SpearTalks: Method's Danny Alexander

Posted on July 18, 2008 Under Design

You can look at it one of two ways: Method was ahead of their time, or right on time. I tend to lean towards the former, because with a clear mission, a clear conscious, and a clearly obsessive attitude towards…

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Jellio: Kid Stuff

Posted on July 18, 2008 Under Design

Thanks to Jellio now you can design the room of your five-year old dreams. Bumping kitsch up a notch by mixing clean, modern design with the gadgets and toys of your childhood, Jellio's designs aren't so much a throwback style…

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Ted Stilson's Moo-dy Cows

Posted on July 16, 2008 Under Design

It's safe to say that plenty of artists rely on their surroundings for inspiration. Hailing from a small town in the Bald Headed prairies of southern Alberta, Canada, Ted Stilson just so happens to be surrounded by things of a…

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New Slobots

Posted on July 16, 2008 Under Design

Mike Heisler introduces three of the friendliest Slobots to date, expanding his world of functional machines turned personable friends of man. Two of the new additions, Slo-Damen and Slo-Herren, are boxier with an old school look. Their orangey-red color is…

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Dexter x Shepard Fairey

Posted on July 14, 2008 Under Design

We have a kind of man-crush going on with artist/illustrator/disco king Shepard Fairey. It's no secret. But who would have thought that a marketing guy at Showtime would share our unrequited love? Dexter, the series about a serial killer killer…

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Max Toy Company @ Comicon

Posted on July 11, 2008 Under Design

At the end of the month StrangeCo will make their descent on classy San Diego for the area's annual Comicon to unleash a menagerie of characters that might not be so out of place in the fabled zoo of "America's…

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A Designer's Politics

Posted on July 11, 2008 Under Design

This political season you are going to see a lot of buttons supporting various candidates. If you've ever been to a political rally you know how important these buttons are -- they immediately identify who is friend and who is…

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Pulchra's Beauty Contest

Posted on July 3, 2008 Under Design

While It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the people behind Pulchra -- the first online beauty contest devoted to the appeal of everyday objects -- find that statement to be only partially true.…

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Dropclock x SCR

Posted on July 2, 2008 Under Design

Everyone knows by now that oil and water don't mix, but have you ever stopped to wonder what happens when you combine H20 with a heavy Helvetica font? Word is it makes quite a splash. SCR, a subsidiary of Japan's…

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Laser-Designed Skateboards

Posted on July 2, 2008 Under Design

Eventually, we'll get sharks with laser beams attached to their heads to fill our backyard pool. But until then, making "Pew! Pew!" sound effects will have to suffice. Not Damion Silver. This member of the Nu Artist movement has used…

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