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The dutch fashion designers ‘Nieuwe Heren’ came up with this very cool pants. It integrates a keyboard, speakers and a wireless mouse. I Like!
Sugru is a silicone substance which makes it easy to alter or repair your products. Or as the designer says it: “I don’t want to buy new stuff all the time. I want to hack the stuff I already have so it works better for me”.
The ‘Original Sound Track’ from Ricardo Seola is a wooden toy train which moves over a track, making music as it goes and is inspired by a music box. I really like the old skool (materials, analog) look & feel of it.
Tokyo based designer mac funamizu wondered what would happen if we rethought how coins were designed with an infographic perspective. Very nice idea indeed even if you don’t know the currency you can ‘feel’ the different values. What do you think?
Wanna look fashionable AND eco-friendly this summer? Better get some wooden sunnies from Shwood! They’re available in Maple, East Indian Rosewood, or Zebrawood. Yay!
Freeform as seen on a Noord-Zuid lijn instalation, near the Vijzelstraat (Weteringcircuit).
Industrial design magazine Core77 introduces ‘the Dutch master‘. With a nod to New York’s Dutch heritage, the Dutch Master acknowledges the reemergence of European city bikes across America. With its styling from the early 20’s, its vintage-inspired graphics and cable clips, and the Dutch Master cigar references, the bike marries the best of classic and contemporary.
Did you ever design an iPhone app? Fitting all your gorgeous UI stuff on that f*cking small screen? Now you can use these sketchbloks with the exact same dimensions as an iPhone.
How cool is that?
Rumours about the upcoming Apple ‘iPad’ device are ‘the talk of the day’ in magazine land. Sports Illustrated tried to start conversation, but the guys of Berg took it to another level.
Yesterday I layed my hands on the extremely well hand crafted toys of Ashley Wood. Although they’re made of vinyl, they feel like metal. The painted details are stunning. Everything up to the tiny fingers can be bend and shaped. You really should find one of these to truly get why I’m so excited about them. There’s a new series coming up in January 2010.
I love the style of this wall storage thingy by Bjørn Jørund Blikstad, a newly educated furniture designer with a masters degree from 2009 from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Hope someone will put it in production!
No, I’m not talking about one of the best songs / videos of the last century (which – in retrospect – could be stated to be the forerunner of another classic Kells move). I’m talking about Contagious’ final judgement of what was the most contagious ‘marketing stuff’ done in the ‘09. All summed up in one extensive PDF.
Just like the late, great Farb, Pantone does color. I am not sure why this happens, but they have announced PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise to be the Color of the Year for 2010. The reason: “Turquoise Transports Us to an Exciting, Tropical Paradise While Offering a Sense of Protection and Healing in Stressful Times.” Congrats!
Old work? Beer for women? Singer Rinus? Delete anything you hate about 2009 and have a fresh new start.
Love new work? Well, then review my ideas and pick a winner. The idea with the most votes will be produced in 2010. And if it wins an award your name appears in the credits.
It’s December, time to advise you on the calendar that will never bore you on the toilet. Unsurprisingly the german perfectionists from publisher Gestalten did a fine job again. This year the winner is the Crackpot calendar.
Yup, this is geeky: The Windows and Mac OSX on-screen calculators translated to actual ones by Mintpass. They seem to be made with great detail both design and material wise. I like how the original design’s bevels, glares and textures are ‘realistic’ features in the first place. Too bad Apple and Microsoft still have to approve them.
Twitter recently introduced ‘lists’, a new feature which makes it possible to create, share and follow lists of tweople. Say hello to the New Work Twitter list, and follow all New Workers at once.
Yesterday I attended a party where some young art academy hipster DJ started mixing tunes with a website called YouTube DJ. I don’t know if I’ve been living under a rock or something but that was a new thing for me. I guess next time the DJ will probably play DJ Hero!
Bacardi will introduce a limited edition bottle, which is inspired by the bottle as it was a 100 years ago. Including the original label, cocktail recipient and more alcohol (44.5%). I’ll bring one to the next NW meet up.
SubmarineChannel just published the first series of 17 video interviews/short docu’s with top Dutch visionary designers (fashion, architecture, product, illustration, graphic designers, etc.) called ‘Dutch profiles’.
@pijnacker from TBWA Brussels pointed me at ZomboCom. A refreshing site where you can do anything. The only limit is you.
The French Royal De Luxe created a really astonishing street performance in Berlin. Love the style and the fact that it has a message as well.
Not your average sleeping bag. The Selk’bag seems like a funny conceptdesign but Rodrigo Alonso teamed up with LIPPI and they actually made the thing.
Tomorrow, EA Sports game FIFA 10 will be launched. To show how much impact this has, all the worldwide tweets featuring ‘fifa’ are shown in a cool animation.
This Black & White Clock by Vadim Kibardin must be the most minimal clock design i’ve ever seen. It is purely made of numbers made from OLED’s (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). During the day, the letters appear dark. During the night, a light sensor triggers the switch over to white illumination.
In the 50’s up until the 80’s it was a common phenomenon in Holland that lp’s were used as a promotional gift. It was a very cheap way to promote your product. Some artist that contributed are “van Kooten & de Bie”, “Drs P.” and “Patricia Paay”. On the 22nd of September there will be a 156 paged book published about this fascinating way of advertising.
Mr. Lowman made me aware of this interesting old mid-eighties BBC documentary about the restyling of the London underground map by Harry Beck in 1931 and his finetuning of the design in the years after. Beck wasn’t even a graphic designer but an engineering draftsman.