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October 1, 2008
ca love fornia
Anna Garforth
Vintage napkins
tickets for the 1968 mexico city olympics
lucie rie bottles, 1959
(from studio pottery - twentieth century ceramics in the victoria and albert museum collection, 1993)
observation deck in Pinohuacho Chile
This design of an observation deck in Pinohuacho Chile is remarkable not only for its simple and lovely design... but also for the story behind the design. The region has been shaped by years of timid recovery after a 1971 volcanic eruption. With the land losing its value, villagers have been forced to move to the city. Not wanting to lose his way of life, Miguel V痙quez talks to his father about the possibility of agrotourism, where the land will be carefully cultivated to be enjoyed by villagers and visitors alike. The whole family has begun to take part, as well as the rest of the village. Their intent is to create a landscape that embraces the natural environment, therefore the architectural designs need to reflect the surrounding countryside, as well as the traditional sustainable building materials and methods.
October 2, 2008
Rebecca Rothfus
airmail etiquettes
Assortment: Household Labels, Gummed. 10 cents...
composition books
Mario Pandiani
Ant Farm Media Van
Monopoly+Helvetica
Don't Vote. I like having a F&^%tard for a president.
Richard May
October 3, 2008
Christopher Doyle ™ Identity guidlines
via Veer
Rob Price: Grandfather Clock
Tokyo Designers Week 2008
No Cents
Tech bits: How to open a pdf in Illustrator if you don't have the fonts
Let's suppose you receive a pdf document that you need to further work on in Illustrator, but when you open it all fonts get replaced by the default font, because you don't have those fonts used in the pdf. The font information is there in the pdf, so theoretically if you could convert all the text to outlines you would be able to work with the document.
To do that you have to open a new Illustrator document. Place the the pdf. Select the menu Object / Flatten transparency. Make sure to check the Convert all text to outlines option and go. You got the whole pdf in curves.
Vintage Flash Cards
Megan Cummins
Shaun Inman: Rabbit in Your Headlights
Spark Studio: Australia Post stamps
The Richards Group: Great Basin Blues Festival
October 6, 2008
Arab-Islamic museum in Paris
The apertures open and close to regulate the light inside
Via Gizmodo
The Curta Mechanical Calculator
It's a beautiful thing when good design is the byproduct of finely-done mechanical engineering. If all engineers had an eye for aesthetics, yes, we ID'ers would be obsolete; but we could live with that if the world was filled with objects such as this.
The Curta Mechanical Calculator had 605 parts and required no electricity; it operated by means of a handcrank at the top, earning it the nickname of The Pepper Grinder Calculator, and made a pleasing mechanical purr as the parts moved.
It was designed by Curt Herzstark while he was a prisoner in a concentration camp.
IL Magazine
October 7, 2008
Deja Vu Desk
The Deja Vu from Oomerk desk is superb with all it’s little compartments.
Project Vitra
Project Vitra is a comprehensive publication on the history, present and future of Vitra. The copiously illustrated chapters with contributions by Alex Coles, Rolf Fehlbaum, Luis Fern疣dez-Galiano, Deyan Sudjic and Alexander von Vegesack tell stories about the places, products and people connected with Vitra. Project Vitra also features extensive unpublished material from the Vitra archives, relates the stories behind the furniture and designers and demonstrates the balancing act between cultural ambitions and commercial success. This overview is rounded off by a history of the firm and a comprehensive glossary.
Nasa Messenger : Mercury
Yesterday at 4:40AM east time, Nasa's Messenger (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft) flew by just 125 miles over the surface of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. This is the first time in history that the whole planet is going to be photographed in its entirety by an Earthling probe, with amazing resolution and ultra-crisp detail.
Hang Up Those Dishes
The kitchen is a place in our home that most of us like to keep tidy and clean. Sometimes, we might have so much stuff in our kitchen that it can feel cluttered and overwhelming. When we open up our cupboards, we like to see organization and dishes all in their perfect space. However, if you lack storage space in your kitchen, you might not have room in your cabinets therefore leaving dishes and glasses lying around the counter collecting dust. With Cuelgame, a new dish design by Marc Graells Ballve & Victor Vinyamata, you can hang up your dishes on a dish rack or on a wire to store them out of the way or even if you need to let them dry after they have been washed. Not only can you hang up your clothes to dry, but now we can hang up our dishes too.
Depression Press: MAE
Page from:
Design Quarterly 56
Issue on Wood Type authored/designed by Rob Roy Kelly
Walker Arts Center, 1963
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Extended Gothic, Wells & Webb (Mfg), 1840
Roman Extended, Nesbitt, 1838
Antique Extended, Wells & Webb, 1840
stencils in blue
Economic Update
If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago,
you would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae,
you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG,
you would have less than $15 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle..."
October 8, 2008
Hugo & Marie
IQ Postcards
Button-Fly collection
October 10, 2008
Speak Up gets inside the Graphic Design Archives at RIT
Corporate identity manual for Connecticut General.
Covers for Scope, a publication by Upjohn Pharmaceuticals.
"Transport, the Next Half Century" brochure
Foxboro catalog.
Jay Walker's Library
Via Eightface
Joel Holland illustrates Paris
October 13, 2008
Wonder Walls: Walpaper
Thompson Brand Partners
October 16, 2008
play coalition: martyr lamp
Craig Oldham: 12 IN 12
brent comber: alder rounds
canadian designer brent comber creates furniture using wood in unusual ways. his ‘alder’ series features branches which have been clumped together and cut into geometric forms. the result of this process keeps the form of the tree intact while create a contemporary form. the ‘shattered’ collection has a similar process but instead of branches, it uses cut sections from logs. this creates an effect that resembles shattered glass or ice, hence the name. comber’s most innovative use of wood can be found in his series of lampshades made from cedar trunks. the shades have small perforation drilled in the side to let light through. comber’s work is all made with sustainably harvested wood, often using scraps from wood mills.
Sennep: British Heart Foundation
burj dubai opus fifteen foot book
the burj dubai is the world's tallest tower, currently standing at 700 meters tall and is still yet to be complete. so it seems only fitting to publish a book of epic proportion as well. the 'burj dubai opus' book will stand at 15ft tall (approx 5 meters) in the lobby of the building when it is said to open early next year. containing plans of the design and construction of the building, including never seen before photography the book will also be produced as a limited edition and a collectors item to be auctioned for charity.
Kaleidoscope: Canteen Tequila
olympic architecture beijing 2008
Jonathan Hoefler: Obama for America poster
Tia Cibani: Wooden Clutch
This exquisite sculpted wooden clutch has a beautifully curved shape and a rich golden leather-lined interior. Made of American hickory wood. The color of the wood will mature with time and handling.
Via SubStudio
Starflyer 59: DIAL M
New York magazine turns 40
