Olympus: The Pen Story

This stop motion commercial was shot with 60,000 pictures, 9,600 prints and shot with over 1,800 pictures again. It's Brilliant.

Spain's Got Talent, Too

I recently posted about a modern Spanish architectural office space in the woods, here's another--not in the woods, of course.

Located in Santiago de Compostela and designed by Antonia Maio + Javier Quinteiro for an Internet Web-hosting company Dinahosting. Notice the storage containers used as cubicles. Genius.

Brand Keyboard

Industrial designer Ignacio Pilotto explains the meaning behind his project, "The repetition of logos used by advertising psychology, causes us to systematically recognize brands, getting us to recognize the logos rather than our own alphabet."

Herb & Dorothy

The incredible true story of a postal worker and librarian who built a world-class art collection. See the documentary trailer below.

Madison Avenue

Riding on the coat tails of AMC's "Mad Men" (a show about the advertising world during the 1960s) is Banana Republic.

From July 21 to August 11, promotional window displays like the ones below will be up in the chains' 400 locations, using Mad Men imagery and character profiles to convey Banana Republic's modern take on vintage business attire.

Meyerhoffer

Some are calling it the most radical leap in surfboard design in the last 50 years. The Meyerhoffer board, created by Swedish Californian Thomas Meyerhoffer, is hourglass shaped to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers.

Watch Out Starbucks

Creative advertising shop Mucca Design's packaging and cheeky copy for Brooklyn Fare--a new gourmet cafe--is exceptional.

Pipeline gives the venturing fashionista a humorous, yet accurate step-by-step guide to getting shot by The Sartorialist.

Lavarse Las Manos

Whenever I'm in a home improvement store, model home, or restaurant restroom, I always notice unique sinks. The other day I came across a collection called Flux, tandem modern oval shapes.

Bomomo

My friend Tyler Owens told me about a site called bomomo--an easy to use paint program with 20 different tools to choose from. Below is a quick painting I did illustrating the variety of brush stokes.

Product Placement

London: Ad agency Wieden + Kennedy will be launching a range of quirky products to be sold in boutique gift shops and online. Pretty random to say the least, but cool nonetheless.

The above product is a salt shaker on wheels that you pull back and left go. Below are trash bags that simulate fish tanks.

The first ever Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles today and tomorrow (July 11 + 12) from 11Am to 7PM at the California Market Center.

All the Way from Vermont

Although I like t-shirts, I typically avoid graphic tees. For the most part they're too cliche and/or cluttered. However, these fresh typographical threads from Ugmonk caught my eye and I enjoy.

Clockwork

Adding a face to hands never seemed so fun. Etsy member WoodstockClocks sells out of these cool white boards. If you're interested, shoot them an email and maybe they'll make more.

Bald Eagle

Is it just me or can the founding fathers pull off the Bic look quite well? For all we know they could've been bald underneath the whigs. Tebe Interesno shows how our currency looks without hair.

Nature's Work

When the question is asked about one's ideal home, what usually follows is "a place in the woods, surrounded by nature."

Think about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater or the house in Twilight. Yes, OK I saw it. Anyways, when you spend just as much time at work (if not more) than at home, it makes sense to create a work environment that's aesthetically pleasing. Design firm Selgascano is located outside of Madrid.

Pedal to the Metal

At Urban Outfitters' online bike shop you can customize the frame size & color, saddle, grips, chains, wheels and tires of a fixie; then have it shipped to your door in only a week!

Two-Way Mirror

An investigation scene in the bathroom. To introduce the television drama series "The Practice" to a new audience, clever ads were placed over mirrors in Paris, France restrooms.

Twilight Concert Series

This summer, the Salt Lake City Arts Council will again host a series of free concerts each Thursday night at the Gallivan Center.

Independence Day

God Bless America! Now go light a firecraker.