Colours R'US

Coming past Sarah Applebaum's work we were struck by how she uses colours in abundance.
There is so much of it in one space that they sort of blend together to form a beautiful unit of pure joy. For even more pics and colours hier...

Design by Committee

For anyone who hasn't seen this video, it humorously bemoans the painful reality that is design by committee. As for our own experiences of this, we couldn't possibly comment!

Lego Store Opens In New York City

We love LEGO here in the office. We even have a LEGO brick tower when things get tricky. So it is no big surprise that we are just that wee excited to hear from the new LEGO store opening in New York. LEGO Store
And since this should be a design blog check this out.

In the WM Football spirit

England vs. America: 1 - 1
It has taken some time but we have at last come into the WM football spirit.

After a couple of pints even this game looked fairly interesting, even more so when replayed with Lego men. www.legofussball.eu

What If...? | A film by the Wellcome Trust

Whilst researching a project relating to 'life sciences' we came past the Welcome Trust.

They have worked with some great London based designers to investigate the relationship between design and science. This short film nicely illustrates how design can fascinate and teach people about the world of science.

Shape My Language

Bruno Haag a friend of ours and one of the brains behind Dalton Maag is showing some of his company’s lovely work at the Walking Chair Gallery in Vienna. We just love the simplicity of pure type which one can really immerge one self into. – Literally.  For info and some more juicy pics please visit the Font Feed.

Swiss Army Knife

Just having come back from a short stay in Switzerland, we once again admired the design and simplicity of the good old Swiss Army knife. Now in it's 125th year of making, it has lost nothing of its initial idea and usefulness. We feel it shows well, how a good idea, a quality execution and a strong brand can last for more then a life time. Here a nice audio slide show how they still get produced up to this day.