Posters Of Wes Anderson Films Out-Twee Wes Anderson Films
In his love for Futura, bold colors, abstract patterns, and blocking, Wes Anderson has long seemed influenced by old Penguin and Pelican paperback covers. But what if Wes Anderson movies were...
View ArticleIs Withings' Activité Pop The First Truly Mainstream Smartwatch?
When the Withings Activité was announced in June of last year, it was a thing of beauty: a fitness tracker made with the same sophisticated looks and craftsmanship as a Swiss watch. But instead of...
View ArticleThis Calendar Grows A Beard All Year Long
There are a few unwritten rules that wise people follow in their lives, of which "Never go with a hippie to a second location" may be the best known. "Never encourage a man with a beard" is another...
View ArticleThe Best Designed Gifts We Got For Christmas This Year
"Get anything good for the holidays?" It's a question everyone hears dozens of times the first day back after Christmas break, and we here certainly no exception. So why not tell you, our lovely...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Tries To Get Serious About Design
When you think of BuzzFeed, you probably think of listicals of animated cat GIFs, quizzes like "What Justin Bieber hair style are you?" and social media sharing buttons with stratospheric numbers next...
View ArticleWhat If Nike Sold Oranges And Apple Sold iMilk?
Could Ferrari ever be successful in the pasta aisle? And would Jonathan Ive's penchant for stark packaging work in the dairy aisle?In the work of Israel-based designer Peddy Mergui, the design language...
View ArticleMarvel Comics Released The Best Calendar for 2015 Way Back In 1981
Here's a nice little fact you might not know: calendars regularly repeat with the same day-date combinations. There's even a calculation you can do to figure out which years your current year repeats....
View ArticleWhat To Expect From 3-D Printed Wood, Metal, and Stone
Yesterday, Makerbot announced three filament types that will let users 3-D print with materials comprised partially of wood, limestone, iron, or bronze. It's certainly interesting from an enthusiast's...
View ArticleA Nest For Clunky Old Apartment Radiators?
With a smart thermostat, Tony Fadell's company Nest Labs was the first big splash in the smart home category. Just by replacing your existing thermostat, the Nest allowed you to save money and...
View ArticleNASA Designs Retro Travel Posters For Exoplanets
Earlier this week, NASA announced huge news: Kepler, the planet-hunting space observatory, had just topped 1,000 exoplanets with the discovery of eight new planets. The new planets were especially...
View ArticleThe Worst Product At CES Looks Like It Was Designed By Michael Bay
Every year in January, a colossus stoops over Las Vegas, squats, and heaves its bowels, emptying a fecundity of new gadgets into the shithole of the Mojave Desert. It's not much of an honor to be asked...
View ArticleThe Hotel From 'The Shining' Wants You To Design Them A Haunted Hedge Maze
We don't usually announce design competitions here on Co. Design, but for this, we've got to make an exception. Colorado's Stanley Hotel, which inspired the haunted overlook hotel in The Shining, has...
View ArticleInfographic: Who Murdered Whom In "Sons Of Anarchy"
Set in the fictional town of Charming, California, FX's Sons of Anarchy details the lives and crimes of the titular gun-running outlaw motorcycle gang. And if you think Game of Thrones is bloody, Sons...
View ArticleThe Best iPhone 6 Case Is Basically A Pair Of Nunchuks
Tragically enough for the 12-year-old inside all of us, there are all too few opportunities to whip around a pair of nunchuks in contemporary adult society. That's something the Trick Cover for the...
View ArticleInfographic: Would You Make A Good Superhero?
Everyone wants to be a superhero, but let's face it. Some people just aren't cut out for the job, for any number of reasons. They don't look good in spandex, they drive a Nissan Versa, they're allergic...
View ArticleLego Cyborgs Invade London Fashion Show
During this week's London's Menswear AW 15 fashion show, the designers for men's fashion brand Agi & Sam sent their models down the catwalk wearing handmade LEGO masks. The masks were designed by...
View ArticleAn Ethereal Lamp That Glows In The Dark
This beautiful designer lampshade by Dutch design team Ontwerpduo doesn't just emit light when it's on. When the room goes dark, the lampshade glows with a beautiful geometric pattern for up to eight...
View ArticleThis Chair Looks Like It's Falling Apart, And It's Perfect
One of the things that makes children's drawings so distinct is that children haven't really learned about perspective yet, and so their art seem to be drawn from a half-dozen perspectives at once. The...
View ArticleWhat Would The Original Mac Look Like If Apple Made It In 2015?
In 1997, Apple released the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, an audacious attempt to celebrate the heritage of Cupertino by pushing the design of a Mac to the then-cutting-edge. The first major product...
View Article"Star Wars" Might Be Even Cooler In Helvetica
What does Star Wars and Helvetica have in common? More than you might realize. The original designer of the Star Wars logo based her work on a modified version of Helvetica Black. Still, it's safe to...
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