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Shape Up or ship out.

The Shape Up! alarm clock is perfect for folks like me who go into autopilot when reaching for the snooze button 15 times before actually getting up. With this clever little alarm clock, now I'll have get up quick and crank out 30 curls to make the alarm shut off. Pretty cool idea.

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Tray6 Price Reductions on 2Modern.com!

Tray6 has just lowered their prices on 2Modern! Stay dry. Look good. Spend less.

Design for father`s day

As father`s day is approaching, Tok&Stok design team created a cool pattern and printed it in products such as mugs, aprons and glasses.

The symbol, which says "champion dad", reminds us of a medal. Lovely gifts for the fathers!

 

 

 

Helvetica the Movie

Helvetica is a worker bee.  Helvetica keeps its head down and gets the job done.  The job:  communicating clearly with an economy of means.  Helvetica is our everyday font, invisible to most people, which is exactly what the designer intended.  Helvetica was designed by Swiss typographer, Max Medinger, in 1957 after he was commissioned to develop a new sans serif typeface.  Helvetica was an instant success, a design blockbuster.  

Helvetica transmits content simply with a minimum of typographic ornament and stylistic excess. Tahoma, Monaco, Times - all have a typographic character that triggers with us an emotional response, however subtle that colors the content.  Helvetica strives to be emotionally neutral and transparent.  But this stance of transparency and functionality is itself an aesthetic quality.  Helvetica echos the modernist sensibility of 'form follows function' as an ideological principle as well as an aesthetic goal. 

Film maker, Gary Hustwit's film, Helvetica, explores our relationship with this ubiquitous feature of our world. which we glide past, even now as your reading, without a second thought.  Hustwit asks the audience to pause and look at the font.  Helvetica - the movie - was released in 2007, but is now available on dvd and as a digital download from itunes. 

An special type of door

If you love ping-pong, then you will love this door.  A design by Tobias Franzel.  When you want a regular door, you got it... and if you feel a little sportive, you can switch the door and get this amazing ping-pong table. 

Is not a concept project, by the way, it is real... Enjoy it, if you want it ;)

Via TechEBlog.

A Parvez Taj / 2Modern.com Exclusive!

A 2Modern.com exclusive from Parvez Taj! 2Modern.com is the only place you'll find these four Parvez Taj designs at this low price. The designs--Emilie 104, Flowers 101, Protects 109, & Santa Monica 107--are available in limited quantities, & only at 2Modern.com!

New from MASH Studios

New from MASH Studios! Durable enough for industrial use, yet refined for the most luxurious meals. This dining set--featuring a Dining Table, Dining Chairs, & Bench--made from solid English Walnut, is a classic addition to the modern kitchen. Stripped of excess, the MASH Studios dining set is the essence of reductive living.

destino.

In 1945 Salvador Dali and Walt Disney began a months-long collaboration on an animated film. Unfortunately, due to budgetary issues, it was never finished. That is until 1999, when Walt's nephew, Roy Edward Disney chose to revisit the animated cartoon, hiring French animator Dominque Monfrey to direct. The film finally met the public in 2003 when it premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France as "Destino."

Hi.

We all humanize our computers and operating systems on a daily basis, even as we speak I'm trying to coax my little laptop into working a little faster for me. The folks at Multitouch Barcelona created an awesome video showing "the little man in the box" with Hi: a real Human Interface. Pretty awesome stuff... make sure to watch it to the end.

Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

I found this over at Polaine.com. I took a class that Andy Polaine taught back in my post-grad days at COFA and he is a bad-ass when it comes to interactive design. I still look to his site to stay on top of the cool things happening in the field.

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Small Paul by 10 Grain

Just for the summer, all Small Paul by 10 Grain items are 20% off at 2Modern! Sale ends July 31.