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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:24:40 -0400

Oto Kinomi (Sound Berry) - Wireless MP3 player. Final Evolution....

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:28:18 -0400

Oto Kinomi (Sound Berry) - Wireless MP3 player.
Final Evolution.
3rd Year Industrial Design Project by Lisa Howell.

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Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:33:22 -0400

Some of my past creations, more to come :)

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:03:20 -0400

Pridelands - 21st birthday cake (Before)

Pridelands - 21st birthday cake (After)

Cupcakes - Relay for Life

Chocolate Layered Guilt Cake

3D Pirate Cake

3D Pirate Cake detail

Some of my past creations, more to come :)

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Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:09:11 -0400

Amazing largest stop motion video!

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:06:30 -0400

Amazing largest stop motion video!

http://www.jvallee.com

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:35:02 -0400

http://www.jvallee.com

This is only one example of the amazing one man murals done by...

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:35:20 -0400

Before - Dedication

During - Dedication

Finished - Dedication

This is only one example of the amazing one man murals done by Eric Grohe - Check out the rest of his work at http://www.ericgrohemurals.com/projects.html My favourite is the brewery!

The highlights of my 10 week OE to India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and...

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:54:48 -0400

Henna in Delhi

Camel Safari - Jaisalmer, Thar Desert

...Santa? Holi Festival in Udaipur

Chilling at a NHWC clinic - Nakuru

To be loved - Masai Mara

Faces of Kenya project

Masai warrior and his Lion hat

Tall horse nom nom nomming

The highlights of my 10 week OE to India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Dubai

The wisdom of a great man.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:48:36 -0400

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not. Find...

A fun collection of intriguing design

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:39:43 -0400

Book Thing - Designer Unknown

Corners - Designer Unknown

Duplex - Constance Guisset

Good Night Eileen - Christine Birkhoven

Sharky Tea Infuser - Pablo Matteoda

A fun collection of intriguing design

Links found...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:29:48 -0400

Links found at: www.yankodesign.com/2011/04/11/liquid-to-light/
”Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space.”
Designer: Ed Chew - http://www.edchew.my/

Just to give you a little inside peek to a art project I am...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:49:28 -0400

Just to give you a little inside peek to a art project I am doing in Kenya at the moment :)

Josh Keyes’ style is reminiscent of the diagrammatic vocabulary...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:41:26 -0400

Josh Keyes’ style is reminiscent of the diagrammatic vocabulary found in scientific textbook illustrations that often express through a detached and clinical viewpoint an empirical representation of the natural world. Assembled into this virtual stage set are references to contemporary events along with images and themes from his personal mythology.

Josh Keyes’ work is a hybrid of eco-surrealism and dystopian folktales that express a concern for our time and the Earth’s future.

Photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:35:24 -0400

Photographer Jamie Beck and motion graphics artist Kevin Burg may have finally found a way to elevate the animated GIF to a level approaching fine art, with their “cinemagraphs” — elegant, subtly animated creations that are “something more than a photo but less than a video

I have been exploring my favourite design blogs tonight, from...

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:23:05 -0400

I have been exploring my favourite design blogs tonight, from Nakuru, Kenya, as I was feeling a bit out of the loop, having done no decent design wok for quite some time.

I was happy to stumble upon this nifty idea by Mac Funamizu! As a kid, nothing was more amazing than a polaroid camera - you simply pointed, clicked, a little rectangle of paper came out and you had to sit there in anticipation for the photo to emerge. I think that’s why I love this idea so much.

As the world has become more and more digital, I think people are printing photographs less. But what would be greater than giving someone a momento of an amazing day together, or being able to print a small map of your destination for the taxi driver.

I hope this one comes into fruition!

Kristine Bjaadal”Underfull – the tablecloth that turns...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:11:42 -0400

Kristine Bjaadal
”Underfull – the tablecloth that turns spilling into poetry. Prototype 2009.

At first glance the tablecloth appears to be a traditional white floral damask, but it contains the most wonderful secret; a hidden pattern that first shows when wet. Sooner or later someone is bound to spill, but where this person usually feels clumsy and embarrassed, he will now feel fortunate. An everyday negative situation is turned into a positive experience.

Some stains, like red wine, are hard to clean and might leave vague colour traces after washing. But since these traces will be formed as figures, the tablecloth will not look stained. The figures will form a pale, shadowy pattern that will grow as the tablecloth is being used and spilled on over time.

This creates stories and can contribute in giving the tablecloth sentimental value – important in a society where we seem to have an increasingly superficial relation to the objects we surround ourselves with.

The concept allows a great collection of patterns. Different patterns will tell different stories. In the prototype, butterflies spead out over the woven floral pattern – creating a layered image. The butterfly pattern resembles the tablecloth itself; butterflies always come as a surprise, they are soundless and suddenly come into view, as if out of out of thin air. They go through a tremendous metamorphosis; starting out as rather dull caterpillars, changing into beautiful, colourful, playful butterflies. A butterfly seems to be free and happy, but at the same time fragile and transient – just like the pattern of the tablecloth.”

I found this design to be so beautiful, intreging and it made me smile - to think of the horror of being a guest spilling something at a get together, turning into something unexptected and surely a talking point!

“A SOFABED THAT DOES DOUBLE DUTY, Mobelform’s Doc folds...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:05:58 -0400

“A SOFABED THAT DOES DOUBLE DUTY, Mobelform’s Doc folds out into not one, but two twin sized beds stacked one atop the other: in short, a bunk bed. Included are the necessary mattresses as well as a ladder and short rail to prevent mid-night tumbles. Note that the rail only guards one side, so Doc (and its larger, more expensive cousin, Doc XL) is best positioned with its back to the wall.
mobelform.com”

Haha, comments state that it would be perfect for the bachelor with kids :)

I found this on my Stumble… I thought it was extremely...

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:56:25 -0400

I found this on my Stumble… I thought it was extremely cute :)

One $500 house, five architectural experiments

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:23:06 -0400

One $500 house, five architectural experiments: It’s no secret that houses can be acquired for...