Antique Furniture With A Twist

Neo Neon is furniture created by Lee Broom. He describes his work as 'art that is ultimatly functional.'

"Neon lighting haloes the deslicate lines of the traditional furniture whilst casting deep reflections in their richly lacquered surfaces. Each piece is created in three stages- they are hand carved in Mahogany, lacquered to a high gloss finish nd the adorned in neon."

You can actually purchase the furniture, but there is a limited release of 50 worldwide. Pretty cool looking, but I dont think I would want my dog lounging on it.

Apple Meets Old School

Yeah, I had to take a double-take too. This 15lb ghetto blaster made by lasonic should be on the market sometime soon. Oh yeah, did I fail to mention it holds your iPod? Hilarious.

Futura In 'Royal Tenenbaums"

This is kind of old, but a friend of mine just recently did a research project on a movie director I love and I happened upon this.Mark Simonson Studio takes a look at the use of Futura and other typefaces in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. I've seen this movie many times, and never noticed the continuity of Futura use—am feeling like a chump. Futura is used for all direct Tenenbaum family associations, while typefaces like Helvetica are used for outsiders, as on the cover of Raleigh St. Clair's book Dudley's World.

New From Taschen: Logo Design

New from Taschen: Logo Design, an "exhaustive guide" that assembles logos from over 30 countries and presents a case study of each. Categories include media, retailers, events, regions, service and agencies, and info about the designer and company is provided. My favorite part of the marketing materials for the new book is this quote from scientist Linus Paulin: "In order to come up with one good idea, you must have lots of ideas."

Web First Steps For Print Designers

Over at Subtraction, Khoi Vinh has a nice post up about the basic steps print designers need to take in order to start working with design for the web. He recommends several good books, and also correctly pinpoints the first step as "embracing the medium as something different from print. Indeed, there’s no point in learning these skills unless as a print designer you’ve made a prior shift in your understanding of how design works in digital media." Definitely worth a read.

I am ster'damn!

Check out Amsterdam based illustrator Fidor Sumkin. She does some pretty cool old scool illustration mixed with hip type treatments.

HOLY HIATUS!

After a long summer of working at ye 'ol bike shop I'm back in action full throttle at Kendall. Posts to come soon...much to share!