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Cardboard Furniture

In my 3-D art class in college, one assignment was to build a chair that was appealing to look at, able to hold a 200 pound person, and was made completely of cardboard. Apparently Leo Kempf is doing the same thing. Using cardboard, he is "creating affordable, modern, practical, unique, and environmentally friendly furniture."

Make sure to check out the project statement if you are interested in making a few pieces of your own. Via Design Milk.

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Playing A Little Footbelle…

In celebration of the Indianapolis Colts playing host to the AFC Championship game (and their impending defeat of Tom Brady and the Patriots) and Blue Friday, we're playing our own pickup game of footbelle, uh, er, football.

GO COLTS!!!

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Fast Company Discovers Jeff Han and Perceptive Pixel

Fast Company discovered Jeff Han and Perceptive Pixel in this months issue of Fast Company. You can see a video of Jeff Han and his amazing technology.

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Email Newsletters Everywhere Take A Big Hit

Outlook 2007, released next month, will stop using Internet Explorer to render HTML emails. This means that any HTML emails (such as our e-newsletter, Vital Signs) will not appear as they would in IE7, but instead will use the Microsoft Word rendering engine.

Unlike IE7, the Microsoft Word rendering engine will not support background images, will not support for Flash, will not support CSS floats or positioning (which is how the layout structure is determined) and gives poor support to background colors. See the comparison in the image above (from Campaign Monitor)

Visit Campaign Monitor's Blog for the full story.

Or read Microsoft's article about it and download their new tool to help validate for their engine.

Side note: Campaign Monitor is who we use to manage and send our email newsletters and are very happy with them.

UPDATE: Campaign Monitor has posted an article about the response to their original post.

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Gorgeous Illustration Meets Gorgeous Web Design

This stunning website, designed by Corinne Mosh demonstrates how beautiful web design can coexist with beautiful illustrations by Audrey Kawasaki. Via HOW Magazine.

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This Story Only Has Six Words.

Middle Zone Musings Writing Contest, Let's be Brief, challenges you to write a story with only six words. Not possible you say? Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

So far 174 six-word stories from 34 different people have been submitted. Check them out at Middle Zone Musings.

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World Changing: A Follow Up Interview With Stefan Sagmeister

Speak Up interviews Designer, Stefan Sagmeister, about the design and ideas behind World Changing.

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Martha Stewart Rebrands

After a stint in prison and a brand regaining its steam, Martha Stewart has taken on a new mark. Purportedly, simplified and softened, this new logo feels a little normal and boring, if you ask me. The new mark is due to grace the numerous product lines very soon. Via Brand New

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Tide Cold Ads Suggest Major Energy Savings

Tide Cold recently released a new series of ads that suggest major energy savings if everyone used Tide Cold. The caption for this ad reads, "If everyone in Los Angeles washed their laundry in cold water for one week, the energy savings could be over 11.8 million kwh. Enough to power a cruise ship from Los Angeles all the way to Hawaii." Pretty convincing. Via Advertising Design Goodness.

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Mini Goes Yo-Yo

BBDO has done it again with another great ad for Mini. This time, it's a full sized fiberglass Mini that moves up and down on the billboard as if it were a yo-yo. Via Advertising Design Goodness.

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