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lots of great photos here.. i take the time to click them.. so should you! haha.. i really mean it.. photos are fun to look at.. just skimm through

Wow.. great idea here.. design for the homeless (or anyone in my mind) which allows you to insulate your own coat to the level needed... they are using simply paper but i think you could take this design furthur maybe.. but in any event the add agency taxi from toronto are putting good design to great use by providing 500 of these coats to homeless individuals are cites in NA.. you have to love to hear that! SUpposedly the coat can be stuffed full enough to bear -29C... damm.. i wish i had one here right now!

This really is no joke... as in many places around the world smoking is being banned inside resturants/bars/public places... so in germany you can sometimes find smoking points... wow! haha

Parentesi in 1971

Wilson Song

Philippe Starck for Voxan

Jaren Goh

craigslist!!! would be such a fun sofa!

The BiasharaPhone: a hybrid mobile phone and POS terminal

mass studies

Ingredients:
2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

3 tablepsoons unflavored gelatin, approximately 3 packages

1 Pinch of salt

3/4 cup water, divided 1/4 cup and 1/2 cup

1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

2 or 3 drops of red food coloring (optional)

3/4 cup confectioner’s sugar for dusting

Method
1. Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with oil and dust with confectioners’ sugar.

2. Pour 1/2 cup of cold water into a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Sprinkle the gelatin over the water and let it stand for 10 minutes.

3. Put the granulated sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup water a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring lightly at first to ensure that the sugar dissolves completely. Let the mixture boil (bubble vigorously) for approximately a minute to a minute and a half - no more. Remove from heat immediately. With the stand mixer on low speed, carefully drizzle the hot sugar syrup in a small, steady stream into the gelatin mixture. Add a pinch of salt and gradually increase the speed to medium. When the mixture has begun to froth and stabilize (approximately 1-2 minutes), increase the mixer speed to high and beat until fluffy, approximately 8 minutes.*
4. With the mixer still set on high speed, add the peppermint extract and red food coloring, if using, and beat for another minute, but no more.**
5. As quickly as you can, scrape mixture into the prepared oiled and coated baking dish with a spatula. Smooth the top of the mixture with slightly moistened hands and leave to cool for at least 2 hours or overnight. If you are cooling for longer than 2 hours, you will need to cover the baking dish with plastic wrap. If doing so, either oil and dust the plastic wrap with confectioner’s sugar, or be very careful that the plastic wrap does not touch the top of the marshmallow fluff (stretch the wrap taught by clinging it to the edges of the pan). Otherwise, it will be nearly impossible to get the plastic wrap off later.
6. Dust the top of the marshmallow fluff with confectioner’s sugar and turn out onto a surface lightly dusted with confectioner’s sugar. Using kitchen sheers, large scissors, or pizza cutter, cut fluff into approximately 1-inch strips (or other desired size). Cut each strip into cubes, each, about 1-inch in width to make a 1-inch cube. Dredge the marshmallows through confectioner’s sugar, to coat.
7. Marshmallows will keep for up to one month in an airtight container lined between layers of parchment paper.

Ladybuds

Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz

fun

shoes and now dark rides.. haha.. so gangsta

www.thecobrasnake.com we all know the site.. and i must admit i do love checking out the amazing and exciting lives and the young rich.. haha

http://www.andrewmaynard.com.au/

This is his tattoo house.. it is definitally makng the rounds.. i have for a long time loved the simple and creative possibilities of the box

cannelle tanc



susan stockwell

christien meindertsma love the foot stool

Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology have developed what they believe is a technology to allow them to use the Gulf Stream currents that could conceivably cover all of Florida’s energy needs.

Mobile tow rope..

so last night i went behind an older hockey rink here in halifax with some pals and they were hitting a self made rocker rail (wood plank on simple stands) and a fridge that we took from a 'junk yard'.. i was a cool little experience. Made a few snow jumps and moved a few huge ice boulders... met the zamboni driver and hear him say "gnarly".. made my night...

anyway.. 5secs to get done the 'hill'.. then un clip bindings.. walk up... jump back in bindings... and then down again... how great would a little portable tow rope be for these guys.. and it is getting so huge now that it is not crazy to think that people would want it....

so... lets do it

We were at art basel in miami last week and it was an interesting experience. I love going to it one day dressed like a bit of a bum and how you just get looked down on and then getting a little 'dressed nice' and how you are suddenly a potential buyer. I was interested in the supermarket and as soon as i saw it i was excited to get in there and hopefully buy some non $4 water.... but as we have all heard.. just the packaging.... but it immediately made me think how amaing it would beto set up a little cafe or an ACTUAL little market selling goodies and little design pieces throughout.. maybe .75 consumable product (food/drink) and .25 great little found objects/design peices.. something like that.. all with a goal of fun and affordability... sometimes the fun gets lost in a huge space like that and it becomes a little to high scale... dont like that feel all the time.. laughter and fun for me.
I liked this idea so much that i started to apply it to more of the 'big event' type functions.. detriot auto show.. just picture restoring a beautiful fire truck or something but outfitting it with cooking tools to make amazing food for all the guests!
so... if you.. like me want to make some people smile a little more at some of these events.. get in touch! i will do the work in the kitchen.. or on the truck.. ha

enjoying very much... could really see these beautiful birds hanging over our bar

book autopsies by Brian Dettmer

i would love to create a book case that is one large pin box.... the idea of placing little objects in there.. perfect!

'push and store' by chung-tang ho

it's funny.. a few days ago i was in the design district (miami) and saw this peice.. it is great.. it does not show the back though... the 'blocks' come out in the back.... interestseing piece

Maxim Velcovsky - Fragiles show at art basel miami