Category — Design

Nothing will be beyond the “designer” tag, which prefixing practically anything implies something that looks good and is probably expensive too.

But with cakes, why not? ‘The Girl with the most Cake’ is the name of a cake company run by artist/designer team Linda Bartlett and Amy Forrest.

They make extraordinary, one of a kind centre pieces which they emphasize, has quality ingredients and taste to match.

I think if you have the imagination and creativity, you should apply it with any skill that you have (such as making cakes).

It’s just a shame that these would no doubt disappear very quickly.

The Girl with the most Cake

Via Core77

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Maura Cluthe has a beautifully presented bottle cap collection. These look great and the idea of collecting these make for a nice portable collection of retro styling, graphics and brands.

These remind me a little of stamp collecting where you get to keep a record of mini pieces of art. These bottle caps seem a lot cooler though, somehow.

Bottle Cap Collection

Via SwissMiss

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Ann Smith spends her days making little robotic like figurines from broken electronics and machine parts.  There are a couple of artists whose work I’ve seen online, who also create similar things, but Ann’s look quite elegant and actually work as kinetic sculptures!

They’re sold in stores and galleries throughout the US and have been published as illustrations in magazines and brochures.

On her website you can view a couple of animations of some pieces and you can also buy both the sculptures and prints of them from her Etsy store.

Ann P. Smith’s Burrow Burrow website

Via DesignBoom

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Muddy Mountain Pottery creates all kinds of ceramic products, but most quirky of all are these antique-style retro ray guns.

Well, why not? They look great, and encourage creative thoughts that hark back to (my) childhoods of retro sci-fi movies and space age technology!

This here is the Harrisaurian. It features glass elements as part of the gun barrel and the sighting scope.

Each Raku Ray Gun comes with a ceramic moon crater plaque wall mount.

Check out more on Muddy Mountain Pottery’s website

Via RetroThing

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I love this simple idea for chocolate where different sized chunks are marked by how many calories they contain.

From Elmanco via NotCot

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Volkswagen created a mini-site devoted to new car concepts for the year 2028.

Set in the future, the eerie video introduces three new riffs on the brand’s forthcoming Up! minicar: the One, a single-seater; the Ego (pictured), a sports car; and the family-sized Room.

Its a good little site - even the loading percentage sequence at the start is a nice touch. The initial video of a father-son conversation in a park sets the scene with a historic reflection of todays current realities of congestion and the rising cost of petrol, before they’re reminded by a digital assistant to select the car they want to come and pick them up.

Check the Volkswagen’s future car concepts

Via Men.Style.com

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This is a pretty funky looking vehicle called the Innerspace Sea Breacher. It’s inspired by dolphins and looks alot of fun to drive!

The current race-ready Seabreacher is powered by a 250hp supercharged Atkins Marine rotary engine, and can achieve speeds of up to 50mph on the surface and a staggering 20mph while fully submerged! Vehicles can dive to a maximum depth of five feet and can jump out of the water as high as ten feet.

More on Core77.com

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Desktopography have a new collection of gorgeous desktop wallpapers for 2008.

The desktopography project arrived in 2005 as a place to download nature / topological themed wallpapers with edits from selected designers.

Designers spend about 90% of their waking life in front of a computer so the most appealing genre for a wallpaper would be one that has beautiful design mixed with the all important aspect of being outdoors.

Browse and download wallpapers at Desktopography.net

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The AirPiano is an innovative musical interface which allows the playing and controlling of software instruments simply by moving your hands in the air.

Above the AirPiano is a virtual matrix of keys and faders, each assigned with MIDI messages ready to be triggered. The length of a triggered note is equivalent to the time a hand is placed on the corresponding virtual key, which is also confirmed by LED feedback.

The AirPiano looks quite nice, simple and elegant but how does it feel to play without the tactile quality I’m assuming pianists are used to?

More on AirPiano.de
Via LostAtEMinor

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Here’s a guy called Deke McClelland rapping out 101 Photoshop Tips in just over five minutes. Eminem he ain’t, but the novelty factor is there.

If you like his style, who knows - you might commit all 101 tips to memory. You know how it is with song lyrics - easy to remember when put with a tune you like.

More on CreativeTechs, who also list out all 101 PhotoShop Tips

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