Supreme coffee cups

by Dan Sellars on July 26, 2012

 Supreme coffee cups Cleverly sophisticated and stylish design team at coffee supreme in NZ who give you these delightful cups.

Design and brewing, hand-in-hand:

When coffee drinkers pick up a cup of Supreme coffee they have high expectations. Our approach is based on finding the best quality raw materials – the green beans – that we can obtain, and then roasting them carefully so that the entire inherent flavor potential comes through in the cup.

Independent specialty coffee roasters all nodding in agreement.

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Braun

by Dan Sellars on July 17, 2012

 Braun

In the physical world design affordances vary from the implict to explicit. In the virtual it’s all has to be implied with references to known cues.

Record. Speed. On/Off. Button. Twist. Turn. Click.

Think about how ‘pull to refresh, pinch or swipe’ are now mapped onto our lexicon of usage. The most common virtual affordances thankfully maintain physical references. Think of it as the compass for our perceptual understanding.

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Eugenio Recuenco

by Dan Sellars on July 15, 2012

 Eugenio Recuenco

Dark tones; tracking photographer Eugenio Recuenco imagery.

Eugenio Recuenco is now one of the most important Spanish photographers on the international scene. Endowed with a brilliant sensibility for chiaroscuro, this photographer is considered as a true heir of the grand masters of Spanish classical painting like Goya, El Greco and above all Zurbarán.

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Type

by Dan Sellars on July 12, 2012

 Type Beautiful palette choices of swiss type reflecting heritage and elegance.

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Greenpeace Global Voices features stunning and beautiful visual storytelling–chock full of charismatic energy. Sobering trend and fearful as-ever about our collective future.

This is a beautifully shot PSA filled with some wonderful documentary moments of people, children and the dramatic landscape of Delhi. One person’s view of living with global warming. Color correcting the footage helped give it a nice, rich and balanced look to this spot. Philip Bloom on a Canon 5D II.

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2001

by Dan Sellars on July 5, 2012

2001 kubrick 2001In Kubrick’s words, 2001 proved the viability of film as ‘a non-verbal experience—the truth is in the feel of it, not the think of it.”

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Woody & Meryl

by Dan Sellars on July 2, 2012

woody Woody & Meryl

Woody Allen and Meryl Streep in a scene from “Manhattan” (1979).

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Gorilla

by Dan Sellars on June 24, 2012

 Gorilla

Stunning simplicity. Branding a distinctive ape allows Brooklyn based coffee house complete mindshare of the ape=strong coffee market.

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Flex

by Dan Sellars on June 15, 2012

survive2 Flex

Amazing flexibility and resilience. Surfers know they’ll be spending a few minutes underwater and it’s not uncommon to be held down with big waves pounding you like a falling steam train.

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Flat Earth Society

by Dan Sellars on June 15, 2012

The people of the Flat Earth Society believe that this place is one of the four corners of the world; the very edge of the earth. Fancy that.

Nowhere in the world looks like Newfoundland and Labrador the most easterly point of North America, perched on the edge of a continent. This chapter evokes the strange and terrible beauty of our landscape and seascape, in stark contrast to the typical images found in most glossy tourism advertising.

Director Alar Kivilo.

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Earth View

by Dan Sellars on June 6, 2012

nasa earth view Earth View

NASA provides these spectacular earth views. It’s a simple enhancing of the light emanating from the cities in the Americas.

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Greg Lynn

by Dan Sellars on June 5, 2012

newcity Greg Lynn

Conceptual work teaming together filmmakers, architects and designers. Greg’s commentary is rather fascinating, averting the concepts away from preconceived notions of “the world = a globe”. Ross Lovegrove first mentioned Greg’s name during his TED conference.

Greg Lynn: New CitySeed Magazine Feature
Is a sphere the optimal shape for our world? If physical laws were no longer a concern, how would we mold the Earth to better suit our global economy? The 21st century city planner tackles these questions and more as he redesigns our planet for the web.

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 Kings Cross Filling Station

In terms of ‘pop-up’ spaces, this is one of the greatest projects to have been brought into reality. Design by carmody-groarke architects.

HT @dezeen

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Striking palette

by Dan Sellars on June 2, 2012

katachi ipad Striking palette

Striking iPad design and palette for this new Katachi iPad app (featuring Chinese textile industry in this screen)

Katachi Magazine covers design culture in its widest sense, creative individuals and social projects. Watch the video to see how it works (or download a free issue for the iPad).

It’s created using the company’s own publishing system, Origami Engine. The company hasn’t said so far whether it’s going to licence it to other firms, but from the explicit detail that it’s provided about the Origami Engine, it seems likely.

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 Bolivia, Uyuni Salt Flats

Striking view looking down on Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia

HT@NormadicSamuel

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NYC cityscape

by Dan Sellars on May 28, 2012

 NYC cityscape

Waterfront views of NYC. Smooth.

HT @rickbudo

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 Ethiopian Marathon Training

Okay fanatical puritans, it’s time to read about the world’s leading runners, many of them the eminent top of class from Ethiopia and Kenya.

My favourite piece of advice from Gudisa is ‘When you run the race, just remember that you will not die. So you have to run really very hard!’ Mersha is getting more and more obsessed with me recovering between training.

He wants me to stop working for the last two weeks of my trip and to spend all of my time between training sessions asleep. He keeps repeating the mantra ‘no recovery, no improvement.’ He’s right, of course, but there are limits to how much rest you can deal with.

High altitude training: What could be more enjoyable than sapping the living daylights out of you day after day?

You really can’t run anywhere from his house without encountering lung sapping, imperceptibly steep hills, so most of the running we did was fairly slow. We managed to cover a fair few miles though, fuelled by the near constant eating that comes with Easter celebrations here.

HT @mikerunsawayfromhome

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Wilmington Giant

by Dan Sellars on May 21, 2012

 Wilmington Giant

Wilmington Giant from Sussex, England.

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Defender

by Dan Sellars on May 19, 2012

 Defender

Nothing says summer time more than a #LandRover #Defender fully loaded with canoes, mountain bikes, and loaded to the gills with camping equipment!  Let the summer fun begin.

HT @MadetoDefend

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