Show your design credentials by sending a pantone postcard… Each Pantone number links to a theme… some obvious, (like a date), others are a little more cryptic. http://www.wearebuild.com/blog/2009/10/pantone-match/
They join an ever expanding list of Pantone based products, from coffee mugs to jewellery, peppermills to paint, spectacles to crisps!
Does a notepad really need to be well designed? I think so; in fact, I think that all products & tools should be expertly designed. Just think about all the items used on a daily basis that aggravate you due to their poor design...now imagine a world where you barely notice you are even interacting with a product because the design is just that good...ahhh...nirvana.
After much personal research, I chose to befriend the Action Runner, found at Behance Outfitter. You may be thinking: it's so small, I can't fit all my notes - well, that's sort of the point...In any meeting, discussion, or event that requires notes, there should be very clear action items that you can quickly jot down in your handy notepad. A tiny notepad forces you to filter your scribblings down to the bare essentials. It may not work for everyone; but for me (a working Designer), less is more - I definitely have a larger notepad as well, but for collecting my daily action items, this works great. Oh, and I also use Ta-Da list online (created by 37 signals) it is the most simple & streamlined to do list application that I have found - it has everything I want and nothing I don't.
Forget the sleazy snooker table, every supervillain pad should have one of these.
I've got a thing about robots… always have they're just cool. I love the retro ones… (see my Bennetts Robot Works post if you missed it), and I love these futuristic, friendly yet strangely disturbing ones from Croatian designer Robert Matysiak. Made from plumbing supplies, of all things.
More details on Robert's MySpace page.
