Inspiration blog - by PaperNotes

Christian Junghanns drawings

Just needed to share these cool drawings with you... Ordered some postcards by Christian Junghanns just now, hope they can deliver in the Netherlands!

Stickytag - your post-its site

Are you the kind of person with post-its all over your desk at work? Well, if you fancy moving that process online, you should definitely pay a visit to Stickytag.

How it works?

• Go to Stickytag and register yourself
• Create post-its: type down your thoughts or things to do. Thus creating your own post-it collection on Stickytag...
• Possibility: give them a timeframe (for auto archive) or archive/delete when you're done

Too bad you can't have it as desktop yet, that's somthing I'd definitely digg :-)

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Idea Management

On jpb.com - "your organisational innovation expert" - I found this interesting overview of the idea management process. Check out more on their website (via InnovationTools.com).

Crowdspirit: an interesting new initiative

... on collaboration with a specific target audience. Talking about user generated content, this seems to take a targetgroup focussed (marketing)strategy to a whole new level.

We're talking about Crowdspirit.org and their goal is to create a community which allows inventors and adaptors to take their products to market. Here's a quick quote on how it works, read the whole story at Springwise.com:.

"How it works: inventors submit ideas for innovative new products and contributors submit problems for inventors to work on. Members vote, define a product's specifications, and can invest money to finance development. After a first prototype has been created, selected members test and help fine-tune in cooperation with manufacturers."

Dress your nest: inspiration for your home

Looking for inspiration in modern design for your home, but don't have loads of money to spare? And... are you somewhat clever with your hands as well?

Then this blog might just bring you the inspiration you're looking for. Check out Dress Your Home, where CeLee tries to have you connect to your 'inner design diva'... Creativity RULES!

"Dress Your Nest is your destination for simple and straight-forward modern design advice. My mission is to show everyone how to Design Within Reach within reach."

I'm a strong believer in obtaining second hand furniture and upgrading it to something really cool. Did it for my own dinnerchairs actually, which I initially found on the street waiting for the trash truck. I'm glad I saved them from the shredder and must say the shape of these 'older' chairs is so much nicer than the 'standard' shapes and forms applied nowadays...

Istanbul design week and more photo's

On Core77, the "industrial design supersite" as they call it themselves, I found multiple photoreports of design weeks across the globe. Always nice to browse through the pictures and get some inspiration from them!

The Istanbul Design week 2006 drew my attention, here's a sneak preview:

And the photoreport on London Design festival I also found rather inspiring:

Stone cushions

Wouldn't you like to do this? Always nice to fool your mother ;-)

Spotted @ cribcandy.com

Creativity: fishbowl-and-vase-in-1

I'm always amazed of all the creative things people can think of and the way they combine daily, simple things and make something new out of it...

How about this fishbowl-and-vase-in-1?

Illusional: cool typography, but also a face

Look very closely. Who do you see and what do you read?

Found at Amazingillusions @ blogspot.com