Cut & Paste, San Francisco

We got a chance to attend the Cut and Paste Digital Design Tournament. It was fun for the last hour of the night. As you can see below the motion reels that the contestants worked on all day. Amazing work!

From Cut and Paste San Francisco, CA

From Cut and Paste San Francisco, CA

We also got a chance to visit Annie our friend representing 55DSL. She gave us a heads up on their TShirt contest.More info on their contest: Join the design community at the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament and enter this year’s Audience Design Contest (ADC) in 2D design, presented by 55DSL, to express your own creativity and challenge yourself to a rapid design round, just like the competing designers onstage. 

For entry in your Cut and Paste Location please visit their site: http://www.55dsl.com/blog

From Cut and Paste San Francisco, CA

From Cut and Paste San Francisco, CA

for more information on Cut and Paste in your location please visit their site
http://www.cutandpaste.com

Swarsovki Bike

Swarovski Crystal and 24k Gold Plated Bike Is The World's Most Expensive

Need I say more???? Thanks to BetseyJ for the tip (who happens to be one of my new fav bloggers and twitter friend) I was resorted to google "24k Swarovski crystal bike" and sure 'nuf VOILA!

The limited to ten crystal and gold bike was created by a company named Aurumania, whose self-proclaimed purpose is to conceive of and design items with the extravagant use of gold, thereby turning familiar objects into collectible art. Their collection thus far consists of fifty 24 karat gold plated bikes, a gold plated bike rack and the special Swarovski crystal adorned 24 karat plated version. As one would expect for these prices, their products are hand delivered anywhere in the world.

Click image to see the rest! (Info/Photos via IfItsHipItsHere)

This is one good looking piece of art in my opinion. Brooks saddle, adorned with crystals, 24k plated - everything... yea... 1 of 50? How bout you send one over my way... or perhaps just the wall rack that comes with it. Thanks. I'll have 2 please.

DimePiece Designs (swag not included)

Parachute Hoodie $86

This female empowering street wear line is definitely making their presence known with an exciting new Holiday 08' Collection featuring more cut & sew pieces like this really hot hoodie that I might need to get in both colors.

If you know me, I'm not a casual type of girl so I really like the structure and drape of this piece.

Check out their brand spanking new website to shop the latest collection, get inspiration, to figure out what DimePiece actually means if you didn't know already, and to see why this line is not going anywhere, anytime soon.

www.dimepiecedesigns.com

Word.

http://www.icantaffordtoloveny.com/

I can't even afford to buy this shirt :-/

Courtesy of Thrillist

Camping Design Studios

Gotta love the stuff from Camping Design Studios. The office is in Paris France and their work below is for Pierre Martin-Vivier. The identity and branding solution for this publication is simple, clean and has little characteristics that make it unique. Can you name that typeface? Cause I'd like to know...

berceau clothing

Photos from the Berceau Photoshoot, more pics to come!

Via Milano

See lighting, furniture, objects and accessories from Dutch designers together in Milan.

Via Foundation milano New Dutch Design, a powerful platform for Dutch design to the attention of a large audience. But also active intermediary to Dutch designers to combine business and press. In 2001, initiated by the Professional Dutch Designers (BNO).

check the site: http://www.via-milano.nl/

"It's much more difficult to be beautiful and walk femininely in flats" -Manolo Blahnik sketches from his latest collection  via. manoloblahnik.com

Unison Home

Time after time I get tired of the quality of Ikea but love their design sensibility. I think of home furnishing and bedding as an investment because of the long hours at work. Quality and longevity are key issues that Ikea just cant deliver. So if you are looking for that design aesthetics that is clean and modern check out: Unison Home. Below is information from the Unison Home website:

Unison was formed by Robert Segal + Alicia Rosauer with the vision that modern design can be a livable, breathable, everyday part of life. After four years of designing and living in Finland, they decided to bring their design sensibilities back to America. Robert and Alicia combine their extensive background of textile design and photography to create products that offer a minimalist style with emphasis on color and innovative print design.

Unison’s first collection of printed bedding and throw pillows mix organic and graphic inspired motifs for a modern and colorful look. When designing textiles, Robert and Alicia are inspired by nature, architecture, photography, traditional textiles and textural patterns – what they see living in Chicago, in their travels, in their everyday.

Manish Arora M.A.C Cosmetic Packaging

Indian designer Manish Arora has teamed up with MAC Cosmetics

Design Within Reach

When:
Thursday, August 7, noon–6pm
Friday, August 8, noon–7pm
Saturday, August 9, 10am–5pm
Sunday, August 10, 11am–5pm

Where:
In the Festival Pavilion at the Fort Mason Center
Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Parking is available.
Get directions.

