What are the world’s most beautifully designed objects? Pulchra let’s you decide by allowing you to vote on which you think is the best designed object in the world. There are no categories to choose from so making a decision can be a bit ambiguous, but there are a lot of great designs on display.
Well, we were offline for pretty much all of last week… To cut a long to story short, basically our server was compromised, accounts were suspended and the shit hit the fan. We are now back up with a new host and everything should be returning to normal shortly. Thanks for your patience while we get this all sorted out.
Peace.
T
Barcode Plantage is an interesting look at ordinary, everyday barcodes. Simply run your barcode through the application on their website and you will be presented with a great visualisation, showing where your product originated, the manufacturer and other tid bits of information.
We love tapes! Mixtapes, even more! They helped many a shy teenager express their feelings towards a member of the opposite sex. Cassette From My Ex brings back a whole lot of nostalgia by not only showing us the playlists of many a long forgotten mixtape but also includes the story behind its creation. Beautiful. – Via PSFK
Damn! Nicolas Loeillot has uploaded this amazing video of a holographic representation of google earth. Wouldn’t it be aweseome if the heights of mountains, city skyscrapers etc. were rendered on top of it too!
Italian artist Carlo Bernardini creates some amazing light sculptures.
Monocle is the beautifully designed quintessential magazine for the modern man (or woman). Covering international affairs, business, culture and design Monocle let’s you know what counts. The website is great as well and is kept constantly up to date.
The Barbarian Group, fronted by Robert Hodgin (of Flight404) have some brilliant interactive work.
So it seems like there are a lot of people doing the whole papercraft thing these days, following the success of Fwis’ ReadyMech. Cubeecraft have an astounding range of pretty cool looking paper thing templates, ready to download and play.
We love zines! Soy Friends has a collection of the most amazing zines we’ve seen in a long time.
