Archive for October 2008

Vitra Uten.Silo stores the awesome

In Design, Things on 20 October 2008 tagged covet, Design, objects with Comments Off

This Vitra Uten.Silo organ­iser is so supremely cov­etable that the small shelf in our hall that’s covered in pretty much everything we don’t have a place to store — receipts, keys, cam­era tri­pods, old crumpled bus tick­ets — is weep­ing as I write this. Luck­ily for it, I don’t have £200 to spend on an organ­iser board, and it’s ages until Christmas.

Avail­able at Nest.

Judith Kerr is fabulous

In Quotes on 20 October 2008 tagged books, Quote with Comments Off

Did pink rab­bit, the much-loved toy left behind in Ber­lin, exist? “Oh yes. It’s eyes came out because my brother played with it. Bastard!”

- Judith Kerr, cre­ator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the highly influ­en­tial Mog books, turns out to be awe­some.

ScienceDirect

In Design on 20 October 2008 with Comments Off

(And evid­ence sug­gests that at least 27% of those art­icles were down­loaded by me.)

Great typo­graphy on a book for Elsevier and ScienceDirect.

Gift box from a cereal box

In Design, Green, Projects on 19 October 2008 tagged Projects, recycling with Comments Off

I’m slightly smit­ten with this idea for mak­ing gift boxes out of old cer­eal boxes.  
Instruct­able by Blight­design, via Zero Waste Blog, via Al.

Bedside Table

In Design, Things on 19 October 2008 tagged Design, wants with Comments Off

Abso­lutely fant­astic, con­sidered design, and exactly what I need — my cur­rent set up can best be described by the words “col­lapsed pile” (via swiss­miss)

Guilty?

In Quotes on 19 October 2008 tagged amy winehouse, iceland, Quote with Comments Off

Ordin­ary Icelanders are no more respons­ible for the risk-seeking busi­ness­men who hap­pen to hold our pass­port than the people of north Lon­don are respons­ible for the destruct­ive beha­viour of the tal­en­ted Amy Winehouse.

- Pro­fessor Eirikur Bergmann Einarsson on Britain’s use of ter­ror­ism laws to claw back the money inves­ted in col­lapsed Icelandic bank, Icesave.