PRODUCT + Carboard Pin Hole Camera

Just stumbled across this on Flickr.com, worth keeping your eye out for if you are in Tokyo 'The P-Sharan 35mm Cardboard Pin-hole Camera' coooool. Under 1000 Yen it comes as sheets of cardboard and bits you assemble yourself. Manual shutter, takes 35mm film. I want one..."Santa I know my list is as long as your arm but this one is a must".

PRODUCT + Re-bag

I came across this little gem (Re-bag) in Grafik Magazine the other week, good job to as I was looking for an unusual Christmas gift for a friend who always seems to have a new bag every time I see her. Instead of socks this year why not buy someone a Design Classic? £15 English pounds Inc. Delivery, Nice! I bought one...not sure if she liked it though? Jaz, did you?

"Re-bag was an exhibition of limited edition reusable canvas bags designed by 15 leading UK design practitioners. Designers responded to a brief to create an image for a bag on the theme of sustainability and re-usability".

PRODUCT + Paper AK-47

I can remember the good old days of Airfix Models, that crazy glue that used to stick everything together except the damn model you were building. The Paper AK-47 (Awtomat Kalaschnikowa) paper model kit is a must for anyone with excellent hand-to-eye coordination, no glue needed either perfect!.

"Dear Santa, I have been a good Boy this year and would like very much to get my hands on a paper AK-47".

The Paper AK-47 comes in a 5 sheet paper model kit + explanatory poster, published by Die Gestalten Verlag. If you need to start a Paper War check out: PostlerFerguson.com

PRODUCT + Lego Jewelry

'Lego-inspired products' A trend to keep your eyes on? I'm waiting for Stickle Bricks to have a come-back.... In the mean time Kasi Made offers complete ranges of accessories, based entirely on the Lego blocks. Check out some of Her Lego-cool Jewelry at www.kasimade.com.

E-COMMERCE + The Future of online shopping?

Cicatriz Clothing's website features a really cool integrated web shop developed in Flash, (Flash! a bit like Marmite these days, you either love it or hate it in this case I'm loving it) anyway back to the website... using Flash with a lo-fi video interface to showcase Cicatriz Clothing's summer collection, nice! Oh and there is some humor in there to.

Go take a look for yourself at www.cicatriz.se

VIDEO On the Tube

I stumbled across this 'Minority Report' style Video Billboard (introduced by advertising giant Viacom Outdoor) on the London Underground last week (Victoria Line, Southbound Platform). They'll be scanning our eyeballs next, "Good morning Mr Smith, Have you tried the new Flame Grilled Whopper?". All we need now is someone to spend a little money on doing some descent advertising to project on it, the running Giraffe was not doing it for me.

PRODUCT The Nu Shopping Bag

The 'new shopping bag' by Susan Bijl, Netherlands. Simple and functional What more can you ask for in a shopping bag? Well for starters it should not be made of plastic and aid in the suffocation of Leather Back Turtles!. Made of coated nylon (the fabric used in shipping sails and kites) these shopping buddies are light, water repellent and super strong.

$36 USD delivered to Europe or $38 rest of the world 'Nice! I'll take two (that should help save the planet, well a little anyway'). For more info check out Design Boom.

ART & DESIGN The Scribblers

I'm liking these Likely Lads; Hip-Hop Scribble, Mod Scribble, Nu Rave Scribble. Argh! look Mod Scribble done a wee-wee (too many beers?). StudioAad (Art&Design) "a visual communications studio with no particular house style" makes a change!. Take a look around their website Aad (Art & Design) there is some really cool work here, design, illustration, art, photography, art direction...

WEBSITE Angry Retail

Calm down! 'Angry Retail' I thought all retailers were Angry?, Giving it the 'Hard Sell' all the time. "Buy One get One Free" "All you can eat for £5.00". There's some really cool products here and you can buy them online, nice! Go check 'em out Angry Reatail

DESIGN Bountee

I think I get it? 'Bountee' A generous amount of t-shirts, Yeah that's it. Shop, Sell and Create T-shirts "designed by the people for the people" cool. Bountee Whatever Happens Tee £14.94 (nice price, a little strange but I can live with it).

WEBSITE Faces in Places

'Faces in Places' Described as a photographic collection of faces found in everyday places, what more can you say? It does exactly what it says on the tin. There are so many faces in places, robot faces, cute faces... you'll just have to go and peruse them for yourself; faces in places. Or why not get involved, "If you've taken or found an appropriate photo, please add it to the Faces in Places Flickr group"

WEBSITE Paper Critters, Yeah!

