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1. Stunning nautilus home by Javier Senosiain, via Inhabitat.

2. Wendy Plomp’s “Message in a box” cardboard carpet at the 400 years later – cite goes dutch exhibition, via Design Boom.

3. Brokenfab’s intricate beaded geometric patterned jewelry, via The Pipeline.

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4. Lizzy House’s latest fabric collection, Red Letter Day, has adorable color combinations and whimsical geometrics, via PrintPattern.

5. Beautiful and compelling info graphics, via Abduzeedo.

6. Stephen Meisel is an inspiration and a puzzle, via Pattern People.

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7. Nooka’s Summer ’09 collection uses bold graphics inspired by triangles, via High Snobiety.

8. Watch as Invader creates one of his trademark mosaics out of Rubick’s Cubes, also known as Rubickubism, via Moco Loco.

9. Love the bold packaging of Bold City Brewery, via The Dieline.

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10. Wonderful wallpapers from Intrade, a Swedish wallpaper supply company, via Decor8.

11. Wearable gifts for hip dads, including some interesting renditions of the typical necktie, via If its Hip it’s Here.

12. Beautiful paper cut maps by Famille Summerbelle, via Joanna Goddard.

By: Emily Gup

June 19, 2009 | By: Shayna Kulik

Patternizing Maps




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Oftentimes I am hired to beautify info graphics.  For any designer tasked with such an assignment, there is always an underlying urge to challenge the guidelines with as much flair as possible.  Striking the perfect balance between translatable content that evokes human nostalgia is every designer’s goal- or at least mine.  Here are a few creative approaches to this idea.  Vitra recently redesigned their website, filling their homepage with fabric samples sectioning off continents within the world.  A valid attempt to display product and distribution, though I wonder if there is any underlying symbolism in the placement of patterns- at first glance the assortment is a bit jumbled.  Duck Down Designs takes a more DIY approach to map-making with illustrated paper cut-outs on a metaphorically inspirational treasure map.

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February 3, 2009 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tracking Repetitive + Awesome.
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