Showing posts with label Cool Stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool Stuff. Show all posts

Urban Design: Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit

Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 View Comments

Amidst our country’s economic, political and social problems, there is one more thing that we are in dire need of help – our transportation and traffic system.

Other growing countries like China have already implemented methods in solving traffic and promote sustainable transportation using BRT or Bus Rapid Transit. It’s actually a normal bus route that acts like a light-rail transit. BRT essentially provides the convenience and efficiency of light-rail with the flexibility, and low-cost implementation of a road transit.

I also can’t help but notice the presence of trees and plants among metro installations like fences and pedestrian overpasses, which is not that much, but it adds freshness and ambiance to a somewhat concrete road jungle.

We need to focus on small details here in our country if we want to improve our transit and transportation system. May it be in implementing strict road rules, adopting modern tools like Smartcards that can be used almost anywhere, or simply fixing and making road and pedestrian signs beautiful and accessible.

One can only hope that it will happen sometime in the near future here in the Philippines.

Ogami Collection: Quotes Notebook

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012 View Comments

Inspired by Swiss graphic design, the Ogami Collection notebook is the first notebook made from REPAP materials. Technically the notebook and sheets are made from stone.

Available in 3 different formats and with different page styles: lined, squared and blank.

www.ogamicollection.com

Should You Work for Free?

Posted: Thursday, January 20, 2011 View Comments

Funny and really accurate flowchat by Jessica Hische. Now it’s easy to reject or accept a free work :) You get a solid Yes or No based on your decisions. Check out the website for the compete chart made entirely of css and html.

www.shouldiworkforfree.com/

Daft Punk’s Derezzed from Tron Legacy OST

Posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 View Comments

I’m a fan of the original TRON movie and old school 8-bit arcades. Tron Legacy is now showing in the Philippines today, December 17, 2010, in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D.

Threadless 10th Anniversary Book

Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010 View Comments

Threadless will celebrate their 10th year of screen printing awesome tees by publishing a 224-paged book sharing their humble beginnings and telling the stories of graphic artists and the hit designs they make. Pre-ordering will save you at least $7 bucks so better reserve now if you’ll be getting one before the October 10th release date. I’ll be sure to grab a copy myself. ($15.18 via Amazon)

Preview some pages of the book after the jump.

How to feed the world?

Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2010 View Comments

Nice motion slash infographic video by Denis van Waerebeke explaining the problem and possibly the solution to the global food crisis. Videos like this helps us to easily absorb and understand global issues concerning the environment or the economy. A very effective tool to get the message across.

The Odd Multimedia

Posted: Saturday, June 19, 2010 View Comments

Featuring the reel of a friend, Odd Multimedia, who is in the advertising and entertainment industry. Having trained at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, she has accumulated a broad portfolio of post-production work on commercials, TV series and motion graphics industry. She also hosts Odd Teatro which is more of a showcase of her illustration skills seen on a time-lapse video. Worth checking out!

http://oddmultimedia.com

Manny Pacquiao Toy Collectible by MindStyle

Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 View Comments

MindStyle, makers of vinyl art toy collectibles are currently doing their P.O.P collectibles version of Manny Pacquiao. These are going to be in limited editions of products to retail this summer at Team Pacquiao stores. No word on pricing and release date yet. More concept arts and prototype after the jump.

LOST Shirts Collection

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Being a fan of the TV Series LOST since season 1, I have scoured the net for some rare t-shirt merchandise before the series finale. I just bought Constant from Teefury featuring Daniel Faraday and Desmond Hume aboard a DeLorean. Cool eh? (as of writing you still have 30 minutes to buy!)

I also stumbled upon a cool blog by Coty Gonzales, a Filipino (Ilokano) who blogs and reviews shirts from around the world. He collated 108 Unique Lost Tees, some you can never buy because either they were sold on a 24-hour limit (ala Teefury) or because they have never reached screenprinters at all.

[via] 108 LOST T-Shirts To Celebrate The End Including 20 You Can’t Buy

Lights-Off: Video Controlled by a Light Switch!

Posted: Monday, March 29, 2010 View Comments

There are two storylines to this video-- one dark and one light. Use the light switch on the top right hand corner of the video to jump between the two storylines. You can also use the lights on your own homes to control the video to light and dark versions.

http://www.myearthhour.org/lightsoff