birthday bbq.

heart heads.

it's been mentioned here before that when it comes to gift giving, margaux is in a class by herself. below is an example of her amazing ability to think outside the box and come up with a truly original present. months in advance she contacted sam millen, a toy designer, and asked if he could make custom figures out of his popular heart head series. he sent her templates which she then passed on to my parents, my sister and her boyfriend and my brother and sister-in-law. they each designed their own figure on paper and then margaux sent the proofs to the toy designer. what you see below is the result.

"asian tourist" by shoko and ben.



"hairy heart head" by mom and dad.



"tie guy/gangsta" by margaux




"om boy" by ahrin and ligaya






*it should also be noted that the boxes, front and back, are pretty awesome. AND, it should also be noted that margaux's other gift was pretty spectacular as well. but that's a whole other post.

twenty one.

i've wanted to do a series like this for a long time. no need to do it now. the project done below showcases 21 people's faces and their shoes. and it's done perfectly.

no service.

flying carpet.

link.

branding.

branding at a young age.

bowls.

bowls by benjamin hubert.

faces in places.

for more, click here.

glide toaster.

the winning entry for an international design competition:

robot calc.

buy it here.

new yorkers.

really nice portraits by the sartorialist.

from men.style.com: "with a keen eye and ever-present camera, scott schuman — better known by his nom de blog, The Sartorialist — has developed a loyal fashion world following for his portraits of well-dressed New Yorkers."

could this be the perfect job? by the way, it's well worth looking at the archives --really wonderful images with interesting side stories.

baby on board.

looks real, doesn't it? available here.

shark week.

flight club.

went to flight club la last weekend (fairfax/rosewood). definitely not a good place for me to go. it's kinda like shoe heaven. if i had the money, i'd buy these right now:

loopty loop.

loopty loop loopita seating from designer victor aleman. made of red oak and high density foam. a great lounging idea, perfect for a loft.

more.

more amazing stuff from brazil...

art...

from the streets of sao paulo.

amnesty ads.

the first to 30.

david turned 30 on saturday. you're either bitter or better. i think david chose the latter.

pop out pendant.

u.s. designer melissa borrell's pop out pendant was recently picked up by the MoMA design store in NY and
the san francisco MOMA museum store, and has been worn by musical artist eyrkah badu.

tree art.

"Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing. Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard."

pee on this.

talk about a bizarre invention. these new batteries from japan encourage owners to urinate on them once the charge runs out. apparently, the pee recharges the batteries. go figure. click here for more.

cd art.

wall art or cd rack? try both.


click here.

bookinist.

click here.

in your hands.

figures.

just some new toy art that i thought looked cool.

letters.

beautiful 3D letters.

polaroids.

really awesome polaroid portraits by husband/wife team (jeremy/claire weiss).
click here to view more. view even more cool stuff at their site.

get human.

get human is a website that tells you how to bypass all the bullshit when making a phone call to a company. simply, it gives you the fastest way to speak to an actual human.

made in japan.

nice article about japanese packaging design.


click here to read.