32 foot tall Confucius by Zhang Huan (reblog)

Ok, this took my breathe away. How amazing would it be to walk into a room with a over sized 32 foot ancient philosopher that looks so life like you swear he was breathing?

Artist Zhang Huan has created a 32 foot tall sculpture of Confucius.
If the photos are this amazing imagine standing in front of it.

See more amazing photos at The Fox Is Black.

Whaaa?!

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!!
...and games.
Real Racing 2 in the iMac app store

kerning, the game

Are you up to the challenge? Are you design nerd enough to think this is fun? If you are like me and answered yes to both questions then you are in the right place.

"Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning. Your solution will be compared to typographer's solution, and you will be given a score depending on how close you nailed it. Good luck!"

Now get to Kerning! 

What was your score? :)

art by Chris Sauter, wish you were here

It is amazing how people can start with the same tools and materials and each person can come away with a wide variety of results. Art, it is much more than eye candy it is a never ending process. The process starts over each time someone experiences it for the first time.

If I walked into Home Depot my mind thinks of all the things I could make but I can honesty say, I would not have thought to make what artist Chris Sauter makes. All he has is drywall, a jigsaw, and a plan. Taking everyday things and deconstructing them into shapes and putting them back together again. Art is truly amazing.

View full-screen and in HD.

Chris Sauter from Mark & Angela Walley on Vimeo.

2012

happy new year from design hunger

May the Mayans be wrong and we all make it to 2013. Fingers crossed. ;)

little printer = big possibilities

Everyone enjoys service with a smile and why not get your RSS services printed with a smile, a cute one at that. London based design studio BERG has developed a great Little Printer that lets you print your RSS feeds from your phone. They have partnered with a few companies like Nike, Google, and Foursquare, sure to make this launch in 2012 a great one. For instance with Google you can print news feeds and list or with Nike you can track your calories burned over the last few weeks, including yesterdays workout.

I think it is brilliant! Did I mention it is inkless?
Watch the video to fully understand the cool and cute factor of this. 

I hope they open the possibilities of this printer to business solutions like on-the-go receipt printing or instant customizable coupons or vouchers. This could be used for businesses on the go or just a daily to-do list you tear off on the way out the door after grabbing your keys. Really the possibilities are endless!

pinterest, are you a pinner?

Pinterest seems to be one of the hottest new things on the web but with good reason. As a designer I use this virtual pinboard as a source of inspiration. Type in any keyword you can think of and it will return with thousands of images and boards created and pinned by other pinners. You can even follow people or like their pin rather than repinning it to your board.

I currently have only 9 boards but find great pinners almost everyday. It takes the 30 minute search for a cool idea down to 2 minutes. After signing up for Pinterest just install the plug-in for Firefox so you can pin your interest as you search.

Did I mention that Pinterest is free? The only drawback is that it is crazy addictive. I even have the app on my iPhone (I don't think it is available on droids yet).

Get pinning! Just be sure you tag your pins so others can find it. You can thank me later. :)