to write off a handful of expensive cameras while taking these close-ups of bull African elephants drinking at a water hole in the Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana. In order to get the shots he used a remote controlled device mounted to the camera body. (Paul Souders / Barcroft Media) Continue reading »

Two Baby Opossums

Two baby opossums play on a branch, with one using its tail to cling on, while photographer Ronald Wittek took this photo while visiting a farm in Minnesota, USA. (Ronald Wittek/Arco Images/Solent News)

Decorated Gnomes Designed by Celebrities

Decorated gnomes designed by celebrities including Elton John, are displayed at Chelsea Flower Show in London, England. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has lifted a ban on gnomes for this year only and they will be auctioned off as part of the ‘Chelsea Centenary Appeal’ to raise funds for the RHS Campaign of School Gardening. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Wildlife

A silhouette of short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight at dusk, Worlaby Carrs, Lincolnshire. This image is part of a new outdoor street-gallery exhibition that has been launched on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, documenting the best of the 2020VISION wildlife project. (REX FEATURES)

Bizarre Handbags and Fashion Accessories Created from Roadkill

Critter creative Reid Peppard uses dead wildlife and pets to fashion everything from clutch bags, bracelets and coin purses to bowties and headdresses. The 29-year-old takes a needle and thread to dead crows, rats, pigeons, squirrels and even whole foxes. Continue reading »

Dancing with the Sharks

Photographer Rainer Schimpf photographing sharks off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (Rainer Schimpf / Barcroft Me)

The “Rain Room” in MoMA

Visitors gather in the new ‘Rain Room’ installation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan in New York City. The 5,000 square-foot installation creates a field of falling water that stops in the area where people walk through, allowing them to remain dry. The piece, created by Random International, releases a 260-gallon per minute shower around visitors. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Photography & Art by Jack Hardwicke

Jack Hardwicke (aka The Eidophusikon) is a Brighton based visual artist. Continue reading »

Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera for Rolling Stone, June 2003

Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake in Max Vadukul photoshoot for Rolling Stone, June 2003. Continue reading »

Tian Yi by Oliver Stalmans for ELLE Vietnam, May 2013

“Memoirs of a Geisha” – For its May 2013 cover story, Elle Vietnam gets inspired by the Japanese-influence of spring collections and Geisha beauty. Model Tian Yi evokes the theme perfectly in a series of images which juxtapose an urban backdrop with the ornate prints and sleek silhouettes of Prada, Dries van Noten, Dior, Thakoon and more selected by stylist Anna Katsanis. Photographer Oliver Stalmans captures the Chinese beauty in this elegant shoot. Photos by Oliver Stalmans. Continue reading »

iPad Bathroom Stand

This unique bathroom stand replaces the traditional basket of magazines as it accommodates both a modern iPad and a roll of toilet paper. Ideal for browsing the internet, checking emails and playing games, the iPad Commode Caddy is perfect while on the toilet. It places an iPad 80cm from the floor on top of a flexible and practical 25cm gooseneck that provides optimal positioning for reading.

The Stoned Fox Forever

The stuffed animal, known as Stoned Fox, was created by Welsh artist Adele Morse, based in Dalston, east London. Continue reading »

‘Bag End Bonsai Trayscape’: A Bonsai Baggins Hobbit Home

Chris Guise is an artist, mechanical engineer and bonsai enthusiast from Maidenhead, England; and is interested in bonsai, Stirling engines, cathedrals, trees etc. Continue reading »