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I’m in the market for a french press, and I want something beautiful. This feels like a product with major aesthetic potential.
Above are my two top choices, LaCafetiere’s Pura and Rainbow. My kitchen is accented in red. I don’t like the fussy Bodums I’m seeing. I don’t like plastic. I’d love something that retains heat.
Can anyone recommend a beautiful press?
The Big Picture strikes again. I hate to just repost their amazing, consistent quality. But today’s images just filled me with awe. I pained to pick just one to include here.
I highly recommend checking out the full set for some stunning patterns, close-up moonscapes, and a couple of flickering moments magically caught on film by a little satellite millions of miles from home. That these are photos and not renderings boggles the mind.
Even gravity-defying jello. Especially fire. And also cheerleaders.
Mostly 1000 frames per second. Worth it to click through and watch in HD.
Beautiful poster and wonderful old-timey site. And much credit for making a “small” version of their poster 1066×1575px and putting up a “huge” version that’s 242MB that I didn’t bother downloading.
Via I Watch Stuff (thanks for nothing with the lack of “via”s there)
German ads for the board game. Delicious. (My goddamned corporate overlords won’t let me click through to see the rest of the campaign. Firewalls eat ass.)
Via Design You Trust
Classic seatbelts recycled as the perfect camera strap… slides over clothes, wide enough to not slit your throat, adjustable, and gorgeous. That’s “Porsche purple” and “T-bird teal” up there.
One Jason Scott came across a Windows 3.1 from an old Gateway system just loaded with… hmm… ”classic” cow-themed desktops. This is some combination of bat-shit insane and bat-shit awesome.
Some of my faves:
Gorgeous movie poster, intriguing movie, terrible movie tagline. Check the trailer (go for hi-res):
Via I Watch Stuff
I’m diggin this expandable, aluminum, triangular, squary, dramatic, space-hogging bookshelf system from Italian firm Fitting. Makes me want a big room with a 30 foot ceiling and an enviable collection of antiquated books.
A few more shots after the jump.
Via Gizmodo
Might there be hope? Say hello to Peapod, a “Neighborhood Electric Vehicle” from Chrysler. Yeah — the Sebring folks.
Limited to 25mph and getting 30 miles on a charge, this cuddly little guy won’t be displacing the Accord. That said, it could be a fantastic little “lifestyle” ride in the beach towns I frequent (removable all-glass roof, Aeron-esque seating, etc.), and I can see there be being many other uses for a well-designed wee-whip that comfortably seats 4 plus luggage.
The interior has strong super-cheap-American-standard potential — and a $12,000 price point hurts — but overall I’m diggin this. And it looks like they have a wee pickup notion as well.
A few more shots after the jump (smiley steering wheel!), many more at Engadget.
In May of 2006, a female Sunday Morning reporter went out on the streets of New York City to ask passers-by what they thought about her 3/4 carat diamond solitaire engagement ring. “It says that he tried his best… but that it wasn’t good enough,” said one lady. “Well, its fine… for a friendship ring,” replied another. Another bystander replied that “you need a magnifying glass to see it.”
This provided the motivation behind Washington DC artist Lee Gainer’s work “Two Months Salary”. Lee researched the average wage for a variety of occupations and found nine rings that person would be “expected” to purchase for his beloved. (Given the “two months’ salary” rule invented by the diamond industry.)
I’ve long been disturbed by the “ooh shiny!” level that women seem reduced to in the world of engagement. This work shines a light on it. Are you comfortable saying that A-list actors love their spouses more than truck drivers?
Three more after the jump, full work at Lee’s site
This is a gorgeous print showcasing a 1918 artist’s conception of space travel (reminds me of a previous retro future space post).
…the body is like that of a steamship, front-weighted like an airplane, with airelons and control surfaces both fore (like the Wright flyer) and aft (like most airplanes) — and not only did the artist theorize a single spacefaring airship, he or she put together several designs of varying shape, including a space-faring zeppelin in the distance.
Huge wonderful full-size image.
The Infomercantile (via BoingBoing)
