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friday inspiration

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

National Geographic Channel have created a real-life version of the animated film Up — launching a house thousands of metres into the air using 300 helium weather balloons. A team of scientists, engineers, and two world-class balloon pilots successfully launched a 16' X 16' house 18' tall with 8' colored weather balloons from a private airfield east of Los Angeles, and set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. Happy Friday!

via Swiss Miss and The Cool Hunter

goodbye, summer

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Goodbye, Summer by Teresa Wozniak. I know I'm a little behind schedule with this but at this point in the season it could be called anticipating summer!

via Share Some Candy

fortune cookie packaging

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Beijing Buffet Fortunes is a collectable set of twelve fortune cookie dispensers, each representing an animal of the Chinese Zodiac. Clever packaging, from form to the animals' backsides. Designed by Caroline Brickell.

via Lovely Package

plaid bench collection

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Plaid Bench by Raw Edges uses interlocking benches to create a delightful "woven" pattern with wood. Fantastic!

via Design Milk

refractive monolith

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

10 thousand metres (or 32,808 feet) of colorful yarn create Refractive Monolith by Lee Baker. I love the delicate tension between the outstretched threads and the wispy piles anchoring the installation on the ground.

via Plenty of Colour

installations by gabriel dawe

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000

A gorgeous installation of colored thread by Gabriel Dawe. I highly recommend spending a solid ten minutes perusing his wonderful work!

harmonic convergence

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Designed by sound artist Christopher Janney, Harmonic Convergence is a layering of light, color and sound connecting the Miami airport to a new rental car terminal. What an invigorating way to wake up after a long flight!

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the obliteration room

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The Obliteration Room is a temporary interactive installation by Yayoi Kusama. The installation recreates an Australian domestic environment in/as a gallery space. The white room is gradually obliterated over the course of the exhibition, the space changing measurably with the passage of time as the dots accumulate as a result of thousands and thousands of collaborators.

via Wanken

friday inspiration

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Two splendid typography/graphic websites to play with during your lunch break: Kern Type: The Kerning Game and Shape Type: The Letter Shaping Game. Happy Friday!

old typewriter

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Old Typewriter print by Todd McLellan, part of his Disassembly series. I love the gestural collection of components to the left. Is this engineering porn?

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paper torso by horst kiechle

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000

A faceted paper torso with removable organs for the Science Lab of the International School Nadi, Fiji by Horst Kiechle. Paper never ceases to amaze me.

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foldboat

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Foldboat, by Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies, is a rowing boat made from a standard sized sheet of plastic. By manipulating the material, they have created live hinges allowing you to fold and un-fold the plastic sheet into the shape of a boat. One version folds flat, the other rolls into a pack. How great would it be to slide your boat into your car with your luggage and bikes and whatnot!

via Dezeen

pinch by matthias pliessnig

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Pinch by Matthias Pliessnig. Stunning. See more of his gorgeous furniture in this DV post.

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stairway by chiharu shiota

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Stairway by Chiharu Shiota is a seemingly chaotic web of yarn that from a distance looks like a large scale drawing in space. Lovely!

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tape melbourne installation

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Tape Melbourne is a 16 meter, parasitic installation that engages visitors from both the interior and exterior of the installation through its translucent, sinewy skeleton. The installation was specially commissioned by Melbourne’s main civic centre and cultural district Federation Square as a part of their Creative Program focussing on experimental large-scale public art and its social and communal relevance. By Numen/For Use.

via Contemporist

friday inspiration

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Tree, Line installations by Zander Olsen.

"This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest. These works, carried out in Surrey, Hampshire and Wales, involve site specific interventions in the landscape, ‘wrapping’ trees with white material to construct a visual relationship between tree, not-tree and the line of horizon according to the camera’s viewpoint."

via Vulgare

snow pallet installation

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Snow Pallet Installation by Toshihiko Shibuya reflects circles of color from vividly painted iron disks onto crisp snow without the use of artificial lighting.

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CMYK lamp

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

CMYK Lamp by Dennis Parren uses LEDs to project colored shadows on the surrounding environment. Wonderful!

via Daily Icon

twist whisk by joseph joseph

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Twist 2-in-1 Whisk transforms from a flat whisk to a balloon whisk - with a twist!

via Moco Loco

colorblocked cutting boards

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Beautiful colorblocked cutting boards by Lostine, available at Anthropologie.

via Design*Sponge

education tables

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

From Studio Makkink & Bey, variously sized tabletops can be joined or disconnected as needed for the task at hand, becoming work desks, side tables, chalkboards and easels, or something in between. Not only is this layout flexible, its a lovely arrangement.

via Moco Loco

factoria joven skate park

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Factoria Joven Skate Park is a fantastic public space for energetic youth to skate, bike and climb. I love the bold color swatches and faceted surfaces. Jealous! Designed by SelgasCano Arquitectos.

via Design Milk

friday inspiration

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

"Who knew that Ice Cube, the infamous rapper with '80s group NWA and actor, studied architectural drawing before he started rapping? Pacific Standard Time, a collaborative project launched this past October and including over 60 cultural institutions across Southern California, celebrates the birth of the Los Angeles art scene. Recently they began releasing a series of videos of Angelenos speaking on their favorite artists and institutions... Ice Cube tells us, "Coming from South Central Los Angeles, you've got to use what you've got and make the best of it. What I love about the Eames is how resourceful they are."

Happy Friday!

via Core77

field candy tents

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Just a handful of the delightful, graphic tents by Field Candy. Which would you choose?

brand memory game

noreply@blogger.com ({ kat }) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

For this Brand Memory Game, Hendrik-Jan Grievink has made a selection of 30 internationally well-known brands, showing neither logo nor name on the images of the matching pairs. The challenge is to find matching pairs of a brand, based solely on their characteristic colours and style elements and a short description of the brand.

via designboom