I LOVE Automats. Why won't anyone bring them back?? *sigh*
The Automats featured gleaming machines marketed as newfangled gadgets that dispensed fresh food barely touched by human hands.
Matt Sewell's bird illustrations are completely adorable. I may have to pick up this book when it's back in stock.
Analogue Books — Our Garden Birds by Matt Sewell
I'm not an outdoorsy type at all, but everything on Best Made Company's site makes me wish I was. Including this little beauty. Their designs are so beautiful.
Best Made Company — Brass Stow-Away Capsule
I'd probably be very annoyed if I was on a flight and needed to use the loo, but this made me laugh.
I love Hoxton Street Monster Supplies.
Salt Made From Tears combines centuries-old craft with the freshest human tears which are gently boiled, released into shallow crystallisation tanks, then harvested by hand and finally rinsed in brine. Experience the full range of these flavours in this exclusive collection.
Sweet! A kit to recycle wine bottles into Tiki torches. I like.
I'm not even a gamer, and this "Jump'N'Run" photo series by Patrick Runte makes me super happy.
This poster, in eight pieces, is quite lovely and very reasonably priced. (Especially since you don't have to frame it.) Nice job, Print Handbook Store.
These posters are printed using silver metallic ink (Pantone 877) on 250gsm Burgundy Keaykolour.
Each poster is made from 8 individual A5 cards (148 x 210mm or 5.8 x 8.3in). When combined they produce a poster that is slightly larger than A2 (420 x 594mm or 16.5 x 23.4in).
Title: Rainbow
Year: 2010
Materials: acrylic paint
Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg
I find the idea of a social media-driven air freshener strangely disturbing.
Called Olly, the robot watches the millions of messages passing through social networks and spots when its owner is mentioned. For every mention or referral Olly emits a waft of scent as a "reward" for the online interaction.BBC News - Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions
I was never a gamer, but I kind of want one of these retro custom wall stickers.
A bit target reference, but anyone who owned a home computer in the 80's whether it be a ZX-81, Commodore 64 or BBC (acorn electron doesn't count!), will remember typing this in at some point (we certainly did!). Anyway, you can customise this wall sticker with your own text to add a bit of retro basic to your wall.
If I ran the world, most of the design industry would be busy making/doing stuff like this.
Established in May 2010, the Signs of Affection project aims to make the walls talk. Short positive messages are placed in public spaces around the world to be seen by thousands. To get involved you can submit a few words [...] If your entry is chosen it will be designed, screen-printed and sent to you all for free! Copies will also be sent across the world to be pasted-up on the walls of other cities.
Does your mom (like mine) insist that she doesn't need any gifts for Mother's Day? If you still want to give her a gift without getting yelled at, you might want to consider donating to this really lovely organization. They provide books to schools and community programs so low-income kids can learn to love the same bedtime stories the rest of us do.
Forty-two percent of children in the United States — more than 30 million — live in low-income households. Most of these children have no age-appropriate books at home, and the classrooms and programs they attend are woefully under-resourced. Approximately two-thirds of these schools and programs cannot afford to buy books at retail prices.
I'm in love with this week's Tattly temporary tattoo. Beep beep.
Full of yay and giantness.
Urban Plant Tags - Carmichael Collective
(via FastCo) (Thanks, Karina!)
A tiny piece of a big, beautiful infographic about the ridiculous amounts of power and money The Big Six have over America's media.
Enabled by FCC deregulation and a decades-long orgy of mergers and acquisitions, [...] six giants dominate our media landscape. Until regulations return (or they buy each other out of existence), they will continue to control 90% of everything Americans see, hear and consider important.
Wow. I love birds anyway, but these completely blow my mind.
Pteridophora alberti
Plumes such as the King of Saxony's graceful head ribbons offer ancestral strength to the people who wear them, according to local belief.
Paradisaea rubra
Framed by its wiry tail feathers, a red bird of paradise is nature's valentine—an apt emblem for this family of birds famous for fanciful plumage and elaborate courtship rituals.
I have no burning desire to be rich, but, man, this makes me wish I was.
...the 15-foot-wide Upper East Side townhouse has just sold for $6M, a smidge above the $5.85M ask.
How can you fight light pollution? If you're a guerrilla artist, you can do a playful installation with a serious message. Really lovely.
This lovely limited edition poster (celebrating Washington D.C.'s annual cherry blossom festival) is available over at Felt & Wire Shop.
50% of all poster sales will be donated to Washington, DC’s Bread for the City charity to support their ongoing efforts to feed and clothe district residents in need.
These two are like the living embodiment of Calvin & Hobbes, too. Especially since most of the ideas are theirs. The whole collection make me molto smiley.
Love it.
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I've seen the others, but I'd never seen "Grilled Cheese" until yesterday. It makes me happy.
Wow. Groupon is actually featuring something that makes me go "oooooh." I'd love to send a bunch of these off into the sky...
These sky lanterns are handmade and imported from China, where traditional lanterns have lifted off for centuries and are considered good luck. Packs of 10 or 20 pristine lanterns, each about the size of a large beach ball or a 1/100,000-scale model of Jupiter, float peacefully into the sky, propelled by hot air wafting from a small flame within. After about 15 minutes of flight, flames self-extinguish, and the fire-resistant lantern body gently falls and begins to completely biodegrade. Launching Chinese sky lanterns can lend extra pomp and symbolism to events such as memorial services, weddings, and driver’s ed class reunions.
This may be my favorite design piece this month. Like a Dagwood sammich, I love it on so many levels.
Oh, hellooo. How cute are these? Somebody in the US needs to get on this and make these types of decorative nails at a reasonable price.
I love Best Made Company. Their site, their products. All of it. And I think these badges are completely charming.
