Herning Center of the Arts: Denmark

Posted on July 13, 2007 Under Design

After two years of planning, Steven Holl's vision for the Herning Center of the Arts is finally in motion. Breaking ground last month, the finished project will eventually house the Herning Art Museum, the MidWest ensemble and the Socle du…

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je m'appelle moustache

Posted on July 12, 2007 Under Design

I'll save you the pain of reading the IM transcript in sadly broken French between Josh and myself earlier, and instead just show you the hotness that is Katrin Greiling's je m'appelle moustache lightbulb er, adornments. I can't decide if…

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Vote For Yosoh: Mountain Dew Bottle Design

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

Remember that Do Your Own Dew: Mountain Dew Bottle Design Contest we mentioned a few weeks ago? JoshSpear.com mainstay and good friend Scott Rench, AKA Yosoh is in the competition and needs our help. Apparently he's losing to some knuckle-head…

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Behance: Dot Grid Book

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

The team at Behance (who we introduced you to not long ago) is offering a great alternative to the traditional lined and boxed sketch guides so omnipresent on the desks of graphic designers. Instead of overtaking your sketches (and muddling…

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Capacitor Design Network

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

My dear friends and some of my early design mentors at Capacitor Design Network recently relaunched their website with some great examples of their both extraordinary and unique work. These guys really are industry veterans, with more than a decade…

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+41 @ Nokia Trends Lab

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

Our friends at +41 will be making an appearance at the upcoming Nokia Trends Lab in Berlin along fellow designers Cassette Playa, Surface2Air, and Wasted German Youth. (Nokia Trends Lab, for those who are unfamiliar, is an interesting initiative that…

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And The Winner Is. . .

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

Munich-based Matthias Demacker's origami.series, a set of designs inspired by the art of paper folding, was just awarded a prestigious red dot design award. Ranked as one of the largest and most renowned design competitions in the world, the red…

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People Like Us Styles

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the inaugural line of iPod-protecting Styles from People Like Us for sometime now, and it looks like they're finally here. Jeremy Somers, a member of the Spear Collective and head of People Like…

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Puhlmann Nixie Clock

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Design

So in case you hadn't figured it out, we're a wee bit obsessed with clocks around here -- not because any of us are necessarily punctual or schedule freaks, but because the design aspect behind timepieces today is so intruiging…

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Kilfish

Posted on July 10, 2007 Under Design

Every once in awhile, a day comes along when it's just really freaking hard for a writer blogger to find stuff they're excited to write about. Sometimes, this kind of day coincides with another kind of day (like the kind…

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