Good Design

[€uroMeinke]

To follow a theme bookshelfporn.com (http://bookshelfporn.com/)

[alphabassettgrrl]

To follow a theme bookshelfporn.com (http://bookshelfporn.com/)

I was initially hesitant to click that, but I figured it was ok.

Very nice site! Thank you.

[Not Afraid]

I absolutely LOVE the way that book look when organized by color. I've had the passing thought of doing the same thing more than once, then realized that I would never be able to find a particular book again. Plus, it is sort of akin to buying a set of leather-bound classics that are never read just so they look good on a shelf.

Art and books shouldn't be purchased to go with the couch.

[JWBear]

I absolutely LOVE the way that book look when organized by color. I've had the passing thought of doing the same thing more than once, then realized that I would never be able to find a particular book again. Plus, it is sort of akin to buying a set of leather-bound classics that are never read just so they look good on a shelf.

Art and books shouldn't be purchased to go with the couch.

But books are awfully decorative, don't you think?

[Capt Jack]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l74f9ktSzm1qac3yco1_500.jpg

love it. wouldnt fit anywhere very well in my house but thats just sharp

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If I had a bookcase that pretty I'd have to buy books I actually want to display.

[Morrigoon]

It's not a choice I would make, but I do think it's a very interesting concept: Claw-footed tub couch (http://objects.icanhascheezburger.com/2010/09/27/objects-with-faces-refurbish-means-what/)

[Ghoulish Delight]

OMG, these shirts (http://www.phildesignart.com/portfolio_apparel.html) make me chuckle.

http://www.phildesignart.com/images/bunnyears_layoutweb.jpg

http://www.phildesignart.com/images/wicked_layoutweb.jpg

[Cadaverous Pallor]

This one is for Mindy!
http://www.phildesignart.com/images/peanuts_layoutweb.jpg

[JWBear]

Our lovely ladies who sew might already know about this site, but here's a link (http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome) in case you don't...

I was reading a discussion about last week's Project Runway, and someone had the link.

[Morrigoon]

http://www.phildesignart.com/images/wicked_layoutweb.jpg

West siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!

[Ghoulish Delight]

WANT! (http://we-wood.us/)

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0051/6322/products/brownCRONO_grande.jpg?1285938562

[Morrigoon]

OMG that reminds me of my Fossil sundial watch, LOL. I bet the wood is an awesome substance, in terms of feel :)

[Cynthia]

Great site JW, though I usually need about ten yards of whatever fabric, that would be great to design something groovy for a small project.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Lamborghini's newest concept car (http://www.fubiz.net/2010/10/06/lamborghini-sesto-elemento/)

[Kevy Baby]

Lamborghini's newest concept car (http://www.fubiz.net/2010/10/06/lamborghini-sesto-elemento/)Reminds me a lot of the styling cues of the Countach (in a good way).

According to this site, the car only weighs 2,200 lbs. Datsa lighta cara

[Ghoulish Delight]

When I started biking I vowed I'd never end up wearing a cycling jersey.

But I would consider making an exception for this (http://store.clubdevo.com/store/product/hot-dog-fresh-cycling-jersey)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Mechanicards (http://www.mechanicards.com/)

[Moonliner]

When I started biking I vowed I'd never end up wearing a cycling jersey.

But I would consider making an exception for this (http://store.clubdevo.com/store/product/hot-dog-fresh-cycling-jersey)

I've always found cycling gear a bit odd. With the exception of actual races*, cyclists are out there primarily for the workout. Why then do they insist on the most aerodynamic clothes and lightest bikes? It seems counter productive. Wear some nice baggy cloths and ride a vintage Schwinn 3-speed. That will give you a work out.



* commuters might also fall under this exception.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

When I started biking I vowed I'd never end up wearing a cycling jersey.

But I would consider making an exception for this (http://store.clubdevo.com/store/product/hot-dog-fresh-cycling-jersey)

good biking incentive. I'm sure the dogs would be chasing you if you wore that.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

good biking incentive. I'm sure the dogs would be chasing you if you wore that.I dunno, he's already chased by the Bears. ;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

House On The Castle Mountainside (http://www.feelguide.com/2010/10/08/house-on-the-castle-mountainside-valencia-spain/)

[alphabassettgrrl]

What's wrong with cycling gear? I like the padded shorts (that surprised me; never thought it was a big deal) and the jerseys are very comfy and have fantastic pockets. They also don't show sweat...

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://craphound.com/images/artoo-_front_.jpg

[JWBear]

Love it!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I expect her to make whistling and beeping noises.

[Moonliner]

I expect her to make whistling and beeping noises.

Strangely, that works for me.

[Moonliner]

This is unexpected. A Microsoft product worthy of a post in "Good Design".

