3.07.2011

Herman Miller blocks




Leave it to House Industries to come up with yet another cool toy that the designer-kid in me feels like he needs to have. The set includes eight basswood children’s blocks dressed in House Industries numbers, shapes and patterns with puzzle sides based on the original Herman Miller furniture box used for deliveries. The entire “box” set is packaged in a miniature corrugated shipping carton with appropriately-sized brown kraft packing tape. Fortunately for my budget the set is available only at the Herman Miller showroom in Tokyo... whew.

– jb

3.03.2011

Stella Artois goes mid-century mod



There are some newer TV ads out these days for Stella Artois but imho none better than this one that came out a few months ago. Love all the awesome little gadgets & the dueling fishtanks. Directed by king-of-quirk Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola.

– jb