Skip to content

Category Archives: Neat Design

Vancouver Store Front

I was walking to visit a friend on Monday, March 9, and I passed a store window for a store called  Lou lou lux . The window display was arresting. I have no idea what was inside, but I loved the windows. Only one window is shown in the photo I took. The store is [...]

More From My City

Rethink Communications made this ad about their scholarship in design at Langara College in Vancouver. Rethink is a Vancouver company.

Flexible Chair

Thanks to Maureen!

Graffitti Delftwarre

The New Jersey design firm Lovegrove & Repucci has created this graffiti-covered dinnerware set in the tradition of the Netherland’s Delft-style porcelain. It’s called “New York Delft” and in the links, you can can find an Antiques Roadshow spoof featuring the collection.
Link. Thanks to Neatorama.

Fabulous Book Animation

Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio.
Link. Thanks to Drawn.ca.

Gingerbread Houses Built By Architects

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Link. Thanks to Neatorama.

Belts as Flooring

This handsome, handmade floor mat is made of artfully assembled vintage leather belts that have been rescued on their way from waist to waste. Its rich tones, textures, and tread-friendly patina evoke the look of a wonderfully worn wood floor, albeit with a decidedly warmer under-foot feel. Each Vintage Belt Floor Mat is a one-of-a-kind [...]

A Humorous Rant on Language (with Great Typography)

All I know about this, is that the poem is by Taylor Mali (www.taylormali.com). His homepage is as brilliant as this video on Vimeo. When you click on the various index sections on his homepage, you see an anagram of the listing title you have chosen that is apt and funny.
This video combines pithy and [...]

Instead of having the usual new furniture line-up, Maarten Baas chose to explore the concept of time with his exhibition Real Time. The movies Maarten made for this project are as varied as having floor sweepers move the clock hands with their brooms to having a poor worker sit in an tiny office moving a [...]

Venetian Blind Font

Andrew Byrom made this font. Link. Thanks to Neatorama.