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Entries tagged “paper”
Moleskine® Star Wars™ : the origami battle
Moleskine has been branching out with paperless products in the past year, but they haven’t left out their notebooks in their attempts to draw in a new audience. To promote the new line of Moleskine + Star Wars branded limited edition notebooks, Moleskine creates a promo video of a galaxy battle with folded paper.
“The Classic Saga has furnished us with fantastic material to commemorate both sides of the Force. The Rebel Alliance and the Dark Side are portrayed in two dramatic designs, with the concept consisting of 4 notebooks divided between the Rebel Alliance and the Dark Side: 2 formats (Pocket & Large, both ruled pages) with the Rebel Alliance design, and 2 formats (Pocket & Large, both plain pages) with the Dark Side design. The striking covers have special metallic text, while the opening pages include quotes and space-scapes. Plus, a free full color poster is tucked inside the back pocket!”—Moleskine
USB key ‘data’ paper clips for Elecom designed by Japan-based studio Nendo
(via design boom, above photo by Hiroshi Iwasaki)
The ‘Finest Paperware’ porcelain cup and plate by Rebecca Wilson
“…Consumption is increasingly more about having, using, and discarding objects, rather than about acquiring and cherishing them. The disposable paper cup is an icon of this trend in consumerism, and so here I have created a range of paper-ware that mimics the Wedgewood style, transposing the ceramic context onto the throwaway object.” —Rebecca Wilson
(via design boom)
intricate collages of inlaid maps (mixed w/ a touch of acrylic paint) by Matthew Cusick
(via the fox is black, above is Course of Empire c. 2003)
collection of vintage paper wallets to hold photograph prints & negatives
Illustrator Stuart McLachlan creates adorable papercut party hats styled for kids.
(first discovered via design work life via rietjedesign)
book carvings by Kylie Stillman
(first discovered via Inhabitat)
The Origami Handset concept designed by Chengyuan Wei of Weii Design
(via inventor spot)
Pinhole Paper Leica camera by Matthew Nicholson
(via Matt Makes Stuff)
3D paper model of a Barcelona city map by Anna Härlin
(first discovered via strictlypaper)
“Read Cursive” book origami by Isaac Salazar
(first discovered via Recylart)
The New York Times has a great slideshow for “Books as a Way to Grace a Room” in conjunction with a somewhat troubling article for book jacket designers, “Selling a Book by Its Cover.” The feature discusses assembling and designing custom libraries by Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books (which usually involves conforming the original cover designs to fit a theme). This is where I found the exceptional work of Federico Uribe who finds inspiration and materials from Wonder Book and discarded text books in Miami-Dade County schools. When I lived in Miami for most of my life, I didn’t have enough imagination…
I very recently spotted bestselling hardcover books (that were published less than a year ago) in the dollar bin at a flea market. It saddens me that in this digital age many regard printed books the same as other disposable paper ephemera.
