if you have some time...

use it to look around British artist Keith Tyson's website. His
work consists of large scale sculptures, installations and paintings.
The website is a great interactive experience that is worth
taken the time to explore.
(thanks Rita/David)

jenga anyone?

Sou Fujimoto Architects in Japan's very Jenga-like house
has no separation between wall/floor/ceiling/furniture.
Each serves the other's purpose and become what the
user needs or sees them as. More photos here.
(thanks Jason)

a tree grows in wisconsin

Brian Pittman sent over photos from his trip up to Door County, WI

last weekend. It reminded me that oh yeah, it is fall and leaves turn

colors! We don't see a whole lot of that en masse living in the city.

Sure, Chicago has loads of trees but not blankets of color like this.

Thanks Brian!

le cube, c'est chic

The ever talented Yves Behar and his Fuse Project studio have

come up with a very beautiful piece of equipment for your (french)

tv. Le Cube was developed by Behar in conjunction with French

TV channel Canal to produce and innovative and useful

experience for users. The system provides information and

personal preferences on a beautiful pixel display.

Read more here via Mocoloco.

the amazing race

From yesterdays post, Good magazine has some funny bi-partisan political

information. This one is 'good'. The above illustration is depicting what our

candidates suits would look like if they were like nascar drivers and had

uniforms with their sponsors covering them.

everyone's doing it

('nuff said. but if you're wondering why you should vote, you can

find 1149 various reasons and other goodies here)

you thought right.

You may have heard of London's Graphic Though Facility before.

They were the focus the Art Institute's very first exhibit dedicated

to graphic design. They do incredible work, including

a lot of environmental graphics. The photo above is from a

school in england. I highly recommend browsing their website

for lots of inspiring project work!

u CAN touch this.

Sure you can touch your iphone screen, but you can't do it so well

without looking. Product designer Takumi Yoshidi dreamed up

a cell phone that you really touch. SENS is a phone for the blind,

and it's beautiful. The phone has elegant dips and ridges so the user

can navigate the phone. It will then audibly and instantly tell the

user what number it is they just touched. The concept was developed

with the Royal National Institute for of Blind People in the UK.

Find out more information here.

(via core77)

materialicious

Yet another great and go-to inspiration blog, materialicious!
Consisting of mostly 'shelter' and homes, the blog is organized a bit
differently than other design sites. You can search by country which
puts the idea of regional design in the forefront. Contemporary
structures can all begin to blend, but seen in a context like
this is quite eye opening.

aged to perfection

The wonderfully named blog 'Advanced Style' posts

photos of well dressed older folks seen on the

street. These men and women continue to put effort

and finesse into their appearance as they stroll through

their golden years. Looking good and feelin' great!