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Movie R Smartphone Viewing Kickstand

Movie R Smartphone Viewing Kickstand

For anyone who has tried to watch TV or a movie on their smartphone knows how tired your arms get from holding it for extended periods of time. Industrial designer Andrea Ponti has designed a one-size-fits-all stand that lets you easily prop your device up in various ways for easy viewing. The stand is lightweight and about the size of a business card but is compatible with iPhone 3G, 4, 4S, and most large-screen smartphones.

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s[edition] Digital Art for Your Screen

s[edition] Digital Art for Your Screen
Damien Hirst – Xylosidase, © Damien Hirst

s[edition] is a relatively new website that sells limited edition digital art (still and video) that you can download and enjoy on your iPad, smartphone, laptop, or TV. They have a collection of contemporary artists to choose from and the prices are reasonable (starting at $8), especially since you will own that digital copy forever.

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Fresh From The Dairy: Abstract Patterns

Caroline and I chose these colorful, patterned abstracts this week for inclusion in our Society6 art collection Design Milk Dairy. We bookmarked these quite some time ago and were just itching for the perfect time to add them.

Fresh From The Dairy: Abstract Patterns

Spot Luck by Jenean Morrison print and iPhone case

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Designer Desktops: March 2012

Designer Desktops: March 2012

March’s Designer Desktop is a quote by Coco Chanel: “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable,” as illustrated by designer Alia Ormut – Fleishman. In the design she incorporated decorative designed typography and imagery inspired by Chanel iconography, but with a modernized illustrated twist.

Click on the size below to download:

1024×768 \\\ 1280×1024 \\\ 1680×1050 \\\ 1900×1200 \\\ iPhone \\\ iPad

View and download past Designer Desktops here.

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Where I Work: Brad Ascalon

Editor’s Note: Based on the success of our previous designer workspaces article, we decided to delve a little deeper into the spaces in which designers create amazing things. Where I Work is a new series, brought to you by Intel, that explores the offices, desks and tools that help unleash the creativity and productivity of some of today’s top designers. Is there a particular designer whose office you’d love to take a peek inside? Tell us!

Where I Work: Brad Ascalon

Brad Ascalon is principal designer at Brad Ascalon Studio NYC, which he founded in 2006 but design is in his blood. His grandfather founded a metal arts company in the 1930s, and his father is both an artist and designer working with mosaics, glass and metal. In just a few short years he has made a name for himself designing for such prominent brands as Ligne Roset, Bernhardt, and – most recently – Design Within Reach, for whom he designed a simple, modern menorah.

Brad opens his doors to us for a peek into his space. We discovered that not only does he create some fantastic furnishings, but he’s quite the Renaissance Man…

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Zooka Wireless Speaker

Zooka Wireless Speaker

From the Portland, Oregon-based design studio New, comes a portable Bluetooth speaker solution for computers, laptops, tablets, and even smartphones. The Zooka speaker is made of durable silicone and produces sound that is five times the volume of built-in speakers of the previously mentioned devices. We are totally digging it.

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iOS ’86 by Anton Repponen

iOS 86 by Anton Repponen

Designer Anton Repponen made my dream iPhone interface, which he calls iOS ’86. I wish with my whole heart that this could become reality.

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Luccon Translucent Concrete

Luccon Translucent Concrete

Luccon is a material developed in the early 2000s by architect and designer Juergen Frei. It’s basically made up of lasagna-like layers of concrete and fiber optics through which light can pass. However, the material is sealed and just as strong as concrete.

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MOO Luxe Business Cards

MOO Luxe Business Cards

You might remember my quest to find my favorite business cards in pursuit of logo and branding ideas for myself. Well it happened and I’m here to show you the results.

I ordered samples of the all-new Luxe Business cards courtesy of MOO, and I could not be more pleased. MOO recently launched the new line of premium business cards, which is basically their version of a letterpress card.

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Friday Five with Josh Owen

Friday Five with Josh Owen

You’re probably familiar with Josh Owen’s cast iron menorah for Areaware, which we believe is on its way to iconic status. Owen, who is currently based in Rochester New York and teaches at Rochester Institute of Technology, turns out some pretty amazing clean-lined designs. Most recently he debuted the WC Line for Kontextur, a series comprising a plunger, toilet brush, and waste bin that elevates the mundane. As you can see from this week’s Friday Five, Owen revels in the functional and simple.

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