New London 2012 Olympic Logo?
Wow, that's terrifically awful. Enough to make me hurl my beans 'n toast.
Fortunately many English are petitioning for a re-design.
BBC readers have already begun suggesting alternatives
Puppies and Flowers
…for when you need to think of something else — in a hurry!
Design Archives
June 5, 2007
June 7, 2007
Most Unfortunate Logos ever ...
Link to oddee
June 20, 2007
Feed the Head —wacky Flash game
June 22, 2007
Ever wonder why milk containers are square?
Find out on the cool Design Observer blog
June 25, 2007
Forget the film watch the titles
A wide collection of opening title sequences. Great stuff.
Link to submarinechannel and thanks to Miss Cellania at Neatorama
June 28, 2007
Guerrilla Advertising
Melting Wall Clocks
Melting wall clocks come in three different shapes and are available in any color (not limited to colors shown). They are made from 3/8 inch Baltic birch and hand painted. They are finished with multiple layers of pre-catalyzed lacquer for a durable high gloss surface. Recently I have started offering a stained version of the wall clock that uses wood stain to preserve the wood grain and give the clocks a whole new look and texture. All clocks have a quartz movement that runs on one AA battery (included). Price is $40.00 plus $9.00 for shipping. Allow 2-3 weeks since clocks are made as ordered and require compliant weather to spray lacquer.
July 5, 2007
USB-iscuit An Edible Flash Drive
Link to GetUSB with a variety of fun USB drives.
Still not as cool as The White Stripes one.
July 6, 2007
Extreme Sailing: The Biggest Boat in the World
(images: Guiliano Sargentini/Emilio Bianchi)
Tom Perkins had done it all. He'd made a fortune, conquered Silicon Valley, even been Danielle Steel's fifth husband for a time. His venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, was an early backer of Genentech, Netscape, and Google. But when he turned 70 a few years ago, Perkins decided to do something even grander and a bit crazier: He would build the biggest, riskiest, fastest, most technologically advanced, single-hulled sailing mega yacht in the world. The 289-foot Maltese Falcon, launched in spring 2006, is that engineering dream come to life.
There's no official definition of a megayacht, but every one agrees they're longer than 250 feet and tend to be triumphs of excess, with opulent staterooms, stainless steel and leather galore, plasma TVs — even their own speedboats and jet skis. To accommodate these toys, all mega yachts used to be powerboats, for the simple reason that sailboats must be reasonably svelte. But Perkins insisted on sail power — and refused to compromise on speed or lavish appointments. The solution was to go long, since (other things being equal) the longer the hull, the faster a sailboat can go. The result is the perfect blend of ego and utility, a $130 million wonder that represents the most daring advance in sailing technology in 150 years.
Continue reading at Wired
Space Colony Art from the 1970s
Cylindrical Colonies (Interior view)
Bernal Spheres (Colony construction crew at work)
A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. These have been converted to jpegs and are available as thumbnails, quarter page, full screen and publication quality images.
Link to NASA
July 9, 2007
Snail tape dispenser
Found on eBay
July 10, 2007
Canadian designers make felt rocks and soft blocks
Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen of Forsythe + MacAllen Design, www.forsythe-macallen.com, have been operating a multi-disciplinary design studio since 1996 and are currently based in Vancouver, Canada.
Felt rocks are sculptural pieces, made from 100% pure wool felt - solid all the way through! felt rocks are sold in sets of 6 hand selected rocks, including one rock that has been split in half to reveal the solid wool interior. The felt rocks are packaged in a natural wool felt bag that can be re-purposed as a fashionable and useful hand bag. The rocks vary in shape in size, but average about 4-6 inches across.
July 11, 2007
1969 Pink Panther Car for sale
From BBC:
A car made famous by the cartoon series The Pink Panther is expected to fetch up to £100,000 at auction.
The sleek pink car appeared in the titles and credits of the television series featuring the legendary pink cat and Inspector Clouseau.
The 23ft (7m) car is a lengthened 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado, complete with pink plush interior.
It will be auctioned at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, on Saturday and is expected to fetch £75,000 to £90,000.
But Christian Penwill, from auctioneers Coys, said the famous vehicle may fetch a lot more.
Fully working
"At the auction of the Batmobile in February, the price rocketed. It sold for £119,000 in the end," he said.
Although the Pink Panther car has been stored in a museum for years, it is in full working order and has recently been used for charity and promotional work.
