WEIRD - Teenage Mutant Ninja Puddles

Cowabunga! For those who are overly concerned about dog emotions, I suggest you tune out now. For those who don't really care, It's just a dog check out: Sandy Paws Grooming Shop. Enjoy! Dog Haters, I'm calling the RSPCA right now... 0300 1234 999 "Hello..."

FASHION - I Made You a Beard

Women and Beards? Knitted Beards even? You might think that's a little odd!... Well if you studied in Taunton, UK like I did back in the late 90s and shopped in the local Sainsbury's, you will have seen it all before. There was one fine specimen who used to scan my Barcodes, she had a lovely flowing silvery/grey beard that glistned under the strip lighting. I digress... Check out Erin Dolla Blog IMadeYouABeard.blogspot.com she is trail blazing the under 30's beard movement. You go girl!

WEBSITE Tweenbots | Kacie Kinzer NY

I Love a Robot me... Just received an email with an article about Tweenbots, a Robot/People art experiment by Kacie Kinzer. "Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal." There is a great Lo-Fi video showing Mission 1: Get from the Northeast to the Southwest Corner of Washington Square Park / time: 42 minutes / number of people who intervened: 29. Enjoy! I did. Na nu, na nu...

VIDEO Lacoste Red 'Dance with us!'

Well Hello! What do we have here then? The latest Lacoste microsite offering; "Come Dance with us!" Why not... I like to boogie...(Where's my drink?). Check out the full version of this moving image eye candy feast at LacosteRed.com. Oooh! the lovely flashy Red and Green bits. WARNING! May contain flashing images and nuts. (un-bloc can not be held liable for eppileptic fits, swollen wind pipes or any other associated side effects from exposure to flashing images.

VIDEO + Papervision - Augmented Reality

Yes! that's correct I said "Augmented Reality" Using a webcam and flash, Boffswana took ‘Proto’ (an ugly blob of green snot) from their desktop to the desk. If you can not get your head round it at first glance check Boffswana's website for a 'How-to' explaination and on how you can get 'Proto' on your desktop. It's the future I've seen it.

WEBSITE + got milk?

"Holy Molar" Check out this wicked Flash & Papervision website 'got milk?'. I Love Milk, it's milky... Mmmmm! and good for lot's of ailments so I'm informed "the new fad super drink" good for hair, skin, nails, muscles, PMS (whatever that is?), sleep, strong bones and cavities.

Typography + Alphabet Cities (by Craig Ward)

Apart from sleeping, surfing and jack daniels, typography is up there as one of my favorite things. The inter-character spacing of Craig Ward's prints are getting my typography juices flowing, as a friend of mine would say "Sex and Typography are my two favorite things" you know who you are... Why not go purchase yourself one of these sweet Large scale typographic maps of the cities Craig has visited at www.wordsarepictures.co.uk (£70, it's a steel).

Illustration + Raaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Do you think he saw us?
Dad joke I know, but they are the best kind (well that's what my dad says). Check out some more of these really cool 'Roger Rabbit' style illustrations from Portuguese artist Ana Ventura.

Typography + I Love Typography

For all your Typography needs get yourself along to ILoveTypography.com. It has everything and more you might want to find out about typography; Identify a Font, Find Fonts/Font Wall among other useful devices. I'm liking the iLT Dashboard Widget for Mac users, it keeps you up to date with all the latest articles and posts on ILT's website come blog. Subscribe via RSS, join the Web 2.0 revolution.

E-commerce + Polyvore (a revolution in ecommerce)

"Nearly a decade has passed and the ecommerce experience has stagnated without reaching its full potential. Polyvore is a unique, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching products from any online store. Items are pulled together into a visual set of products that can be shared with anyone. Each product within the set is then linked back to the online store where it is available for purchase." Polyvore. You're not wrong there luv, role on Web 3.0. I think we might be seeing a glimmer of future of e-Tail here?. Let's just hope they have timed it right to release their me-Tail offering, it would be a shame for this revolution to not come into power.

Book + NeoGeo

NeoGeo + A New Edge to Abstraction
"NeoGeo documents the new flirtation with geometrical forms and solid colours in today’s design. The examples in the book make it clear that this current trend to abstract work is not a nostalgic phenomenon; rather, it borrows from illustration, collage, typography and computer art to create a whole new visual language". Bloody hell, arty-farty synopsis... That aside this book has some really nice work featured under it's cover. Check it out at Die Gestalten Verlag

WEBSITE + Design Police

Watch out!... here come the Rozzers.
Coming to a design studio near you the Design Police will be pounding the streets looking out for Design Criminals, you know who you are; Do you have shocking Kerning, Do you use Comic Sans, Do you not know the difference between Helvetica and Gill Sans? You'll soon be up before the Wigs in court, sentenced to 5 years Community Design Service for giving designers a bad name.

Check out The Design Police - 'Bringing Bad Design to Justice' and get your mitts on a Visual Enforcement Kit. Nice!

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

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

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