I love it when designers get imaginative. This is a smart desk that converts to a bed, from Athens-based Studio NL. Useful for those late working hours.
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Gif by art-sheep.com
A few links:
- I found these very amusing: 10 of the worst fears that all designers have. The designers among us will understand!
- Did you know there is a Pantone color for each Disney Princess?
- Great use of typography in this video, which presents the participants for a Moscow design festival.
- I love these personalized embroidered necklaces. Very girly.
- Art installations using sweet materials such as candy and sugar. Sweet stuff.
- I find this club poster very interesting. Reminds me a little of Hannah Höch’s work.
- A smart and cute surveillance camera: Ulo, a pet owl interacting with you through eye expressions.
Have a good weekend!
- Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind.
- Do nothing for prestige or status or money or approval alone.
- Be generous.
- Build pockets of stillness into your life. Sleep.
- When people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them.
- Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.
- “Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time.”
- Seek out what magnifies your spirit.
- Don’t be afraid to be an idealist.
by Maria Popova (Brain Pickings)
Brain Pickings is a site I wish I could be able to read more. I check it often to see new content, but to be frank you have to dedicate some serious time to read and absorb the particular posts.
Founded in 2006 as a weekly email that went out to seven friends and eventually brought online, Brain Pickings is now read by several million readers. Maria Popova, the founder and editor of the popular blog, calls it a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness”. Popova reads 12 to 15 books a week about culture, art, design or philosophy and writes about enduring ideas that give some insight into what it means to live a meaningful life.
“In October of 2013, as Brain Pickings turned seven, I marked the occasion by looking back on the seven most important things I learned from the thousands of hours spent reading, writing, and living during those first seven years. I shared those reflections not as any sort of universal advice on how a life is to be lived, but as centering truths that have emerged and recurred in the course of how this life has been lived; insights that might, just maybe, prove useful or assuring for others.”
Now, as Brain Pickings turns nine, Popova continues to stand by these reflections, and she adds two more. Read the whole article: 9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings
Love the poster for the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. It’s from Meandyou Communication Design.
Stephen Shore is considered one of the most legendary American photographers, but personally, I just discovered his photography work. I often prefer b&w photography but Shore uses color so good: he is among the earliest fine art photographers to work almost exclusively in color. His photographs usually depict seemingly ordinary scenes but the use of color and composition make the images captivating. This is a small selection from his photographs. Enjoy.
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I love the vintage style ornamentation in these cool aluminium letters from Urban Outfitters.
Illustration by Mike Lowery
A few links:
- Moon Parka: Outerwear made from synthetic spider silk. Yes. Spider silk.
- I love this artist’s style: Paris-based Fanny Nushka Moreaux portrays women so elegantly and gives a certain quality from another era.
- In the book “Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World”, it is interesting to see the different visual approaches for posters created for Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
- How many likes does your shirt have? This t-shirt only has 1 like, but it’s big.
- “Do it for mom (Do it for Denmark)”. A Danish travel agency is joining forces with wannabe grandmas in the fight against Denmark’s low birth rate. Hilarious.
- This chair looks a little weird, but also seriously comfortable.
- This Ice Cream Stick font made me smile.
Have a good weekend!
This is Juvet Landscape Hotel in Norway, by architects Jensen & Skodvin.
The hotel has the so-called “landscape rooms” that are basically small “cubes” on stilts, with glass walls that offer each space a striking view of the valley, the river, the courtyard or the dramatic gorge below. This is what I call a room with a view!
How would great vintage book covers look like, when set in motion? Henning M. Lederer takes 55 relatively unknown books from the 50’s to the 70’s and brings them to life by animating their bold abstract and geometric covers. Hypnotisingly beautiful.
I love this view angle of Angkor Wat, in Cambodia photographed from high up for the Daily Overview website. Constructed in the 12th century, it is the largest religious monument in the world and one of the most fascinating places I have ever been.