Superb lamps available here (check their site for other wonderful one-of-a-kind pieces):
(thanks Scrintin)
Food for thought‘[...] do not think that good design can make a poor product good, whether the product be a machine, a building, a promotional brochure or a business man. But [...] good design can materially help make a good product reach its full potential. In short, [...] good design is good business.’
Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM CEO
Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM CEO
"Saint-Léger en Bray" lamp
November 30, 2007, 2:20 AMOCP – A classic logo
November 24, 2007, 2:29 AMI remember drawing this Robocop‘s “manufacturer” logo many times when I was little (as a colleague said, it seems we don’t get to do what we do just by chance :) ). This logo and a few others from other great old-school movies, like Terminator, Alien or Predator, are available on tshirts here.
(thanks Alin, via Design Observer)
Mandru mi-s../Proud to be..
, 1:54 AMExtraordinary traditional-romanian-influenced clothed guy just in front of the Romanian Palace of Parliament (second largest building in the world, after Pentagon). Respect!
(via Urban Style)
Bad Mudaf'
November 21, 2007, 1:09 AMFound this on Corbis today, by accident :) Ike and Tina Turner, showing their “black power” (by the look on her face, I guess Tina was already fed up with Ike’s demonstrations of power).
Anyway, I guess it’s good tshirt graphics material :)
And by the way, if you want some BMF wallets like Samuel’s from Pulp Fiction, you can find more info here :)
Corto Maltese – Esprit Sauvage
November 20, 2007, 4:13 AMThis ad almost made me buy Christian Dior’s Eau Sauvage. What better way to portray the idea of a “sauvage” perfume?
here’s a larger image
Corto Maltese is the image of the strong, solitary, misterious and yet melancholic man. I think Corto Maltese is one of the least explored great characters, I wonder how come Hollywood (and US entertainment machine) hasn’t grasped it yet. I’d surely preffer a Corto Maltese movie to any Superman, Hulk, Spider Man and so on (would’ve included Batman too, if he hasn’t been played by Bale lately :) ). Collin Farrel might make a good Corto if he’d be more “classy” (can’t think of a better “rugged” actor for this – Bale or Pitt are “too blonde” :)) ).
Anyway, if you want some great stories, mind-blowing watercolors (Hugo Pratt, Corto’s father, is a true master) and some of the same coolness of Cowboy Bebop, that oozes from every page, definitely get Corto Maltese. Too bad it’s so hard to find, only Amazon.fr has some of the novels and dvds, so if you know french well enough, you’re in for a treat :)
And about Dior’s Eau Sauvage, well, you have to test it to see how well it suits Corto :) Bold, rough, then whiskey-old, melancholic, classy. One minor complain, I don’t think Corto would be caught doing that gesture, it’s not manly enough :)), but then again, none of us really is, we’re just good at pretending sometimes.
Later update:
Hehe, I did order Eau Sauvage eventually, so the ad did it’s job very well :)
Red riding…
November 19, 2007, 3:35 AM
Wallpaper stuff
, 3:09 AM
Beautiful typo on Esquire's almost cover-of-the-year
November 18, 2007, 1:54 AMOne of the two finalists for the best cover of the year, this Esquire cover featuring George Clooney is a real typo treat (penciled by illustrator Marion Deuchars – check her site for some beautiful work):
You can bet it ain’t easy drawing typo that seems bad, sloppy, but looks so good. Talk about “ugly design“.
Too bad the romanian first issue changed the drawn letters with normal fonts (i know, drawing them in romanian wouldn’t have been the same, but at least they could’ve tried, because that was the concept, showing Clooney with the pencil in his hand – you can see the romanian cover here).
(via Kit, via Design Observer)
Classics never die
November 17, 2007, 9:15 PMI was listening to Guerrilla Radio and something odd caught my ear. The song was American Woman, but the voice resembled Robert Plant‘s. I may not be a “rocker” anymore, but once a Led Zep fan, always one… So I was wondering when on earth did Plant record this song and how come his voice sounded so good (like the good ol’ days), since I knew that he lost it through age and rock’n'roll excesses (should you wish to disagree, listen the beautiful Rain Song here and then here).
Checking the song, I found out that I was mistaking, the song was performed by The Guess Who, and they surely sounded like Led Zep’s Plant singing next to Cream‘s Eric Clapton.
Here are the videos, enjoy some true classics (and mind the similarities :) ):
There seems to be some problems with embedding youtube movies, here are the links (I’ll try to fix this again later):
American Woman – The Guess Who
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
Do great books a great designer make?
, 4:48 PMOf course not, but they surely help. Even if sometimes you won’t understand what they are about until you’ve gained more experience. As it has been said in the past, you are always searching for what you already know, uncounciously or not. And one of the best education you can get is reading a 2m stash of great books from your area of expertise (usually this beats most schools, especially romanian ones). Too bad I can’t remember who said this either.
I’ve added an Amazon Wish List widget in the sidebar, you can check some great books that I think are worth buying (and will buy most of them, gradually, unless I win the lottery :)) ).
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