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Pins belong on a Hanger

I was always wondering what I should do with all those pins I have laying around at home. Voila. (Image by Aumayya Alsenan)

H&M starting a home line

H&M is launching a home line! It won't be sold until february, and then it will only be online and possibly only in Europe. YAY!

Letraset Penguin

Marc Fischer and I share two things: Love for Penguins and Letraset. Now combine the two and you get an instant YAY from me.

(thank you Jon)

British Design Classics

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail today: A lovely set of Royal Mail stamp collection featuring British Design classics. Thank you Claire!

Awesome 404 Page

Project Euh's 404 Page had me look.

(via smashingmagazine)

twelve

Twelve is the personal project of Melbourne based graphic designer Thomas Williams. It is available to download for free and is designed to be printed at A1 size in black. The calendar takes on the simple form of black circles that represent every Saturday and Sunday of the entire year.

Her Morning Elegance

(via newly designed Fubiz)

Act Fire Extinguisher

The Act Fire Extinguisher connects to a wireless fire alarm system and alerts with sound and light when the alarm is triggered. The form is modern and elegant and would in a discreet way fit in almost any homes. Design and idea by Sigrun Vik, a master student at Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Only a concept at this point but I hope this will go into production!

Artsy Money Merger

Libra+Yuan+Euro+Dolar+Peso by TintaiMpresa

(via bauldoff)

Who said you can't fit a washing machine in that bathroom?

Smeg LBL16RO: Washing Machine with sink.

A collection of Presidential Signatures

Barack H. Obamas first signature as a president . Beautfiful! And here, a collection of Presidential Signatures.

(partially via designnotes)

I Hope So Too

What are your hopes for the Obama administration? The New York Times asked more than 200 people in 14 states (half red, half blue) to identify their greatest hopes for what Barack Obama might accomplish during his time as president. Their answers do not represent any kind of scientific sample—they come from people who shared their thoughts outsidesupermarkets, at parks, in restaurants. They grouped their responses into the 29 "hopes". Check out the interactive feature over on the NYTimes: I Hope So Too.

(thank you tom)

Knitted Font

Thread Red is a beautiful knitted (!) font by handmadefont.com. Their archive of experimental, hand-made fonts is impressive.

A bike lane that travels with you

If there is no bike lane, what to do? Bring your own: LightLane . We agree with GOOD, this is a superb idea.

(thank you rion)

iPhone CSS Design Gallery

I agree with Michael: How cool is this? A CSS Design gallery showing sites as viewed through the iPhone.

I love you more than ______

I love you more than ______ is an exploration into the wonderful world of love. Paperwhite studio wants to depart from the cliche valentines sentiment and find out the real things we are willing to put in second place for love.
Some highlights: - i love you more than guacamole
- i love you more than a coconut popsicles on a hot summer day
- i love you more than the G train when it's on time (or the L when it's not stopping every 5 min!)
- i love you more than a good hair day
- i love you more than pms 412 U

Help fill in the blank "i love you more than________" by sharing your own personal feelings. Abstract, funny or literal - the choice is yours. Send your answers to: love@paperwhite-studio.com

Type as Image

Type as Image is a collection of typographic experiments where the words are treated as images that speak about their own meaning. Sent to me by Petar Pavlov.

Top 10 Countries by Robot Density

Now that's a graphic I would love to show and explain to Ella's 100 year old great-grandmother: Top 10 Countries by Robot Density

Miniature Concrete Buildings

Miniature Concrete Buildings from Pull+Push. Fantastic!

(thank you anthony)

Vintage Travel Brochure Graphics

Travel brochure "Luzern - Das Zentrum des Auto-Tourismus - 50 Auto-Touren," circa 1932. Back cover. Unsigned. How beautiful is this? Check out the entire collection of Vintage Travel Brochure Graphics.

(thank you Leendert)

52 E-Commerce Stores on the iPhone

Tom Sullivan took screen shots of 52 of the top ecommerce sites on his iphone to see what the support was like. Only 6 of the 50 retailers redirect iPhone users to a mobile-optimized website: Amazon, Best Buy, Foot Locker, Target, Victoria’s Secret, and Walmart. (Ralph Lauren should be on this list, since they offer a mobile-optimized website, but the server doesn’t redirect iPhone visitors.) I am pretty sure this ratio will change quickly considering how important the iPhone has become.

