The Donut Project

A new site from Midcentury Modernist, Chromeography is a growing collection of type of metal type in sometimes forgotten places.

In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.

The collection is still growing but I love the pieces already in place. Check out more and follow them on the site here.

Gorgeous furniture pieces from Egg Collective make me want to decorate immediately! A group of four women who met in wood shop at architecture school, their beliefs and collective effort keep them going, even though they work only from a virtual office and live in completely different areas.

It is important for us to create, investigate methods of craft and production, think about the future of the built world, and be mindful of our environment. We design because we find questions in some of life’s most simple tasks that are still unanswered. The result is something beautiful, functional, responsible, and innovative.

The Pill Table is probably my favorite, but honestly, I can’t decide! Enjoy more of their thoughtful pieces here.

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I love these abstract tattoos by Amanda Wachob of Dare Devil Tattoo in NYC. They look more like watercolor/acrylic paint than a tattoo. Fellow TDPer, Rick, and I were just talking about what kind of tattoo he would get and oddly enough he mentioned getting one very similar to these. Now that I’ve seen Amanda’s work, I’m completely sold on the idea and I might have to get one myself.

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Clients From Hell is a collection of anonymously submitted experiences from designers with hellish clients. I laughed outloud at the airplane one, because I have definitely been asked to do something of that nature before. I really enjoy the fact that others have had similar experiences. Read more stories or submit your own here.

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This week, GoogleLabs released Google Image Swirl – an adaptation of their ‘Find Similar Images’ technology already being used in Google Images – which provides a smooth Flash interface that groups like images into stacks of thumbnails. When you click a stack, Image Swirl shows that image and other like images, and other like images of that. It allows you to dynamically hone in on images based on their appearance and content.

Pretty cool stuff. Smooth transitions. And it simply works. No hiccups for me.

Search something at image-swirl.googlelabs.com.

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I’m loving the apparel from Trademark, design studio of Tim Lahan. See more of his work and buy his goods here.

For this round of Abstract City, a blog on NYTimes.com by illustrator Christoph Niemann, Niemann has transformed leaves into interesting non-leaf things. Click to see Bio-Diversity.

One lesson I learned from alpine ski racing was the “40-30-30 Rule.” During training, early on, I tried to go fast, and I also focused on not falling. On a ride up the ski lift, my coach told me I was missing the point. He explained that success in ski racing, or most sports for that matter, was only 40% physical training. The other 60% was mental. And of that, the first 30% was technical skill and experience. The second 30% was the willingness to take risks.

Fantastic article on taking risks by Michael Schwalbe. I highly recommend reading it, especially if you need a swift kick in the butt to get moving. Read the full article here.

When I get bored, I like to look at Friends of Type and this one was just Right On.

After taking a short helicopter ride over such cities as Tokyo, Rome, Dubai and London, Stephen Wiltshire is able to render incredibly detailed and perfectly scaled panoramic drawings of the city. Diagnosed with autism at age 3, Wiltshire has been drawing cityscapes since he was 8 years old. Last month he completed the NYC skyline and finished the last drawing in his series of panoramas. Visit Wiltshire’s site to see more of his incredible work!

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