Category Archives: Design

Outlet Wall

Me likey! via Ironic Sans

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Sliding House

You’ll be seeing more of this kind of thing from now on, as I gear up to buy a house in the next year or two. Obviously this is pie-in-the-sky for someone on my current income, but the ultimate aim … Continue reading

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Icon A5 Light Sport Hairyplane

Can I have one Mommy, please? (As soon as Audi has had a quiet word in their ear, of course.) (Via Schaefer’s Blog and Wired. Thanks for the tip Mark.)

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Palm Pre

[This has been in my drafts since January 9, only noticed it now. It does have a motion sensor and landscape mode btw.] The wife’ll kill me, I want one of these and I only have my Treo Pro a … Continue reading

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Bookstairs!

Gizmodo: Here’s a great idea for anyone who loves books and doesn’t have enough apartment space or a Kindle: a “secret staircase” made of English oak, lined with books left, right and center, leading to a loft bedroom in a … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Tech Company Logos

You’ve seen these tech logos everywhere, but have you ever wondered how they came to be? Did you know that Apple’s original logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree? Or that Nokia’s original logo was a fish? I prefer … Continue reading

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The Bean

Sculpture by Anish Kapoor in Milennium Park in Chicago. Officially called “Cloud Gate”, but the colloquial Bean is so much better. More shots here.

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D-Day On A Shoestring

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Sanyo Solar Building

Would’ve been even better if they hadn’t allowed some marketing muppet call it something as pretentious as “Solar Ark”.

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Cool Libraries

Yerman already got the cool post title and I can’t think of anything better, so we’ll stick with something simple. Trinity is usual the feature image for things like this, but I like the British Library in London too.

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