Unused phone booths are being repurposed into little libraries by New York architect John Locke. This makes me grin. Find out more here, via notcot
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Unused phone booths are being repurposed into little libraries by New York architect John Locke. This makes me grin. Find out more here, via notcot
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Love this simple idea for a magnetic board – an oil pan (from your local car parts store) – it’s held to the wall with velcro. Very clever. From Nic and Kate.
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This is a great little guide to polaroid cameras – what to buy, how to find film etc… They make me smile just to look at them. Find out more here.
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Today is my twelfth wedding anniversary and Mardi Gras day. We got married on Mardi Gras day so we always count that as our anniversary (even though it moves every year). So please forgive the lack of posts – the clever will be back tomorrow, today is about celebrating.
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More smiles genius from Suck UK – and available at amazon* – this would make me smile… and make me think of more possibilities. Love it.
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Sometimes all you need is simple – beautifully simple. I love this week view desktop planner – and it’s the same size as a MacBookPro – now that’s clever. From MoreMatter via BetterLivingThroughDesign 
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This is beautiful and scary. I’d love to visit.. and am trying to imagine how they constructed this. The aptly named Walk of Faith in China, via dwellinggawker
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Sometimes it takes a lot of Um’s to get to the AH – and that’s my favorite sound. Poster from W+K Studio. Love it. This is a great reminder that we all need to keep working towards the clever idea. 

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From the genius that is the indexed blog.
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Sorry about the headline – I just can’t resist a pun (you should know that by now). This is a sweet idea. An urn that you can use to grow a tree, and eventually plant outside. I love that the ashes grow into something else, and the ceramic ring is quite beautiful. Poetree (yes I love the name) via Treehugger
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PR Daily have just released the most used (and overused) words in Press Releases. As always with charts go and read the explanation behind this – it’s not really the way it looks (the word solution was only used in 1.8% of headlines) Read the study here. – it’s always interesting to become more aware of the words we use.
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I just got my email that “clear” is ready to launch – this simple to-do list may change the way we think… or not. I’ve downloaded it already, I’m always willing to give clever a chance. Find out more here.
Clear for iPhone (Coming Soon!) from Realmac Software on Vimeo.
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This would make me smile whenever I used it. I love most of the stuff produced by Fred – it’s simple with a sense of humor (hmm that could probably be a description of me too)
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Newly released posters for The Iron Lady from The Weinstein Co. – takes me back to the England of my youf! – love them.
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A beautiful commercial from Ecotricity against the “Big Six energy companies” in Europe.
via CoCreate (thanks Abi)
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Good old google (who ever thought we’d be saying that so quickly). They can always be relied upon to make us smile.
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This cardboard sheet is capable of bending to any shape – eliminating so much of the wasteful filler – I wonder what the post office will say? I love it! – designed by Patrick Sung, via inhabit (and my friend Blake)
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I would love to tell you the inspiring story behind this photo, but it’s not mine to tell. If anything like this ever happened to me I would be the happiest person in the world… read about it here. It’s a creative gem. (Thanks Blake for sending me this)
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