Chris Downs

Hi, I'm Chris Downs, Owner and Creative Director of Tube, an Atlanta based creative post-production boutique with a focus on design-driven editorial, motion graphics, broadcast promos and brand-integrated corporate image. This blog is pretty much a collection of design, architecture, music and art that inspires me. My wife calls it my ultimate wish list.

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Our old college band, Question You #tbt #questionyou #t-town #collegedays #reuniontour

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Chalkboard Lettering Stationery Set Behance, behance.net

Chalk­board Let­ter­ing Sta­tionery Set 2012 Illus­tra­tion class

This is a project, I've been work­ing on very intense­ly over the past two months. All the let­ter­ing, includ­ing the pack­ag­ing, lab …

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A New Way to Enjoy Whisky: Make Your Own Bitters by Amy Schlinger, mensfitness.com

There’s noth­ing like a guys night in—invite the boys over, pop in The God­fa­ther, and break out the whisky. But what if your bot­tle isn’t the prici­est your pals have ever had? We have a way for you …

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thetypefight.com

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Cable Management via Lego core77.com

As an industrial designer, I love what our profession has accomplished. Every time I hold a perfectly balanced drill—go pick up a Festool TI 15, or even my crappy ten-year-old Makita—I see the weeks of work put into each compound radius, I envisio…

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New reverb pedal time! #trinityreverb #guitargeek #pedalboard #mywifesaysIhave2manypedals #youcanthave2manypedals

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Our new Apple Coffee Maker Pro has arrived. (at Tube)

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Lula approves of the new wine fridge.

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Palette Offers a Modular, Lego-like Device for All of Your Input Hardware Needs core77.com

Palette buttons can be re-arranged and customized by the user.As any artist, designer or technologist will tell you, we rely on a wide variety of software in our day to day lives, from the Adobe Creative Suite to some sort of office bundle,…

Pretty cool.

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at Café Loetje

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Look at our 1st stop back in Nola...shocking! (at Felix's Restaurant & Oyster Bar)

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3 Do-Ahead Pitcher Cocktails, Perfect for a Dinner Party Bon Appetit Magazine, bonappetit.com

There’s noth­ing sad­der than a host so busy mud­dling and shak­ing drinks that he miss­es his own party. For­tu­nate­ly, there’s a solu­tion: com­plex pota­bles pre­pared in batch­es. “Do the work ahead and you can serve a
 higher-caliber drink,”…

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Black Playing Cards by MollaSpace fancy.com

by paulmouret

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Sphero, My Super Hero Radhika Seth, yankodesign.com

It’s that time of the year when you get the jitters and start hunting high and low for the perfect gift. Allow me to put you out of your despair, and give you the heads-up on a product that appeals to all ages (young and old) across the board.…

Xmas wish list entry#1

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An iPhone App That Is Like Instagram For Designers fastcodesign.com

Co.Design

Forget following your friends, Fleck lets you follow photos of great design.

Insta­gram's great­est accom­plish­ment was pop­u­lar­iz­ing dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy in the same way that Polaroid pop­u­lar­ized ana­log. Now, a new app i…

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The Tube Gang

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Already missed. #laurarocks