4 posts tagged “disenyo”

Stamps

A photoset of beautifully designed stamps around the globe.

A close friend of mine visited me this weekend for a little chit-chat regarding her ex-flame's non-flattering "strategies" of winning her back. Since it was raining and our dog, KC, scattered everything at the receiving room, we ended up talking inside my room. She was aghast to see that most of my design books and magazines brought abroad were not displayed on my makeshift shelves. I told her that I did not have enough space for my growing library thus I stored them in boxes. She said, "You definitely have to get a new shelving system for them [my books]," and reiterating to me that I should make good use of my walls because they are bare.

It's not that I wanted my walls to be bare or I wanted my lovely inspirational books gather dust in boxes. Heck! Posters, cross-stitch masterpieces, and even photo frames are not visible inside my room. Although, on second thought, that would be great. But, I have to look for creative ways of showing off my photos. Anyways, I scoured the Internet for bookshelves that has a universal design and that fits the theme and color scheme of my room. I narrowed my selection to two options, the D-mension and Sticklebook.

The first one, D-mension, is a aluminum steel modular rack system created by Italian designer, Nicola Zanetti. The funktabulous units come in different colors and look like an open lower case letter D. It can be arranged in a staggered or symmetrical manner and, surprisingly, can carry a lot of weight despite its thin appearance.
 

My second option is the Sticklebook, sorta like an secure and fall-proof invisible shelving system for your paperbacks. It is an alternative book storage solution (comprised of an aluminum bracket and a combed strip that grips the books' cover and pages) that creates the illusion of a line of books hanging unsupported on the wall. It's a really good alternative to the regular bookshelf. Very original, indeed.

I'd like to order online if only I did not have my credit card maxed out. I figured that maybe in time there will be knock-offs of my favorite bookshelf candidates on malls in the metro so I better go save up for that. 

An old, elementary school friend, who I shared my passion of drawing stick figures before (hopefully, our craft has evolved to a much complex one), recently emailed me a link to try it out. I'm such a caveboy that I didn't even know that there's an Asian drawing portal on the Net! It showcases drawings from talented artists in Asia thus promotes the joys of drawing. It also features the latest in Illustrations, Concept Art, Fine Arts, Comics, Architecture, Products/Toys and Motion Media across Asian drawing hot spots. The website also includes drawings clearly influenced and inspired by the Asian heritage.

Visit it. It's worth the time and it's such an eye candy that it inspires me to draw (again). By now, I think I'll do more than stick figures.

Business Card Design Inspirations

Here's a photoset from Flickr that's oozing with creativity. I never knew calling cards can be this cool.