Make Something Cool Every Day
Mark Weaver is a graphic designer and an illustrator from Atlanta who is currently living and working in New York City. You can view a variety of his work over on his Flickr page here, or view his profile on the Behance Network here. Continue reading »
Alarm Clock: An Android Design Process
doubleTwist Alarm has been an overwhelmingly successful project. It has received universal acclaim, from Google executives to design publications and many Android and gadget websites. Yet, the first question on anyone’s lips was always the same: “Why an alarm clock? Why would you take a swing at something so trivial and small, something so elementary to any cellphone made since the 1980s?” Continue reading »
Book Installations by Mike Stilkey
Los Angeles native Mike Stilkey has always been attracted to painting and drawing not only on vintage paper, record covers and book pages, but on the books themselves. Using a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer, Stilkey depicts a melancholic and at times a whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales. A lingering sense of loss and longing hints at emotional depth and draws the viewer into their introspective thrall with a mixture of capricious poetry, wit, and mystery. His work is reminiscent of Weimar-era German expressionism and his style has been described by some as capturing features of artists ranging from Edward Gorey to Egon Schiele.
His work has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally, at galleries and museums such as the Bristol City Museum in the UK, LeBasse Projects in Culver City, CA, Kinsey/DesForges Gallery in Culver City, CA, David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, CO, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Ketchum, ID, and Rice University Gallery, Houston, TX. Continue reading »
Sculptures by Bruno Catalano
French sculptor Bruno Catalano works in bronze sculpture, with a reoccuring motif. His figures are always lacking mid sections, and seem to be eerily suspended in mid air. Each of his sculptures feature somebody with a suitcase in hand, usually with an introspective or uncertain expression. The lack of midsection represents Bruno Catalano’s invitation to viewers of his works to simply fill in the blanks. Lovely use of negative space and a masterful use of bronze working. Check out more of his unique works after the break! Continue reading »
Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender
Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender in photo session for W Magazine, August 2012. Continue reading »
Best Street Art Masterpieces for July 2012
Artur Ventura, Lisbon, Portugal. Continue reading »
The Oldest Captive Orangutan in the World
Sebastien Laurent, manager of the Zoo, gives a slice of cake to Major, the holdest captive Orang-Outang in the world, as part of its 50th birthday ceremony, on July 17, 2012, at the La Boissiere-du-Doree Zoo near Nantes, western France. (Photo by Alain Jocard/AFP Photo) Continue reading »
Laragh McCann for Elle France, April 2012
Here is Irish born model Laragh McCann modeling some underwear for Elle France photographed by Gemma Booth. Some great vintage lingerie styling, perfectly matching the mood and lighting of the shoot. Continue reading »
LEGO Colosseum by Ryan McNaught
There’s nothing we love more than a finely crafted LEGO project, and that’s exactly what we have here from Ryan McNaught, one of the best certified LEGO builders in the game.
McNaught has built the world’s first Colosseum built entirely from LEGOs. The project took nearly 200,000 LEGO bricks to put together, and is currently on display at the Nicholson Museum in Melbourne, Australia until January 2013. The project is displayed in a half and half form, showcasing the Colosseum in its present day form on one side along with Rome’s original Colosseum circa 80 AD on the other half. Continue reading »
England’s Longest Zip Wire Opens At The Eden Project
Gaynor Coley, Eden Project’s Chief Executive, waves as she tries out the SkyWire, the new zip wire attraction which opens to the public this week at The Eden Project on July 17, 2012 in St Austell, England. The new 740m zip wire, currently the longest in England, allows the public a bird’s eye view of the iconic Rainforest and Mediterranean Biome structures as well as the Cornish attractions outdoor gardens. The Eden Project – which opened in 2001 and has attracted over one million visitors – showcases 100,000 plants from around the world in two giant transparent domes, one of which is the world’s largest greenhouse, each recreating different climate conditions. (Photo by Matt Cardy) Continue reading »
The Standing Broom
Designed by Poh Liang Hock. Winner of the Red Dot design award the Standing Broom makes cleaning less arduous by minimising the cleaner’s need to bend down. The user applies downward pressure on the handle to fold the broom head, and then turns the handle clockwise to lock it in place. Unlocking the broom from its standing position involves turning the handle counter-clockwise on the block, and snapping the broom head back into its vertical position. Continue reading »
Concept Wine: Pink Glasses
This packaging give new meaning to the phrase ‘seeing the world through rose colored glasses.’ Concept of a label for a pink wine from California. Continue reading »
Electroluminescent Tree by Ian Hobson
Electroluminescent wire (or EL wire, as we like to call it on the streets) is a thin copper wire coated in a phosphor that gets all glow-y when a current runs through it. Ian, another great bearer of the name, wound several meters worth of EL wire around an actual tree branch to create this elven-like sculpture… way better than Christmas Tree. Continue reading »
The Cocoon Light Structures
The “cocoon light structures” that Israeli-born designer Ayala Serfaty creates don’t look like anything you plug into a wall. They look more like organisms that glow. Using thin, transparently tinted lamp filaments as “glass veins” that create both depth and surface, the tubes are then sprayed with a clear polymer in thin strands, connected like a spiderweb around the tubes, to generate “a skin-like crust,” or what Serfaty has called “a membrane of sorts” that feels like a soft cocoon. (In fact, the process was developed in the late 1940s by the U.S. military for cocooning ships.)
Elevator with a Style
Don’t like waiting for the elevator? Good news, the elevators don’t have to be boring. Thanks to your imagination and great wall murals, they can look funny, scary or… human! Try this at www.pixersize.com.
2012 Miss Reef Calendar
This year The Miss Reef Calendar is a coffee table book that contains 52 pages of images captured by photographers, Nicholas Routzen and Emiliano Gatica of beautiful Puerto Rico. One step inside to take a preview. Continue reading »
Creature Cups
Amazing creature cups by Yumi Yumi. Check em out! Continue reading »
The Wire Wonderland
The Wire Wonderland series are created by artist Hayley Dix. The beautiful wireframe birds look like charming, whimsical drawings perching on real branches! They are both abstracted and natural at the same time. Continue reading »
Top Secret USB
The Top Secret USB is the outcome of a remarkable cooperation between the young Dutch designers Rob Hermes and Marlies Romberg both owner of Studio Her-berg. Continue reading »
Cube Tube: Chill without the Spill
Cube Tube is a vertical ice cube tray that prevents you from spilling water while transporting a full tray of water to your freezer. It also provides the user better control while dropping the ice into a drink. Just fill the tube, insert the divider, seal the tube and freeze. Once it’s frozen, hit the flexible bottom against a hard surface. This will loosen up the ice to be pulled out (and probably relieve some stress). The tube is designed with a slight draft to make pulling the ice out easier. Continue reading »
Good Fucking Design Advice
Good Fucking Design Advice aims to serve the needs of the greater design community for the common good.
Good Fucking Design Advice is a collaborative project between designers/educators Brian Buirge and Jason Bacher. The site originally started as a humorous side project while in graduate school and has since taken off to garner international attention. During its first year GFDA released a series of products designed to inspire the masses including shirts, posters, coffee mugs and buttons. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Road to Recovery
A three-month-old kitten recovering in California after surviving a journey across the Pacific in a shipping container from China, without food or water. The cute cat named Ni Hao, or Hello in Mandarin, after being found when the container was opened last week, following the two-week, 6,500-mile trip from Shanghai. (Mirror Online) Click image to zoom.
