The Digital Clock that Isn’t
File this under Things That Look Digital But Aren’t: The Segmentus Clock by Art Lebedev Studio. Baller!
(via designeast.eu)
Archived entries for Fake
Who else wants a permanently-sinking boat?
This is pretty awesome: a capsized-boat boat by French artist Julien Berthier, who refers to it as a “leisure object” (ed. note: this is my new favorite product category. It now includes the chair I’m sitting in and my coffee cup).
When writing articles like this makes me rich (soon, I’d imagine?) this is what my yacht is going to look like. You’re all invited to a champagne party! Bring a dinghy.
See also: that recent Moth about the lady whose shipmates got eaten by sharks
Monstrous
With all due respect
Something kind of awesome are these concept mods to Saarinen’s already badass 1957 executive chair, called Monstrotypes, by someone named Tricky in Mexico. Love it.
The Bomb
This ultra-simple bud vase in the shape of a bomb is pretty lovely. By New York-based designer Mike Boylan.
Visitor stats
This might just be the thing to get some of us away from the computer – Doorbell with inbuilt visitor statistics display by Dominic Wilcox
Sacrificial Chair
Today and Tomorrow summarizes this fake chair by Punga & Smith better than I should attempt to: “I need this chair so I can have my other one back.”
