Bike enthusiast and designer Izhar Gafni built a functioning bicycle made out of recycled cardboard for about $9 dollars. That is pretty slick if I say so myself. The Cardboard Bicycle can withstand water and humidity, coated with a strong layer of brown and white material, making the finished product look like it is made of hard lightweight plastic and can carry riders weighing up to 485 pounds. The cost to make the bike is around $9-$12 and the manufacturer expects that the cost to the consumer would be around $60-$90 depending on what parts they choose to add on. If you want to know more about the design, watch the video below.




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I'm sure a lot of you out there have been enjoying the Olympic's but I have got to say that I'm very disappointed in the branding and graphic design aspect of this years Olympics.  So I have found some alternative poster designs for the London 2012 Olympic Games.  Hope you enjoy.



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Welcome to TCL Playlist-40. Summer can sometimes feel like its flying by. So how about a playlist to put you in a slower speed of summer. Check out some new tracks by Glowbug, Blackbird Blackbird, Giraffage and more...

If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.


Cover art by: Damion S.

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This Island Retreat Home is a combination of freestanding structures surrounded by a sheltered central courtyard resting in a saddle above Matiatia Bay. The homes inspiration is to emphasized the form of a natural setting for three roofed structures and freestanding raised pool. The view alone would have me sold.

Stuart Langfield is the creator behind the official music video for Julien Mier's “Watercolour Sky,” from his upcoming EP, When Will You Wake Up, that comes out on August 6th. This video takes a trippy cinematic journey through the countryside of Squamish, British Columbia where a man awakens to a world full of origami animals. Check out the video, I think you will find the ending quite interesting.



Julien Mier - Watercolour Sky from Stuart Langfield on Vimeo.

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Denmark-based design agency Scandinavian DesignLab took on the task of creating a branding scheme for Copenhagen-based fashion store PARISTEXAS with a most unusual series of designs that merge bugs with musical instruments.

"The assignment involved creating an identity that breaks with the traditional thinking behind identities and by extension supports a sense of unique, international exclusivity and underground style."

These are seriously a way of creating an identity that breaks the traditional thinking.  Identity and uniqueness comes to my mind when I see the current branding and font selections.  You can read more about it on their website.


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Craolo a.k.a Greg Simkins art style captured my attention this morning.  I mean the more that you look at his work the more hidden details start to show themselves.  These fantastical creatures are more than not in an awkward contortions, which gives the feel of a youthful imagination and wonder.  If you get a chance check out more of his work on his website. It will keep your imagination wondering.

The Faraday Porteur is a electric bicycle that includes a 250 watt motor, concealed batteries that provide 10 to 15 miles of pedal assist on a single charge. A single charge lasts up to 15 miles, and the bike takes 45 minutes to fully juice up. The bike's Kickstarter page describes this as an "electric tailwind," describing it as "the feeling of riding with the best tailwind you've ever had."  It's now available in Kickstarter for $3,500; they want to reach $100,000 in funding to make the first factory run.





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Montreal-based photographer Benoit Paillé has been creating this fascinating series of landscapes using a different lighting method involving a suspended glowing square. The images below are not photoshopped, the 1×1 meter light is instead hung in the center of each photograph and the resulting image shows the unique form of illumination that creeps into the surrounding area. Paillé says his goal is to redefine what a landscape photograph is by questioning its reality, creating a kind of poetic moment in space and time. You can see many more of his Alternative Landscapes on Flickr.



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