I finally got my mitts on an embeddable version of the new Apple laptop video! (I avoid YouTube’s ugly video player like the plague) It details how the new line of laptops are put together and the lengths that Apple have gone to in order to make the process more economical.
The video also contains the Apple design god also known by the name Johnathan Ive. The man responsible for such design feats as the iPod and the beautiful iMac. For curiosities sake, see his rather impressive bio here
The brain box over at Geenius knows that I love the somewhat crappy quality of Polaroid images and so pointed me in the direction of the Poladroid image maker.
It’s super easy to use, drag and drop your images into the program to edit them.
It’s sad that Polaroid cameras just aren’t very economical. Working out at £1.50 a photo and goodluck finding black and white film, because goodness knows I’ve scoured Ebay enough times to know it’s an impossible feat.
I do think that there is still something so great about the polaroid camera, capture the moment right then and there, and have an instant souvenir… rather than having a ton of images that sit in your computer forever.
“I remember your middle name the colour of your eyes and the story of how your parents met”
I’ve ffffound some images recently, that are nothing more than just artsy images so excuse the lack of text over the last few days, I just wanted to share them
This is a design concept by Ignacio Pilotto and as noted on his website it is not intended to be a commercial product as there is no affiliation between Pantone, Inc. and the Rubitone. Blah blah legal mumbo jumbo…
Either way, IF it were a real product I would buy it. It would make a lovely stocking filler for a the designer in your life, a rubix cube is the perfect time killer while you are waiting for email correspondents. ^_^
Amazing scalpel skills from Paolo Lim. Found via ffffound and then through his Flickr I feel like I have had a tour of his mind!
I am a freelance illustrator / graphic designer / sometime photographer / onetime drummer / career procrastinator from Manila, currently living and working in south Australia.
Definitley worth a look, and his photography is beautiful you’re bound to find a favourite.
Before the summer I went to the Bath Spa University’s end of year show and saw some really *really* pretty mugs made in porcelain with tiny pin prick holes punched into a design on the sides. (Not all the way through though, so that you could still use them for drinks!)
Well lucky for me that my sister, who studies ceramics at Bath Spa, told the designer Karen T how much I liked them and she very kindly gave her this one to give to me. They actually cost £150 each to buy, but as mine was missing the gold detail around the rim it was not! Lucky me!!
I consider my mug to be too special to use for drinks, but you can really see the detail when a candle is placed inside <3
Because there is no better smell than that of bacon. If you’ve ever wanted to wake up to the most heavenly of smells this is for you. Designed by american designers Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini, Hsiao-Huh Hsu, the ‘wake n bacon’ alarm clock cooks a strip of bacon, ready to eat when the alarm goes off.
And if you are wondering how this is possible… here it is explained!
A frozen strip of bacon is placed in Wake n’ Bacon the night before. Because there is a 10 minute cooking time, the clock is set to go off 10 minutes before the desired waking time. Once the alarm goes off, the clock it sends a signal to a small speaker to generate the alarm sound. We hacked the clock so that the signal is re-routed by a microchip that in responds by sending a signal to a relay that throws the switch to power two halogen lamps that slow-cook the bacon in about 10 minutes.
So no sound is made… just the whiff of bacon to wake you up. Mmm delicious, but bringing bacon closer to my bed is not gonna get me out of bed. And a smell alarm? I wont be woken by anything short of a fog horn.
I found this via wemadethis at Niels Kjeldsen Design. Unfortunately, I don’t have the desk space for this pretty calendar… but if they were made available to buy I would have to make room! :)
The big event - Corian 40 years/40 designers was created to recognize the input designers have made and continue to make to Corian. DuPont asked 40 international designers to create a genuinely functional object - a table or desktop accessory - that reflects the ingenuity of the designers as well as the design possibilities of Corian. NKD was one of 40 designers worldwide.
Yes hard times are upon us, but keep your chin up!
Yesterday I answered a knock on the door, only to be confronted by a
well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
‘Good morning,’ said the young man. ‘If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered
vacuum cleaners.’
‘Go away!’ I said. ‘I haven’t got any money!’, ‘I’m broke!’ and proceeded
to close the door.
Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed wide open. ‘Don’t be too hasty!’ he said. ‘Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.’ And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto my hallway carpet.
‘If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure
from your carpet, Sir, I will personally eat the remainder.’
I stepped back and said, ‘Well I hope you’ve got a bloody good appetite,
because they cut off my electricity this morning.
What part of ‘broke’ do you not understand?’
Credit crunch jokes ftw! And that lovely hard times image is courtesy of Because Studio who I am making my ’studio of the week’… congratulations! ^_^
I just wish I had found them sooner so I could get my mitts on one of those limited edition prints. I’m a sucker for rarities!
