john poisson

Brilliant.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:48:48 -0800

Brilliant.

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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:08:08 -0800

modulem: Red thread literary embroidery via iiiinspired

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:01:48 -0800

modulem:

Red thread literary embroidery via iiiinspired

wantful: One of the aspects of gift giving that’s so often...

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:51:58 -0800

wantful:

One of the aspects of gift giving that’s so often underserved this days is presentation.

Maybe you’re great at wrapping presents but bought the gift online. Or maybe—like most of us—you rely too often on the old gift-bag-and-tissue-paper fallback; it gets the job done, right?

But gift giving should be as much about the ritual and anticipation of The Big Reveal as it is about the object you’re giving, and at Wantful we’re very interested in bringing that back.

And so we thought you might enjoy some photos of our version of the big reveal. Here’s the entire Wantful gift book experience, from the embossed mailer, to our custom ‘micro-perf’ pull tab, to the Japanese washi wrapping that turns the book itself into the gift.

We’re already working on new directions and personalization options for this whole experience, so let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter.

Gift well.

"I think the popular perception that we’re a lot like the Victorians is in large part correct. One..."

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:33:41 -0700

“I think the popular perception that we’re a lot like the Victorians is in large part correct. One way is that we’re all constantly in a state of ongoing technoshock, without really being aware of it—it’s just become where we live. The Victorians were the first people to experience that, and I think it made them crazy in new ways. We’re still riding that wave of craziness. We’ve gotten so used to emergent technologies that we get anxious if we haven’t had one in a while.”

- William Gibson Interview – Boing Boing (via taylordavidson)

Wantful: Wantful.com: We've just launched something you've always wanted.

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:29:56 -0700

Wantful: Wantful.com: We've just launched something you've always wanted.:

wantful:

Gift giving is hard. Far harder than it needs to be.

Maybe you’re a great gift giver but never have the time to get it right. Or maybe you have every intention of finding a perfect gift, but come up short on ideas.

The truth is, we all struggle with many of the gift giving occasions we…

cavalier: THE ONLINE FLEA. Coming November ‘11. — Follow us on...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:48:54 -0700

cavalier:

THE ONLINE FLEA.

Coming November ‘11.

—

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cavalier

This is going to be big, all of this.

I’m realizing now how silent this Tumblr has gotten...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:33:24 -0700

I’m realizing now how silent this Tumblr has gotten recently but it’s for good reason: we’ll soon be launching Wantful, a new service focused on completely rethinking the gift giving experience.

Here’s how we describe Wantful on the pre-launch site we revealed yesterday:

If you’ve ever struggled with buying a gift, or gotten a gift you didn’t love, we built this for you.

We’ve partnered with hundreds of the most uncommon brands and artisans in the world to find exceptional products you’ll be excited to give and thrilled to get.

And around these products we’ve crafted an entirely new experience that makes gift giving personal again, and equally special whether you’re spending thirty dollars or hundreds.

As we put the finishing touches on the service, we could use your help: visit the site to peruse the many extraordinary products we’ve pulled together and tell us which ones you want most. Then, share your collection on Facebook and Twitter for a chance to will the entire set. (My collection is pictured above.)

Enjoy, let us know what you think, and stay tuned.

In a smart bit of concept and identity work for The Dab Hand, a...

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:39:00 -0700

In a smart bit of concept and identity work for The Dab Hand, a typography-themed restaurant, University of Belfast student Amy McArthur created a broadsheet stitched across the fold and designed to be torn in half.

(via Newspaper Club)

This preposterous wedding invitation by Kelli Anderson opens to...

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:33:00 -0700

This preposterous wedding invitation by Kelli Anderson opens to reveal a flexidisc record and a paper phonograph to play it on. Featured on the record? An original song from the happy couple.

(via deleteyourself)

In Bendita Gloria’s clever take on traditional album liner...

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:58:48 -0700

In Bendita Gloria’s clever take on traditional album liner notes, the packaging becomes the content.

Pretty swell as well: the nagging elk on their site.

(via thedieline.com)

The fine people at Visual Editions—creators of Tree of...

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:53:06 -0700

The fine people at Visual Editions—creators of Tree of Codes and this knock-out edition of Tristram Shandy—went so far as to rethink the presentation of a contract they’re signing, because going so far is exactly what they do.

Copenhangen design firm e-Types created a brick and mortar...

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:24:35 -0800

Copenhangen design firm e-Types created a brick and mortar companion to their online Playtype foundry, encouraging walk-ins to peruse and purchase typefaces delivered on USB sticks.

(via Dezeen and Bo Lu)

"We’re prepared. Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy."

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:54:10 -0800

“We’re prepared. Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy.”

- from Warren Buffet’s 2010 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.

Bellroy’s self-designed mailers are as gorgeous as their...

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:40:24 -0800

Bellroy’s self-designed mailers are as gorgeous as their billfold payload.

(via Notcot)

I love this Midget and Giant webcam attachment by Ryuji...

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:04:59 -0800

I love this Midget and Giant webcam attachment by Ryuji Nakamura.

(via The Best Part)

Lovely detail from The Official Manufacturing...

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:26:00 -0800

Lovely detail from The Official Manufacturing Company’s cover for the Black Prairie album.

In her Traumgedanken (“Thoughts on dreams”), Maria...

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:35:51 -0800

In her Traumgedanken (“Thoughts on dreams”), Maria Fischer has designed a book “as a model of a dream,” with colored threads serving as physical links between words and concepts and pages, quite literally woven through the work and into illustrations.

(via Cory Doctorow)

Mike Matas, co-founder of Delicious Monster and former UI...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:57:00 -0800

Mike Matas, co-founder of Delicious Monster and former UI designer at Apple, has founded Push Pop Press:

…bringing together great content and beautiful software to create a new breed of digital books. Books that let you explore photos, videos, music, maps, and interactive graphics, all through a new physics-based multi-touch user interface.

If his previous work is any indication, this will absolutely be worth keeping an eye on when it launches.

Update: Daring Fireball, who’s had some hands-on time with this, proclaims the results “amazing”

Xavier Antin, in his Just in Time installation, printed a book...

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:41:01 -0800

Xavier Antin, in his Just in Time installation, printed a book using a distinct process for each color: magenta with a stencil duplicator from 1880; cyan with a 1923 spirit duplicator; black with a laser printer; and yellow with an inkjet.

(via ohyeahpaper.org)