Found this today on Mr. Lady’s Posterous. Lightsaber chopsticks. Awesome, right?
Buy them here.
And if you aren’t already familiar with Mr. Lady, you should be. She’s one of my most favoritest people. Go check her out here and here.
free staples!
Fantastic sign posted on utility poles along my walk to work this morning.
Then upon closer examination I noticed the call to action:
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This is one of those things that can turn a normal day into a great day. Know what I mean?
fun with logos
I was browsing the groovy tshirts at Desteenation this morning and I found this one from Fuel Coffee in Seattle:
And check it out — we’ve got our own pride and joy Fuel here in Charlotte: Fuel Pizza.
Vintage design is fun, eh?
walking in holden’s footsteps
Awesome. Found this in the New York Times today — an interactive map of Holden Caulfield’s journey through NYC. Roll over the different sites and find an excerpt from Catcher in the Rye describing each place. Check it out here.
Thanks for the tour JD Salinger. And thanks for preserving that New York forever.
clouds
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Beautiful sky at lunch today.
etch a sketch?
I mean, sure the double knob thing was sorta frustrating on the original Etch A Sketch. Diagonals were challenging, and curves were nearly impossible. But that was part of the charm, right? And it was also what separated it from, say, a Magna Doodle (which didn’t exist in my childhood). Or those static-lift drawing pads, which could not have been more annoying.
So now they’ve replaced the knobs with a trackball, eh? And they’re calling it Etch A Sketch freestyle?
Frankly, I’m not sure what to think. You?
(Thanks sub-studio design blog)
logorama
Logorama by H5 is an short animated film about a world made entirely of logos and trademarks. The Pringles man drives a truck, the green and red dots in the Stop & Shop logo are actually stop lights, and Microsoft butterflies flutter across the screen. The plot sounds like an LA shoot-em-up (between the Michelin man and Ronald MacDonald), and from a visual standpoint, I can’t wait to see it.
Check out the trailer here.
Information about the film here.
(Thanks Design Observer)
valentype
I love how plush and bursty this Valentype is from House Industries. The whole font looks just like that plump sumptuous heart. And it comes on 6×8 solid maple blocks. Yummy.
I’d like the whole red set please. It would look great in the LEAP office.