'Question Mark' is his name, My Paper Critter creation, cool or what? Don't answer that all you critics out there. You could spend hours on this site creating Critters, Have a spare 5 minutes? go make some Critters at Paper Critters

WEBSITE Lazy Oaf Shop

I'd seen the shop in Kingly Court off Carnaby Street, London then stumbled across their website today, Strange! Well it is Halloween. There's some cute T-shirts and Graphics going on here, go check it out you Lazy Oaf

ILLUSTRATION Jeremyville

T-shirts, Books & Mags, Toys, Sketchels (Yeah! Satchels with Scribbles on), Bags, Caps, Badges, Stickers, Skateboards, Prints, Posters and Paintings (Pause for air.......) Soooooooooooooo much cool stuff you'll just have to go look at it all yourself, a week of spare time should cover it. Go scratch the surface at Jeremyville

TOYS Tokyo Cube

Not long 'till Crimbo now... If you are running out of ideas get your paws on some top notch 'Designer Vinyl' or simply Japanese toys to you and me. Tokyo Cube have brought together toys from some of the most up and coming designers and suppliers in Japan. Go Crimbo shopping at Tokyo Cube

WEBSITE You Must Create

YouMustCreate
This is where the Invisible Man shops, or maybe it's that dude from Hero?
Anyway it's a really nice Video of the Invisible Man doing his clothes shopping (not Tesco's or George at Asda though, it's more up market Topman!).

Go try something on, online www.youmustcreate.com

TEE Mickey's gone bad!

Mickey's gone bad! T-shirt from so far so good!
Yeah! What about Minnie?, I've heard she's a right Animal when it comes to Brass Monkey cocktails in China Whites. If she's not careful she'll make it into Heat Magazine.

Anyway enough of that rant, get yourself over to www.goodsofar.co.uk and check out their latest tee designs, Why not buy one?... £25 English Pounds, Bargain!. I want Mickey...

WEBSITE limitees.com

"The argument as to whether wearing T-shirts is trendy or not does not make sense anymore. It has already become a basic item of urban life" Yoshi Kawasaki, from 2K/Gingham.

Yeah whatever! Just let me at them lovely tees; www.limitees.com

GRAPHIC Yutaka Tajima

Another friend of mine Richard Smith (wow! that's two friends I have now) enlightened me to Yutaka Tajima t-shirts, get 'em while you can. The ethos is "Something New 1st day of every month" I like it keeping things fresh.

Check out Yutaka's website and while your there also run your eyes over the Sanderson Bob Poster (above) £35, £35 pound! Bargain I'll add one to my Father Christmas list. 'Dear Santa, I've been a good boy this year give me a Sanderson Bob Poster or Rudolf gets it'

PHOTOGRAPHY Houston

Passed onto me by a friend (Meric Pine Esq.) this website showcases selected work 2003-06 by Photographer Jeff Minton & Houston, worth your time all 60 seconds of it depending on how quickly you click.

Click! Just click, click, click, click... www.wehaveaproblem.com 25 clicks later you'll see what I mean, honest!

ART Nelly Duff Gallery

I stumbled across Nelly Duff's website while researching Eine, well worth checking out as there are some really cool and affordable works of street art.

Featured work above: eine monsters £1500 +vat. Using EINE's Iconic font from his vandalism piece. Oil on a concrete/adhesive mix on canvas 81cm x 81cm, edition of 10. I want one for Christmas... Dad! are you reading this?

WEBSITE Established & Sons

If a little heavy on the use of our old friends 'Flash' and 'ActionScript' the Established & Sons website is a joy to experience, go take a look for yourself establishedandsons.com
You will find lots of product design you'll just want to buy, shame I can not afford any of it.
"Note to oneself, plan next Great Train robbery".

Check out the 'Font Clock' by Sebastian Wrong, there's nothing Wrong with this Flip Clock.

GRAPHIC Prickie.com

Prick!
Now I've got your attention why not check out Prickie.com a showcase of over 15,000 pins, buttons, badges, (whatever you fancy calling them!) from various global artists and designers.

Why not get your mitts on some cool badges by using Prickie's online store, from as little as $2.99 don't miss out as you'll only feel a prick. Above are a few of my fave's, Oh! there are too many to choose from.