The Microsoft Adaptive Keyboard. (http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/students-get-their-hands-on-microsofts-adaptive-keyboard-adapt/)

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwBu7JkcdR4RnHlEqLCDljub5glCe2a 1IRgPUQ3usZUinE6Jo&t=1&usg=___3fwqGiAAX0ixiyIuidVCqaoeoY=

[Gemini Cricket]

I don't know if this was already posted, but I love how this website was designed and really love the pictures therein.
http://www.abandoned-places.com/

[Frikitiki]

Along those same lines:

http://amusementparksoftheworld.com/amusement/10-most-incredible-abandoned-theme-parks-on-earth/

Abandoned Theme Parks

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The Not Really Sinking Boat (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/tomfoolery_sinking_boat_not_re.php)

[JWBear]

Is it wrong of me to think the coat (and just the coat) is actually kinda cool?

http://poorlydressed.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/57dc7068-1496-4e9d-a675-4b3720ba330b.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

The Not Really Sinking Boat (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/tomfoolery_sinking_boat_not_re.php)That is totally wicked cool!

[Alex]

Is it wrong of me to think the coat (and just the coat) is actually kinda cool?

Yes, it pretty much is.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Is it wrong of me to think the coat (and just the coat) is actually kinda cool?

http://poorlydressed.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/57dc7068-1496-4e9d-a675-4b3720ba330b.jpg

I think it's great if you want to dress as Sully.

http://herokids.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/sully.jpg?w=217&h=254

[Capt Jack]

looks like a cross between a smurf and a wookie.

but at halloween, Id totally wear it.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

a smoofie?

[Snowflake]

Playboy bachelor pad 3D tour (http://www.ivy-style.com/come-fly-with-me-playboys-bachelor-pad-animated-tour.html).

A friend who is doing a book on the Trousdale Estates posted this on FB, I thought it was cool and I also thought JW Bear would enjoy this (well, maybe not the blow up doll in the pool).

[JWBear]

Is it SFW?

[Snowflake]

Is it SFW?

Oh yes, sorry, totally worksafe.

It's a 3D animation tour of a Playboy pad inspired by an article in Playboy of a 3 story townhouse (http://www.meathaus.com/townhouse/)

[JWBear]

Oh yes, sorry, totally worksafe.

It's a 3D animation tour of a Playboy pad inspired by an article in Playboy of a 3 story townhouse (http://www.meathaus.com/townhouse/)

Keen gear! Thanks!

[Moonliner]

Oh yes, sorry, totally worksafe.


Darn!


Still cool however.

[€uroMeinke]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbbhjkM5I71qz6f9yo1_500.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

Wow- minimalist, efficient, and it looks great!

[Kevy Baby]

It wouldn't be that difficult to build. If I had any spare time.

[€uroMeinke]

http://www.wallpaper.com/galleryimages/17052164/gallery/12_llove_jp271010.jpg

A room in a new Hotel in Tokyo - each room an art project

Read about it here (http://www.wallpaper.com/interiors/llove-exhibition-tokyo/4930)

http://www.wallpaper.com/galleryimages/17052164/gallery/03_llove_jp271010.jpg

[SzczerbiakManiac]

When Hummel meets Horror (http://www.jessicaharrison.co.uk/page3.htm)
Here's a tease:http://images.regretsy.com/jhco5.jpg

[innerSpaceman]

Bwahahahahahahahahahorrorhahahahaha!

[Frikitiki]

City of Books (http://blog.ableparris.com/post/1525790307/city-of-books-animation)

very cool stop motion animation

[Ghoulish Delight]

On the engineering side of design: Machine that semi-automatically lays brick roads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkVBg_-OviI)

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

A room in a new Hotel in Tokyo - each room an art project



Would be like staying in a Murakami dream. I approve!

[Capt Jack]

http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles2/a97259_g172_10-star-wars.jpg

some of these are pretty cool designs

Cool Strollers (http://www.oddee.com/item_97259.aspx)

[€uroMeinke]

pantone iphone cases (http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/12392/pantone-iphone-cases.html)

http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/_--pantone03.jpg

[lashbear]

A room in a new Hotel in Tokyo - each room an art project

Read about it here (http://www.wallpaper.com/interiors/llove-exhibition-tokyo/4930)


I don't normally read this thread but something made me click on it - seeing this, I'm glad I did !!! :snap:

[SzczerbiakManiac]

"The Family House (http://www.feelguide.com/2010/12/02/the-family-house-in-pavilniai-regional-park-lithuania/)" In Pavilniai Regional Park, Lithuania

[Kevy Baby]

Am I the only one who looked at the stairwell and thought, "Well, THERE'S an accident waiting to happen."?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Yeah, that really needs a guard rail. Not sure what they were thinking on that...

[Moonliner]

Am I the only one who looked at the stairwell and thought, "Well, THERE'S an accident waiting to happen."?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[Alex]

Well, the article doesn't say whether the couple still has their two kids.

