I love this logo for the Tall Tales restaurant concept, which will be located in Gander Mountain retail stores. The first location will be opening soon in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Notice the goose and fish in the antlers? Very cool. More great work from Duffy & Partners.
Via The Dieline.
The Italian-designed Albero cuckoo clock, first unveiled at the 2008 Milan Furniture Fair, brings the German classic into the modern design world. The little birdie only sings during the day (how considerate). Buy yours here.
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So the other night I went looking for a bottle of wine to go along with a spicy Indian dinner. I headed over to the Riesling area and found a bottle of wine speaking directly to my needs. Firehose. I loved the simple design and unique name. Being a sucker for such things, I took a bottle home. And, I must say, it did the job admirably.
I just love the DVD cover and navigation art for this new release from the Criterion Collection. If you haven't seen Guy Maddin's trippy homage to silent films and an imaginary childhood (complete with a resurrected father, a gender bending movie star, and a omnipresent mother in a lighthouse tower), you are missing out. Buy your copy here. Wonderful design work from Jason Hardy.
Korean designer Zinoo Park's Spaghetti Chandelier is made from common industrial electrical cord draped through a powder coated white frame.
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Made of carbon fiber and steel, the Katana floor lamp was inspired by Japanese Samurai swords. Designed by V12 Design and Arkispazio, it's available through I Tre. Striking.
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Fantastic. Lila Jang's Canape sofa was recently part of the Parcours Saint-Germain exhibition in Paris.
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What do you do when you want to create a restaurant in a space with a low ceiling and a tangled maze of plumbing, sprinkler, and electrical pipes? Why, add more pipes, of course. Introducing Conduit, a new San Francisco restaurant designed by architects Stanley Saitowitz.
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My Beautiful Backside is a seating collection inspired by the idea of a Maharani sitting on the floor of her Indian palace, surrounded by a multitude of cushions. Launched by Moroso during Salone 2008 and designed by Doshi Levien, a London-based studio led by Jonathan Levien and Nipa Doshi.
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Made from sustainable solid and veneer hardwoods, this charming console will house your flat-panel plasma or LCD television in swanky 1950s splendor. Available through Wilkerson Furniture.
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Laser cut microfiber suede scarf made entirely out of uppercase letters. Available here.
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Designed by architect Fabio Azzolina, this indoor/outdoor armchair is made from steel rod and features storage space under the seat. Available in white, black, and grey through Dexo.
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Check out this nice Flickr set of bottlecaps. Sometimes it's the little things, eh?
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To create her reusable ceramic plates, designer Virginia Sin makes paperclay from the pulp of shredded paper plates. Once fired, some of the paper pulp burns out of the clay and the resulting pieces end up almost as light as the real thing. Each piece is then glazed on both sides, making them both microwave and dishwasher safe.
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Clever. The Karbon Articulating Kitchen Faucet from Kohler lets you extend the faucet to fill large pots, lower it into the sink for cleanup, or even fold it completely out of the way. Once you put the faucet in the position you want, it stays there for hands-free operation.
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Canadian designer Jonathon Yule created a series of robots out of his favorite sans serif typefaces. Fun stuff.
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Penguin Books turned to Shepard Fairey to redesign the covers for two iconic titles set to be re-released this summer. An inspired marriage of design and subject matter if you ask me.
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Love the name. Love the bottle design. And, wow, I especially love that spiked collar. Even the copy on the bottle is very well done. Brilliant.
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Friday is the 323rd anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's birth. To many, J.S. Bach was to music what Shakespeare was to English literature and Isaac Newton was to physics. Take a moment to listen to some of his timeless music this weekend (much of which, amazingly, was considered a bit old-fashioned in its day). Also, take a moment to admire his beautiful logo. The middle graphic above is the seal he used to mark all of his personal papers and compositions. It contains the letters JSB superimposed over their mirror image, as shown in the bottom graphic. Gorgeous.
Made out of industrial wool felt, the Facade Vase slips over a standard water bottle to create a classic, vase shape. Created by Orca Design.
Via Swiss Miss.
I love the way Coca-Cola is embracing design with their new aluminum contour bottles. A great use of the icon shape as a blank canvas.
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Korean designer Chul An Kwak aims to inject furniture with dynamic motion. The furniture series shown here was modeled after images of running horses.
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Browse and shop for cool shirts. Upload links to shirt designers you like. Leave comments on shirts submitted from around the world. Subscribe to your favorite designers, tags, or topics. Rumplo, which just launched a short time ago, promotes itself as "a t-shirt community where designers, t-shirt shops, and their fans can hang out together." They're dedicated to building the largest, most eclectic collection anywhere. An interesting concept and a fun new source for design inspiration.
