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Who is Dieter Rams?
March 12, 2009 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Who is Dieter Rams?

Dieter Rams (born May 20, 1932 in Wiesbaden) is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company Braun and the Functionalist school of industrial design.
Rams studied architecture at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden as …

A prototype table from Nicola Enrico Stäubli
February 28, 2009 – 9:00 am | One Comment
A prototype table from Nicola Enrico Stäubli

designer -Nicola Enrico Stäubli
firm – Nicola From Bern
projects – Trestle
Metal frames are put over the edges of a tabletop and contracted with lashing straps creating a highly solid linkage. Other than conventional trestles it causes …

We’re going to need a bigger spoon….
February 3, 2009 – 11:21 am | No Comment
We’re going to need a bigger spoon….

Love this playful soup bowl, “a Shark in my Soup” by Greek designer Apostolos Porsanidis.  The bowl, along with many other nicely designed items, is available at Industreal.
ps, I apologize for the post title, and …

New Signage. Yay.
January 15, 2009 – 3:59 pm | No Comment
New Signage.  Yay.

The long journey is over.  Our new sign has finally been been hoisted.  One New Year’s Resolutions down, many to go.

Thanks, Stripeman.
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Here we go……..
January 5, 2009 – 1:47 pm | No Comment

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday season.  I am really looking forward to getting back to a regular schedule and Jason is really looking forward to some big football game on Thursday.  …

Ahhh, Gift Guides….
December 3, 2008 – 2:16 pm | No Comment
Ahhh, Gift Guides….

‘Tis the season for all of the blogs out there to give out all their gift ideas.
A couple we’ve seen so far:
Inhabitat’s Green Gift Guide, is a collection of sustainable gift ideas in 15 different …

Audi A4 Commercial
October 6, 2008 – 9:32 am | No Comment

I just want to make a quick post to share this Audi A4 commercial titled, “Progress is Beautiful”:

Of course, we love seeing the space open up and become progressively modern. I’m not sure how long …

Theo Jansen: Strandbeest.com
August 12, 2008 – 5:43 pm | No Comment
Theo Jansen: Strandbeest.com

Greg was the first one of us to stumble upon Theo Jansen’s fascinating wind powered kinetic sculptures about a year ago. Had we had the blog back then, we would have definitely posted about …

Full color back tattoo anyone?
July 30, 2008 – 2:41 pm | No Comment
Full color back tattoo anyone?

Thanks Blue Ant Studio.
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Hoping for mass production…
April 16, 2008 – 9:02 am | No Comment
Hoping for mass production…

We’re just now seeing the D/A Clock designed by RISD BFA student Alvin Aronson. It’s a beautiful take on the LCD style clock, allowing the segmented numbers to come to life mechanically instead of digitally. …