Zen of Design

Over the last few months (or years) our post-post-modern world has brought a couple of new design dogmas to life. As internet service inferfaces begin to get more and more spartan (see 37signals, twitter and stuff for that) Fashion, Illustration, Visuals (like Motion Graphics) and Graphic Design tend to steer into a gritty, post-nerd “Matrix”-like, […]

In today’s world, where everybody is glued to the computer screen (in a few years, about 40% of all workers will work in an office - as researchers predict), interface design - and its subset webdesign - is getting more and more important.
A recent design which I tend to find spread out across the web […]

Besides the online version of an alarm clock, there are quite a few real world examples of interesting and well designed alarm clocks out there, as it seems.
On recent magazine photo, an oversized LED alarm clock catched my eye. (you are looking at a photo.) A bit of research online brought me to various […]

What an interesting idea (via)! Made me think…
By the way: as it seems the original idea (including a how to guide) is from here, with the last.fm guys being just early adopters…

There are thousands of designers in the world, and nearly as many companies offering design services. But still, some of these “design shops” stand out. Some do so because of their charismatic founders or leaders, others impress with innovative or groundbraking designs. Time to have a look at the top design firms worldwide, who affect […]

Form follows function was the motto of sculptor Horatio Greenough and has since become the credo of modern design and architecture. Time to apply this rule to planter design.
From dutch Home & Garden supplier Feelgood comes a fresh design for your patio and the final answer to most traditional balcony planters. The German designer Michael […]

Forget about that lame door wedge. A funny new twist on the classic door-stopper idea comes from Fred & Friends, the Cumberland, Rhode Island based manufacturer of “stuff that works and puts a smile on your face”. Foot in the door is a doorstopper modeled to look like a high heel stiletto pump. Made […]

Are you into gardening? Have a patio, terrace or a garden with a small pavilion? If so, you surely know Kettler, the German manufacturer of outdoor furniture. If you are invited over to friends, to have a look at their garden, to admire the lawn or for Barbecue - I would place a bet […]

Looking at modern office environments today, the Aeron Chair by Herman Miller is the icon of contemporary business seating and the object of desire for many hipsters of the new media age. Writing this post sitting on an Aeron myself, it’s time to have a closer look.
The Aeron is the result of a collaboration […]