Signs and portents

Just My Type won Best British Book at British Book Design &...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Just My Type won Best British Book at British Book Design & Production Awards this week.

Congratulations to Jade design

Sweet. Via cycnus: Pavel Sidorenko

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:39:16 +0000

Sweet.

Via cycnus: Pavel Sidorenko

Some distinctive beer labeling from Poland, Minister Beer. Via...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:30:10 +0000

Some distinctive beer labeling from Poland, Minister Beer.

Via Lovely Package

msleading: “Like This”, 2011Interactive Object29 x 47 x...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:01:53 +0100

msleading:

“Like This”, 2011
Interactive Object
29 x 47 x 4 cm
Wood, Acrylic, Alkyd Paint, VFD-Display, Arduino

Munich-based “computational artisan”, Mario Klingemann, created the interactive piece Like This based on Facebook’s well-known Like button.

Clever. We like.

I don’t know what motorfix is, but maybe this car needs...

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:29:02 +0100

I don’t know what motorfix is, but maybe this car needs more of it? Then again, given it is running, maybe thats the point?

nikf: NASA’s Photo of the Day. What an astounding...

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:49:19 +0100

nikf:

NASA’s Photo of the Day. What an astounding shot.

Stunning.

"My mother was a Christian-Dior scientist"

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:59:35 +0100

“My mother was a Christian-Dior scientist” - Robin Williams

My tweet lord: Pope joins Twitter and launches new Vatican website

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:21:52 +0100

Did his tweet begin; “OMG…” guardian: Pope Benedict XVI launches the new...

Great idea for a wall light.

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:49:41 +0100

Great idea for a wall light.

Interesting concept for reduced packaging, by student Freddy...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:19:00 +0100

Interesting concept for reduced packaging, by student Freddy Taylor.

From: Lovely Package

Jacob is surprised. By just about everything.

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:03:02 +0100

Jacob is surprised. By just about everything.

loveallthis: What?! This is too cool. ideasareawesome:...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:07:02 +0100

loveallthis:

What?! This is too cool.

ideasareawesome: “Read Your Bookcase” bookcase designed by Eva Allesandrini and Roberto Saporiti for Italian furniture design firm Saporiti.

Interesting bookcase.

"The only people who haven’t clicked “skip intro” on your site are you, your flash developer and..."

Wed, 18 May 2011 08:51:40 +0100

“The only people who haven’t clicked “skip intro” on your site are you, your flash developer...

I remember having this on my desk. This copy has worn about as...

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:55:50 +0100

I remember having this on my desk. This copy has worn about as well as I have.

Hmm, flexible design… But does it hold together? And, does...

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:51:18 +0000

Hmm, flexible design…

But does it hold together? And, does it satisfy visually?

via laughingsquid:

MIT Media Lab’s Infinitely Customizable Logo

Information design as Art? Melissa Price created these beautiful...

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:35:00 +0000

Information design as Art?

Melissa Price created these beautiful posters based on, of all things, motorway junctions. Nice use of the Transport typeface here also.

Proof that there’s beauty in everything?

Mind-bending design? from: ondabed: Center for Brain Health by...

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:38:48 +0000

Mind-bending design?

from: ondabed:

Center for Brain Health by Frank Gehry

Some highly-differentiated wine ‘label’ design. From...

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:55:14 +0000

Some highly-differentiated wine ‘label’ design.

From Lovely Package

Lunar Eclipse I was entirely unaware of the Lunar eclipse last...

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:30:36 +0000

Lunar Eclipse

I was entirely unaware of the Lunar eclipse last evening, which made it all the more stunning set against the fields of white as I drove home. I’d almost use the word awesome, but that’s prohibited.

National Geographic explain it all here.

"The virtues of elementary origami are twofold."

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:59:56 +0000

“The virtues of elementary origami are twofold.” - Unknown