Artist 1chord & a fib has created a wonderful series of “infographics” that don’t contain any information. Playing off of information design’s current wave of popularity, the fake infographics maintain all the beauty of the medium but lack actual meaning or content.
[via GOOD]
July 2, 2009
(Pic) Nonsesnse Infographics
Milkmuny Recycled Wallet
Hoping to do something about the less than 0.05% of milk and juice cartons in the US that ever end up recycled, Portland industrial designer John Schreiber created Milkmuny, producing highly-functional wallets from the familiar paper cartons we regularly discard. Milkmuny pays local groups seeking to raise funds for the cartons they collect, and after [...]
10 Eco-Innovations From Around The World
Foot Pump Phone Chargers
Festival goers at Glastonbury, in the U.K., can charge their cell-phones through using a standard airbed foot pump, the type normally found all over festival sites. The Orange Gotwind power pump’s turbine is rotated at speeds of up to 2000 rpm from the air flow generated by the foot pump, this turbine [...]
Holt Renfrew’s Blog-Inspired Window Displays
The Holt Renfrew Vancouver store recently paid homage to their favourite fashion blogs. The 170 year old Canadian department store brand has dedicated each window display to a number of notorious fashion blogs, including; The Sartorialist, Bryan Boy, Garance Dore, Sea of Shoes, Jak & Jil and I want I got.
[via Style Spy]
July 1, 2009
New Conneticut Science Center - 95% of Steel From Recycled Cars
Conneticut Science Center opened its LEED-certified doors earlier this June. 95% of the steel used in construction is manufactured from recycled cars and during operating hours, fuel cell provides approximately two-thirds of the needed power. Once the Science Center is closed for the day, the fuel cell will transfer energy back into the grid [...]
Chandeliers Made of Hypodermic Needles and Tables Made of Records
Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson make up BUGHOUSE design. The duo creates limited edition furniture (amongst other artistic pursuits) that subvert the traditional expectations placed on functional objects. Upcycling and remixing elements from such diverse areas as pharmacology, DJ culture and the occult, BUGHOUSE makes extremely unique furnishings that give new life to common objects.
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Notepad Concept Provides Low-Tech, Clean Slate
Situated somewhere between a cocktail napkin and a smartphone, this notepad concept developed by Piotr Górski is ideal for the Luddite in all of us, who secretly craves a bit of elegant, low-tech design in our lives. The slim, credit card sized tablet utilizes the qualities of rubber and foil in combination to create temporary imprints that [...]
Happiness Objectified: Do Our Things Make us Happy?
There can be no doubt that, from the moment we roll out of bed to the screeching of our alarm (on a clock, on an iPhone, from a radio) until the moment we close our eyes again (having put down our book, our laptop, our TV remote) we are surrounded by more objects, each begging [...]
Musée Hergé Evokes Cartoonist’s Style
The recently completed Musée Hergé, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, is a an odd sight in the midst of the dense Belgian forest it inhabits. The structure’s emphatic angles and wide planes jut out across an elevated footbridge, and house both permanent and temporary collections exploring the life and oeuvre of Hergé, most famous for [...]
Shipping Container to Fold-Out Restaurant
We’ve witnessed some innovative re-uses of shipping containers in the past from retail pop-up shops to portable health clinics, but the Müvbox Restaurant located in Montreal’s Old Port is particularly stunning. The website explains the modular design:
Created from an old shipping container powered by solar energy, this concept is a modern-day reinvention of the
old-fashioned canteen [...]
(Pic) 70’s Porsche Motorcycle Concept
Bike Exif has posted an intriguing, obscure motorcycle concept design that Porsche came out with in 1979. The model was created to call attention to the motorcycle’s superiority in energy use, air pollution and traffic space.
Porsche describes the concept:
Comfort, safety and protection from mud and water were prime considerations, not the usual fascination with speed: [...]
Not Your Average Summer Camp
San Francisco based Studio For Urban Projects is putting on a very different kind of summer camp for kids over the next two months. “A Curious Summer” is a series of unique workshops for children between the ages of 7 and 14 that explore a different idea for a week at a time, allowing participants [...]
June 30, 2009
Pepsi Opens LEED Certified Plant in China
PepsiCo has opened the first ‘green’ plant in the industrial center of Chongqing, China. Meeting the standards of the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), it is the first of six planned plants over the next two years. The plant uses over 35 water and energy saving designs and utilizes [...]
Experimental Coffee and Tea Designs from Tel Aviv
Students at the Shenkar Academy of Design in Tel Aviv were directed to scrutinize and reexamine the ways in which coffee and tea drinkers interact with their beverage, in terms of materials, taste, and ritual. The results are visually arresting and for the most part functional, and without a doubt a thoughtful, refreshing step beyond [...]
Magazine Goes From Concept to Print-Ready in 24 Hours
Mixing a bit of DIY culture with a sense of urgency, a group of volunteer designers, writers and photographers assembled on June 27th in Belgium to produce the 24Hour Magazine - a 47-page digital publication from scratch in the course of a day. And while the effort involved to realize a completed product in such [...]






