Monday, January 21, 2008

more dining entries

here's some more entries for the the dining in 2015 competition:


name of design : eco-cook
design by : kechenyi camille from france


designer's own words: "In 2015, environment problems from energy will become more and more serious. I believe that everyone’s life will be concerned. Thus kitchenware will be modernise to reduce energy consumption. My eco-cook is an object that helps to save water, energy and time. Everyday, everyone, has to cook pasta, rice or various vegetable. Therefore different pots are needed. In a unique pot, the eco-cook enables to divide 2 or 3 space and to boil different food at the same time. Thereby, water and gas or electricity is saved. Moreover when food is taken out the eco-cook, it will automatically drain out, allowing to win precious time. In 2015 I also believe that most people will always be in a hurry. The eco-cook design permits to help 2015 people that pay close attention to energy and time."

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name of design : fragile
design by : Mey Kahn + Boaz Kahn from israel







fragile 2



designer's own words: "When was the last time you emphatically broke somthing? The ceramic salt and pepper shaker offers you the opportunity to do it! The product comes in one piece and by breaking it, you make it useful. Breaking is an experience of impulsive outburst, But this time is an act that builds rather than destroys. In a world of products whose shape is completely dictated by the designer, we enable the user to complete the design himself. The event of the breaking leaves its mark on the shaker and gives it its final, unique, one-of-a-kind appearance."

another use for that bic pen.

designboom competition: dining in 2015. here's an awesome entry: din-ink, by andrea cingoli, paolo emilio bellisario, cristian cellini, and francesca fontana.

din-ink spread



din-ink specs



din-ink

Annual Report

James Felton creates an annual report every January of his past year. a fantastic idea, in my opinion. i like the corporate context informing the graphic language and the treatment of isotropic space.

you'll have to click on the images to see it in greater detail on my flickr [look for the button that says "original size"]. over there i also put up pictures of his annual reports from 2006 and 2005 if you're interested in seeing more. finally, of course, you can also check it all out at his site: feltron.com

feltron2007 1



feltron2007 2



feltron2007 3



feltron2007 4



feltron2007 5



feltron2007 6



feltron2007 7



feltron2007 8

Sunday, January 20, 2008

finally, finally.

well, i spent all day yesterday working on it and i think i'm finally finished with retooling my online portfolio for this go-around at the whole job-thing.

check it out: www.stanford.edu/~snahm
(uh, the link doesn't seem to be working. best to copy/paste it. i don't think blogger likes the ~.)

home page



portfolio

Saturday, January 19, 2008

manilla laptop sleeve

manilla laptop sleeve
a felt "manilla envelope" for your laptop that is inspired by the macbook air ads. feeds directly into my office supply festishisms.

i must make one. now.

great news.

the library of congress opened a flickr account!!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

sextant

sextant



woman

woman



train yard

train yard



oranges

oranges



parachute

parachute



amazing pictures, but also amazing quality of information. they've put up a lot of archival data with each photo. it's inspiring, really. a lightbulb must have gone off, though: 24.95 for unlimited photo uploads?!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

ads with humor.

science world - sneeze

science world - sneeze



science world - elevator

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science world - carbon

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science world - beavers

science world - beavers




listerine ad - coffee

listerine ad - coffee



listerine ad - fish

listerine ad - fish



listerine ad - garlic

listerine ad - garlic



listerine ad - ashtray

listerine ad - ashtray