Tomorrowland, Paintings by Micah Ganske

Tomorrow Land, a series of giant paintings by Hawaiian born, New York based artist Micah Ganske, highlights America’s strive for technology and its casualties. The paintings, with their shadows of planes, telescopes, satellites and other unknown devices hovering above, depict the tragedies of America’s toxic and abandoned landscapes.

The paintings, which can take up to 6 months to produce, are created by staining untreated muslin with watered down acrylic paint, must be completed without error. The paintings are on exhibition at RH Gallery in New York until January 13th.

Check out the video below that RH Gallery put together of Micah’s process and the ideas behind it.

— Via DesignBoom

Mantis desk by Samuel Wilkinson for Case

Samuel Wilkinson, the designer behind the Plumen bulb & Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award winner, has just released his newest project, Mantis, a modular desk system designed for London furniture manufacturer Case.

The desk features a number of modular, removable, accessories that allow the user to build the desk to fit their needs. The accessories include a drawer, file holder, and back panel that can be used as a pin up board and a privacy screen.

Type Love: Altis by Typolar

The typeface Altis, by Helsinki, Finland based type foundry Typolar, balances geometric regularity with a touch of soulfulness. Altis comes in 10 weights, from an airy light, to a masculine bold, all are rendered for readability for both print and modern digital publishing.

All of the weights come with a myriad of OpenType features making Altis a versatile player. The entire family can be purchased on MyFonts for $329.00.

Quote Notebooks, Ogami Collection by Officemilano & Paolo Frello

These beautiful Quote Notebooks, designed by Officemilano in partnership with Paolo Frello for Ogami, are printed in primary colors with heavy black text, reminiscent of graphic design from the 70′s. Each notebook comes in three sizes and your choice of blank, lined, or grid paper, and features a nice design quote on the cover.

— Via Design Milk

This Weeks Posts 12/03/11 — 12/09/11

1. Type Love: Cassia by Hoftype

Type Love: Cassia, a beautiful Italics typeface by Munich, Germany based type designer Dieter Hofrichter of Hoftype

2. Composition Light Series by Miya Kondo

Composition Light by designer Miya Kondo is a beautiful series of lamps that plays with “our emotional experience of space, time and place.” The light in the lamps becomes an integral part of the visual structure of the lamps. Minimalism at its finest in which less is definitely more.

3. Copernicus Science Center Wayfinding by Mamastudio

The wayfinding system for the newly built Capernicus Science Center in Warsaw, designed by local design firm Mamastudio, uses the buildings unique shape & material structure as its inspiration. The minimal use of color on the signage allowed it to blend into the fabric of the building while still being readable to the user.

4. Crazy Ones Quote Poster by Help Scout

The beautiful “Here’s to the Crazy Ones” poster, designed by Help Scout co-founder Jared McDaniel, reminds us all of the amazing message from Steve Jobs in Apple’s iconic 1997 TV commercial.

Crazy Ones Quote Poster by Help Scout

The now iconic quote, attributed to the late Steve Jobs, debuted in a 1997 television commercial for Apple Computer that I’m sure we all remember. The quote lives on today for generations of creative thinkers & people who look at the world slightly different.

This beautiful “Here’s to the Crazy Ones” poster, designed by Help Scout co-founder Jared McDaniel, is letterpress printed on 10″x 26″ 100% cotton Arches #140 rag. The print is a limited edition and comes either alone, for $95, or handsomely framed for $195.

All proceeds are going to support the work of the Acumen Fund, a project that invests in entrepreneurial projects & breakthrough ideas that end world hunger.

Copernicus Science Center Wayfinding by Mamastudio

The wayfinding system for the newly built Capernicus Science Center in Warsaw, designed by local design firm Mamastudio, uses the buildings unique shape & material structure as its inspiration. The minimal use of color on the signage allowed it to blend into the fabric of the building while still being readable to the user.

— Via ID

Composition Light Series by Miya Kondo

Composition Light by designer Miya Kondo is a beautiful series of lamps that plays with “our emotional experience of space, time and place.” The light in the lamps becomes an integral part of the visual structure of the lamps. Minimalism at its finest in which less is definitely more.

— Via Minimalissimo

Type Love: Cassia by Hoftype

The Cassia Typeface, by Munich, Germany based type designer Dieter Hofrichter of Hoftype, is a dynamic Italics family that performs beautifully for both display sizes and for large bodies of text. The typeface comes in 10 weights, all of which contain small caps, discretional ligatures, proportional lining figures, tabular lining figures, proportional old style figures, lining old style figures, matching currency symbols, fraction- and scientific numerals.

Cassia also comes with support for over 40 different languages and is available on MyFonts as a family for only $180.00. Not bad for such a versatile Italics typeface!

This Weeks Posts 11/26/11 — 12/02/11

1. Nadex Identity by Zoltan Balogh

I’m really loving this clean, simple and utterly beautiful identity and website, designed by Budapest based Zoltan Balogh, for the Hungary based agricultural company Nadex.

2. “Lights” A short film by Sunday/Parker

“Light,” a short film directed by David Parker of Sunday/Paper, is a beautiful short film that intends to bring awareness to the ridiculous amount of electricity we waste through lighting unused spaces.

3. Tea Diver by Ablepartners

The Tea Diver, produced by Korean design studio Ablepartners, looks like a squat little diver complete with an air tank handle that holds your loose leaf tea secure while brewing the perfect cup.

4. Hudson’s ‘Against The Grain’ Music Video by
Jonanthan Chong aka Dropbear

This stop motion music video, created by Dropbear, aka Jonanthan Chong, for the Melbourne indie-folk band Hudson, is made almost entirely from colored pencils! Not only is the song, ‘Against The Grain’, great but the video is really amazing.

5. My Reading Chair by Arunas Sukarevicius

My Reading Chair, by Arunas Sukarevicius of Etc. Etc., is a beautiful chair designed with readers in mind. The two part chair, frame & slipcover, is hand crafted out of solid wood. The slipcover has pockets on the side that are perfect for holding a great book, magazine or even the remote.