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Bookmark This! March 25, 2010 posted by Nigel

Newspaper Club – make your own printed newspaper and craft an empire…buwahahaha

Newspaper Club is one of those crazy ideas which is so out there that it might just work. A bunch of enterprising folk have located some spare printing capacity on a London newspaper printing press, and are renting it out to anyone to create their own printed tabloids. You can produce a maximum of 12 pages per edition, complete with images and colour. You get a choice of tools, ranging from an in-house editor to a file upload tool which…

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Awesome March 25, 2010 posted by Dan

Barky – A tree turned into a turntable

Barky is a working LP turntable made from a gen-u-wine authentic slice of tree, complete with bark. The platter is a solid piece of glass for stability and the whole thing rests on three height-adjustable legs. Why? Dunno, but it looks pretty darn cool. It’s part of a catalogue of wood-based turntables turned out by a bloke called Joel Scilley and his company AudioWood. Check out the catalogue too. The Barky will set you back about US$1350. A pitch-perfect piece…

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but is it art? March 24, 2010 posted by Dan

Mizuken – Flashy Tokyo-style LED watch

If you like your Tokyo-style LED watches with a side of back story, then let me introduce the Mizuken. The story goes that it’s crafted from dragon-entrapping sapphire, reborn as blue LEDs and secured to your wrist via dragon scale. Or it’s an LED watch displaying hours, minutes and the date via blue LEDs, with a stainless steel band to keep it where you put it. Runs on a pair of CR2032 batteries and comes in a lovely tin. Best…

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but is it art? March 22, 2010 posted by Dan

Ashworth Turtle – A very subtle knife

The Ashworth Turtle isn’t quite a Swiss-Army Knife but it still has a couple of tricks up it’s quirky looking sleeve. For starters there’s a 1″ stubby fold out blade made of high carbon stainless steel. At the other end is a flip-out pendant/keychain loop. The back unscrews and you can add a money clip to keep your stash together. US$39.99 or US$49.99 depending on the colour. Click through to see how it works. … this is a useful pen…

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Bookmark This! March 17, 2010 posted by Nigel

Photo Card Maker – freeware lets you create memorable gifts and cards on a whim

Photo Card Maker is a free personalised photo card maker with a twist, it actually outputs stuff that looks half decent. It comes with a bunch of templates, and all you’ve got to do is add a message and image. Easy. I guess you’ll also need a tiny bit of a design eye, just to keep things…well reasonable. Worth a look. Create personalized photo cards for New Year, Birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Wedding, anniversaries or any occasions. Photo Card Maker…

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Bookmark This! March 17, 2010 posted by Nigel

Duwende – free album for download, grab it and run…

Duwende is a six part a cappella group from New York that have been making waves (is that how you say it in cool?). Well they’ve now released their latest album, Collective, on free download from their site, which is both extremely generous and very intelligent from a marketing point of view. Nice to see stuff like this filtering out into the indie music business, I hope it works out well for them. In the 2002 Independent Music World Series, the…

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but is it art? March 11, 2010 posted by Dan

PostCarden – The garden you can post

PostCarden is a cute idea that allows you to send a far-from-boring greeting card. It’s a packet of cress seeds and a pop-up scene to hold them while they grow. Choose from one of three scenes including a Cityscape, Botanical Conservatory or an Alotment. Plant the cress, water it and bung it in the sun. In a week you’ll have a little garden growing. Don’t forget to write a message on the back. �7.50 each. For our first product we…

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Bizarre March 9, 2010 posted by Nigel

Null Stern Hotel – the world’s first zero star hotel

The Null Stern Hotel is a converted nuclear bunker in Switzerland. It prides itself on two things. First, it’s a zero star establishment, what you see is what you suffer. Second. It’s very quiet at night. Fourteen guests capacity, 25 Swiss Francs per person, per night. More here. The “Null Stern experience” is tailored to fulfill guest priorities, needs and expectations through innovative, value-oriented and functional lodging. Null Stern Hotel finds its roots and values at the core of today’s…

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Awesome March 9, 2010 posted by Nigel

Experiments – beautiful Java and Flash based browser toys

Peter Blaskovic has created a stunningly original page full of what he calls Experiments, which are in fact Java and Flash animation toys. It’s a beautiful demonstration of what you can do with a bit of patience, some serious coding skills and an awesome imagination. [Via] These are experiments created in Processing or Flash. Processing is a great programming language for artists. It is simple and creative tool based on Java, and has very good support. Most of these applications are interactive. Tags: experiments,…

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Awesome March 5, 2010 posted by Nigel

70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for download – Part 3 (of 3)

Performous. Karaoke meets Dance Dance Revolution meets Guitar Hero. We’re talking the ultimate Ninja music game here peeps. If you can play this, you can play anything. Slam Soccer is cute, it’s funny, it’s atmospheric, it’s hall of fame weird. 80 teams, 20 stadii, weather, multilingual commentators, 2 player mode and career play. This ain’t your grandad’s FIFA 2020. Danger from the Deep is a stonkingly atmospheric WW2 submarine game, which puts you in charge of a denizen of the deep…

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Bookmark This! March 4, 2010 posted by Dan

Vector Junky – Free Vector Art

Vector Junky is a repository of free vector artwork. Plenty of categories, over 9,000 images, don’t forget to donate if you can. vectorjunky.com is an online gallery of free vector graphics. All the images on this site are free for personal use and a lot of them for commercial use, if you use any of the free vector art it would be nice if you could provide a link back to the authors web site. (But not always a requirement…

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but is it art? March 4, 2010 posted by Dan

Balance Salt and Pepper Set – Don’t spill the salt

If you need more zen in your life; and let’s face it, if you read the Red Ferret then you probably do, then have a look at this Balance Salt and Pepper Set. The set comprises salt and pepper shakers, and a dipping tray/gravy boat depending on your quality of dinner party. US$26. [Via BLTD] You’ve probably seen a zen garden before, whether in full size or small for your desk, they are all about calming the mind and sharpening…

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Awesome March 3, 2010 posted by Nigel

70 of the Best Free and Open Source Games for download – Part 2 (of 3)

Slapshot Air Hockey. Elder statesman 3D version of the classic arcade game, with multiple tables and split screen support. It’s OK, eh? Myst Online just goes to show you can’t keep a great game down. Stunning artwork, maddening puzzles and now avatars. Online gaming just got a visit from posh Uncle Edward. Warsow is billed as a fast paced first person shooter (FPS), and is set in a delightfully realised cartoon future. It is of course all about the jumping,…

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but is it art? March 3, 2010 posted by Dan

Pantone Clip Cufflinks – Choose your number

These Pantone Cufflinks could be the perfect gift for the graphic design geek in your life. Choice of five colours (mariposa, baby blue, jester red, olive green and royal orchid) on a stainless steel cufflink with their Pantone colour and number. Just make sure you know their favourite colour. �39. Pantone Clip Cufflinks These quirky cufflinks are made from stainless steel for everlasting wear and feature pantone coloured enamel blocks. Tags: pantone+cufflinks, pantone, pantone+clip+cufflinks

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Bookmark This! March 3, 2010 posted by Nigel

20 Cool Icon Sets for free download – get yer design on

Here’s a nice offering of 20 Cool Free Web Design Icon sets for download. That’s a lot of very nice icons for all sorts of purposes. Enjoy, oh design people. We love finding and sharing freebies with our readers, especially icons. We do this so you can focus on doing what’s important, instead of spending all your time searching the internet. In this article, we’ve rounded up 20 sets of freshly created free icons. If you don’t have an immediate need…

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