Author: Ike Edeani

A BETTER WAY TO KERN

The hard thing about kerning a word is that you know what it says, and so the subtleties of bad character spacing aren’t immediately apparent. She suggested turning the type upside down, that way you don’t read the word, you … Continue reading

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I’M IN NIGERIA

The BLOG is on hiatus as I’m visiting my hometown in Nigeria for the next two weeks. Feel free to follow my ramblings HERE, accompanied by photos, video, and the occasional audio track. Cheers, – Ike. noarchitect.tumblr.com

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PUT THIS ON

I like to think I have a pretty good fashion sense, but after watching Put This On, I might have to step my game up. ‘A web series about dressing like a grownup’, Put This On (with host Jesse Thorn) … Continue reading

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DEWS.

DEWS is an upstanding toothbrush that incorporates a weight within its rounded handle base to keep the bristles away from dirty surfaces. DEWS does away with concerns about whether your toothbrush is resting on an unhygienic surface. This upstanding toothbrush … Continue reading

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KOLELINIA

Kolelinia is a concept for riding our own bikes on a new type of bicycle-lane, based on steel wires. It aims to create a new type of transportation experience, and to be installed using a minimal amount of resources. The … Continue reading

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EXTRA-ORDINARY

Easily one of the best collections of industrial design we’ve encountered, Extra-ORdinary is a series of everyday objects designed by Jennifer Rabatel and inspired by functional tools such as putty knives, wrenches, try squares, and um… envelopes. Check out the … Continue reading

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FLYING LOTUS: CAMERA DAY

LA-based electronic artist Flying Lotus will release a 7-song EP titled Pattern+Grid World on September 21st, only four short months after the release of his highly acclaimed (and completely amazing) record Cosmogramma. Below is the first single, Camera Day. [ … Continue reading

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Augmented City 3D.

The architecture of the contemporary city is no longer simply about the physical space of buildings and landscape, more and more it is about the synthetic spaces created by the digital information that we collect, consume and organise; an immersive … Continue reading

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Life in 182 Square Feet.

Boeing engineer Steve Sauer spent 7 years turning his 182-square-foot basement condo in Seattle into a compact, hyper efficient, three-level loft. What I really wanted was one place with exactly what I needed and wanted. Quality is more important than … Continue reading

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Words.

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