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Stefan Sagmeister’s Darwin Chair

Peel each layer off as it gets torn, and you get a new piece of artwork – right there in your living room on your CHAIR!

By Stefan Sagmeister.

(Via Dezeen)

Stefan Sagmeister, when he was in town for BE2010 beginning this year!

Eco-friendly Cups

themannequeen is in the process of refining its business directions and we are looking into selling lifestyle items! It’s sorta dream come true for me. Excited! Swamped with reworking the backend web stuff right now.

We will be selling gift and home & decor items like clocks, mugs, cups, mousepads etc etc that we source from all over the world!

But these will only be available prolly August onwards. Sneek peep – we will be selling eco-friendly cups similar to these:

(Via TheDieline)

This coffee table eats up paper

The Papervore from Pigeontail Design on Vimeo.

The Kids’ Door

(Via designboom)

Infographics by WeLoveDatavis

WeLoveDatavis is an inspirational collection of Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams — sometimes more data art than information visualization.

I always feel that information coupled with graphics/strong visual elements is so much easier to digest when we need to learn some hard, cold facts. Why hasn’t MOE do something to our oh-so-boring textbooks already?

(Via WeLoveDatavis)

Etsy Finds

When your day is no good or when PMS hits and you need something to soothe your mind and soul – check out etsy.

Etsy is basically the artsy fartsy equivalent of ebay.

You can subscribe to Etsy Finds and you get a mail everyday notifying you of the latest stuff/trends they have. Or visit Etsy Pick of the Day blog.

Check out some of the stuff I have seen in my mails lately.

Or, if you are into photography with a tint of vintage and whimsical mood, there are loads to please your visual soul:

via Squidart


via fidgetblogs


via bomobob

Simple Desktop Wallpapers

Who doesn’t love some simple and uncluttered desktop wallpapers?

Simple Desktops is a collection of minimal distraction desktop wallpapers curated by Tom Watson.

If you ask me, these are my favourite:

But right now, my work desktop wallpaper is a photo of 九份 I took when I was there for the 2nd time last month:

Cubeecraft

Download.

Print.

Cut.

Fold.

And ta-da! You get cute little desktop accessories:

Cubeecraft provides a lot of templates where you get to download and then assemble your favourite character or object.

A good idea as a commercial premium for my clients?

And don’t they just remind you of the Tofu man?

Via HappySnapper99′s photostream.

Sleeved Blankets

This is really useful in the freezing cold winters. Not like Singaporeans get that, but I miss the cold so much! Sweltering heat in Singapore is simply intolerable – maybe someone can create something  like a walking aircon capsule? So that when we go for lunches under the mid day sun, we can be enclosed in individual bubble-looking thingy and not run the risk of getting heat strokes. My oh my.

Via happinessinbed.

120 film – Analogue Love

Ever since I bought my first lomo 120film Diana+ from Urban Outfitters 3 yrs back in San Francisco, I have fallen in love with analogue photography. Sadly, I can’t indulge as much as I’d love to, due to the high costs of buying films, developing negatives and sometimes printing too.

And speaking of films, 120 film is still rather common. Polaroid 600 films are like extinct..! The regular photolab I used to go to (for instant prints occasionally)  at TBP  has run out of stock!!! It was sadness until recently, The Impossible Project manages to revive the spirit of Polaroids! Have yet to make my way to 8storeytree to purchase the PX100 Silver Shade Instant Film. Will do so when I feel rich. I mean, richer.

Anyways, the point of this post is to feature the work of talented design student, Linna Xu. She re-designed the packing for Ilford 120 film in the form of a Twins Lens Reflex (TLR) Camera – one of the earliest cameras in history to use 120 films! What’s more apt than this right!

Furthermore, the packing doubles up as a pinhole camera. It provides full assembly instructions for people who simply love DIY. K, an ex-designer-colleague of mine, is one of those who is into hands-on assembly for cameras etc. Last I heard, he did up the Gakkenflex. Not bad I must say, I can’t even ‘gao dim’ the modification of my Konica Wai Wai. Loserish me.

Anyhows and anyways, check out the re-designed TLR packaging for Ilford 120:

Via thedieline.