More Design Inspiration

A website that I check out all the time for design inspiration is Kitsune Noir.

In particular, I love the on-going series of desktop wallpapers done by various artists. You can find that here:

Some crazy examples:

Video: Kyle Blue, Dwell Magazine

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Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

An example of stunning residential design by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. One of their interior designers was a keynote speaker at Buildex recently.

Design Trends 2009

What to Keep, Buy and Store in Decor.

Here are the latest design trends from a blogger on the HGTV website, What do you think???

KEEP

BUY

STORE

Check out the rest of the story here http://www.hgtv.ca/blog/archive/2009/01/06/2009-what-to-keep-buy-and-store-in-d-cor.aspx

The Late Great Tony Hart

Many British people who grew up in the 70s are mourning the loss of Tony Hart. Tony taught us how to make art from macaroni or anything else that happened to be lying around the house. Without his TV show "Take Hart" there would be no Wallace & Grommet as Aardman's, the animation studio that create them got their start on Tony's show with an animated character called Morph.

Pentagram's Blog

Here's a link to the Blog of Pentagram (huge international design agency) so that we can see the type of stuff that they blog about.

http://blog.pentagram.com/architecture/index.php?page=1

Enjoy!

Keith Armstrong - Conceptual Artist

Here is the latest work from budding West Coast conceptual artist Keith Armstrong. It's entitled "Core Hole Proposal 007". The artist has cleverly included his own sneakers in the composition which I think provides a savage indictment of the consumerism inherent in western society. I believe that we're destined to see more of Keith's shoes as his work becomes increasingly sought after. What do you think?