WALKING BOOKSHELF

The Circular Walking Bookshelf (Archive II) is part of the Archive series by architect David Garcia. The series aims to blur the border between art and design. Archive II transforms into a "micro room" where walking and reading coexist as refuge and transport in the imagination.

TRACE OF TIME

Trace of Time by Il-Gu Cha is a clock that incorporates a whiteboard-esque erasable face and an eraser built into the hour hand.

iPHONE DESIGN STENCIL

A great tool for iPhone App designers to sketch out iPhone UI prototypes. The iPhone Stencil Kit retails at $25 USD and comes with:

- One iPhone UI Stencil
- Zebra mechanical pencil
- 2 UI Stencils stickers
- Downloadable .PDF letter or A4 sized printable template

Click here to get your own.

HER MORNING ELEGANCE

On a day like today when I want to throw my computer out the window and fly to New Zealand, videos like this make me smile and keep at it.



Her Morning Elegance
Directed by: Oren Lavie, Yuval & Merav Nathan
Featuring: Shir Shomron
Photography: Eyal Landesman
Color: Todd Iorio at Resolution
© 2009 A Quarter Past Wonderful

CAFFEINATED ILLUSTRATIONS

Today's post is brought to you by the letter "E" for exhaustion.

Most of the coffee art I found online had no artist credits other than the monkey by latte artist Sammy Lin.

WHERE WE DESIGN

Where We Design showcases the spaces in which designers, artists, architects, freelancers create. The above image is of MSCOMM Group's boardroom designed and style by Antigoni Kapsali.

THE ANIMATION PROCESS EXPLAINED

Cirkus is an animation studio with offices in New Zealand and New York. They've created this video to help clients understand the animation process. It's entertaining whether you know the production pipeline of animation or not.

Cirkus' Animation ABC - How IT works! from Cirkus Productions on Vimeo.

DESIGN MONTREAL OPEN HOUSE 2010

[Orange Tango]















[Sid Lee]

The fourth annual Design Montreal Open House took place this past weekend. 100 Montreal agencies and designers—in the fields of architecture, interior, industrial, graphic and fashion design—opened their doors to the public. All the spaces I visited in Old Montreal were ready to impress with lively activities for children ages 10+ and plenty of tasty spreads. Above are photos from Orange Tango and Sid Lee.