Sarychev Peak Volcano Eruption

NASA has released an amazing photograph of an eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano. The shots were taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Via The Big Picture.

Design and Politics go together like…well like things that belong together

Whether it's subtle or in-your-face, design with a cause can change things. Take a look at Neshan, a professional and educational magazine — making efforts to facilitate closer ties between designers in Iran, Asia, and the world. 

Design For The Other 90%

“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises

Check out this amazing project headed up by Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to reach the other 90%.

Tenfold + Type = Love

And we love anyone who loves it as much as us — check out the amazing 'trees' by Why Not Associates in collaboration with Gordon Young…sigh — very well done — thanks to Kariann Burelson at Daily Poetics for her always amazing finds.

Jell-o Was Due

San Francisco based designer, Richard Perez, has helped rebrand Jell-o as a lively dessert for a new generation. The result is a much more vibrant, playful, and energetic brand. While not relying solely on nostalgia, the solution does carry on the tradition of the advertising character from the 60's and 70's.

Not Your Average Laptop

If you're finding yourself a bit bored with your run-of-the-mill computer and accessories - modern and functional as they may be - it might be time for you to get steampunked. Check out this amazing work by artist Richard Nagy. Do you think he would do my iPhone?

The Best Customer Service

A friend of Tenfold ordered some music from CD baby and got this confirmation email...

Thanks for your order with CD Baby!

Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow. A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing. Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CDs into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy. We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, Wednesday, June 3rd.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sigh...

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