Personally, that looks like a house built to be looked at not lived in. Which makes it an ugly house. Though a very pretty box in which to store old bricks.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yeah, that really needs a guard rail. Not sure what they were thinking on that...They were thinking, "This looks AWESOME." :D

[Capt Jack]

Personally, that looks like a house built to be looked at not lived in.

my thinking exactly. its a nice sort of place to look at for all the various artistic and archi-'techie' aspects, but I dont think I could ever feel at home there.

the steampunk house....yeah. could totally dig living in that. but not this

[SzczerbiakManiac]

touché CP!

[JWBear]

I would totally live there (except for it being in Lithuania).

[Capt Jack]

New take on a prosthetic limb (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/12/dr_octopus_prosthetic_tentacle.php)

while many may not agree, I totally love this design.

[Ghoulish Delight]

iotacons (http://iotacons.blogspot.com/)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a__CWMOx1Tw/TKIzq0YaVsI/AAAAAAAAA8k/Qos0CAcejyo/s400/Next+Generation+iotacons.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a__CWMOx1Tw/TKIyTqVWPYI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/Hy8cFSkZjak/s400/Mystery+Science+Theater+3000+iotacons.png

[SzczerbiakManiac]

squeeeeeee! Love it (them)!

[Morrigoon]

I'd have to fill it with warm furniture to counter the cold starkness it could easily fall victim to, but otherwise, I could totally live there. Love all the windows. But yeah, the no rail thing is a hazard - maybe some borderless glass to help preserve some of the look?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'd have to fill it with warm furniture to counter the cold starkness it could easily fall victim to...Wouldn't that kind of ruin the point?

[Morrigoon]

Depends on what you like. Myself, I like the way it brings the outside in, as if you're sitting in a garden, next to a garden wall.

I can appreciate stark as an art form, but I wouldn't want to live in it.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The Integral House (http://www.feelguide.com/2010/12/24/the-integral-house-toronto-ontario/)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The Integral House (http://www.feelguide.com/2010/12/24/the-integral-house-toronto-ontario/)I'm on board for most of this but I will never understand why people like exposed concrete walls (or floors).

[Alex]

While pretty, it doesn't (like so many of these fancy places) look like a house I'd actually want to live in). However, it really does emphasize that I should write a calculus textbook.

[Ghoulish Delight]

To me it's akin to the FLW aesthetic of exposed joints and such. Sure concrete may not be as "beautiful" in the traditional sense as the woods that FLW would use, but still it's about the structure, the form of the structure, and the materials themselves becoming the aesthetic interest, and not structurally superfluous adornments.

[JWBear]

And concrete, if properly sealed, is very maintenance free.

[Frikitiki]

While this may not be architecture, I like the design of the web site and the music that it produces: http://www.incredibox.fr/

[Cadaverous Pallor]

While this may not be architecture, I like the design of the web site and the music that it produces: http://www.incredibox.fr/Very nice!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Cameron's house for sale (http://curbed.com/archives/2011/01/04/can-be-yours-camerons-house-from-ferris-buellers-day-off.php#ferris-bueller-day-off-1)

[Not Afraid]

But Ferris' house (which I drive by almost daily) is not for sale. (It is the first one, Keith.)

http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/AmericanPie/FerrisBuellerHouse.JPG

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://bookshelfporn.com/

[Alex]

As somebody who paid a lot of money to be specifically trained on the value and methods of organizing information for best access, many of those pictures actually give me mild cases of the willies (such as shelving books based on color cover).

[Capt Jack]

While this may not be architecture, I like the design of the web site and the music that it produces: http://www.incredibox.fr/

oh Im boned now. I wont get a single thing done the rest of the day.

thanks! :cool:

[Frikitiki]

Yeah, I had to force myself away from the site too!

[Kevy Baby]

As somebody who paid a lot of money to be specifically trained on the value and methods of organizing information for best access, many of those pictures actually give me mild cases of the willies (such as shelving books based on color cover).Color coordination isn't part of the Dewey Decimal System?

[Alex]

People coming and asking for a book but they "can't remember the title but think it had a red and blue cover" is a common industry joke for reference desk librarians.

[Ghoulish Delight]

As somebody who paid a lot of money to be specifically trained on the value and methods of organizing information for best access, many of those pictures actually give me mild cases of the willies (such as shelving books based on color cover).
And that's why it's called "porn" not "text book illustrations of proper book cataloging."

[Alex]

Yes, but I define porn as the gratuitous display of something I want to see. Especially in a thread about good design, which means (to me) fulfilling a functional purpose with a certain flair.

That's why I don't like many of the houses that have been presented in this thread. They may be quite striking as art objects but strike me as horribly designed as residences for actual people.

[Ghoulish Delight]

That's one definition of porn I suppose. But I tend to consider porn to just be something purely about the visual aesthetic, not the practicality. Lord knows most of what one sees in porn (of the sexual variety) hardly fulfills a functional purpose, though it often has a certain flair.

