The sixth annual Belgrade Design Week showcases the best of the creative industries in Serbia and south east Europe.
The Pickmaster Plectrum Punch is an ingenious device that creates guitar picks from plastic or cardboard. If only somebody could design a similar device that creates usable saxophone reeds, I’d be a happy man indeed.
Mark McGinnis’ illustrated alphabet posters are as sinister as they are appealing. Via Sell Sell .
Partial to the occasional cocktail? Why not share your enthusiasm for alcohol with the fruit of your loins with Baby, Mix Me a Drink .
Aaron Ruell is best known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite. Who would have guessed that he’s a motherfucker with an SLR ?
There’s a great post on Finding Berlin featuring photos of the entrances to various Berlin nightclubs . Rosi’s, pictured above, is one of my personal favourites.
Victor Ash specialises in graffiti on an epic scale. His 25m high work entitled “Look at me, look at you” is an incredible feat, painted on a bunker dating back to the second world war.
The man certainly had his fingers in many pies, quite possibly thumbs too. … This clock is bordering on the affordable, presumably because its minute hand is detached.
Many of the locations explored on the Considerate Trespassing blog are quite tedious. Not so the old Central studios .
I love wallpaper – the bolder the better. Osborne and Little’s “Best In Show” is destined to grace my home at some point, finances allowing.
Working Lalo Schifrin ‘s (a hero of mine) Bullitt soundtrack hard this morning.
Several contemporary artists including Damien Hirst , Gary Hume and the excellently-named Ai Weiwei have customised a selection of products for the ICA ‘s Psychedelica Gala .
Meowoodle is a collection of drawings, doodles and sketches by designers and illustrators of their cats. … Who knows, but there are some inspired submissions.
Aussie Illustrator James Gulliver Hancock is attempting to draw every building in New York City . He’s guaranteed to fail – excuse the negative waves, Moriarty! – but his drawings to date are jolly nice.
The art of crotchet and knit graffiti – yarn bombing – is completely new to me. There’s some exciting (albeit very time-consuming) yarn bombing action on the Philly subway pictured here .
The Pancake Day cocktail – an inspired idea!
What better time is there to view a huge collection of Soviet-era posters than on the eve of the Maslenitsa Russian Festival in London?
Dave Piper’s slow, cumbersome Flash website makes me slightly nauseous… until I see the excellent photography, which is well worth a look. He lives in Birmingham too, so he’s alright in my book.
Liking the logo for the recent Cognitive Cities Conference in Berlin.
Millicent’s Closet on Dawanda has some pleasing, hand-made jewellery. This fetching “Love Bird” bracelet is a favourite.
This little rat (possibly mouse) in my kitchen couldn’t resist the marshmallow I’d left out for him.
Dear John , the new magazine for men, written exclusively by women (though edited by the brilliant Conor Creighton).
Hurrahs and high fives to the kraut pixelmeisters at Serviceplan for their splendid campaign for Lego .
Pablo . Short name, nice illustration work .
Bossa Nova – a compilation of the best bossa nova record sleeves (well, the best according to Giles Peterson and Stuart Baker). If there’s any justice in this world, Marcos Valle’s Provisao do Tempo will feature prominently.
Rick Fairlamb’s portfolio boasts a great collection of character design , concept work and storyboards .
3D wallpapers . Nauseating but nice.
