Public Embroidery

Hold on to your hats, public embroidery is the new reverse graffiti! Ulrika Erdes leads the way with some interesting pieces in her folio. So grab your sewing kits and get to it.

Something Planned

Something Planned has got some great experiments in typography going on. Shown above is the think beauty project which uses tape to create some elegant type on a chain link fence. I’m also digging the City/Natural Space and Dimensional Typography projects.

Quote/Unquote Bookends

These Quote/Unquote Bookends by Eric Janssen are very clever indeed!

LG Limited Edition Designers Guild Washing Machines

Popular electronics and appliance manufacturer LG has teamed up with inspirational fabric designers Designers Guild to produce these limited edition washing machines. The designs thmselves seem quite smart although perhaps more than a bit kitsch. I’m in two minds as to how well these designs will fare as the machine gets older, although with planned obsolescense in almost every appliance we buy these days, I’m not sure it’s something to worry about too much.

Colourful Bookshelves

I really like this concept of organising the books on your shelves by colour. COLOURlovers have a great article on how to do this and the ups and downs of the system. Just remember the books cover and you’ll be able to find it easily on the shelf.

Gravitation

We recently wrote about Passage an experimental art game by Jason Rohrer. Well, he’s done it again, releasing Gravitation a new experiment in mania, melancholia, and the creative process. The game itself is beautiful, go play it now!

Update: The Escapist has a great interview/editorial with Jason Rohrer regarding the pursuit of perfection when designing games. Well worth the read. (via Kotaku)

Bert Simons

These amazing sculptures created by Dutch designer Bert Simons are in fact made of paper. In addition to these, he also has some really great furniture design on his website.

Cassette Tape Dispenser

This retro Cassette Tape Dispenser from J-Me is pretty cool. It’d go well with the cassette tape ipod case!

Running the Numbers

Running the Numbers is a fantastic set of creative infographics which paint a stunning and disturbing portrait of American culture.

Open Design Club

Ever seen a piece of great design that’s a must have for your apartment, then seen the price tag and decided that this particular item may have to wait until you get that promotion? Open Design Club is essentially a website for open source design ideas. Designers submit their ideas along with schematics on how to build it yourself.