Riccardo Sabatini designed this Mekkanika typeface which was inspired by old technical mechanic drawings and modern machinery. They are mixed together to form letters and numbers and this typeface was originally based on the letter form shape of DIN Alternate Black. Below our some of his typeface done in poster size.



































Source: Tundra Blog

Monotunes has created a neat little website where 8bit characters come to life and play sounds. It gives you the option to make your own remix and watch the characters go nuts. It has actually been quite entertaining for last 20 minutes. Go ahead give it a try; it even has a remix button which randomly selects the characters for you. So either way you're making 8bit character music.

Welcome to Part 4 of Bikespiration and enjoy all of these sweet bikes. The last image is a polo bike that was made by Louis Vuitton.  I personally wouldn't use it for bike polo if I paid what they were asking for it.  If you find any bikes out there that you think would be great in Bikespiration series. Please send me an email at pdragon65[@]gmail.com.

Check out the other installments - Part 1, Part 2, Part3

So did you get a horse or cat calendar this year? Wouldn't it have been cool if someone got you this Cut Out Number Calendar ($23.00) made by Present & Correct. It's a simple graphic cut out of numbers that form this sweet 2012 wall calendar. You can choose from neutrals or bright primary colors.  I know I would rather look at this calendar then look at the unicorn calendar I got for Christmas.

Happy New Years from The Collective Loop and to celebrate the first month in the new year. How about a new Playlist.  Playlist-33 has some different styles in it with some indie style songs to a little bit of dubstep.  I'm sure it has a song or two that will hit a cord.

If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.

Tracklist

1. Errol Flynn by Jinja Safari
2. Hurts Like Heaven by Coldplay
3. Shuffle by Bombay Bicycle Club
4. If You Want by Absofacto
5. Curfews by Snowmine
6. Small Boxes by Black Light Dinner Party
7. It's Time by Imagine Dragons
8. Got the Time by Old Tapes
9. Fascinated by Ivy
10. Dragon Queen (Skeletron Remix) by Starfucker
11. Litte Man (Tycho Remix) by Little Dragon
12. Shoulda (Samy Chelly Remix) by Jamie Woon
13. Dancing In The Dark (Proper Villains Remix) by Dev
14. Prituri Se Planinata (NiT GriT Remix) by Stellamara
15. We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae) by Fun

Joakim Eskildsen, a Danish photographer caught my eyes in a haze with these images below. They give that sense of winter or a sense of it creeping up. You can almost feel the chill or the morning glaze of fog slowly moving through. Below are the ones that caught my attention but be sure to check out more of his work.




Source: UnlessYouWill

Love Hulten went above and beyond in his casemod, who could blame him.  It's such a beautiful piece of work. Some of you may even have thought that this casemod was from the 50s and I think the artist captured that. In reality this is a PC modcase that the artist calls the "Sputnik 0667".  It takes you back to the time when computers had built-in designs and used trapezoid lines and angles in its design. The designer also went to great lengths to even capture the audience more with poster ads to give it a more realistic and retro feel.



Source:  Ubergizmo

Guy Laramee is the man behind these two series Biblio and The Great Wall, where books become the landscape and the pages become the scenery.  These books take on the shapes of mountains, plateaus and ancient structures and they capture a sense of peace and time.  Check out more of his book sculptures and his photography work on his site.

Advertising from the Mad Men Era ($59.99) is a two volume collection of fascinating advertisements from the 50s and 60s. It's a collection of thousands of images; this companion set of books offers the best in American print advertising in the age of the "Big Idea". It captures the colorful capitalism that dominated the 50s and 60s and shows the height in which magazines were flooded with campaigns selling everything from girdles to guns. It also includes a wide range of significant advertising campaigns from both eras; giving you an insight into the zeitgeist of the time but it won't be available until February 2012. You'll have to wait 2 months to get a copy but I think it would be worth the wait. Check out the other books as well on Taschen.