Created by Carl Kleiner for Blend magazine, these geometric food photographs are an interesting take on traditional magazine styling. Geometric design is a graphic trend I’m following at the moment – with loads of examples on my Pinterest board, Strange Geometry – and I thought these would make a good addition when I saw them. [...]
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Instagr/am/bient
Instagr/am/bient is a really cool project by the online music magazine Disquiet which took 25 images from the photo app/social network, and gave them to ambient musicians to inspire pieces of music. Disquiet explains: The project involves 25 musicians with ambient inclinations. Each of the musicians contributed an Instagram photo, and in turn each of [...]
New Zealand’s Cardboard Cathedral
I’ve been tracking a number of reimagined sanctuary spaces recently, from the Lego Church to the LED Cathedral. Linked to this, in the Macro Trend Review I did for ITI a while ago, I also shared a number of interesting temporary spaces and pop-up building techniques that are changing perceptions of built environments. So, when [...]
Designer Soaps by Daniel Ting Chong
Daniel Ting Chong, the Cape Town based designer and illustrater, is known for his consistently clean and intriguing output, and these designer soaps are a prime example. The three different “bars” all feature his simple graphic style to a T and were made in conjunction with Nature’s Skin Food. I like the inclusion of the [...]
Tools for Urban Farming
As part of a post on Urban Farming, Coolhunting.com covered these great tools by design students Mirko Ihirg and Olli Hirvonen. These are part of a “starter kit concept of five hand tools for urban farming and a backpack to transport them.” As urban farming becomes less of a conceptual speculation and more of a [...]
Jam Jar Speakers
When I spotted this jam jar speaker project, I immediately thought of the great solar jars that everyone’s getting excited about lately (I bought a pair recently myself). Featuring an interesting mix of the Etsy aesthetic and maker culture functionality, they come from an open-source design and were made by a student at the Rhode [...]
Record Player Drawings
There are a number of synaesthesia-themes art installations and the like popping up lately. This may be one of the more subtle iterations of the trend, but I quite like how simple the idea is. Basically, the installation attaches articulated arms and markers to records to draw geometric forms based on the spinning of the [...]
Light Forest
Modular and scalable fixtures and fittings are a big trend for interiors at the moment. It’s an intersection of a new thrift trend – leading to objects that grow with our needs, rather than needing to be replaced – and a new nomadic tendency that manifests in fluid (rather than strictly defined) interiors. This lighting [...]
Thin Black Lines
These pieces from Nendo remind me of these Minimalist Wire Sculptures I blogged about a while ago. Inspired by Japanese calligraphy, they simplify different forms down to outlines to create an interesting trompe l’oeil effect. Trendland reports: Favorite and devoutly-followed Japanese creative collective Nendo is about to stage its first solo UK exhibit during next [...]
Boamistura Favela Murals
As a word nerd, I love finding good examples of typographic design in physical environments and these murals are a case in point. They were undertaken in one of São Paulo’s favela, and showcase a great way to bring design into the public space. I’m not sure of the methodology the designers used to get [...]
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