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20 Optical Illusions That Might Break Your Mind. Nothing Fancy: A Minimal Wallet by Chieh Ting Huang. Posted by Ray | 5 Feb 2013 | Comments (3) The ongoing quest to design the most minimal wallet ever is something of a race to the bottom: my colleague hipstomp, for one, has resorted to using a Japanese train pass holder, and we see so many Kickstarter projects that (for better or for worse) we have to pass on some of the more worthy ones.

At least one of my friends has opted to forgo leather or PVC for perhaps the most minimal system of all: a humble but practical rubber band. Designer Chieh Ting Huang does him one better: Nothing Fancy is a collection of seamless, stitchless leather accessories—a wallet, a coin purse, an iPhone case and a passport holder—that consist of single pieces of leather that are cut into foldable patterns and secured with a simple elastic. Nothing Fancy, aka the non-stitched minimalist wallet, is the first product in a range of everyday accessories reimagined for a contemporary lifestyle. Real-time twitter visualization lights up the world by franck ernewein. Feb 02, 2013 real time twitter visualization lights up the world by franck ernewein ‘tweetping’ by franck ernewein lights up the world in a real-time visualization of tweets around the globescreenshot GIF via tweetping french web designer franck ernewein has shown the world in a new light – literally. by dropping a bright pixel at the location of tweets when visiting the site tweetping, a map of the world lights up with a real-time visualization of tweets occurring throughout the globe. the effect produces a constantly transforming image that grows and morphs to mimic a nighttime satellite shot, with hotspots where there are more tweets. an assortment of tweets are projected – along with hashtags and mentions – all while tracking total tweets, words, and characters, the length of the two gray lines on the visualization depict the number of characters and words in each tweet. via wired lara mikocki I designboom.

Czarny osobno, | SYGNAŁY Z CENTRALI. Czyli jak przygotować komiks do druku. Stało się. Masz już narysowany komiks i chcesz go wydać. Udało Ci się znaleźć wydawcę, i trzeba mu przesłać pliki, ale nie wiesz jak jak je przygotować „aby było dobrze”. Powiem Ci jak to z robić. A skąd ja to wiem? Cóż jeżeli znasz komisy Centrali, to jest prawie pewne, że to do mnie trafiły pliki. Z natury jestem leniwym człowiekiem i generalnie wolę sobie pracę ułatwiać niż utrudniać. Przy pisaniu tych wskazówek zakładam, że stosujesz najpopularniejszą metodę rysowania czyli odręczny rysunek na kartce, skanowanie, a potem dodawanie kolorów w Photoshopie. Aha i jeszcze jedno: jeżeli robisz to pierwszy raz, zrób to na początek na jednym pliku/stronie, bo jest wielce prawdopodobne, że coś klikniesz nie tak, albo coś pominiesz i w przedostatnim kroku okaże się, że w na samym początku coś trzeba zmienić i wtedy lepiej mieć do poprawienia jeden plik niż powiedzmy 54.

Skanowanie. Od tego należy zacząć. Rozdzielczość,przestrzeń kolorów,format pliku. Kolory. Jak zmienił się Kraków? Nowe zdjęcia! Już po raz drugi spraw­dza­my, jak zmie­nił się Kra­ków, aby zo­ba­czyć pierw­szą część klik­nij tutaj. Ma­te­riał po­wstał dzię­ki współ­pra­cy Onet z part­ne­rem - Na­ro­do­wym Ar­chi­wum Cy­fro­wym, które gro­ma­dzi, prze­cho­wu­je i udo­stęp­nia zdję­cia, na­gra­nia ra­dio­we oraz filmy. Po­sia­da m.​in. ok. 15 mi­lio­nów fo­to­gra­fii. Ponad 150 ty­się­cy można już prze­glą­dać on­li­ne.

Wciąż di­gi­ta­li­zo­wa­ne są ko­lej­ne. Plac Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego Plac Jana No­wa­ka-Je­zio­rań­skie­go, wi­docz­na Ga­le­ria Kra­kow­ska. Ulica Krakowska Wi­try­ny skle­po­we przy ul. Brama Getta ul. Willa Rożnowskich Willa Roż­now­skich, zdję­cie wy­ko­na­ne w 1925 roku. Ulica Dunajewskiego ul. Rynek Główny Rynek Głów­ny, wi­docz­ny ra­tusz z od­wa­chem, zdję­cie wy­ko­na­ne w 1935 roku. Hotel Krakowski ul. Ul. Ul. Ul. św Jana ul. św. Ul. Ul. Mały Rynek Mały Rynek, zdję­cie wy­ko­na­ne w 1933 roku. Herbewo Aleje Trzech Wiesz­czów, wi­docz­ny bu­dy­nek Her­be­wo, zdję­cie wy­ko­na­ne w 1927 roku. Elegant, Modern Wood Headphones by Meze. Meze is an audio brand focused on delivering quality sound and elegant style to music lovers everywhere.

The brand’s philosophy is based on classical values of clarity, balance and harmony, which clearly translates into high-quality products. Their range of four styles of wooden headphones from the portable to the ultra high-end offers something for everyone. Meze 88 Classics: These top of the line audiophile headphones are perfect for music enthusiasts who spend long hours listening. The headband has suspension support, too. Also available in a gloss finish. Meze 73 Classics: These feature a padded headband for long listening hours and soft and isolating ear pads.

