1957

my dad has been collecting and restoring 1957 buicks for decades. his most recent project was to restore a caballero station wagon with his friend dave, his first street rod. they sold it at an auction in arizona earlier this month and i was lucky enough to see it finished before it shipped.

trekkie

i have a cruiser bike, which is great, except that we live on top of a giant hill. just out of curiosity, i perused the Trek site last night and found a bike named Earl that has a built in bottle opener. now that, is functionality.

liquor lights

a cool idea.

red pop

more motivation to upgrade to the iphone4. great kickstarter project. clean design.

Red Pop from Beep Industries on Vimeo.

lan su chinese garden

we went to lan su last weekend on the most beautiful, sunny spring day. and as J said, "it was fucking magic." a seriously amazing place so well designed that it hurt my head to think about the planning that went into it. we stopped at the tea house on our way out and celebrated easter a day early with our marble tea egg and view overlooking the gardens. i kinda want to live there. and on top of that, our friend mette designed the lovely identity, bonus!

hatchet lager

digging the angled type on this logo. designed by jenn hicks of saint bernadine mission communications inc.

cinderella

filing this under "future design backyard workshop shed office thing." by ethan greenbaum via TBP

IKEA

Made an airport pick up yesterday (welcome to Portland Jess!) and made the obligatory stop along the way at the Swedish haven. I'm way into their food department, clean and simple branding/packaging with bright, happy colors that make it nearly impossible to pass by as you're exiting the building (or if you're accompanied by children or geeky designers with an affinity for cheap frozen yogurt). Took some quick snaps, some blurry as I tried to balance my new cast iron pot in one hand, iphone in the other.

hand-eye supply

jon and i made a pit stop to hand-eye supply last night before happy hour. and glory be, i found the 33 bottles of beer journal i had been looking for (however, not in time for j's xmas stocking). the store is a hidden gem in chinatown, plus they host a speaker series. put it on your list folks.

eco pizza

bomb ass package design

tot-a-lot

Such a great idea for a surprisingly untapped market, twins. It could be really cool if they started doing twin series similar to Camper shoes,which are tempting my impulse buy. by WESEMUA via dieline

sweet vinegar

Love this redesign by MayDay via dieline. Would not mind tasting the products either.

rebel green

perfect for those freshly picked fruits and veggies that are in season. i wish i would have had this for cleaning my hood river strawberries the other day. by wink.

pretty

it's everything i could ever want in a table. from iannone via oh joy

icff

some favs from ICFF, all via poppycock.

book shelf by Ana Linares

bike basket (since i'm going carless as of wednesday!) by mio, although i can't find it on their site...might be to come

pantone folding chairs, also can't find these online but did find bar stools.

dinnerware

super practical and super cute. swissmiss

i think i want this

or save it for a present idea perhaps? karvt via oh joy

vancouver 2010

more great work from arcade. the flannel pattern is the perfect touch.