bookofjoe

bookofjoeTV World Premiere tomorrow 12 noon ET

You can sign up via the banner at the top of the sidebar.

A chance to be there at the inception.

Note that there will NOT be any way to see the show after the live broadcast: I just heard back from the hosting site that "We don't record the events due to privacy concerns."

Fair warning.

Stainless Steel Playing Cards

 

 

 

 

$141.61.

[via The Green Head]

Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" — in Dominoes

FlippyCat's YouTube video caption: "I recreated Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night' from just over 7,000 dominos. The second attempt took about 11 hours total to build."

"The first attempt failed when I dropped a screw from the camera rig onto it.  Though as a result, I was able to improve the swirling clouds in the second attempt."

"In this project, there were two small breaks in the fall. I did not complete the leading grey line, and I left out a domino which stopped the reaction in the bottom. The star that is left standing was very close to falling, but the first dominos held in place :(."

[via Kay (Leah)]

LED Dimmers

What took so long?

"Dim or darken pesky LED indicator lights."

Package of 100 in assorted sizes and shapes: $4.99.

[via The Green Head]

Newspaper Dress

Wait a sec... what's that music I'm hearing?

No, not that one.

[via PARANOYAK SATIRLAR]

Vegetable Grill Clips

Good idea.

Ever lost an asparagus spear into the spaces in a grill? 

Set of four stainless steel clips: $14.95.

[via The Green Head]

10 Principles of Good Design — Dieter Rams

Good design:

• is honest

• is aesthetic

• is innovative

• is unobtrusive

• is long-lasting

• makes a product useful

• is environmentally-friendly

• is as little design as possible

• makes a product understandable

• is thorough, down to the last detail

Pictured up top is the Braun AB1 travel alarm clock, introduced in 1971 and updated in 1987. Dietrich Lubs created it under Dieter Rams, the company's chief of design.

[via Paul Biba]

Ultimate Claw Hammer — Episode 2: Own one

After Episode 1 on June 21 went viral, hammer creator Richard Remsen sent me the following page from Yankee Magazine:

He wrote, "The 'Claw Hammer' is cast in manganese bronze. When the hammer head is cast, I place a core in the mold. After the casting is polished, the hammer handle is fitted and epoxied up into the bronze hammer head. With all the mold setup, casting, and polishing, I sell the finished piece for $200 — less than what the government pays for military hammers."

Long story short from the Yankee Magazine piece: The hammer is "a solid bronze 12-ouncer as good as any other for pounding nails (assuming, of course, that you don't have to remove them)."

Made to order, it costs $200.

Email Richard Remsen: info@remsen.com