lee mawdsley
i think i have blogged about lee mawdsley before, but i have just been going through site again for inspiration on a project i am working on, and some of his images just blow your mind. his subtle colour choices and excellant cropping make beautiful photos even from the least interesting subject. true eye candy.

halo reach : birth of a spartan
an unusual campaign for gaming, rather than showing gamers playing footage of the game advertised, this builds up the story behind the game.

iphone goes retro
i loovvvveeee this, if only i had an iphone. you can buy them here.

cardboard record player
a record player created from a piece of corrugated cardboard that folds into an envelope. once assembled, a record can be spun on the player with a pencil. the vibrations go trough the needle and are amplified in the cardboard material. the players were sent out to creative directors across north america as a creative demonstration of ggrp’s sound engineering capabilities.

wired on the new ipad

color picker, designed by jinsun park

colour picker is an innovative design of a concept pen that can scan colors from anything around and instantly use the color for drawing. after placing the pen against an object, the user just presses the scan button. the color is being detected by the color sensor and the rgb cartridge of the pen mixes the required inks to create the target color. this superb device will help people to observe the changing colors of nature. with color picker, all range of artists will be able to cerate a more sensorial and visual insight of their surrounding nature’s colors.

this is very cool - i want one!