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How a Minority Report inspired interactive multi-touch display showcasing The Mill‘s body of work was made. Oh, and they probably have the best logotype ever!

Beautiful and simple furniture by Another Country.

Our designs are archetypal, calling on the familiar and unpretentious forms of British Country kitchen style, Shaker, traditional Scandinavian and Japanese woodwork. It’s the spirit and functionality of these honest forms of furniture that we endeavor to re-interpret for a modern customer.

More friends! This time it’s Matt and Melissa Alexander of HollerDesign. Matt and Melissa are two southerners who set up a beautiful and cozy workshop on Matt’s family farm in rural Tennessee. From there, the two focus on creating regionally influenced objects embodying a core of southern values, including resourcefulness, self-reliance and ingenuity.

Matt and Melissa are currently working on a prototype of the FarmBench pictured above. A beautiful, custom made piece of furniture crafted from reclaimed barn wood with environmentally friendly lacquer finish for contrast.

Marilyn Neuhart is the author of a new 2-volume, 800 page book called The Story of Eames Furniture. The book reveals in unparalleled detail how Charles and Ray Eames worked to create the landmark furniture designs we all know and love. Marilyn and her husband John have both worked with the Eames from the 1950s. The always awesome Gestalten.tv interviews Marilyn and John who give their personal accounts of the stories, biographies, and over 2,500 images that make up the book.

Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. At their Los Angeles home, they tell the tale of working with Charles Eames in Gestalten.tv’s latest look behind the Eames.

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius creates 300 unique vases as special collectors artwork to accompany her new book. In this video Jan Tichelaar, the managing director of Royal Tichelaar Makkum which is the oldest factory in The Netherlands tells us how the vases are made.

Borough Furnace is a two person design and prototyping studio that works with independent craftsmen to produce cast iron cookware with careful dedication to handmade, heirloom quality craftsmanship.

Visit their blog to see how their first product, the frying skillet was made and how they use recycled materials (old radiators in this case) and a small, responsible production process to turn old into new.

The Decanter, a promotional film produced by Walter Landor and Associates in the 1960s, shows the start-to-finish process of several of Landor’s designs for Old Fitzgerald whiskey.

Things truly have changed.

The Mast Brothers in Brooklyn make hand crafted, bean to bar chockolate. They also make experiences and stories that inspire.

They began their voyage in their apartment, using a homemade machine to process cacao beans. Over time they cultivated their creation, sourcing beans from family farms in Madagascar, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador. Each bar is handmade with incredible reverence for the process and history of chocolate.

This is so totally awesome. 27 year old graphic designer and prop maker Harrison Krix of Volpin Props was commissioned to make a replica of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s (Daft Punk) iconic gold helmet.

Its been a long road. Seventeen months, countless hours, multiple dead ends, hundreds of lessons learned, and one helmet made.

Check out the entire process:
Part 1
Part 2
Final

P.s. This guy even built his own vacuum former. Geez!

The Making of a T-shirt is a short documentary by BDC on how screen printed T-shirts are made at howies printshop. I recommend that you read the history of the company on their website. Very inspiring.

Lets use this company of ours to make people think.