You pick the image the size and style of the output and you have instant, affordable, space filling wall art. Pretty clever. here. Read More...

The Website of UK Designer, Illustrator, Typographer Craig Ward. Really great stuff... here. Read More...

From a distance this skyscraper, to be completed in 2009 in Chicago, will seem quite traditional. it’ll only be when you get close and look up that you can appreciate the ripple/jelly effect created by variously sized balconies from top to bottom. Designed by Jeanne Gang. Read More...

these pictures are 360°x180° panoramas projected to look like small planets.

To build a 360°x180° panorama you have to take pictures on all directions, but not only on the horizon. You should also shoot the sky (zenith) and the ground (nadir). A missing zenith is not important if you only plan to build a planet.

This initial panorama is built from many individual pictures with the following tools:
* autopano-sift to create control points, 
* hugin to figure out, from the control points, how each picture should be distorted, 
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this product is due to be released in 2008. behive, integrating the best of all corners of the world ‘behive’ is a concept based upon a round trampoline, positioned about 2 feet high above the ground. it is surrounded by very comfortable side cushions you can either sit, lean or hang against. the trampoline fabric itself also provides maximum comfort and automatically adapts to the form of your body. and as if the lounging comfort wouldn’t be enough extremis has even provided a ‘corral’ table in the middle of behive so that everybody can reach it. thanks to a hole in the middle of behives surface, people that wish to sit straight up can do so too.

the fabric covered dome is placed on top of behive, transforming it into a ‘hive’ and gathering like-minded people.
imagine the mysterious atmosphere of middle east tea meeting places where people literally hang out and lounge on big soft cushions. a water pipe is shared, few words are used, but all is said… this feeling is exactly what behive has to offer. don’t stand alone, join the hive, be hive. Read More...

Excellent BBC round up of new findings on research that uncovers the technology of Roman civilization. No iPods, but they could probably kick our asses in a fight. Read the article here. Read More...

A good idea... waitstaff write stories about their funny work experiences. One person exploits their misery and has sold a book! the blog is here Read More...

The Fashion Blog of Jennie Tamm

Ms. Jennine Tamm was raised amongst mall rats and supermarket cuisine.
She escaped the throws of cookie-cutter purgatory to learn the streets of New York, to become educated in London, and finally San Francisco, where she keeps her heart. For several years she has been practicing the fine craft of graphic design, and has recently ventured into musing the annals of virtual fashion by writing her blog, THE COVETED. Ms. Tamm is also the founder of Independent Fashion Bloggers, a resource and community of fashion bloggers. see it here

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Uber.com is a community-driven creative-minded destination where visitors can discover, publish, collect, store and share all forms of media content on its ever-growing Uber Index. Built on a proprietary, robust Web 2.0 platform, Uber offers members a host of unique cutting-edge widgets to enhance their online adventure.

Uber redefines the traditional Web model, combining technology, content, community and experience to create an at-your-fingertips world of invaluable user-generated ideas and information. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Uber is a privately-held next-generation media company founded by Scott Sassa and Glenn Kaino in 2006.

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The Peanuts as reimagined by Charles Bukowski... here.
It began as a mistake.

The first time that Charles Branaski met Lucy Van Pelt, she was holding a football.  He didn’t care for the game, baseball was his thing.  Still, she held out that old football.

“Just kick the fucking thing,” she said. 

“Listen, babe.  You just hold that thing steady and I’ll kick the shit out of it.”

She threw her head back and laughed.  She laughed long and hard and propped up the football.  Charlie took a running start and he reared back his leg and kicked as hard as he could.  Lucy was laughing too hard to hold the ball steady and it slipped out of her hand.  Charlie missed the ball and flew straight up in the air and landed flat on his back.

“AUUUGGGGHHH,” he said.

“You should have seen your face, Charlie Branaski,” she said.  Then she laughed twice as hard.

“Listen, you crazy bitch.  I think I broke my ass.  Jesus Christ!”

She helped him up.  “Look, I’m sorry about that.  You try it again and I’ll hold it real steady this time.”

“O.K., Lucy.  I’ll do it on more time, but that’s it.  You hold it this time, got it?”