Point taken from the "design" standpoint, but I still find value in design taken to non-practical extremes for purely aesthetic or theoretical purposes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Zoetropic awesomeness (http://vimeo.com/9220247)

[Kevy Baby]

727 home (http://dave6.posterous.com/727-what-a-house) - interesting

http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/dave6/7S4StwbUN5Q3Enox3Uusi9iHw8futuvWaPfus5IIoUoAzW6KqD zwYwr23DMb/image0011.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJFZAE65UYRT34AOQ&Expires=1297043077&Signature=cSfxtaN3xromyVUlT%2F78%2FGgFd3E%3D

[Frikitiki]

We have a guy over here in Honolulu who has renovated old tour buses into temporary homeless shelters. I like the plane idea better!

[Morrigoon]

The Cracked guide to fonts (http://www.cracked.com/funny-5647-fonts/)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

cool clock
http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/white-trash-repairs-not-a-kludge-clever-clock.jpg (http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/02/19/white-trash-repairs-not-a-kludge-clever-clock/)

But it's not worth a grand (http://store.biegertfunk.com/us/collection/qlocktwo-119.html)!

[€uroMeinke]

Not sure if this is "good" but it's certainly clever if not creepy:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mYHpZDbSQlI/TWZJ4UFlwyI/AAAAAAAAMyU/FsM1HnPxd-s/s1600/Superette_Short_Shorts.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cool *and* creepy?

[JWBear]

A new time wasting website! (http://www.archithings.com/)

[Capt Jack]

why creepy? wish Id thought of it...and now, cant STOP thinking of it.

hmm.....well, ok.. guess that explains the 'creepy' part.

[Moonliner]

Cool *and* creepy?

Those two often intersect.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Control room (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663354/look-at-this-crazy-russian-nuke-plant-are-10000-buttons-safer-than-one-screen#8) of a Russian nuclear power plant.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/2_0.jpg

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/4_1.jpg

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/7_0.jpg

[Not Afraid]

Or the movie set from a Bond film.

[Moonliner]

Control room (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663354/look-at-this-crazy-russian-nuke-plant-are-10000-buttons-safer-than-one-screen#8) of a Russian nuclear power plant.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/2_0.jpg

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/4_1.jpg

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/slideshow-large/7_0.jpg

Gauge 40-43 seems to be a little high. I hope someone checks on that.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

1604

[JWBear]

Anyone have $24 million they can lend me? (http://www.suzanneperkins.com/portfolio/780AshleyRoad/index.html)

[Kevy Baby]

Anyone have $24 million they can lend me? (http://www.suzanneperkins.com/portfolio/780AshleyRoad/index.html)Can you take a check?

[JWBear]

Can you take a check?

Sure!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

It's a pretty house and it'd be great for hosting parties, but there's no way in hell would I want to live in it. I need my privacy.

[JWBear]

The property is fenced and gated, and has a couple acres of trees between the house the road. Privacy shouldn't be an issue.

[€uroMeinke]

It looks cool - not sure how functional it would be:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li2yf3Vvyp1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg
Proposal for the Stockholm Public Library by Olivier Charles

[Alex]

"Wait, you want to actually be able to get the book you want? That's crazy talk!"

"Wait again, after you have the book you want you don't want to have to stand around in a dystopian post-apocalyptic concrete wasteland in order to actually read it? What loony bin did you escape from."

[JWBear]

There better be an elevator hidden somewhere. I ain't climbing 10 stories of stairs to find a book!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

The first think that popped into my head after seeing that design was the Kafka Airport (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyFH-a-XoQ).

[JWBear]

I don't see how it's any different from LAX...

[JWBear]

Very cool yacht (http://www.seaforceoneyacht.com/)

[Kevy Baby]

Very cool yacht (http://www.seaforceoneyacht.com/)You do like your mega-yachts; when are you going to get one of your own?

[JWBear]

When someone gives me a few hundred million dollars.

[Kevy Baby]

I'll write you a check.

[Morrigoon]

God Damn I hate excessive flash sites. Wanted to see the boat and my patience simply ran out.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

a life-size, fully articulated puppet horse which can be ridden (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7u6N-cSWtY)

[Morrigoon]

LA Family builds a Craftsman home (http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-kick-craftsman-house-photos,0,210902.photogallery)

[Betty]

Great house!

[JWBear]

Back in the 50's my father remodeled an old bungalow into a "modern" ranch house. There's irony in there somewhere.

[innerSpaceman]

Don't know where to put this, but this seems closest.

Bitchin' Highway Design (http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/cool-ad-watch-1.html).




Actually, really cool advert.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Again, for lack of a better place to post:

http://www.break.com/pictures/fainting-couch-cake-2036433

[Capt Jack]

it looks great....too good in fact. I can see that going horribly wrong in the blink of an eye

[SzczerbiakManiac]

All of a sudden I'm hungry and want to talk about my mother....

[Ghoulish Delight]

A bit of an oddball for this thread, but I like it

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/344/4/9/sesame_street_fighter_stickers_by_gavacho13-d34mvrq.jpg

[Cadaverous Pallor]

In a similar vein... (http://www.dorkly.com/video/14011/family-guy-street-fighter-scene)

[Not Afraid]

I LOVE these!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NLab6f2fWK0/Ta8XdGNNXaI/AAAAAAAATzs/6OIg0AOUdmU/s1600/become_someone_else.jpg

[Morrigoon]

cool!

