Today Was a Good Day (and Here’s How To Have One)
From Ice Cube’s “Today Was a Good Day,” we all learned what constituted a good day in his world. The rest of us, well, we probably won’t hit a triple double today (or do much of what else is in…
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Economist Short Film: Space Invaders
Space-related startups are accomplishing new and amazing things things every day – if you haven’t delved into the goings-on in the Mojave Desert lately, this film is for you. Produced by Economist Films, it follows entrepreneurs as they scramble to…
John Kapel: California Design
Found a gem while researching the designer of a particular bar cart this morning. Here’s John Kapel talking about furniture lines and angles (and chairs as sculpture) in a great little video from LACMA:
Smartestgiant x Daylight Curfew Minimalist Album Covers
We love this artistic collab that combines the minimalist art aesthetic of Smartestgiant (UK based artist Mick Watson) with classic and modern hip hop album covers. At least one of the Run The Jewels album covers will end up on…
Pop Painting with Camilla D’Errico
Camilla D’Errico, the graphic artist whose previous book covered manga techniques, has released a new one – “Pop Painting,” which covers techniques of pop surrealism. Though D’Errico says she’s not a fan of labels, she’s expressed a fondness for the…
WSJ Takes On In-Home Pizza Oven ROI
Kitchens keep getting fancier, and we can’t balk, theoretically, with that. The latest fancy apparatus to make its way into the kitchen is GE’s Monogram pizza oven, with a price weighing in at just a hair under ten grand. It’s…
Fenty – Rihanna for Puma AW16
Puma is killing it thanks to their collabs with Rihanna, and if this teaser for AW16’s Fenty by Rihanna is any indication, that is going to continue. Check out the video:
Modern Printmaking: A Guide To Technique
Imagine the joy of receiving a book that has a print on the cover that precisely matches your yoga pants. Yep, upon receiving Modern Printmaking, that happened. Even better, the book actually goes into HOW to design modern prints –…
Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow
You might be familiar with Don Hertzfeldt from dark comedy gems like Rejected. We spotted some new work by him (released in 2015) on Netflix. In his fifteen-minute “World of Tomorrow” short, Hertzfeldt explores futurist concepts from cloning to class…
DWR 2016 Wallpaper
Do you use a calendar as your desktop wallpaper? Design Within Reach has a great one for 2016 featuring some George Nelson clocks to liven up those days and dates while still preserving minimalism. The default 2560×1440 resolution should work…