Sale tips:
• Safety first. If you bring your own vehicle, be sure to bring rope and blankets to safely secure your purchases. Truck rentals are available from U-Haul, Budget Truck Rental and Ryder.
• Bring a tape measure. And measure your space ahead of time to be sure you’re getting a sofa, chair or table that will fit.
• Arrive with an open mind. You’ll find product samples, discontinued colors and other pieces that aren’t in DWR’s regular assortment.

Details:
All merchandise is sold as is, and all sales are final. Items must be removed from the premises the same day. A delivery service will be available, for a fee. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card, checks or cash.

People With Agendas

EMOTIONLESS from Drew Castro on Vimeo.

Our friends over at PWA, Peoples With Agendas, emailed us about their soon to come Fall Collection. Here is a peep of what theyre all about.

"live the fast life and so we ball out MAJOR"

now go get your hustle on! Be on the look out for PWA & their collection here on iDR on on their site:
http://www.peoplewithagendas.com/

Nike Olympic Projections in China

Like a giant awaken from its slumber. The new headquarter complex of China Central Television (CCTV) raise above the busy cityscape of Beijing. Designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and his Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), the A L-shaped monolith, along a few other structures within the compound, recently received a new “skins” treatment as workers rush to completion for the Summer Olympic. Created by Nike China, the “skins” are actually digital projection slideshow. It highlights the members of the Chinese Olympic team, who are determine to win the most gold medal this Summer. To see their individual story, you can visit the special Nike Gold website for more in-depth video on each athlete.

via. envant

Dwell on Design 08 | LA

Dwell on Design 08 | LA was covered by a fellow friend and avid reader, Ryan Ng. As a Los Angeles resident he had the opportunity to see Dwell's work beyond the the pages of their magazine. Below are his pictures from the conference.



Ryan love for the arts started while back in high school. He is now working within the lighting design industry. For more info about Ryan and his lighting designs click here on Enlightenment-Design and his blog.

click here for more information on Dwells website

Thanks Ryan for sharing with iDR and our readers your pics! If you have something to send us or to share with our readers, feel free! Email us at itsdesignrelated@gmail.com

Our Type, Premium fonts from the Netherlands

Our Type, Premium fonts from the Netherlands. Available on Fontshop.com


OurType holds a special place in FontShop’s heart because it was co-founded by the clever captain of our Benelux operation, Rudy Geeraerts. The foundry was born in 2002 when Rudy teamed up with Fred Smeijers who is internationally known for his writing and lectures, but above all, for his type designs. Smeijers’ work is sought after by designers seeking to dip into the deep well of contemporary Dutch typography.

Six years later, OurType is now one of the world’s preeminent font collections with over a dozen extensive families from both established designers and promising young guns. This latest batch includes several new releases along with existing typefaces updated to OurType’s OTF Pro format which supports the Latin Extended character set and OpenType extras like case-sensitive forms and additional figure styles.

via. fontshop

Shoe-Stoppin'

Because we all need something equally as beautiful to show off our shoe collections. How cute is this one? Its pink!! Don't worry it comes in other colors too....It can hold up to 20 pairs of shoes, although I'd like to know how many Dunks it can hold. And it has wheels!
RakkuDesigns

Logo Mashup

OH HELL NO!

Microsoft's typeface + Apples Finder icon brings soreness to my eyes. Enjoy these logo mashups designed by Mario Amaya. You can find the rest of the logo mashups here

Advice For Design Students

Advice For Design Students from UnBeige on Vimeo

Its that time of year again. The school year is at an end and we are approaching graduation season-weekends filled with Cranes paper announcements and dishing out the dollar as a reward for the graduates hard work. The perk about this time of year is that graduation reminds us of the advice we can give to those who are about to enter the "real world" and the memories of what it was like working our first year post college. My advice is that a design student is a student forever, you never stop learning. I've got to point out one of them "Shine your shoes. Brush your teeth."--thats awesome advice!

This video was prepared for the student symposium at the 2007 AIGA NEXT conference in Denver, design luminaries give their best advice and inspiration for students.

Nike 1/1 Art Prize, The Art of Football

Nike 1/1 film, by AKQA. Creatives: Davor Krvavac, Greg Mullen, Nick Bailey

Art and football become unlikely bedfellows in a new competition launched by Nike, which offers the chance for artists to exhibit during the Basel Art Fair and design a limited edition series of Nike Dunks.

Devised by AKQA, 1/1 invites artists to submit work to the brief ‘The Art of Football’. Works entered will be displayed in an online gallery where they will be judged by SHOWstudio’s Nick Knight - winning entrants will then see their work exhibited in a show held in Basel (coinciding with the contemporary art fair held in the city in June), alongside the work of 11 established creative talents.

One overall winner will then be chosen to have their work immortalised on a limited edition series of Nike Dunks, and the best work from the exhibition will also be included in a 1/1 book.

All work can be entered online at nike1-1.com. Submissions close on May 18.

via. creative review

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