[Capt Jack]

http://www.flynano.com/images/r_260_300_img.jpg


Want!!!! (http://flynano.com/)

[€uroMeinke]

Workplace Propaganda (http://animalnewyork.com/2011/04/increase-workplace-productivity-with-soviet-style-propaganda/)

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Avoid_Downloads_web.jpghttp://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/social_networking.jpg
http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wash_your_hands_web.jpghttp://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/water_coolerweb.jpg

[mousepod]

love these

[Not Afraid]

I want to work in an office just so I can put these up!

[€uroMeinke]

One More:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9LO7ssB43XI/TbdsNe2chsI/AAAAAAAAAVI/wrJ4KIXl9yc/s400/Clean_Breakroom_web.jpg

Oh, and the logo:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AuN9Hva658s/TbdxbEnGaQI/AAAAAAAAAVo/0ZcgK2yUGd0/s400/management.jpg

[Ghoulish Delight]

MicroSD card reader masquerading as a miniature 5 1/4" floppy drive (http://rossum.posterous.com/a-little-atari-810-disk-drive)

http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-05-04/averovzDqafwgDphffxGIolpEBxkiplFejnrcBuAhafsljFmyD cDImJzColp/booting.JPG.scaled1000.jpg

[alphabassettgrrl]

Awesome! :)

[JWBear]

That's so cute, I could die!

[Capt Jack]

ok, thats kinda cool. now I need a cell phone shaped like a tiny C64

[Moonliner]

Kinte, behold the only thing greater than yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQDa7GzPYw)

The Universe in one photo (http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html)

Good design work God, Yahweh, Bhagwaan, Waheguru, Allah, Jehovah, Gia, Nature, or Random chance.


(And yes, I did in fact do this with both of my kids when they were about that age)

[€uroMeinke]

USB Typewriter (http://www.etsy.com/listing/71579557/typewriter-keyboard-for-pc-mac-ipad?ref=em)
http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.233564024.jpg

[Morrigoon]

ok, thats kinda cool. now I need a cell phone shaped like a tiny C64

Did you hear some company bought the brand and is creating new ones that look like the old C64, but have modern equipt. inside!

[Betty]

Kinte, behold the only thing greater than yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQDa7GzPYw)




(And yes, I did in fact do this with both of my kids when they were about that age)

Did you have dramatic music playing in the background too? ;)

[JWBear]

For naughty nerds.. (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/18/youve-been-a-bad-bad.html)

[JWBear]

Mr Chair (http://www.designspotter.com/product/2011/05/Mr-Chair.html)

[Morrigoon]

Door Hand(le) (http://www.wanelo.com/product/74592)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wish I were bold enough to hit the market with this (http://www.wanelo.com/home-and-office/I+need+some+****ing+groceries+bag.-50555.html).

[Moonliner]

Another good design bookcase (http://gizmodo.com/5808660/the-abc-bookcase-is-storage-for-hipsters/gallery/1)

[Capt Jack]

Pulseless Artificial Heart (http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137029208/heart-with-no-beat-offers-hope-of-new-lease-on-life)

with thanks to Audra for linking to this on FB. fascinating article

[Ghoulish Delight]

This place really puts to the test the adage that one can never have too many book shelves (http://morita-arch.com/selected-works/houses/shelf-pod).

[JWBear]

This place really puts to the test the adage that one can never have too many book shelves (http://morita-arch.com/selected-works/houses/shelf-pod).

Needs more books.

[Capt Jack]

yikes! dont really wanna dust that place

[Morrigoon]

Imagine cleaning up after an earthquake

[Capt Jack]

considering it's within a few hundred miles of Fukishima, an earthquake might be the least of their current worries

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yikes, radioactive mutant books!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Pop Art by Mr. Whait (http://mrwhaite.tumblr.com/)

OMG I love this guy, and I'm just going to go ahead and post a bunch of sh*t from his site because it's full of awesome.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmj66aqpHv1qhv2wyo1_500.gif

1629

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llr6o5e84z1qhv2wyo1_r2_500.gif

1631

[Kevy Baby]

Cool stuff - me likey!

[Alex]

I like 1 and 4. 2 and 3 not so much.

[Kevy Baby]

I was envisioning #s 1 & 3 as really cool (actual) neon signs, which I believe is the look he was going for.

[Kevy Baby]

This is actually kind of funky cool (http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/fuo/2451674197.html). Not something I would want, but interesting.

[Morrigoon]

Reminds me of "My Two Dads"... anyone remember that show?

[Ghoulish Delight]

For fans of graphic icons - The Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/)

[JWBear]

For fans of graphic icons - The Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/)

These! (http://blog.thenounproject.com/post/4747642064/viktor-hertz-and-the-noun-project)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Aaah, I had seen those before, didn't connect the two. Love those.

