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The language of stamps. “Everyone knows that there is a language of the stamps, which is related to the language of the flowers as the Morse-code to the written alphabet.” Walter Benjamin: Einbahnstrasse (1928) The weeks before Christmas used to be the time of postcards. But who writes Christmas postcards any more in the age of e-mail? They disappeared from the post offices, where formerly you could choose and pick between them from the end of November.
On philatelic and auction sites you sometimes find postcards which illustrate with small pictures, similar to naval flag signals, what it means if the stamp was stuck in this or that position on the card. The hopes of the journalist were not in vain. At the same time appeared the greeting cards as well, which on their picture side offered a short introduction into the grammar of the new language. Other cards, on the contrary, informed the unwanted suitors about the reasons for rejection through the position of the stamp. About:blank. The Water-Powered Dolphin Jetpack. This incredible water-powered jetpack lets you plow effortlessly through the water like a dolphin as Franky Zapata demonstrates. I only live a few blocks from Lake Michigan and would like to rent one of these by summer — somebody call somebody. (via kottke) Things to do in the Museum. VVORK. The Big Draw 2011 | Illustrophile, Illustration blog, Illustration news, Illustration art blog.
Three days + 16 illustrators = 3,750 drawings. Detail of the poster insert included with the new issue of Think Quarterly: the grid references reveal the drawings used on each of the 2,500 covers The Church of London took a hands-on approach to creating 2,500 bespoke covers for the latest issue of Google's Think Quarterly: each one is a different section of a huge floor drawing made by 16 illustrators over the course of three days... Each cover of TQ comes from a different part of the original drawing The new issue of the Google TQ publication has "people" as its theme and from the outset, says Church of London publisher/MD Danny Miller, the designers discussed how to bring a sense of community to the project. "We decided to create a huge image that would work across as many as 2,500 different books and see if we could chop it down into individual covers, so that no two people received the same piece of cover art," Miller explains.
TCoL worked with YCN to assemble a team of illustration talent for the project. Close-up of the grid.
Robot infusor de té. A la venta en modcloth Se llama Technology Tea Infuser y lo venderán en modcloth por 15 dólares. Foods. Paper wigs {in black & white} Paper-Cut-Project is an Atlanta studio overflowing with paper craft talent. These wigs are just some of the 20 paper pieces they created for Kate Spade’s Lillian Bassman collection window displays. Both the wigs and collection are inspired by the famous 1961 Bassman photograph, “A Touch of Dew” featuring windswept model Lisa Fonssagrives behind the wheel of a convertible. Such chic, modern and strong paper design with a true sense of motion, I wouldn’t mind having one to display as art. Those ponytails. Oy. (spotted on strictlypaper; photograms via paper-cut-project and 1stdibs)
Fotografia. City guides. Mobilização social. WikiHouse, An Online Building Kit, Shows How To Make A House In 24 Hours | Co. Design. No plans Saturday? Then why not build a house? WikiHouse is an online, open-source construction kit that lets people design and build a new crib in just 24 hours. Yeah, yeah, we know. It sounds ridiculous -- like the premise for some bad reality show. “Its aim is to make it possible for almost anyone, regardless of their formal skills, to freely download and build structures which are affordable and suited to their needs,” WikiHouse’s website says.
Sounds promising. But here’s one way WikiHouse is not affordable: You need a CNC miller. In any case, WikiHouse is clearly still in trial mode. 00:/ will build the first official WikiHouse at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2011 in South Korea next month. [Hat tip to Architect's Newspaper] Yuri Suzuki: Three Radio Theremin.
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