The abstracted botanical forms of the Sarah Clock are unmistakable. It was inspired not only by the natural forms of plants, but also their movement. The unexpected use of the flexible graphite stem not only gives the Sarah Clock its tall graceful gesture, but also allows it to gently sway like a plant or limb in a breeze. It is a perfect piece to add life to any space.

http://www.esbystudio.com/sarah.html

(via makezine)
A modern take on a traditional Ping Pong table, the Pong table reinvents the classic pong game, using 2500 LEDs and two track pads. The game is programmed into an inbuilt microchip that controls a matrix of LEDs beneath the Corian surface so that the ball may bounce all over it.

http://www.waldemeyer.com/electrickid.html

The Brammo Enertia is an electric motorcycle that gets 45 miles per charge and has a top speed of 50mph. Zero to 30 mph is reached in a superfast 3.8 seconds, and it features a beautifully sculpted design.

http://www.enertiabike.com

Fresh Pressed is an interactive retail outlet in L.A. that allows customers to design and print their own shirts. I think the idea is pretty unique.

At $40 a shirt, it's expensive, though they do offer unlimited help from the design staff and screen setup/burning is done for you.

http://www.fresh-pressed.com

VGoT is a fake propaganda campaign for new, American home-front values. Inspiration for the campaign comes from events occuring a lifetime ago: the World's Fair of 1939, and the Garden for Victory campaign of 1944, and even the NASA's Apollo program of the 1960's.

Today, the campaign is represented by a series of hand screenprinted, limited edition posters made with acrylic inks and printed on synthetic, recyclable paper.

http://www.victorygardenoftomorrow.com

A really cool video from College Humor. Fonts humanized in a drama movie.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

AIGA recently released an interesting article about what traits will be needed for designer in 2015. Very good read for any young designer or student.

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designer-of-2015

Excerpt:

With Detroit's revitalization efforts and the push to bring 1,500 creative jobs into the city, the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 is a logical place for this meeting of the minds. CCS2 is asking architects, designers, urban planners, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, students, educators and community leaders to come out and share their experiences, projects, successes and failures to re-imagine what a city is. The event will be held October 12-15. Creative Cities Summit, first held in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2004, comes to Detroit because it stands as a metaphor and an inspiration to cities shaped by the industrial revolution that now look forward to a new, vibrant creative economy rooted in knowledge, talent and creativity.

http://creativecitiessummit.com/

Detroit Renaissance Inc. this week started its "creative economy" initiative by launching the beta site for "Detroit Make It Here." It's up and running, but it will launch formally after early feedback. The site targets companies in creative sectors -- from architecture to engineering to Web design, to lure talent to the area and allow creative to network.

http://www.detroitmakeithere.com/

By Kelli B. Kavanaugh, "Model D Media"
http://www.modeldmedia.com/developmentnews/argonaut14908.aspx

A $145,000,000 investment will transform the Argonaut Building into a second campus for the College for Creative Studies. The building will house undergraduate and graduate programs in design, community outreach activities, student housing, research and professional activities in the design fields, and an art- and design- oriented charter middle school and high school. It will open in fall 2009.