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Couple sneak peaks coming from the Channel Islands board blog…both of them are Kelly Slater shapes/designs. First one inspired by u-class racing boats and the second with an asymmetrical tail (and fin placement?)…hahrang.
To me, it just looks ugly.
Icon Notes
I like the idea of handwriting notes onto a pad that references the digital world. Buy it here…
BackPack
Keep your external hard drive out of sight but within reach when you need it. Buy it here…
Clumsy Coaster
Since my tabletops end up looking like this anyway… Buy it here…
Desk Set
A set of desk accessories made primarily of sustainable wood. Buy it here…
La Valise Case
Designed by the famed Bouroullec Brothers and composed of injected molded ABS, your files are now neatly organized and easy to carry. Buy it here…
Split Key Ring
A key that can keep all your keys together…and yes, the key is a blank that can be cut to open any of your locks. Buy it here…
These are probably the most refreshing pair of sunglasses I’ve seen that go against the grain of the current neon colored optic world. You can buy these wood sunglasses direct from Shwood but since they are backordered, there is a 6 to 8 week wait. I suck at waiting.
Inspiration really motivates me. These posters by Big Ant International from NYC are designed to wrap around light posts and pillars. “What goes around, comes around.”
hard graft’s new high collection is sick! you lose what you don’t hold…
hard graft is an independent creative company with a simple honest approach to design. Based in Austria, in a medieval Schloss surrounded by vineyards and apricot orchards. They are not very big but are good and passionate about what they create. hard graft products are handmade entirely in Austria & Europe and they endeavour to use only natural sustainable materials.
One of a kind…Each individual hard graft product shows an impeccable old-world craftsmanship, timeless appeal and future thinking. hard graft doesn’t follow the norm, nor do they follow the current fashion trends, instead they take their inspiration from past and present to create all time classics.
So I got a thing for clever design. It may not be an obsession (denial?) but when I come across something witty, I get a jolt of creative stimuli. Anyway, I happened to find a design duo working under the name “the.” while browsing online (insert jolt). They design and sell some of the most thought provoking objects. Take their Walls Notebook for example. This hardcover book sports 80 spreads (160 pages) of photos of New York walls for you and I to decorate. Use it for jotting down notes or art… Who wouldn’t want this thing?
Another one of their products that I have to mention are their portable multimedia speakers aptly named “Speak-er.” As their website states, “Their iconic shape put the ’speak’ in speakers.”
I got these mugs about a month ago. When I first saw them I had that feeling you get when you know you got to have something (I get that feeling way too often). Anyway, each mug is colored with a different Pantone hue from the Pantone Color System. I found myself staring at these a few days ago… thinking about color combinations while “Poison My Cup” by Shannon McArdle played in the background. I decided on color coding the magazine’s different sections with Red, Green, Blue and basic Black. RGB, the color model of the video generation.
Another one of those objects i like to fiddle with when im at a loss is this calculator designed to take the form and feel of an “old school” computer number pad. It even has that click i love when the keys are completely pressed. It’s a witty little gadget that’s simple in structure but extraordinary in concept. Damn… my keyboard is dirty.
“Pecha Kucha is a graphic design/architecture/art meet-n-greet and presentation that’s low on attitude and high on talent. People present 20 images for 20 seconds each of their latest project—speed show-and-tell. A big screen and chairs are set up in the Honolulu Academy of Art’s tranquil courtyard and it turns into a lovely soirée.”
The lineup:
The youngest presenter ever, 7-year-old Kaeo Wongbusarakum, will present ceramics
David Rockood, associate dean at UH school of architecture
Fritz Johnson, Jr., architect
Aaron Yoshino, photographer, honozooloo.com
Hideyo Kusano, HPU graphic design student
Jacqueline Rush Lee, artist
Kaveh Kardan, Academy for Creative Media, will talk about CGI
Kirk Malanchuk, Tadpole Studio
Mat Kubo, artist, will talk about his urban survival project “actionfunurbansurvivalism”
Melisa Medalle, jewelry designer
Misa Tupou, performance artist
Big ups to Contrast contributer, Aaron from Honozooloo.
On September 23rd, Adobe revealed their long-awaited Creative Suite 4 product line. The Creative Suite 4 launch represents “Adobe’s biggest software release to date,” according to the company. It includes six distinct application bundles — Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions (standard and premium), Creative Suite 4 Web editions (standard and premium), Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, and Creative Suite 4 Master Collection — assembled from 13 separate product lines and 14 “technologies,” which are applications like DVD authoring program Encore that are only available in Adobe’s CS product line. These product lines include Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, After Effects, and Premiere Pro.
Adobe CS4 is scheduled to ship in October.
For more info, watch the Adobe CS4 Launch Broadcast.
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