“I promise,” she said.

He dusted himself off.  God o mighty, his ass ached!  He walked a little ways away and Lucy set up the old football again.  He took a deep breath and a running start.  He could see she was holding it tight.  He was really going to kick the shit out of that old football!  He threw his leg forward with all his might and Lucy yanked the football away just as he kicked at it.  He landed on his ass again.

“AUUUGGGGHHH,” he said again.

Lucy laughed and laughed and left with the football.  Charlie laid there and groaned.  Good grief, he thought.  What a cunt.  Read More...

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The Website of Helen Dardik, Illustrator, Pattern Maker, Toy Creator and Painter. Whimsical and fun! here. Read More...

The Ryugyong (”Capitol of Willows”) Hotel stands 105-stories tall in the dead-center of Pyongyang, the capitol of North Korea. At its inception, it was hoped to have 3.9 million square feet of floor space (and seven revolving restaurants), at a total cost of $750 million - 2% of the entire country’s GDP. It was created as North Korea’s answer to a renaissance of Asian skyscrapers.

It was never finished, and never will be. Money ran out - as did, supposedly, electricity. All that is left now is a shell, empty and uninhabitable: the quality of concrete is so poor that building probably couldn’t be restarted even if they tried. But North Korea is still looking for a few hundred million dollars of foreign investment to do just that - instead of, say, fighting the country-wide famine and drought for which North Korea is far more famous.
The hotel is not featured on official maps, and even tour guides will deny knowing where it is. This is a rather impressive oversight: it is visible from throughout the entire city.
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From the very excellent Blog LifeDev:

Firefox is my weapon of choice when it comes to browsing the web. It’s fast, free, and gives the user the best feature ever: Choice.

The beauty of the Firefox extension is that it allows you to add a specific feature or function, fully customizing your browsing experience. For someone wanting to make the most of their online time, this is a huge opportunity. There are limitless ways to tailor your browsing with Firefox extensions. Here are 25 of my favorite extensions that help save time while online.

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Excellent Video conversion utility for anyone who needs to watch video content on their iPod. get it here. Read More...

From the site:
If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven't been keeping up with the latest technology

The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. Pre-teens, college kids and even adults are taking advantage of the educational benefits an iPod affords them.

From downloadable podcasts to just-for-iPod study guides and applications, learning on the go has never been easier. To find out about the many different ways you can transform your iPod into a learning device, check out the list here. Read More...

Wow. A lot of free online classes with deep and detailed information. Oh, and it's all free. it's here. Read More...

My new favorite Band, Black Mountain with images provided courtesy of one of my favorite films, "Wings of Desire". Read More...

giant wall stickers from Silvia Stickers... great idea, obtuse web design. here Read More...

Nice Blog Covering all things Mid-Century Modern. here. Read More...

Sanyo has built an ark for the solar century – an impressive 630 kW solar-collecting building that boasts over 5,000 solar panels and kicks off over 500,000 kWh of energy per year. Even more outstanding is the fact that most of the monocrystalline modules used on the Solar Ark were factory rejects headed to the scrap pile. Located next to Sanyo’s semiconductor factory in Gifu, Japan, the Solar Ark stands as one of the best examples of building integrated PV design to date. Read More...

I love a good list. Theirs is very helpful. It's here. Read More...

Usually color-changing products are associated with children - books and toys that work as novelty items. But is that the limit of their applicability? Or can they be used for much more interesting things, like light or touch sensitive wallpaper, posters or calenders. These curious designs turn otherwise inanimate objects into interactive design elements.

Artist Shi Yuan has worked on a number of subtle and complex projects that reinterpret conventional objects of design. She has worked on deconstructing advertisements, challenging empty spaces with digital overlays and repurposes everyday products with her own twist. Read More...

The Love Mattress offers a simple solution to the limp arms that often follow a lovers’ embrace. see it here. Read More...

Sarah Sze (born 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American artist and sculptor based in New York and Cambridge. She is known in particular for site-specific ephemeral sculptures, in which thousands of small everyday objects are assembled into fragile, sweeping forms. Read More...