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Les prototypes de Patrick Strattner
Patrick Strattner invente des objets quotidiens inutiles.
127. J.K. ROWLING: The fringe benefits of failure
J.K. Rowling (1965-) is a British author who has written a well-received series of novels that have sold moderately and gained a small, cult following. I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Not only is Harry Potter the highest-selling book series of all time, it is also the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Rowling’s success story is truly inspirational, and she describes it in her fantastic 2008 Harvard commencement speech, which the quotes in the above comic are taken from. It’s one of the best commencement speeches I’ve heard and I highly recommend it.
I was a big fan of the Potter books (not a hardcore, wait-in-line on the release day fan), but a fanboy enough to read each new novel and watch each new instalment of the movie as they came out. Has anyone read Rowling’s new crime book, The Cuckoo’s Calling, which she published under a pseudonym? Do you recommend it?
- RELATED COMICS: Neil Gaiman – Make Good Art. Stephen Fry – Ultimate self-help book.
- Thanks to everyone who submitted this speech.
Love Hurts Packaging
Basée à New York, Melanie Chernock a imaginé un kit de survie « Love Hurts Packaging », contenant tous les éléments nécessaires pour se remettre d’une rupture amoureuse. Avec une identité visuelle simple et réussie, découvrez ce projet contenant des mouchoirs, du chocolat ou encore de la vodka dans la suite en images.
05/22/13 PHD comic: 'Happy for them?'
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BOL & BOL
A useful gift was the starting point for Gathier Designers, Montreal in developing Bol & Bol. This in-house and handcrafted locally by Ceramist, Hugo Didier and in collaboration with Production JG. The Result: A streamlined design for a gift packed with delightful and practical surprises. Watch the video on the creative process here.
116. CAITLIN MORAN: We’re all dying
Caitlin Moran (1975-) is a British author, TV presenter, music critic, journalist and outspoken advocate for women’s rights. She currently writes a variety of columns (most of which are hilarious) for The Times UK.
Moran was something of a child prodigy. After being home-schooled (she left school after a few weeks when she was 11) she had her first book published at 15, had columns running in the Observer and Guardian at 17 and got her gig at The Times when she was 18.
This quote is taken from her best-selling memoir How to be a Woman. Her new book, Moranthology, has just been released.
Unlike Moran, I went to Catholic School for 12 years where my head was filled with all kinds of fanciful stories that I blindly accepted. Only when I left high-school and starting reading more books about science and evolution (mainly by Carl Sagan) did I begin to re-evaluate what I had been taught for all those years.
RELATED COMIC: Make the most of this life.
- Caitlin Moran’s official website.
- Thanks to Barclay for submitting this quote.
Des décors de jeux de combat classiques en gif
Un utilisateur de reddit a mis en ligne une énorme collection de décors animés en gif de jeux vidéos de combats célèbres comme Street Fighter 2: Super Turbo, Street Fighter: Alpha 3, Street Fighter: Third Strike, The Art of Fighting, Last Blade, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, King of Fighters ou Samurai Showdown.
Qualy Block Stacking Collection Cans for Space-Tight Kitchens
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Got a tiny kitchen with no room for paper, plastic and trash cans? The Qualy Block stacking cans are a clever way to combine rubbish and recycling collection in a small footprint. A cove molded into the corner of each piece provides access to the bin below, while a retaining ring nested beneath the lid keeps the bags in place. Simple, neat, and sleek.
While your average American family would likely find the capacity too small, it seems a perfect solution for singles, city dwellers and others in space-tight situations where trash is taken out daily.
We previously looked at Qualy Design's work here, and while we love their stuff, we wish the design of their site mirrored the design quality of their work! The Qualy Block has been in existence since at least 2012, but it's absent from their site and we could only locate it at this Japanese e-retailer's page.
(more...)Bless You Animation
« Bless You », c’est le nom de cette vidéo combinant animation classique et images capturées en tilt-shift. Dans cette création drôle de Philip Watts, un géant architecte imagine une société comme la nôtre avant de s’en ennuyer et de vouloir se divertir en y introduisant un monstre. A découvrir dans la suite.
Kokeshi Matches
Kokeshi Match started as a product of pure creativity. In 1994, as a part of a group exhibition, Kumi Hirasaka drew faces of KOKESHI (traditional Japanese wooden dolls) on each match by hand. In 2000, Kokeshi Matches are mass produced and later expanded into various designs such as chicks, piggies, cats and cranes. Check them out below!
Teeny Tiny Gardening + Interview
I think there was a collective gasp when this book slid across our desks – which sometimes happens when we stumble upon something good. Cute plants and TINY! In vintage containers! Yes. That many exclamation points. Since we’re all friends here, I’ll confess that I don’t have the greenest of thumbs. I really really want to be one of those grand dames of gardening, but I can’t even seem to keep a succulent alive. (Those succulents in that New York Times story? All dead) I’m not totally giving up on myself. Instead I’m going to blame it on the light and humidity (or lack of) in my apartment. The tininess of this book appealed to my shaky gardening confidence. That, and the fact that everything is in vintage containers. I might be able to grow anything, but I can hunt down a vintage container like nobody’s business. Stylist and design Emma Hardy created a book, Teeny Tiny Gardening, perfect for the novice gardener. Everything is broken down into simple steps, which makes it feel more like a DIY project than a gardening chore, which for me, is a very good thing! -Amy Azzarito
Design*Sponge: How did you start gardening?
Emma Hardy: My mother was a keen gardener and I shared her enthusiasm from quite a young age. As a child, I loved going to the garden centre on a Sunday afternoon with her and choosing plants. It was quite a while before I got my own garden, but I have always loved visiting other peoples gardens and have amassed quite a pile of gardening books that I have read avidly over the years.
All Photographs from Teeny Tiny Gardening by Emma Hardy, Photography by Debbie Patterson CICO Books, $21.95; www.cicobooks.com
Design*Sponge: What are some of your first gardening memories?
Emma Hardy: The first thing I remember planting was snowdrop bulbs. I remember being rather frustrated that nothing happened for a long time but was very proud when they finally emerged!
Design*Sponge: And why teeny tiny? What about this project appealed to you?
Emma Hardy: I am currently starting a new garden having moved recently and although I am very excited by it, I am also impatient to get it done and slightly daunted by the amount of work that we need to do. Making tiny gardens satisfies my need to grow without the need to cultivate large areas of ground. Making miniature gardens are a great way to use the plants that you love when you don’t have much space or simply want to brighten up an area like a terrace or window sill or even a dining table. They are also a very cost effective way of creating something beautiful and definitely require less time on maintenance!
Design*Sponge: One of the ways in which your book really appeals to me, is through unusual containers that you use – from egg shells to suitcases. How did you get started using such unusual garden vessels and why is that such an important component of the book?
Emma Hardy: I love the idea of using unusual containers for planting and once you start looking around for containers, just about everything becomes a potential planter! I am an avid visitor to flea markets and like nothing more than buying an old tin, bucket, suitcase, basket etc.. for next to nothing and transforming it into a beautiful garden. I have a collection of containers (old troughs, buckets and baskets) that are packed with herbs and flowers outside my back door, which look wonderful throughout the summer and can be chopped and changed to create different arrangements.
More of from Teeny Tiny Gardening and Emma’s interview after the jump!