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Tag Archives: design
Petite Maison
Jay Shafer, de Tumbleweed Tiny House, nous fait visiter sa petite maison de 96 pieds carrés dans laquelle il vit depuis 10 ans. Sa compagnie bâtit des maisons de la sorte.
source: Signal Vs Noise
Carte du métro de NYC personnalisée
Superbe idée de cadeau. Un designer a fait une carte du métro de NY pour son neveu de 3 ans.
I illustrated and designed this poster as a gift for my nephew’s birthday. He loves the subway so much and knows all the colors and numbers of each line. My sister provided all the stops and [...]
Office in the forest
Peter Frazier is a UI designer working from home above Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington. He has the best office ever. Period.
Take a look at the full flickr set, and make sure you click on each picture and read the descriptions, all very interesting.
source: FrancescoMugnai.com – 35 lovely workplaces
Custom Mac Boot Logo
I recently used BootXChanger to modify my Mac boot logo for a custom one. I like the old rainbow Macintosh a lot.
source: Smoking Apples
LooWatt
Super inspirant. Virginia Gardiner a créé une toilette en caca (oui oui, le matériel de la toilette est du caca modifié) qui transforme les excréments en énergie. Si cette superbe vidéo (bien montée et les images sont belles) ne vous inspire pas, alors vous prenez trop pour acquis le privilège d’oublier chacune de vos dompes [...]
Coffin Shelves
I’m currently watching Season 2 of Six Feet Under, which lets me think about how I’d like some details to be at my funeral (Yep, I like thinking about that kind of stuff).
I think I found my coffin this week. It’s actually a shelf system that can be converted to a modest coffin once you [...]
Twitter’s Alex Payne’s desk hack
Apple recently profiled Twitter. You don’t learn a thing about Twitter or Apple in that cute video, but you get a good look at Twitter’s offices.
In one shot, I noticed that Alex Payne, the lead developper, seems to have a modified desk so he can work in a standing position. I emailed him about it, [...]
Infographics
I have great admiration for people who design these kinds of things that we call Infographics. It’s amazing in so many ways. Luckily for us, Francesco Mugnai made a list of 50 great examples of thoses.
via Francesco Mugnai
White clean Workspace
Flickr user T Dimensionnal has one of the most beautiful workspace I’ve seen in a while.
This was featured on Lifehacker, as part of their excellent Workspace Show&Tell Group Pool on flickr.
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