Is it any surprise it's Japanese? This beautiful fusion of form and function is the product of designer Shin Okada and craftsman Masuya Koubou. Made from cypress wood, the humidifier works to evaporate water into the air through capillary action rather ...Read More
Nendo has done what was once thought impossible: they have made a floating chair. Okay, so not really, but it certainly looks the part! The Japanese company states on their website that their conceptual goal is to "give people a ...Read More
On my usual GOOD cruise this morning I came across a few very groovy things. The first I want to talk about is a highway map after the London underground map. I'm not kidding, it's the United States highway system plotted ...Read More
In the words of my good friend Rossi Dixon, "this makes fonts sexy again." Fontplore is, quite possibly, the best use of the Microsoft Surface table technology I have seen thusfar. As an interactive font exploration device it ...Read More
A friend and I have been kicking around a exploratory creative project for a few months now and we're finally buckling down to start work on it. First step: Identity. The project is a creative lifestyle magazine that with each issue ...Read More
In July Stefan Sagmeister gave his third TED conference talk at TED GLOBAL. This time he spoke about the power of time off. Essentially taking time every couple of years to stop working and start enjoying. Enough of my drivel, ...Read More
I love Joshua Davis. He is one of the most amazing designers/artists I have ever come across. And to add to that, I feel like we'd make easy friends based on his twitter, facebook, and photos like this: And no, I'm ...Read More
While browsing the Arcitecture category over at Superuse.org I came across The Rig hotel. The concept behind this, and indeed the entire Superuse site, is simple: recycle everything. And why not? According to the article "there are approximately 4,000 oil ...Read More
One of the benefits of going to art school in The District is the proximity of so many great studios. Just a few minutes away in every direction are places like Bethesda Softworks, Grafik, Kinetik, Big Huge Games, and AKQA—just ...Read More
AutoDesk finished their REAL VIZ acquisition! Exciting news, no? "REALVIZ's products are used for panoramic photography, image-based modelling, match moving and optical motion capture. The technology extracts 3D information from pictures and videos, and is complementary to Autodesk's modelling, visual effects ...Read More