Ferris Bueller’s Day Off board game

04 February 2011   //     0 comments   //   clever, play, retro

Retro fantasticness from Max Dalton — a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off board game. Created for an art exhibit honoring our Gen-X patron saint, John Hughes.

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Click here to see the whole set.

(Found on Pinterest — thanks Ward!)

the magic ipad

03 June 2010   //     0 comments   //   clever, istuff, play

How fun is this?! I wish I knew what he was saying, but I sorta like the unexpected aspect of not knowing what’s coming next.

Do you have an iPad yet? I don’t, but I can’t lie — I’m seriously coveting one. I’m waiting for my 3 year-old MacBook to kick the bucket, though. The delete key doesn’t work — but in true Apple product form, nothing else is wrong with it. Dangit. I guess I’ll have to live vicariously through videos like this til I get my own. Have you found any other cool ones? Please share!

let there be mud

19 March 2010   //     7 comments   //   happy, kids, nature, play

It’s officially Spring here. Time for crazy days at the park.

Have a great weekend friends!

olympic legos

20 January 2010   //     2 comments   //   caught my eye, kirtsy, play

lego water cube

lego bird's nest

Found on kirtsy: The Beijing Olympic village made out of Legos. The Bird’s Nest, The Water Cube, all of it.

See them all here.

etch a sketch?

19 January 2010   //     2 comments   //   caught my eye, play, redesign

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)