Meze 66 Classics: Versatile-use, on-the-ear headphones with wood cups to create a balanced tone and a lightweight, easily-foldable headband. Meze 55 Classics: satin-wood finish foldable headphones, perfect for quality audio and style on the go. Available in the Meze online shop. Clarity bike by designaffairs studio has a fully transparent frame. Jan 23, 2013 clarity bike by designaffairs studio has a fully transparent frame ‘the clarity bike’ by designaffairs studio is fully transparentimage courtesy designaffairs studio using new materials and manufacturing techniques, german designaffairs studio has envisioned the future of bicycle frame engineering and production with their latest project – ‘the clarity bike’. by using ‘trivex’ – an alternative to polycarbonate, the advanced polymer combines high impact resistance with flexible and lightweight technologies that can be found in traditional italian steel frames. frame detail of the ‘clarity bike’image courtesy designaffairs studio transparency detailimage courtesy designaffairs studio rodrigo caula I designboom.

Acne Jr.'s New Kranium Skull Bowl | Forever - The New Tattoo Book from Gestalten - Look Inside. Gestalten is set to release a new book covering the modern day and mainstream appeal of tattooing. Forever: The New Tattoo is a showcase of key tattoo innovators with a ranging span of styles, including Peter Aurisch, Mark Cross, Rafel Delalande, Lionel Fahy, Happypets, Sue Jeiven, Jondix, Xed LeHead, Lea Nahon, Liam Sparkes, Tomas Tomas, Fuzi UVTPK, Tom Yak, and Yvonne Ziegler.

Our dear friend Nick Schonberger pens a long list of profiles in Forever: Alex Binnie, Yann Black, Scott Campbell, Curly, El Monga, Fergadelic, Mike Giant, Thomas Hooper, Jon John, Alix Lambert, Guy Le Tatooer, and Duke Riley, are just some of Schonberger’s subjects. A Peek Inside the World's Largest Cave. Located in the Quang Binh province in Vietnam, the Son Doong Cave is the world's largest cave. The biggest section of the cave is more than 650 feet wide, almost 500 feet high, and approximately 5.5 miles long.

According to the website, parts of the space are so massive that there are caverns big enough to fit an entire city street inside them. Set along the Laos border, this largest single passage is part of a network of 150 other caves. It is located in a very remote jungle area within Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park and was rediscovered in 2009 by a group of British cavers. "Son Doong" means "mountain river," and is aptly called such because the formation was created millions of years ago when river water eroded the limestone underneath the mountain. On a side note, the Son Doong Cave is just one of the ten places we chose in the list Extraordinary Travel Destinations Off the Beaten Path. Son Doong Cave website via [Lost At E Minor]

Josh zisson's 100% reflective bike is the safest on the road. Dec 13, 2012 josh zisson's 100% reflective bike is the safest on the road the safest bike on the road is 100% reflective about a year ago, boston-based lawyer josh zisson decided to create the safest bicycle on the road. the concept uses retro-reflective frame coatings, a dynamo hub in the front powering LED headlight with daytime running lights and a taillight that illuminates itself during braking. instead of a derailleur, it has an 8-speed internally geared rear hub for reducing maintenance, also allowing for shifting while stationary—a valuable feature when users always stop at red lights. frame color during the day rear view of the brake light illumination context in the dark when exposed to light detail of the reflection output rodrigo caula I designboom.

DIY Apartment: Electrical Tape Frames. One of the major things about living in a NYC apartment is that we have to decorate our home in impermanent ways without making everything look like a dorm room. One way we've been doing this is with an excessive use of black electrical tape. :) About a month ago I put electrical tape chevrons on the door, and now I've used them for frames. The best part is, it peels right off and doesn't leave any sticky gunk behind. I first found the idea from Design Sponge. They used washi tape, but I didn't have any so I decided to use the electrical tape. (I love washi tape, though. Here's what the map looked like before I added the frame. The first thing I did was frame the map in one rectangle of tape. Next I added an additional layer of tape outside the rectangle and measured in the same distance in on each side.

Then I connected all of the outer tape pieces with a diagonal strip. A pretty good addition to the NYC apartment. :) Evolution of the mobile phone by docomo | designboom. Nov 17, 2012 evolution of the mobile phone by docomo chronologically organized display of mobile phones produced by docomo over the past 20 yearsimage © designboom japanese communications company NTT docomo celebrates its 20th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the evolution of mobile phone culture starting from 1987 to the present day. the extensive chronological display of cell phones on view at tokyo designers’ week, offered a visual documentation of the progress made in terms of size, shape, form, color and materials used in the design of today’s mobile devices. from 1987 through to 1997timeline of cell phones from the exhibition edited by designboom from 1997 through to 2000timeline of cell phones from the exhibition edited by designboom from 2000 through to 2003timeline of cell phones from the exhibition edited by designboom from 2003 through to 2005timeline of cell phones from the exhibition edited by designboom an animation of all the cellphones made to datevideo © designboom.

Films & Architecture: “Paris, I Love You” This week’s film isn’t actually a movie in itself, but rather a lot of little films merged into one: “Paris, I Love You”. Twenty shorts, each representing the 20 arrondissements – districts – of Paris were filmed to show the French capital in its multiple identities (in the end, only eighteen made the cut). The work is an interesting attempt to use film to represent the many facets of a metropolitan urban area; it is also an exploration of the different ways we can see a city, depending on our perceptions and experiences within it. Have you ever walked through Parisian streets? Does “Paris I Love You” capture your experiences of Paris’ districts?

Let us know in the comments below. Original title: Paris, Je T’Aime Year: 2006 Runtime: 119 min. MontmartreA man parks his car on a Montmartre street and muses about how the women passing by his car all seem to be “taken”. Loin du 16eA young immigrant woman sings a Spanish lullaby (“Qué Linda Manita”) to her baby before leaving it in a daycare.