Clash/Robot

Not sure where I pulled this from. Found it on my desktop. Probably a t-shirt design. Anyway, who wouldn’t want a Robot striking the pose of that oh so iconic album?

Vintage Japanese Industrial Expo Posters

An incredible collection of vintage Japanese posters can be found over at the The Pink Tentacle. GOOD stuff.

(Via The Everlasting Blort)

Keith Haring Shoes – “Ew boy.”

Kieth Haring has been dead for 20 years and they decide to drop these shoes? Simply awful.

CD Artwork by Hubero Kororo

This comes to me from designer and internet friend @Spoony_C. It is uniquely beautiful CD packaging by Hubero Kororo for Uceroz’s newest CD Pappeltalks. When you open the CD, a packet of ink saturates the inside of the front cover to create a unique experience for everyone as well as a one-of-a-kind cover. It really is a great idea sublimely achieved. As Spoony said, it is inspiring.

Watch it in action…

SO good.

Here is a gallery of some of the results.

(via kitsunenoir.com)

Kii Arens’ Radiohead Haiti Relief Poster

Radiohead had a benefit concert in LA last weekend to raise money for Haiti. They raised an amazing $572,754. There is a limited edition poster by Kii Arens of the event selling for $75 over at www.lalalandposters.com. Al proceeds go to OXFAM. Go get one. I did. Or just donate. (Note: This is a second edition of 250. The first edition of 100 sold out at lightning speed so do not wait on this. Just do it.)

UPDATE: The second edition has the RED background; The first edition has the YELLOW background. (Thanks commenter Neil!)

Already donated? DONATE AGAIN.

(poster via OMG Posters)

(Note: I just found out today that an old surfing friend of mine from Humboldt lost his fiance in the colapsed Hotel Montana in Haiti. He is there now trying to find her. Thinking of you, Eric…)

UPDATE: Received mine in the mail yesterday. Looks like I was quick enough to get a yellow one. It is BEAUTIFUL! The stock is unbelievably thick. The red ones are still available and even though the price is a bit steep, it is worth it. It will only increase in value too. People are already selling these on Ebay.

Stay Up and Make Something

Great poster by Keith Davis Young.

Vintage Russian Poster Collection

Here is a nice collection of vintage Russian posters.

(via Kottke)

Pig 05049

This is a pretty neat project by Christien Meindertsma. She spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Pig 05049 to be exact. Some of those products include ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. The results were put into book form with pictures of all of the items from that single pig shown at 1:1 scale. Pretty freakin’ cool.

You can buy it here.

This project also won an INDEX award.

Flat Advertising Lighters

Good ‘ol Draplin points us toward this amazing collection of flat advertising lighters over at Flickr.

Boston Public Library Travel Posters

The Boston Public library has posted an amazing collection of old travel posters on Flickr. I have seen other collections of travel posters but each one in this collection is especially top notch. Here are a few I like:

The Enamored Whale by Albert Cerriteno

What a beautiful letterpress print from Albert Cerriteno.

It is a three color 8.5″ by 11″ print in an addition of 250. It is a mere $20 bucks. That is a steal my friends. Check out the detail…

Go get it! Hurry! There are only 70 in stock as of this posting.

(via OMG Posters)

UPDATE: Sold out! If you snoozed, you lose.

555 KUBIK

“How it would be, if a house was dreaming”

Just. Plain. Trippy.

Created by urbanscreen

The QLOCKTWO Clock by Biegert & Funk

I dig the QLOCKTWO  text-only clock from Biegert & Funk. It comes in six colors and six different languages. It will only set you back about $1,300. Might as well get two, right?

Or you can get the iPhone app for $.99.

(via BoingBoing Gadgets)

Be Consistant – REVISED

Remember that post about the timeline of both Pepsi and Coca-Cola logos? Well, there is an update…

Still interesting…

(via Brand New)

The Oops Design Award Nominees 2009

The Oops Design Award is not an honorable award as most design awards are. The award is presented to, “… the ugliest, silliest and most useless products completed and manufactured.” Awards are voted upon by the membership of the ODAF and this membership is openly available to the public.

Pictured: A chair from the Cozy Furniture Collection, designed by Hannes Grebin. Ew boy.