Design and Carscoop: May 2009

The Light Drop

Designed by Brazilian designer Rafael Morgan. The lighting is controlled through the tap. Just turn it around and you can control the effects.

via Oddee

Artist Folds Paper To Create Pictures

German artist Simon Schubert folds piece of paper into beautiful pictures. Each piece about a week to be done and can sell up to $6,000.

"Most of the people who see the work are surprised that the pictures are created by folding paper, they don't believe it when I tell them.

Many of them think I've used paint or pencil to create the affect of light and shade. But when they realise the pictures are actually folded they are quite impressed."

via Toxel

F*uck The Rain

via 2leep

I Shot The Serif

via Digg

Functiles

Tiles that function as towel hooks.

via architonic

Google Claims The Streets

The Google Street View application allows you to take a trip throughout a city in 3D. With this campaign, Google takes Street View navigation arrows into real life all over the city in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Groningen. At bus stops near central places in the city, people can experience how Street View works.

via Ads Of The World

EQ Wedding Bands

A set of wedding bands based on a recording of a person saying “I do”. These can be custom produced for any couple in silver, gold or platinum. These are by Sakurako Shimizu. Here is more of his similarly inspired work.

Stunning Murals by John Pugh

Pugh is a trompe l'oeil artist who focuses primarily on mural paintings.More of John Pugh here.

Wall Branch Chandelier

Beautiful. Designed by D Wiseman.

Type The Sky

Any award winning project by Lisa Rienermann of the University of Duisburg-Essen. It started when she accidentally realized that some houses in the courtyard formed the "Q" shape when looked at from below. So she searched for other alphabets and her photographs ultimately became her project for the semester.

via crookedbrains

Sliced Bread Notebook

Interesting packaging for a bunch of notebooks.

via The Dieline

Command Sit

Get them here.

Lehner by Philipp Scholz

Ha! Absolutely love it!

via Moco Loco

WeightWatchers Ad

smart ambient for WeightWatchers.

via Inspire me, now!

Monopoly: Recession Edition

There has been a lot of twists on Monopoly over the years, but none as blunt as this one. Monopoly: Recession Edition has foreclosed properties, crashing stocks, and insane taxes. But if you manage to pass Go, you collect an unemployment benefit!

via Bill Shrink's Blog

Bic???

We all know the infamous Bic pens that cost 250 L.L right? Well, these are just the same except they're made of silver, gold, or steel; you pick. Made by Athasi. Being a huge fan of irony myself, I definitely give them a thumbs up!

Minibar

Yes Minibar, just like the ones in hotels. Except this one is an actual bar in Amsterdam, which allows customers to serve themselves from the bar's various beverages and cocktails.
Customers just get an ice bucket and a key to one of 45 self-serving bars. The bars also include snacks ofcourse. At the end of the night, everything missing from the bar should be paid for,
and thats that!

via coolhunting

Featured Work: Louis Karim

Awesome sketches by one of my closest friends. Louis is infamous for creating and illustrating characters of all kinds. He's got quite the imagination! His style is changing over time however as he further explores his talent. He is an Animation Director at Blacksmith Studios, here in Lebanon, specializing in 3d modeling. He is currently continuing his education to eventually enter the world of game design; his true passion. And I, for one, have got no doubt that he'll be amazing at it. Woohoo! Go Louie!