Daily words of Appreciation

Sylvain Willenz designes hard drives

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"Brussels designer Sylvain Willenz drew on cassette tapes and floppy disks for the design of these external hard drives. " - Dezeen.com

Paul Cocksedge vinyl amplifiers

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"London designer Paul Cocksedge moulds discarded vinyl records into a range of amplifiers for smartphones. "  - dezeen.com

"I am Beyonce, have you heard me sing?"

“In an era of Rihanna and Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and Kesha, where those people are making hit after hit after hit,” Mr. Caramanica observes, “Beyonce seems to be looking at them and saying, ‘Yeah, I’m good. I don’t need to do any of that. I’m Beyoncé, have you heard me sing? I’m going to do this.”
 - by Jeremy Egner for The New York Times

OMA Book Machine

This is why OMA*AMO people work so many hours

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/05/05/oma-book-machine-at-the-architectural-association/

Dezeen.com reports on the incredible exhibit of OMA's 40,000 page book binding which brings togetehr 35 years of writing on architecture by OMA led by play write and architect Rem Koolhaas - arguably the most important architect of the century.