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An Artist Attempts To Draw All The Buildings In New York
By Belinda Lanks, fastcodesign.comJohn Gulliver Hancock still has a ways to go, but you can check his progress so far in a new book.
John Gulliver Hancock has an obsession. The artist has taken it upon himself to draw every building in New York, an ambitious goal that he…
Here & There: Horizonless Projections of Manhattan
Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.comHere & There are a fascinating set of prints from London-based design firm BERG that depict speculative projections of Manhattan by completely removing the horizon and skewing the entire urban landscape upward. These particular views are of uptown…
Morpholio 2.0: A Portfolio App With A Built-In Studio Crit
By Sammy Medina, fastcodesign.comThe Morpholio portfolio app relaunches with seven tools that promise to change the way you design.
Anyone who went to architecture or design school knows that studio is a mean but formative experience. We like to pretend we’re idea-sham…
Mamukko
Serifs&Sans, serifsandsans.comBranding and web design for Mamukko, by TATABI.
Todd McLellan’s Disassembled Design Objects, Now in Book and Video Form
core77.comPlenty of us were taken aback by Todd McLellan’s “Things Come Apart” photo series, where he disassembled a variety of everyday objects and laid all the parts bare. Now the Toronto-based shooter has gathered teardown photos of 50 design classics, f…
McDonald’s takeaway food bags transformed into works of art
Michelle Wilding, lostateminor.comNew York-based Japanese artist Yuken Teruya has put eating at Mickey Dee’s to good use. He’s renowned for making stunning paper forests out of throwaway objects. This time, he’s magically turned McDonald’s takeaway food bags into works of art. Che…
Minimalist Children’s Toys: Machi by Kukkia
Leo Lei, design-milk.comMachi is a minimalist children’s toy designed by Japanese-based firm Kukkia. Kukkia means ‘to bloom’ in Finnish and ‘kuki’ means stem in Japanese. The focus of their products is to provide children with tactile and vividly-colored shapes that are…
The Human Printer: CMYK Halftone Prints Recreated by Hand
Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.comThe Human Printer is an ongoing art project by a collective of students at the University of Derby who take photographs and manually create a CMYK halftone printing effect by hand. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing:…
A New View on Rio
Jaime Gillin, dwell.comThis tilt-shift video reveals revelers at Rio’s Carnaval in a whole new light.
Recently discovered on Vimeo: The City of Samba, an eye-popping video produced during Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval in 2011. Using Nikon D3s camera bodies,…
Fujitsu’s FingerLink Interaction System Makes Dumb Paper Smart
core77.comI’ve simplistically assumed we would advance from “dumb” paper with things printed on it to some smarter variant, where every sheet of paper is an iPad. But as researchers at Fujitsu Laboratories demonstrate here, there’s still plenty of room to…
40 Inspiring Artist Home Studio Designs
kate, digsdigs.comIf you are an artist or just love painting, a studio is a necessary space for you. Here you’ll be able to paint without any problems, nobody would disturb you. An ideal variant is a space with giant windows so that it would be easier for you to…
A Brilliant Series of Illustrated Maps by Owen Davey
Philip Kennedy, thefoxisblack.comOwen Davey is a very talented illustrator from the UK. He’s worked with a number of clients including The Guardian, New York Times and The Leisure Society and, over the last three years, he’s also published three picture-books. On his site, he…
Infographic: Seeking Privacy In Public
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.comWhere can you find personal space? Your private home? Or the public library? This visual test will help you find out.
Somehow, I can find my own little universe in the back of a crowded, noisy coffee shop, but my dedicated home office fe…
Marco Goran Romano
Dave, grainedit.comMarco Romano is a designer and illustrator out of Milan whose designs are both fun and unpretentious. With a portfolio thats steadily growing, Romano has already created illustrations for notable clients such as ESPN and Wired Magazine.…
Original Accessories Collection For Kitchen Farming By Cult Design
kate, digsdigs.comCult Design allows you to grow any plant you want on the kitchen counter. May be these will be herbs, maybe your favorite flowers. Kitchen Farming Collection is a product line is made up of a selection of terracotta and ceramic pots of varying siz…
