Category — Design

Aficionados of Chinese logos might enjoy this collection of airline logos from China and Hong Kong that design Christian Annyas has collated. Here are three below, with more on his site at the following link.

Airline Logos from China and Hong Kong

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This ingenious design would be a god send in many a household without a (tape) dispenser. Designed by Deockeun An, Jaehyung Kim and Cheolwoong Seo, the tape allows the end to be stuck with a convenient gap underneath for easier use later on.

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The BBC recently ran a short video report on a simple initiative to bring cheap lighting to the Philippines poorest people. It’s a short and sweet fascinating look at the effectiveness of design for a well deserved cause. The lighting is achieved with just a plastic bottle filled with water (and a little bleach to prevent the growth of algae) and the project is called “Litre of Light“. Fantastic!

Watch on the BBC: How water bottles create cheap lighting in Philippines

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If you could build the house of your dreams, would you shape it after a toilet? Well, that’s what Sim Jae-Duck, the former congressman and mayor of Suwon in South Korea, did! The eccentric Sim was reportedly born in a bathroom and developed an interest in toilets during his mayoral term.

Unfortunately, he passed away in 2009, but that’s only meant that the house has now been turned into a toilet museum. Visitors can view exhibitions on the history of restrooms and of course, use the toilet, which is the grandest room in the centre of the building…

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Retro cigarette advert prints from both Japan and China usually feature demurely dress women and are popular in tourist markets. But surely nothing can top a bat-winged pegasus, which was apparently the mascot of Peacock Cigarettes? Superb.

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We missed the boat on this limited edition Absolut vodka bottle design, but it doesn’t stop us appreciating the art, designed for the Chinese market by Gao Yu. It features the legend of Sun Wukong / the Monkey King.

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Claudia Varosio has a clean, unfussy illustration style in a few of her interpretations of film posters. We like her mood-matching “In The Mood for Love” poster, but our favourite has to be the “Seven Samurai” poster. Both are on sale for $19.

Movie Posters by Claudia Varosio

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Sydney based graphic designer Bianca Chang creates extraordinary paper illustrations by hand plotting multiple sheets of recycled paper (each with a slight variation) to form a piece with depth.

Check out this video of the steps taken to get to each final piece..

See more on BiancaChang.com

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For something in the home that’s suspended, this Cloud Lamp is an ingenious idea for a lamp designed by Zhao Liping. It was apparently inspired by the poem of Xu Zhimo.

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Simplicity and quirkiness abound in this design for a hook that looks like a piece of cut out tape – by Japanese designers Torafu Architects. Apparently, these hooks are actually paper that’s been curled, soaked and then dried, which gives them enough strength to hang small accessories.

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