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Understated Coast Modern stunner designed by BUILD. Michael C. Place and his keen sense of detail, proportion and colour puts Pantone PMS 806 to work. Spanning the coast from Vancouver to Los Angeles, this slice of design heaven will jump off any wall. Printed masterfully in Vancouver on 100lb Topkote by our friends at Metropolitan Printers.

33 1/8″ x 23 7/16″

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SEMIhandmade, a line of custom doors, panels and drawer faces from the brand Handmade, is launching their line at Dwell on Design. Basically, they offer custom fronts for most standard big box cabinets so that you can get that custom feel without the custom price.

This is an IKEA pantry cabinet turned on its side. They dressed it up with mahogany side panels and facing, added drawers, and built a custom base.

These were just stock cabinets, which they faced with sequenced teak veneer, and also built a custom cabinet to bridge a tricky angled corner.

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Known around the world as one of the hardest working artists alive, Logan is among the most talented contemporary artists today. His vision is exacting, and his standards are extremely high. After months of discussions, we decided to use a special Liquid Graphite Pigment with Silver Flake to provide the solid slate-like feel that Logan wanted in this print while maintaining a sense of depth and variation that is so important to his artwork. The results are striking. As a special variation for the collectors, we also printed 15 with Gold Metallic inks.

More info. available at jetsetgraffiti

Great vid about the artist and his approach.

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Great new ad for Honda from W+K, love the photography style, looks like it was shot with the worlds shittiest lens.

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As holders, England went in to the 1970 World Cup with a degree of confidence. Such optimism was matched by the Royal Mail which decided to commission a stamp to commemorate the team's imminent victory...
The design for the never-used stamp, by prolific stamp designer David Gentleman (see his work here), has recently been uncovered by the British Postal Museum & Archive.

© Royal Mail Group Ltd 2010, courtesy of The British Postal Museum & Archive

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(...) expressing the values of french brand Hermès - tradition and know on one hand, modern and futuristic scenarios / designs on the other. the pattern of 'victimes - trèshique' consists of high complex rasters that indicate icons of the sixties. the distance is important for impact.

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Amazing collection of 99 infographic photomaps of the geotagged photos taken by locals as opposed to tourists.

Some people interpreted the Geotaggers' World Atlas maps to be maps of tourism. This set is an attempt to figure out if that is really true. Some cities (for example Las Vegas and Venice) do seem to be photographed almost entirely by tourists. Others seem to have many pictures taken in piaces that tourists don't visit.

Yellow points are pictures where it can't be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven't taken pictures anywhere for over a month). They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all.

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PM
An Intimate Journal for Production Managers, Art Directors and their Associates, Vol. IV, No. 3, Nov 1937

Published in conjunction with The Composing Room, PM (later named AD) promoted many young, aspiring designers. Influenced by the European avant-garde, this visually energetic cover is a remarkable example of Beall’s advanced knowledge of scale, contrast and the ability to mix type styles. This issue includes a 16-page article (designed and illustrated by Beall) devoted to his career.

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Motion typography at it's finest in an homage to Reid Miles.

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There's also an excellent reference list of the fonts he tended to use, a must for any mid-century modern designs.

Sans Serif Faces

For display, Reid Miles seemed to favour compact, often very bold sans serifs, as they provided rhythm to the design and allowed him to incorporate photographs into the letters. At the other end of the spectrum he turned to generous extended grotesques. For text the usual suspects like Futura and Trade/News Gothic performed their inconspicuous duties.

Curves like these inspire poetry. The 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs is a muse in the world of classic cars, an automobile from a time when curvy was most desirable in the eyes of men. Looking at a car like this makes one lament the slim, simple direction human attraction has gone, when the cars and cover girls leave plenty to be desired in the most important aesthetic quality– shape. This classic Buick Streamliner is in pristine condition, restored by Dave Crouse for the 2010 Concours d’Elegance. Its original construction took over two years, built with an aluminum body around a steel chassis.

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* Dimensions: 1200 x 800 x 550mm
* Material: Finnish plywood
* Coating: Two part polyurethane finish

Side Chair One is a versatile and multifunctional piece of furniture, combining seat, table and storage in one unit.

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Agency: Y&R, São Paulo, Brazil
Creative Directors: Marco Versolato, Alexandre Vilela (Xã), Felipe Gall
Art Directors: Eduardo Quadra, Eduardo Araujo

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Great paper toy package design.

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This new modular tile system is the result of a successful collaboration between Chris Deam (designer, architect, and husband to Lara Hedberg Deam, founder of Dwell Media) and Catherine Bailey (Co-founder and Creative Director of Heath Ceramics along with husband Robin Petravic). Separately, two halves of successful power couples; together, a dynamic design duo.

The new line will be available as of August 1st and only directly through Heath Ceramics and prices will range from $20-$40/square foot.

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Season 4 begins July 25th.

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Three small LED lights that clip on to your standard 9V battery.

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danish-japanese milan-based inoda + sveje (kyoko inoda and nils sveje) have designed the 'DC09' dining chair in collaboration with japanese manufacturer miyazaki isu. available in indonesian rose wood, teak or ash, the most characteristic part of the 'DC09' is its seat, which has been shaved as thin as possible, but still remains rigid and structurally sound. the solid wood chair is sculpted by organic lines, while still following human ergonomic.

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Non locking folding knives based on the mini and kaiken

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Industrial drafting table and chair designed by Friso Kramer, dated 1965. Inspired by Jean Prouvé industrial works. The table is functional and can be adjusted in height. This table can be used as office desk or as architect table. They are both marked with the Ahrend de cirkel label.

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Graphic designer Roeland Otten (who has a killer website btw) had an idea back when he was in school at Design Academy Eindhoven: to make communicative seating. Almost 10 years later, he’s finally fulfilled this dream with help from Fonds BKVB and Materiaalfonds. This prototype alphabet of chairs and stools consists of all 26 letters made from lacquered MDF. Right now, they’re being produced one-off as limited editions, but we hope he’ll find a manufacturer soon to make plastic versions.

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Wolda Professional awards 2009
Best of the World
Best of Americas
Best of United States

Logo created for Circus of Magazines™, an online marketplace for magazines. It combines an open magazine and a circus tent in order to represent the online community and by extension the website, a place where magazine lovers gather to buy, sell and exchange magazines. The challenge consisted of avoiding any clichés while keeping in mind the client's desire to incorporate a classic circus feature in the mark. The final result is a simple and memorable logo and a mark that works well for stand-alone usage.

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When that dreaded time of year comes around where the Universities open their gates and out pour the thousands of Design graduates looking for that elusive first job, I get a little troubled. I feel that there's a veil of mystery (sounds like a Harry Potter prop) between the act of leaving College (or University) and landing that all important first job: and this is something I tried to correct in the production of the 12 IN 12 booklet.

Work hard and be nice to people.
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