[€uroMeinke]

Tree House (http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/15599/tezuka-architects-ring-around-a-tree.html)
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/jayme/ringaround/ring01.jpg

[Cynthia]

Tree House (http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/15599/tezuka-architects-ring-around-a-tree.html)
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/jayme/ringaround/ring01.jpg How very charming, my backyard needs one, a much smaller one, perhaps I should rethink the gazebo.

[JWBear]

Oooooooooo..... Me wants!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Selected (http://anothersight.com/Selected/gallery.html?Submit=Selected) (scroll right for more)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Selected (http://anothersight.com/Selected/gallery.html?Submit=Selected) (scroll right for more)Inspired!

[JWBear]

Eh... They're all photoshopped.

[Snowflake]

Shangri La from Lost Horizon, in real life (http://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/shangri-la-has-been-found-its-in-denver/)

[Not Afraid]

Love it!!!!

[Ghoulish Delight]

OMG, I LOVE these.

http://www.sillof.com/images/Customs/SW-Serial/c-rSW-good_group.jpg

http://www.sillof.com/images/Customs/samurai%20wars/c-sam-group.jpg

http://www.sillof.com/images/Customs/SW%20Noir/c-nw-goodguys.jpg

LOTS MORE... (http://www.sillof.com/index.htm)

[JWBear]

Much coolness.

[innerSpaceman]

Bwahahah, love 'em!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I like this one.

http://www.sillof.com/images/Customs/SW%20Western/c-wsw-bad_group.jpg

[innerSpaceman]

Hahahaha, awesome.



Um, am I a bad Star Wars fanboy if I don't recognize who every one of those characters is supposed to be?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yes.

Some of them are pretty abstract (the Noir one, particularly so), but it's the same set of characters in all of them, so you should be able to extrapolate who is who.

[Moonliner]

Need a Starbucks?

Use Jonathan's card. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/08/08/jonathans.card.starbucks/index.html?hpt=te_bn10)


Jonathan Stark, a mobile app consultant from Providence, Rhode Island, had a crazy idea. What if he gave the entire Internet access to his Starbucks mobile-app code and invited them to have a free cup of coffee on him?

And, of course, if they wanted to throw in a few bucks for the next guy or gal, that would be OK, too.


The card even has it's own twitter account. (https://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard)

[Alex]

Some nice images, but am I missing something because in most of them the only thing that is at all Star Wars seeming about them is a title under the image that includes the word "Wars"?

[Ghoulish Delight]

They are all stylized versions of the main Star Wars characters. So the first image in my post is the Star Wars good guys as if Star Wars were actually a 40s sci-fi serial. From left-to-right, R2, C3PO, Luke, Chewie, Obi-Wan, Han, Leia. In the Noir one it's R2, Leia, 3PO, Obi-Wan, Han, Chewie, Luke.

In the dark side group CP posted, Storm Trooper, Vader, Boba Fett.

Some take more liberty than others, but they've all got some thematic reference to the source character.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, I realized that. And I figured the other western dude was Boba Fett, but I wasn't sure. Easy to get the serials and the samurais, but the noir was tough for me. Thanks for the key on that one.

[Moonliner]

If this is true (http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/08/possible-progress-in-medicine.html), Holy crap!

…in a development that could transform how viral infections are treated, a team of researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory has designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Let the countdown to antiviral resistant strains begin!

[Moonliner]

Let the countdown to antiviral resistant strains begin!

The drug targets the double-stranded RNA produced by the infected cell not the virus itself. If the virus "adapts" it will no longer be able to infect the cell.

The main issue with this breakthrough is that it seems to be based on a single trial and was released to a somewhat dodgy journal.

[€uroMeinke]

http://twofortyfive.com/files/gimgs/50_blueboxofdeath.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

I like it!

[Alex]

Unless the cancer is spread from person to person, how would it develop a resistance within the population (as opposed to the odd person for whom it is ineffective)?

[€uroMeinke]

The Marvelous Floating Stage of the Bregenz Festival In Austria (http://laughingsquid.com/the-marvelous-floating-stage-of-the-bregenz-festival-in-austria/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squ id%29)

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/1999-giant-book_1449042i.jpg

[€uroMeinke]

Social Media Propaganda Posters (http://www.etsy.com/listing/79427410/social-media-propaganda-poster-limited?ref=v1_other_1)

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.262686495.jpg

[BarTopDancer]

LOVE!

[innerSpaceman]

Best Slogan: Victory Is Tweet! Bwahahahaha!

[Moonliner]

This one set a record for shortest time from watching a video to pounding on the purchase now button.

Air Swimmers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJINiK9azc&feature=player_embedded)

[DreadPirateRoberts]

This one set a record for shortest time from watching a video to pounding on the purchase now button.

Air Swimmers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJINiK9azc&feature=player_embedded)

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[JWBear]

LOVE the cat at the end! LOL!


