Love the retro ‘Russian Avant-Garde/Dan Dare’ style of Tavis Coburn illustration work, particularly his cycling posters and his recent Bafta 2010 work.
Honda 3R-C
Honda 3R-C concept designed by Honda’s Milan studio and shown at this years Geneva International Motor Show is a single person vehicle powered by a lithium ion battery.
Flyfire
Flyfire from SENSEable City Laboratory and ARES Lab uses self-organizing micro helicopters with LEDs to act as smart pixels creating immersive and interactive displays. Slightly mindblowing!
Ramayana: Divine Loophole
Grain Edit interviews Pixar animator and illustrator Sanjay Patel about his latest work ‘Ramayana: Divine Loophole’. Love his style of illustration.
The New Spencerian Compendium Of Penmanship
Details from ‘The New Spencerian Compendium Of Penmanship, 1879‘. Available online with some other fantastic resource material from IAMPETH – The International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting.
Unit: Design/Research 01
Unit: Design/Research 01 is a new publication from Tony Brook’s and Adrian Shaughnessy’s ‘Unit Editions’. Designed as a 64 page newspaper and ‘devoted to the neglected, hidden and unexpected corners of graphic design and visual culture’, the first issue features an anthology of Folkways album cover art featuring the work of Ronald Clyne.
VitraHaus
The VitraHaus designed by Herzog & de Meuron is now open. Designed to display Vitra’s ‘Home Collection’, products are arranged according to a variety of living and working situations.
New York In Miniature
The Sandpit by Sam O’Hare – A day in the life of New York City, in miniature. More on how it was put together here.