Got Chess? is a varnished, wooden, laser-cut chess set that flattens out into a book-sized leather cover when not in use.
A concept (for now) by product designer Peter Baeten.
Category Archives: Design
Alon Hetzroni’s short film about the hand-setting, printing and binding of Pointe Shoes, a book of verse and illustrations by Israeli poet Ronny Someck.
A bespoke production by book artist Ido Agassi that results in a print run of just 88 copies.
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Justin Moran tweetz:
Just spotted it on Nassau St. Black text on dark blue background a bit of a design error.
The most overused cliché of the day usefully organised into alphabetical order here.
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From Libraries: a new coffee-table tome featuring 44 of the world’s most lavishly appointed, architecturally impressive and beautiful libraries, among them Trinity College Library and The National Library of Ireland (bottom two pix).
Above (from top): Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Humboldt University Berlin, LiYuan Library, Beijing, The Black Diamond, Royal Library of Copenhagen, Denmark and Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
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Jerk Balloons by Shauna Luedtke – available in sets of 25 from Fairgoods (€5 +p&p, North America only, dammit).
A million uses, in fairness.
The Saddlebaby (€65) – for those who prefer their offspring shoulder-mounted for easy tweeting.
Just don’t trip, that’s all.
Similar to Wobblework’s heft-in-the-hand 3Doodler released early last year, London company LIX has created a much smaller and more ergonomic 3D pen (currently funding on Kickstarter) that also melts, cools and extrudes plastic, allowing the user to create rigid, free-standing structures.