Studio8 Design

Studio8 was established in 2005 by Matt Willey and Zoë Bather, formerly creative directors at Frost Design. Another inspiring discovery.

studio8design

Niche modern

Beautiful lamps from handblown glass by Niche Modern.

They are based in the US, so the lamps are designed for 110 V, but surely there is a way to use them in Europe too? (and how can it be that I have a degree in industrial design engineering and not know this? blush)

Niche modern

Feed

My new favourite design agency: Feed from Montreal. Their work makes my stomach hurt (in a good way). Check out the website and download their portfolio!

Feed

Makeshift

Pascal Tremblay of Makeshift has made this cd cover for Canadian singer Barzin. More beautiful work and prints to buy at www.makeshift.ca

Wim Crouwel

I have been to the expostion about Wim Crouwel at Galerie Anatome in Paris.
Great work, great galery.

Matthew Haigh

A promotional image created for the world PR festival on the theme of diversity and consumerism. Featured in the Catalyst exhibition as part of the Lisbon Biennale.

www.matthaigh.co.uk

Personal annual report

Nicholas Feltron (apologies if I haven't got his name correct) has created his personal annual report. Brilliant! Both concept, execution and diligence!

www.feltron.com

Bush's speech

This is interesting: a statistical analysis of the State of the Union address that can be explored by the user. The word 'threat' was mentioned 17 times in 2003 and only once in 2006, so I guess I can conclude it has become a safer world! Global warming has not made an entry yet.

state of the union visualisation

Pantone colours

Pantone has published the colours for autumn 2007. I can live with them, yeah.. (miss nightblue though, i don't think that is on the way out yet!)

Verner Panton

I have just seen an ad for this Panton's Bachelor chair in brown suede for 375 euros. Tempting! I really like the laid-back look.