Noa Bembribre

I loved Noa Bembribre's calendar and wanted to share the calendar for 2009...

Martin Sämmer

Martin Sämmer has designed this amazing storage unit. I saw this on a number of blogs last week, but I had to post it because it is truly an amazing design.
http://www.martinsaemmer.de

Hammock

As it gets colder outside, I’m trying to hang on to the warm weather as long as possible. This hammock from TING is made entirely from unused, reclaimed nylon seat belts!
http://www.branchhome.com

Rubitone

The Rubitone concept by Ignacio Pilotto has to be the coolest, nerdiest design idea EVER. I would definitely grab one of these for those times when you need a color palette option with a few flicks of the wrist. 

Schwimmhausboot

Check out this amazing modern floating home(houseboat), created in the northern Germany using green materials.

http://www.schwimmhausboot.de/

Huge scarves...

They are so big that you almost will have not to wear a sweater. This scarves are part of the Ready-to-Wear, fall collection of the designer Giles Deacon.... will anyone wear it?

100 years of the london underground

London Underground's 100th Anniversary helps to satiate the need for the period  by doing a retrospective of the original posters commissioned by London Transports Frank Pick who as chief of staff for the London Underground made it his mission to create a masterpiece of underground design to alert all potential commuters of the "romance" of traveling by underground.  Now on view at London's Museum of Transport and for a quick tour of some of the finest artists and graphic design posters of the 20th century go online here or for the entire collection view online at the London Transport Museum's website.

A hundred years ago....

The year is 1908.
One hundred years ago.

Here are some statistics for the Year 1908:
· The average life expectancy was 47 years.
· Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
· Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
· There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
· The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
· The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
· The average wage in 1908 was 22 cents per hour.
· The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
· A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
· More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
· Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called Medical Schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard. '
· Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
· Five leading causes of death were:
o Pneumonia and influenza
o Tuberculosis
o Diarrhea
o Heart disease
o Stroke
· The American flag had 45 stars.
· The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
· There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
· Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.
· Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
· Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, ‘Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.'
· Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.


I got this on my email this week... hard to imagine where are we going....

Biombo chair

Daniel Milchtein is a 24-year old Industrial Designer living in Guadalajara. His furniture design, the Biombo Chair, is a perfect expression of functional art.

Oslo Opera House

The Oslo Opera House in Norway. The architects were the norwegian firm Snøhetta.. It's the most amazing building I had the oportunity of going to visit this year. It's a visit that I highly recomend.