It was the only Pink Panther car ever produced. It was built in 1969 by Californian car customiser Jay Ohrberg, who also created the open-top Batmobile for the 1992 film Batman Returns.
The car will go under the hammer at the Fine Motor Cars and the Jaguar Legend Auction on 14 July. Link to BBC
July 13, 2007
WWF billboard that uses shadows to communicate its message
The Scottish Show 07
The exhibition brings together 34 of Scotland's most exciting designers in an exhibition at The Lighthouse, with associated projects including a 6 citywide billboard project, publication and specially commissioned souvenirs. Building on the success of The Scottish Show in 2004, the exhibition will celebrate the vibrancy and vitality of Scotland's design industry.
Work and installations by the designers will take over most of The Lighthouse by inhabiting the galleries, corridors, stairwells and shop.
The Scottish Show 07 is the national exhibition of the inaugural six cities design Festival.
OSTREET Billboard
July 15, 2007
Lost found art
July 20, 2007
Collection of weird hats
Show me more weird hats!
August 6, 2007
'Transparent' billboard
August 10, 2007
Electric scooter zips along nicely for pennies per mile
From news article:
Bay Area zero-emission advocates got their first test ride Thursday on a zippy new all-electric motor scooter that can take two commuters on a silent freeway ride that will cost them just pennies in electrical power.
The plug-in hybrid automobile crowd, in the news these days because of advances in the technology of fuel-efficient hybrids, gathered at San Francisco's Presidio to see the latest wrinkle in emission-free transportation - an electric motor scooter called the Vectrix that can whiz along at 60 miles an hour.
At $11,000, the Vectrix may be a bit pricey, but it is a first of sorts and it will probably appeal to the same high-income people who have ordered the $100,000 all-electric Tesla sports car. "We want to get to the right consumer demographics," said Jeff Morrill, Vectrix's managing director for marketing. "It's for urban commuting, and it targets environmentalists, active (electric power) enthusiasts."
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August 12, 2007
Excellent outdoor marketing campaign — Noodle Slurpers
August 13, 2007
Create your own Rubik’s Cube design from any photo
August 15, 2007
On my desk — Creative folk share the stuff on their desks
Fun blog full of submitted images of what creatives have on their desks.
(Shouldn't this be an upper and lower case?)
Shown here:
Toniduran, Graphic Designer & illustrator
Cherbourg, France
www.toniduran.ouvaton.org
Link to blog
The idea generator
August 16, 2007
Sandwich Art — Cute but not quite puppies and flowers…
August 17, 2007
Weird 'lunar-base' styled Polish radio station
RMF Radio Station in Poland Occupies 21st Century Facility
Found at Deputy Dog
Satellite picture here
August 18, 2007
Ethan Winer playing 37 separate cello parts to create one song.
iKinda Totally cheesey 'Top-of the Pops' circa 1970's video effects.
Beautiful music if you close your eyes.
Should you need any advice on building, repairing, restoring a stringed instrument, Andy Carruthers is an amazing craftsman, he used to have a really cool website, but now there are just plain pictures.
Found at Ursi's
August 27, 2007
August 28, 2007
Cris Siqueira — Brazillian illustrator
Cris Siqueira or Cris Vector, is a commercial llustrator whose works are created as vector art (using Adobe Illustrator). Lovely stuff.
Thanks Christo
Burning Man sculpture was set on fire prematurely
According to Scott Beale at Laughing Squid:
Wow, this is a shocker. At around 3 am Tuesday morning at Burning Man 2007, during a rare lunar eclipse, the Burning Man sculpture was set on fire prematurely (it is normally burned on Saturday). The Black Rock City Emergency Services Department was able to put out the fire in time and salvage the sculpture (it had not yet been loaded with fuel or explosives). It is still scheduled for its normal burn on Saturday and they will be working throughout the week to repair any burn damage and re-install the neon.
Lots more info, pictures and updates at Laughing Squid
UPDATE: arsonist arrested
Link to SF Bay Guardian blog
September 4, 2007
CRANKbait! Lures of Distinction
What is this about?
It's about finding an answer to that age-old question, the one that we have all asked ourselves:
What would happen if you shipped 20 unassembled old-timey wooden fishing lure kits off to be finished by a bunch of artists? It turns out that the answer is CRANKbait! Lures of Distinction.
Shown here by Hugh Macdonald, see them all here.
Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing fame painted one too.
Clever marketing ploy for Bob Dylan's 'New Ultimate Collection' release
A must have accessory for any self-respecting fashionista
Why, for the love of Christ, do they have to have pink ones to appeal to women?
