Archive for the 'Things' Category

9-3-2010

My birthday present

Does my wife know me, or what?! I just opened my first NEW instant camera in many years! Quite exciting. The Fuji Instamax Mini is a chunky little number that takes little Polaroid-esque shots that are exactly the size of a credit card. And so far, the quality actually exceeds the more recent Polaroids I’d [...]

8-18-2010

Remember this car?

From “Hardcastle and McCormick?”

4-3-2010

Letterpress Dice Prints

Great idea. Beautifully executed. By Stukenborg. Via Today and Tomorrow.

3-22-2010

Wright Modern Design Auction is Tomorrow

Here’s what I’d bid on if I were going…   FLORENCE KNOLL, credenza:   GEORGE NELSON, Thin Edge headboard:   GEORGE NELSON, Comprehensive Storage System:   ARREDOLUCE, easel lamp:   FOLKE OHLSSON, lounge chair:   (if I don’t get the one above, maybe this one:) EERO SAARINEN, Womb chair:   HANS WEGNER, desk and return: [...]

2-3-2010

Bootleg Objects

A remix of a 1962 Braun turntable unit.

1-21-2010

M is for Magazines

Well done. Nice choice of magazine, too.

12-16-2009

I want.

An update of the ol’ twin lens. For 35mm. You can even expose the entire frame, sprocket holes and all. Hope Santa reads my blog.

11-22-2009

Container Posters

Color palettes in shipping container form. From Antrepo.

11-11-2009

Tycho “Covers”

I’m constantly fretting over what will become of the album cover. I think the current state of jpegs in iTunes and PDFs with your MP3s isn’t quite it. However, I still really enjoy a well-crafted piece of art-and-type to look at when I’m listening to something. Maybe that’s all you need? I just bought a [...]

10-14-2009

Type Jewelry

Very cool acrylic jewelry on Etsy.