Paul Isabella, the furniture design student at SCAD whose ambitious portfolio has impressed us before, has recently updated his site with more of his well-executed homework. Nothing gives us a nastier case of the warm fuzzies than watching a new…
Continue Reading →It shouldn't be a surprise after the Boxfresh collaboration, but Raleigh has been turning lots of heads lately. If I asked you, even a year ago, to give me the top five companies in cycling for 2007, I doubt Raleigh,…
Continue Reading →Last August we raved about the trailer for Helvetica: The Movie, a documentary focused on the world's most popular (and arguably most powerful) typeface. Finally, the DVD version is now ready for pre-order, with a delivery date of November 6th.…
Continue Reading →Like I needed any more distractions, virtual or otherwise, while I am at "work" -- reader Nina submitted Peter Fowler's collaborative project with HP, Toyrama, to our Design Showcase this afternoon, and it's got me wanting to create some serious…
Continue Reading →Blik, the I.D. award-winning line of wall decals, has once again teamed up with Threadless in order to produce a steady stream of awesomely sticky art. You may remember the cheery result of their first collaboration, a one-time competition that…
Continue Reading →Meet the Knockman Family: Cha Cha, Kerotama, Koron, Pororon and Knockman himself -- all members of a strangely endearing/possibly highly irritating wind-up toy family, newly in stock at Hero Design Studio (who also, as it turns out, are some of…
Continue Reading →Very recently, a new design center -- one that promises to take a different approach to sharing design with the public- opened its doors in Tokyo. Named 21_21 Design Sight (after 21/21 vision; meaning to see beyond today into the…
Continue Reading →I've wondered for a few years why we don't see more carbon fiber in furniture design -- especially since it's been used to make oddly shaped bicycle frames and body panels for F1 cars for years. It's not much more…
Continue Reading →Remarkable, a UK-based recycled product company, makes fun stuff out of old CDs, tires, and juice boxes. Oh, and about anything else they can get their hands on -- because the creative crew at Remarkable will stop at nothing when…
Continue Reading →Scaring off a bad date just got a little easier with Maxim Velcovsky's Little Joseph candle holders. Not only do the baby-heads stare creepishly from their hand-painted shells, they also "mature" with each use as candle-drippings create a nice crop…
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