entries Tagged as [design]

Pretty Trashy preview items now for sale

Recently, I featured a preview of the new collection I’m working on with Pretty Trashy. A few of these one of a kind pieces are now for sale thru the Bows and Arrows store at Etsy.

Click on the images for product info/jump.

Unhappy in the Modern World


‘Still recovering from broken trust, neither wanted to be the first to try the eggs.’
(Dwell, November 2009)

Over at Tumblr, a blog with dark captions for photos from Dwell magazine.

More here. Twitter here.


‘In search of a less bleak playground, the toddler pedaled faster.’
(Dwell, June 2004)


‘Lying on his back, watching the passing clouds, he worried over the Nathaniel Hawthorne lookalike’s role in this grim threesome.’
(Dwell, November 2009)


‘He is sad because his house looks like an elementary school. And all the children have died.’
(Dwell, February 2008)

Found via Twitter.com/exspiro

Italian Roast


Advertising typography for Italian Roast Coffee; crayon on paper

The work of London-based designer Mitsuhiro Aita.

Visit his website. Much more to see.


Italian Roast Coffee: Shadow and texture experiments


Italian Roast Coffee: 100 sheets of burnt white paper

Organic dialing

Photo by TKayla

Covering walls

Here’s an incredible collection of wall decals.

‘Obama, burdened’

‘Includes type from Obama’s campaign and branding: Gotham, Knockout No. 48, Gill Sans, and Perpetua.’

Illustration for TIME by Dylan Roscover. Article here.

The State of the Union is tomorrow night.

Technology fetish

The work of Tatsuo Miyajima. More here.

IDEO redesigns Ford dashboards

New dashboard thinking for Ford from IDEO.

Article here. IDEO case study here.

The hierarchy is really well done, but what I love is the glass half full gas gauge.

Fashion bloggers take over


Moschino block letter buckle: ‘Style blogger sensation’

PSFK has posted an interesting article about the influence of fashion blogs.

Fashion Spring 2010

A look at current fashion campaigns. With snarky comments.

Part one here. Part two here.


‘Best Use of CTRL+C, CTRL+V’
 


‘Best Employment of an Invisible Armrest’
 


‘Best Substitute for Magic Eye Posters’
 


‘Most Bohemian References in One Campaign’
 


‘Most Likely to Incite Us to Buy a Questionable Shade of Lipstick’
 

Afrika Shox

Video for Leftfield’s Afrika Shox. Directed by Chris Cunningham, filmed in the Manhattan Financial District, February 1998.

More about the video (and Chris’ work) here.

Found via Don Reid


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