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This is a brilliant project…part of me is mad that i never thought of it.

Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer mike joyce, owner of stereotype design in new york city. drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. every single one of these shows actually happened.

#graphic design #gig poster

Here is a recipe for how to make a piece of beautiful and soft moss graffiti.

CreativeRoots is an impressive art and design blog based on countries of the world, with each post being influenced by its countries, culture and history. Art and design from around the world comes in many shapes and sizes; from graphic design to photography and architecture. But what distinguishes nations from each other?

v.cool. go take a look!

#culture #design

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Mobile Hospitality is a minimal and portable wheelbarrow kitchen designed by Vienna-based designer Chmara Rosinke. The kitchen offers a dining table, 10 folding stools, a pump for running water, pots for growing spices, and a stove. The entire piece folds down to two transportable carts.

#food cart #portable design #mobile kitchen

We were looking for a way to integrate a collapsible stool into a stand to create a gathering place. Turns out some people have already though about it! Pretty cool, don't you think?

#qmb max #collapsible design

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Bloc’d Sofa by Scott Jones

Materials: steel, soft maple, upholstered foam

The Bloc’d Sofa is a modular seating solution, designed to fit and work well through the many stages and settings of life. It is simple and straightforward, and encourages interaction, which is key to longevity. The design is flexible and playful, intuitive and elegant. It gracefully offers surprise elements, making it fun to interact with. Dressed up or down, it offers multiple seating arrangements for different settings and spaces.

#modularity #design #omg

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#universe #milky way #graphics #pretty #space

I'm posting this to complement my previous post and question. One might think that the obvious answer to my question is that one simply cannot fight against a giant machine put in motion decades ago but then we would be overlooking the power of small things.

#gandalf #galadriel #hobbit #power of small things

Agrochemical spraying in Argentina has increased eightfold, from 9 million gallons in 1990 to 84 million gallons today. Yet the South American nation has a hodgepodge of widely ignored regulations that leave people dangerously exposed, and chemicals contaminate homes, classrooms, and drinking water. Doctors and scientists are warning that uncontrolled spraying could be causing health problems across the nation.

Felix San Roman walks on his property in Rawson, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina on April 16. San Roman says that when he complained about clouds of chemicals drifting into his yard, the sprayers beat him up, fracturing his spine and knocking out his teeth. "This is a small town where nobody confronts anyone, and the authorities look the other way," San Roman said. "All I want is for them to follow the existing law, which says you can't do this within 1,500 meters. Nobody follows this. How can you control it?" (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)

A protest sign directed to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and Cordoba Province governor Jose Manuel de la Sota that reads in Spanish; "Stop looting and contaminating! Monsanto out of Cordoba and Argentina," is posted on a fence where Monsanto is building its largest seed production plant in Latin America in the town of Malvinas Argentinas, in Cordoba province, Argentina on Sept. 25. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)

This is just sad :(

And these chemicals are affecting the health of people all over the world, here included. But somehow, people still manage to ignore these things. The people who live right next to these chemical fields can't.

How can we use design to change these destructive methods put in place in the name of profit?

Should we boycott Monsanto? Should we aim at raising awareness or is that too passive? Should we systematize access to biological products within the cities? How does one fight against a gigantic machine put in motion decades ago?

#monsanto #argentina #unsustainable

Show the world we want a phone worth keeping! #phonebloks http://thndr.it/15eLEMU

front view of Foldable Stool with Structure that Inspired by A Spider's Legs This is a great stool that perfects for you who need a seating that not take a

Well this is rather cool. Sadly for me. I was trying to come up with chair legs inspired by that of spiders but I stumbled upon this simply looking for mechanisms for chair legs. Okay.

#stool #biomimicry #spider legs #design

visualizingmath

Fractal Generator Art by Tom Beddard

All three of these fractals were created using a fractal generator. They were inspired by German biologist Ernst Haeckel’s famous biology book Artforms of Nature. In particular, these fractals were based on Haeckel’s artwork Astrophyton darwinium.

These fractals show that mathematics and biology can make a very stunning combination!

#fractals #inspired by nature