October 13th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

The Future of Nationalism [SpaceCollective via visualcomplexity]
This is not a post for creationists [Seed Magazine]
The cutest robots on the block [Telegraph via Techlaunches]
Check out Paul’s new digs [Paul Stuart via men.stye.com]
National Design Week! National Design Week! National Design Week! [Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]
October 10th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

Biotechnology gone terribly wrong [Jouse Enterprise Art via designboom]
Pure Creativity [mydeco via Dezeen]
Story telling with data [FlowingData]
And the winner is… [Electrolux Design Lab Blog]
Flasher fashion [men.style.com]
October 8th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

A new way to look at the president [NYTimes]
CNC Shoe Machine [I.D.]
Text messages like your grandma used to make [Ginger Anyhow]
A drink clearly named after my days in Baltimore [Best Bites Blog via Liqurious]
The Fonts Go Marching… [Typeface Pictures via i love typography]
October 7th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

It’s a rare thing when a designer’s aesthetic comprises mathematics, art deco and alchemy, lo and behold Steed Griffin, The Eccentric Cryptographer. His portfolio is a thing of beauty that evokes bygone eras. Steed’s Lesser-Known Polygon series epitomizes the union the arts and sciences, the series’ premise is
that no one knows the […]
October 7th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

Gulliver’s Sculptures? [James Gulliver Hancock via NOTCOT.org]
Heads up! [DVICE]
As if beer needed help [I Believe in Advertising]
Musical Blinds [Yanko Design]
Putting A-R-T in C-F-L [Inhabitat via greenUPGRADER]
October 6th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

On October 16th, All Day Buffet is hosting The Feast, which they’re dubbing a social innovation conference. The Feast will feature 150 of the world’s leading creative mavericks, entrepreneurs, revolutionaries, radicals, and innovators together to inspire action to change the world. Jerri Chou, of All Day Buffet was kind enough to answer a few […]
October 6th, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

The beauty of botany [PingMag MAKE]
Experimental Architecture [Artists Space via I.D.]
Brilliance your name is David Chavez [David Chavez]
Ooo Oooms! [Oooms]
The fashion of politics [DNR via Off the Cuff]
October 3rd, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments
(Episode 4) This was a very Peter-centric episode. We’ve felt his reluctance in being involved with his father and Agent Dunham’s endeavor to track and understand The Pattern. Peter’s reluctance stems from his not wanting to be his father’s keeper, his unease with staying in one place for too long and ultimately his […]
October 2nd, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | No Comments

And… [The Ampersand via LifeClever]
For those who ♥ Obama [i love typography]
Finally a clever use of plastic bags [greenUPGRADER]
Defy gravity [DVICE]
I’m not a businessman…I’m a Business, man [In Her Eyes]
October 1st, 2008 by The Dapper Alchemist | 1 Comment

Oh Flickr, why is it that whenever I’m looking for something, you seem to have the answer? While browsing through their vast database I came across the work of autumnomatopoeia designs, a company whose name reminds me of Cap’n Jazz’s Analphabetapolothology. Autumn, the Richmond-based designer behind automnomatopoeia, is quite talented at turning everyday […]