January 2011
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Swedish tattoo-artist Henrick Tankegangar has designed some really awesome china sets. Where was this guy when I was doing wedding registry?
December 2010
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The Good Wood children’s game incorporates real wooden Tetris-like blocks to make an interesting puzzle.
via notcot.
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Sensuous Tableware is a design by Ilan Sinai, a recent graduate of inclusive industrial design at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem, Israel. In the set, he explores the relationship between our meals through the five senses.
via designmilk.
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Japanese architects Narukama recycle wood from construction sites into nifty house-shaped post-it notes.
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The Pizza Plate - because why would anyone want to dirty and entire plate over one slice?
via incrediblethings.
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It’s been 10 years since I took chemistry in high school but this molecule building set still looks like fun.
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The Lady LED book lamp - awesome. Made from common and simple materials including copper tubing and model wood.
via designboom.
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The PostCup lets you send a mailed message to a friend on a natural white mug. Just write up a few lines with the porcelain marker and bake it in the oven to make it stick.
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Green Trace is the name of this unique project by Designer Junjie Zhang. The flat umbrella stand comes fitted with mesh and some pre-sowed seeds; during the rainy season, rain from the umbrella slips into the meshes of the Green Trace, and the plants will grow particularly well right where you’ll rest the umbrella most frequently.
via gessato.
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Omega Headphone Stands offer an easy way to display and organize your audio headgear.
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Living in a small basement apartment, I appreciate space-conscious design like this Bench Rack by Vik & Fougere that satisfies both seating and clothing needs.
via designmilk.
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Design firm Antrepo created this line of stripped back product packaging called Minimalist Effect on a Maximalist Market. I love the new designs - so clean and simple.
via dezeen.
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The Emoticon Rubber Stamp designed by Gingami features over 2,000 variations of typographic faces.
via incrediblethings.
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Rotating 360° is a multi-outlet socket system that allows you to add many sockets to the strip. The main feature is that you can turn around the socket-outlets in any direction, so as to accommodate various plugs.
via yankodesign.
CHRISTMAS BREAK!
I will be spending the much needed Christmas break in a secluded cabin with my family. That means no internet and no posts until Sunday most likely. Be back soon!
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Model of the Great Rock exhibit at the Budapest Zoo.
via designboom.
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Designed by Berlin-based designer Lorenz Nasdal, the P.I.E.T. (Plug-in electric tricycle) combines the best features of a small scooter with that of a eco-friendly, compact electric car.
via dvice.
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IKEA just released these awesome new grown-up kid’s toys.
via thecoolhunter.
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The San Andreas Coffee Table by designer Ricardo Garza Marcos.
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The Deckbench is a 60” long bench crafted solely from reclaimed and recycled skateboards. via coolmaterial.
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GIVEAWAY WINNER!
Congratulations to Ashley, this week’s Space Sinkhole giveaway winner. Stay tuned because I still have one more MisNopales print that will be given away soon. (Maybe a Christmas giveaway…)
Please email me your shipping info so I can get the screenprint to you as soon as possible!
spacesinkhole@gmail.com
I just finished the last of my finals so Space Sinkhole will be running at full speed. Also, later tonight a winner for the current giveaway will be announced. So, now is your last chance to enter. Leave a comment or reblog here.
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The Continual Chair lets you adjust as needed.
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Match book designed to mimic Jerusalem’s skyline.
via sixohthree.
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GIVEAWAY!
Another Space Sinkhole giveaway begins RIGHT NOW featuring original art from Etsy user Jose Pulido’s shop Mis Nopales Art. Today’s giveaway is the screenprint featured above.
This is a limited edition 2 color Gocco screenprint ACEO printed on a 2.5” x 3.5” sheet of Coventry Rag Paper. Each one is printed by hand so they are all unique and may have slight variations. Limited Edition of 50,...
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This chair lights itself and gets rid of the need for a lamp. Perfect for nerdy bookworms.
via gizmodo.
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Here is another great illustration by artist Mattias Adolfsson. Remember this one from last week?
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This laptop dock by La Boite Concept is incredible. I would love one of these for my future house.
via fubiz.
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This bullet-shaped pencil by Ortie Design is shaped like M-16 ammunition and carved from natural Beechwood with a 5mm graphite insert.
via designmilk.
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The “Jerusalem Clock”, pictured above—by designers Atar Brosh, Merav Schnaps and Ohad Banit— is a stylish yet strange concept that displays important local times—prayer times and the like—instead of simply displaying the hour of the day.
via core77.
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Artist Robert The carves guns from discarded books. See more here.
via format.
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The handmade slingshots by Christopher Jarratt look like another thing I’d want for Christmas, except they cost $75.
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Jahara Studios from Brazil specializes in creating awesome furniture out of reclaimed wood from demolition sites. My favorite is this piece called Neorustica.
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Embroidered Typography by Evelin Kasikov.
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As previously mentioned, I am right in the middle of finals week at law school. I just finished my Contracts exam and I still have three left (Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, and Torts). This is kinda how I feel right now.
Lauren Craste’s Murdered Ceramics.
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Temporary Power Outage
I am currently in the middle of finals season at law school, in fact, my first exam is today. Wish me luck! Anyway, I only bring this up as a warning that posts might become a little hard to find around here for the next fews days or so until I’ve successfully survived hell week.
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Marc Da Cunha Lopes’s photography series Vertebrata.
via thisiscolossal.
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These flexible Creature Speakers are much more than audio-producing slinky toys on steroids. Every time you bend and twist them their acoustics will actually change along with their shape.
via randommization.
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Why get a Nissan Leaf or a Chevy Volt when you could cruise in this old school electric car from Miluira? Yes, I said THIS is an electric car and no, it’s not just a concept. The Miluira will be available beginning March 2011 for roughly $76,000. Start saving your pretty pennies!
via dvice.
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Money doesn’t grow on trees, but apparently it can be sewn for free. Cool art by Lauren DiCioccio.
via thisiscolossal.
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TDK’s new boomboxes are iPod compatible, can play song directly from USB flash drives and even has a built-in AM/FM video.
via gizmodo.
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This is what I want for Christmas - an awesome clock from Furni. Are you reading this, wifey?
via thisiscolossal.
GIVEAWAY WINNER!
Congratulations to Cerena Leigh, our very first Space Sinkhole giveaway winner - that’s historic. Stay tuned because I still have two more similar prints that I will be giving away soon!
Please email me your shipping info so I can get the screenprint to you as soon as possible!
spacesinkhole@gmail.com
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Yummmmm…The United Steaks of America. Etsy seller bradwicklund has created nice filets and marbled t-bones out of all fifty states. Check them out here.
via coolmaterial.
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GIVEAWAY REMINDER
Space Sinkhole is currently featuring a giveaway of original art from Etsy user Jose Pulido’s shop Mis Nopales Art.
This is a limited edition 2 color Gocco screenprint ACEO printed on a 2.5” x 3.5” sheet of Coventry Rag Paper. Each one is printed by hand so they are all unique and may have slight variations. Measures 2.5” x 3.5”, standard ACEO size. ACEO’s...
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Ahhhhhh yeaaaaahh. Japanese artist Haroshi designed these Nike Dunk sculptures (not wearable, unfortunately) using layers of retired skateboards. Is it just me or are the Japanese are behind every cool design?
via fubiz.
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The Balloon Bench by Japanese designer Satoshi Itasaki is visually inspired by the idea of floating.
via notcot.