Category Archives: design

old sneaks for your new phone

1st
Jul. × ’10
Throw this wallpaper on your shiny new iThing. It comes to us from Jane Catteeuw in Antwerpe. That’s in Belgium. Get more fanciness at Poolga.
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Cactus Stool

15th
Jun. × ’10
Charming but crazy expensive stool from Do-Shop. found at BLTD.
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a brief ugly demo of FaceTime

8th
Jun. × ’10
Apple released…fuck it, if you’re reading this then you already know what they released. Engadget got to play with iPhone 4 and posted some intial thoughts: • As we said, it’s shockingly thin. • The screen is truly outrageous — you basically cannot see pixels on it. We’re not being hyperbolic when we say it’s [...]
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Mr. Burton’s konijnenhol

11th
May. × ’10
That’s how you say Mr. Burton’s Rabbit Hole in Dutch. It’s also the title of this beautiful promo for a selection of Tim Burton’s films on Danish on-demand Tv. Found at The Denver Egotist.
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my cologne takes my breathe away

10th
May. × ’10
I really wish I could tell you the story behind Scent Stories, this gorgeous cologne packaging concept from Ah & Oh Studios in Poland. But I just can’t stop staring at them.
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logo brilliance: TA / TV

7th
May. × ’10
In his book Graphic Design as a Second Language, Bob Gill states: “Television Associates wanted to use the initials, TA as a logo. Instead of trying to do a trendy, graphically exciting monogram, which doesn’t communicate anything, I made the problem more interesting.” read more at LogoDesignLove:
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perfect desktop for my new laptop

21st
Apr. × ’10
I think this Jack Windows mashup is gonna look nice on my new MacBook Pro. Five years roasting my legs with the hibachi that was the Core Duo MBPs was enough. I’ve been tracking it since last week & it just left Anchorage for Newark. Visit The Triumph of Bullshit for your full-size.
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maps as metaphors

11th
Mar. × ’10
Christoph Niemann posted a great collection of illustrations at his Abstract City Blog at the NYTimes. Thanks to Kottke.
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Plastic hangers

26th
Jan. × ’10
Yes yes, we all know plastic bottles are more evil-er than Hitler. Somehow, you still end up with a few lying around your house.  Rethink Concepts has a solution for the bottles you can’t throw away. Just screw your bottles into the neck and SHAZAM, instant garment support.
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get your ass kicked

19th
Jan. × ’10
The talented & sing-songy Lisette passed me along to jetueunami.com, this crazy site where you pick a hitman & basically catch a beatdown five ways from Sunday. I wish I could tell you more about it but I don’t speak French hitman. Go play around with it, the facial recognition is amazing.
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