(thank you Jon)

The _ Cards

I have seen The_Cards before but it didn't really click until Sam just pointed me to this site. Way cool! Fun to play around with the site as well. Yay!

Accidental Maps

Accidental Maps: Cartocacoethes or Blatant Pareidolia?

Architects are sexiest

Architects have been voted the sexiest male professionals, in a survey of women's ideal partners.

(via my friend Samuel and homerejuvenation)

iPhone app sketches

A collection of iPhone app sketches, by Stef Kardos

(via marjohns twitter)

Straws

Muji Straws made out of actual wheat straws. Lovely.

howstuffworks videos

The video collection on howstuffworks has completely sucked me in. Didn't you always want to know how a Teleprompter works? (There's no embedd code? What?)

(via reubenmiller twitter)

DestroyTwitter

After DestroyFlickr comes DestroyTwitter by Jonnie Hallman.

The Iridesco Stimulus Package: Out of Many Ideas, One Hundred Dollars.

Iridesco started their own version of the Stimulus Package today: An experiment to get some good small business ideas that can help other small business owners out: They ask a question. You contribute an idea. They will round-up the best answers on the Iridesco Watercooler and let you, the voting public, decide who deserves to receive $100 for their thoughts. They'll spread the best ideas to help businesses work smarter and the winning contributor will receive $100 from us to stimulate the economy.

Question for employers: While conserving cash, what grand gestures can you offer your loyal employees for the holidays?

StickyScreen - a digital post-it in your web browser

Very much like Jack Cheng, I have a habit of putting sticky notes on the edge of my monitor. His new project StickyScreen takes the note off the edge of your monitor and puts it smack dab in the middle. The idea is to set StickyScreen as your homepage so that your ‘note to self’ shows up whenever you open a new tab or browser window. Lovely. Now, can we have a white background, please?

This is what I call inventive...

They wanted to attract more students. So it installed WiFi in some of its stores near universities. The problem is, lots of students just come into the store for the WiFi but hardly look at the menu. So They and CoffeeCompany decided to move the store’s menu into the WiFi menu of customers’ laptops.

(via frederiksamuel)

Top 25 Design & Architecture Blogs

Trend Updates compiled a list of Top 25 Design & Architecture Blogs. (that graphic is painful)

(via designobserver)

Atlantis made out of used plastic bottles

Gayle Chong Kwan brings back the lost city of Atlantis with used plastic bottles.

keeping track on how links are spreading

The anatomy of a viral campaign, by Royal Bacon. Curious to see how this list continues to grow.

requiem for a Tea Bag

Where Do tea bags go to die?. Usually squashed on the side of the saucer next to the cup, or if you have a little less decorum the table will probably be just fine. Jonas Trampedach has been observing the behaviour of tea drinkers and has evidently been learning a lot. Consequently he has developed a solution to the bag dilemma that is as simple as it is ingenious. With the ‘Tea bag Coffin’, the drinker can tidily bury the bag under the cup and out of the way. RIP.

Requiem for a Tea Bag

perspectives

While interviews traditionally present what people say, in Perspectives the interviewees don’t actually say anything. With the spoken portion of the footage edited out, Perspectives leaves only body language, pauses for thought, and interjections to do the communicating.

Typically people think of "content" only as what’s literally being said. The content of "Perspectives" is based on the idea that what’s not being said says something of its own.

Wonderful!

(via chrisglass)

bloggable?

A reader of mine got in touch and I couldn't help but notice this line in her signature:

kids expressions while playing video games

watch the video over on the NYTimes: kids expressions while playing video games

(via lebowitz)

I feel NYC

This is a different kind of NYC guide: Where to go when you feel energetic? Where to go when you feel romantic? Where to go when you feel naughty? etc.

(thank you Jeni)

Rainman Carafe

Rainman Carafe.

(via justcooldesign)