Category: Design
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Peel wall lamp
This wall lamp fixes to the corner of a wall and gives the impression of light shinning through from behind wallpaper.
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Bending the corporate control of the games.
I get regular emails from the London 2012 Olympic organisers about travel and ticket information but mostly trying to convince me to buy some official merchandise. It’s a collectors dream, everything you can think of can be sold with a London 2012 logo on for twice the normal price. There are very tight restrictions on…
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Letters from leaves
Hand crafted typography is quite an art, and some people with exceptional skill can make a business from it. I’ve seen paper and card used but not leaves before, and Twan van Keulen has given it a go with impressive results. Found on www.likecool.com, originally published by Twan van Keulen on his site at studiogloeilamp.nl
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If Dexter was your friend
I’ve been watching a lot of Dexter recently on my daily commute, and in my daily blog tour I noticed this:
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Solar powered publication
An annual report which is only visible in sunlight.
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Cool things offline: Snowboarders, tables, tiles, hoovers, mugs, shelves and fairgrounds
Here’s some stuff from around the web I’ve found this week which I think arepretty cool.
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Christmas wishes for around the home
Things I would have liked to have put on my Christmas list: Vintage Camera Pillows Found on www.swiss-miss.com/2011/12/vintage-camera-pillows.html and originally from www.etsy.com/listing/83835293/vintage-amica-eyelux-camera-canvas?ref=fp_treasury_12 PicNYC Table Found on www.likecool.com/picNYC_TABLE–Furniture–Home.html and originally from www.haikocornelissen.com/work/picnyc-table/ Table and chairs cabinet Found on www.likecool.com/Transformer_chest_has_two_chairs_and_a_table–Furniture–Home.html and originally fromclaudiosibille.com/ludovico.php
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Why do creative people sometimes steal?
About a year ago my wife and I spotted an independant graphic designer, Kyleigh, who was selling paper cuts through Not on The High Street. We liked her work and got in touch to commission a special piece for my wife’s sister in law’s wedding. Even though Kyleigh was just about to have a baby, she completed the work in time…
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Fill the gap in the market with your own newspaper
Seeing as there will be a blank space on many newsagents shelves next Sunday maybe this is the time to start you dream of creating your own newspaper? Of the designers I follow online, Ben Terret stands out and is one of the founders of Newspaper Club, a small company run by the Really Intersting…
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Motion powered bike wheel lights.
Two industrial design students at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, have created a new bicycle saftey system that uses the bike’s movement to light the wheels. Ethan Frier and Jonathan Ota have a created a system which lights the wheels white while the bike is in motion, and red if it detects the bike is slowing down. They…