When I was up in Hong Kong a couple weeks back I couldn’t help but encounter tons of kiosk stores that sold cell phones and accessories. My wife suggested I get a new iPhone case up there because it was “cheap”. We looked around and there wasn’t anything I spotted there that was any good.
But what really held me from getting a case up there was that I was waiting to come back home and order a GeleSkin case featuring some awesome artwork from tons of artists, including Frank Miller (NSFW) for you “300″ freaks. My only problem now is deciding which one I want to get….this is a fun way to get introduced to some new artists.
My wife has a fascination with pillows. Despite how many pillows we have on our bed and sofas, she’s always looking at getting more for some reason. I’m ok with that I suppose. If she see’s something that could add a little character and color in our living spaces, I can live with that.
She has this quirky little habit of playing with pillow corners…which I would normally find pretty weird but I can’t say anything because I have a habit of peeling tissue paper into tiny bits. I figure if she can live with the tissue bits, I can live with the pillow corner rubbing.
Unfortunately most of our pillow options end up just coming from places like Pier 1 — which for some bizarre reason they have pillow styles these days that looks like they were grabbed out of some old haunted mansion.
This site I stumbled across today looks has some very nice pillows. Looks like it’s a couple of French designers who took it upon themselves to create all these funky pillow cases. Hmmm…I wouldn’t mind some of these. I hope the shipping charges from France don’t end up costing more than the cases themselves.
I stumbled across this photographer’s website this morning while checking around for daily inspiration. His name is Jason Lee Parry. (via Tobacco and Leather) Caveat emptor on the video and website, there’s some nudity so it’s definitely NSFW. As always, I’ve had an interest of getting more into photography in recent years, albeit the only progress I’ve made so far in all this time is taking a few thousand shots of my toddler and some outdoor scenic shots.
God I’d love to do some model editorial shots like this although I’ve yet to have the lucky opportunity to have a half-naked model jump around in feathery outfits in a hidden foresty retreat. I tried asking my wife to try model for me a few times although the extent of her modeling efforts has been nothing more then a tilt of her head. She’s watched almost every season of Top Model and yet the head tilt is all she’s mastered?
Anyway, check out the site there’s some beautiful work there and I always love watching photographers do their thing. OK OK, I like watching the models too but we’ll save that discussion for another day.
A friend sent me an email chain letter about this guy…I thought it was bullshit photoshop work at first until I found out this guy, Liu Bolin in China really does paint people from head-to-toe to camouflage them into the environment. (via DesignBoom)
Ever feel like you just can’t get enough product branding on your body? Hmm…I’ve never had that problem, but I DO have an addiction to classic Adidas shoes in recent years. (I think it’s my personal homage to old school rap)
Anyhoo, if you’re really into brands, perhaps you can buy yourself this piece of branding bling, “The most branded object in the world” Looks like it would put a series crink in your neck wearing it though.
This cool, albeit really incredibly geeky, shirt was mentioned on Gizmodo the other week. You’d have to be somewhat of a combination Photoshop geek + Comic book nerd to see the humor in it. Sheez, that’s a deadly combination isn’t it? You can get this shirt yourself at the Chop Shop.
I’m tempted to get it. But I’m not sure the muddy purple shirt goes well with my pale yellowish complexion?
Not exactly new (this video was put up 3 years ago now), but then again, I haven’t really seen much of this being put into actual commercial use lately have you?
It still worth a look though — designers who may be into animation, or interface design might look into textiles like this as a new media niche.
I don’t know if I’d ever find use of one of these shirts myself one day except to maybe broadcast “Help me…call 911” every time I’m at the 3 mile mark on my weekly jogs.
OK I needed a bit of good humor today and I stumbled across this sleeping bag.
I dunno, I find it pretty funny. On one hand I kinda want one simply for the sight gag. I see my little boy wrapped up in all his warm body suits lately, I wouldn’t mind an adult sized body suit to keep warm these days.
On the other hand I can only see bad outcomes from this. (1) You’re going to get attacked by a bear defending his territory, (2) you’re going to get humped by a bear looking for a good time, or (3) you’re going to get shot by a bear hunter and get your head mounted on his wall. I don’t know which is worse…
Either way it has the taste of Darwinism at work for anyone that would hop into one of these in bear territory. (Eiko Ishizawa via Monster-Munch)
Why can’t I tear my eyes away from this clock? UUUGH
I know I’m a bit behind the curve on this one, but my brother just brought this site to my attention. It’s a 24-hour clock that’s interrupted every 5 seconds with a little random dance segment. I can’t tear my eyes away for a billion reasons…I like the videography, the technical aspect of the Flash site (geeky I know), the cheezy campy dancing, and the ever so irritating yet catchy elevator music. The videos change by the seasons too.
I gotta stop staring at this clock! (via: Uniqlock)
Interesting concept taking the emoticon concepts into new areas in both function and form. On this board it acts as a keypad you can use to insert emoticons into your messages. But then you can pull out these round smiley guys and insert them into wearable jewelry. Kinda geeky but I can see this being a fun holiday item for the young teen obsessed with IMing. Cute little smiley characters too… I bet it would get lost so easily though. (via: Bajca)
