Category — Design

Blog I Love Typography lists its favourite typefaces from 2008. As a designer, its about time I paid more attention to new fonts. Chunky looking Megalopolis Extra is my favourite on the list:

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More handmade coolness, this time in the shape of these full clothed figures by Coolrain. Barbie Ken they’re not.

The new, handmade ‘Monsterz Crew’ figures of “Andy and P-nix” are both extremely limited to ten each, and are decked out in urban Nike attire. Because of the handmade, branded nature of the articulated, large figures, they’ll cost a whopping $700 each.

More Flylyf

Via NotCot

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These beautiful photographs by impactist are part of a collection called “paper” and everything you see in the photos is hand cut and assembled to create patterns.

Via Design*Sponge

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Cosmic Motors is a book written by Daniel Simon, who in real life has worked for Bugatti and Lamborghini. It contains lots of gorgeous renderings of futuristic vehicles with a little backstory.

Get Cosmic Motors: Ships, Cars and Pilots of Another Galaxy
More on Cosmic-Motors.com

Via The Awesomer

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These modular shelving units from Russian industrial designer Maria Yasko are lovely, eyecatching side pieces for your rooms. Together with the wall graphics they look just like a CAD drawing!

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Florian Krautli has created a magnetic curtain – a simple, brilliant idea. This would save me having to manipulate our curtains countless times to get it to stay as I want.

“A curtain which you can shape to any form. Through the incorporated structure and magnets, it stays in the shape you push and pull it to.”

Via SwissMiss

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Yurko Gutsulyak designed this delightfully dangerous Calendar of Matches.

Each page is a month with a comb made of matches with each match corresponding to a day.

The matches are real and the construction of the calendar is absolutely safe, although I would suggest this item is for the riskier of us. Maybe if there are any stuntmen in the house?

Via NotCot

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All Day I Dream About Sneakers is a new collaborative project from adidas Originals and Lifelounge.

The project showcases the story and kicks created by the world’s original sneaker freak, Herr Fritz Träumer – a mythical and enigmatic sneaker designer who dedicated his lifetime to constructing the most original range of sneakers ever seen.

A true visionary, Herr Fritz Träumer saw vast potential in the sneaker well beyond their athletic function and humble appearance. Absorbed daily in a world of sneaker design, he dreamed beyond the realm of possibility and quietly penned in a series of notebooks and journals, visions of sneakers that were truly out of this world.

In a unique collaboration with Lifelounge, adidas have published a limited edition book, exclusively available at sneaker retailers around Australia and New Zealand, featuring excerpts from Träumer’s private journals and imagery of his unique sneaker creations.

Check out LifeLounge.com, where you can view the sneakers and download wallpaper and a pdf of the book.

Via The Awesomer

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Smashing Magazine have put together a list of beautiful examples of vintage typography and the modern work they’ve inspired. Check it out for inspiration on your own work!

Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase on Smashing Magazine

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Lovely silkscreened posters on black paper for the pirate in you. San Francisco based design studio Office have created a new series of posters as well as a range of products for the 826 valencia store/tutoring centre.

Check out more on the 826valencia.org store

Via DesignSponge

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