“In death as in life: Peter Saville and Ben Kelly’s memorial to their friend and collaborator Anthony H Wilson is three years late, but it was worth the wait.” CR Blog

A really nice use of Rotis.
Via Nick Rosendorf

Lifehacker posted some nice photos of the Moleskine office in Milan and a new one in New York. Very nice. Perhaps after they’ve settled into their New York office, they could consider a new approach to the choice of type for their datebooks… The use of Rotis has had a good run. To be honest, it kind of feels like I’m writing in Ozzy Osbourne’s spell book. A more neutral face would do wonders for the experience.

The color-matching company Pantone has opened a hotel in Brussels, just off the Avenue Louise. Looks fun.

More at http://www.pantonehotel.com/
Via Fast Company

“Designer Patrick Sung’s Universal Packaging System is meant to precisely fit anything that needs shipping. The individual cardboard sheets are scored with a triangle pattern that can either be fitted to an oddly shaped object, or formed into a custom fitted cardboard box.” Cliff Kuang at Fast Company

Universal Packaging System at Yanko Design

We built this fire pit for the back yard out of some spare bricks. We used 6 square cement pavers and 30 cinder bricks (+10 more for a bench). It was hard work but well worth dragging the 1,000+ pounds of bricks up the yard. Perhaps before long we’ll add a mattress and get to “Cookin’ up a Filipino Box Spring Hog.”