zim&zou

paper installations and graphic design by a French duo zim&zou
(they'll be at pick me up at Somerset house until April 1st)

Jen Stark's paper sculptures

Captivating hand-cut paper sculptures by Jen Stark.
Also some wonderful animations:

culinary Pantones

'Pantone desserts' developed by food designer Emilie de Griottes for French culinary magazine Fricote (see issue #6 2012).
More palettes:



…and some other lovely creatures:

Floating graffiti favela project

'firmeza' ('steadfastness')

Boa Mistura collective's 'Floating graffiti' participatory urban art project in vila Brâsilandia, one of the favelas in São Paulo.

Koloro-desk

A workstation 'Koloro-desk' by Torafu Architects (Japan), designed for Ichiro.

Antrey

Photographic insights into the ant world by Andrey Pavlov, aka Antrey.

Hans Rosling on TED

Hans Rosling – global health professor from Sweden – and his amazing data presentation at one of TED talks.
Infographics visualised with Gapminder

Marylin & Ulysses

didn't expect to see her reading Joyce, but at least we have something in common.

Canoe packs

Something to consider buying for future visits to Russia (apparently it's good for hunting):

US-made Archival clothing canoe pack, waxed twill
or unwaxed cotton version
also available from these UK sites (or may soon be available):
Benson Outfitters
Red Square
Urban hunter


Also great quality canoe packs and other rucksacks available from Seil Marschall, 'made in good old Germany'. UK sellers: Oliver Spencer, Red Square

Design Thinking

Design Thinking resources:

IDEO
Thoughts by Tim Brown
Stanford University d.school
Design Thinking for Educators
Design Thinking blog
Design Sojourn

to be continued…

The future of the book

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

Nicely designed video explaining the reading experience we might soon all adapt to.
Made by IDEO,design thinking firm.