I’m being kept amused at moment by this little iPhone game Alphabetic. Not really great gameplay, but there’s just something lovely about colourful, rounded type flying about all over the place.
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010Throwie Rat vs Duck Mouse
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Some nice creative taxidermy lessons over at Instructables. If you’re stuck indoors on a rainy Sunday afternoon here’s all you need to know to make your very own Throwie Rat or Duck Mouse. Thanks to the Cox-Dorée Institure.
Happy New Year!
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Happy New Year everyone. Good luck and all the best for the year ahead.
Gary Hustwit – Objectified (2009)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
The USB edition of Objectified arrived in the post the other day. Haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but I enjoyed Helvetica so I’m hoping this new one from Gary Hustwit will be just as good. Anyway, the packaging by Build is lovely in itself – it comes with 5 little letterpress posters, a C-print still, a tote bag, a badge, and a cute little 16gb USB key containing the film. Limited to 500 copies, they’re available to order from here.
Troop – Challenger
Monday, October 12th, 2009
During some rummaging at home, I came across this little swing-tag from the one and only pair of Troop I owned as a kid. I can’t exactly remember the year I had these, probably around 88/89 I guess, but I can’t find any references to the Challenger online anywhere. Troop made some ugly trainers (I was always Nike man!), but these were a bit more understated than the rest. From what I remember (but maybe I’m kidding myself), these were just plain, white quilted leather all over, no odd colours or bonkers prints. I didn’t have these long as it was around the time rumours started circulating that Troop were associated with the KKK – but anyway – somehow the swing-tag survived, check the type!
Here’s a great interview by Sneaker Freaker with the original British designer of Troop, Mike Rhodes.
Escape From The Planet of The Apes (1975)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
I’m kinda liking these old Planet of The Apes comics published in the 70s by Power Records. Each one came with a 7″ to accompany the story (“It’s fun to read as you hear”) but more importantly the artwork is also great most of the time. You can still pick these up fairly cheaply (£1 for this one including the 7inch), but if not there’s a very comprehensive online resource here that features down-loadable versions of all the comics and records. Here’s the 7″ that came with this one:
Escape From The Planet of The Apes - 7inchPuma RS-Computer Shoe
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Sadly, not a new addition to the shoe cupboard. These Puma’s from the mid-80s predated the Nike+ by over twenty years by including an interface in the heal that could connect directly to an Apple II to store and analyse running data. More info and pix here. I want some.
Full article after the jump.
Star-Nosed Mole
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
We like Star-Nosed Moles.
Alan Fletcher – Clam Ashtray
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
I recently picked up one of these ashtrays designed by Alan Fletcher for Mebel in Italy in around 1970 (I think). I don’t smoke, so I’m not exactly sure what I’m gonna do with it yet, but it’s a very beautiful object so maybe that’s reason enough to have one.