Art for the loft

We haven’t posted stuff for the loft in a long while, so its time to bring it back. These nice light displays were made to honor the animals lost in space research from 1949 to 1990.
These would look nice in my office.

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Orbit Oblique Expo
ORBIT OBLIQUE TYPOGRAPHIC LIGHT UNITS

Its a Folder. Its a Flash Drive. But its still a Folder.

Another great addition to the amazing items we want for the loft. It comes from the heads of Art Lebedev Studios. Simple concept, a “Folder” to put your files into. Brilliant.
No specs or details on how much memory it will hold. No info on how to buy it… But i want one!

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Art.Lebedev Studios – Folderix

Solve this Riddle and get a Free AIGA Poster

Are you familiar with Design terms? If you are or not, this Mini Site created for AIGA will test you, teach you a few if you didn’t know them and give you a reward if you find them all.
Find all 25 tems before the time runs out and you can get a FREE poster of the Illustration done by Colle+McVoy. All you do is pay for the shipping, and you get a great piece that you can hang on the wall of your loft!

Have fun exploring!

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Design Not For The Faint of Heart

Microsoft Surface

“Picture a surface that can recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps.” – Microsoft
Hells yeah I can picture it and hells yeah its going in my loft! Words cant really explain this new tabletop computer so just go check out the demonstration by Popular Mechanics.

Microsoft.com/Surface
Popular Mechanics Demonstration

Space, the final frontier

These are the voyages of the Hubble Telescope. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds… and take great images of them. And in HubbleSite.com, they are all available to you, even in HiRes!!!
This site won a Webby Award, as well as the People’s Voice Award. The imagery is amaizing. And the fact that all those images and resources are available to you for free is great. The Home Decor Wall Murals makes it a MUST for the loft!

Take a minute and go thru their Gallery.

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HubbleSite.com

The Ex Voodoo Knife Holder

Ok I’ve been getting fan mail from my fan club saying “hey T. what happened? I haven’t seen any posts from you for a week.”
Ok i’m lying I didn’t get fan mail but its about damn time I do a post.

This one goes under the spankin’ new “For The Loft” category. Now tell me if this Knife Holder doesn’t deserve to be in the loft? The Ex Voodoo Knife Holder (what a name) Comes in about 5 colors and cost about $59 bucks and a fully chrome one for $99- Knives included.

Get it here!
For The Loft

Superbitus money box

Here’s an interesting “piggy bank” from the same guys that created the ever so delayed Optimus-103 Keyboard at Art Lebedev Studios. Its a bomb shaped “money box” that comes with a white permanent marker for you to write what you are saving your cash for and at the end well you drop it and reap your rewards, its a really cool gift idea and definitely something for my Loft.

More Superbitus Money Box info

DNA 11

DNA 11 creates unique, personalized art from DNA. Using a simple method of collection, as easy as wiping the inside of your mouth with a swab, the company harvests a sample of your DNA to capture the genetic fingerprint and transform it into an artistic representation of a person’s life code. A DNA Portrait is the ultimate conversation piece in any home, office or gallery. – DNA11

These are pretty stylish, perfect for if you want to throw out your old Leapoard skin rug and go for a more upscale look In your office or home. I definatly want a couple of these for my loft, err…. whenever I get a loft.

DNA11
DNA11 – Gallery

Optimus-103 Keyboard

The famous LCD Optimus keyboard is supposedly ready for for its Spring 2007 launch! Downside is the $1200 price tag. This keyboard has been a work in progress for the the Art.lebedev design studio for awhile boasting 103 lcd keys which change depending on the application you are in.

On another note, aside from being pretty slick industrial designers, this Russian based design studio is also an amazing web/design studio so check em out.

Optimus Screenshots
Art.lebedev Studios