"What's the beef?"

You don’t find many designers working in the funeral business
http://bigthink.com/ideas/38299

Frank is an Austin, Texas mecca for bacon-lovers, beer-guzzlers and encased meat enthusiasts. It’s also a ‘Brand New’ identity award winner… See: helmsworkshop.com

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WATCH YOUR WRIST 

This a a great article describing a trend we know has to be coming.  The smart phone as a watch. Imagine glancing over at your facebook feed without having to dig into your pocket for it. via Fast Company

Color theory for designers!

Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman – Limited 2011 Asia Edition

“Herman Miller has released a new limited Asia edition of the iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. This version comes in all black, featuring black plywood framing and black premium leather. The chair is delivered along with a limited edition vintage poster of the chair. Both the framed print and the chair are limited to 100 pieces.”

—Source: www.selectism.com

I challenge anyone to find a room where this iconic (and personal favourite) lounge chair, and accompanying ottoman, doesn’t belong.

Did you know…

…the BIC Cristal’s “industrial design has been acknowledged by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of the museum’s permanent collection. Its hexagonal shape was taken from the wooden pencil and yields an economical use of plastic along with strength and three grip points giving high writing stability. The pen’s transparent polystyrene barrel shows the ink-level. A tiny hole drilled in the barrel’s body keeps the same air pressure both inside and outside the pen. The thick ink is pulled down by gravity from a tube inside the barrel to feed a ball bearing which spins freely within a brass/nickel silver tip. In 1961 the stainless steel ball was replaced with much harder tungsten carbide which is vitrified by heat, then ground down and milled to an accuracy of one tenth of a micron between spinning plates coated with industrial diamond abrasives. Since 1991 the pen’s iconic streamlined polypropylene cap clip has had a small hole to prevent children from sucking it into the throat.”

— Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic_Cristal

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100 BEST DESIGN BOOKS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS

What is your favorate design book? Over the past century alone, countless books have been published to make sense of the landscape, language and legacy of graphic design, each exploring a specific facet of this complex ecosystem of visual communication.via August de los Reyes

Serie Waves Surf Boards by Tom Veiga

(via designyoutrust.com)