Amazon Kindle ad

A nice stop motion ad for the Kindle.



(Directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths. Thanks, Kate)

A favorite.

Sweet Thing - Van Morrison

I'm heading home for Thanksgiving today, but here's one of my favorites as a present to your ears.

Gonna make you sweat

How clever is this "personal trainer" shirt?

Six Feet Under

Amazing, clever packaging for the Six Feet Under DVD set.

5 Minute Candles

These 5-minute candle packs by Poketo look like a match box, but actually contain 10 small candles. The idea is that the candles can be used for impromptu, spontaneous celebrations, like birthday dinners.



(via The Dieline)

Brought to Life

These images from the Science Museum in London's exhibit Brought to Life: Exploring the History of Medicine are creepy and really rad all at the same time. Especially those antique glass eyes.

Antique glass eyes

(Photographs by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Home letterpress machine

My favorite paper store, Paper Source, is now selling a "home letterpress machine." I wonder if this works? Obvious issues are size restrictions, whether or not you can use your own polymer plates, and if the result is professional looking...but could be interesting to give it a try.

Bio-Diversity

Christoph Niemann has a new post called Bio-Diversity up on Abstract City...oh how I love him so. Clever as usual.

Nice Type

The Nice Type channel on Vimeo features some really awesome typography-in-motion projects. Click the videos embedded below or take a look at the channel for a bunch more.

Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo.

Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2009 (Trailer) from Pepe Lange on Vimeo.

(via design work life)

Nice rock.

Awesome ring.

(via Cool Hunting)

Analog Visions

I think I really need to own this poster from ISO50.

Mulberry type.

How pretty.

Tim Burton / MoMA

Did you see this MoMA animation by Tim Burton for his upcoming exhibit? It's kinda great.

Control: Print exhibit

This weekend, I went to see the Control: Print exhibit at Parsons since it deals with many of the same things my thesis does. From the exhibit catalogue:

Control Print is a collaborative exhibition between Parsons The New School for Design and the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. Featuring works by a number of notable artists and designers who play with the notion of technology, Control Print explores the fate of ink on paper in the digital age.

The books on display were definitely my favorite part of the exhibit, since I felt they did the most to actually put printed matter into the viewer's hands (and were the only place where there was significant information about the print vs. digital issue at length). All the books on display were accompanied by white gloves and a sign asking the viewer to wear the gloves and handle the books with care. While I understand the desire to keep the books fresh, I think this request took away some of the effect of the books, especially since texture was one of the issues explored. Overall, though, I was glad I went to see it, and there were some interesting pieces.

Following are some pictures I took at the exhibit.

Sublet Clothing

After reading about Sublet Clothing, an eco-friendly clothing company, on For Me, For You, I discovered this adorable dress. It's even made of organic cotton and bamboo. I think I'm a little bit in love...

Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists

This article from the New York Times about typography errors was an interesting read (at least for type nerds like myself). Though I'm not (yet?) nearly as much of a type expert as those quoted in the article, I definitely find myself shuddering at subway ads and the like.

(Photo by Nicole Bengiveno/NY Times)

Snood Dogg

My friend is knitting me one of these, and I'm oh-so-excited.

300,000 birds

Wow, this video of 300,000 birds is beautiful in a strange way.



(via Swissmiss)

Going postal

Lovely!
Dead Letter Office is a free font of postal marks available for download at dafont.

The next Garth Brooks

Oh my.

A love letter

Ha—best love note ever?

Desktop Wallpaper Project

I really like the desktop wallpaper Frank Chimero created for Kitsune Noir this week as part of their Desktop Wallpaper Project. Frank is one of my favorite illustrators, and this piece is no exception. Head over to Kitsune Noir to download your own.

Ride the Wave

A clearcut, humorous explanation of Google Wave.



(via Swissmiss)

Autoban

Autoban has some seriously awesome lighting and other home goods. I think I'm a little bit in love with that red chandelier.

Joe Sundwall

Holy beautiful. Hand-drawn type by Joe Sundwall, who worked with Herb Lubalin. Wouldn't it be wonderful to stumble upon these in your office, as Flickr user actualidea did?

Methane Studios

Some more Methane Studios poster goodies.