According to the New York Times, there’s a new lamp that seems to be ubiquitous in New York City restaurants. … More
Tag: industrial design
BRUSHED UP : HOW A GIANT COMB SCULPTURE BLEW OUR MIND!
The first time we saw Latvian artist Vija Celmins’ giant plastic comb at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art … More
BUILT FOR SPEED : JAPAN’S NEW “BULLET TRAIN” DESIGN REVEALED!
Japan Railways (JR) recently unveiled the design for its newest shinkansen, a.k.a., “Bullet Train.” It’s called the “Kamome,” which translates … More
SUBLIIMELY CAFFEINATED: THE INTRIGUINGLY MINIMALIST COFFEE THERMOS!
We recently got this ultra-minimalist travel mug for our coffee. The form factor and style of the container can’t get … More
WHIPLASH: LOOKING BACK AT THE “COOL” CARS OF THE 1980s!
Did you live through the 1980s and now pine for the cars of yesteryear in some mid-life crisis-induced reverie of … More
Bicycle-Shaped Bicycle Rack
There must be a word in the English language for when a thing is designed to look like another object … More
The Awesome Design of a Vintage Porsche 912 … Los Angeles
We’re not “into cars” nor have we aspired to possess a stylish sports car. That said, we love great design and … More
Vintage Apple Macintosh Computer in Design Gallery of SFMoMA … San Francisco
At the recently re-opened, renovated and expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), there’s currently a first-rate design exhibition that … More
Mural of Native American + Hipster Vehicles … Leucadia, California
Cool Time-lapse Video of Pills Dissolving in Water
Abstract Skateboard Art by Steve Adam … Dana Point, California
Cool Architecture – The Reception Building at TBWA … Playa Vista, Los Angeles
Cool Design … The Hess “Moraga” Surfboard
Cool Design – Vintage Thunderbird Car … Venice, Los Angeles
Classic Surfboards … Malibu Beach
These are some sweet, beautifully designed (and, we’ll guess, expensive) longboard surf boards lined up a long a wall (but … More
Why the Museum of Modern Art Chose to Exhibit a Helicopter
The galleries of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York are not someplace you’d expect to find a … More
On the Scene … At the Intelligentsia Coffee Truck in New York
We stopped by the recently minted New York City outpost of Intelligentsia Coffee in Chelsea, an NYC neighborhood that is … More
Our New Coffee-Making Toy
We just picked up this artfully crafted “La Cupola” espresso maker by Alessi at the Eataly foodie emporium in Smeraldo, … More
In Miami … At Artist Laz Ojalde’s Studio
We recently visited the South Beach, Miami studios of artist-designer Laz Ojalde and took pictures of the space and his … More
DESIGN CLASSIC: THE BRIONVEGA RR226 STEREO AT THE POMPIDOU MUSEUM
The RR226 by Italian electronics maker Brionvega is a modern-design classic from 1965 that can be found in the permanent … More
Cute Napkin Sketch of Ikea Flatware
Over drinks with friends on a recent hot, humid evening in New York’s Lower East Side, the conversation turned to … More
The Notebook with First VW Sketches
This is one of the more interesting things we’ve seen in a museum lately. It’s the notebook of the man … More
Super Awesome “Adhocracy” Design Exhibition at the New Museum
Last weekend Global Graphica paid a visit to a new design exhibition at the New Museum’s Studio 231. The show … More
Wall-Mounted Fiat Car as Ready-Made Conceptual Art?
The color-blocked Fiat by British conceptual artist Simon Starling, mounted on a wall at the New Museum in downtown New … More
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