some smart space-saving solutions for bookshelves over at dornob, that staircase/bookcase is just genius…. one day i intend to steal that idea
(tip via my misses ‘fem’)
me news
the colour purple
these large neon letters (avenir) arrived back from a client this week… the remains of one of the largest jobs ‘me studio’ has done so far (that never happened) a corporate identity for a dutch bank, it’s quite unique for such a small studio to land a project like this so it is a shame it never made the light of day
the new identity (which was all ready to launch in early 2009) fell prey to the economic crisis and despite all of the work (from logo, to letterhead, to signage, to vehicle livery, to interiors and even their information design…) these are all that is left of the project sadly… i’m not even allowed to show the finished work, we did a lot of research to get the intended corporate colour (dark purple) working as a neon sign at night, dark colours are by their nature of course not very bright… if anyone ever needs advice on neon signs and what works ask me… we’re your man
re-april 1st
apparently a lot of people fell for this fairly elaborate april fool’s hoax: the ‘re-35’ digital catridge
The RE-35 cartridge replaces the film in your classic analog 35-mm camera. Set the ISO to 400 and your done – your camera will now take high quality digital pictures.
i suppose the trick with these kinds of jokes is to say something that people really wish were true and then they want to believe it easily too… (tip via ‘sami’)
style
duo ‘lernert and sander’ were asked to make an award for the elle style awards
…we created the smallest award ever – a 14 carat gold version of the annoying plastic price tag, which plagues even the most luxury clothing. We made the unglamorous, glamourous and focused on the most common, least celebrated, underexposed part of a garment, the tag. We designed the golden tag pin as two parts that can easily be clicked together – so it can be worn as jewellery, rather then just sitting on a mantelpiece for the rest of eternity.
high heel nike dunks
they are a bit of an acquired taste these fusion shoes i reckon, but it’s one of those ideas that feels like it must have already existed ages ago…. (thanks to ‘john de vries’ for the tip)