The Underfull Tablecloth is a prototype from Norwegian designer Kristine Bjaadal, who has crafted a way to turn hapless accidents into beautiful patterns.
Below, subtle butterflies emerge in vibrant color under spilled wine. A stain is no longer a blemish, but a blessing.
(via) Mocoloco conducts an interview with Kristine, in which she discusses her process, more ingenious pieces, and future plans for the “Under” line.
Is there any character more sensual than the ampersand?
A recent commercial from T-Mobile shows briefly an NYC food truck called Schnitzel & Things. Incidentally, the text on the side of the truck was more compelling than T-Mobile’s promises of unlimited texting. Identifont revealed that the ampersand in question belonged to Fette Fraktur.
Tasty.
For lovers of type, there are a handful of devoted ampersand enthusiasts on the web who devote entire blogs to the luscious ligature. Via The Ministry of Type, a couple of them are 300&65 Ampersands, for a daily dose; and The Ampersand, for found ampersands.
Just saw these pics last night and it blew my mind away. On Thursday night, Animal Collective, along with Danny Perez (their visual mastermind), transformed the entire Guggenheim Museum in New York into an audio/video art installation. No, there wasn’t a live performance but band members Avey Tare, Deakin and Geologist were there (no Panda Bear). I also read that there was an impromptu 11PM group scream. ow!
Here’s your weekly dose of interesting products we think will make your life more interesting.
1. The “Ink” Calendar:
See time pass through the magic of ink! This calendar slowly absorbs the ink, revealing a new number representative of the date.
2. Book themed Bookmarks
Instead of ruining the pages of your book by folding corners, why not use these bookmarks which have been carefully crafted to match the theme of the book. An idea created by Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy.
3. “Crtl + Z” Cards
These super geeky “sorry” cards should “un-do” whatever it is you did.
4. Sudoku Toilet Paper
Toilet paper really doesn’t have that much use for anything else other than wiping bodily fluids. Until I found this! Ingenius! Kills two birds with one stone. Saves paper!
5. Portable Lunch Setting
Designed by Demelza Hill, this portable lunch setting is so cool! But it still hasn’t really addressed the biggest issue of portable eating which is cutting food with a knife and fork. Yes, those utensils are present, but dont you still need to sit down at a table to do that?
I’ve recently come across this cool key-calendar by Takumi. It’s beautiful in design and makes you anticipate the next day just with the sound of a “click.” I’m not quite sure what else it does. It would be pretty cool if it triggered an automated voice reciting a proverb to keep you spiritually nourished for the rest of the day.
We’re always looking for new and innovative ways of making the every day a special day.
While going through my twitter feeds(@poketo), I saw a tweet from Slate Magazine that said “Surprisingly entertaining animated video about a Scottish sweater company” so I clicked on the link.
It was an animation by the famed Scottish artist, David Shrigley commissioned by a company called Pringle of Scotland. Frankly, I didn’t know anything about this company before seeing the video but I soon found out a lot and I’ll tell you why and how shortly.
The drawing by David Shrigley is so fun and charming, the animation, and music, perfect. The tone of the narration is so funny and light. I laughed out loud multiple times during the animation.
After the watching the video, I needed to find out more about the company, Pringle of Scotland. It wasn’t a simple sweater company as the video hilariously portrayed. It was a really high-end fashion label from Scotland. Their site features a section called ” Ad Film” where you can see Ryan McGinley’s film featuring the artiest of actresses of all, Tilda Swinton. It’s actually a really beautiful film. It brought back memories from 2 years ago when we went to Glasgow to launch the Poketo Glasgow Series.
How smart is their marketing? Commissioning David Shrigley to do a funny and quirky animation in time for the Milan Fashion show is so unexpected. I really admire their vision and confidence in their brand to know that they can produce, on one hand a total avant-garde poetry of a film with Tilda Swinton, and on the other an antithesis to what they’re really about, almost a satirical portrayal of the snootiness of the fashion brand that they are. They are so confident in their brand that they can just have fun with it.
Oh and their clothes… ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!
Next time I’m at Barneys or Neiman Marcus, I’m so dropping major dough on one of those beautiful coats…
uhm…j/k
While going though my usual reading today, found a nice surprise that I wanted to share.
Dutch designer, Pepe Heykoop designed a series of chairs and furniture out of wooden bricks that are mostly used by children.
Not only Do I love the design but I love what inspired this creation. He was inspired to create this chair after looking at our friend and Poketo artist, James Gulliver Hancock’s work, namely the top left chair in this poster. It’s so much to fun to see his poster as a real life form. James, did you see this?
While I still appreciate the beauty of the classic off-white business card, there are so many beautifully inconsistent, hand-written, uniquely shaped business cards that have morphed into an extension of one’s personal identity rather than profession. Personally, I’ve started my own collection of business cards myself. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite designs from the business card flickr page:
World reknown Bouchon restaurant in Napa Valley with beautiful and understated industrial text.
Graphic designer, Jose Antonio Contreras had a lot of fun designing his card.
Burgers deserve cards too!
Beautifully imperfect, delicate, handcrafted
Looks like a travel/ ticket tag done in the early 1900’s
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