I've stumbled upon SR692 and his large collection of retro Swissair poster designs today. I'm not going to lie but their are some seriously good designs up in this collection. Most of these poster designs came from the 30's to the 80's, which are archived on the site.
What I like about this collection is the simplicity of each design. They utilize the generic airplane icon, a headline and the Swissair logo making for a minimally designed style. You can't go wrong with that. If you want to know more on the Swiss Airlines logo. I know that Wanken did a whole post on Swissair: Behind the Logos interesting read. You can find it on ISO50.
Broken Time Machines, which is Alex Varanese musical side project has just released the first single "The Ghost of Mission Street". It's a six-minute exploration of spacey, dreamy pop melodies with a glitch of electro and layered percussion. Not only does this track have a unique but day dreaming quality, it's also accompanied by a surreal and believable location with less-than believable details, such as the deconstructing jetliner seen through a concrete atrium.
I think this is a great combination of art and music brought into this project and I look forward to hearing more tracks by Broken Time Machines. If you want to check out more of Alex's work I highly suggest it. Don't forget to download your copy of The Ghost of Mission Street.
FP7 is an ad agency that was looking for some promotional posters for an event as well as to hand out to the clients. The idea behind these posters was to base the posters on key insights about the agency world, that would make someone think. In the terms of design though, Ryan Atkinson and Steve De Lange went with the classic but edgy look using typography and the grid system to generate these minimal promotional posters. The agency wanted to have posters that the clients or future employee would want to keep. If I worked for this company I would definitely want a couple of these posters. If you want to check out more posters in this series you can find them on Behance
If you have a lot of books and not enough space, then a book staircase would be a good alternative. This flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. The designer proposed to extend the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor space.
They also created the secret staircase, hidden from the main reception room to access the new bedroom lit by the roof light. They built the library staircase in the stairs for the owner who had to many books and no space for them. With the skylight above it illuminates the staircase, it becomes a perfect place to stop and browse or have a nice read.
The Flow looks at the supervening layers of reality that we can observe, from quarks to nucleons to atoms and beyond. The deeper we go into the foundations of reality the more it loses its form, eventually becoming a pure mathematical conception. Layer upon layer the flow builds new codes that create new codes, each version computing a new, more complex state based on the previous one. This short 20 second video by MRK is not based on actual scientific data, but are visual representations of scientific theory. It gives you a look into a mathematical concept of what these layers may look like. If you want to read more about this project, they have a in-depth breakdown on Behance.
If you found this video interesting, then you might be interested in these posters that were designed for this project as well. You can purchase these prints or others on MRK's inPrint store.
Cellist and composer Peter Gregson collaborate with designer Dean McNamee to create a beautiful music and light performance for The Hospital Club in London. The stage presence in this video is simple and clean with a bunch of IKEA lamps running through some software that triggers the lamps when the cellist plays. This collaboration and performance was designed to incubate and develop young creative talent, to getting their imaginations flowing.
On another note though, doesn't Peter Gregson, in the low light kind of look like Matt Damon. If your also wonder what his instrument is, it's an electric cello. It's kind of hard to see in the low light but it's a pretty sweet instrument.
I have seen some pretty tacky solar portable chargers, but this one is sleek and sophisticated. The Dunhill Solar Charge ($TBA) is a beautiful designed solar charger that rotates into an aerospace-grade aluminum body when not in use, it can provide up to 30 hours of charge for any cellphone or mp3 player via USB. It can even recharge itself by using the built-in solar panel or via a computer USB. It even comes with a stylish chassis leather carrying case so you don't lose or scratch up your new toy. Hopefully, this solar charger is price accordingly, cause if it is I will be sure to pick one up
Here is the creation of an aesthetically designed DV01 bike by David Qvick. His aim for this bike was towards a contemporary target group, that considers the bicycle to be both a convenient means of transportation and a product with high aesthetical value. To most, a bicycles is something that you attach to your own personal style, where not only does it function but it fits your own unique personality. In this design project of David's, he was focusing on finding a balance in the design. When form and function interact to provide a product that not only last longer but is enjoyed by its owner.
Photo: John Wennerberg
This home in Nevada looks out on a limitless landscape. The flat, arid desert surrounds their property and in the far distance off in Death Valley, gives ways to a scenic mountain view. The home is so far out there that at night you can watch the stars move.
The home is a modern 1,200 square foot, three bedroom home. It may look like wood and cement on the outside, but on the inside, it's very basic in color. Color was used sparingly in the home to reflect the desert surroundings. The outside provides a viewing point to the desert and its surroundings while sitting, but why not relax in the hot tub while you gaze into the distance. More photos on nytimes.com
