The Donut Project

The Lifestyle Collection from Diesel has me giddy this Friday morning. I was first attracted by the gorgeous use of photography and color, but after going to the site, I now have my eyes set on quite a few of their pieces. See more of their stunning photography after the jump and make sure to visit their lifestyle section on the site for textiles, lighting and furniture here.

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JESS3 designed and animated this for the JESS3 lecture at Stevenson University for AIGA Baltimore in Feb 2010.

The State of the Internet is an infographic video which brings the shear size of the internet into focus. The numbers are staggering. 90 Trillion emails sent last year (90,000,000,000,000), 27 Million Tweets per day, Facebook’s 6 Million page views per minute.

A nice soundtrack and lovely animations make this boring info easy and interesting to digest.

Oh what a tangled web we weave.

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Hat-trick Design emailed us to share a new environmental design project:

We were commissioned by the RFU (Rugby Football Union, England) to design environmental graphics to improve a space behind the hotel at Twickenham Stadium.

Using the large scale of the space, we decided to showcase the giants of international rugby. A public vote was held on the most popular players from each of the 8 founding nations of rugby (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa).

Each chosen player’s image was then reproduced at a massive scale (11 metres high) from graphic rugby shirts to form a ‘Giants of Rugby’ display.

The colour icon graphics were then printed onto a shirt material and hung as massive banners.

Love the larger-than-life aspect and the abstraction with icons. Sweet.

See their newly redesigned website (and more of their work) at www.hat-trickdesign.co.uk.

Chirstoph Niemann’s opinion column on the New York Times was recently updated and they nearly knocked me out of my chair. His simple visuals that marry great ideas with something we are familiar with are a great recipe for success. Definitely check out his work.

Christoph Niemann
My Way on the NYT

This bench by Frank Cresencia is stunning:

Splay Bench explores the relationship between the interior and exterior spaces created by furniture. Here, slats are used as an opportunity to create an exterior surface, while exposing the interior space between them. The inverse barrel form is sliced so that the relationship is between the bench and the floor of its environment, not the surfaces of the piece alone.

You can purchase it at Voos Furniture, only $1,800.

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One of North America’s five largest film festivals, The Cleveland International Film Festival, begins next Thursday, March 18th at 7:00 pm at Tower City Center.

Founded in 1977, the Cleveland International Film Festival has been presented every spring for over three decades. Ohio’s premier film event features over 240 films originating from close to 60 countries. Visiting filmmakers, panel discussions, and student screenings are all CIFF highlights.

Tickets are on sale now. For more information, including a listing of films that will be playing, visit the CIFF site.

I don’t know about you, but hours of entertainment can be found in the “missed connections” section of Craigslist. Sophie Blackall, illustrator residing in Brooklyn, NY saw them as a never ending source of material. Brilliant.

Check out her blog with the illustrations, her etsy shop to purchase, and her website to see her other work. Happy hunting!

Really great graphic posters from Simon Page. So beautiful! See more of his work here.

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These just speak for themselves…a selection of 25 photos that compare past snapshots of buildings, locations, structures, and people with the present day scene. There are hundreds of photos just like this in the Looking Into the Past Flickr group by Jason Powell.

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Wow wow wow wow. I was on Diana’s site for 15 minutes before I realized I had gone through her collection 3 times! Every time I changed pictures I found something I hadn’t seen the first time through. These stunning sculptures have me captivated! Her drawings are just as beautiful, eery and unique. See more of her scupture and drawings here.

Thanks to Stephanie Mote for the link!