The Cape Schank House by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, is located atop a high dune at Cape Schank Victoria. The goal was to take advantage of the sweeping views, that come along with a “high dune” and to play off the landscape. The upper level extends out towards the views appearing to emerge from the Ti-Tree, explaining the interesting telescope like shape that you’ll notice from the exterior. This home is contemporary yet minimalist and has an amazing view that gives it an open airy quality. Overall, the most unique quality of the home is the way it peeks out from it’s cove tucked slightly away in the landscape and peers out over it’s surroundings. This is a home I would definitely put myself in debt to own.






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Millonyoung is the works of Michael Diaz a Florida resident who self-released his debut, "SunnDreamm EP" in 2009. Millionyoung uses soft tempo dance beats amongst crispy acoustic recordings and hazily hypnotic samples. Diaz who's vocals are hypnotic and soothing to the ears will have you transfixed in his music in no time. I would put his sound in the chillwave/dance category. His music reminds me of bands like New Order, Washed Out, and Toro y Moi. I'm surprised it took me this long to find his music. I found out about Millionyoung from the Nueva Forma Episode 9 Playlist with his song "Cynthia" which is on his new EP "Be So True" which was released on January 9th, 2010. After that I was hooked and had to have more.

Millonyoung who has been a very productive man. He has a bunch of music available, some for free, some for really cheap, and below I have added some tracks of his for your streaming pleasure. If you like what you hear then head on over to download "SunnDreamm EP" for FREE. It really is as sunny and dreamy as the title suggests. You can also buy his other EP “Be So True” from iTunes and if you check out his site you can also download the song “Feel The Same” for FREE as well.
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I'm sure there are a lot of you out there that have a ton of electronic gadgets that you carry with you every day. I know I do and they are all disorganized in my book-bag. So I came across this neatly organized mat called the "Grid-It" by Cocoon. This is a threaded mat made of rubber-threaded bands running vertically and horizontally allowing you to keep your gadgets neatly organized inside your bag or office. They come in different sizes as well so your price range can be from $16-$41 dollars depending on the size. I thought I would share this organizer because it actually looks practical and who doesn't like to be organized?

So after many hours of enjoying the listening pleasures of Nueva Forma's podcast, I'm excited to share it with all of you. Nueva Forma got it right with their podcasts. They not only have great album covers but a great choice in music. For the past nine months they’ve been creating these wonderful mixes featuring artists from their own label and also guest artists. One of my favorite things about these podcast is the added voice commentary at the beginning, middle and end of the podcasts. It gives it an added feel to the whole mix.

Their current podcast Listening Pleasures Episode 09 hands down is a fantastic podcast this month. This podcast has some amazing tracks by Blackbird Blackbird, Tanlines, Millionyoung and many more… It has the right balance from start to finish. Nueva Forma even made four tracks available as free downloads. Click on the download links in the tracklisting to get your tunes courtesy of A Gap Between, The Bear & The Sea, and Miori on the Nueva Forma website. If you like what you hear they have many ways in which to subscribe so you will only be a click away from good sounds. So start your listening pleasures.


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Matthew Billington is a poster designer from Vancouver, Canada. In his designs he likes using eye-catching, puzzling methodology of cutting and pasting in his poster designs. I couldn't find a whole lot of information on him but I was pulled into his works. I have yet to try the cut and paste of designing. So when I see something like Matthew's work. It gives me some inspiration to give it a shot and see what I can come up with. That is the great part about designing is that others works are great inspiration and motivation to continue the learning process as a designer. So today maybe find someone you get some inspiration from and leave a comment and let me know who has inspired you.






via: Behance

The Lake Travis Retreat was envisioned as a home for a growing family and a home to play host to friends and extended family. It was designed by Dick Clark Architecture in Lake Travis, Texas. This home was not only designed by the architects but also the family, including the children. Everyone took votes on what they wanted out of this home while keeping the same vision of a place where family and friends can spend time together.

The most gestural element of the house is a raised, copper clad pavilion with transparent walls facing south toward the neighborhood and north toward the courtyard and lake. The butterfly shape of the roof dramatically casts off rainwater through an over-sized scupper, an external reference to the series of seven water features found inside the walls of the retreat. Their are numerous other features of this design that makes this home a great place to have a family retreat.







via: Architects List

These hand-made Ultrasone Edition 10 Headphones are money and I'm not kidding. These will run you about $2,750 bucks. Each Ultrasone Edition 10 headphone set, complete with Zebrano wood stand and box, comes from a limited run of just 2,010 units, each individually numbered. So if your looking for an eye-popping look, feel and sound then these headphones were made for your enjoyment. These headphones feature an open-back ear cups with galvanic Ruthenium plating and a Zebrano wood inlay, Ethiopian sheepskin leather ear cup pads, Titanium-plated 40mm drivers, silver-plated OFC 99.99% pure copper wires with Kevlar casing, S-Logic Pus technology, and more features you can check out on their website. So if your wealthy or just like to spend money then please buy me a pair as well.

So sometimes I'm a sucker for packaging designs like this company Skærtoft Mølle which is a small organic mill company located southern Denmark. They grind up their flour in an old stone mill, not because it's trendy but because it preserves more of the nutrients in the grains. Skærtoft Mølle did the same when it came to designing their packaging. They kept it simple and clean just like their products. Each of their product designs are very eye catching and would stand out in any grocery store. The design firm Mega did such a great job on the packaging design that they have been awarded the Danish Design Prize and the Design Matters Prizes 2010/2011.






via: Belowtheclouds.com