derrically

I quit smoking a while ago (some might say you never really quit, you just take breaks) and I do miss it from time to time.  I am reading so many conflicting messages with this trophy of an ashtray that I don’t know what it really means and I love it.  Who knows, maybe smoking will be cool again in a few decades.

p.s. I can’t find this on the product page so I am taking preik’s word and attribute it to atypyk.

p.s.s. if you didn’t know already, preik is an aggregator of many design blogs and I assume it’s an automated script.

[ atypyk via preik ]

I actually like this design a lot even though I don’t usually have fascination about guns even though good design with guns always begs the question “is there design this good that doesn’t kill people?“

I actually like this design a lot even though I don’t usually have fascination about guns.  It’s quite… practical. The question “is there design this good that doesn’t kill people?” does need to be asked in this case though.

Be sure to check the demo videos towards the end of the weapon evolution page to get a better idea of how this works.

[ weapon evolution and reddit ]

[ me & monte via wrongdistance ]

I love Banksy’s work and I think he’s right, but this quote again reiterated the great divide between art and products and we all know where this conversation would end - nowhere.

[ room 116 ]

A young couple seeks refuge under a bridge during the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 5, 1989. Photographer: Liu Heung Shing

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing is releasing collection 88 rare photographs giving us a glimpse of day-to-day life in China under communism. China, Portrait of a Country, which will be released in the United States on August 1, 2008, captures the People’s Republic from 1949 to 2008.

I wonder where they are if they are still together after almost 20 years now…

[ you.presscue and amazon via reddit ]

Rhinoceros, 2005, by Carsten Höller

I especially like the curtains behind it; how often do you see a curtain in a gallery?

[ carsten höller ]

Suspension of Disbelief (2007) by Steve Bishop
[ steve bishop via ffffound ]

… but at least heart is still intact.

[ anita mejia via drawn ]

Here’s some images of a product line I have been working on for a little while.  Looks like I do need to take classes to be better at rendering products.  Anyone knows a free raytrace/render program?  I have tried Blender 3D with YAFRAY and I didn’t like it too much because of the interface…

Hi here, my friends who visit my blog.  I am sorry for the lack of update for the past couple of days.  I usually am pretty good in keeping the blog updated but I am just too overwhelmed right now.  Everything will return to normal in a few days I promise.  Thanks for bearing with me.

derrick