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Human Beings Can Do Amazing Things

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:03:34 +0000

Thought it up. Made it happen.

And…this pretty much sums up what I’m looking forward to seeing in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.

Here’s the description of the crib from the Italian eBay site – just to make you love it a little bit more.

ENG (with google translate) : It goes back to 1875 this cradle Thonet, Thonet catalog bears the date 1830. was done by me personally restored by early 2007: stripping, antitarlo syringe and buffer, stucatura, polishing. The cot is in excellent condition, something important: to restore the run but I did not give any final finish or color. This is because I wanted to give the new owner the choice of color. I advice beech natural color or a simple rubber lacquer. Perfectly usable and a prestigious gift.

Personally I find the nest so beautiful with the natural actions visible, but the fact remains that with a few tens of euros and 2 in the hands of shellac over the cradle can return virtually “new” depends only on personal taste.

The cradle have all the original screws and especially hubs to make it wobble are original dell ‘era, also restored. the cradle still the original pin to lock the oscillation.

This object is not only a valuable investment that is more usable and livable, I have bought to restore it and use it for my son …… now it is grown.

I believe it can also be an important gift of impact.

You’re so Helvetica

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:58:31 +0000

Pentagram, the always amazing design firm, has been coming up with interesting, intelligent, and non-holiday-centric holiday cards, websites, books, and experiences for the past I-don’t-know-years. This year’s is a fun twist on the Personality Quiz by categorizing you as a TypeFace. The execution is simple and in good style, and the end result is a nice mini-tutorial on typeface. When you go to the URL – you’ll need the password: character.

And in case you were wondering, I’m Archer Hairline – the culmination of my emotional, understated, progressive, and disciplined personality. As if you didn’t know.

So Good I Can’t Stand It

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:53:34 +0000

Somebody over at Spacesick has created a series of stunning faux novelization covers. They’re called the “I Can Read Movie Series” and they feature Saul Bass-style renditions of supposed books based on movies. These should win some kind of award – I don’t know what other than my ILoveYouILoveYouILoveYou medal. The creases, the faded covers, the smudged dirt, the pitch-perfect design – including the headers and the type….stop it. It’s too good.

Make more.

Behold these samples and find the rest here:

via my favorite person in the world

Making it better than it was

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:37:16 +0000

I think his name is Cardon Webb – anyway, he’s got a great idea where he takes typical flyer dreck found on telephone poles and electric boxes, re-designs them, and re-posts them. Nice way to get your work out. Nice way to make life a little easier on the eyes out on the street.

I feel bad about this, but…

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:12:06 +0000

…the design gods over at Pentagram have it right. If tobacco companies are going to fall under the FDA’s jurisdiction now (yay), rather than fight their unhealthy image and the new restrictions, they should fully embrace them. Go with it. Tell me these sample packs Pentagram designed don’t knock you off your feet. I think MORE people would buy cigarettes if the brand and packages acted like this. Full-on bad ass. Which is why I feel terrible about highlighting what a great job Pentagram did, because I think the tobacco industry are a bunch of evil pricks. Oops, tripped onto my soapbox.

The moral of the story is…Pentagram is right. Don’t run away from your nature. Be who you are and your people will come.

See more at Pentagram

21st Century Fairytales

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:15:33 +0000

Love this video by Swedish design student Tomas Nilsson. It’s a re-imagination of the classic, and pretty horrific actually, Little Red Riding Hood. The story is dimensionalized into an amazing conduit of detailed information and graphic charts for an information-driven era . My favorite being Grandma’s nutritional make up.

Music by Royksopp