counternotions

Stone Doorknocker

What’s most naturally appealing about this modern work of art is that it gets the conversation going even before guests open your front door. Stainless steel envelops and plate-backs a sensuous, one-of-a-kind river rock. Sample shown is representative, although each stone will have its own unique, contemporary look. Handmade. Also makes a memorable housewarming gift for the new home or condo owner in your life.

As brilliant as it gets, for something so non-essential.

» Via Design Milk.

Do Not Enter

Somehow the two pictures on this page must be related, no?

» Via Monoscope.

Water Alphabet, 1998

I wonder if it’s pure water or mixed with an additive to make it easier to work with H2O.

Private telephone concerts

If you are a Danish music/poetry duo how do you promote your new CD, Hvem er jeg? (Who am I?)?

Bo hr Hansen & Nils Lassen offer a free and live private concert via telephone. Don’t forget to hold up the CD with your receipt, take a picture on your cellphone and send it as proof of purchase via MMS.

» Via Guerrilla Innovation.com.

My quest for extraordinary and ephemeral typefaces continue:

Limbtype

Be sure to look at the other “characters” in Flickr.

Ice cream lettering

That’s the first frame of a short video (scroll to the bottom at the site) that reveals what happens to meltable typefaces.

» Via Quipsologies.

I Want it All

… well, because I do.

and because my peonies were wilting and sighing, and I decided to immortalize them, on a whim, one sunny afternoon.

So says Marian Bantjes about the most exquisite ‘typeface’. More here from her favorites projects.

Fingertip USB Optical Mouse

In real life testing, we found that it takes a while to get used to a “vertical” finger operated mouse due to the fact that most computer users have never dealt with something like this.

$7.90. ‘Nuff said.

Threadlinking

Can Amazon’s Kindle do this?

Typographic Links is a collectible hand-sewn publication, which maps interesting links and connections through the world of typography. The aim was to create a book and accompanying poster that took a light-hearted look at typographic practice. Thread is used to create three-dimensional hyperlinks that guide the reader through the pages of the book.

» Via FormFiftyFive.