These are some pretty sweet headphones from AIAIAI. Named ‘The Swirl’, they come on orange, black and green.
Greece is for Lovers
It’s difficult to tell from their website exactly who Greece is for Lovers are, but their inspiration is obvious, Greece! Shown above is the aptly named ‘Ridden in Stone’, since Socrates used to ride a long board. Check them out for some mediterranean inspired design.
Edit: Apparently they’ve opened shop in Newburgh St. London. I’ll be sure to do a reccy and let you know what the store’s like. Also, for those with a keen eye, I forgot to add a link in the above article. Sorry about that, I blame it on the red wine…
Setpixel
Setpixel is a collection of articles written on the convergence of technology and reality. The site contains many interesting features on interactive architecture and installation. A wonderfully inspirational resource.
OhNo! Doom
OhNo! Doom create some seriously badass plush toys! With the iminent release of the aptly named ‘fluffy yukyuk’, I’d check out the site now and grab one before it’s too late.
Angry Retail
Angry Retail make t-shirts and other nice designery objects. Check them out for some cool apparel for both boys and girls! I especially like the Argyle Skull jumper.
Sarah Van Gameren
Sarah Van Gameren’s design explores the manufacturing process and how accidents can also be beautiful. She is currently the designer in residence at the London Design Museum. Shown above are samples of her work ‘Big Dipper’ which shows the process of creating candles using complex clockwork machinery. The results are amazing, with each ‘chandelier like’ candle containing it’s own individual intricacies.
If you’re in London you can go and see her work at the Design Museum or I noticed yesterday a big dipper machine in a shop next to Design Guild on Kings road.
Antigirl
Antigirl (aka Tiphanie Brooke) makes some great original fine art prints & books. All her work has a real hand made feel to it and is undeniably beautiful. Plus, she’s having a sale. Check it out.
World’s Biggest Skateboard
Ok, so this is a bit old (2004 to be precise), but it’s still damn cool! The world’s biggest skateboard built by Foundation.
Naked Light
I really wish I had a mac right now. Naked Light provides node based image editing, not dissimilar to video compositing software. What this means is, as they put it on the site, non-destructive image editing which basically allows for multiple levels of undo as well as adding and removing filters at any point in the document’s workflow. Damn cool! Not a photoshop killer obviously but, Naked Light looks like it will be fun to mess around with.
TED
TED stands for technology, entertainment, design and according to the website, it began as a conference in 1984. It’s obvious TED has evolved over the years and the website definitely reflects this with hundreds of video talks of people who are the leaders in whichever field they represent. Definitely a place to go to get inspired.