(Oh... And... WANT!)

[Kevy Baby]

NOTICE: The WMC Store is currently offline as we are experiencing extraordinary server load.
Please check back soon.M & M Toys has them (http://www.mandmtoys.com). However, their server is REALLY FREAKING SLOW.

I got the Clown Fish.

[Capt Jack]

the guy in the wetsuit was flying the sharks all over the place at Comic Con this year. they were probably one of the best things I got to see during the whole show.

when I talked to the guy he mentioned how theyre IR controlled so the performance outside isnt fantastic, but due to any wind that might be present, they would be less eerily shark like anyway

[mousepod]

I second what Capt Jack said. They were super cool at Comic-Con. Heather and I watched a bunch of local cops staring into the sky as the sharks "swam" by. Who knows what crimes they might have been missing?

[Moonliner]

I second what Capt Jack said. They were super cool at Comic-Con. Heather and I watched a bunch of local cops staring into the sky as the sharks "swam" by. Who knows what crimes they might have been missing?

Umm, Excuse me, but if there are Carcharodon carcharias lurking around in public places I damn well expect the Police to give the matter their full attention.

[Moonliner]

M & M Toys has them (http://www.mandmtoys.com). However, their server is REALLY FREAKING SLOW.

I got the Clown Fish.

Note: They do NOT include the helium.

[Kevy Baby]

Note: They do NOT include the helium.Didn't think about that. Now I gotta figure out where to get helium...

[Moonliner]

Didn't think about that. Now I gotta figure out where to get helium...

Helium is cryogenically distilled out of natural gas, but it might be easier to pick up a small canister of it (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Helium-Tank/14101103)from your local Walmart or party store. You also have the option of bringing the balloon into a party store, hallmark, or grocery store that does them and have it filled there.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I imagine it take some finessing and experience to achieve the necessary neutral buoyancy.

[Moonliner]

I imagine it take some finessing and experience to achieve the necessary neutral buoyancy.

They include a neutral buoyancy compensation system.


Putty.
If it rises you add some putty, if it falls you take some out.

[Kevy Baby]

Helium is cryogenically distilled out of natural gas, but it might be easier to pick up a small canister of it (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Helium-Tank/14101103)from your local Walmart or party store. You also have the option of bringing the balloon into a party store, hallmark, or grocery store that does them and have it filled there.I think I will try to make my own

[Kevy Baby]

They include a neutral buoyancy compensation system.


Putty.
If it rises you add some putty, if it falls you take some out. Do you have yours already, or did you actually read up on it before purchasing?

[Moonliner]

Do you have yours already, or did you actually read up on it before purchasing?

You'll get yours first. I'm holding out for the Shark so I got squat so far.

I ran across the Instructional video (http://www.x-zylo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=155)

[lashbear]

Helium is cryogenically distilled out of natural gas, but it might be easier to pick up a small canister of it (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Helium-Tank/14101103)from your local Walmart or party store. You also have the option of bringing the balloon into a party store, hallmark, or grocery store that does them and have it filled there.

Get a tank for the next LoT party, and 30 of you can fill your Bruces or Nemos !! That would be a sight to see !!

....either that or fill one or two Bruces and Nemos and the rest of you talk funny.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

They are going to sell a bajillion of these at aquariums.

[Kevy Baby]

Nemo arrived today

[€uroMeinke]

Pantone Credit Cards

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TeBZLDVloF0/TlPhKVgNoEI/AAAAAAAAJ40/aBDAtP81wJE/s400/getpublicdesign-1.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rwZIfhNsHFA/TlPhJyArvvI/AAAAAAAAJ4s/QmFNX19AFDc/s400/PantoneVisaCard.png

[€uroMeinke]

Rhino Chair

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/andrea/maximo_riera/rhino/rhino04.jpg

[Capt Jack]

flying air penguin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGgl5VH5go)

I want one of these!

[innerSpaceman]

Those are indeed RAD.









(The Rhino chair ... not so much)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I guess flying sea turtles aren't far behind? Love the Pantone cards btw.

[€uroMeinke]

80's iphone case (http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=22578330&parentid=A_ENT_GAMES&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marke tingPriority&navCount=55&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=A_ENT_GAMES&popId=APARTMENT&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=)

http://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/4553271_f520-480x388.jpg

[€uroMeinke]

It's not a jet pack but I'll take it

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4548/dh4helivector9pv.jpg

[Alex]

That's going to hurt if your foot slips off the platform.

[€uroMeinke]

Space Oddity - Unofficial Children's Book by Andrew Kolb

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqk3u4KfLi1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg

You can see the whole things as a pdf here (http://www.kolbisneat.com/Images/Work/SpaceOddity_AndrewKolb.pdf)- check it out before the IP attorneys do

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Dude, I am loving Andrew Kolb!

