Been meaning to post this for weeks...British artist

Stephen Wiltshire has the amazing ability to draw

an entire panoramic city skyline from memory.

After just 20 minutes in a helicoper, Wiltshire has

soaked up enough of Manhattan and Brooklyn to

draw in incredible detail. Stephen was diagnosed

autistic at age 3 and has had a talent for drawing since

a young age. New York is the final installment in a series

that includes Tokyo, London and Rome.

See more info here.

need to know basis

I love looking at thesite learn something new everyday.

You'll find a funny little illustration and learn something

you didn't know the day before.

this sucks.

Clever ad for a new Electrolux vacuum from Y&R Denmark.

(via notcot)

use it or lose it

Artist Henrique Oliviera takes the idea of old into new to
an incredibly beautiful level.  Oliviera reuses salvaged and
peeling wood from the streets of Sao Paulo and turns them
into amazing undulating sculptures in his "Tridimensionals"
installations.
(via designboom)

wonderwall

Make your web browsing a little more interesting and visit the
Wonderwall, Inc. site.  An interior design firm in Japan, their work
stands up to the progressive web design as well.  Check it out.

Paul Smith

He does clothes, commercial textiles and now Evian.

The bottle design is standard Paul Smith style stripes

but with a lively turn.

Check out the video where Paul talks about the bottle

design and we get a peek into his studio.

(via thedieline)

point of view

One of my most favorite things about Sundays can be

found online at The New York Times...On the Street by
Bill Cunningham.


Bill is a reporter from the Times who rides his bike around

the city scoping out the fashion trends of New Yorkers each 
week.  He has a wonderful eye for and is so full of life as he

narrates his slide show (the sheer way he pronouces

"marvelous" is well, marvelous) The 80-year old still shoots
with film and is on his bike snow sleet rain or shine. Read 
more about him here and be sure to check out 
"On the Street" on Sunday.

This week's installation here.

you are what you eat

(italy: basil, pasta and tomatoes)

(greece: olives and feta)

(india - curry, rice and pappadum)

These flags were created for the Sydney International Food Festival

by WHYBIN ad agency. Each country's flag is made up of food that

it's people known for eating. Looks delicious.

(via thekitchen)

royal flush

Wow, that is a pretty face plate. Trufig, based in Southern California,

won a CEDIA Manufacturer's Excellence Award for this beautiful

flush mount faceplate line. The system can be used with Crestron, AMX

or Lutron components. See more here.

skew you

Ryue Nishazawa's take on a gallery in Japan

certainly makes a statement among the other

storefronts. (via spoon&tomago)

hidden identity

The winner of the Japanese 2009 id Design Awards was an

innovative product by Ryoji Takahashi.

It's a hand functioning paper shredder than can find it's place

on any minimalist's workspace. The Paper-Pipe Shredder

takes no electricity, it works with a twist of your hands.

Read more from the designer here.

oldest living things

Artist Rachel Sussman has been working on a projec to

continuously photograph organizisms living 2,000 years
or longer. She is currently raising funds to photograph
5,000 year old moss on the the Antartic Peninsula.
Beautiful.

you don't say

Backspace put together a list of design manifestos
going back 100 years. Very interesting to take a peak at
the ideals and ideas throughout time.

100 Years of Design Manifestos

luggage fairy

It's a mystery who runs "Is this your luggage" website

but they seems like pretty thoughtful. (invasive? maybe)

They collect lost luggage, photograph it and post it on

their site in hopes the owner will recognize it's contents

and retrieve the luggage.

Interesting!

blue ribbon

Architect Peter Zumthor's immense talent was recognized

over the weekend as he became the latest Pritzker Prize

winner. Possibly a sign of the times, Zumthor is not a

celeb architect (thank goodness) but rather a more simple

man who only takes commissions he feels a connection

with. Perhaps his most well known project are the thermal

baths in Vals, Switzerland. Stunning still, 13 years later.

(more here)

No one likes going to the dentist (if you do,

you're an odd bird). But this business card could

temp even the biggest dental-phobe out there.

(via seesaw)

wrap it up

Guilty of buying something cause the packaging was good

looking? The nature of what we do might contribute to

us being suckers for a pretty package.

Check out the blog Lovely Package for your fill of really

well designed products. (and yes, your kitchen countertop

needs A.P.C. olive oil.)

:(

These images are from a series by photographer

Brian Ulrich about Stores That Are No More

for Time.

See the slideshow.

100% design

Design is 70% dealing with people, 3% the idea, 2% selling the idea,
2% the brief, 2% being pig headed, 1% printing, 3% eye for detail,
.6% invoices, 2% coffee, .7% tracking, .1% warm glow, .6% panic,
1% 4am, .6% staring, .2% checking, 1% letting go, .8% keeping hold,
.7% estimates, .3% checking, .4% proofs, .1% colour,
.9% understanding, .4% marketing, 1% checking, .8% beach ball,
.5% mice, .3% keynotes, .4% persuasion, .2% bragging,
.5% smiling, 2% knowing when to stop.
- Duane King

give piece a chance

Kentaro Nagai created a project that uses the world's

continents to form the animals of the Chinese zodiac as

a comentary about peace on earth.

See the flash presentation here.

(via SwissMiss)