ElectricSun

How good would it be to work in a place like this every day? It looks a bit like a 21st century Haçeinda, and every bit as cool.

Alex Varanese has re-designed some commonplace objects from present day as if they were being marketed back in the 70′s. Lovely designs and a great sense of humour.
See the rest of this ALT/1977 series on Behance.

TypoElements 2010 from Chris Kim on Vimeo.

Delicious Industries recently posted their Auto Type VI collection of vintage typography from various car makers around the work.

Original post at Delicious Industries.

Lots more beautiful imagery can be found at DPUF.

Studio David Hillman have just finished designing these brilliant stamps for Royal Mail. This is the second set of 10 stamps to be released by Royal Mail with a further 10 set to be released in 2011 to complete a collection of 30 1st Class stamps marking the run up to the Olympic and Paralympic games. The stamps are now on sale and I’m sure you’ll see them marking the daily post with lots of sport related goodness.

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Play a version of the retro game, ‘Pong’ with your browser windows. Genius.

After their awesome ‘Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do’ LP, I have been eagerly waiting for some new material from Major Lazer to appear. Apart from the ‘Busy Signal’ track, the EP contains remixes of the album tracks, but don’t let that put you off, they’re all totally ace, even the oddly-chosen Thom Yorke remix.

Check out the tracks and preview the audio iTunes.

Free download from Mad Decent too!
Jump_Up_ft._Supahype_Sticky_K_Remix_.mp3

Feelings are facts will showcase the first collaboration between world-renowned Danish-Icelandic artist, Olafur Eliasson, and leading Chinese architect, Ma Yansong. Eliasson and Ma will create for UCCA a unique experience through architecture and light. The images like they should be a on a cover of a Boards of Canada LP. Lovely.

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‘Forty-four Sixteen’ BMX T-shirt by ElectricSun… Available NOW!

The early eighties. Long hot summer holidays (or at least that’s how we like to remember them).

The tread of Comp III tyres sinking into the park tarmac as it baked in the sunshine. Pedalling for miles to the nearest BMX track to jump the double whoops or tabletop, perhaps daring to do a cross-up mid air. Or maybe constructing wobbly ramps out of scraps of wood and bricks found on building sites, whilst listening to the fresh sounds of ‘electro’ and ‘rap’ music tapes on a ghetto-blaster.

Through the influence of BMX magazines such as ‘BMX Action Bike’ and ‘BMX Bi-Weekly’, we spent most of our spare time longing to be like our state-side heroes, trying to replicate their signature tricks that they made look so easy, and miraculously dodging A&E.

But whether you raced or not, the ultimate accessory had to be a number plate. This ElectricSun T-shirt looks back to the iconic plate designs from the beginning of the decade as the sport was taking off on a massive scale, and uses the original number typography sported by many racers of the day. This Tee is dedicated to the legendary riders of that era, such as Bob Haro, R.L. Osbourne, Harry Leary, and Eddie Fiola (to name but a few), who paved the way for the future of BMX and inspired kids globally. ElectricSun salute you!

Riders ready… Pedals ready… GO!

This heavyweight T-shirt (205 gsm) is made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton and has a soft, quality feel. It features a seamless collar, taped neck and shoulders, and twin needle stitching. It is light blue (Pantone 277) and has 4 screen-printed colours (white, red, blue and black) on the front… check out the photos of the production process on Flickr. This design has had an initial print run of only 30 Tees, each one individually numbered and available exclusively in our online store.

Available in sizes M / L / XL. For size information (in millimeters), click here.
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Price: £17.99 (+ P&P)