absolutely beautiful piece by brooklyn based designer roland tiangco. sums up everything!
described as follow on his website: “a poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster, the back of which is coated with powdered pigment. this is the first of a series of posters.” genius! click on the images to get a better look
by pp’
the little tank (tankette) table, by paolo pallucco and mireille rivier. i saw this coffee table at a friends house and loved the idea and finish so much that i considered getting one. it can be rolled around the house (if the floor finish can accommodates) but it’s not the most practical of coffee tables as far as what you place on top of it but its a piece to be dealt with. ca. 1987-1988 painted metal. manufactured by pallucco, treviso italy. 13 3/8 x 48 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (34 x 122.9 x 80 cm) estimated price $6000-$8,000 as seen at philips de pury & company. by yb
this is sort of like… one of those uber fancy parties you end up in… and everyone you talk to is bitching about something or another (yes myself included). i saw it and i just had to smile. available for just $64, yet another reason to be unhappy.
turns out of course it has nothing to do with that, it was a phrase, or so i learned, that was refering to technology and how its made us all more miserable… hell, i agree lets bitch about that at least anyway. by uh
one of ivan’s, and our favorite blogs, the JJJJound blog from montreal, canada.
yours truely, tomorrow started, from a planet not so far away
keehnan konyha the 2thewalls blog ivan terestchenko has been gathering and posting his favorite bloggers pads for all to see. it is a very personal approach to a very faceless hobby. here are 2 of our favs and one we are rather familiar with. check out ivans blog for this and much more. by dd
nice design. by jh
a house i could call home if i happened to move to switzerland… i’m just saying…by kv
students in the vehicle design masters course at london’s royal college of art collaborated with bentley in a competition to design a new bentley coupe that explores aerodynamic innovations while maintaining the brand essence. called the aero-ace project, the winner will be invited to refine their design with bentley’s head of exterior design, raul pires, and join the brand’s design studio on a six month secondment. this seems to be an efficient fusion of want and need with new creatives joining the increasingly competitive workforce… enjoy some of the finalist concepts. by kl
nice work by typography/illustrator pomme chan and sean freeman, “for me this is heaven”. by xy
very interesting page from designer tyler thompson that “rubbed his eyes” on his delta ticket to get the basic infos related to his flight. mister tyler decided to give a try at redesigning the tickets and opened the exercice to other designer that also came with resolving designs. worth “checking” 
as i’m sure everybody with common sense have been bother by those pieces of non-design. here by pp’
as the winter season seems to have no effect on the bike craze around us, here is the ultimate designer bike. Prouvé designed this bicycle during the war, in a time of great economic turmoil, with the hope to facilitate his employees’ journey between their homes and the ateliers. circa 1941 by pp’
adi was just recently rammed into by a whaling ship in the antarctic waters
the latest addition to the fleet of captain paul watson of the sea shepherds (the saviors of our oceans against illegal poachers and the like) is the 14-ton ‘adi gil’, formerly ‘earthrace’, a bio-diesel future forward kevlar reinforced boat with speeds of up to 40 knots. if that’s not cool enough it can also submerge underwater up to 23 feet!! the boat was designed for a successful round-the-world speed powerboat record attempt in 2008. it was acquired by sea shepherd last year and renamed after the hollywood businessman benefactor… who says saving the planet can’t has to be granola?some specs:
to join the sea shepherd, become a member, save the seas or just contribute as we have been doing for the past 2 years go to sea shepherd dot org and kick some ice. by dd
the “function of form” written by farshid moussavi and edited by ahmad reza schricker published by actar and the harvard university gradute school of design
above: studies by ahmad reza schricker
space design by schricker for nike, in collaboration with new york agency ceft and company
below: additional studies by the young architect
a young masters graduate of harvard university and a current member of Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron‘s offices (china: birds nest) in switzerland, ahmad reza schricker’s future in architecture looks rather promising. the book “function of form” published and bearing his name coincided with his departure from the US and is a great find for archi-aficianados and MIT brains alike. we’ll be looking forward to seeing more of his work. by dd
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