daily roundup

01. Macclesfield Alphabet at the British Library “We’re happy to report that the British Library, has successfully acquired the Macclesfield Alphabet Book that Patrick blogged about, here, in January. Not only did they raise the necessary funds to obtain the…

01. Site Wins Fashion Fans by Letting Them Design “Polyvore is a user-generated fashion magazine filled with user-generated ads. The people who go to it play fashion editor and create collages featuring pictures of clothes, accessories and models from across…

01. Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder “Lamborghini have no problem with being a high performance car maker in an eco-conscious world; they point out, not unreasonably, that their slender production volume and the ‘occasional use’ quality of their cars means their overall…

01. Camping Essentials by Cold Splinters “I get my daily fix for all things outdoors from one of my favorites,Cold Splinters and the site’s author Jeffrey Thrope was kind enough to put together a special round-up of his ten favorite…

01. Axe Muchas Maracas German Campaign Lots of sexy girls, lots of water pistols, and everything you would expect from a European Axe campaign. Bang. Bang. (axe.de) 02. Audi Design Grand Piano “Audi Design Studio followed Porsche’s footsteps in designing a truly…

01. Fiction, Reality, or Both? Petros Chrisostomou “If there is an artist who adds a new dimension to the combination of photography, free-standing sculptures and the creation of a new reality through images, this artist is Petros Chrisostomou. With his “still…

01. Consumed – Wearing the Same Dress Every Day For a Year “Her experiment’s home is theuniformproject.com, where she posts a picture every day of whatever ensemble she has come up with. The exercise was designed to attract online attention, as…

01. Dash Snow, New York Artist, Dies at 27 “Dash Snow, a promising young New York artist, died Monday night at Layfayette House, a hotel in Lower Manhattan. He was 27 and lived in Manhattan. His death was confirmed by his…

01. Papercuts Book “Papercuts is a brand new paper craft book by artist, educator and paper engineer Matt Shlian. The 68 page full color book includes a CD with PDF files of each design + blank templates and bonus characters. Order…

01. Ios Airin Chair Series “I like this interesting task chair from Korean manufacturer IOS Innovator’s System. The pads have a molded fabric covered profile which is interesting. There is not a tremendous amount of description on the site, but…