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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.

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. …

Railing Pot
February 7, 2008 – 3:40 pm | No Comment
Railing Pot

The Steckling flower pot allows for display of your favorite plants on your balcony railing. This innovative design also allows for two separate areas for two different plants to grow in the same pot and …

It is the weekend…….
January 26, 2008 – 8:58 pm | No Comment
It is the weekend…….

I apologize in advance for this, but I have another Eames post. I need to put it up before Jason tells me it is a bad idea. If you have just started reading …

Eames stamps!
January 14, 2008 – 9:19 pm | No Comment
Eames stamps!

OK, this will be the last Eames post for a while. I came across this news and thought some of you would find it interesting. The USPS does not have an actual release date, …

For your viewing pleasure………….
January 10, 2008 – 10:52 pm | No Comment

Charles & Ray Eames show their then-new masterpiece on the Arlene Francis “Home” show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956.
Was this the start of HGTV?

Our top ten architecture and design books of all time……or at least up till now.
January 4, 2008 – 1:30 pm | 2 Comments
Our top ten architecture and design books of all time……or at least up till now.

We reference a lot of books for design ideas and inspiration. Over the years we have collected many books, and some of them we find ourselves going back to again and again. All …

Terence Conran’s moleskin notebook
January 4, 2008 – 12:15 pm | No Comment

This post is really a test for me to see if I could figure out how to upload video to our blog……….It actually works and the video is pretty interesting too.
If you have gone through …