Category Archives: Kitsch

Sea Monkeys & cassette tapes

By admin | Published: June 29, 2010

Candy Chang does some really cool, interesting and community minded work, for instance a clear and informative guide for the thousands street vendors in NYC, or even community chalkboards for townships in South Africa. She does the kind of work that makes me feel that my life lacks any creativity at all. Yeah thanks Candy . [...]

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Serious about Sony

By admin | Published: May 28, 2010

It’s no joking matter. . . . a scene from that mystical time when cassette tapes reigned and CDs were the harbinger of the digital age. A few things to note about this pic: Is that the original Walkman on the left there? Actually, no, it’s not. That’s a TV Walkman on the right! Uh-oh . . . Betamax It’s [...]

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Love mix tape . . . wedding invites!

By admin | Published: November 26, 2009

Some unusual and thoughtfully designed and beautifully executed wedding invites and thank-you cards and bits and pieces. The ‘mix-tape’ is a fun graphic device for the invites and a cute metaphor for the wedding itself – beats the pants off your standard script type and cherubs style invites! by Price of Design found via Beast Pieces

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AT-AT Boombox

By remote | Published: February 24, 2009

Well. I’m not big a fan of Star Wars, and would never buy this, yet it sure would have saved all the old b-boys from getting sore shoulders. It would be great if it actually nodded it’s ‘head’ and walked to the beat. via gizmodo (thanks B!)

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Watch that cassette watch . . .

By remote | Published: February 5, 2009

ASOS Cassette Face Watch I kinda dislike posting on things that I find on competitor’s sites (arrgrh! Designboom!) Well anyway, it looks cool, yet the concept seems a little forced . . . you know, whack a graphic of a cassette over a couple of dials and all of a sudden, hey! Cassette watch! But!! Look, it’s still [...]

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Cassette controlled robot

By remote | Published: November 13, 2008

And you thought it was all cassette collections and old boom boxes . . . Look! It’s pouring a glass of wine! Must have been a James Taylor tape. You should see what it does what it does with a 2 Live Crew cassingle . . . Hey, this is from www.theoldrobots.com which is a great site. Those [...]

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