purple

how candy canes are made

check out this video of hand worked giant wads of sugar.
link

michael elmgreen & ingar dragset

Linden Gledhill for Dentsu London

long sleeve lace

nothing special, I know, but I never know what to do with my khaki blazer

THAT jumper (or one piece whatever you call it), is a winner. WHIT SS14 article link

cat nap link

Nike Lunar LDV Trail Low link

white

for "grandmother curry"

Droog Chocolate anyone? Only available in Amsterdam I think..

La Superonda by Archizoom, a design collective formed in Florence, Italy 1966

Nendo, DATA clip

A little friendly competition won't hurt

Every once in a while you meet some people who are so passionate about the things they do that it really is contagious and somehow it really motivates you to do more and do better. Because there's always more to do.

circle

so soft, i just want to hold it

Pauline Deltour, Aliasing table, link. three way visual mesh!

what time is it mr wolf.

Dior VIII. blingablinga!

High Tech training

red

A tried and true rusty red from Murray's Toggery Shop.

squares

home for the elderly by Aires Mateus in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal

No Place like Home shoes

Visuelle. nice and clean 

Paperwhite bulb bags here

Candleholder string, Ferm Living

playful right? notepad paper! from trapped in suburbia

via dieline, from Hattomonkey

"Foldbags” by Ilvy Jacobs

Marcel Sigel and Alana di Giacomo Henry's Collar Fruit Bowl for Zuii

Josef Frank 6-branched Candelabra for Svennskt Tenn

Tour Chair by Rui Alves

dsf

crazy right. I love it. At the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, The Obliteration Room,Yayoi Kusama, Look now, see forever

overflow

When is gathering information too much information? How do you know where to stop? Where does one story begin and the other story end? Drowning in heaps of new data everyday, researching, finding new findings that may or may not necessarily support your points, where does it end? The constant search becomes a tiring act, almost habitual, perpetual, never ending. Where does one stop to think, filter, and create? Being creative means thinking outside the information square. But there is so much information how does one breathe.

3d printed limbs

Is this an encasing only? or a prosthetic?

In the future.

insight

Research is important, but experience is necessary.

My portfolio is finally finished. Please, take a look and enjoy!
www.carmenliu.com

http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20070518/without-thought

http://www.creativeboysclub.com/naoto-fukasawa-box-without-thought

Match, Form Us With Love, so witty!

Life advice

In the style of Calvin and Hobbes, an inspirational quote from Bill Watherson, illustrated by Gavin Aung Than.  I clipped it, but do click through for the full strip. here

The quote in full is:

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.   

You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.   

To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.

This quote used is from a graduation speech Watterson gave at his alma mater, Kenyon College, in 1990.

Work hard friends, don't give up yet!

wouldn't that be fun. Like an advent calendar, I'd probably finish popping all 365 days before the year is out.
via

simple event instructions for Festival of Ideas for the City in NY May 2011 via Michael Babwahsingh

Judy Kaufmann

Andrew Rae

Malgorzata Gurowska

more great posters here

Molecule bowl, bo concept, collapsible? 

Wicker, by Cecilie Manz Ceramic plastic

Concrete Jungle, Jonas Bohlin

tea chair, sancal, link

Fresh stats!

More here about the recognition of industrial designers. It's nice that now they see that we too, are an important part of the team. This is why we lose designers in Canada going to the $tates. That and they can support companies like IDEO. However, on the flip-side, living in Canada is pretty not-so-bad.

There are more than 40,000 industrial designers in the United States. Most salaried industrial designers work in two sectors, manufacturing (11,730 workers) and professional, scientific, and technical services (7,570 workers). While fewer in number than other design workers (such as graphic designers or interior designers), industrial designers have higher salaries. In 2012, the annual median wage of industrial designers was $59,610

Although, on a different note, I am surprised, at the fact that the sectors that they found industrial designers in, are so... last century and traditional. I feel like today, we cover a broader set of industries. Either that, or I am too optimistic about the versatility and the usefulness of a designer in almost every industry.

http://www.arts.gov/news/news13/Industrial-Design-Report.html

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