Link to Taser
Clip from NYTimes:
The new C2, as the weapon is called, looks more like a large disposable razor than a gun, comes in a variety of colors and is $350, all of which Taser executives believe will persuade women to add the weapon to their checklist for the evening: lipstick, wallet, keys, Taser.
September 5, 2007
Steve Jobs debuts "iPod touch" with WiFi
From MacNN:
Apple boss Steve Jobs today introduced the widely rumored and highly anticipated touch-sensitive iPod, codenamed iPod touch. The iPod looks nearly identical to the iPhone in appearance, with a large screen and a customary 'home' button at the bottom. "It features our revolutionary multi-touch interface that you've come to know and love on the iPhone," said Jobs. "If you've used an iPhone you'll feel at home, it's exactly the same." The company also unveiled a new application specific to iPod touch and the iPhone, the iTunes WiFi music store. The new store allows users to preview and download songs via WiFi in the same fashion as the original iTunes software. Apple will offer the iPod touch in two configurations with 8GB and 16GB storage capacities for $300 and $400, respectively. Both models are slated for shipment "in just a few weeks" but before the end of the month.
The 3.5-inch widescreen display displays photos just like the iPhone, and supports Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" technique as well as the customary slide for unlocking the device.
The iPod touch features CoverFlow technology, and includes a WiFi meter in the top-left corner of the screen to monitor signal strength. The new iPod's wireless capability includes 802.11 b/g support, and utilizes the company's Safari Web browser to login to public wireless networks as well as surf the Web.
Apple's iPod touch supports YouTube in a fashion similar to the iPhone, and boasts a battery life of 22 hours for audio playback or five hours of video playback.
September 13, 2007
Original Design Gangsta
Link via The Presurfer
September 16, 2007
The graffiti of Roadsworth has Montreal's politicians and police contemplating the differences between art and vandalism
Every now and then the internet surprises me with an unexpected gem. While searching for an image for a different post, I came across these great photos of a Montreal street artist named 'Roadsworth'. Apparently "Montreal police arrested Gibson on November 29 last year [2005] and charged him with 51 counts of mischief, the charges carrying maximum penalties ranging from $200 to $5,000" but since January 6, 2006, "All charges against Gibson have been dropped. His punisment is a minor fine and 40 hours of 'community work'."
Makes me want to grab a few cans of aerosol!
(All images found on Flickr)
Source of above quotes
Link to FlickrSet
If you like guerilla-street-stencil art you will most definitely like these too, by Banksy.
September 18, 2007
3D Painted Rooms — These rooms are painted so that, when looked at from the right vantage point, optical illusions are created
September 19, 2007
Own a piece of San Francisco history
These where sent to me by two local San francisco artists:
Below, [Above] you’ll find four choices that highlight the places that most of us urban hipsters like to frequent and the remainder of you drug addicts and johns like to frequent as well. Choose wisely. Your T-shirt will be a sign that you were the first in San Francisco history to own an ironic SF Parks and Rec parody shirt before everyone else did.
Each high-quality sweatshop-free 100% cotton American Apparel T comes with a free design on it and will only set you back $20.
Link to come shortly or check comments.
October 3, 2007
adidas 'live soccer' billboard in Tokyo
30 Ft giant spider moves to Thames
The nine metre (30 feet) high and wide creature is made of bronze, stainless steel and marble and is the creation of renowned artist Louise Bourgeois.
"The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver," the 95-year-old Bourgeois said in a statement.
"Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother," she added.
Huh? Link
October 5, 2007
The industrial design of Gaetano Pesce
October 12, 2007
Gray-Bans Reverse Sunglasses
Won't be holding my breath waiting for these…
October 15, 2007
Real Flying Saucer Eyed by Defense Department
Clip:
The disc-shaped device can take off vertically from any surface, land practically anywhere, and if it accidentally contacts a building or cliff, it won't explode into a fireball, like those rascally helicopters.
These features could make the aircraft uniquely suited to flying in urban war zones, aiding with search and rescue in disaster areas, inspecting crops and pipelines, and taking aerial photographs (read: surveillance).
October 25, 2007
The Best and Worst Logo Remakes of the Century
Link to lots more samples
Below: the new NYC Taxi logo that caused an uproar, click here to see reader submitted designs, some of which are excellent.
Designed by Wolff Olins — who also created the 'fabulous' London 2012 Olympic logo:
Link to BBC readers alternatives