Category Archives: Design

The Stagnation of Culture

By Chungaiz | Published: December 14, 2011

Vanity Fair have a really interesting article about the design rut Fashion, arts, entertainment, popular culture, style etc finds itself in and why. It’s easy to say “fashion’s cyclical”, but Kurt Anderson’s article nicely reminds us that it didn’t use to be so; and it’s easy to think about the innovations in technology that have driven [...]

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Pantonism – Colour Matched Images

By Chungaiz | Published: July 7, 2011

Pantonism should probably have a secondary search function beyond colour… but it’s a rather lovely resource, especially if you’re like me and tend to remember things by colours (my books are arranged by the colour of their spine). But hey, it’s not like it’s a random bunch of images, they happen to all be beautiful [...]

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Reinterpreting the printed word: Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

By Chungaiz | Published: March 29, 2011

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer from Visual Editions on Vimeo. Tree of Codes is as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. With the story literally carved out of another book, Tree of Codes has a different die-cut on every single page. Telling the haunting story of “an [...]

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Gangsta Lorem Ipsum

By Chungaiz | Published: February 7, 2011

Bout time someone brought the ruckus to Lorem Ipsum. It’s time for Gangsta Lorem Ipsum My shizz ipsizzle dolizzle sit da bomb, consectetuer adipiscing own yo’. Nullizzle sapizzle mofo, pot volutpizzle, ass quizzle, owned vel, arcu. Pellentesque sure stuff. Sizzle erizzle. Pot izzle dolizzle nizzle turpis tempizzle shut the shizzle up. Break yo neck, yall [...]

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Wall Murals

By Chungaiz | Published: January 11, 2011

I hate one of my walls in my bedroom. I’ve been trying to work out what to do with it for many years, but never quite had the right solution. Not that this is what I’ll necessarily go for, but this is where my thinking is currently: a large full bleed mural that covers all [...]

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Muji Christmas

By Chungaiz | Published: November 18, 2010

Muji always bring the design heat at Christmas. My favourites this year include the Solar System, the London/Paris/New York playing cards that form a map, and of course their city blocks (Edo is a lovely recent edition to the “street”). An honourable mention must also go to the penguin skittles. If anyone wants to buy [...]

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How Interior Design Can Increase Productivity

By Chungaiz | Published: November 5, 2010

In 2005 the Gensler Workplace Survey introduced the Work Place Index (WPI). They analysed four key criteria that allow the creative and innovative power of employees to be fully realised: focus, collaboration, learning and socialising. The top performing companies were found to spend on average 23% more time collaborating, 40% more time learning, and 16% [...]

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Montante for Maserati

By Matt | Published: October 27, 2010

This is the latest collaboration from Italian cycle company Montante. Producing mainly town bikes that opitimise the Italian ethos of style, colour and generally making thigs look good, Montante have teamed up with fellow purveyors of cool, Maserati, to produce a single speed worthy of them both. The frame is reminisent of the classic british [...]

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The Creative Internet

By Chungaiz | Published: October 12, 2010

Useful reference of “interesting” and “creative” things currently being memed around the internet. The usual augmented reality, word-clouds, projections and interactive videos are paired with new examples, grouped into areas of Audio, Movies, Visual, Art, Physical, Light, Tech, Politics, Sport, Books, History, and of course straight up, old fashioned, Advertising.

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Outdoor Kitchen by Studiomama

By Chungaiz | Published: September 28, 2010

Studiomama presented this mobile kitchen at 100% Design. On the site they have instructions on how to make your own! Download the pdf here. The outdoor kitchen comprises of gas cooking hob, a bucket sink, a chopping board and storage for crockery, utensils and a few food ingredients. Water is connected from the garden hose [...]