Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

Roald Dahl stamps





British author Roald Dahl wrote the nuttiest, wackiest, most magical children's stories, and The Royal Mail just released this rad set of stamps to celebrate him. What's your favorite Roald Dahl book? (Mine's The BFG.)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Creative And Unusual Beds

Collection of cool modern beds and contemporary bed designs that will look great for any bedroom. A Unique way to relax at the end of the day...


Ball Bed
Sofa/bed combo made of 80 soft and extremely comfortable balls.



Car Bed
Modern bed created out of recycled car parts for V8 Hotel.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Cute Kleenex Desktop Companion

These cute Kleenex tissues box is really adorable. Designed by Chris Yoon a student at Portfolio Center.

This project began with a thought to design packaging with designers in mind, so I started to brainstorm for everyday items that could be reimagined and eventually landed upon Kleenex. Since I’m including myself in the target audience, I started to think through how the packaging could be designed so that it would be something I would enjoy having on my desk. Beyond simply decorating a Kleenex box, I wanted to think through how the product (the tissues) could interact with the packaging once it was open, which eventually led to a typewriter loaded with paper, a whale spraying from his blowhole, a cottage emitting smoke, and any number of executions that fit that idea - Chris Yoon



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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Balenciaga Architectural Shoes

Footwear meets architecture in Balenciaga's shoes collection designed by Pierre Hardy. The shoes are made from a variety of materials (including plastic, wood, metal, and more). Cool and crazy.

Which pair is your favorite?



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Friday, January 13, 2012

History Of Flying Car


If you thought flying cars were the domain of sci fi movies or the reality-stretching James Bond films then you'd be surprised. The concept has been around since the early days of motoring, when intrepid aviators and auto pioneers envisioned a time when cars ruled the sky as they did the road. The fact that in 2011 we don't have a mass produced flying car is testament to the ill-fated efforts of some of those early innovators, but there is hope, thanks to twenty first century advances.


The first flying car, or roadable aircraft, came in 1917 via Wright Brothers rival Glenn Curtiss who having been beaten into the air by designing the three-wing Curtiss Autoplane. The vehicle could only hop, but spawned an engineering race that, despite modern successes, has yet to come of age.

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