The Daily Life of a Jungle Cat

Shadow Profiles

2012-08-02T05:25:00.003-04:00

Cool shadows created by artist: Kumi Yamashita a few more images found at that link.

via swissmiss

Handmade Type

2012-03-19T09:17:00.004-04:00

designer/illustrator Tien-Min Liao painted shapes on her hands and created upper-case and lower-case letters. By moving her hands, she shows the relationship between upper-case letters and their lower-case counterpart.

More examples here

found via jeannie jeannie

*sorry these gifs suck on here. I had to shrink them to fit my blog width.... click over to the other sites for better images.

** also if anyone wants to teach me how to change the size of my blog template, that would be nice.

***** update: fixed blog size, hooray.

need this

2012-01-10T12:35:00.002-05:00

I desperately need this giant elephant head.

found on TheDesignerPad

animal paper clips

2012-01-05T12:19:00.000-05:00

gah! adorable animal shaped paper clips.

I need all of them!

design mom featured some great japanese office supplies today. check it out!

animal paper clips made by Midori

found via: DesignMom

tablecloths for people who spill a lot

2012-01-04T13:58:00.000-05:00

spilling reveals a new design. magic!

found on shoebox dwelling

tablecloth designed by: Kristine Bjaadal

hook storage

2012-01-04T13:51:00.000-05:00

clever coat/purse hooks that double as storage for small things....

if only I wasn't programmed to throw all my things on the floor.

found on shoebox dwelling

Pasta Bow-Ties

2012-01-03T13:45:00.000-05:00

bow-tie noodles you can wear! japanese design studio Microworks created acrylic clip on bow-ties shaped like the bow-tie noodles we all know and love.

found on swissmiss and jeanniejeannie

fab.

2011-12-06T11:17:00.002-05:00

So I think I may be addicted to fab.com ....

They have so many well designed posters and products as well as funny/weird things... most of it is heavily discounted from the original price too! score.

I think the part about fab that I like most is their credit system. I bought a backpack from them, and it arrived a few days late so they gave me a free $10 credit. I used that on this:

amazing bluebird corkscrew.

then they had a $10 black friday credit for all members...

so I bought this cool USB hub-man:

he hasn't arrived yet.

and finally I got some mysterious referral credit from my roommates mom for $25 and bought this dish set.

so far I have bought 5 things and paid only the shipping cost for 4 of them...

my roommate is obsessed too, he cannot stop looking at fab

if you want to join or know anyone who would like to join, click here

**** also sorry this post sounds like an infomercial, but I just really like fab. and if you join you can invite other people and start earning credits too!! win, win.

circle master copy

2011-10-21T09:02:00.002-04:00

Faber Castell from eric yeo on Vimeo.

this is amazing!

found on designmom

tigers in a basket

2011-10-16T22:56:00.002-04:00

stumbled upon this so it doesn't have a real source other than this

so great though

random request:

also, I know the majority of people who come to this blog are only looking for information about Maine Coons, but if anyone has any suggestions for movies for me to watch I would appreciate it.

I have recently watched: all of the Xmen movies, both Iron Man movies, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Green Lantern... going to rewatch all the spiderman movies

I'm looking for something along these lines because apparently I want to be a superhero.

who's surprised? answer: no one.

Croatia

2011-10-15T00:53:00.004-04:00

I need to go to the Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia. Croatia was on my list of places to go anyways, I'll just have to add this park.

more pictures here

tree people

2011-10-10T01:06:00.002-04:00

heads up readers, you can turn in to a tree after you die.

SCORE!

there is now a biodegradable urn... you fill it up with your ashes, well actually someone else will fill it up with your ashes and put a seed in it. then YOU BECOME A TREE. amazing.

gotta go research trees for my future life now.

bye!

found on bigthink

UPDATE:

have decided on a willow tree. grandmother willow PART 2

sleeping in public places just got better.

2011-09-29T00:50:00.002-04:00

sleep suit by Forrest Jessee found on toxel

I want one of these. for sleeping in stairwells.

sorry I haven't posted anything in a while.

I'll try to post more things now that I am back at home.

Astronauts are people too.

2011-09-29T00:46:00.002-04:00

reminds me a lot of the "Celebrities, they're just like us!" photos in the tabloids, but with people in space suits. So much better.

photo series by Hunter Freeman found on toxel.

Paper Sculptures

2011-05-21T16:32:00.001-04:00

Stephen Doyle makes crazy-intricate paper sculptures. examples:

detail:

above sculpture "Hypertext Book Sculpture" is available on AIGA New York's "Unique New York" Auction

found via swissmiss

xylophone

2011-05-09T11:20:00.003-04:00

saw this on design mom. so cool!

European Jungle Cats

2011-03-21T23:31:00.000-04:00

watch out everyone, European Jungle Cats are here!

be sure to check out my new blog "The European Life of a Jungle Cat" for updates on my summer trip traveling around Europe with my friend Amy.

I have included links to each of our Europe blogs in the sidebar.

Enjoy!

anyone getting this through a feed thing should stop by the real blog to see how organized the sidebar is.

DIY Lamp

2011-03-16T11:53:00.000-04:00

i want to make this!

out of solid colored tea cups/ tea things

more information about this project on design*sponge

my future child/monkey

2011-03-11T14:44:00.002-05:00

I want to adopt this spider monkey named Estela.
Her mother was not able to take care of her.
So she has stuffed animals instead.

she lives at the Melbourne zoo

more info/pictures here

and here

and here

letterpress kit!

2011-03-11T12:16:00.003-05:00

just entered to with a letterpress kit!

looks like so much fun. i want to craft things with this.

giveaway at: nobiggie

movie barcodes

2011-03-10T09:48:00.000-05:00

every frame of a movie is compressed into one color and lined up next to each other.

alice in wonderland 1951

the kings speech 2010

the matrix 1999

i like seeing the color palette of movies

from plentyofcolour

tons more at the movie barcode blog

facepots

2011-03-09T11:29:00.003-05:00

i want these.

facepots by good(based in the republic of kazakhstan)

although i don't really like plants...

more pictures and info on designboom

UP

2011-03-08T10:56:00.001-05:00

so many things are excellent about this.

1. National Geographic channel has a show called "how hard can it be?" NEED TO WATCH THAT.

2. they re-created the floating balloon house from UP.

3. SO AWESOME.

more pictures and info here and here

ink and water

2011-02-28T10:19:00.000-05:00

dear alberto seveso,

these high speed photos are so cool. thanks.
also thanks for making them available to download and turn into desktop wallpaper.

sincerely,
michelle

paint swatch mural/mosaic

2011-02-28T10:14:00.001-05:00

this is so much more extreme/awesome than the paint chip wall I made a couple years ago...

peter combe creates art out of paint chips.
more images on plenty of colour