Category: Friday links (Page 3 of 8)

Gif animation by Libby VanderPloeg

A – last minute – selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• Spectacular color postcards of Istanbul circa 1890.
• Funny ad by Belgian bus company De Lijn.
• Love this ‘Ampersand’ print by Darren Booth
• A Darth Vader toaster. I am amazed at how much Star Wars stuff you can find out there… (via)
• Hasselblad and Motorola teamed up to launch this beauty. A state-of-the-art mobile zoom accessory.
• Iconic cartoon characters made of colorful LEGO bricks.
• Experimental Greek artist Petros Vrellis creates detailed portraits with a single thread. See the video.
• Lovely lettering posters with lyrics from blues & soul tunes.

Have a relaxing weekend!

Gif animation by Boglio.

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• Meet the 2016 iPhone photography award winners.
• An exhibition of Japanese portable record players.
• A-holes: the pun that inspired a clever typography book.
• How about these Grass Flip Flops? (via)
• “Waterscape” is a collection of minimal fish bowls. Makes me want to buy a goldfish again.
• Love the simplicity of this ring soap. (via)
• “A designer’s life in 10 hilarious cartoons“. Some familiar designer problems that you most likely share with creative types across the world.
• ‘Compartes’ chocolates have some really fabulous packaging. (via)

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation by Bill Domonkos.

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• A modern hillside house in California: Love the external mirrors reflecting the surrounding nature!
• Beautiful wristwatches combining Japanese and Swiss craftsmanship.
• 2D furniture for small apartments that become flat and can be hanged on the wall. Space saving!
• How cool is this keyboard made of aluminium and tempered glass.
• Pixelboom:  a stool comprised of 152 Rubik´s cubes. Which version do you prefer? Colors aligned or disordered?
• The Hipster Alphabet.
• “The Importance of Staring Out Of The Window” from The School of Life. A short film about the potentials of daydreaming.
• Black & white gradient puzzle. A puzzle for meditation. (via)
• Don Fisher: bags, cosmetic cases and prints. An entire shop dedicated just to fish! (via)

Have a lovely weekend!

Totoro is trying to get fit! Gif animation by CL Terry

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• ‘We’re The Superhumans’, the trailer for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games by British Channel Four.
• Love this ‘Be yourself’ t-shirt by artist Lisa Congdon.
• A concrete seashore chapel on a Chinese beach.
• ‘Plume‘ looks like an amazing gadget: It replaces your wifi router with small pods that are placed in each room and lets you connect everywhere reliably. Looks promising and beautiful too. (via)
• The Jwaneng diamond mine in Botswana from Daily Overview
• Who would’t want a big whale as a pillow? (via)
• The Sunday Morning Breakfast Machine makes tea, coffee, toast, a soft boiled egg, and provides the morning paper. Haha!
• This is breaking the internet: Michelle Obama on a carpool karaoke with James Corden!
• Gif series with Totoro’s adorable attempts to get fit. Almost makes me want to start exercising!
• ‘Nicely‘: A short film tribute to all the people of Nice.

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation by Yoyo the Ricecorpse

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• Intimate and beautiful photographic images from the archipelago between Scotland and Iceland: ‘Exploring the powerful charm of Faroe Islands’
• A retro-style map of famous literary locations in Manhattan.
• I love these giant copper wall clips for hanging art.
• ‘Man in Phone’, an outrageous Japanese short film about a man who mysteriously wakes up inside of his phone.
• Sailors organized neatly.
• I would wear the earrings from this minimalist jewelry collection.
• An interesting (and downloadable) Desktop Wallpaper Project curated by an art & design blog.
• Creative bookbinding: Books made from cassettes, VHS tapes, vinyl, cds, floppies, old mobiles and macbooks

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation by GIB

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• All the winners of this year’s Cannes Lions festival.
• Meet Spiros Halaris, a Greek multi-disciplinary and multi-talented illustrator and art director with impressive clients like Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Ferragamo.
• Amazing realistic foods carved from wood by a Japanese wood sculptor.
• “One In Seven Billion“. A small but beautiful typography-driven animation concerning inferiority complex.
• Retro cassette earrings.
• A beautiful home in Puglia, Italy. Reminds me of the colors and simplicity of the houses on the Greek islands.

Next week, I will be having a small break!

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation by Jonathan Stroh

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• It’s time for a swim! Maybe with the help of a Donut, a Pizza Slice and a Pretzel?
• The world’s 50 best restaurants: The new #1 is “Osteria Francescana” from Modena, Italy! On #4 and #13 are restaurants from Lima, Peru!
• Love this pareo with a huge blue evil eye.
•  Enjoy the Flickr account of official White House photographer Pete Souza. In my opinion, the captions make all the difference. (via)
• “Unequal Scenes”: The lines dividing rich and poor captured with drones by a South African photographer.
• Fired on Mars:  Jeff just got fired from his job…on Mars! A short comedy animation that humorously deals with corporate isolation.
• Beautiful prickly macarons by a tiny cool pastry shop in Brooklyn.

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation by Bill Domonkos

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• Different types of dance in this great video of A-Z of Dance.
• A t-shirt proposition for Father’s Day.
• L’illusion de Joseph: an animated playful and hypnotizing video about a phenakistoscope.
•  A glass coffee table propelled by … 3D printed rockets!
• The world’s “ugliest” Pantone color 448C is being used to deter smokers. (via)
• An amazing view of the irrigation system in Saudi Arabia.
• THE idea for a party: A donut pegboard!!

Have a lovely weekend!

Gif animation from Chibird

A selection of links from the wonderful world of the internet:

• It’s the birthday party season! These are 8 awesome birthday cakes.
• You can find astronauts, dinosaurs and Hello Kitty in the oil paintings of Boston based artist Scott Listfield.
• This high school senior surprised his classmates by posting hand-drawn portraits …for all 411 of them! What a great thing to do! (via)
• “Vivian the Dog Moves to Brooklyn” is a Kickstarter campaign for a hilarious children’s book about a big dog moving to the “big city,” made to help kids (and adults) deal with giant-sized changes. (via)
• Ravensbourne College in London has an interesting new logo (and the typeface is by Greek designer Kostas Bartsokas).
• Magnus, an app that is like ‘Shazam’, but for art: You take a photo of an artwork and instantly know the artist and the title. Sounds cool, but is only working in very few places yet. (via)
• I love the Pocket Penguins website. So well done. (via)
• “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. Check this great tiny animation made with great lettering. It’s so fast you can miss it…

Have a lovely weekend!