Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Schallplatten

24th September

2011

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Countless images of vinyl, record collections and associated paraphernalia.

Teenagers bedrooms

23rd September

2011

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The aptly-named Teenage Bedroom blog contains countless images of teenagers bedrooms, past and present.

Roman Klonek

19th September

2011

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Roman Klonek’s surreal, Soviet manga ragtime (to use made-up, bullshit terminology) artwork is beautiful. Son of Poland – I congratulate you.

House Industries for Herman Miller

16th September

2011

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“House Industries and Herman Miller Japan announce a conceptually elegant collaboration that combines the classic Eames wire-base table with timeless typographic forms drawn from the House Industries Eames Century Modern font collection.”

Yes. I like them. I like them a lot.

Plasticine wars

31st August

2011

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Self-proclaimed illustrator, animator, stuntman, astronaut and stand-up comedian Elliott Quince’s website features obsscure Star Wars characters rendered in plasticine. He’s a talented man – the bollocks on the face of the green thing are particularly detailed.

Melanie Matthews

25th August

2011

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Aussie illustrator Melanie Matthews‘ work makes me smile.

Vintage knitting action

25th August

2011

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These boys are working a dynamite look thanks to The Vintage Knitting Lady.

Gwenola Carrere

23rd August

2011

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Belgium. It’s fair to say that it doesn’t really serve any sort of meaningful purpose. Still, despite living there, illustrator, Gwenola Carrere has some delightful work in her portfolio. Bravo, with a generous side order of high fives.

Endangered Species

18th August

2011

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The keys on Bernie Worrell’s clavinet are decorated with pages from old comic books. One more reason to love the legendary musician.

Rye sourdough

7th July

2011

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I finally managed to bake a rye sourdough that I’m happy with. The world is a marginally better place!