Alessi: Italian Design Factory

Alessi is a great design company that creates innovative and creative products typically for the house. Their products range from being cute, to modern, to classic, while maintaining standards of high quality.

Floss dispenser

Nail clippers

Sushi dish set


Dog bowl


Blank clock you can write on


Toilet brush holder


Bath tub plug


Cheese grater


Citrus squeezer


Kettle


Cork screw opener


Pepper and spice grinder


Spice holder


The banana band family

paristic.fr

I've noticed more and more places selling wall decals, most of which I would never even consider putting on the walls of my place. However, paristic.fr seems to have felt the same way as they have a really great collection of quirky and fun wall decals that I can't get enough of. Here are some of my favorites:

Virginia Tech's Lumenhaus

It's getting really hard to update! I'm busy with a lot of summer school stuff at the moment but hopefully when things calm down I'll be able to make more posts!

Here's a little entry about Virginia Tech's Lumenhaus cause you know I gotta rep my school. The Lumenhaus has recently won the European Solar Decathlon. It's a beautiful, solar powered smart home that has previously won an award at a different competition. It can detect sunshine and has a moving facade that can provide shade or sunlight depending on internal and external temperature and weather, yet it still can provide natural sunlight. Its solar paneled roof automatically adjusts itself to receive maximum sunlight. It also filters rainwater to be used for showering, and collects shower water in a small pond.

Behance.net Images

Some really great images and design concepts from talented artists and designers I've come across at Behance.net, an online portfolio site. (Click for larger images)

"The first chapter of ‘The Square’ a web comic based on the lives the homeless. Illustration and design by me, written by Adeline Darling. My illustration was produced using a mixture of techniques, 3D modeling, pen drawing and digital painting."
-Tom Buch

Miles Davis
-Tom Buch

tomalexbuch.com

"He Wears It - Star Wars & Fashion"
-John Woo

wooszoo.com

Folk Complexity
-Tatiana Plakhova

Bio
-Tatiana Plakhova

Complexity Graphics
-Tatiana Plakhova

Tatiana Plakhova

Visit behance.net to discover more portfolio work from countless talented artists, or to create your own portfolio and to get your work out there!

Christoph Niemann

Christoph Neimann is a graphic designer, illustrator, author, and all-around artist whose work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Newsweek, Wired, and The New York Times Magazine. His blog "Abstract City" features images of his creative designs and displays his inspiration from everyday life in New York City. His Web site is christophniemann.com.