The Price Is Right Font Library!

Growing up, I couldn’t get enough of The Price Is Right game show on daytime television. Being a young design nerd, one of the things that fascinated me the most was the wonderfully presented game props with their Madison Ave layouts, their swooping curves and flashing lights of various colors, wrapped around beautiful typography from various decades. Now, thanks to some amazing fans, you can find the corresponding font to some of your favorite Price Is Right games, from Hi-Lo, to Safe Crackers and Spelling Bee!

November 30th in Design, Fonts, Television | Email this | Comment
Flying bed


Floating Bed

Italian furniture designer Lago has come through with one of the most exciting additions to my wishlist in awhile. Dubbed the “Fluttula”, this ‘floating bed’ is propped up by one central leg (which can be adjusted for height) and mounted to the wall, giving the illusion that your bed is floating in air and you’re sleeping on a cloud. Naturally such an illusion isn’t cheap, with the retail price for the Fluttula floating around the $1500 USD mark.

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April 2nd in Design, Furniture, Wishlist | Email this | Comment
Create your very own desktop factory with a home 3D printer


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3D printing technology is one of my most anticipated technological advancements. Sure it’s been around for awhile, but, it’s just not there quite yet, not until we can walk into Staples and easily walk out with our very own personal 3D printing device. The engineers behind the Desktop Factory are working hard on making this a reality, with their personal 3D printer, currently being tested for use in the engineering and design fields. The printer can take your 3D mock up and mold a durable, functional model from the bottom up, one layer at a time in sturdy composite plastic. The composite plastic material can easily be sanded down and painted making it of special use to industrial designers who rely on turnaround time. The Desktop 3D printer measures just 25×20x20 inches and weighs less than 90lbs, meaning it won’t take up too much space in your factory or design studio.

Not for sale yet, the 3D printer is currently undergoing a pre-sale, with a target price of $5,000 to $7,000 dollars US. As Desktop Factory says, imagine when your child can design their own small toy model or order a design off the internet, then simply ‘print’ it out and paint it. I can’t wait for the future.

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March 22nd in Design, Future, Prototypes, Technology | Email this | Comment
FlexibleLove, the incredible, flexible chair


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FlexibleLove is a brand of experimental furniture, which incorporates accordian-like structures to create highly durable and flexible furniture pieces made of low-cost recycled material. The name is a bit odd, but, when one knows it’s derived from “flexible love seat”, it starts to make a little more sense.

Watch the video of the seat in action after the jump..

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March 7th in Design, Furniture, Green, Video | Email this | 1 comment
Skull/Heart key covers for (Japanese) bikers


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It’s been awhile since I was into cute little rubber covers for my house keys, but damn if I’m not thinking of getting back into it. Courtesy of Goldie Garage, a great biker shop (!?) in Japan, come the skull/heart key covers for everything from your hog’s ignition key to your Honda’s gas cap. Even while looking tough, Japanese design still looks so damn cute.

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February 20th in Design, Japan, Japan, Wishlist | Email this | 1 comment
Woven Flesh announces new collection, Dark Sea Adventure


Woven Flesh

Our favorite fashion and print designers, Woven Flesh, have announced the release of their latest collection of utterly charming, absolutely necessary and extremely limited hand-screened t-shirts, sweaters and hoodies. From anchors, to skulls, to cute thingamabobs and thingamajigs making friendly, this new collection gets our heart pounding in ways only our VISA card could remedy. Great job Woven Flesh and we can’t wait to see what you crazy guys come up with next. You can purchase Woven Flesh wear directly from the creators themselves of at finer boutiques around Europe and Japan (and if your local boutique doesn’t have any, ask them to order some!)

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January 10th in Design, Fashion, Woven Flesh | Email this | Comment
Dishes for those who don’t like their food to touch


Dish Up

I’m surprised at the amount of people who just hate when their different foods are touching on their dinner plate. Me, I just toss everything on top of each other, let the flavors mix and so on. BUT, you always have that 1 friend who’s invited for dinner. Well, now you can please them and look damn stylish while doing so. The Dish Up series from designer Chaiyut Plypetch is a beautifully etched series of dishes, which are stylishly cut to separate your servings as well as fit nicely together in a unified form. You can even stack them vertically in your cupboard, clearing you some space to fit more Dish Up pieces into your collection!!

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November 22nd in Design, Kitchen, Wishlist | Email this | 2 comments
Solar powered bricks perfect for illuminating dark paths around your home


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Home exterior lighting is often a sadly ignored part of home ownership. Usually home owners just flood their front yards and walkways with inefficient and downright horrid light, annoying neighbors and visitors alike. Though I don’t really expect discount catalog stores like Herrington to solve these problems, this time they’re offering a great little accessory for any walkway or path on your property. Requiring only solar power with no wires or accessories needed, Sun Bricks add a charming level of lighting and safety to any dark paths. Integrated solar panels provide up to 8 hours of light per night, powering Amber colored LEDs putting off a warm glow to guide visitors and owners alike.

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November 18th in Architecture, Design, Gadgets | Email this | Comment
Battersea Power Station to be renovated for cultural and commercial focus


Battersea Power Station

The Battersea Power Station in London is set to receive a major overhaul, from a giant rotting waste of a power plant, into a bustling and thriving center for cultural, art and entertainment events. The area is set to be completely renovated with the focus on green space complemented by hotels, apartments, offices and art galleries, no doubt at a premium price that no one even near the middle class can afford.

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November 14th in Architecture, Art, Design | Email this | Comment
Saint B MP3 player, holy tunes man


Saint B MP3 player

Want a flash-based MP3 player that not only let’s you jam your christian rock, but also show the world what religion you identify with? Then the Saint B MP3 player will be perfect for you. Only a prototype for now, this is most certainly a product I see being mass produced and selling quite well. A flash-memory based MP3 player in a chrome-plated steel frame, shaped like a cross, the Saint B also features an OLED display covered by a semi-transparent piece of plastic. Charging and login are done via USB and the overall size is 92×64x11mm. Star of David coming soon?

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October 27th in Design, Gadgets, MP3, Prototypes, Religion | Email this | 1 comment

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