Image by mark_stuckert

I like this one. More details and images at their blog.

Made from 10,000 drinking straws, the Clutch Chair is an exploratory research piece that passes comment on our disposable culture. The development process of this piece also informed that of the Clutch Light, both of which were developed from an observation of the structural characteristics of trees. Scott’s site, via B/D.

Like a red line in storytelling, the continuous aluminium ribbon connects the many rooms and corridors as well as the different elements that relate to the meaning and functions of work in our society. Designed by the famous German-based interactive media firm Art+Com, a series of minimalistically 3D lines, surfaces, blocks and points expand from the ribbon to illustrate statistical background information in a both enjoyable and detailed way.

The portfolio of dandelion & burdock features some mesmerizing live visuals and beautiful motion and interactive design work. Check out their new site. Thanks for the tip, Niall.

Nice work throughout Anagrama’s portfolio. Digging the clean look of this project for a night club.

A set of centerpieces by Italian designer Mario Trimarchi, created for Alessi. designboom

One-off works from Polish street artists, illustrators, painters, graphic designers and comic book creators. Check it out. Even if Munnys and the like aren’t your thing, there are some seriously good artists featured here, so be sure to click through. Thanks to Abe for the tip.

Seeing this series of work on Danny’s site reinforces a thought I’ve had recently: while the use of digital tools has created a lot of opportunities to make some incredible things, too often we forget, or become desensitized to the real world, the old world way of simply working with things around us. Seeing an interesting way of working with day-to-day objects is starting to feel much more innovative than experiencing a new way to make technology work for us.

seems to have a new site up. New to me, at least. xavierencinas.com

Read Tom’s comments — looking forward to seeing ongoing updates for this project. Visit the flickr set.

Designer, typographer, KDU creative director. Visit { n o n } T Y P E. Seen on Neusblog.