Dig this set of tableware from Lovegrove & Repucci. The New York Delft series combines classic china aesthetics with graffiti themes to result in china that would be perfect upon which to serve gourmet hot dogs and sweet potato fries. Sure they could have pushed it further, particularly with the tea cup but otherwise it looks like a pretty hot item and reasonably priced to boot. I’d be tempted to whip out a sharpie and tag a plate with that day’s menu though.

[Lovegrove & Repucci]

Christoph Niemann’s Has a series illustrations up in the New York Times themed upon his inability to sleep. It makes some sense. If you find that you can’t sleep you may as well think about and then illustrate the reasons why this could be. The results charmingly evoke the familiarity of late night (or early morning) frustrations from sleep deprivation. We’ve all been there.

[New York Times]

Getafe Footbal Club have new kits. No surprises there. They are corporately sponsored and branded. No surprises there. They are designed so that when shirt-over-face celebrations occur, the Burger King mascot’s face becomes prominently displayedas festivities ensure. Surprise!

You might think your art director is tough to work with. There is a tiny art director out there which might give your a run for their money though. She knows what she wants and she wants it now. Maybe she wasn’t clear enough but you, as the artist, should be able to interpret the subtext well enough. Don’t do it wrong. This serves as a lesson to not work with family, and not work with children. Combining the two could lead to a high stakes game of draw-and-erase and Bill Zeman shows us as he tries to please his daughter.

[Tiny Art Director]

Jack Schluze and Matt Webb’s design consultancy in London has produced Here & There (seen above) which visualizes Manhatan simultaneously as a map in bird’s eye view and as a projection at eye level view. They invert the curvature of the earth to create a horizonless view. It seems pretty effective in visualizing the environment both. Thankfully they aren’t silent about it too. If you check out their Blog they go in to detail to explain their influences and what they were thinking. They even go so far as to offer prints for sale.

[Schulze & Webb]
[Here & There]