best bar none

Japanese firm D-Barcode have taken a small everyday icon and turned it in to a work of art. The ubiquitous barcode gets a working over as they tailor each to its designated product. To paraphrase their website: some big ideas are really small.

See a collection of their products on their site and on The Dieline.

googly-eyed

Aaaah, what I can only assume is the culmination of the 40 year Seasame Street anniversary on Google.com. Yay!

time honoured

This is one of the most amazing clocks I've ever seen - and super stylish too. The Qlocktwo by Biegert & Funk tells the time in simple words rather than numerically, in 5-minute intervals - FIVE TO TWELVE, or TWENTY PAST THREE. It's comes in six striking colours, and they've even made allowance for language - you can order it in German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, even Russian.


And there's an iPhone app to match.

open sesame

This might be my favourite Google logo ever! Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street!

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