I need stamps.

NOW. Congrats USPS, you have officially made me an enthusiast. Now my spiral binders from my youth will be complete. These are two designers that changed my childhood from the moment I stood back (about age 7 - second from top, far right) and REALLY looked at the chair I was laying in that I loved so much...


(From USPS.com)

In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.

FOR JOHN

Michael Osborne Design
Design firm out of SF... does a lot of wine bottle design. However, the website itself seems to be more adventurous than the actual product branding.

What I'd like to know is what design firm is that CLEAN? What are the hoods for? Lighting? You can't really tack up ideas to something curving toward you.

How about DEM Apples?

Not to be cliche... but come on.... Steve Jobs!

Macbook air. Less than an inch thick.
Time capsule. 1TB wireless backup
mini chips... movie rentals!

I'm not taking time to hotlink it. Go to apple.com. I'm not going to be the broken record, i am just obligated by its awesomeness.

HOWEVER, this does bring the thought.... is the MB Air really worth it? Discussion leads to this:

CONS:
No optical drive, 1 USB, no firewire, price is that of a macbook pro. and the cost of the solid state upgrade (which is hundreds less for students, FYI)

PROS: light, pretty, fast.

So who would really use it? Travellers? Would someone spend the $ to get it versus a macbook pro($100 less than a MBP), and then upgrade to get an external optical and a USB splitter? Isn't that missing the point? I'd love some feedback, cause the feedback i'm getting now is from PC fans forced to use macs for graphics.

lotsa pasta

It's expensive... but SOO beautiful. From Alessi. Not pictured is the lid.

For the office that ALMOST has everything...

Pricey? Probably. But for an executive with no dibs on the thermostat, it's a price worth paying. Now if only it could double as a sweater shaver...

(From Wired)

Battling over control of the office thermostat / air conditioning tends to be a passive aggressive flashpoint in any place of work, so even though this will undoubtedly set off some environmental alarms, the C2 climate control definitely fills a niche. Replacing the role of a regular personal fan, the C2 from Herman Miller allows users to adjust the surrounding temperature up to a 40 degree increase, and an 8 degree decrease, taking 72 degrees F (22 degrees C) as the starting temperature. The aforementioned environmental issues does raise the question of how far this technology should go, especially since office unity can't be that great if an issue as trivial as temperature can't be agreed upon. Still, we're not one to complain about having things easier in our work environments: not that we'd know anything about working in an office.

sorry blogger, but you've been trumphed.

Due to the tragic, tragic loss of my last bag (Timbuk2 Blogger), I've been painfully researching my next laptop bag. It was down to the Timbuk2 Detour ($150) and the Timbuk2 Hacker ($120). I know that sounds like a lot, but I'm forced to carry a lot of art supplies and a laptop back and forth, and I will eventually have to carry and SLR to school on occasion.

The Detour seems nice, its slightly less (I snooped around, found it for slightly under $100), and slightly less cub ft. But I was in love with the hacker... I just couldn't find it for under $120.

THEN I FOUND THE HACKER on Academic superstore... for $75. Its a winner. Can't wait to order it! (click on images to make em bigger)

nothing like some pixel snackies to tease one's hunger...

ok that was meant to be way wittier. Either way... tasty idea.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/genkigecko/sets/72157603516653952/
I suddenly want a play dough extruder.