Roll Up Travel Charger

This Roll Up Travel Charger looks pretty sweet, nice thinking Restoration Hardware, and it's on sale!


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Megaphone

Wow. Super bad ass. Wicked pricy...

From the site:
Passive Amplifier for iphone made of ceramic. the form is designed to amplify and optimize the best sound output. the amplifier is based on a thin wooden frame that allows the object to float off the table. this in order to increase the vibration of the object and to optimize the emission of sound. designed for the iPhone is perfect for listening music without headphones, for audio conference to hear the person on the phone as live voice.

Firing 720°C process assures a perfect glazing cohesion, authenticity of material and its long-life.

I've officilly added this to my Drool Collection ...

Dig: Megaphone.

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Outdoor Space Inspiration

Check out these awesome ideas for the backyard!

Check out more from the smart folks at: Home-Designing.

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100-year-old Barnwood Backyard Retreat

When sustainable building advisor Megan Lea set out to build a backyard retreat, she knew that reclaimed materials would figure prominently into the design. What resulted is a polychrome of salvaged 100-year-old barnwood by West Salem-based Barnwood Naturals that makes the facade of this Bernard Maybeck-inspired design as unique as it is enviornmentally friendly.

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Thanks to: Dwell.

The Case for Building Your Employees a Tree House

Rope bridge? Check. Slide? Check. This CEO went out on a limb to foster creativity and innovation at his company. Here's what he gained from creating a zany work environment.

Sweet!: Employees Tree House.

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Gracias: Inc. Magazine

Concept Motorbikes

Amazing! Check out these incredibly sweet looking concept motorbikes from Mikahail Smolyanov!

Mucho Mas: Concept Motorbikes by Mikahail Smolyanov

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Thanks to the awesome folks at: Retronaut!

Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

Now this is pretty sweet.

Built in less than 500 square feet and using plans from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company this small, energy-efficient North Carolina home is totally built to International Building Codes. The plan features a loft, home office, kitchen, bathroom, living room, and deck. The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company sells this plan for $695 and estimates material costs at about $33,000.



Now all one needs to do is find the perfect lot!

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Thanks to Jetson Green

Camera Table Dolly

Dig this Table Dolly!

Man.... You know you want one. I know I do...

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Thanks to: Photojojo.

QuaDror

QuaDror from Dror on Vimeo.

In 2006, while experimenting in the workshop, Dror discovered a serendipitous geometry. Initially inspired by the aesthetic and flexibility of this versatile form, he soon realized the structural integrity of the interlocking members. The unique space truss geometry - now named QuaDror - is made from the assembly of four identical L-shaped pieces, either thin resulting in a trestle structure, or thick resulting in a solid panel. The collapsible system allows for rapid assembly and a transition from closed and flat to open and self-standing.

Boosted by a team of experts, the studio conducted inter-disciplinary research and rigorous analysis, to soon discover the overwhelming strength of the geometry coming from the most simplistic physical force. The geometry revealed five development direction for applications with endless possibilities; dividing, dwelling, trestle, fenestration and artistic installation. These enabled designs reflect an ever-changing world where contextual factors and technological resources are shifting definitions of architecture, design, and the traditional boundaries between disciplines.

Crazy cool! See more from: Studio Dror

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Modern Holiday Alternatives

The always smart and hip folks over at Apartment Therapy have some really nice alternative to traditional Holiday decorating: Modern Holiday Alternatives



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The Secret Passageway Switch

Dig the The Secret Passageway Switch from designer Ben Light .

Use the switch to activate a secret passageway (or turn on a lamp). When placed in a bookshelf, this electrical switch uses your favorite hard-bound book, without damaging it, to conceal its true function.

Nice.

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Sigh...

New England in Fall

Sad Day.

Design Milk's October 2011 Designer Desktop

Man, what an awesome birthday week I've been having! I am one lucky and blessed guy. Thanks so much for all the salutations, cards, cakes, dinners and goodies!

And to top it all off, thanks to Jaime Derringer I am super honored to be Design Milk's October 2011 Designer Desktop artist.

