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If it was up to us, all the best design in the world would be posted within the Parfois Portfolio… But… its not up to us. Stumbling the web we often bump into things worth sharing. The world wide web is so full off great things that will never end up in our portfolio, but which we want the world to see. For this we created our blog. At this moment there 4 of us blogging on a regular basis.Work, studies and social life makes that there are weeks with a lot of posts, and weeks without. But we’ll do our best in bringing you the nicest shit on a acceptable basis.

Holga D – Saikat Biswas

27.08.10

If you like this project, and your rich, please support Saikat Biswas in the production of Holga D. This way we can all buy this great looking product.

Holga D is a digital camera inspired from the extremely popular cult Holga and other toy cameras of its kind. Even though it is a digital camera, it retains the qualities and simplicity of the original Holga camera and brings back the joy and delayed gratification associated with good old analog photography. >> Read more

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Architectural Projection Mapping: Kraftwork

25.08.10


Seeper made some beautiful projections for Autostadt VAG Wolfsburgh in Germany. Visit his website for more great work.

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Dowling Duncan: Dollar ReDe$ing

25.08.10

You’ve probably seen this one before, its all over the net. Richardsmitch.posterous.com started a competition, “It’s Time to ReBrand the Buck”.  They think the only way to bump the economy is by a complete rebrand, starting with the iconic US dollar. You can find all the entry’s at the website, my favorite one comes from the UK/US agency Dowling Duncan. In no way i’m making a political statement here, its all about the design. Read on for more virtual money idea’s.

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Dan Civico ChairKit

23.08.10

Flat pack furniture always looks good, the graphical lines of the laser cut, the grain of the wood. With only limited surface Dan civico made some very nice and elegant pieces of furniture. Chairs in their most formalistic and basic shapes. Read on for more pictures.

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JD House – BAK arquitectos

20.08.10

I fell in love with this project at first sight. Be sure to check te pictures at read more.

Last year the Buenos Aires based architectural practice BAK arquitectos finished this massive single family villa on a sloped lot in the forest around the Argentinean capital. >> Read more

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CityCampCastricum

18.08.10

Hurry up, you fans of free camping! You ‘ve got one day to pack your tent and some stuff and reach Castricum, a small town near Amsterdam in the beach side, where you can camp free in the middle of the city. Amsterdam based DUS architects, known for their social approach to architecture, together with Artist Sabrina Lindemann and graphic agency DUEL experiment with the idea of transforming the city’s green into a camp site. Therefore you can set up your tent in the public green, parking lots, even in private gardens. >> Read more

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Discarded drawers

13.08.10

Entwurf-Direkt, a Berlin and Hambourg based office produces drawers and closets. They re-use old drawers and create unique pieces of furniture mixed with new materials. Every closet has its own unique colors and materials, some more of them u can find in the article.

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Slybox – Keiji Ashizawa

12.08.10

Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa has designed a highly graphic set of drawers, made of oak-veneered plywood, which lays bare its construction.

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IBM ads

09.08.10

A fantastic series of posters by Noma Bar made for IBM. A very nice interrelation between text and image, positive and negative.

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Racer 0.2

08.08.10

A very nice installation, mixing the digital with the analogue, the new with the old. An arcade styled game where u drive a remote controlled car.

More info at their own website.

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