Enjoy!

TYPOGRAPHY Hoefler Type Foundry

What a mouthful, Hoefler & Frere-Jones anyway well worth saying. I stumbled across the Hoefler Type Foundry on my daily Google search this morning, slightly hung-over but ready for some unexpected surprises and the HFJ Foundry did not disappoint.

Featured above, Gotham Rounded is one of many varied and unique fonts available to buy. Check out HFJ's 'Test Drive' feature where you can compare fonts interactively, Nice!

ADVERT Wrigley's Extra 'Tab'

Nice! Mmmmmm Doughnut's, Popcorn, Bananas, Pizza, Cola, Tea... Plugh! Chewing Gum.

Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Agency: DDB Sydney, Visual Effects by: Fuel.

Respect! to all high sugar content food stuffs, natural and man-made.

BLOG Passive Aggressive Notes

Well thats what you get if you eat at Wimpey... You wouldn't get this sort of service at Dr Hunger, Finchley, London (if you don't mind glow in the dark chips with your Chef's Special Burger or All day breakfast, just talking about it is making me hungry).

Seriously!, this blog has some really creative 'found' notes and scribbles. Banksy eat your heart out.

Check out more Passive Aggressive Notes at passiveaggressivenotes.com

ADVERT Nike Run

Is that a banana? No hold on its a Nike Waffle Racer or Waffle Boston! Mmmmm where's my copy of Sneaker Freaker? I could look them up (Damn I sound like a Twitcher). Where's Bill Oddie when you need him, recording the latest series of Spring Watch no doubt.

Poster by DDB Paris

RECYCLE 45 iPod Nano Cases

45 Nano Cases - Digital Meets Analog
I want one for Christmas, take note Mum and Dad if your Blogging... "Made from reclaimed cassette tapes rebuilt to fit your 1st and 2nd generation iPod nano. Choose from the 45 tapes currently available".

Go get your hands on 'em before they all vanish www.45ipodcases.com $45.00 to our friends over the pond, cheaper than a round of drinks in the Social to all us Blighty residents, £22 Great British Pounds roughly, (4 Single Barrel JD and Cokes if your wondering and a fish finger sandwich with Tommy Ketchup, Yum!).

WEBSITE letters-numbers.com

Not really sure how to explain this one! Well how's this, cool work, cool navigation, cool website, cool!... Enough said. Oh! it's the portfolio site of NYC designer Steve Rura.
Go and take a look for yourself... www.letters-numbers.com

POP UP STORE Adidas Promo Bus

As Pop-up stores go I'm liking this one, maybe because it's a VW Split screen Camper?
Loads nicer than the Nike one I saw last year, a Ford Transit or something just as dull.

No sign of Sir Cliff Richards, the Adidas Promo Bus showcases their new skateboard clothing range, (correct me if I'm wrong don't surfers drive VW Campers and Skateboarders ride Skateboards and catch the No. 31 bus to Ladbroke Grove skate park, under the Westway?).

Nice customised paint job to match, with prints inspired by skating legend Mark Gonzales, "The Gonz" of Vision Skateboards fame. I'm sure I had one of his decks back in the day...

RAD Dude!

ADVERT Sony Bravia

I had a rabbit when I was boy, his name was Blackey (he was black, I was a simple child) he liked to play football but he was not as cool or clever as Bluey, Yellowey or Redey (play the video you'll see what I mean).

Created by Passion Pictures, but from what I'm told the Rabbit concept is a straight rip-off from a painting by LA-based artists, Kozyndan. The word on the Web is that Kozyndan pitched or presented their work 2 years ago but were never called back, Shame this shit still goes on.

When I graduated the same thing used to happen, we called it Fishin'. Get your own fish, damn poachers.

Well worth a look, log on to Kozyndan's Website and Blog
Website:
www.kozyndan.com
Blog:
kozyndan.livejournal.com
Also check out:
www.cheaptelevision.co.uk
for some nice photographs of how they did it.

VIDEO Web 2.0 Explained

I do not really need to explain this Video as I would be here for days... It simply explains the complicated world of Web 2.0 which everyone and their Mother is talking about these days,
Roll on Web 3.0, not long now...

Just grab the Popcorn, draw the curtains, put your feet up and press play.
18 Certificate, only joking. Enjoy! you Geek you.