Check it out: Design Milk HMK

Design Milk is an online magazine dedicated to modern design run by Jaime Derringer. The goal is to share what’s fresh and new in art, architecture, interior design, furniture and decor, fashion, and technology.

Design Milk has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, The San Francisco Chronicle, is one of the Google Engineers’ Staff Picks and a Twitter influencer in Art and Design. They're also read by many entertainers, hundreds of retailers, magazine editors, and HGTV hosts and designers.

And for all you Modern dog lovers, don't miss their sister site Dog Milk!



Thanks again Jaime, and also my family, brothers and friends, Amy, Bryan, Tish, Tina, Buddy, Christina, Brette, Chris, Jacquie, Liz, Susan, Charlton, Jackie, Amelia, David, Ringo & Dazy, Scratch, Liberty Bar and facebook friends for making my 50th totally extra special!

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CIA Bakery Café

I'll have the finished installed signage photos up next!

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TuboHotel

Dig The TuboHotel.

TuboHotel is located in the Magic Village of Tepoztlan, Morelos about 45 minutes south of Mexico City on the other side of the mountain range. There are also clean and comfortable bathroom houses near by with, as they put it on the site : "skin-scalding hot water, private showers and comodes (that is French for toilet). We suggest you bring a robe, flip-flops, shampoo, soap and your Tubo-Rubber-Ducky."

Man, what an awesome concept for a guest house. as well...

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Thanks to: Design Milk

Dog & Bee Pub

This Chair Rocks!

Now this a hybrid!

Designed by Paul Kweton of Houston for Barkitecture, the "merge" & "morph" manipulation of the old school rocking chair and doghouse generates a hybrid "furniture" that combines the idea of shelter and body relaxation and pushes its functionality to a different, more personal level.


Yeah, this is on my official wish list.

More: Paul Kweton Rocking Chair.

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Strategic Oil Reserve

Thanks to Joe Heller.

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Lytro. Wow!

This is really pretty damn amazing and exciting.

Click any part of the above photo to bring it into focus.

Amazing, right?

Later on this year, Lytro will debut the first light field camera for the masses. Introduced as the camera that turns light into living pictures the Lytron is an amazing camera that lets you capture life’s singular moments with maximum magic and minimum hassle.

No more fighting with dials and settings and modes.

No more flat, boring, static photographs. With a Lytro, you unleash the light.

Blah blah blog... Really impossible to try and explain, check out more images from the Lytro Gallery for yourself and prepare to be absolutely amazed.

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Insert Billions

Thanks to Jeff Stahler.

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I Love This Planet!

Happy Birthday Frank! And thanks Christopher!

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Vintage Bus Passes

Just what I needed this morning! A nice boost of design and type inspiration - dig this awesome little collection of vintage Milwaukee Bus Passes courtesy of designer Kindra Murphy's flickr site.

And hey, while you're there you might as well check out some of Kindra's design related sets: Czech Matchbox Sheets, Ephemera Miscellany and Type!.

Nice stuff, thanks for sharing Kindra.

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Thanks to the fine folks over at Quipsologies.

Chalk Bored?

Wow. If you haven't seen the amazing custom chalk lettering projects by Dana Tanamachi do yourself a favor and check out the time-lapse videos of some her projects. Initially I was expecting to see a projector or perhaps some stencils but she simply and methodically attacks the chalk board in the same way that one might scribble an idea in a notebook or journal.

I think the thing I'm really digging and responding to, above and beyond the tactile, is the sheer, stark beauty and simplicity of the white chalk on a basic black board - classic in every sense.


It's no surprise that she's not only from Texas, but she's also part of Louise Fili Ltd., home of one of my favorite designers and the reigning queen of some of the most incredible typography and packaging projects of the last 40 years.


Super inspiring. If this doesn't make you want to turn of the technology for an hour or so and bust out some chalk or at least a pen and some paper you might not be the old school, soulful artist/designer your think you are or used to be. But it's not too late - turn of the machine, pick up a pen and paper and get back to the fine art of thinking on paper!

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