Paige Russel Etsy

Our favorite ceramicist, Paige Russell, has opened up an etsy shop for vintage goods called The Modern Hunter.

We want to wish Paige all the luck in the world with her move back to B.C. and her new shop!

Take-away Porcelain

This is clever....
from DCI via DM

Piet Hein Eek

Piet Hein Eek's chunky, geometirc tableware is awesome.

via at

Thanks You Paige

Today I gotta sweet surprise in the mail. Paige Russell sent me one of her Monster Truck Anything Holders and she gave me a sweet shot out on her site.

Thanks Paige !

Buck Shots !

Robert Langhorn's REM porcelain vase is a great concept with an even greater history...
from mocoloco

Tetris Vase

Ceramic vase tetris ! They might not be marketing Angelo Mangiarotti's Tremiti vases that way because it was designed(1965) before the days of Tetris (1984), but that's the first thing that popped into my 80's pop-culture infested head. I'm sorry if I'm taking away from the genius behind this amazing design by calling it that... but I love it. A new modular way to display your fauna/fruit or maybe your Skittles, either way it's bad ass....you can get your set at bltd.

American Aquarium Drinker...

Want the ultimate desk accessory to make your friends and family know you mean business when it comes to obscure indie bands ? Well look no further folks... here it is. Thanks to UNKL, you can order hang out with the boys from Wilco everyday with this set of the whole gang Jeff, Glenn, Mikael, John, Pat and Nels in a special edition case. (and if Wilco is too obscure for you, then ha ! get with it )
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Innovative tableware design makes me feel pretty damn good ! Even more when the functionality of the object is not compromised for "coolness." The Cupple Mug at day-lab is the perfect example of what it takes to make me feel warm and giddy. The mug has an ergonomic handle that can be placed inside the saucer, providing us with awesome twist to how we store and display our mugs.Functional and COOL !Also, check out the other stuff at day-play as it is not you run of the mill design retail site...

from browner brown via day-lab

Fatboys are the new black...

Designers are finally starting to show some love for the subcontinental giant sized population… ta da… the Fatboy Furniture Collection.
via iliketotallyloveit
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I have just been introduced to the amazing work of Kim Westad. She is a graphic designer turned ceramicist. Not only is her work great but her story makes me want to quit my 9to5 as a graphic designer and pursue my passion for ceramics. Kim if you somehow read this, give me a holler… I wanna pick your brain.

from ohjoy!
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Since RSJ is no longer blogging, I have to go out and find my own tips for making my internet/computer usage more efficient. For all you Firefoxers out there, this post by Life Hacker is awesome. Peep it…

Honeycomb Hideout...

Grommet Hole Accessories.

Belkins grommet hole covers bring all the nerds to the yard. These things are awesome. Grommet holes are such an eye sore in your fake wood desk. But now, thanks to Belkin, we can utilize these eye sores with a nerdy, IT twist. Belkin has designed grommet hole covers with a built in iPod docking station and another version with 4 USB ports ( angled and flat ) This would be a great highlight when you put photos of your desk in with On Your Desk

from popgadget

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Honeycomb Shelves.

I’ve been designing a new shelving unit for my bedroom. Something customized for my wardrobe area because normal people shelves hold about 2 Subcontinental Giant sized shirts.

While looking around for other designers solutions I virtually ran into the folks at Unto This Last.

I thing they have some great, contemporary solutions for shelving. I especially like the Honeycomb shelves.from itotallyloveit.com
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Herman Miller Design history

I’m bitter, this is the equivalent of every design history class I ever took across the span of 2 friggin’ higher education degrees. Oh well, now you can get a little dose of design history.
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Origami Plate Set

Fun, innovative and well designed… that’s how I like my tableware. Robin Platt executes this perfectly in his new Oragami set.

from yanko

Milky Cereal....

I just returned after a 2 week vacation from Western Samoa. Man does it suck to be back into an office with pants and shoes on ! All i've worn for the last 2 weeks is flip-flops and board shorts but today I had to put on the dreaded shoes. My feet hate me... if they were a person they would take a baseball bat to my face for forcing them inside a pair of shoes.

Samoa was amazing. Paradise. Untouched, unspoiled beaches and forests. The people are massive ! I was average size there... and it felt good, I mean real good. Fell in love with the locally brewed beer, Vailima, so I wanted to invest in a Vailima shirt.
At the shirt stall the lady asks me what size shirt I need and I give my usual answer, "the biggest you got." So she replies, "ok, here's a 6x." it was a friggin' tent, so I said i just need a 2x and she's looks at me and smiles, "so you want the smallest size." Man it felt good to buy the smallest shirt in stock.

Lot's of beaches, lots of coastal drives, fire dances, fresh coconuts & seafood, traditional tattoo's, turquoise water and kava.

Will put up pics soon.

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I just discovered a great online show called Red vs. Blue. Might be one of the best concepts ever. The episodes average about 2-3 mins in length and the dialog is HIGH-larious. Check it out.

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I love creative and contemporary ceramic tableware! Here are some of the winners of the latest "ceramics for breakfast" design competion organized by designboom and MACEF. They are listed in the order that designboom and MACEF awarded them, however I disagree and have put my personal awards in place as well.

MACEF First Place.
SubcontinentalGiant 1st runner-up.
name of design : toasta (toast automatica)
design by : george watson from uk

Details here.



MACEF 1st runner-up.
SubcontinentalGiant 3rd runner-up
name of design : brick-a-bowl
design by : spitshuis lidewij from netherlands
Details here.

MACEF 2nd runner-up.
SubcontinentalGiant First Place.
name of design : Milk moments
design by : strasser laura + milia seyppel from germany

Details here.

MACEF 3rd runner-up.
SubcontinentalGiant 2nd runner-up.
name of design : parlez avec moi
design by : xinhe jiang + Zhuo Wang from france


Details here.

Check out all the entries here