GRAPHIC Domestic.fr

THE END OF WALLPAPER
I stumbled across this really cool website Domestic.fr today, the Elephant's ass says it all!.
There's something for everyone and every room in your house, flat, cardboard box, park bench.
Check out the extensive range of wall coverings from the links below:

+ VYNIL
+ SURFACE 01
+ VYNIL curated by Colette
+ WALL DRAWINGS

Hopefully it will be as, if not more popular than Laminate Wood Flooring?

DESIGN Pixel Poster

I'm loving this poster with its pixel good looks, Geek heaven. A bit like a Christmas Advent calendar but no Dog Chocolate, shame! I love that doggy chocolate. Open a tab in multiple compositions and reveal a different message every time, "Milk" reminder maybe?.

More Eye Candy and cool product design at Jessica Nebel's website, go check 'em out.

ILLUSTRATION David Foldvari

A friend of mine recently introduced me to the illustration style of David Folvari at an exhibition of his works called 'Process' exhibited at the Medcalf, 40 Exmouth Market, London.

David's illustrations were stark, gritty and humorous just my cup-of-tea. My favorites were an A4 sheet of of white paper with a tiny little long eared rabbit and a man wearing a paper bag on his head, (Dry and Ironic, I like it)

What more is there to say... Oh! The beer was icy cold, good move Dave.

Oh! you could always check out some of David's work at the following sites:
davidfoldvari.co.uk
davidfoldvari.blogspot.com
bigactive.com

PRODUCT Light Tape

These puppy's, (Magic Tape) project a continuous 180-degree light, bright enough to be seen from up to 130 meters 426 ft, (for you Euro nerds out there) at night, damn that's bright. Totally flexible, wrap it around your head Rambo style or cut it to any shape or size Blue Peter style, make sure there is an adult present if you are using scissors.

Look out for Nu Ravers and Hoxtonites wearing them down Shoreditch, that's if you can see them through the crowds of Stag and Hen Parties you seem to find around there these days.

PRODUCT YUBZ - USB Skype Phones

Back to the future, or what?

These USB Skype Phones from YUBZ take you way back to the good old days, the 1970's.
The VOIP plug-and-play technology is available in black, red, white and yellow and the YUBZ TALK MOBILE in 10 different colors (see above). Plug 'em into your Mac or PC and get typing or into your mobile phone and get talking.

I'm liking the Grey and Yellow one, Nu Retro, a little like Nu Rave but more interesting.

SHOP Magma's Product Shop

Thinking inside the box, the new Magma Product Shop is made completely out of environmentally friendly treated cardboard, shelving units (and counters and changing-rooms) come flat-packed Ikea style ready for assembly, no need for Alan Keys though, nice!
Designed by architects Julie Blum and Nikki Blustin.

Magma, 16 Earlham Street, WC2H 9NL, (0)20 7242 9503
Opening times: Monday to Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday 12 to 6pm

View more images and full article at:
http://www.magmabooks.com/content/newsfeatures

Or buy yourself some books at:
http://www.magmabooks.com

PRODUCT Mathmos '9 Volts' lamp

Check out this cool tea light (£13), a future design classic me thinks...

Designed by Richard Lawson, winner of last years Candlelight Competition, set up by Mathmos, in collaboration with 100% East and Metropolitan Works.

Get your hands on one, two, three or four at:
http://www.mathmos.com

FILM Helvetica's 50th Birthday

Some Typographic pornography for all you Graphic Designers out there...

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica is currently screening at film festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide, followed by the DVD release.

Get more info about the film...

WEBSITE WeAreBuild.com

If your eyes need a little candy check out Build's website http://www.wearebuild.com/

Nice navigation, simple... Less is more springs to mind. Oh! and some cool work to boot.

Thanks for the heads up Big Rich (Richard Smith)

WATCHES TokyoFlash.com

I'm liking the JLr7 (which is named after the top
row of the watch, "for those of you feeling a little slow today") from the minds of Eri & Eiichi (e35).

Inspired by geometric patterns, so I'm told...
"Whatever floats your boat Eri & Eiichi"

If you've got the time, check out TokyoFlash.com
for some really original Japanese watches.

http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/e35/jlr7/

FONTS Typisc.com

Some cool Fonts from TYPISC TYPE FOUNDRY™
(/TTF™) to check out and get those creative juices flowing...

Featured Font: WYLD

Check out more TTF™ fonts at:
http://typisc.com/fonts/wyld/

Submitted by: Meric Pine