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Nice to Meet You

Martin Usborne has a powerful collection of dog portraits entitled Nice to Meet You. The animals are either abandoned or aggressive or both, but they show a side of dogs that aren’t all happy and drooly, which is refreshing. Via the artist:

Each image in this series is a portrait of a dog photographed through a material or substance: a wet pane of glass, faint smoke, dense material, bleeding light. Nearly all of the dogs are abandoned, untrained, often aggressive. One is a wolf. (Every dog was carefully handled and protected in the process).canines are used here to reflect that unspoken, instinctive side of our nature. In my own experience it is dogs – along with some other animals – that have the ability  to communicate certain feelings most directly even though they have no words.

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WOOD.b Bicycle


The WOOD.b duomatic by BSG Bikes. It’s a ‘beaut. Via DesignBoom:


WOOD.b alfine 11 & WOOD.b duomatic


WOOD.b alfine 11 (detail)


WOOD.b alfine 11 (detail)


WOOD.b duomatic (detail)


WOOD.b duomatic (detail)


WOOD.b alfine 11 in white (detail)


WOOD.b alfine in white 11

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Wegner’s Shell Chair

Screen Shot 2013-06-12 at 7.26.49 PMHans Wegner’s Shell Chair, designed in 1963, is the epitome of elegance. Visually perfect from every angle, the chair elevates seating to an art form. It remains one of the more beautiful designer chairs around. Here is a stunning collection of 20 new colors and finishes by CarlHansen for the chair’s 50th birthday.
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IBM’s Smarter Cities

Some super clever advertising from IBM. Practical billboards! Via TheCoolHunter:

Ogilvy & Mather France took the flat billboard and made simple bends to change it from advertising into tools or appliances for everyday use.

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