Makr Carry Goods is one of my favorite contemporary brands and is the true embodiment of quality American made products. This video was made by Grain and Gram artfully capturing the lifestyle and process of Jason Gregory owner and lead designer of Makr.
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Forest Stair
This Forest Stair in Stokke, Norway offers an amazing view and a raised perspective to see the rest of the Sti For Øye sculpture park. The design for the stair was whittled down from an original set of 20 ideas, Saunders Architecture refers to this process as ‘form of Darwinism’. Only the most fit concepts survive.
(via ArchDaily »)
Hold on Tight Shelf
A shelf with built in adjustable bookend is such a simple idea. This design was originally a contest submission by Colleen Whiteley to Dwell’s Live Work Design Contest.
(via swissmiss »)
Louie Season 2
Jon Contino is one of those rare designers that is constantly able to surprise me. When a particular designer gets good at a specific thing it easy to become a specialist and only do work in that vein. These designs were created for Louis C.K.’s semi-autobiographical sitcom Louie, which is entering it’s second season. Jon also has a knack for channeling the gritty visceral feeling that is a uniquely New York sort of vibe. The type obscuring but also simultaneously defining buildings, storefronts, taxicabs and pizza slices is brilliant.
Swellca.st
I was perusing Site Inspire yesterday, and saw what at first glance looked like another mildly interesting full bleed photo site. I was really pleased to find under further inspection Swellca.st features a super original user interface and a really nice data visualization for staying up to date on the surf conditions. It is the creation of Australian web shop Finely Sliced. The name is also really great, and probably the best use of a (dot)country extension I have seen to date.
Type Connection
I just played Type Connection, the world’s first typographic dating game. This type dating game was created by Aura Seltzer for her senior thesis project at MICA, and helps players learn to pair and apply typefaces.
Apartment 17-B
Don Draper’s apartment in the current season of Mad Men is looking glass into what mid-century modern was like to live in. David A. Keeps wrote a great article for La Times which details a lot of the furniture and textiles used or at least referenced in Apartment 17-B.
(via Quipsologies »)
Gold Standard Trail Mix
Trail mix packaging does need a little injection of the trail in it’s look, feel and functionality. This student project by Mike L. Perry does a nice job of giving trail mix a vintage mountain climber, logger sort of vibe. I particularly like the industrial grommet on it so you could easily hook it to your pack or belt.
(via Lovely Package »)
Sky Deck
Sky Deck is a nice piece of design to make enjoying a drink or a snack on your balcony. Designed by Japanese architects Torafu is a great way to transform otherwise difficult to use outdoor space.
(via NOTCOT »)
Concrete Kitchen
Designed by Martin Steininger the award winning Concrete Kitchen is utilitarian and super unique. The use of concrete for most of the key surfaces is a little futuristic, but at the same time extremely functional. I am particularly drawn to the seamless integration of all the fixtures and appliances into the hand polished concrete surfaces.
(via Minimalissimo »)
Hub Concierge Identity
Hub Concierge is a service allowing guests at small boutique hotels to access relevant information about the city including restaurant recommendations, shops and more. The branding idencity, icon design and visual design for the app and website was done by Toronto-based Michael Mavian.
(via Design Work Life »)
Olo
Olo is a new game for the iPad and iPhone which will launch at the end of May. Ultra simple rules and barebones interface have positioned Olo to bring board games into the 21st century. Designed and built by Sennep, I am excited to challenge all my friends.
(via AisleOne »)
Cache Storage Cabinet
Somewhere between the Eames’ designs and the evolution of Scandinavian design, which had a large influence on Charles and Ray’s work, exists this cabinet. The Cache Storage Cabinet with its clean lines and contrasting panels was designed by Montreal based Zoë Mowat. Zoë has an amazing skill of accentuating the simplicity of her pieces through bold contrast of color and material. It also gives her pieces a nice organizational or puzzle piece sort of quality.
(via The Fox Is Black »)
Rahal Farms Branding
Anderson Design Group was approached by architect/farmer Michael Rahal with the awesome and unique opportunity to create the brand and packaging for Rahal Farms. The resulting designs are a full dose of classic typography and imagery offset with a modern and engaging style and color palette. Were I to happen into Fernvale, Tennessee I would definitely stop off to check out Rahal Farms. There are some great sketches which provide insight into the process behind their work after the jump. A well deserved hat tip to Anderson Design Group for this one.
(via Design Work Life »)
Octavo Publicaties Pocketbook Collection
These deceptively simple book jackets designed by Atelier Carvalho Bernau were created using a self-organizing design based on comparative data collected about the books. This data was used to create a graph grid and then the shapes for the covers were created from corresponding points on the grid. After the jump there is and animated GIF showing the process.
(via Minimalissimo »)
Shadow Play
Number 53 from the new Laurence King book, 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design, Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne look at ‘shadow play’ and it’s impact on design. My favorite piece is László Moholy-Nagy’s cover for 14 Bauhausbücher (14 Bauhaus Books). Moholy-Nagy had an unparalleled skill for creating depth in static planes, which is even more impressive based on the limited technologies at his disposal.
(via Creative Review »)
Tony DiSpigna at Cooper Union
Last night I saw Tony DiSpigna lecture on typography, design, life and rejection at Cooper Union. The lecture, which was entitled The Art of Letterforms dealt more with DiSpigna imparting to us that even thoughtful and amazing work gets rejected. A huge thank-you to Justin Thomas Kay and to Type@Cooper for hosting this lecture.
Procrastination
Procrastination plagues everyone from time to time. Creatives and freelancers face the greatest challenges to overcome in this department. Ryan Perera made this amazing motion graphic, which visualizes the data behind many facts and figures associated with procrastination.
(via Quipsologies »)
Dental Office
Posting this Monday morning at 10am seems rather apt as it seems like a very logical time to have dentist appointment scheduled. That said this dental office designed by Estudio Hago is a definite cure for a case of the Mondays and your fear of the dentist. The stark minimalism and light airy environment could even make getting a route canal more palatable.
(via ArchDaily »)
La Fabrica del Taco
I have admired the work of Anagrama for quite a while now, and their recent branding for La Fabrica del Taco is no exception. The work is colorful, poppy, and modern. However through the color palette and typographic references they have made, especially through the hand drawn script for the logo Fabrica is instilled with a very classic aesthetic as well.
(via The Fox Is Black »)