[€uroMeinke]

Bring me the head of Ronald MacDonald

http://www.pasunautre.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/GIUSEPPE_VENEZIANO_decapitated_ronald_mcdonald.jpe g

[Capt Jack]

ok, probably a stretch calling it 'good design', but Ive been having fun with it, just seeing how some of my pics work on them

http://www.pillowmob.com/

[€uroMeinke]

(honest) Posters (http://blog.thaeger.com/2011/09/01/honest-poster/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thaeger+%28thaeger%29)

http://blog.thaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/truth-and-lies-diet.jpg

http://blog.thaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/truth-and-lies-tired.jpg

http://blog.thaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/truth-and-lies-text.jpg

http://blog.thaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/truth-and-lies-photo.jpg

[JWBear]

The Long Beach Art Deco Festival is going on this weekend at the Queen Mary.

[innerSpaceman]

What an odd choice for locale. :p

[€uroMeinke]

Toast coasters

http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac123/itfts2/Toast_It_Coasters.jpg

[Moonliner]

Nemo arrived today

So has Nemo been for a "swim" yet?

[Kevy Baby]

So has Nemo been for a "swim" yet?Not yet - been busy. Maybe I should try to bust her out today

[Capt Jack]

Toast coasters

http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac123/itfts2/Toast_It_Coasters.jpg

I think I have a loaf of those in my freezer. at least, by now I do Im sure

:p

[Not Afraid]

I can't read Toast Coasters without saying Post Toasties.

[innerSpaceman]

And I can't think of Toast Coasters being available without matching table matts, which would of course be marketed as Coaster Matts. ;)

[Moonliner]

I think I'm as geek as the next guy, even around here, but I just can't get worked up over shoes that tie themselves.

Marty's "Back to the Future" shoes are coming soon. (http://www.nicekicks.com/2011/09/is-nike-taking-us-back-to-the-future/)

http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/082610_rg_MartyMcFlyNike_01.jpg

What do you think?

[Alex]

Overlooked is that they apparently finally invented the glasses you can't see through. Self lacing shoes...pshaw. I think we know the real achievement.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Where's my fvcing hoverboard!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Yeah, eff the shoes, Mattel actually said "we're working on the hoverboard" when the film came out.

Though I do know a certain someone who will most probably end up with a pair. Wearing them will be pure nirvana.

[Moonliner]

Overlooked is that they apparently finally invented the glasses you can't see through. Self lacing shoes...pshaw. I think we know the real achievement.

Poker players would buy them in droves.

[Moonliner]

Wow. The shoes are just props. They don't lace themselves and they cannot be worn as shoes. Fail.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Not yet (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Limited-Edition-2011-NIKE-MAG-/320756190632?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item4aae8f0da8)

Q: DO THE 2011 NIKE MAG SHOES POWER-LACE?
No. For the power-lace feature you will have to wait until 2015.

[innerSpaceman]

So, then, um, what are the batteries powering now, in 2011?

[Moonliner]

So, then, um, what are the batteries powering now, in 2011?

The flashy lights on the side/bottom.

[Moonliner]

Not yet (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Limited-Edition-2011-NIKE-MAG-/320756190632?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item4aae8f0da8)

I think that's just a reference to the date in the film and not a real intent to deliver on Nike's part.

[Ghoulish Delight]

They filed a patent on a self-lacing technology about a year ago.

[innerSpaceman]

So let me get this straight: These are non-working replicas of a movie prop, and they're not recommended for sportswear by the manufacturer, and don't do the one thing that made them what they, um, ARE - and which was technology lightly prophesied for merely 4 years from now ... but are commanding a price of $8,000 a pair???!

I call shenanigans!

[Moonliner]

So let me get this straight: These are non-working replicas of a movie prop, and they're not recommended for sportswear by the manufacturer, and don't do the one thing that made them what they, um, ARE - and which was technology lightly prophesied for merely 4 years from now ... but are commanding a price of $8,000 a pair???!



As a tax deductible donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Yes.

[Alex]

I call "charity fundraising event!"

No less useful than the things I was forced to sell as a kid.

[Morrigoon]

Didn't know where else to put this. Artist recreates parts from a 1969 Ford Mustang entirely in paper. (http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/paper-mustang-2011-09-18)

[innerSpaceman]

Scroll down a bit for color images of this awesome concept car (http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/09/ford-gyron-concept-car-1961/).

[JWBear]

Neato!

[Kevy Baby]

Didn't know where else to put this. Artist recreates parts from a 1969 Ford Mustang entirely in paper. (http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/paper-mustang-2011-09-18)

Scroll down a bit for color images of this awesome concept car (http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/09/ford-gyron-concept-car-1961/).Two consecutive car-related posts and neither involved the elusive (on LoT) Nirvanaman

[Morrigoon]

Andreas Deja wire sculptures (http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/09/wire-sculptures.html)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Saw Deja's sculptures in person once....awesome stuff.

[innerSpaceman]

I like pancake (http://www.unicahome.com/p65219/miscellaneous/pancake-floor-pillows-by-todd-von-bastiaans.html)(floor pillow)s.


:D