Discovered via Twitter.
Currently available with Helsinki and Tokyo views, with Stockholm and Paris on the way. Available through Fiasko Design.
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Arkitip Magazine, in conjunction with the Danish design collective Wood Wood, produced 1,500 View-Master "magazines" to commemorate the HIGHMATH, Berlin art exhibit at the Pool Gallery. Arkitip Issue 0044, which can be purchased here, comes with a 3D viewer, three image reels containing work from the show, and a printed exhibition catalog. HIGHMATH, Berlin runs through March 1.
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Put those office ballpoint pens to use with these simple cap attachments. Just snap on and start eating lunch. It's one of the winning ideas from the Dining in 2015 design competition, sponsored by Designboom and Macef. Congratulations to winners Andrea Cingoli, Paolo Emillo Bellisario, Cristian Cellini, and Francesca Fontana from Italy.
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You live in a wonderfully modern house. Shouldn't your bird feeder match? The folks at Raumhochrosen say yes.
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The winter version of the Fancy Food Show just finished up today in San Diego. The Dieline has been doing a wonderful job posting photos of some of the more interesting new products and package designs on display. Head over there and check it out, and then be sure to bookmark and return often for further design inspiration. Good stuff.
Check out these clever glass bottles from Italian design house Seletti. Sure, they look like cheap plastic water bottles you might find laying around by the curb. But at $38 a piece, these liter bottles with glass caps are anything but disposable. Buy yours here.
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For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the shortest day of the year. Lights will burn extra long. Candles will be lit extra early. Perhaps it's the ideal time to ponder the piece above. Created by the-home-project studio, it was designed to make us question the true value of energy.
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I love these pieces from London-based WOKmedia. Part of their Made in China collection first unveiled at Design Miami, these pieces combine traditional Chinese furniture embedded with wooden toys. The whole thing is then covered with a pristine white lacquer. You can read more about the artistic statement being made over on the WOKmedia site.
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Happy Saint Lucia's Day to all my Nordic friends. In honor of your deep winter festival of lights, I offer up this wonderful packaging for Blossa Glogg from Sweden. Glogg is a potent, mulled wine drink ideal for cold Scandinavian winter nights. The Blossa packaging, designed by BVD, changes each year to reflect that season's unique flavor. Gorgeous.
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I have not been particularly kind to the Kindle. Although I have yet to touch one, I have been fairly outspoken in my distaste for the outward appearance of Amazon's revolutionary e-book reader. I believe I mentioned 1981 in more than one conversation. And maybe Texas Instruments. And perhaps orthopedic shoes. But look at this beautiful packaging (find more shots here). That's not at all what I would have expected. This packaging is very cool. Almost Apple cool. I mean, it's enough to make a guy rethink everything...
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This has got to be the coolest nativity set I've ever seen. Designed by Italian comic book illustrator Massimo Giacon, his porcelain Statuette Presepe is a modern take on the classic creche. Fun and vibrant, don't you think?
Via Mod Mom.
Last month I pointed you to some beautiful eyeglass chandeliers. Here's a table lamp made from 40 pairs of aviator sunglasses. When the lamp is off, the mirrored sunglasses reflect the light from the room. When turned on, the lamp "shades" become translucent and a kaleidoscope of oval shadows are projected onto the surrounding walls. Available exclusively at Deeply Madly Living. Hey, it's only $1,600.
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Check out these fun stools from the Outofstock studio in Singapore. The Winter Arrives collection is made from powder-coated mild steel and upholstered foam. Yep, that's exactly how my birdbath is going to look in a few weeks. The collection is currently featured at Dandelion, the online exhibit honoring the best up and coming industrial designers from Asia and beyond.
If you're looking for some quick visual inspiration, head on over to Posterwhore. There, Designers, illustrators, and agencies can showcase their poster design skills, while linking directly to their sites. That's how I was introduced to the digital art of Spanish graphic designer Anna Maria Lopez, shown here.
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Inspired by a bicycle chain, product designer Anna Bullus has created the Caterpillar chair. This versatile piece of furniture can morph into at least fourteen different positions. None appropriate for a guy with bad knees, I'm afraid. Oh well, I can still admire the intriguing design.
Via Inhabitat.
Just a few of the magazine covers judged worthy of recognition by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Want to see the 2007 Cover of the Year? I'll make you go over to the ASME site to see that. As you can imagine, it's pretty darned good. Be sure to check out the entire set of Cover of the Year entries, too.
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