Clocks seem to pop up quite often when rummaging through Internets for industrial design inspiration. I’m not sure why, the only clocks I ever use are the ones on my computer and cell phone (doesn’t every device have a clock these days?). Because of the seemingly overwhelming amount of digital time-telling devices, I general ignore [...]

Living space – Planning and arrangement of a 110 sqm apartment in a historic building. The principal part was planning the kitchen: Crucial aim was to combine functionality and living space. The kitchen cabinets were designed especially for the apartment using high-quality surfaces. The spacious square sculpture-like wall unit opposite the cabinets also holds a [...]

Keeping the 8-bit alive: this concept comes from designer Ashley Buerkett, who has quite the collection of past works on her website.

This is an installation that artist Leo Villareal created for the National Gallery of Art. Multiverse, the name of the installation, spans a 200 foot walkway running from the east to west concourse of the buildings. This installation consists of 41,000 programmed LED lights. This installation by Villareal started in September of 2008 and will [...]

Here’s a lovely and well executed piece of industrial design. Tetris pots! For gardening, yah? With all the 8-bit hysteria over the past few years, I’ve found a lot of it has lost it’s novelty. But these pieces of 80’s history updated for the 00’s modernity, these are gorgeous.

Browsing through the world wide webby, I stumbled across these really minimal but very well designed bags. The bags are made with industrial wool felt, aluminum rivets, and distressed leather for the straps, which give them an unconventional look. Carga has a fair variety of styles to choose from ranging from courier, to handbag and [...]

Happy Odd Day.
I’m apparently in fates good graces and have come across some beautiful retro books in the past few weeks (remember those things? books?). The first one was delivered to our apartment via my amigo Paul. The Book of Popular Science I (circa 1961) is a gorgeous collection of what many deemed “amazing” almost [...]

I’m sure this has been through the blog community wringer but I kept thinking about it, so alas, a post.  As an avid bike rider (though not a messenger) I think this is not only a novel idea but practical.  The idea is that these bikes lay a colourful trail of chalk that shows other [...]

We may have a bit of a bias around these parts for the classic way of doing things. Recalling a line uttered yesterday about how the 50’s until the late 70’s was the best era for design aesthetic & style in the last century. My current project’s first album is planned to be released on [...]