Custom Illustrated Notes & Calling Cards

Custom illustrated portraits on flat note cards and calling cards
Whimsical portraits painted in your likeness. Hand lettering available.
Order them here.

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The Visual Miscellaneum Book

"Visual Miscellaneum" is the new eye-popping book of infographics by London-based visual and data journalist David McCandless. Forget about pie charts, bar graphs, line graphs and histograms; the book showcases the infinite number of ways to represent data through engaging graphics.

Those interested in getting a taste of David's work can follow his blog Information is Beautiful.

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Cable Drawings

Cable Drawings by Maisie Maud Broadhead is a series of installations created with wire flex and cable fixings to incorporate the cable of a lamp into the decor of a space.
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A Shirt To Do Your Sports In

Promotional t-shirt for the sports apparel brand Roland Semprie.

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You Are Here Umbrella

By Cabracega Studios.

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Lego And Muji Join Forces

MUJI partnered with LEGO on a fun new concept. The idea is to punch LEGO-sized holes in paper and then use both the lego pieces and paper to create and build whatever comes to mind.

Available November 27th at MUJI Japan – just in time for the Holiday season. US and European MUJI locations have yet to confirm stock.

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Maria Cristina Bellucci: Pencil Crayon Jewelry

Maria Cristina Bellucci creates her own jewelry from coloured pencils. The pieces are made using fragments of pencils that have been attached together and formed into a variety of shapes. The forming process reveals the interiors of the pencils, showcasing the wood and the coloured lead.

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Cool Print

Buy it here.

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Tim Burton At MoMA

The Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA in New York City is "a staggering look at the depth of Burton’s work that starts from pages torn out of childhood notebooks, runs through his student years at California Institute of the Arts and rounds out with his expansive film career. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, to Edward Scissorhands, to Batman, to The Nightmare Before Christmas, to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and beyond."

Here are some images from the opening party at the MoMA. The exhibit runs through April 26, 2010.
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Digital Mona Lisa

In the lobby of the Asus Headquarters, a Mona Lisa made entirely from recycled motherboards.

"The work represents two things: a reminder of the technology that Asus built its fortune on and the company’s ethos to encourage and support any kind of crazy ideas."

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