weekend links

Here is some more “time-wastin” goodness. Have a great weekend.

• Smart and funny uses of Google Ads
• Illusion of the Year Contest Winners
• Color Flip
• Free Idea Factory
• View of Bankruptcy
• Replace your combustion engine
• Installation Art and Impossible Views

Need more? Check out last weeks here.

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love what you have

People who drive the same cars for forever, a photographic collection by Matteo Ferrari. (thanks: kottke) I love the idea of this.

I would love it even more if I knew for certain that these people had never owned another car. There is something to be said for using what you have until its gone. I would like to see some life cycle analysis on keeping an old car running vs. sending it to the dump to buy a “fuel efficient” car. Which is the greener choice? The newer cars do burn fuel cleaner but they also require machining and production. With the average Hybrid only allowing 6 miles more to the gallon, you have to wonder if it’s worth the life cycle cost.

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filterbrella

Filterbrella harvests, filters, and stores rainwater.

Andrew Leinonen believes in a brighter, more sustainable future. So do I.  Whether Filterbrella has a place in that future isn’t for me to say, but this kind of thinking is what will get us there. 

Actually, I really like the idea, but I think the shape is wrong.  Instead of shaping to shed the water, invert it and focus it all to the center.   Also, partnering with some action groups to hand out to homeless people seems like a great use.

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designer spotlight: [umany]

Widely touted Umany Design Group simply “wants to make the world a better place” by “making objects that will make people smile, think, or just wonder it might be not that much, but it is certanly SOMETHING.”

Yes, we agree; their work is certainly a very good SOMETHING! Here’s a very small sampling:

Ta-Te-Ti: A composistion of four benches that can be assembled in different patterns.

Kisos: Flower vase designed specifically for a 3d-Printer.

Ring Clock: Independent/seperable rotating rings that together make the time.

 

weekend links

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Here are a few links and reads for your downtime.

These lofts Have a Downside? artists living in Williamsburg

Living Small in The Big City: a national geographic video

Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker

Architecture and Fashion: featuring Zaha Hadid in full Zaha fashion! (plus some other starchitects)

Subway Cars go Deep: a plunge into the ocean (more photos)

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felt for your apple

I would love any and all of these head turning cases. The Redmaloo line, from designers Katja Hettler and Jula Tullmann, has gained international praise for its laptop and iphone cases.  The laptop case simply folds down and becomes an arm pad and a mouse pad.

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pencils galore!

Jennifer Maestre draws inspiration from the form and function of the Sea Urchin when crafting her stunning pencil sculptures. She makes these by cutting pencils into one inch sections, drilling holes in them and then sewing them together. There must also be a good bit of sharpening involved! Beautiful Works!

+via: cubeme

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whiskey barrel to chair

Every now and then we run across furniture made of wine and whiskey barrels but here’s one with a gorgeous contemporary look.

Bilge Lounge Chair by Uhuru

+via: re:nest

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Happy Birthday!

And today She turns 125! New York plans on celebrating the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125 years with festivities over Memorial Day weekend. Congradulations Mr. and Mrs. Roebling, your baby still stands beautifully.

New York City History Guru’s: The Bowery Boys have put together a fantastic podcast about the bridge. Listen here

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